---
title: "Backfill Inbox Profile"
method: POST
path: "/developer/inbox-automation/profiles/{inbox_profile_id}/backfill"
tags: ["Developer", "Developer - Inbox Automation"]
---

# Backfill Inbox Profile

`POST /developer/inbox-automation/profiles/{inbox_profile_id}/backfill`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.openintake.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.openintake.ai/developer/inbox-automation/profiles/{inbox_profile_id}/backfill`
- Auth: none declared

Queue mirrored threads from a date range that the live ingest never queued.

Reads only the Outlook mirror; nothing in the mailbox changes. A preview
counts without queueing. Queued threads are processed after arriving mail,
and only while the profile is enabled.

## Path parameters

- `inbox_profile_id` string, uuid, required

## Request body

- InboxBackfillRequest
  - `start` string, date-time, required
  - `end` string, date-time, nullable
  - `preview` boolean
  - `limit` integer

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- InboxBackfillResponse
  - `start` string, date-time, required
  - `end` string, date-time, required
  - `preview` boolean, required
  - `threads` integer, required
  - `already_queued` integer, required
  - `queued` integer, required
  - `remaining` integer, required

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-10-15** `f88cd96236c1`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/openintake/apis/fastapi/changes/developer/inbox-automation/profiles/:inbox_profile_id/backfill/post.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/openintake/apis/fastapi.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/openintake/apis/fastapi/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/openintake/apis/fastapi/revisions/71fe7bdfd1b0?raw)