---
title: "Toggle server active/standby (calm-period switchover)"
method: GET
path: "/api/clusters/{clusterName}/actions/set-active-status"
tags: ["ClusterActions"]
---

# Toggle server active/standby (calm-period switchover)

`GET /api/clusters/{clusterName}/actions/set-active-status`

Flips this replication-manager between Active and Standby and propagates the new status to all its clusters (yield to peer / take over). Calm-period only: refused with 409 during split brain, when the arbitration is in control.

## Path parameters

- `clusterName` string, required

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, required

## Response `200`

Server set to Active|Standby

## Other responses

- `403` — No valid ACL
- `409` — cannot toggle active status during split brain
- `500` — Cluster Not Found

## Changes

- **2026-07-17** `7465ea0ee21a` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2023-03-31** `b57fc7b9446e` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/signal18/apis/untitled-api/changes/api/clusters/:clusterName/actions/set-active-status/get.md)

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