---
title: "Create a job group"
method: POST
path: "/jobs/group"
tags: ["Jobs"]
---

# Create a job group

`POST /jobs/group`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api-v2.qbraid.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api-v2.qbraid.com/api/v1/jobs/group`
- Auth: API key in header `X-API-KEY`

Create a batch group. Groups start OPEN and accept child jobs until closed, cancelled, or their maxTTL elapses.

## Request body

- CreateJobGroupRequest: All fields optional. An empty body creates an OPEN group with maxTTL 3600s.
  - `name` string
  - `tags` object
  - `metadata` object
  - `maxTTL` integer: Group TTL in seconds (1-86400). After it elapses an OPEN group is lazily auto-closed.

## Response `201`

Group created.

- JobGroupResponse
  - `success` boolean, required
  - `data` JobGroup, required
    - `_id` string, required
    - `groupJobQrn` string, required
    - `name` string
    - `status` 'OPEN' | 'CLOSED' | 'COMPLETED' | 'FAILED' | 'CANCELLED', required
    - `organizationUserId` string, required
    - `jobCount` integer, required
    - `completedCount` integer, required
    - `failedCount` integer, required
    - `cancelledCount` integer, required
    - `totalEstimatedCost` number
    - `totalCost` number
    - `maxTTL` integer
    - `timeStamps` object
      - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
      - `endedAt` string, date-time
      - `executionDuration` number
    - `tags` object
    - `metadata` object

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation error.

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `20848d926124`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/qbraid/apis/qbraid-runtime-api/changes/jobs/group/post.md)

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