# How to check if the index was merged or not

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-if-the-index-was-merged-or-not/338866>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 20, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-if-the-index-was-merged-or-not/338866 "2023-07-20T09:33:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![yuswanul](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yuswanul/32/101662_2.png) [@yuswanul](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yuswanul)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-if-the-index-was-merged-or-not/338866/1 "2023-07-20T09:33:27Z")

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Hi there,

from this [discuss](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forcemerge-and-merge-policies/145532), i know that elastic will check continuously to see if the index needs merging or not. but what parameter i can check, so i can makesure that the index was merged. is that by using this API? and see on the _compound_ part

```auto
GET /my-index-000001/_segments

```

```auto
            "segments": {
              "_0": {
                "generation": 0,
                "num_docs": 1,
                "deleted_docs": 0,
                "size_in_bytes": 3800,
                "memory_in_bytes": 1410,
                "committed": false,
                "search": true,
                "version": "7.0.0",
                "compound": true,
                "attributes": {
                }
              }
            }

```

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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:** [August 17, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-if-the-index-was-merged-or-not/338866/2 "2023-08-17T09:34:24Z")

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