doctl compute action wait
Generated on 10 Jun 2025
from doctl
version
v1.130.0
Usage
doctl compute action wait <action-id> [flags]
Aliases
w
Description
Block the current thread, returning when an action completes.
For example, if you find an action when calling doctl compute action list
that has a status of in-progress
, you can note the action ID and call doctl compute action wait <action-id>
, and doctl will appear to “hang” until the action has completed. This can be useful for scripting purposes.
Example
The following example waits for the action 123456
to complete before allowing further commands to execute:
doctl compute action wait 123456
Flags
Option | Description |
---|---|
--format |
Columns for output in a comma-separated list. Possible values: ID , Status , Type , StartedAt , CompletedAt , ResourceID , ResourceType , Region . |
--help , -h |
Help for this command |
--no-header |
Return raw data with no headers Default: false |
--poll-timeout |
Re-poll time in seconds Default: 5 |
Related Commands
Command | Description |
---|---|
doctl compute action | Display commands for retrieving resource action history |
Global Flags
Option | Description |
---|---|
--access-token , -t |
API V2 access token |
--api-url , -u |
Override default API endpoint |
--config , -c |
Specify a custom config file Default: |
--context |
Specify a custom authentication context name |
--http-retry-max |
Set maximum number of retries for requests that fail with a 429 or 500-level error
Default: 5 |
--http-retry-wait-max |
Set the minimum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request
Default: 30 |
--http-retry-wait-min |
Set the maximum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request
Default: 1 |
--interactive |
Enable interactive behavior. Defaults to true if the terminal supports it (default false)
Default: false |
--output , -o |
Desired output format [text|json] Default: text |
--trace |
Show a log of network activity while performing a command Default: false |
--verbose , -v |
Enable verbose output Default: false |