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LASTSAVE

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LASTSAVE
Group
Server
Complexity
O(1)
Arity
1 (exactly, counting the command name)
Flags
read-only, fast
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LASTSAVE returns when the last snapshot was successfully written, by SAVE, BGSAVE, a save point or a shutdown. Before the first save it returns the time the server started.

A common way to confirm a background save finished is to read LASTSAVE, run BGSAVE, and poll LASTSAVE until it changes.

Return value

Section titled “Return value”

An integer: Unix time in seconds, in RESP2 and RESP3.

Examples

Section titled “Examples”
127.0.0.1:6379> LASTSAVE
(integer) 1789996400
127.0.0.1:6379> BGSAVE
Background saving started
127.0.0.1:6379> LASTSAVE
(integer) 1790000000

Compatibility

Section titled “Compatibility”

Same as Redis 7 and Valkey 8.

See also

Section titled “See also”

BGSAVE, SAVE, INFO