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-layout: default
-title: Clone Snapshot
-parent: Snapshot APIs
-nav_order: 10
----
-
-# Clone Snapshot 
-Introduced 1.0
-{: .label .label-purple }
-
-Creates a clone of all or part of a snapshot, in the same repository as the original.
-
-## Path and HTTP methods
-
-```json
-PUT /_snapshot/<repository>/<snapshot>/_clone/<target_snapshot>
-{
-	“indices” : “an_index,another_index”
-}
-```
-
-## Path parameters
-
-The following table lists the available path parameters. All path parameters are optional.
-
-| Parameter | Data type | Description |
-| :--- | :--- | :--- |
-| `repository` | String | Name of repository that contains snapshot. |
-| `snapshot` | String | Name of original snapshot. |
-| `target_snapshot` | String | Name of cloned snapshot to create. |
-
-## Query parameters
-
-The following table lists the available query parameters. All query parameters are optional.
-
-| Parameter |  Data type | Description |
-| :--- | :--- | :--- |
-| `cluster_manager_timeout` | Time | The amount of time to wait for a response from the cluster manager node.  Optional, default is 30 seconds. (Formerly called `master_timeout`.)|
-
-## Request fields
-
-The following table lists the available request body fields.
-
-| Field | Data type | Description |
-| :--- | :--- | :--- |
-| `indices` | String | A list of indices to clone from the original snapshot into the target snapshot, separated by commas. Do not put spaces between items. The wildcard symbol (`*`) can be used to specify index patterns, and `-` can be used to exclude indices. Required. |
-| `ignore_unavailable` | Boolean | If an index from the indices list doesn’t exist, whether to ignore and proceed. Optional, default is `false`. |
-| `include_global_state` | Boolean | Whether to include cluster state in the snapshot. Optional, default is `true`. |
-| `partial` | Boolean | Whether to allow partial snapshots. Optional; default is `false`, which fails the entire snapshot if one or more shards fails to store. |
-
-## Example request
-
-The following request copies indices `index_a` and `index_b` from `my_snapshot`, a snapshot located in repository `my-opensearch-repo`, into a new snapshot in the same repository called `my_new_snapshot`:
-
-```json
-PUT /_snapshot/my-opensearch-repo/my_snapshot/_clone/my_new_snapshot
-{
-	“indices” : “index_a,index_b”
-}
-```
-{% include copy-curl.html %}
-
-
-## Example response
-
-
-Upon success, the request returns the following json object:
-
-```json
-{ 
-    "acknowledged" : true
-}
-```
-