list_persistent_segments()

This operation lists all persistent (flushed) segments for a collection, including information about row count, sort status, and storage level.

Request syntax

client.list_persistent_segments(
    collection_name: str,
    timeout: float = None
) -> List[SegmentInfo]

PARAMETERS:

• collection_name (str) -

  [REQUIRED]

  The name of the collection.

• timeout (float | None) -

  The timeout duration for this operation. Setting this to None indicates that this operation timeouts when any response arrives or any error occurs.

RETURN TYPE:

List[SegmentInfo]

RETURNS:

A list of persistent segment information objects containing segment_id, collection_id, collection_name, num_rows, is_sorted, state, level, and storage_version.

EXCEPTIONS:

• MilvusException

  This exception will be raised when any error occurs during this operation.

Example

from pymilvus import MilvusClient

client = MilvusClient(
    uri="http://localhost:19530",
    token="root:Milvus"
)

segments = client.list_persistent_segments(collection_name="my_collection")
for seg in segments:
    print(f"Segment {seg.segment_id}: {seg.num_rows} rows, level={seg.level}")