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# /sys/seal-backend-status

The `/sys/seal-backend-status` endpoint is used to display the status of each backing seal, namely whether each backend is healthy.

### Seal Backend Status

This endpoint returns the seal status of the Vault. This is an unauthenticated endpoint.

| Method | Path                       |
| ------ | -------------------------- |
| `GET`  | `/sys/seal-backend-status` |

#### Sample request

```shell-session
$ curl \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/seal-backend-status
```

#### Sample response

```json
{ 
  "healthy": false,
  "unhealthy_since": "2023-09-22T08:34:11Z",
  "backends": [
     {
      "name": "hsm",
      "healthy": true
     },
     {
      "name": "transit",
      "healthy": false,
      "unhealthy_since": "2023-09-22T08:34:11Z"
     }
  ]
}
```