---
title: "Get Backup Jail Metadata"
method: GET
path: "/cluster/backups/targets/{id}/datasets/jail-metadata"
tags: ["Cluster Backups"]
---

# Get Backup Jail Metadata

`GET /cluster/backups/targets/{id}/datasets/jail-metadata`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://sylve.lan:8181/api`
- URL: `https://sylve.lan:8181/api/cluster/backups/targets/{id}/datasets/jail-metadata`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`

Read jail metadata for a dataset on a backup target

## Path parameters

- `id` integer, required

## Query parameters

- `dataset` string, required

## Response `200`

Success

- GithubComAlchemillahqSylveInternalAPIResponseGithubComAlchemillahqSylveInternalServicesZeltaBackupJailMetadataInfo
  - `data` GithubComAlchemillahqSylveInternalServicesZeltaBackupJailMetadataInfo
    - `basePool` string
    - `ctId` integer
    - `name` string
  - `error` string
  - `message` string
  - `status` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Backup Target Not Found
- `409`: Backup Target Disabled
- `500`: Internal Server Error
- `502`: Remote Target Failure
- `503`: Local Key Unavailable
- `504`: Remote Target Timeout

## Changes

- **2026-08-12** `9a5026bf9057`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/alchemillahq/apis/sylve-api/changes/cluster/backups/targets/:id/datasets/jail-metadata/get.md)

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