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title: cat pending tasks
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# cat pending tasks
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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.
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In addition to the [common URL parameters ]({{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/opensearch/rest-api/cat/index ), you can specify the following parameters:
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Parameter | Type | Description
:--- | :--- | :---
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local | Boolean | Whether to return information from the local node only instead of from the cluster_manager node. Default is false.
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cluster_manager_timeout | Time | The amount of time to wait for a connection to the cluster manager node. Default is 30 seconds.
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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
```