---
title: stack es tasks list cli command
description: Get all tasks. Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4097/reference/elastic-cli/cli/stack/es/tasks/list
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview
---

# stack es tasks list cli command
<cli-modifiers>
</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack es tasks list [options]
```

Get all tasks.
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--actions string">
    A comma-separated list or wildcard expression of actions used to limit the request.
    For example, you can use `cluser:*` to retrieve all cluster-related tasks.
    **Repeatable:** pass `--actions` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--detailed">
    If `true`, the response includes detailed information about the running tasks.
    This information is useful to distinguish tasks from each other but is more costly to run.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--group-by enum">
    A key that is used to group tasks in the response.
    The task lists can be grouped either by nodes or by parent tasks.
    **Values:** nodes, parents, none
  </definition>
  <definition term="--nodes string">
    A comma-separated list of node IDs or names that is used to limit the returned information.
    **Repeatable:** pass `--nodes` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--parent-task-id string">
    A parent task identifier that is used to limit returned information.
    To return all tasks, omit this parameter or use a value of `-1`.
    If the parent task is not found, the API does not return a 404 response code.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--timeout string">
    The period to wait for each node to respond.
    If a node does not respond before its timeout expires, the response does not include its information.
    However, timed out nodes are included in the `node_failures` property.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--wait-for-completion">
    If `true`, the request blocks until the operation is complete.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--error-trace">
    When set to `true` Elasticsearch will include the full stack trace of errors
    when they occur.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--filter-path string">
    Comma-separated list of filters in dot notation which reduce the response
    returned by Elasticsearch.
    **Repeatable:** pass `--filter-path` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--human">
    When set to `true` will return statistics in a format suitable for humans.
    For example `"exists_time": "1h"` for humans and
    `"exists_time_in_millis": 3600000` for computers. When disabled the human
    readable values will be omitted. This makes sense for responses being consumed
    only by machines.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--pretty">
    If set to `true` the returned JSON will be "pretty-formatted". Only use
    this option for debugging only.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>