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layout: api
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page_title: Session - HTTP API
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sidebar_current: api-session
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description: |-
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The /session endpoints create, destroy, and query sessions in Consul.
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---
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# Session HTTP Endpoint
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The `/session` endpoints create, destroy, and query sessions in Consul.
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## Create Session
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This endpoint initializes a new session. Sessions must be associated with a
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node and may be associated with any number of checks.
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| Method | Path | Produces |
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| ------ | ---------------------------- | -------------------------- |
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| `PUT` | `/session/create` | `application/json` |
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The table below shows this endpoint's support for
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[blocking queries](/api/features/blocking.html),
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[consistency modes](/api/features/consistency.html),
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[agent caching](/api/features/caching.html), and
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[required ACLs](/api/index.html#authentication).
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| Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required |
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| ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | --------------- |
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| `NO` | `none` | `none` | `session:write` |
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### Parameters
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- `ns` `(string: "")` - **(Enterprise Only)** Specifies the namespace to query.
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If not provided, the namespace will be inferred from the request's ACL token,
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or will default to the `default` namespace. This is specified as part of the
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URL as a query parameter. Added in Consul 1.7.0.
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- `dc` `(string: "")` - Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default to
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the datacenter of the agent being queried. This is specified as part of the
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URL as a query parameter. Using this across datacenters is not recommended.
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- `LockDelay` `(string: "15s")` - Specifies the duration for the lock delay. This
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must be greater than `0`.
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- `Node` `(string: "<agent>")` - Specifies the name of the node. This must refer
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to a node that is already registered.
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- `Name` `(string: "")` - Specifies a human-readable name for the session.
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- `Checks` `(array<string>: nil)` - specifies a list of associated health
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check IDs (commonly `CheckID` in API responses). It is highly recommended that,
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if you override this list, you include the default `serfHealth`.
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- `Behavior` `(string: "release")` - Controls the behavior to take when a
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session is invalidated. Valid values are:
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- `release` - causes any locks that are held to be released
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- `delete` - causes any locks that are held to be deleted
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- `TTL` `(string: "")` - Specifies the number of seconds (between 10s and
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86400s). If provided, the session is invalidated if it is not renewed before
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the TTL expires. The lowest practical TTL should be used to keep the number of
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managed sessions low. When locks are forcibly expired, such as when following
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the [leader election pattern](https://learn.hashicorp.com/consul/developer-configuration/elections) in an application,
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sessions may not be reaped for up to double this TTL, so long TTL
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values (> 1 hour) should be avoided.
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### Sample Payload
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```json
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{
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"LockDelay": "15s",
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"Name": "my-service-lock",
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"Node": "foobar",
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"Checks": ["a", "b", "c"],
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"Behavior": "release",
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"TTL": "30s"
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}
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```
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### Sample Request
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```text
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$ curl \
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--request PUT \
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--data @payload.json \
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http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/session/create
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```
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### Sample Response
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```javascript
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{
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"ID": "adf4238a-882b-9ddc-4a9d-5b6758e4159e"
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}
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```
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- `ID` - the ID of the created session
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## Delete Session
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This endpoint destroys the session with the given name. If the session UUID is
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malformed, an error is returned. If the session UUID does not exist or already
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expired, a 200 is still returned (the operation is idempotent).
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| Method | Path | Produces |
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| :----- | :--------------------------- | -------------------------- |
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| `PUT` | `/session/destroy/:uuid` | `application/json` |
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Even though the Content-Type is `application/json`, the response is
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either a literal `true` or `false`, indicating of whether the destroy was
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successful.
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The table below shows this endpoint's support for
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[blocking queries](/api/features/blocking.html),
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[consistency modes](/api/features/consistency.html),
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[agent caching](/api/features/caching.html), and
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[required ACLs](/api/index.html#authentication).
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| Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required |
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| ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | --------------- |
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| `NO` | `none` | `none` | `session:write` |
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### Parameters
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- `uuid` `(string: <required>)` - Specifies the UUID of the session to destroy.
