---
title: "Read an execution"
method: GET
path: "/workflows/executions/{id}"
tags: ["Workflow executions"]
---

# Read an execution

`GET /workflows/executions/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.nullplatform.com`
- URL: `https://api.nullplatform.com/workflows/executions/{id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Returns the execution record. Large final snapshots are omitted by default and their size reported as `finalSnapshotBytes`; pass `include=finalSnapshot` for the full payload.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `include` string

## Response `200`

The execution.

- Execution
  - `id` string, required
  - `workflowId` string, required
  - `revision` integer, required
  - `aliasName` string
  - `organizationId` string
  - `correlationKey` string: Client-chosen key used to target the execution with signals.
  - `idempotencyKey` string
  - `status` 'pending' | 'running' | 'completed' | 'failed' | 'cancelled' | 'timed_out', required
  - `inputs` object, required: Run inputs. Credential-named keys are masked on reads.
  - `outputs` object
  - `variables` object
  - `error` StepError
    - `code` string, required
    - `message` string, required
    - `details` object
    - `retryable` boolean
  - `parentExecutionId` string: Present on sub-workflow executions.
  - `parentStepId` string
  - `metadata` object
  - `startedAt` string, date-time, required
  - `updatedAt` string, date-time, required
  - `completedAt` string, date-time

## Other responses

- `4XX`: Client error. The body says what went wrong: an error `type`, a human-readable `detail`, and, on validation failures, one entry per offending field.
- `5XX`: Unexpected server error.

## Changes

- **2026-09-17** `43b3c1ecdfd8`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/nullplatform/apis/nullplatform-api/changes/workflows/executions/:id/get.md)

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