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title: CAT repositories
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# CAT repositories
Introduced 1.0
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The CAT repositories operation lists all completed and ongoing index and shard recoveries.
## Example
```
GET _cat/repositories?v
## Path and HTTP methods
GET _cat/repositories
## URL parameters
All CAT repositories URL parameters are optional.
In addition to the [common URL parameters]({{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/api-reference/cat/index), you can specify the following parameters:
Parameter | Type | Description
:--- | :--- | :---
local | Boolean | Whether to return information from the local node only instead of from the master node. Default is false.
master_timeout | Time | The amount of time to wait for a connection to the master node. Default is 30 seconds.
## Response
```json
id type
repo1 fs
repo2 s3