# Get a task (with steps)

`GET /tasks/{id}`

:::code-group
```bash title="cURL"
curl --request GET \
  --url https://{host}/api/tasks/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'X-Pinecone-Api-Version: <x-pinecone-api-version>'
```

```python title="Python"
import requests

url = "https://{host}/api/tasks/{id}"

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "X-Pinecone-Api-Version": "<x-pinecone-api-version>"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
```

```javascript title="JavaScript"
const options = {method: "GET", headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>", "X-Pinecone-Api-Version": "<x-pinecone-api-version>"}};

fetch("https://{host}/api/tasks/{id}", options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
```

```php title="PHP"
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://{host}/api/tasks/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: <x-pinecone-api-version>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
```

```go title="Go"
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://{host}/api/tasks/{id}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("X-Pinecone-Api-Version", "<x-pinecone-api-version>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```java title="Java"
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://{host}/api/tasks/{id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("X-Pinecone-Api-Version", "<x-pinecone-api-version>")
  .asString();
```

```ruby title="Ruby"
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{host}/api/tasks/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["X-Pinecone-Api-Version"] = '<x-pinecone-api-version>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```
:::

:::code-group
```json title="200"
{
  "id": "<string>",
  "project_id": "<string>",
  "context_id": "<string>",
  "agent_id": "<string>",
  "session_id": "<string>",
  "created_by": "<string>",
  "workflow": "<string>",
  "state": "<string>",
  "error": "<string>",
  "input": {
    "session_id": "<string>",
    "query_id": "<string>",
    "ask": "<string>",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": null,
        "content": null
      }
    ],
    "models": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "tools": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "shape": {},
    "instructions": "<string>",
    "scope": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "turn_timeout_seconds": 123,
    "retrieval": {
      "retrieval_only": true,
      "pointers_only": true,
      "chunks_only": true,
      "artifacts_only": true,
      "max_retrieved": 123,
      "max_retrieved_chars": 123,
      "compose": true,
      "max_steps": 123,
      "thinking_level": "<string>"
    },
    "comparison_group": "<string>"
  },
  "output": {
    "status": "<string>",
    "query_id": "<string>",
    "answer": "<string>",
    "output_json": {},
    "citations": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "latency_ms": 123,
    "unknown_models": [
      "<string>"
    ]
  },
  "steps": [
    {
      "step_id": "<string>",
      "status": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>",
      "content": "<string>",
      "commentary": "<string>",
      "code": "<string>",
      "result": "<string>",
      "cum_input_tokens": 123,
      "cum_output_tokens": 123,
      "job_id": "<string>",
      "path": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "steps_total": 123,
  "tokens_prompt": 123,
  "tokens_completion": 123,
  "runtime_seconds": 123,
  "running_from": "<string>",
  "timeout_seconds": 123,
  "timeout_at": "<string>",
  "archived_at": "<string>",
  "created_at": "<string>",
  "last_activity_at": "<string>",
  "schedule": "<string>",
  "scheduled_at": "<string>"
}
```

