Describe a backup

PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
BACKUP_ID="8c85e612-ed1c-4f97-9f8c-8194e07bcf71"

curl -X GET "https://api.pinecone.io/backups/$BACKUP_ID" \
    -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
    -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-07" \
    -H "accept: application/json"

GET /backups/{backup_id}

• X-Pinecone-Api-Version (header, string, required) — Required date-based version header
• backup_id (path, string, required) — The ID of the backup to describe.

• 200 — Configuration information and deployment status of the backup.
• 401 — Unauthorized. Possible causes: missing or invalid API key.
• 403 — Forbidden. The API key or principal is authenticated but lacks the permission required for this operation. Grant the required permission to the key's role, or use a key that already holds it.
• 404 — Backup not found.
• 500 — Internal server error.