getHighestSnapshotSlot RPC Method

Returns the highest slot information that the node has snapshots for.

This will find the highest full snapshot slot, and the highest incremental snapshot slot based on the full snapshot slot, if there is one.

Version Restriction

This method is only available in solana-core v1.9 or newer. Please use getSnapshotSlot for solana-core v1.8 and below.

params

None

result

Snapshot

No Snapshot

object

When the node has a snapshot, this returns a JSON object with the following fields:

$ curl https://api.devnet.solana.com -s -X \
>   POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d ' 
>   {
>     "jsonrpc": "2.0",
>     "id": 1,
>     "method": "getHighestSnapshotSlot"
>   }
> '

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "full": 100,
    "incremental": 110
  },
  "id": 1
}

$ curl https://api.devnet.solana.com -s -X \
>   POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d ' 
>   {
>     "jsonrpc": "2.0",
>     "id": 1,
>     "method": "getHighestSnapshotSlot"
>   }
> '