[[slm-api-get-stats]]
=== Get snapshot lifecycle stats API
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<titleabbrev>Get snapshot lifecycle stats</titleabbrev>
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Returns global and policy-level statistics about actions taken by {slm}.

[[slm-api-stats-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`GET /_slm/stats`

[[slm-api-stats-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the `manage_slm`
cluster privilege to use this API. For more information, see
<<security-privileges>>.

[[slm-api-stats-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

[source,console]
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GET /_slm/stats
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The API returns the following response:

[source,js]
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{
  "retention_runs": 13,
  "retention_failed": 0,
  "retention_timed_out": 0,
  "retention_deletion_time": "1.4s",
  "retention_deletion_time_millis": 1404,
  "policy_stats": [ ],
  "total_snapshots_taken": 1,
  "total_snapshots_failed": 1,
  "total_snapshots_deleted": 0,
  "total_snapshot_deletion_failures": 0
}
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// TESTRESPONSE[s/runs": 13/runs": $body.retention_runs/ s/_failed": 0/_failed": $body.retention_failed/ s/_timed_out": 0/_timed_out": $body.retention_timed_out/ s/"1.4s"/$body.retention_deletion_time/ s/1404/$body.retention_deletion_time_millis/ s/total_snapshots_taken": 1/total_snapshots_taken": $body.total_snapshots_taken/ s/total_snapshots_failed": 1/total_snapshots_failed": $body.total_snapshots_failed/ s/"policy_stats": [.*]/"policy_stats": $body.policy_stats/]