admin

describe

Read a compact description of the database.

strata describe

wire describe

Returns a compact description of the database for one branch: engine version, open target, the default and described branches, all active branches, the registered product spaces, per-primitive counts (KV, JSON, event, plus vector-collection and graph summaries), the sanitized config, and the available capabilities. The branch defaults to the handle branch when omitted.

Status commands return a scalar or compact status payload and do not mutate database state.

To see the complete help for this command, run:

strata describe --help

Example

Describe the database.

strata describe

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
branchstring or nullnoBranch whose primitive data should be described. Defaults to the executor handle branch.

Returns

StatusResponse<AdminDescribe>

  • dataAdminDescribe
  • typestring

Errors

Recover by code. Retry policy and commit outcome come from the shipped error registry.

CodeRetryCommit outcome
failed_precondition.engine.runtime_closednevernot_started
not_found.engine.branchnevernot_applicable
invalid_argument.engine.branch_namenevernot_started
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