site2/docs/admin-api-transactions.md

id: admin-api-transactions title: Manage transactions sidebar_label: “Transactions”

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:::tip

This page only shows some frequently used operations.

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Transaction resources

GetSlowTransactions

In the production environment, there may be some long-lasting transactions that have never been completed. You can get these slow transactions that have survived over a certain time under a coordinator or all coordinators in the following ways.

<Tabs groupId="api-choice"
 defaultValue="pulsar-admin"
 values={[{"label":"pulsar-admin","value":"pulsar-admin"},{"label":"REST API","value":"REST API"},{"label":"Java","value":"Java"}]}>
<TabItem value="pulsar-admin">

```shell

$ pulsar-admin transactions slow-transactions \
 -c 1 -t 1s

```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="REST API">

{@inject: endpoint|GET|/admin/v3/transactions/slowTransactions/:timeout|operation/getSlowTransactions?version=@pulsar:version_number@}

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="Java">

```java

admin.transaction().getSlowTransactionsByCoordinatorId(coordinatorId, timeout, timeUnit)
//Or get slow transactions from all coordinators
admin.transaction().getSlowTransactions(timeout, timeUnit)

```

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

The following is an example of the returned values.

{
  "(0,3)": {
    "txnId": "(0,3)",
    "status": "OPEN",
    "openTimestamp": 1658120122474,
    "timeoutAt": 300000,
    "producedPartitions": {},
    "ackedPartitions": {}
  },
  "(0,2)": {
    "txnId": "(0,2)",
    "status": "OPEN",
    "openTimestamp": 1658120122471,
    "timeoutAt": 300000,
    "producedPartitions": {},
    "ackedPartitions": {}
  },
  "(0,5)": {
    "txnId": "(0,5)",
    "status": "OPEN",
    "openTimestamp": 1658120122478,
    "timeoutAt": 300000,
    "producedPartitions": {},
    "ackedPartitions": {}
  },
  "(0,4)": {
    "txnId": "(0,4)",
    "status": "OPEN",
    "openTimestamp": 1658120122476,
    "timeoutAt": 300000,
    "producedPartitions": {},
    "ackedPartitions": {}
  },
  "(0,7)": {
    "txnId": "(0,7)",
    "status": "OPEN",
    "openTimestamp": 1658120122482,
    "timeoutAt": 300000,
    "producedPartitions": {},
    "ackedPartitions": {}
  },
  "(0,10)": {
    "txnId": "(0,10)",
    "status": "OPEN",
    "openTimestamp": 1658120122488,
    "timeoutAt": 300000,
    "producedPartitions": {},
    "ackedPartitions": {}
  },
  "(0,6)": {
    "txnId": "(0,6)",
    "status": "OPEN",
    "openTimestamp": 1658120122480,
    "timeoutAt": 300000,
    "producedPartitions": {},
    "ackedPartitions": {}
  },
  "(0,9)": {
    "txnId": "(0,9)",
    "status": "OPEN",
    "openTimestamp": 1658120122486,
    "timeoutAt": 300000,
    "producedPartitions": {},
    "ackedPartitions": {}
  },
  "(0,8)": {
    "txnId": "(0,8)",
    "status": "OPEN",
    "openTimestamp": 1658120122484,
    "timeoutAt": 300000,
    "producedPartitions": {},
    "ackedPartitions": {}
  },
  "(0,11)": {
    "txnId": "(0,11)",
    "status": "OPEN",
    "openTimestamp": 1658120122490,
    "timeoutAt": 300000,
    "producedPartitions": {},
    "ackedPartitions": {}
  }
}

ScaleTransactionCoordinators

When the performance of transactions reaches a bottleneck due to the insufficient number of transaction coordinators, you can scale the number of the transaction coordinators in the following ways.

<Tabs groupId="api-choice"
 defaultValue="pulsar-admin"
 values={[{"label":"pulsar-admin","value":"pulsar-admin"},{"label":"REST API","value":"REST API"},{"label":"Java","value":"Java"}]}>
<TabItem value="pulsar-admin">

```shell

$ pulsar-admin transactions scale-transactionCoordinators \
 -r 17

```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="REST API">

{@inject: endpoint|GET|/admin/v3/transactions/transactionCoordinator/:replicas|operation/scaleTransactionCoordinators?version=@pulsar:version_number@}

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="Java">

```java

admin.transaction().scaleTransactionCoordinators(replicas);

```

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

Transaction stats

Get transaction metadata

The transaction metadata that can be retrieved include:

txnId: The ID of this transaction.
status: The status of this transaction.
openTimestamp: The open time of this transaction.
timeoutAt: The timeout of this transaction.
producedPartitions: The partitions or topics that messages have been sent to with this transaction.
ackedPartitions: The partitions or topics where messages have been acknowledged with this transaction.

