---
title: "Returns the account with authority to conduct upgrades"
method: GET
path: "/cosmos/upgrade/v1beta1/authority"
tags: ["Query"]
---

# Returns the account with authority to conduct upgrades

`GET /cosmos/upgrade/v1beta1/authority`

## Request

- The document declares no server URL.
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/coreumfoundation/apis/title-goes-here/docs/cosmos/upgrade/v1beta1/authority/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Since: cosmos-sdk 0.46

## Response `200`

A successful response.

- CosmosUpgradeV1beta1QueryAuthorityResponse: Since: cosmos-sdk 0.46
  - `address` string

## Other responses

- `default`: An unexpected error response.

## Changes

- **2024-08-08** `785dbd465042`: 1 info
  - api operation id `GithubComCosmosCosmosSdkXUpgradeTypesAuthority` removed and replaced with `CosmossdkIoXUpgradeTypesAuthority`
- **2023-09-11** `aaa274f20b71`: 1 info
  - api operation id `CosmossdkIoXUpgradeTypesAuthority` removed and replaced with `GithubComCosmosCosmosSdkXUpgradeTypesAuthority`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/coreumfoundation/apis/title-goes-here/changes/cosmos/upgrade/v1beta1/authority/get.md)

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