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Get Backup Task History

    Description

    This HTTP method and URI return an array containing the entire task history for the repository specified by the REPO_NAME path-parameter.

    The optional TASK_SUBSET_PARAMETERS lets you select a subset of the tasks that you want the method to return.

    HTTP Methods and URIs

    GET /api/v1/cluster/self/repository/{REPO_STATUS}/{REPO_NAME}/taskHistory

GET /api/v1/cluster/self/repository/{REPO_STATUS}/{REPO_NAME}/taskHistory?{TASK_SUBSET_PARAMETERS}
    These URIs are only available from the Backup Service port (8097 by default) on nodes running the Backup Service.
    Table 1. Path Parameters
    Name Description Schema

    REPO_STATUS

    The status of the backup repository.

    Must be one of:

    • active

    • imported

    • archived

    REPO_NAME

    The name of the repository

    String

    TASK_SUBSET_PARAMETERS

    One or more optional query parameters that filter the list of tasks this method returns.

    Task Subset Parameter String

    Task Subset Parameter String

    You can filter the list of tasks this method returns using the optional task subset specification query string. You can supply one or more of the following parameters:

    first={DATE}&limit={COUNT}&taskName={TASK_NAME}
    Table 2. Task Subset Query String Parameters
    Placeholder Name Description Value

    DATE

    The parameter first returns only those tasks that started after the supplied date.

    A datetime string in RFC-3339 format

    COUNT

    The parameter limit returns the number of most recent tasks to return.

    Integer

    TASK_NAME

    The parameter taskName returns only those tasks where the name matches TASK_NAME including case. Use this option to filter when multiple tasks are writing to the same repository.

    String

    Curl Syntax

    curl -X GET http://$BACKUP_SERVICE_NODE:$BACKUP_SERVICE_PORT/cluster/self\
     /repository/$REPO_STATUS/$REPOSITORY_NAME/taskHistory \
     -u $USERNAME:$PASSWORD

curl -G -X GET http://$BACKUP_SERVICE_NODE:$BACKUP_SERVICE_PORT/cluster/self\
     /repository/$REPO_STATUS/$REPOSITORY_NAME/taskHistory
     [-d 'first=$DATE'] [-d 'limit=$COUNT'] [-d 'taskName=$TASK_NAME']
     -u $USERNAME:$PASSWORD

    Required Permissions

    Full Admin, Backup Full Admin, or Read-Only Admin roles.

    Responses

    Value Description

    200 OK and JSON array containing the tasks

    Successful call.

    400

    Invalid parameter.

    400 Object Not found

    The repository in the endpoint URI does not exist.

    401 Unauthorized

    Authorization failure due to incorrect username or password.

    403 Forbidden, plus a JSON message explaining the minimum permissions.

    The provided username has insufficient privileges to call this method.

    404 Object Not Found

    Error in the URI path.

    500 Internal Server Error

    Error in Couchbase Server.

    Examples

    The following examples assume you are running the curl command from a node that is running the Backup Service.

    The following call returns the entire task history for the active repository quarterHourBackups:

    curl -v -X GET http://127.0.0.1:8097/api/v1/cluster/self/\
     repository/active/quarterHourBackups/taskHistory \
     -u Administrator:password

    If the call is successful, the first part of the potentially extensive output may appear as follows:

    [
  {
    "task_name": "MERGE-ce1055b8-b683-4460-880f-513ac271d15b",
    "status": "done",
    "start": "2025-07-28T12:31:34.342818+05:30",
    "end": "2025-07-28T12:31:36.345602+05:30",
    "node_runs": [
      {
        "node_id": "0b52711a01c3236e06a5eda64c3953b3",
        "status": "done",
        "start": "2025-07-28T12:31:34.343368+05:30",
        "end": "2025-07-28T12:31:36.342261+05:30",
        "progress": 100,
        "stats": {
          "id": "d0a17bb8-f2d6-4cbe-a6c4-c440a2ad0b26",
          "current_transfer": 7,
          "total_transfers": 7,
          "transfers": [
            {
              "description": "(1/7) Merging backup 2025-07-27T17_00_54.361492+05_30",
              "stats": {
                "started_at": 1753686094568578000,
                "finished_at": 1753686094648488000,
                "buckets": {
                  "travel-sample": {
                    "total_items": 63288,
                    "started_at": 1753686094640274000,
                    "finished_at": 1753686094645640000,
                    "complete": true
                  }
                },
                "users": {},
                "complete": true
              },
              "progress": 100,
              "eta": "2025-07-28T12:31:34.651966+05:30"
            }
            {...}
          ],
          "progress": 100,
          "eta": "2025-07-28T12:31:35.970544+05:30"
        },
        "error_code": 0
      }
    ],
    "error_code": 0,
    "type": "MERGE"
  },
  {
    "task_name": "BackupTask",
    "status": "done",
    "start": "2025-07-28T11:26:59.031467+05:30",
    "end": "2025-07-28T11:27:03.547466+05:30",
    "node_runs": [
      {
        "node_id": "0b52711a01c3236e06a5eda64c3953b3",
        "status": "done",
        "start": "2025-07-28T11:27:01.585152+05:30",
        "end": "2025-07-28T11:27:03.540761+05:30",
        "progress": 100,
        "stats": {
          "id": "dbde385b-8590-4619-89a3-573d7c77c18e",
          "current_transfer": 1,
          "total_transfers": 1,
          "transfers": [
            {
              "description": "Backing up to 2025-07-28T11_27_01.697005+05_30",
              "stats": {
                "started_at": 1753682221679622000,
                "finished_at": 1753682223496495000,
                "buckets": {
                  "travel-sample": {
                    "estimated_total_items": 65440,
                    "total_items": 63340,
                    "total_vbuckets": 64,
                    "vbuckets_complete": 64,
                    "bytes_received": 43436850,
                    "snapshot_markers_received": 64,
                    "failover_logs_received": 64,
                    "mutations_received": 63288,
                    "started_at": 1753682222107937000,
                    "finished_at": 1753682223488742000,
                    "complete": true
                  }
                },
                "users": {},
                "complete": true
              },
              "progress": 100,
              "eta": "2025-07-28T11:27:03.503045+05:30"
            }
          ],
          "progress": 100,
          "eta": "2025-07-28T11:27:03.503045+05:30"
        },
        "error_code": 0
      }
    ],
    "error_code": 0,
    "type": "BACKUP"
  },
    {
    "task_name": "PRUNE-975564a7-f6c2-491e-8488-ef2cdcffb0a6",
    "status": "done",
    "start": "2025-07-28T11:59:11.513695+05:30",
    "end": "2025-07-28T11:59:11.762125+05:30",
    "node_runs": [
      {
        "node_id": "0b52711a01c3236e06a5eda64c3953b3",
        "status": "done",
        "start": "2025-07-28T11:59:11.5143+05:30",
        "end": "2025-07-28T11:59:11.759062+05:30",
        "progress": 100,
        "stats": {
          "id": "87f0c774-59e3-4e4b-a365-43dac12e881f",
          "current_transfer": 1,
          "total_transfers": 1,
          "transfers": [
            {
              "description": "Deleting backup 2025-07-27T10_01_47.657575+05_30",
              "stats": {
                "started_at": 1753684151701263000,
                "finished_at": 1753684151756283000,
                "users": {},
                "complete": true
              },
              "progress": 100
            }
          ],
          "progress": 100
        },
        "error_code": 0
      }
    ],
    "error_code": 0,
    "type": "PRUNE"
  },
  {...}
]