Use one of the following ways to get your transaction metadata.

<Tabs groupId="api-choice"
 defaultValue="pulsar-admin"
 values={[{"label":"pulsar-admin","value":"pulsar-admin"},{"label":"REST API","value":"REST API"},{"label":"Java","value":"Java"}]}>
<TabItem value="pulsar-admin">

```shell

$ pulsar-admin transactions transaction-metadata\
 -m 1 -l 1

```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="REST API">

{@inject: endpoint|GET|/admin/v3/transactions/transactionMetadata/:mostSigBits/:leastSigBits|operation/getTransactionMetadata?version=@pulsar:version_number@}

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="Java">

```java

admin.transactions().getTransactionMetadata(txnID);

```

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

The following is an example of the returned values.


{
 "txnId" : "(1,18)",
 "status" : "ABORTING",
 "openTimestamp" : 1656592983374,
 "timeoutAt" : 5000,
 "producedPartitions" : {
   "my-topic" : {
     "startPosition" : "127:4959",
     "aborted" : true
   }
 },
 "ackedPartitions" : {
   "my-topic" : {
     "mysubName" : {
       "cumulativeAckPosition" : null
     }
   }
 }
}

Get transaction stats in transaction pending ack

The transaction stats in transaction pending ack that can be retrieved include:

cumulativeAckPosition: The position that this transaction cumulatively acknowledges in this subscription.

Use one of the following ways to get transaction stats in pending ack:

<Tabs groupId="api-choice"
 defaultValue="pulsar-admin"
 values={[{"label":"pulsar-admin","value":"pulsar-admin"},{"label":"REST API","value":"REST API"},{"label":"Java","value":"Java"}]}>
<TabItem value="pulsar-admin">

```shell

$ pulsar-admin transactions transaction-in-pending-ack-stats \
 -m 1 -l 1 -t my-topic -s mysubname

```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="REST API">

{@inject: endpoint|GET|/admin/v3/transactions/transactionInPendingAckStats/:tenant/:namespace/:topic/:subName/:mostSigBits/:leastSigBits|operation/getTransactionInPendingAckStats?version=@pulsar:version_number@}

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="Java">

```java

admin.transaction().getTransactionInPendingAckStats(txnID, topic, subname);

```

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

The following is an example of the returned value.


{
 "cumulativeAckPosition" : "137:49959"
 }

Get transaction stats in transaction buffer

The transaction stats in the transaction buffer that can be retrieved include:

startPosition: The start position of this transaction in the transaction buffer.
aborted: The flag of whether this transaction has been aborted.

Use one of the following ways to get transaction stats in transaction buffer:

<Tabs groupId="api-choice"
 defaultValue="pulsar-admin"
 values={[{"label":"pulsar-admin","value":"pulsar-admin"},{"label":"REST API","value":"REST API"},{"label":"Java","value":"Java"}]}>
<TabItem value="pulsar-admin">

```shell

$ pulsar-admin transactions transaction-in-buffer-stats \
 -m 1 -l 1 -t my-topic

```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="REST API">

{@inject: endpoint|GET|/admin/v3/transactions/transactionInBufferStats/:tenant/:namespace/:topic/:mostSigBits/:leastSigBits|operation/getTransactionInBufferStats?version=@pulsar:version_number@}

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="Java">

```java

admin.transaction().getTransactionInBufferStatsAsync(txnID, topic);

```

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

The following is an example of the returned values.


{
 "startPosition" : "137:49759",
 "aborted" : false
}

Transaction coordinator stats

The transaction coordinator (TC) is a module inside a Pulsar broker. It maintains the entire life cycle of transactions and handles transaction timeout.

Get coordinator stats

The transaction coordinator stats that can be retrieved include:

state: The state of this transaction coordinator.
leastSigBit:s The sequence ID of this transaction coordinator.
lowWaterMark: The low watermark of this transaction coordinator.
ongoingTxnSize: The total number of ongoing transactions in this transaction coordinator.
recoverStartTime: The start timestamp of transaction coordinator recovery. 0L means no startup.
recoverEndTime: The end timestamp of transaction coordinator recovery. 0L means no startup.

