[[threaddump]]
= Thread Dump (`threaddump`)
The `threaddump` endpoint provides a thread dump from the application's JVM.



[[threaddump.retrieving-json]]
== Retrieving the Thread Dump as JSON
To retrieve the thread dump as JSON, make a `GET` request to `/actuator/threaddump` with an appropriate `Accept` header, as shown in the following curl-based example:

include::{snippets}/threaddump/json/curl-request.adoc[]

The resulting response is similar to the following:

include::{snippets}/threaddump/json/http-response.adoc[]



[[threaddump.retrieving-json.response-structure]]
=== Response Structure
The response contains details of the JVM's threads.
The following table describes the structure of the response:

[cols="3,1,2"]
include::{snippets}/threaddump/json/response-fields.adoc[]



[[threaddump.retrieving-text]]
== Retrieving the Thread Dump as Text
To retrieve the thread dump as text, make a `GET` request to `/actuator/threaddump` that
accepts `text/plain`, as shown in the following curl-based example:

include::{snippets}/threaddump/text/curl-request.adoc[]

The resulting response is similar to the following:

include::{snippets}/threaddump/text/http-response.adoc[]
