---
title: "Find releases containing a container image reference."
method: GET
path: "/app/{app_id}/releases/search"
tags: ["releases"]
---

# Find releases containing a container image reference.

`GET /app/{app_id}/releases/search`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.replicated.com/vendor/v3`
- URL: `https://api.replicated.com/vendor/v3/app/{app_id}/releases/search`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`

Return releases that include the requested image reference in bundle metadata,
split into active releases (latest promoted to each channel) and
all matching releases (paginated).

Required RBAC Policy: kots/app/[:appid]/release/[:releasesequence]/read

## Path parameters

- `app_id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `pageSize` integer
- `currentPage` integer
- `image` string, required
- `digest` string

## Response `200`

GetImageReleaseSearchResponse contains releases that contain an image reference.

- ImageReleaseSearchResponse
  - `active` ImageReleaseSearchBucket
    - `releases` ImageReleaseSearchRelease[]
      - `channels` ImageReleaseSearchChannel[]
        - `active_instances` integer
        - `id` string
        - `image_names` string[]
        - `is_active` boolean
        - `name` string
        - `version` string
      - `is_promoted` boolean
      - `release_sequence` integer
    - `total_active_instances` integer
    - `total_releases` integer
  - `all` ImageReleaseSearchBucket
    - `releases` ImageReleaseSearchRelease[]
      - `channels` ImageReleaseSearchChannel[]
        - `active_instances` integer
        - `id` string
        - `image_names` string[]
        - `is_active` boolean
        - `name` string
        - `version` string
      - `is_promoted` boolean
      - `release_sequence` integer
    - `total_active_instances` integer
    - `total_releases` integer
  - `image` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Returned on bad input
- `401`: Return if the caller is not authorized
- `403`: Returned if the caller does not have the needed permission
- `404`: Returned on resource not found

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `a36c6aead22f`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/replicated/apis/vendor-api-v3-2/changes/app/:app_id/releases/search/get.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/replicated/apis/vendor-api-v3-2.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/replicated/apis/vendor-api-v3-2/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/replicated/apis/vendor-api-v3-2/revisions/a36c6aead22f?raw)