---
title: "List all available queues"
method: POST
path: "/v1/queues.list"
tags: ["Querator V1"]
---

# List all available queues

`POST /v1/queues.list`

List all the available queues

## Request body

- QueuesListRequest
  - `pivot` string, required — The name of the queue to pivot upon when paging through lists of queues
  - `limit` integer, required — The maximum number of items to return in a single list response

## Response `200`

- QueuesListResponse
  - `items` QueueInfo[], required
    - `queue_name` string, required — The name of the queue
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required — The timestamp the queue was created
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required — The timestamp the queue was last updated
    - `dead_queue` string, required — The name of the dead letter queue for this queue. If this is a dead letter queue then this field will be empty when retrieved via `/queue.list`
    - `reference` string, required — This is a user supplied field which could contain metadata or specify who owns this queue
    - `lease_timeout` string, required — The default lease timeout for this queue
    - `expire_timeout` string, required — How long an item can wait in the queue regardless of attempts before it is moved to the dead letter queue
    - `max_attempts` integer, required — The maximum number of times an item can be retried by a consumer before it is placed in the dead letter queue or removed. Infinite attempts if max_attempts is set to '0'. `lease_timeout` violations are included as attempts
    - `requested_partitions` integer, required — The number of partitions this queue has requested. This might be different than the number of currently active partitions as the system grows or contracts the number of partitions.

## Changes

- **2026-07-17** `b67c2fa641f7` — 1 breaking
  - request body became required
- **2025-06-09** `00a535961201` — 1 breaking, 1 info
  - removed the required property `items/items/name` from the response with the `200` status
  - added the required property `items/items/queue_name` to the response with the `200` status
- **2025-06-05** `db1e2b747f3c` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2024-09-15** `ba3240950bb2` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/kapetan-io/apis/querator-api/changes/v1/queues.list/post.md)

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