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Returns the current slot the node has processed.
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getSlot returns the most recent slot number at the requested commitment level. It's the simplest possible "where is the chain right now" check, and the basis for measuring how far behind (or ahead) other data is — compare a cached value against a fresh getSlot call to know how stale it's gotten.
Plans & rate limitsAll plans
Free5/s
Operator50/s
Blade Runner200/s
Nexus500/s
Parameters
params is a JSON array, with values in this order: config.
1configobject
Optional configuration.
Show propertiesProperties
commitmentstringdefault: "finalized"
Bank state to read the slot from. processed gives the newest slot the node has seen, at the cost of it possibly belonging to a fork that gets abandoned.
Allowed values:
finalizedconfirmedprocessedminContextSlotinteger
Minimum slot the node must have processed before answering.
Result
resultinteger
Current slot number. A plain integer, not wrapped in a context/value envelope.
Notes
- Mainnet-beta produces a new slot roughly every 270 ms (measured on our nodes in September 2026, and still falling), so treat any cached slot number as stale within a second.
processedwill typically read a little ahead offinalized— the gap is roughly the confirmation pipeline depth (usually well under 100 slots under normal conditions), not a fixed constant.