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title: runtime.version() function
description: >
  `runtime.version()` returns the current Flux version.
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  flux_v0_ref:
    name: runtime.version
    parent: runtime
    identifier: runtime/version
weight: 101
---

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`runtime.version()` returns the current Flux version.



##### Function type signature

```js
() => string
```

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## Examples

### Return the Flux version in a stream of tables

```js
import "array"
import "runtime"

array.from(rows: [{version: runtime.version()}])

```

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#### Output data

| version  |
| -------- |
| (devel)  |

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