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title: cat pending tasks
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# cat pending tasks
Introduced 1.0
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The cat pending tasks operation lists the progress of all pending tasks, including task priority and time in queue.
## Example
```
GET _cat/pending_tasks?v
## Path and HTTP methods
GET _cat/pending_tasks
## URL parameters
All cat nodes 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 cluster_manager node. Default is false.
cluster_manager_timeout | Time | The amount of time to wait for a connection to the cluster manager node. Default is 30 seconds.
time | Time | Specify the units for time. For example, `5d` or `7h`. For more information, see [Supported units]({{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/opensearch/units/).
## Response
```json
insertOrder | timeInQueue | priority | source
1786 | 1.8s | URGENT | shard-started