---
name: "doveadm-service-status"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dovecot"
version: "2.4.5-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/doveadm-service-status"
---

# doveadm-service-status(1)

Show information about dovecot services

## NAME

**doveadm-service-status** - Show information about dovecot services

## SYNOPSIS

**doveadm** \[*GLOBAL OPTIONS*\] **service status** \[*service* \[...\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

**doveadm service status** produces a table with a line for each service, containing the following details:

*name*

the name of the service

*process\_count*

the number of processes actually running for the service

*process\_avail*

the number of additional processes that can be spawned for the service

*process\_limit*

the maximum number of processes that can be active for the service

*client\_limit*

the maximum number of connections that the service will handle simultaneously

*throttle\_secs*

seconds to wait before launching another process when processes are dying unexpectedly early for the service

*exit\_failure\_last*

timestamp when the last process was terminated abnormally for the service

*exit\_failures\_in\_sec*

number of abnormally terminated processes for the service in the last second

*last\_drop\_warning*

timestamp when the last time a "dropping client connections" warning was logged

*listen\_pending*

if the master process is queuing connections that need to be dispatched

*listening*

if service is listening

*doveadm\_stop*

if the service has been stopped by [doveadm(1)](/doveadm/1.md)

*process\_total*

the total number of processes forked for the service since the service start.

## GLOBAL OPTIONS

Global [doveadm(1)](/doveadm/1.md) *options*:

- **-D**

  Enables *verbosity* and debug messages.

- **-O**

  Do not read any config file, just use defaults. The **dovecot\_storage\_version** setting defaults to the latest version, but can be overridden with **-o**.

- **-k**

  Preserve entire environment for doveadm, not just **import\_environment** setting.

- **-v**

  Enables verbosity, including progress counter.

- **-i** *instance-name*

  If using multiple Dovecot instances, choose the config file based on this instance name.

  See **instance\_name** setting for more information.

- **-c** *config-file*

  Read configuration from the given *config-file*. By default it first reads config socket, and then falls back to */etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf*. You can also point this to config socket of some instance running compatible version.

- **-o** *setting***=***value*

  Overrides the configuration *setting* from */etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf* and from the userdb with the given *value*. In order to override multiple settings, the **-o** option may be specified multiple times.

- **-f** *formatter*

  Specifies the *formatter* for formatting the output. Supported formatters are:

  **flow**

  prints each line with *key***=***value* pairs.

  **json**

  prints a JSON array of JSON objects.

  **pager**

  prints each *key*: *value* pair on its own line and separates records with form feed character (**^L**).

  **tab**

  prints a table header followed by tab separated value lines.

  **table**

  prints a table header followed by adjusted value lines.

## ARGUMENTS

*service* (optional)

Filters the list according to the specified service or services. By default, all dovecot services are listed.

## EXAMPLES

```
doveadm service status
```

```
name: imap-login
process_count: 0
process_avail: 0
process_limit: 1
client_limit: 1000
throttle_secs: 0
exit_failure_last: 0
exit_failures_in_sec: 0
last_drop_warning: 0
listen_pending: n
listening: y
doveadm_stop: n
process_total: 0
```

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs, including *doveconf -n* output, to the Dovecot Mailing List *⟨dovecot@dovecot.org⟩*. Information about reporting bugs is available at: *⟨https://dovecot.org/bugreport.html⟩*

## SEE ALSO

[doveadm(1)](/doveadm/1.md), [doveadm-process-status(1)](/doveadm-process-status/1.md)