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}}/opensearch/rest-api/cat/index#common-url-parameters), you can specify the following parameters:
time | Time | Specify the units for time. For example, `5d` or `7h`. For more information, see [Supported units]({{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/opensearch/units/).