---
title: "Acquire Task"
method: POST
path: "/v1/runtime/acquire-task"
tags: ["Runtime"]
---

# Acquire Task

`POST /v1/runtime/acquire-task`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.flower.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.flower.ai/v1/runtime/acquire-task`
- Auth: none declared

Acquire the oldest eligible pending task.

## Request body `application/protobuf`

- string, binary

## Response `200`

Successful Response

## Changes

- **2026-10-15** `08444b79ca05`: 2 breaking, 1 info
  - added required request body
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `200`
  - added the media type `application/protobuf` for the response with the status `200`
- **2026-09-29** `b3cf0d6b3e91`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/flower/apis/superlink-api/changes/v1/runtime/acquire-task/post.md)

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