# rpk redpanda admin brokers decommission-status

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> ❗ **IMPORTANT**
>
> This command is not supported on macOS, Windows.

Show the progress of a broker decommissioning.

When a node is in the process of being decommissioned, this command reports the decommissioning progress as follows, where PARTITION-SIZE is in bytes. Using -H, it prints the partition size in a human-readable format.

```bash
$ rpk redpanda admin brokers decommission-status 4
DECOMMISSION PROGRESS
=====================
NAMESPACE-TOPIC              PARTITION  MOVING-TO  COMPLETION-%  PARTITION-SIZE
kafka/test                   0          3          9             1699470920
kafka/test                   4          3          0             1614258779
kafka/test2                  3          3          3             2722706514
kafka/test2                  4          3          4             2945518089
kafka_internal/id_allocator  0          3          0             3562
```

Using --detailed / -d, it additionally prints granular reports.

```bash
$ rpk redpanda admin brokers decommission-status 4 -d
DECOMMISSION PROGRESS
=====================
NAMESPACE-TOPIC  PARTITION  MOVING-TO  COMPLETION-%  PARTITION-SIZE  BYTES-MOVED  BYTES-REMAINING
kafka/test       0          3          13            1731773243      228114727    1503658516
kafka/test       4          3          1             1645952961      18752660     1627200301
kafka/test2      3          3          5             2752632301      140975805    2611656496
kafka/test2      4          3          6             2975443783      181581219    2793862564
```

If for some reason a partition cannot be moved, the command reports the problematic partition in the 'ALLOCATION FAILURES' section and the decommission fails. A typical failure scenario would be when no node has enough space to allocate a partition, or cannot satisfy rack constraints.

```bash
ALLOCATION FAILURES
==================
kafka/foo/2
kafka/test/0
```

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk redpanda admin brokers decommission-status [BROKER ID] [flags]
```

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| -d, --detailed | - | Print how much data moved and remaining in bytes. |
| -H, --human-readable | - | Print the partition size in a human-readable form. |
| -h, --help | - | Help for decommission-status. |
| --config | string | Redpanda or rpk config file; default search paths are /var/lib/redpanda/.config/rpk/rpk.yaml, $PWD/redpanda.yaml, and /etc/redpanda/redpanda.yaml. |
| -X, --config-opt | stringArray | Override rpk configuration settings. See rpk -X or execute rpk -X help for inline detail or rpk -X list for terser detail. |
| --profile | string | Profile to use. See rpk profile for more details. |
| -v, --verbose | - | Enable verbose logging. |