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This is required and is specified as part of the URL path.
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- `dc` `(string: "")` - Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default to
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the datacenter of the agent being queried. This is specified as part of the
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URL as a query parameter. Using this across datacenters is not recommended.
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- `ns` `(string: "")` - **(Enterprise Only)** Specifies the namespace to query.
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If not provided, the namespace will be inferred from the request's ACL token,
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or will default to the `default` namespace. This is specified as part of the
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URL as a query parameter. Added in Consul 1.7.0.
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### Sample Request
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```text
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$ curl \
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--request PUT \
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http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/session/destroy/adf4238a-882b-9ddc-4a9d-5b6758e4159e
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```
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### Sample Response
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```json
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true
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```
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## Read Session
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This endpoint returns the requested session information.
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| Method | Path | Produces |
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| :----- | :--------------------------- | -------------------------- |
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| `GET` | `/session/info/:uuid` | `application/json` |
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The table below shows this endpoint's support for
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[blocking queries](/api/features/blocking.html),
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[consistency modes](/api/features/consistency.html),
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[agent caching](/api/features/caching.html), and
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[required ACLs](/api/index.html#authentication).
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| Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required |
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| ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
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| `YES` | `all` | `none` | `session:read` |
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### Parameters
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- `uuid` `(string: <required>)` - Specifies the UUID of the session to read.
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This is required and is specified as part of the URL path.
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- `dc` `(string: "")` - Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default to
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the datacenter of the agent being queried. This is specified as part of the
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URL as a query parameter. Using this across datacenters is not recommended.
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- `ns` `(string: "")` - **(Enterprise Only)** Specifies the namespace to query.
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If not provided, the namespace will be inferred from the request's ACL token,
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or will default to the `default` namespace. This is specified as part of the
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URL as a query parameter. Added in Consul 1.7.0.
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### Sample Request
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```text
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$ curl \
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http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/session/info/adf4238a-882b-9ddc-4a9d-5b6758e4159e
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```
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### Sample Response
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```json
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[
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{
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"ID": "adf4238a-882b-9ddc-4a9d-5b6758e4159e",
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"Name": "test-session",
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"Node": "raja-laptop-02",
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"Checks": [
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"serfHealth"
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],
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"LockDelay": 1.5e+10,
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"Behavior": "release",
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"TTL": "30s",
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"CreateIndex": 1086449,
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"ModifyIndex": 1086449
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}
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]
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```
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If the session does not exist, an empty JSON list `[]` is returned.
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## List Sessions for Node
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This endpoint returns the active sessions for a given node.
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| Method | Path | Produces |
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| :----- | :--------------------------- | -------------------------- |
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| `GET` | `/session/node/:node` | `application/json` |
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The table below shows this endpoint's support for
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[blocking queries](/api/features/blocking.html),
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[consistency modes](/api/features/consistency.html),
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[agent caching](/api/features/caching.html), and
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[required ACLs](/api/index.html#authentication).
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| Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required |
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| ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
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| `YES` | `all` | `none` | `session:read` |
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### Parameters
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- `node` `(string: <required>)` - Specifies the name or ID of the node to query.
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This is required and is specified as part of the URL path.
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- `dc` `(string: "")` - Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default to
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the datacenter of the agent being queried. This is specified as part of the
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URL as a query parameter. Using this across datacenters is not recommended.
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- `ns` `(string: "")` - **(Enterprise Only)** Specifies the namespace to query.
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If not provided, the namespace will be inferred from the request's ACL token,
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or will default to the `default` namespace. This is specified as part of the
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URL as a query parameter
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The namespace may be specified as '*' and then results will be returned for all namespaces.
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Added in Consul 1.7.0.
