---
title: "A mission's or job's sample timeline (keyset-paged)"
method: GET
path: "/preview/samples"
tags: ["samples"]
---

# A mission's or job's sample timeline (keyset-paged)

`GET /preview/samples`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://autoresearch.sfcompute.com`
- URL: `https://autoresearch.sfcompute.com/preview/samples`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

A sample timeline (docs/designs/samples.md): the evidence files running jobs appended with POST /v1/sample - a sample grid every N steps, an audio clip, a text dump - newest first, with a minutes-scoped download URL per row (fetch what you list; re-list for fresh links; a row without `download` is past its 30-day life, or the link is momentarily unavailable - re-list). Pass mission for the whole mission's timeline (what the mission page's Samples tab renders) or job for one job's series. Samples are evidence, never the output path - the attempt-end capture and output_to remain the deliverable.

## Query parameters

- `mission` string, nullable: Mission name (from open_mission / list_missions) - the mission's whole sample timeline, newest first. Exactly one of `mission` or `job` is required.
- `job` string, nullable: Job id (e.g. "job-8x2mf") - one job's series, newest first. Also serves jobs outside any mission.
- `after` string, nullable: Resume after this cursor (the previous page's `next`).
- `limit` integer, nullable: Max rows per page (default 25, ceiling 100). Downloads are presigned per page and minutes-scoped - fetch what you list.
- `workspace` string

## Response `200`

The capability's JSON result.

- Result: The capability's result: the same object the MCP tool returns as structuredContent. Resources carry an `object` type discriminator and an immutable id; money is integer micro-dollars in `*_usd_micros` fields.
  - `object` string: The resource type, when the result is one resource.

## Other responses

- `400`: Malformed request: bad JSON, a parameter that does not parse, or a value outside its range. Code `invalid`.
- `401`: No bearer token, or one this API cannot verify. Code `unauthenticated`.
- `403`: Authenticated, but the token's scopes or the account's role do not reach this operation. The message names the scope word to request. Code `forbidden`.
- `404`: No such route. Code `not_found`; the body names the OpenAPI document.
- `422`: A well-formed request the platform declined: no such node, a cap reached, a state that forbids the move. The message says which, and what to do instead. Code `refused`.
- `429`: Over this door's per-customer budget. Wait `Retry-After` seconds. Code `rate_limited`.
- `500`: Our fault. Retry; if it persists, quote the request-id. Code `internal`.

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