Use one of the following ways to get transaction coordinator stats:

<Tabs groupId="api-choice"
 defaultValue="pulsar-admin"
 values={[{"label":"pulsar-admin","value":"pulsar-admin"},{"label":"REST API","value":"REST API"},{"label":"Java","value":"Java"}]}>
<TabItem value="pulsar-admin">

```shell

$ pulsar-admin transactions coordinator-stats \
 -c 1

```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="REST API">

{@inject: endpoint|GET|/admin/v3/transactions/coordinatorStats|operation/getCoordinatorStats?version=@pulsar:version_number@}

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="Java">

```java

admin.transaction().getCoordinatorStatsById(coordinatorId);
//Or get all coordinator stats.
admin.transaction().getCoordinatorStats();

```

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

The following is an example of the returned values.


{
  "state" : "Ready",
  "leastSigBits" : 1,
  "lowWaterMark" : 0,
  "ongoingTxnSize" : 0,
  "recoverStartTime" : 1657021892377,
  "recoverEndTime" : 1657021892378
}

Get coordinator internal stats

The coordinator's internal stats that can be retrieved include:

transactionLogStats: The stats of the transaction coordinator log.
managedLedgerName: The name of the managed ledger where the transaction coordinator log is stored.
managedLedgerInternalStats: The internal stats of the managed ledger where the transaction coordinator log is stored. See [managedLedgerInternalStats](admin-api-topics.md#get-internal-stats) for more details.

Use one of the following ways to get coordinator’s internal stats:

<Tabs groupId="api-choice"
 defaultValue="pulsar-admin"
 values={[{"label":"pulsar-admin","value":"pulsar-admin"},{"label":"REST API","value":"REST API"},{"label":"Java","value":"Java"}]}>
<TabItem value="pulsar-admin">

```shell

$ pulsar-admin transactions coordinator-internal-stats \
 -c 1 -m

```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="REST API">

{@inject: endpoint|GET|/admin/v3/transactions/coordinatorInternalStats/:coordinatorId|operation/getCoordinatorInternalStats?version=@pulsar:version_number@}

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="Java">

```java

admin.transaction().getCoordinatorInternalStats(coordinatorId, metadata);

```

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

The following is an example of the returned values.


{
 "transactionLogStats" : {
   "managedLedgerName" : "pulsar/system/persistent/__transaction_log_1",
   "managedLedgerInternalStats" : {
     "entriesAddedCounter" : 3,
     "numberOfEntries" : 3,
     "totalSize" : 63,
     "currentLedgerEntries" : 3,
     "currentLedgerSize" : 63,
     "lastLedgerCreatedTimestamp" : "2022-06-30T18:18:05.88+08:00",
     "waitingCursorsCount" : 0,
     "pendingAddEntriesCount" : 0,
     "lastConfirmedEntry" : "13:2",
     "state" : "LedgerOpened",
     "ledgers" : [ {
       "ledgerId" : 13,
       "entries" : 0,
       "size" : 0,
       "offloaded" : false,
       "metadata" : "LedgerMetadata{formatVersion=3, ensembleSize=1, writeQuorumSize=1, ackQuorumSize=1, state=CLOSED, length=63, lastEntryId=2, digestType=CRC32C, password=OMITTED, ensembles={0=[10.20.240.119:3181]}, customMetadata={component=base64:bWFuYWdlZC1sZWRnZXI=, pulsar/managed-ledger=base64:cHVsc2FyL3N5c3RlbS9wZXJzaXN0ZW50L19fdHJhbnNhY3Rpb25fbG9nXzE=, application=base64:cHVsc2Fy}}",
       "underReplicated" : false
     } ],
     "cursors" : {
       "transaction.subscription" : {
         "markDeletePosition" : "13:2",
         "readPosition" : "13:3",
         "waitingReadOp" : false,
         "pendingReadOps" : 0,
         "messagesConsumedCounter" : 3,
         "cursorLedger" : 22,
         "cursorLedgerLastEntry" : 1,
         "individuallyDeletedMessages" : "[]",
         "lastLedgerSwitchTimestamp" : "2022-06-30T18:18:05.932+08:00",
         "state" : "Open",
         "numberOfEntriesSinceFirstNotAckedMessage" : 1,
         "totalNonContiguousDeletedMessagesRange" : 0,
         "subscriptionHavePendingRead" : false,
         "subscriptionHavePendingReplayRead" : false,
         "properties" : { }
       }
     }
   }
 }
}

Transaction pending ack stats

Pending ack maintains message acknowledgments within a transaction before a transaction completes. If a message is in the pending acknowledge state, the message cannot be acknowledged by other transactions until the message is removed from the pending acknowledge state.

