/sys/leader

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The /sys/leader endpoint is used to check the high availability status and current leader of Vault.

Read leader status

This endpoint returns the high availability status and current leader instance of Vault.

Sample request

$ curl \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/leader

Sample response

{
  "ha_enabled": true,
  "is_self": false,
  "active_time": "2024-01-09T00:11:46.439409062Z",
  "leader_address": "https://127.0.0.1:8200/",
  "leader_cluster_address": "https://127.0.0.1:8201/",
  "performance_standby": false,
  "performance_standby_last_remote_wal": 0,
  "last_wal": 0,
  "raft_committed_index": 0,
  "raft_applied_index": 0
}