# Get the hot threads for nodes


**GET /_nodes/{node_id}/hot_threads**

**All methods and paths for this operation:**

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                      <span class="operation-verb get">GET</span>
                      <span class="operation-path">/_nodes/hot_threads</span>
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                    <div>
                      <span class="operation-verb get">GET</span>
                      <span class="operation-path">/_nodes/{node_id}/hot_threads</span>
                      </div>
                    

Get a breakdown of the hot threads on each selected node in the cluster.
The output is plain text with a breakdown of the top hot threads for each node.

## Required authorization

* Cluster privileges: `monitor`,`manage`



## Servers
- http://api.example.com: http://api.example.com ()


## Authentication methods
- Api key auth
- Basic auth
- Bearer auth


## Parameters

### Path parameters
- **node_id** (string | array[string])
  List of node IDs or names used to limit returned information.

### Query parameters
- **ignore_idle_threads** (boolean)
  If true, known idle threads (e.g. waiting in a socket select, or to get
  a task from an empty queue) are filtered out.
- **interval** (string)
  The interval to do the second sampling of threads.
- **snapshots** (number)
  Number of samples of thread stacktrace.
- **threads** (number)
  Specifies the number of hot threads to provide information for.
- **timeout** (string)
  Period to wait for a response. If no response is received
  before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.
- **type** (string)
  The type to sample.

  Supported values include:
    - `cpu`: Threads that consume the most CPU time.
    - `wait`: Threads that have been in a waiting state the longest.
    - `block`: Threads that have been blocked the longest.
    - `gpu`: Threads that consume the most GPU time.
    - `mem`: Threads that allocate the most memory.

- **sort** (string)
  The sort order for 'cpu' type

  Supported values include:
    - `cpu`: Threads that consume the most CPU time.
    - `wait`: Threads that have been in a waiting state the longest.
    - `block`: Threads that have been blocked the longest.
    - `gpu`: Threads that consume the most GPU time.
    - `mem`: Threads that allocate the most memory.



## Responses
### 200


#### Body: application/json (object)
object

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