    The array includes objects for specific runs of the task fifteenMinuteBackup. Each object incudes the start and end time of the task; and lists specific node_runs, with details on buckets whose data was backed up.

    The following example demonstrates using the first and limit query parameters to limit the results to two tasks that started after 14:24:22 on May 5th, 2024 GMT.

    curl -G -s -X GET http://127.0.0.1:8097/api/v1/cluster/self/repository/active/quarterHourBackups/taskHistory \
     -d 'first=2024-05-06T14:24:22Z'
     -d 'limit=2'
     -u Administrator:password | jq

    A successful call returns a task list resembling the following:

    [
  {
    "task_name": "fifteenMinuteBackup",
    "status": "done",
    "start": "2024-05-06T17:24:22.471826882Z",
    "end": "2024-05-06T17:24:28.901488385Z",
    "node_runs": [
      {
        "node_id": "1a41682a59f40d3932d2cf7b131a2312",
        "status": "done",
        "start": "2024-05-06T17:24:22.483698673Z",
        "end": "2024-05-06T17:24:28.889650843Z",
        "progress": 100,
        "stats": {
          "id": "36dfeb46-78b0-428a-b9d6-36b0169ac685",
          "current_transfer": 1,
          "total_transfers": 1,
          "transfers": [
            {
              "description": "Backing up to 2024-05-06T17_24_22.886394673Z",
              "stats": {
                "started_at": 1715016262871131000,
                "finished_at": 1715016268874403800,
                "buckets": {
                  "travel-sample": {
                    "total_items": 63344,
                    "total_vbuckets": 1024,
                    "vbuckets_complete": 1024,
                    "bytes_received": 28672,
                    "failover_logs_received": 1024,
                    "started_at": 1715016266774038500,
                    "finished_at": 1715016268870321400,
                    "complete": true
                  }
                },
                "users": {},
                "complete": true
              },
              "progress": 100,
              "eta": "2024-05-06T17:24:28.878288801Z"
            }
          ],
          "progress": 100,
          "eta": "2024-05-06T17:24:28.878288801Z"
        },
        "error_code": 0
      }
    ],
    "error_code": 0,
    "type": "BACKUP"
  },
  {
    "task_name": "fifteenMinuteBackup",
    "status": "done",
    "start": "2024-05-06T17:09:22.279129423Z",
    "end": "2024-05-06T17:09:28.677706343Z",
    "node_runs": [
      {
        "node_id": "1a41682a59f40d3932d2cf7b131a2312",
        "status": "done",
        "start": "2024-05-06T17:09:22.291632632Z",
        "end": "2024-05-06T17:09:28.667370885Z",
        "progress": 100,
        "stats": {
          "id": "7dabe789-0413-4ef2-b7d9-e942cab1da75",
          "current_transfer": 1,
          "total_transfers": 1,
          "transfers": [
            {
              "description": "Backing up to 2024-05-06T17_09_22.690112298Z",
              "stats": {
                "started_at": 1715015362678973000,
                "finished_at": 1715015368655166200,
                "buckets": {
                  "travel-sample": {
                    "total_items": 63344,
                    "total_vbuckets": 1024,
                    "vbuckets_complete": 1024,
                    "bytes_received": 28672,
                    "failover_logs_received": 1024,
                    "started_at": 1715015366548654800,
                    "finished_at": 1715015368651093200,
                    "complete": true
                  }
                },
                "users": {},
                "complete": true
              },
              "progress": 100,
              "eta": "2024-05-06T17:09:28.658444968Z"
            }
          ],
          "progress": 100,
          "eta": "2024-05-06T17:09:28.658444968Z"
        },
        "error_code": 0
      }
    ],
    "error_code": 0,
    "type": "BACKUP"
  }
]

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