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layout: default
title: cat tasks
parent: CAT API
grand_parent: REST API reference
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---

# cat tasks
Introduced 1.0
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The cat tasks operation lists the progress of all tasks currently running on your cluster.

## Example

```
GET _cat/tasks?v
```

## Path and HTTP methods

```
GET _cat/tasks
```

## URL parameters

All cat tasks URL parameters are optional.

In addition to the [common URL parameters]({{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/opensearch/rest-api/cat/index), you can specify the following parameter:

Parameter | Type | Description
:--- | :--- | :---
nodes | List | A comma-separated list of node IDs or names to limit the returned information. Use `_local` to return information from the node you're connecting to, specify the node name to get information from specific nodes, or keep the parameter empty to get information from all nodes.
detailed | Boolean | Returns detailed task information. (Default: false)
parent_task_id | String | Returns tasks with a specified parent task ID (node_id:task_number). Keep empty or set to -1 to return all.
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
action | task_id | parent_task_id | type | start_time | timestamp | running_time | ip | node
cluster:monitor/tasks/lists | 1vo54NuxSxOrbPEYdkSF0w:168062 | - | transport | 1624337809471 | 04:56:49 | 489.5ms | 172.18.0.4 | odfe-node1     
```