Get transaction pending ack stats

The transaction pending ack state stats that can be retrieved include:

state: The state of this transaction coordinator.
lowWaterMark: The low watermark of this transaction coordinator.
ongoingTxnSize: The total number of ongoing transactions in this transaction coordinator.
recoverStartTime: The start timestamp of transaction pendingAck recovery. 0L means no startup.
recoverEndTime: The end timestamp of transaction pendingAck recovery. 0L means no startup.

Use one of the following ways to get transaction pending ack stats:

<Tabs groupId="api-choice"
 defaultValue="pulsar-admin"
 values={[{"label":"pulsar-admin","value":"pulsar-admin"},{"label":"REST API","value":"REST API"},{"label":"Java","value":"Java"}]}>
<TabItem value="pulsar-admin">

```shell

$ pulsar-admin transactions pending-ack-stats \
 -t my-topic -s  mysubName -l

```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="REST API">

{@inject: endpoint|GET|/admin/v3/transactions/pendingAckStats/:tenant/:namespace:/:topic:/:subName|operation/getPendingAckStats?version=@pulsar:version_number@}

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="Java">

```java

admin.transaction().getPendingAckStats(topic, subName, lowWaterMarks)

```

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

The following is an example of the returned values.


{
  "state" : "Ready",
  "lowWaterMarks" : {
    "1" : 0
  },
  "ongoingTxnSize" : 1,
  "recoverStartTime" : 1657021899202,
  "recoverEndTime" : 1657021899203
}

Get transaction pending ack internal stats

The transaction pending ack internal stats that can be retrieved include:

transactionLogStats: The stats of the transaction pending ack log.
managedLedgerName: The name of the managed ledger where the transaction pending ack log is stored.
managedLedgerInternalStats: The internal stats of the managed ledger where the transaction coordinator log is stored. See [managedLedgerInternalStats](admin-api-topics.md#get-internal-stats) for more details.

Use one of the following ways to get transaction pending ack internal stats:

<Tabs groupId="api-choice"
 defaultValue="pulsar-admin"
 values={[{"label":"pulsar-admin","value":"pulsar-admin"},{"label":"REST API","value":"REST API"},{"label":"Java","value":"Java"}]}>
<TabItem value="pulsar-admin">

```shell

$ pulsar-admin transactions pending-ack-internal-stats \
 -t my-topic -s  mysubName -m

```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="REST API">

{@inject: endpoint|GET|/admin/v3/transactions/pendingAckInternalStats/:tenant/:namespace:/:topic:/:subName|operation/getPendingAckInternalStats?version=@pulsar:version_number@}

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="Java">

```java

admin.transaction().getPendingAckInternalStats(topic, subName, boolean metadata);

```

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

The following is an example of the returned values.


{
 "pendingAckLogStats" : {
   "managedLedgerName" : "public/default/persistent/my-topic-mysubName__transaction_pending_ack",
   "managedLedgerInternalStats" : {
     "entriesAddedCounter" : 2247,
     "numberOfEntries" : 2247,
     "totalSize" : 37212,
     "currentLedgerEntries" : 104,
     "currentLedgerSize" : 1732,
     "lastLedgerCreatedTimestamp" : "2022-06-30T19:02:09.746+08:00",
     "waitingCursorsCount" : 0,
     "pendingAddEntriesCount" : 52,
     "lastConfirmedEntry" : "64:51",
     "state" : "LedgerOpened",
     "ledgers" : [ {
       "ledgerId" : 56,
       "entries" : 2195,
       "size" : 36346,
       "offloaded" : false,
       "metadata" : "LedgerMetadata{formatVersion=3, ensembleSize=1, writeQuorumSize=1, ackQuorumSize=1, state=CLOSED, length=36346, lastEntryId=2194, digestType=CRC32C, password=OMITTED, ensembles={0=[10.20.240.119:3181]}, customMetadata={component=base64:bWFuYWdlZC1sZWRnZXI=, pulsar/managed-ledger=base64:cHVibGljL2RlZmF1bHQvcGVyc2lzdGVudC9teS10b3BpYy1teXN1Yk5hbWVfX3RyYW5zYWN0aW9uX3BlbmRpbmdfYWNr, application=base64:cHVsc2Fy}}",
       "underReplicated" : false
     }, {
       "ledgerId" : 64,
       "entries" : 0,
       "size" : 0,
       "offloaded" : false,
       "metadata" : "LedgerMetadata{formatVersion=3, ensembleSize=1, writeQuorumSize=1, ackQuorumSize=1, state=CLOSED, length=866, lastEntryId=51, digestType=CRC32C, password=OMITTED, ensembles={0=[10.20.240.119:3181]}, customMetadata={component=base64:bWFuYWdlZC1sZWRnZXI=, pulsar/managed-ledger=base64:cHVibGljL2RlZmF1bHQvcGVyc2lzdGVudC9teS10b3BpYy1teXN1Yk5hbWVfX3RyYW5zYWN0aW9uX3BlbmRpbmdfYWNr, application=base64:cHVsc2Fy}}",
       "underReplicated" : false
     } ],
     "cursors" : {
       "__pending_ack_state" : {
         "markDeletePosition" : "56:-1",
         "readPosition" : "56:0",
         "waitingReadOp" : false,
         "pendingReadOps" : 0,
         "messagesConsumedCounter" : 0,
         "cursorLedger" : 57,
         "cursorLedgerLastEntry" : 0,
         "individuallyDeletedMessages" : "[]",
         "lastLedgerSwitchTimestamp" : "2022-06-30T18:55:26.842+08:00",
         "state" : "Open",
         "numberOfEntriesSinceFirstNotAckedMessage" : 1,
         "totalNonContiguousDeletedMessagesRange" : 0,
         "subscriptionHavePendingRead" : false,
         "subscriptionHavePendingReplayRead" : false,
         "properties" : { }
       }
     }
   }
 }
}

