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---
layout: api
page_title: /sys/leader - HTTP API
description: |-
The `/sys/leader` endpoint is used to check the high availability status and
current leader of Vault.
---
> [!IMPORTANT]
> **Documentation Update:** Product documentation, which were located in this repository under `/website`, are now located in [`hashicorp/web-unified-docs`](https://github.com/hashicorp/web-unified-docs), colocated with all other product documentation. Contributions to this content should be done in the `web-unified-docs` repo, and not this one. Changes made to `/website` content in this repo will not be reflected on the developer.hashicorp.com website.
# `/sys/leader`
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.
| Method | Path |
| :----- | :------------ |
| `GET` | `/sys/leader` |
### Sample request
```shell-session
$ curl \
http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/leader
```
### Sample response
```json
{
"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
}
```