# /sys/license/status

The `/sys/license/status` endpoint is used to view update the license used in Vault.

### License status

This endpoint returns information about licensing. See license autoloading for additional background.

In the response:

* `autoloading_used` will be true if an autoloaded license was provided to the node, false otherwise. This should always be true from Vault 1.11.0 onward.
* `autoloaded` is the autoloaded license if autoloading\_used is true.
* `persisted_autoload` is the autoloaded license the active node last wrote to storage; this is only used to detect inconsistently licensed nodes in the cluster. It cannot be used as a license itself.
* `stored` was used for the stored license prior to Vault 1.11.0. Stored licenses are no longer supported.

`autoloaded`, and `persisted_autoload` will both have the same structure.

| Method | Path                  |
| ------ | --------------------- |
| `GET`  | `/sys/license/status` |

#### Sample request

```shell-session
$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/license/status
```

#### Sample response

```json
{
  "data": {
    "autoloading_used": true,
    "autoloaded": {
      "expiration_time": "2022-05-17T23:59:59Z",
      "features": [
        "HSM",
        "Performance Replication",
        "DR Replication",
        "MFA",
        "Sentinel",
        "Seal Wrapping",
        "Control Groups",
        "Performance Standby",
        "Namespaces",
        "KMIP",
        "Entropy Augmentation",
        "Transform Secrets Engine",
        "Lease Count Quotas",
        "Key Management Secrets Engine",
        "Automated Snapshots"
      ],
      "license_id": "060d7820-fa59-f95c-832b-395db0aeb9ba",
      "performance_standby_count": 9999,
      "start_time": "2021-05-17T00:00:00Z",
      "termination_time": "2031-05-17T23:59:59Z"
    },
    "persisted_autoload": {
      "expiration_time": "2022-05-17T23:59:59Z",
      "features": [
        "HSM",
        "Performance Replication",
        "DR Replication",
        "MFA",
        "Sentinel",
        "Seal Wrapping",
        "Control Groups",
        "Performance Standby",
        "Namespaces",
        "KMIP",
        "Entropy Augmentation",
        "Transform Secrets Engine",
        "Lease Count Quotas",
        "Key Management Secrets Engine",
        "Automated Snapshots"
      ],
      "license_id": "060d7820-fa59-f95c-832b-395db0aeb9ba",
      "performance_standby_count": 9999,
      "start_time": "2021-05-17T00:00:00Z",
      "termination_time": "2031-05-17T23:59:59Z"
    }
  }
}
```


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