# Check elastic task status

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/check-elastic-task-status/211301>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 10, 2019, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/check-elastic-task-status/211301 "2019-12-10T12:56:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thedsk8](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thedsk8/32/46162_2.png) [@Thedsk8](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thedsk8)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/check-elastic-task-status/211301/1 "2019-12-10T12:56:55Z")

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I want to check the status of the Re-index API and for that I'm setting wait for completion to false. This API returns the task id through which I can check the status of the task. Which field do I need to check to identify my task is executed successfully without any errors or failures?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/check-elastic-task-status/211301/2 "2020-01-07T12:56:59Z")

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