---
title: "Get the status of in-progress schema change operations"
method: GET
path: "/operations/schema_changes"
tags: ["operations"]
---

# Get the status of in-progress schema change operations

`GET /operations/schema_changes`

Returns the status of any ongoing schema change operations. If no schema changes are in progress, returns an empty response.

## Response `200`

List of schema changes in progress

- SchemaChangeStatus[]
  - `collection` string — Name of the collection being modified
  - `validated_docs` integer — Number of documents that have been validated
  - `altered_docs` integer — Number of documents that have been altered

## Changes

- **2025-10-14** `3bc6fc9b6132` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2022-08-04** `6c2fe01b69bc` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/typesense/apis/typesense-api/changes/operations/schema_changes/get.md)

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