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status

Show the running daemon’s health and job status by querying its gRPC control socket.

ephemerd status

Output

Returns a JSON object with the following fields:

FieldDescription
statusCurrent daemon status
active_jobsNumber of jobs currently running
max_concurrentMaximum concurrent jobs allowed
drainingWhether the daemon is draining (shutting down gracefully)
uptimeHow long the daemon has been running

Example output

{
  "status": "running",
  "active_jobs": 2,
  "max_concurrent": 4,
  "draining": false,
  "uptime": "3h42m15s"
}

Connection

The command connects to the daemon’s gRPC unix socket at <data-dir>/ephemerd.sock. If the daemon is not running or the socket does not exist, the command prints an error.