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- '@fast'
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command_flags:
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complexity: O(1)
description: Signals that a cluster client is following an -ASK redirect.
group: cluster
hidden: false
linkTitle: ASKING
railroad_diagram: /images/railroad/asking.svg
since: 3.0.0
summary: Signals that a cluster client is following an -ASK redirect.
syntax_fmt: ASKING
title: ASKING
---
When a cluster client receives an `-ASK` redirect, the `ASKING` command is sent to the target node followed by the command which was redirected.
This is normally done automatically by cluster clients.

If an `-ASK` redirect is received during a transaction, only one ASKING command needs to be sent to the target node before sending the complete transaction to the target node.

See [ASK redirection in the Redis Cluster Specification]({{< relref "/operate/oss_and_stack/reference/cluster-spec#ask-redirection" >}}) for details.

## Redis Software and Redis Cloud compatibility

| Redis<br />Software | Redis<br />Cloud | <span style="min-width: 9em; display: table-cell">Notes</span> |
|:----------------------|:-----------------|:------|
| <span title="Not supported">&#x274c; Standard</span><br /><span title="Not supported"><nobr>&#x274c; Active-Active</nobr></span> | <span title="Not supported">&#x274c; Standard</span><br /><span title="Not supported"><nobr>&#x274c; Active-Active</nobr></span> |  |

## Return information

{{< multitabs id="asking-return-info" 
    tab1="RESP2" 
    tab2="RESP3" >}}

[Simple string reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#simple-strings): `OK`.

-tab-sep-

[Simple string reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#simple-strings): `OK`.

{{< /multitabs >}}