capture_status

Inspect current capture limits and admission pressure without reading any response bodies.

tool · Connected client

Before you start

Connect to the capture Mac you want to check. You can inspect limits and pressure even before the first request arrives; no response body is needed.

Access: Your MCP client needs the captureResource capability for this tool.

Request

{
  "name": "capture_status",
  "arguments": {}
}

No arguments are needed for this example.

Illustrative tools/call parameters. Inspect the tool’s inputSchema in tools/list before sending them.

What to look for

Inspect current capture limits and admission pressure without reading any response bodies.

If the result is unexpected

A healthy listener does not recover a previously omitted body. Trigger a new synthetic request.

What to check if access is denied

Effects and cleanup

This request reads information; it does not start a test or activate a traffic change. Treat returned metadata and any exported evidence as potentially sensitive.

Same underlying tool: joesproxyctl capture status.

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