--- layout: api page_title: Status - HTTP API description: |- The /status endpoints return information about the status of the Consul cluster. This information is generally very low level and not often useful for clients. --- # Status HTTP API The `/status` endpoints return information about the status of the Consul cluster. This information is generally very low level and not often useful for clients. ## Get Raft Leader This endpoint returns the Raft leader for the datacenter in which the agent is running. | Method | Path | Produces | | :----- | :--------------- | ------------------ | | `GET` | `/status/leader` | `application/json` | The table below shows this endpoint's support for [blocking queries](/api/features/blocking), [consistency modes](/api/features/consistency), [agent caching](/api/features/caching), and [required ACLs](/api#authentication). | Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required | | ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | ------------ | | `NO` | `none` | `none` | `none` | ### Parameters - `dc` `(string: "")` - Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default to the datacenter of the agent being queried. This is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter. ### Sample Request ```shell-session $ curl http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/status/leader ``` ### Sample Response ```json "10.1.10.12:8300" ``` ## List Raft Peers This endpoint retrieves the Raft peers for the datacenter in which the the agent is running. This list of peers is strongly consistent and can be useful in determining when a given server has successfully joined the cluster. | Method | Path | Produces | | :----- | :-------------- | ------------------ | | `GET` | `/status/peers` | `application/json` | The table below shows this endpoint's support for [blocking queries](/api/features/blocking), [consistency modes](/api/features/consistency), [agent caching](/api/features/caching), and [required ACLs](/api#authentication). | Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required | | ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | ------------ | | `NO` | `none` | `none` | `none` | ### Parameters - `dc` `(string: "")` - Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default to the datacenter of the agent being queried. This is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter. ### Sample Request ```shell-session $ curl http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/status/peers ``` ### Sample Response ```json ["10.1.10.12:8300", "10.1.10.11:8300", "10.1.10.10:8300"] ```