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The Jobs page lets you browse recent Salt jobs, drill into per-minion results, and kill in-flight jobs — all without touching the Salt master directly. Job data is served from the jobs_index database table, which Halite’s background poller keeps current. Running-job status is derived from an in-memory active-JID cache that the scheduler refreshes alongside each poll cycle. Live data can also be fetched directly from the Salt master for cases where you need results immediately after dispatching a command.
Table of recent Salt jobs with JID, function, target, user, and status columns

Jobs list showing recent jobs with status badges, function names, and targets

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Browsing jobs

The default view shows the 50 most recent jobs ordered by start time descending, read from the local jobs_index table. Each row shows:
  • JID — the Salt job ID (encodes the UTC start time)
  • Function — the module.function that was called (e.g. test.ping, state.highstate)
  • Target — the targeting expression used
  • Target type — the targeting method (glob, list, etc.)
  • User — the Salt user who dispatched the job (from the Salt master)
  • Status — running if the JID is in the active-JID cache; complete otherwise

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Live mode

Append ?live=true to the URL (or toggle the Live switch in the UI) to bypass the database and fetch directly from the Salt master. This is useful immediately after dispatching a job before the poller has ticked. Live mode is capped at 500 jobs.

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Viewing job detail

1

Open the Jobs page

Click Jobs in the left sidebar.
2

Click a job row

Clicking a row fetches the full job detail from the Salt master (GET /api/jobs/{jid}).
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Inspect per-minion results

The detail view shows a table of every minion targeted, with columns for:
  • Return value — the raw return from the minion
  • Success — whether the minion reported a successful result
  • Return code — the exit code (0 = success)
For state.highstate and other state jobs, the return value is parsed and displayed as a structured state result table with pass/fail counts per state.
Job detail view with per-minion result rows and highstate parsing

Job detail panel showing per-minion results and highstate state table

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Highstate result parsing

When the function is a state job (function prefix state.), the per-minion return value is parsed from the raw Salt return dictionary into a structured list of state results. Each row shows the state ID, result (pass/fail), duration, and any changes or comments.

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Killing a running job

Killing a job sends a KILL signal to the job process on the Salt master. The job stops sending results but minions that have already received and begun executing the command may continue running locally. Use this as an emergency stop, not a rollback.
1

Find the running job

On the Jobs page, running jobs show a Running badge. You can also filter by status.
2

Click Kill

Open the job detail and click Kill. Halite sends POST /api/jobs/{jid}/kill (HTTP 202 Accepted).
3

Confirm

The job status updates to complete on the next poll cycle. The kill action is recorded in the audit log.

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Example: checking a recent highstate

Open the Jobs page and search for state.highstate. Click the most recent row. The detail panel shows a per-minion breakdown. Any minion with at least one failed state is highlighted in red, with the failing state ID and error message expanded.

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Permissions

The built-in operator role has both view:job:* and kill:job:*. The built-in viewer role has view:job:* only and cannot kill jobs.