---
title: "Get Task Status"
method: GET
path: "/preprocessing/tasks/{task_id}"
tags: ["preprocessing", "admin"]
---

# Get Task Status

`GET /preprocessing/tasks/{task_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.helena.bio` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.helena.bio/preprocessing/tasks/{task_id}`
- Auth: none declared

Get detailed progress for a running or completed task.

## Path parameters

- `task_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- TaskStatusSchema: Task progress response.
  - `task_id` string, required
  - `status` string, required
  - `started_at` string, nullable
  - `completed_at` string, nullable
  - `elapsed_seconds` number, nullable
  - `databases` object
  - `current_database` string, nullable
  - `current_step` string, nullable
  - `log_tail` string[]
  - `successful` integer, nullable
  - `failed` integer, nullable
  - `message` string, nullable

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

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