# getEpochSchedule

Returns epoch schedule information from this cluster's genesis config.

This method will use `30` [Compute Units](/v1/about/billing.md).

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## **Parameters**

None.

## Returns

`result` An object with the following fields:

* `firstNormalEpoch`. The first normal-length epoch, log2(slotsPerEpoch) - log2(MINIMUM\_SLOTS\_PER\_EPOCH).
* `firstNormalSlot`. The slot number of the first normal slot. MINIMUM\_SLOTS\_PER\_EPOCH \* (2.pow(firstNormalEpoch) - 1).
* `leaderScheduleSlotOffset`. The number of slots before beginning of an epoch to calculate a leader schedule for that epoch.
* `slotsPerEpoch`. The maximum number of slots in each epoch.
* `warmup`. Whether epochs start short and grow.

```bash
// Result
{
	"jsonrpc": "2.0",
	"result": {
		"firstNormalEpoch": 0,
		"firstNormalSlot": 0,
		"leaderScheduleSlotOffset": 432000,
		"slotsPerEpoch": 432000,
		"warmup": false
	},
	"id": 1
}
```

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="mainnet" %}

<pre class="language-bash"><code class="lang-bash"><strong>curl https://mainnet.solana.validationcloud.io/v1/&#x3C;YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
</strong>    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1, "method":"getEpochSchedule"}'
    
</code></pre>

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="devnet" %}

```bash
curl https://devnet.solana.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1, "method":"getEpochSchedule"}'
    
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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