[[cat-pending-tasks]]
== cat pending tasks

`pending_tasks` provides the same information as the
<<cluster-pending,`/_cluster/pending_tasks`>> API in a
convenient tabular format.

[source,sh]
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% curl 'localhost:9200/_cat/pending_tasks?v'
insertOrder timeInQueue priority source
       1685       855ms HIGH     update-mapping [foo][t]
       1686       843ms HIGH     update-mapping [foo][t]
       1693       753ms HIGH     refresh-mapping [foo][[t]]
       1688       816ms HIGH     update-mapping [foo][t]
       1689       802ms HIGH     update-mapping [foo][t]
       1690       787ms HIGH     update-mapping [foo][t]
       1691       773ms HIGH     update-mapping [foo][t]
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