[role="xpack"]
[[get-async-sql-search-status-api]]
=== Get async SQL search status API
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<titleabbrev>Get async SQL search status</titleabbrev>
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Returns the current status of an <<sql-async,async SQL search>> or a
<<sql-store-searches,stored synchronous SQL search>>.

[source,console]
----
GET _sql/async/status/FmdMX2pIang3UWhLRU5QS0lqdlppYncaMUpYQ05oSkpTc3kwZ21EdC1tbFJXQToxOTI=?format=json
----
// TEST[skip: no access to search ID]

[[get-async-sql-search-status-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`GET _sql/async/status/<search_id>`

[[get-async-sql-search-status-api-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the `monitor`
<<privileges-list-cluster,cluster privilege>> to use this API.

[[get-async-sql-search-status-api-limitations]]
===== Limitations

See <<sql-limitations>>.

[[get-async-sql-search-status-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<search_id>`::
(Required, string) Identifier for the search.

[role="child_attributes"]
[[get-async-sql-search-status-api-response-body]]
==== {api-response-body-title}

`id`::
(string) Identifier for the search.

`is_running`::
(Boolean) If `true`, the search is still running. If `false`, the
search has finished.

`is_partial`::
(Boolean) If `true`, the response does not contain complete search results. If
`is_partial` is `true` and `is_running` is `true`, the search is still running.
If `is_partial` is `true` but `is_running` is `false`, the results are partial
due to a failure or timeout.

`start_time_in_millis`::
(integer) Timestamp, in milliseconds since the Unix epoch, when the search
started. The API only returns this property for running searches.

`expiration_time_in_millis`::
(integer) Timestamp, in milliseconds since the Unix epoch, when {es} will delete
the search and its results, even if the search is still running.

`completion_status`::
(integer) HTTP status code for the search. The API only returns this property
for completed searches.