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### Sample Request
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```text
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$ curl \
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http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/session/node/node-abcd1234
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```
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### Sample Response
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```json
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[
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{
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"ID": "adf4238a-882b-9ddc-4a9d-5b6758e4159e",
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"Name": "test-session",
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"Node": "raja-laptop-02",
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"Checks": [
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"serfHealth"
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],
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"LockDelay": 1.5e+10,
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"Behavior": "release",
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"TTL": "30s",
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"CreateIndex": 1086449,
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"ModifyIndex": 1086449
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}
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]
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```
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## List Sessions
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This endpoint returns the list of active sessions.
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| Method | Path | Produces |
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| :----- | :--------------------------- | -------------------------- |
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| `GET` | `/session/list` | `application/json` |
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The table below shows this endpoint's support for
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[blocking queries](/api/features/blocking.html),
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[consistency modes](/api/features/consistency.html),
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[agent caching](/api/features/caching.html), and
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[required ACLs](/api/index.html#authentication).
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| Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required |
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| ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
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| `YES` | `all` | `none` | `session:read` |
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### Parameters
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- `dc` `(string: "")` - Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default to
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the datacenter of the agent being queried. This is specified as part of the
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URL as a query parameter. Using this across datacenters is not recommended.
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- `ns` `(string: "")` - **(Enterprise Only)** Specifies the namespace to query.
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If not provided, the namespace will be inferred from the request's ACL token,
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or will default to the `default` namespace. This is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter.
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The namespace may be specified as '*' and then results will be returned for all namespaces.
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Added in Consul 1.7.0.
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### Sample Request
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```text
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$ curl \
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http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/session/list
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```
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### Sample Response
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```json
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[
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{
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"ID": "adf4238a-882b-9ddc-4a9d-5b6758e4159e",
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"Name": "test-session",
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"Node": "raja-laptop-02",
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"Checks": [
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"serfHealth"
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],
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"LockDelay": 1.5e+10,
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"Behavior": "release",
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"TTL": "30s",
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"CreateIndex": 1086449,
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"ModifyIndex": 1086449
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}
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]
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```
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## Renew Session
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This endpoint renews the given session. This is used with sessions that have a
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TTL, and it extends the expiration by the TTL.
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| Method | Path | Produces |
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| :----- | :--------------------------- | -------------------------- |
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| `PUT` | `/session/renew/:uuid` | `application/json` |
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The table below shows this endpoint's support for
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[blocking queries](/api/features/blocking.html),
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[consistency modes](/api/features/consistency.html),
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[agent caching](/api/features/caching.html), and
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[required ACLs](/api/index.html#authentication).
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| Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required |
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| ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | --------------- |
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| `NO` | `none` | `none` | `session:write` |
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### Parameters
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- `uuid` `(string: <required>)` - Specifies the UUID of the session to renew.
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This is required and is specified as part of the URL path.
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- `dc` `(string: "")` - Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default to
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the datacenter of the agent being queried. This is specified as part of the
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URL as a query parameter. Using this across datacenters is not recommended.
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- `ns` `(string: "")` - **(Enterprise Only)** Specifies the namespace to query.
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If not provided, the namespace will be inferred from the request's ACL token,
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or will default to the `default` namespace. This is specified as part of the
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URL as a query parameter. Added in Consul 1.7.0.
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### Sample Request
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```text
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$ curl \
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--request PUT \
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http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/session/renew/adf4238a-882b-9ddc-4a9d-5b6758e4159e
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```
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### Sample Response
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```json
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[
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{
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"ID": "adf4238a-882b-9ddc-4a9d-5b6758e4159e",
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"Name": "test-session",
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"Node": "raja-laptop-02",
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"Checks": [
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"serfHealth"
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],
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"LockDelay": 1.5e+10,
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"Behavior": "release",
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"TTL": "15s",
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"CreateIndex": 1086449,
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"ModifyIndex": 1086449
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}
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]
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```
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-> **Note:** Consul may return a TTL value higher than the one specified during session creation. This indicates the server is under high load and is requesting clients renew less often.
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