---
title: Query Encryption Status
description: Monitor the health and state of the consensus encryption system
seo:
  title: "DWN Encryption System Status"
---

:::info
The encryption system uses validator consensus to generate keys that no single party controls.
:::

## System Components

### Key Management
- **currentKeyVersion**: Active encryption key version
- **lastRotation**: Timestamp of last rotation
- **nextRotation**: Scheduled rotation time

### Validator Participation
- **validatorSet**: Active validator addresses
- **singleNodeMode**: Development mode flag
- **minValidatorsForKeyGen**: Required threshold

### System Metrics
- **totalEncryptedRecords**: Global encrypted record count

## Health Monitoring

:::tip
Set up alerts for upcoming key rotations to ensure smooth operations.
:::

### Health Checks

```javascript
// Check rotation schedule
const rotationDue = nextRotation < Date.now();

// Verify validator participation
const hasQuorum = validatorSet.length >= minValidatorsForKeyGen;

// Monitor growth
const recordGrowthRate = totalEncryptedRecords / daysSinceLaunch;
```

## Key Rotation Schedule

### Automatic Rotation
- Triggered by `keyRotationDays` parameter
- Requires validator consensus
- Zero-downtime process

### Manual Rotation
- Governance proposals
- Security incidents
- Validator changes

:::warning
Key rotation requires sufficient validator participation. Monitor validator set health.
:::

## Development vs Production

### Production Mode
- Full validator consensus
- Distributed key generation
- No single point of failure

### Single-Node Mode
- Local key generation
- Simplified consensus
- For development only

## Monitoring Dashboard

:::note
Create monitoring dashboards using these metrics for operational visibility.
:::

### Key Metrics
```bash
# Query status
STATUS=$(snrd query dwn encryption-status -o json)

# Extract metrics
echo "Key Version: $(echo $STATUS | jq .currentKeyVersion)"
echo "Validators: $(echo $STATUS | jq '.validatorSet | length')"
echo "Records: $(echo $STATUS | jq .totalEncryptedRecords)"
echo "Next Rotation: $(echo $STATUS | jq .nextRotation)"
```