getHighestSnapshotSlot RPC Method

Returns the highest slot that the node has a snapshot 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.

Updated on

Oct 4, 2023

getHighestSnapshotSlot RPC Method

Please note that this method is only available in solana-core v1.9 or newer. Please use getSnapshotSlot for solana-core v1.8

Parameters

This method does not accept any parameters

Returns

result

The result will be an object with the following fields:

full

The highest fullsnapshot slot encoded as 64-bit unsigned integer

incremental

The greatest incremental snapshot slot derived from the full snapshot

Request

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curl https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ \
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  -X POST \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1, "method":"getHighestSnapshotSlot"}'

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