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# messagingctl messages command reference

> Generated syntax and options for messagingctl messages.

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Read accepted messages, and retry, settle, or cancel one.

## Contract status

This page is generated from the public Clap command tree for Registry Stack source version `0.40.0` and catalog SHA-256 `42b4f89103fb6b0fc57282f99a8d8ab8fc777b3c745d6243720ff4a99ba1f57f`. Hidden implementation commands are omitted.

## Usage

```text
messagingctl messages [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>
```

## Commands

| Command | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [`list`](./list/) | List messages, newest first, with the recipient never shown |
| [`show`](./show/) | Show one message with its recipient masked, and its attempts |
| [`retry`](./retry/) | Queue a failed message again under a new generation, with --apply |
| [`settle`](./settle/) | Settle a message whose outcome is unknown, with --apply |
| [`cancel`](./cancel/) | Cancel a queued message, with --apply |

## Options

| Option | Always required | Default | Values | Environment | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--format <FORMAT>` | No | `human` | `human`, `json` | n/a | Emit the selected command's report in this format |
| `-h, --help` | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | Print help |

## Generation contract

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