[[esql-task-management]]
=== {esql} task management

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<titleabbrev>Task management</titleabbrev>
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You can list running {esql} queries with the <<tasks,task management API>>:

[source,console,id=esql-task-management-get-all]
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GET /_tasks?pretty&detailed&group_by=parents&human&actions=*data/read/esql
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Which returns a list of statuses like this:

[source,js]
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include::{esql-specs}/query_task.json[]
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// NOTCONSOLE
// Tested in a unit test

<1> The user submitted query.
<2> Time the query has been running.

You can use this to find long running queries and, if you need to, cancel them
with the <<task-cancellation, task cancellation API>>:

[source,console,id=esql-task-management-cancelEsqlQueryRequestTests]
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POST _tasks/2j8UKw1bRO283PMwDugNNg:5326/_cancel
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It may take a few seconds for the query to be stopped.