# rpk cluster maintenance status

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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/24.3/reference/rpk/rpk-cluster/rpk-cluster-maintenance-status.md -->

Report maintenance status.

This command reports maintenance status for each node in the cluster. The output is presented as a table with each row representing a node in the cluster. The output can be used to monitor the progress of node draining.

NODE-ID DRAINING FINISHED ERRORS PARTITIONS ELIGIBLE TRANSFERRING FAILED
1       false    false    false  0          0        0            0

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Node-id | The node ID. |
| Draining | true if the node is actively draining leadership. |
| Finished | Leadership draining has completed. |
| Errors | Errors have been encountered while draining. |
| Partitions | Number of partitions whose leadership has moved. |
| Eligible | Number of partitions with leadership eligible to move. |
| Transferring | Current active number of leadership transfers. |
| Failed | Number of failed leadership transfers. |

> 📝 **NOTE**
>
> -   When errors are present further information will be available in the logs for the corresponding node.
>
> -   Only partitions with more than one replica are eligible for leadership transfer.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk cluster maintenance status [flags]
```

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| -h, --help | - | Help for 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. |