[role="xpack"]
[testenv="basic"]
[[ilm-get-status]]
=== Get {ilm} status API

[subs="attributes"]
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<titleabbrev>Get {ilm} status</titleabbrev>
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Retrieves the current {ilm} ({ilm-init}) status.

[[ilm-get-status-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`GET /_ilm/status`

[[ilm-get-status-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

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

[[ilm-get-status-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

[[ilm-operating-modes]]
Returns the status of the {ilm-init} plugin. 
The `operation_mode` in the response shows one of three states: `STARTED`, `STOPPING`, or `STOPPED`. 
You can start or stop {ilm-init} with the
<<ilm-start,start {ilm-init}>> and <<ilm-stop,stop {ilm-init}>> APIs.

[[ilm-get-status-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}

include::{es-repo-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=timeoutparms]

[[ilm-get-status-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

The following example gets the {ilm-init} plugin status.

[source,console]
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GET _ilm/status
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If the request succeeds, the body of the response shows the operation mode:

[source,console-result]
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{
  "operation_mode": "RUNNING"
}
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