1--- 2layout: "api" 3page_title: "/sys/seal-status - HTTP API" 4sidebar_title: "<code>/sys/seal-status</code>" 5sidebar_current: "api-http-system-seal-status" 6description: |- 7 The `/sys/seal-status` endpoint is used to check the seal status of a Vault. 8--- 9 10# `/sys/seal-status` 11 12The `/sys/seal-status` endpoint is used to check the seal status of a Vault. 13 14## Seal Status 15 16This endpoint returns the seal status of the Vault. This is an unauthenticated 17endpoint. 18 19| Method | Path | 20| :--------------------------- | :--------------------- | 21| `GET` | `/sys/seal-status` | 22 23### Sample Request 24 25``` 26$ curl \ 27 http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/seal-status 28``` 29 30### Sample Response 31 32The "t" parameter is the threshold, and "n" is the number of shares. 33 34```json 35{ 36 "type": "shamir", 37 "sealed": true, 38 "t": 3, 39 "n": 5, 40 "progress": 2, 41 "nonce": "", 42 "version": "0.9.0" 43} 44``` 45 46Sample response when Vault is unsealed. 47 48```json 49{ 50 "type": "shamir", 51 "sealed": false, 52 "t": 3, 53 "n": 5, 54 "progress": 0, 55 "version": "0.9.0", 56 "cluster_name": "vault-cluster-d6ec3c7f", 57 "cluster_id": "3e8b3fec-3749-e056-ba41-b62a63b997e8", 58 "nonce": "ef05d55d-4d2c-c594-a5e8-55bc88604c24" 59} 60``` 61