---
title: "GET /release/{uuid}/collection/{collectionVersion}"
method: GET
path: "/release/{uuid}/collection/{collectionVersion}"
tags: ["TEA Release"]
---

# GET /release/{uuid}/collection/{collectionVersion}

`GET /release/{uuid}/collection/{collectionVersion}`

Get a specific Collection (by version) for a TEA Release by its UUID

## Path parameters

- `uuid` string, uuid, required — A UUID
- `collectionVersion` integer, required

## Response `200`

Requested TEA Collection Version found and returned

- Collection — A collection of security-related documents
  - `uuid` string, uuid — A UUID
  - `version` integer — TEA Collection version, incremented each time its content changes. Versions start with 1.
  - `date` string, date-time — Timestamp
  - `belongsTo` 'RELEASE' | 'PRODUCT_RELEASE' — Indicates whether a collection belongs to a component release or a product release
  - `updateReason` CollectionUpdateReason — Reason for the update to the TEA collection
    - `type` 'INITIAL_RELEASE' | 'VEX_UPDATED' | 'ARTIFACT_UPDATED' | 'ARTIFACT_ADDED' | 'ARTIFACT_REMOVED' — Type of TEA collection update
    - `comment` string — Free text description
  - `artifacts` Artifact[] — List of TEA artifact objects.
    - `uuid` string, uuid — A UUID
    - `name` string — Artifact name
    - `type` 'ATTESTATION' | 'BOM' | 'BUILD_META' | 'CERTIFICATION' | 'FORMULATION' | 'LICENSE' | 'RELEASE_NOTES' | 'SECURITY_TXT' | 'THREAT_MODEL' | 'VULNERABILITIES' | 'OTHER' — Specifies the type of external reference.
    - `distributionTypes` string[] — List of component distributions types that this artifact applies to. If absent, the artifact applies to all distributions.
    - `formats` ArtifactFormat[] — List of objects with the same content, but in different formats. The order of the list has no significance.
      - `mimeType` string — The MIME type of the document
      - `description` string — A free text describing the artifact
      - `url` string, url — Direct download URL for the artifact
      - `signatureUrl` string, url — Direct download URL for an external signature of the artifact
      - `checksums` Checksum[] — List of checksums for the artifact
        - `algType` 'MD5' | 'SHA-1' | 'SHA-256' | 'SHA-384' | 'SHA-512' | 'SHA3-256' | 'SHA3-384' | 'SHA3-512' | 'BLAKE2b-256' | 'BLAKE2b-384' | 'BLAKE2b-512' | 'BLAKE3' — Checksum algorithm
        - `algValue` string — Checksum value

## Other responses

- `400` — Request was Invalid
- `404` — Object requested by identifier not found

## Changes

- **2025-08-17** `4c19b0fe0a36` — 1 info
  - added the optional property `artifacts/items/distributionTypes` to the response with the `200` status
- **2025-08-17** `23a67435984e` — 1 warning, 1 info
  - removed the optional property `artifacts/items/formats/items/mime_type` from the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `artifacts/items/formats/items/mimeType` to the response with the `200` status
- **2025-08-17** `54266e0a8835` — 1 info
  - added the optional property `belongsTo` to the response with the `200` status
- **2025-06-18** `d4e79c393266` — 1 warning
  - removed the optional property `artifacts/items/distributionTypes` from the response with the `200` status
- **2025-05-30** `cb60bef0485e` — 1 warning, 1 info
  - removed the optional property `artifacts/items/componentFormats` from the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `artifacts/items/distributionTypes` to the response with the `200` status

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/cyclonedx/apis/transparency-exchange-api/changes/release/:uuid/collection/:collectionVersion/get.md)

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