Compare up to six artifacts side by side.

Alias of /api/v1/compare (recorded; identical handler). Prefer the recorded path: this one already answers with Deprecation and Sunset headers. Accepts ids, id, repos, or repo query values. Values can be Hugging Bay artifact ids or owner/name repositories.

Inputs. Path, query and header fields are listed below. No request body is required.

Outputs. See each status below for its media type, schema and headers. A missing record or unavailable capability is not a successful empty result.

Errors. API JSON failures use the documented response schema. Read code, message and next; retry only when the response allows it. Auth, invalid input and missing records need a caller change.

Rate limits. Public read budgets apply by client IP and route group. This operation can have a smaller route-specific budget. Read Retry-After on 429 or retryable 503 responses.