opensearch-docs-cn/_api-reference/cat/cat-pending-tasks.md

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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
```
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## 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
```