---
title: "Inspect an attachment upload"
method: GET
path: "/api/repos/{owner}/{repo}/attachments/{attachment}/status"
tags: ["Attachments"]
---

# Inspect an attachment upload

`GET /api/repos/{owner}/{repo}/attachments/{attachment}/status`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://git.cafe`
- URL: `https://git.cafe/api/repos/{owner}/{repo}/attachments/{attachment}/status`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in cookie `gc-session`
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP basic
  - HTTP token
  - OAuth 2
    - Authorization code: `/api/oauth/authorize`
    - Token URL: `/api/oauth/token` scopes: `repo:attachments:write`

Returns the reservation, upload, and native-storage recovery state without reading attachment bytes. Requires authenticated authority and enforces current resource policy.

## Path parameters

- `owner` string, required
- `repo` string, required
- `attachment` string, required

## Response `200`

Response for status 200

- object
  - `id` string, required
  - `state` 'reserved' | 'writing' | 'ready' | 'deleting' | 'deleted' | 'rejected', required
  - `size` integer, required
  - `contentType` 'image/png' | 'image/jpeg' | 'image/gif' | 'image/webp' | 'null', nullable, required
  - `cancelRequested` boolean, required
  - `nativeClosure` 'unstarted' | 'completed' | 'not-written' | 'unknown', required
  - `expired` boolean, required
  - `nextAction` 'upload' | 'cancel' | 'reconcile' | 'delete' | 'await-native-closure' | 'none', required
  - `custody` 'reserved' | 'used' | 'released', required

## Other responses

- `400`: The request is invalid.
- `401`: Authentication is required, or the supplied credential is invalid.
- `403`: The credential does not permit this operation. A `code`, when present, names the refusal.
- `404`: The resource does not exist or is not visible to the caller.
- `409`: The request conflicts with the current state. A `code`, when present, names the refusal; `retryable` says whether the same request can succeed later, and `operationId` names the operation in the way.
- `429`: A rate limit is exhausted. Wait Retry-After seconds; the value is a hint, so back off on a repeat 429.
- `503`: A required service is temporarily unavailable; retry later.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api/revisions/9fa233d2986d?raw)