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Get snapshot lifecycle stats API

Returns global and policy-level statistics about actions taken by snapshot lifecycle management.

Request

GET /_slm/stats

Prerequisites

If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the manage_slm cluster privilege to use this API. For more information, see Security privileges.

Examples

GET /_slm/stats

The API returns the following response:

{
  "retention_runs": 13,
  "retention_failed": 0,
  "retention_timed_out": 0,
  "retention_deletion_time": "1.4s",
  "retention_deletion_time_millis": 1404,
  "policy_stats": [ ],
  "total_snapshots_taken": 1,
  "total_snapshots_failed": 1,
  "total_snapshots_deleted": 0,
  "total_snapshot_deletion_failures": 0
}

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