```json title="404"
{
  "message": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>"
}
```
:::

#### Authorizations

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Authorization` | `string` | - |  |

Session token from `POST /auth/login`, sent as `Authorization: Bearer <token>`.

#### Headers

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `X-Pinecone-Api-Version?` | `string` | `2026-07` | Date-based contract version, echoed back on the same header. Omit for the default (2026-07); send unstable for the in-development surface. An unrecognized value is rejected with 400 unsupported_api_version. |

#### Path Parameters

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | - | Task id. |

#### Query Parameters

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `steps_limit?` | `integer` | - | Return only this many trailing steps. Absent returns them all. Required range: 0 <= x |

#### Response

`200` — The task

One task record — a single run of a workflow, owned by the project.

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | - | Task id. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `project_id` | `string` | - | The Pinecone project that owns the task. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `context_id?` | `string \| null` | - | The context the run acts on. Null for a task that belongs to no context. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `agent_id?` | `string \| null` | - | Reserved. Null on every task this version serves. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `session_id?` | `string \| null` | - | Set for query turns |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `created_by` | `string` | - | Principal that started the run. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `workflow` | `string` | - | The canonical workflow name. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `state` | `string` | - | Where the run has got to. scheduled waits for its due time; starting and provisioning are a container being claimed and built; running is the work happening; stopping is a termination in progress. completed, cancelled and failed are terminal. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `error?` | `string \| null` | - | Failure detail. Set on a failed task. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `input` | `object` | - | One shape for the whole search family — the same payload is written whichever of them a turn resolves to. |

::::accordion{title="Show child attributes"}
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `session_id` | `string` | - | The session the turn runs in. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `query_id` | `string` | - | The turn this task serves. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `ask` | `string` | - | Title fallback for the tasks UI; empty when the turn had no user message |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `messages` | `object[]` | - | The conversation history handed to the runtime. |

:::accordion{title="Show child attributes"}
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `role` | `string` | - | Who sent it, e.g. user. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `content` | `string` | - | The message text. |
:::

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `models` | `string[]` | - | The session's model fallback list, in preference order. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `tools` | `string[]` | - | Tool names the turn may call. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `shape` | `object \| null` | - | JSON Schema the answer must conform to. Null on a free-text turn. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `instructions` | `string \| null` | - | The session's system prompt. Null when none was pinned. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `scope` | `string[]` | - | Context ids the turn searches. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `turn_timeout_seconds` | `integer` | - | Runtime budget for this one turn. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `retrieval?` | `object` | - | The turn's retrieval controls. |

:::accordion{title="Show child attributes"}
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `retrieval_only` | `boolean \| null` | - | Skip synthesis and return the hits. Null where the caller omitted it. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `pointers_only` | `boolean \| null` | - | Skip synthesis and return pointers only. Null where the caller omitted it. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `chunks_only` | `boolean \| null` | - | Narrow retrieval to chunks. Null where the caller omitted it. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `artifacts_only` | `boolean \| null` | - | Narrow retrieval to artifacts. Null where the caller omitted it. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `max_retrieved` | `integer \| null` | - | Cap on retrieved items. Null where the caller omitted it. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `max_retrieved_chars` | `integer \| null` | - | Cap on per-item text length. Null where the caller omitted it. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `compose` | `boolean \| null` | - | Whether to synthesize an answer. Null where the caller omitted it. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `max_steps` | `integer \| null` | - | Cap on the agent's tool-loop steps. Null where the caller omitted it. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `thinking_level` | `string \| null` | - | Reasoning depth. Null where the caller omitted it. |
:::

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `comparison_group` | `string \| null` | - | The Compare run this turn belongs to. Null on a normal single query. |
::::

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `output?` | `object` | - | What a finished search turn's task reports. The turn itself, with its steps and structured citations, is at GET /queries/query_id. |

:::accordion{title="Show child attributes"}
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `status` | `string` | - | How the turn ended. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `query_id` | `string` | - | The turn this task answered. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `answer` | `string` | - | The answer text. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `output_json?` | `object \| null` | - | Structured answer when the turn carried a shape, or the hits on a retrieval-only turn. Absent otherwise. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `citations` | `string[]` | - | Cited source paths. The turn carries the structured form. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `latency_ms` | `integer` | - | Wall time for the turn. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `unknown_models?` | `string[]` | - | Model selections dropped as unknown before dispatch, so a caller whose pin was silently ignored can see it. Absent when nothing was dropped. |
:::

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `steps` | `object[]` | - | Populated only on GET /tasks/id. May be a trailing window when steps_limit was given, so read the count from steps_total rather than this array's length. |

:::accordion{title="Show child attributes"}
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `step_id` | `string` | - | Identifies the step within the task. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `status` | `string` | - | How the step ended, e.g. running or completed. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `type?` | `string` | - | What kind of step this is; the vocabulary is per-workflow. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `content?` | `string` | - | The step's reported text payload. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `commentary?` | `string` | - | The runtime's one-line account of what the step is doing. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `code?` | `string` | - | Redacted tool input (search) |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `result?` | `string` | - | Redacted tool output (search) |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `cum_input_tokens?` | `integer` | - | Task-to-date input tokens, including this step. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `cum_output_tokens?` | `integer` | - | Task-to-date output tokens, including this step. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `job_id?` | `string` | - | Identifier of the LlamaParse job doing the work. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `path?` | `string` | - | Source path being parsed |
:::

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `steps_total?` | `integer` | - | True number of recorded steps. Absent on a read that carries no steps. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `tokens_prompt` | `integer` | - | Input tokens the run has billed so far. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `tokens_completion` | `integer` | - | Output tokens the run has billed so far. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `runtime_seconds` | `integer` | - | Seconds the container has been running. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `running_from?` | `string \| null` | - | When the container started. Null before it does. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `timeout_seconds?` | `integer \| null` | - | Runtime budget for this task. Null when it runs uncapped. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `timeout_at?` | `string \| null` | - | When the budget expires and the run is terminated. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `archived_at?` | `string \| null` | - | When the task's files were archived. Null while they are still live. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `created_at` | `string` | - | When the task row was created. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `last_activity_at?` | `string \| null` | - | When the runtime last reported anything. Drives stall detection. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `schedule?` | `string \| null` | - | Cron expression this run was scheduled from. Null for an on-demand run. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `scheduled_at?` | `string \| null` | - | When a scheduled task is due to start. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `parent_task_id?` | `string \| null` | - | The task that spawned this one, as an optimize spawns its curates. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `progress?` | `object` | - | Coarse run progress, written by the runtime. Absent on a task that reports none. |

:::accordion{title="Show child attributes"}
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `phase` | `integer` | - | 1-based index of the phase now running. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `phases` | `integer` | - | Total phases this run expects. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `label` | `string` | - | What the current phase is doing. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `pct` | `number` | - | Completion across the whole run, 0–100. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `eta_seconds?` | `integer \| null` | - | Estimated seconds remaining. Null when the run cannot estimate one. |
:::

## Related pages

- [List tasks (project-wide, paginated)](./data-plane-tasks-list-tasks-project-wide-paginated.md)
- [Cancel/terminate a task](./data-plane-tasks-cancelterminate-a-task.md)

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