---
title: "Retrieve Check State"
method: GET
path: "/v2/uptime/checks/{check_id}/state"
tags: ["DigitalOcean-public.v2-new_Uptime"]
---

# Retrieve Check State

`GET /v2/uptime/checks/{check_id}/state`

To show information about an existing check's state, send a GET request to `/v2/uptime/checks/$CHECK_ID/state`.

## Path parameters

- `check_id` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

The response will be a JSON object with a key called `state`. The value of this will be an object that contains the standard attributes associated with an uptime check's state.

- object
  - `state` State
    - `regions` RegionalState — A map of region to regional state
      - `us_east` RegionState
        - `status` 'DOWN' | 'UP' | 'CHECKING'
        - `status_changed_at` string
        - `thirty_day_uptime_percentage` number
      - `eu_west` RegionState
        - `status` 'DOWN' | 'UP' | 'CHECKING'
        - `status_changed_at` string
        - `thirty_day_uptime_percentage` number
    - `previous_outage` PreviousOutage
      - `region` string
      - `started_at` string
      - `ended_at` string
      - `duration_seconds` integer

## Other responses

- `401` — Authentication failed due to invalid credentials.
- `404` — The resource was not found.
- `429` — The API rate limit has been exceeded.
- `500` — There was a server error.
- `default` — There was an unexpected error.

## Changes

- **2025-10-16** `cb3bf9b21459` — 2 info
  - api tag `DigitalOcean-public.v2-new_Uptime` added
  - api tag `Uptime` removed
- **2025-07-18** `f8e8c290636c` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2025-07-17** `5fc9af728e82` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation
- **2025-07-17** `f8e8c290636c` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/digitalocean/apis/digitalocean-api/changes/v2/uptime/checks/:check_id/state/get.md)

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