# How to find forgotten taskIDs?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-find-forgotten-taskids/372024
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 16, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-find-forgotten-taskids/372024 "2024-12-16T13:51:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Haoke98](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/haoke98/32/132890_2.png) [@Haoke98](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Haoke98)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-find-forgotten-taskids/372024/1 "2024-12-16T13:51:17Z")

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Previously, I started a task on Elasticsearch and after a long period of time, I wanted to check its status but forgot its task ID. What should I do? Especially for tasks that terminate abnormally, I want to see their error messages

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### Author: ![Alex\_Salgado-Elastic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alex_salgado-elastic/32/103081_2.png) [@Alex\_Salgado-Elastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alex_Salgado-Elastic)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-find-forgotten-taskids/372024/2 "2024-12-16T14:09:14Z")

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Hello @Haoke98 ,

See if this link might help you:  
[https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-elastic-search-re-index-progress/128014/4](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-elastic-search-re-index-progress/128014/4)

You can also try the following command:  
`GET _tasks?detailed=true&actions=*&group_by=none`

Best