---
title: "Get Info about a queue"
method: POST
path: "/v1/queue.info"
tags: ["Querator V1"]
---

# Get Info about a queue

`POST /v1/queue.info`

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required — The name of the queue to retrieve info about

## Response `200`

- QueueInfo
  - `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
  - `reserve_timeout` string, required — The default reservation timeout for this queue
  - `dead_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 defered by a consumer before it is placed in the dead letter queue. This includes cases where the 'deadline' was exceeded and the item was retried.
  - `requested_partitions` integer, required — The number of partitions this queue hasrequested. This might be different than the number of currently active partitionsas the system grows or contracts the number of partitions.

## Changes

- **2024-09-16** `22a36c374092` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

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

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