> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.blnkfinance.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> ## Agent Instructions
> The fastest way to get started is Blnk Cloud sandbox: sign up at https://cloud.blnkfinance.com and deploy a managed instance. It takes less than 5 minutes. No Docker, Postgres, Redis, or local config.
> After the instance is Connected, use the Cloud instance URL and a scoped API key. Do not default to http://localhost:5001.
> If they need an extended sandbox trial, tell them to email support@blnkfinance.com. Sample: To: support@blnkfinance.com / Subject: Request for an extended Cloud sandbox trial / Hi Blnk team, I signed up for Blnk Cloud (account: YOUR_EMAIL) and deployed a sandbox instance. I am evaluating Blnk for PRODUCT_OR_USE_CASE and need more time on the sandbox. Could you extend my sandbox trial? Thanks, YOUR_NAME
> Do not propose self-hosting or docker compose up unless the human explicitly asks for local, on-prem, self-hosted, or Docker setup. If they only want to try Blnk, send them to Cloud sandbox.

# Get job status

> Poll progress, subtasks, and approval state for an agent job.

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<Warning>
  Agent Jobs API is currently in beta.
</Warning>

Use this endpoint while an agent job is in progress. The response is a compact snapshot: status, progress counts, the current or failed step, and summarized subtasks.

For the final output after the job completes or fails, use [Get job result](/cloud/reference/get-agent-result). To pause, resume, approve, reject, or schedule, use [Control agent job](/cloud/reference/control-agent).

<Note>
  Add `?view=debug` (or `view=verbose`, `verbose=1`) to include a `debug` object with the raw plan steps and reasoning trail.
</Note>

***

### Authorization

Blnk Cloud APIs support any one of the following authentication methods. All of them work with your `CLOUD_API_KEY` or `OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN`.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Bearer token">
    Pass `Authorization: Bearer CLOUD_API_KEY` or `Authorization: Bearer OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN`.

    <ParamField header="Authorization" type="string" required>
      Cloud API key or OAuth access token. Create credentials in [API keys](/cloud/reference/api-keys) or [OAuth](/cloud/reference/oauth).
    </ParamField>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="X-Blnk-Key header">
    Pass `X-Blnk-Key: CLOUD_API_KEY` or `X-Blnk-Key: OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN`.

    <ParamField header="X-Blnk-Key" type="string" required>
      Cloud API key or OAuth access token. Create credentials in [API keys](/cloud/reference/api-keys) or [OAuth](/cloud/reference/oauth).
    </ParamField>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="X-API-Key header">
    Pass `X-API-Key: CLOUD_API_KEY` or `X-API-Key: OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN`.

    <ParamField header="X-API-Key" type="string" required>
      Cloud API key or OAuth access token. Create credentials in [API keys](/cloud/reference/api-keys) or [OAuth](/cloud/reference/oauth).
    </ParamField>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

### Path

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL wrap theme={"system"}
  curl -X GET 'https://api.cloud.blnkfinance.com/agents/jobs/job_1779300000000000000/status' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer CLOUD_API_KEY'
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ParamField path="job_id" type="string" required>
  Job to poll (`job_...`). Use the `job_id` returned by [Create agent job](/cloud/reference/create-agent).
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="view" type="string">
  Set to `debug` or `verbose` to add a `debug` object with the raw plan steps and reasoning trail. Leave unset for the compact payload.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="verbose" type="string">
  Alias for `view=debug`. Send `1` or `true`. Prefer `view`.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="instance_id" type="string">
  Optional Core instance (`instance_...`). When present, Cloud checks that the instance belongs to your organization. The job already stores its instance from create.
</ParamField>

### Response

<ResponseExample>
  ```json 200 wrap expandable theme={"system"}
  {
    "job_id": "job_1779300000000000000",
    "status": "running",
    "status_message": "Workflow executing.",
    "plan_run_id": "pr_1779300000000000000",
    "approval_state": "",
    "last_error": "",
    "schedule": null,
    "progress": {
      "total": 2,
      "completed": 1,
      "running": 1,
      "pending": 0,
      "failed": 0,
      "waiting_approval": 0
    },
    "current_step": {
      "step_id": "s2",
      "title": "watch assess and summarize",
      "task_type": "backoffice.watch_assess_and_summarize",
      "status": "running",
      "summary": "Step is running.",
      "created_at": "2026-09-16T05:10:04Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-09-16T05:10:08Z"
    },
    "failed_step": null,
    "sub_tasks": [
      {
        "step_id": "s1",
        "title": "filter collection",
        "task_type": "backoffice.filter_collection",
        "status": "completed",
        "task_id": "tsk_1779300000000000100",
        "summary": "Step completed.",
        "input_summary": "transactions filtered by 1 condition",
        "created_at": "2026-09-16T05:10:02Z",
        "updated_at": "2026-09-16T05:10:04Z"
      },
      {
        "step_id": "s2",
        "title": "watch assess and summarize",
        "task_type": "backoffice.watch_assess_and_summarize",
        "status": "running",
        "summary": "Step is running.",
        "created_at": "2026-09-16T05:10:04Z",
        "updated_at": "2026-09-16T05:10:08Z"
      }
    ],
    "reasoning_trail": [],
    "created_at": "2026-09-16T05:10:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-09-16T05:10:08Z",
    "links": {
      "status": "/agents/jobs/job_1779300000000000000/status",
      "result": "/agents/jobs/job_1779300000000000000/result",
      "control": "/agents/jobs/job_1779300000000000000/control"
    }
  }
  ```

  ```text 404 Not Found wrap theme={"system"}
  not found
  ```

  ```text 503 Service Unavailable wrap theme={"system"}
  jobs service unavailable
  ```
</ResponseExample>

