[[startup]]
= Application Startup (`startup`)

The `startup` endpoint provides information about the application's startup sequence.


[[startup-retrieving]]
== Retrieving the Application Startup steps

The application startup steps can either be retrieved as a snapshot (`GET`) or drained from the buffer (`POST`).

[[startup-retrieving-snapshot]]
=== Retrieving a snapshot of the Application Startup steps

To retrieve the steps recorded so far during the application startup phase, make a `GET` request to `/actuator/startup`, as shown in the following curl-based example:

include::{snippets}/startup-snapshot/curl-request.adoc[]

The resulting response is similar to the following:

include::{snippets}/startup-snapshot/http-response.adoc[]


[[startup-retrieving-drain]]
== Draining the Application Startup steps

To drain and return the steps recorded so far during the application startup phase, make a `POST` request to `/actuator/startup`, as shown in the following curl-based example:

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

The resulting response is similar to the following:

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

[[startup-retrieving-response-structure]]
=== Response Structure

The response contains details of the application startup steps.
The following table describes the structure of the response:

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