---
title: "🛡️ Get the current state of the indexing service."
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/index/state"
tags: ["Indexing"]
---

# 🛡️ Get the current state of the indexing service.

`GET /api/v1/index/state`

Returns a snapshot of the indexing state at 
this current moment. Use this endpoint for one-time checks. 
For real-time updates, use the `/events/subscribe` endpoint 
instead.
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<br /><hr /><h3>🛡️ Requires Capabilities: <code>Indexing.Read</code></h3>

## Response `200`

The returned object will contain the state of the indexing service. 
Possible states are: `idle` `indexing` `paused`
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- unknown

## Other responses

- `401` — Possible reasons: The authorization token is invalid.
- `403` — Possible reasons: The user does not have sufficent capabilities.

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