def status(self, timeout=None):
        """
        Get etcd status.

        :param timeout: Request timeout in seconds.
        :type timeout: int

        :returns: The current etcd cluster status.
        :rtype: instance of :class:`txaioetcd.Status`
        """

        def run(txn):
            txn.execute("SELECT now()")
            rows = txn.fetchall()
            res = "{0}".format(rows[0][0])
            return res

        return self._pool.runInteraction(run)