[[dangling-indices-list]]
=== List dangling indices API
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<titleabbrev>List dangling indices</titleabbrev>
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Lists dangling indices.

[[dangling-indices-list-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

[source,console]
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GET /_dangling
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// TEST[skip:TBD]

[[dangling-indices-list-api-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

// tag::dangling-index-description[]
If {es} encounters index data that is absent from the current cluster
state, those indices are considered to be dangling. For example,
this can happen if you delete more than
`cluster.indices.tombstones.size` indices while an {es} node is offline.
// end::dangling-index-description[]

Use this API to list dangling indices, which you can then
<<dangling-index-import,import>> or <<dangling-index-delete,delete>>.


[[dangling-indices-list-api-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

The API returns the following response:

[source,console-result]
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{
  "dangling_indices": [
    "index_name": "twitter",
    "index_uuid": "zmM4e0JtBkeUjiHD-MihPQ",
    "creation_date_millis": 1589414451372,
    "node_ids": [
      "pL47UN3dAb2d5RCWP6lQ3e"
    ]
  ]
}
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