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api	/sys/leader - HTTP API	<code>/sys/leader</code>	api-http-system-leader	The `/sys/leader` endpoint is used to check the high availability status and current leader of Vault.

/sys/leader

The /sys/leader endpoint is used to check the high availability status and current leader of Vault.

Read Leader Status

This endpoint returns the high availability status and current leader instance of Vault.

Method	Path	Produces
GET	/sys/leader	200 application/json

Sample Request

$ curl \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/leader

Sample Response

{
  "ha_enabled": true,
  "is_self": false,
  "leader_address": "https://127.0.0.1:8200/",
  "leader_cluster_address": "https://127.0.0.1:8201/",
  "performance_standby": false,
  "performance_standby_last_remote_wal": 0
}