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Job Scheduler Jobs API
Introduced 3.2
The Jobs API allows you to view all Job Scheduler jobs.
Endpoints
GET /_plugins/_job_scheduler/api/jobs
Query parameters
The following table lists the available query parameters. All query parameters are optional.
| Parameter | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
by_node | Boolean | Returns the jobs grouped by the node on which they are running. Default is false. |
Example request
GET /_plugins/_job_scheduler/api/jobs
Example response
{
"jobs": [
{
"job_type": "reports-scheduler",
"job_id": "Cuu8Z5gBTcOdmakPQ51t",
"index_name": ".opendistro-reports-definitions",
"name": "index_report",
"descheduled": false,
"enabled": true,
"enabled_time": "2025-08-01T22:24:08.044Z",
"last_update_time": "2025-08-01T22:24:08.044Z",
"last_execution_time": "none",
"last_expected_execution_time": "none",
"next_expected_execution_time": "2025-08-04T02:15:00.000Z",
"schedule": {
"type": "cron",
"expression": "15 2 1,15 * 1",
"timezone": "Africa/Abidjan",
"delay": "none"
},
"lock_duration": "no_lock",
"jitter": "none"
},
{
"job_type": "scheduler_sample_extension",
"job_id": "jobid1",
"index_name": ".scheduler_sample_extension",
"name": "sample-job-it",
"descheduled": false,
"enabled": true,
"enabled_time": "1970-07-23T00:27:45.353Z",
"last_update_time": "1970-07-23T00:27:45.353Z",
"last_execution_time": "2025-08-01T22:28:45.357484385Z",
"last_expected_execution_time": "2025-08-01T22:28:45.353111804Z",
"next_expected_execution_time": "2025-08-01T22:29:45.353111804Z",
"schedule": {
"type": "interval",
"start_time": "1970-07-23T00:27:45.353Z",
"interval": 1,
"unit": "Minutes",
"delay": "none"
},
"lock_duration": 10,
"jitter": "none"
}
],
"failures": [],
"total_jobs": 2
}
Response body fields
The following table lists all response body fields.
| Field | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
jobs | Array | Contains all jobs reported by the Job Scheduler. |
job_type | String | The plugin that scheduled the job. |
job_id | String | The unique identifier of the job. |
index_name | String | The index in which the job information is stored. |
name | String | The job name. The name is not necessarily unique. |
descheduled | Boolean | Indicates whether the job is scheduled to be executed (false) or is not scheduled (true) by the Job Scheduler. |
enabled | Boolean | Indicates whether the job is active (true) or inactive (false), as defined by the plugin using the Job Scheduler. |
enabled_time | String | The time at which the job was originally scheduled. |
last_update_time | String | The time at which the job was last updated. |
last_expected_exection_time | String | The time at which the job was most recently executed. |
next_expected_execution_time | String | The time at which the job is expected to be executed next. |
schedule | Map | The job’s execution schedule. Can define a Cron or interval schedule. |
schedule.type | String | The schedule type. Valid values are cron and interval. |
lock_duration | Integer | The maximum amount of time (in seconds) that a job can remain locked during execution. |
jitter | Double | A random delay applied to job execution times to prevent simultaneous runs across the system. |
failures | Array | A list of nodes that failed to report jobs. |
total_jobs | Integer | The total number of jobs reported across all nodes. |
Interval schedule
The interval schedule supports the following fields.
| Field | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
start_time | String | The schedule start time. |
interval | Integer | The numeric interval duration between job executions (for example, 10). |
unit | String | The interval units (for example, Minutes, Hours, or Days). |
delay | String | A fixed amount of time applied to the job before execution. |
Cron schedule
The cron schedule supports the following fields.
| Field | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
expression | String | A Cron expression defining the schedule. |
timezone | String | The time zone associated with the Cron schedule. |