getMaxRetransmitSlot

Get the max slot seen from retransmit stage.

Parameters

No parameters required.

Request

cURL

curl https://solana-mainnet.api.syndica.io/api-key/YOUR_API_KEY \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "getMaxRetransmitSlot"
}'

JavaScript

// Using fetch
const response = await fetch('https://solana-mainnet.api.syndica.io/api-key/YOUR_API_KEY', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "getMaxRetransmitSlot"
})
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests
import json

url = 'https://solana-mainnet.api.syndica.io/api-key/YOUR_API_KEY'
headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
data = {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "getMaxRetransmitSlot"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=json.dumps(data))
print(response.json())

Network Selection

Replace mainnet with devnet in the URL to query devnet instead.

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": 1234,
  "id": 1
}

Response Fields

Return value: u64

Slot number

Related Methods

getMaxShredInsertSlot
Returns maximum slot after shred insertion into blockstore. Tracks a later processing stage than retransmit; useful when correlating Turbine pipeline stages.

getSlot
Returns current cluster slot at specified commitment level. Primary method for tracking slot progress; retransmit slot is an internal early-stage view of slot propagation.

getHealth
Returns validator health status based on slot progress. Both methods track validator performance metrics; combine for comprehensive node diagnostics.

External Resources

• Solana Official Documentation