---
title: "Retry a failed ingestion job"
method: POST
path: "/v1/knowledge-base/ingestion-jobs/{job_id}/retry"
tags: ["knowledge-base"]
---

# Retry a failed ingestion job

`POST /v1/knowledge-base/ingestion-jobs/{job_id}/retry`

## Request

- The document declares no server URL.
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/oneloop-hq/apis/feather-api/docs/v1/knowledge-base/ingestion-jobs/:job_id/retry/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Retry a failed or partially-failed ingestion job.

Every ``/ingest`` submission is a ``bulk`` parent (even single-doc uploads),
so retriability is gated on *status*, not job_type: only failed /
partial_failure jobs are retried — completed jobs (nothing to re-ingest) and
in-flight jobs (queued/processing) are rejected.

* Bulk parents re-dispatch ONLY their failed children; completed docs are
  left untouched (never re-ingested).
* Segmented jobs re-dispatch only the segments that failed.
* Non-segmented (single-pass) jobs reset job + version state and re-dispatch
  ``prepare_document``.

Connector-backed jobs are rejected here — they have their own re-sync path
(see below).

Returns 202 with the job ID; poll ``GET /ingestion-jobs/{job_id}``
for progress.

## Path parameters

- `job_id` string, uuid, required

## Response `202`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Authentication required
- `404`: Resource not found
- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-08-12** `5a5597ebb2d6`: 6 info
  - added the optional property `retry_after` to the response with the `400` status
  - added the optional property `retry_after` to the response with the `401` status
  - added the optional property `retry_after` to the response with the `404` status
  - added the optional property `retryable` to the response with the `400` status
  - …2 more

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/oneloop-hq/apis/feather-api/changes/v1/knowledge-base/ingestion-jobs/:job_id/retry/post.md)

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