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[[get-index-lifecycle-information]]
== Get index lifecycle information

Execution Model
Discuss how actions are actually split up into discrete steps and how you can see more information about where an index is within a policy (info and all)
Talk about the jump-to-step API
Error Handling
Show error in explain api
Demonstrate the retry API
Show how to get a sense of progress for things like the allocate step