---
title: "Returns the runtime status."
method: GET
path: "/{runtime}/status"
---

# Returns the runtime status.

`GET /{runtime}/status`

## Path parameters

- `runtime` 'emerald' | 'sapphire' | 'pontusxtest' | 'pontusxdev' | 'cipher', required

## Response `200`

A JSON object containing latest runtime status.

- RuntimeStatus
  - `active_nodes` integer, required — The number of compute nodes that are registered and can run the runtime.
  - `latest_block` integer, required — The height of the most recent indexed block (also sometimes referred to as "round") for this runtime. Query a synced Oasis node for the latest block produced.
  - `latest_block_time` string, date-time, required — The RFC 3339 formatted consensus time of when the latest indexed block for this runtime was produced.
  - `latest_update_age_ms` integer, required — The number of milliseconds since Nexus processed the latest block.

## Other responses

- `400` — A human-readable error message.
- `404` — An empty response indicating that the requested resource was not found.
- `500` — A human-readable error message.

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