---
title: "Where an ask for reach stands [read]"
method: GET
path: "/desktop/reach-requests/{id}"
---

# Where an ask for reach stands \[read\]

`GET /desktop/reach-requests/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.agentsky.dev/v1`
- URL: `https://api.agentsky.dev/v1/desktop/reach-requests/{id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

With `wait` (seconds, at most 25) the call returns as soon as the person answers. Another person's or a workspace key's read answers 404 or 403.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `wait` integer

## Response `200`

OK

- DesktopReachRequestEnvelope
  - `reach_request` DesktopReachRequest, required
    - `id` string, required: drr_…
    - `machine_id` string, required
    - `kind` 'folder' | 'browser' | 'screen' | 'host', required
    - `reason` string, required
    - `status` 'pending' | 'asking' | 'granted' | 'denied' | 'unavailable' | 'expired', required: pending: waiting for the Mac's next poll; asking: the person is being asked; granted: the mount below is live
    - `mount` DesktopListedMount, required
      - `id` string, required: dmt_…
      - `kind` 'folder' | 'browser' | 'screen' | 'host', required
      - `label` string, required
      - `root` string: The folder's absolute path on the Mac (folders only)
      - `created_at` string, date-time, required
    - `error` object, nullable, required
      - `code` 'reach_denied' | 'screen_reach_off' | 'screen_permissions_missing' | 'reach_unavailable' | 'reach_timeout', required
      - `message` string, required
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required
    - `deadline_at` string, date-time, required: When an unanswered ask expires: a minute for the Mac to pick it up, then 150 seconds for the person

## Other responses

- `default`: Error — { error: { code, message, request_id } }

## Changes

- **2026-11-02** `e5e8f0229a99`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/agentsky/apis/agentsky-developer-api/changes/desktop/reach-requests/:id/get.md)

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