<ResponseField name="job_id" type="string">
  Job you polled (`job_...`). Same value you sent in the path.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="status" type="string">
  Where the job is right now: `queued`, `scheduled`, `planning`, `running`, `paused`, `waiting_approval`, `completed`, or `failed`. Poll until `completed` or `failed`, then call [Get job result](/cloud/reference/get-agent-result).
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="status_message" type="string">
  Short sentence that matches `status`, for example `Workflow executing.` Use this for logs or UI copy. Do not parse it.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="plan_run_id" type="string">
  Plan Cloud built from your message (`pr_...`). Empty until planning finishes. Status, result, and control still use `job_id`.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="approval_state" type="string">
  Set when the job is in `waiting_approval`. Empty otherwise. Use [Control agent job](/cloud/reference/control-agent) with `approve` or `reject` to continue.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="last_error" type="string">
  Most recent error on the job. Empty while the job is healthy. Filled when a step or the planner fails.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="schedule" type="object">
  Present when this job is waiting for a one-time run or is tied to a recurring template. `null` for a normal create.

  <Expandable title="Schedule properties">
    <ResponseField name="scheduled_run_at" type="timestamp">
      UTC ISO 8601 time when a one-time scheduled child job should start.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="recurring_template_id" type="string">
      Recurring template created from this job (`rt_...`).
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="progress" type="object">
  How many plan steps are in each state: `total`, `completed`, `running`, `pending`, `failed`, `waiting_approval`. Use this for a progress bar. `running` also counts steps in `created_task`.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="current_step" type="object">
  The step Cloud is on now: first `running`, `created_task`, or `waiting_approval` step, otherwise the next `pending` step. `null` when no step is active. Same shape as one item in `sub_tasks`.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="failed_step" type="object">
  First step with status `failed`. `null` when every step has succeeded or has not failed yet. Same shape as one item in `sub_tasks`.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="sub_tasks" type="array">
  Compact plan steps, oldest first. This is the summarized view. Use `view=debug` if you need the raw plan payload.

  <Expandable title="Compact step">
    <ResponseField name="step_id" type="string">
      Step ID from the plan (`s1`, `s2`, ...).
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="title" type="string">
      Readable label derived from `task_type`. Cloud strips the `backoffice.` prefix and replaces underscores with spaces.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="task_type" type="string">
      Planner step name, such as `backoffice.filter_collection`. Map this to a capability in the [tool allowlist](/cloud/reference/create-agent#tool-allowlist) if you set `approved_tools`.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="status" type="string">
      Step state: `pending`, `running`, `created_task`, `waiting_approval`, `completed`, or `failed`.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="task_id" type="string">
      Task Cloud created for this step (`tsk_...`). Empty until the step starts work.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="depends_on" type="array">
      `step_id` values this step waits on before it can run.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="summary" type="string">
      What the step is doing or just did, truncated to 220 characters.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="error" type="string">
      Why the step failed. Empty on successful or in-progress steps.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="input_summary" type="string">
      Short description of the step input, for example `transactions filtered by 1 condition`. Empty when Cloud has nothing useful to show.
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="reasoning_trail" type="array">
  Compact planner and execution notes. Each item has `id`, `kind`, `title`, `status`, and `summary`. Empty until the planner writes notes.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="created_at" type="timestamp">
  When Cloud accepted the job, in UTC ISO 8601.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="updated_at" type="timestamp">
  When the job last changed, in UTC ISO 8601. Use this to see if a poll returned new work.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="links" type="object">
  Relative paths for `status`, `result`, and `control` on this job. Prefix them with `https://api.cloud.blnkfinance.com`.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="debug" type="object">
  Raw `sub_tasks` and `reasoning_trail`. Present only when you send `view=debug` (or `verbose=1`). Omit it in production clients.
</ResponseField>

***

## Need help?

We are very happy to help you make the most of Blnk, regardless of whether it is your first time or you are switching from another tool.

To ask questions or discuss issues, please [contact us](mailto:support@blnkfinance.com) or [join our Discord community](https://discord.gg/7WNv94zPpx).

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<RelatedTopics
  items={[
{ title: "Create agent job", href: "/cloud/reference/create-agent" },
{ title: "Get job result", href: "/cloud/reference/get-agent-result" },
{ title: "Control agent job", href: "/cloud/reference/control-agent" },
{ title: "MCP server", href: "/cloud/reference/mcp" },
]}
/>