Get position stats in pending ack

The position stats in pending ack include:

PendingAck The position is in pending ack stats.
MarkDelete The position is already acknowledged.
NotInPendingAck The position is not acknowledged within a transaction.
PendingAckNotReady The pending ack has not been initialized.
InvalidPosition The position is an invalid position, for example, batch index > batch size.

If you want to know whether the position has been acknowledged, you can use one of the following ways to get position stats pending ack:

<Tabs groupId="api-choice"
 defaultValue="pulsar-admin"
 values={[{"label":"pulsar-admin","value":"pulsar-admin"},{"label":"REST API","value":"REST API"},{"label":"Java","value":"Java"}]}>
<TabItem value="pulsar-admin">

```shell

$ pulsar-admin transactions position-stats-in-pending-ack \
 -t my-topic -s  mysubName -l 15 -e 6


```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="REST API">

{@inject: endpoint|GET|/admin/v3/transactions/pendingAckStats
/:tenant/:namespace:/:topic:/:subName/:ledgerId/:entryId?batchIndex=batchIndex|operation/getPositionStatsInPendingAck?version=@pulsar:version_number@}

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="Java">

```java

admin.transaction().getPositionStatsInPendingAckAsync(topic, subName, ledgerId, entryId, lowWaterMarks);

```

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

The following is an example of the returned values.


{
“State” : “MarkDelete”
}

Transaction buffer stats

Transaction buffer handles messages produced to a topic partition within a transaction. The messages in the transaction buffer are not visible to consumers until the transactions are committed. The messages in the transaction buffer are discarded when the transactions are aborted.

Get transaction buffer stats

The transaction buffer stats that can be retrieved include:

state: The state of this transaction buffer.
maxReadPosition: The maximum read position of this transaction buffer.
lastSnapshotTimestamps: The last snapshot timestamp of this transaction buffer.
lowWaterMarks (Optional): The low watermark details of the transaction buffer.
ongoingTxnSize: The total number of ongoing transactions in this transaction buffer.
recoverStartTime: The start timestamp of transaction buffer recovery. 0L means no startup.
recoverEndTime: The end timestamp of transaction buffer recovery. 0L means no startup.

Use one of the following ways to get transaction buffer stats:

<Tabs groupId="api-choice"
 defaultValue="pulsar-admin"
 values={[{"label":"pulsar-admin","value":"pulsar-admin"},{"label":"REST API","value":"REST API"},{"label":"Java","value":"Java"}]}>
<TabItem value="pulsar-admin">

```shell

$ pulsar-admin transactions transaction-buffer-stats \
 -t my-topic -l

```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="REST API">

{@inject: endpoint|GET|/admin/v3/transactions/transactionBufferStats/:tenant/:namespace:/:topic:/:subName|operation/getTransactionBufferStats?version=@pulsar:version_number@}

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="Java">

```java

admin.transaction().getTransactionBufferStats(topic, lowWaterMarks);

```

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

The following is an example of the returned values.


{
  "state" : "Ready",
  "maxReadPosition" : "38:101",
  "lastSnapshotTimestamps" : 1657021903534,
  "lowWaterMarks" : {
    "1" : -1,
    "2" : -1
  },
  "ongoingTxnSize" : 0,
  "recoverStartTime" : 1657021892850,
  "recoverEndTime" : 1657021893372
}