pending_tasks provides the same information as the
/_cluster/pending_tasks API in a
convenient tabular format. For example:
GET /_cat/pending_tasks?v
Might look like:
insertOrder timeInQueue priority source
       1685       855ms HIGH     update-mapping [foo][t]
       1686       843ms HIGH     update-mapping [foo][t]
       1693       753ms HIGH     refresh-mapping [foo][[t]]
       1688       816ms HIGH     update-mapping [foo][t]
       1689       802ms HIGH     update-mapping [foo][t]
       1690       787ms HIGH     update-mapping [foo][t]
       1691       773ms HIGH     update-mapping [foo][t]