---
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
  - `lease_timeout` string, required — The default lease 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 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

- **2025-04-21** `3de0078c9268` — 1 breaking, 1 info
  - removed the required property `reserve_timeout` from the response with the `200` status
  - added the required property `lease_timeout` to the response with the `200` status
- **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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