{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "id": "commands/pubsub-channels",
  "title": "PUBSUB CHANNELS",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/pubsub-channels/",
  "summary": "Returns the active channels.",
  "since": "2.8.0",
  "tags": [
    "docs",
    "develop",
    "stack",
    "oss",
    "rs",
    "rc",
    "oss",
    "kubernetes",
    "clients"
  ],
  "last_updated": "2026-09-18T16:45:25+01:00",
  "page_type": "content",
  "content_hash": "b94f85d50afe8e3cada192e5dcd9328ec3f4f37558c22092af94527cbc16f283",
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "overview",
      "title": "Overview",
      "role": "overview",
      "text": "Lists the currently active Pub/Sub channels.\n\nAn active channel is a Pub/Sub channel with one or more subscribers (excluding clients subscribed to patterns).\n\nIf no `pattern` is specified, all the channels are listed, otherwise if pattern is specified only channels matching the specified glob-style pattern are listed.\n\nCluster note: in a Redis Cluster, clients can subscribe to every node and can also publish to every other node. The cluster will make sure that published messages are forwarded as needed. That said, [`PUBSUB`](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/pubsub)'s replies in a cluster only report information from the node's Pub/Sub context, rather than the entire cluster."
    },
    {
      "id": "optional-arguments",
      "title": "Optional arguments",
      "role": "parameters",
      "text": "<details open><summary><code>pattern</code></summary>\n\nList only active channels whose names match the given glob-style pattern. If omitted, all active channels are listed.\n\n</details>"
    },
    {
      "id": "redis-software-and-redis-cloud-compatibility",
      "title": "Redis Software and Redis Cloud compatibility",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "| Redis<br />Software | Redis<br />Cloud | <span style=\"min-width: 9em; display: table-cell\">Notes</span> |\n|:----------------------|:-----------------|:------|\n| <span title=\"Supported\">&#x2705; Standard</span><br /><span title=\"Supported\"><nobr>&#x2705; Active-Active</nobr></span> | <span title=\"Supported\">&#x2705; Standard</span><br /><span title=\"Supported\"><nobr>&#x2705; Active-Active</nobr></span> |  |"
    },
    {
      "id": "return-information",
      "title": "Return information",
      "role": "returns",
      "text": "**RESP2:**\n\n[Array reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#arrays): a list of active channels, optionally matching the specified pattern.\n\n**RESP3:**\n\n[Array reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#arrays): a list of active channels, optionally matching the specified pattern."
    }
  ],
  "examples": []
}