---
title: "Check Restic Repository Config"
method: POST
path: "/api/clusters/{clusterName}/restic/check-config"
tags: ["ClusterRestic"]
---

# Check Restic Repository Config

`POST /api/clusters/{clusterName}/restic/check-config`

## Request

- The document declares no server URL.
- Auth: none declared. Required headers: `Authorization`

Validates the current restic repository configuration read-only. Returns ok, initialization_required, or error.

## Path parameters

- `clusterName` string, required

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, required

## Response `200`

Repository check result

- BackupmgrManualCheckResult
  - `backend` string: Wipe preview fields populated by ResticCheckConfigManual
  - `can_init` boolean
  - `can_wipe` boolean
  - `fetch_queued` boolean
  - `is_s3_empty_prefix` boolean
  - `message` string
  - `repo_path` string
  - `status` 'ok' | 'initialization_required' | 'error'
  - `wipe_message` string

## Other responses

- `403`: No valid ACL
- `500`: No cluster

## Changes

- **2026-07-17** `7465ea0ee21a`: 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2023-03-31** `b57fc7b9446e`: 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/signal18/apis/signal-18-dashboard-api/changes/api/clusters/:clusterName/restic/check-config/post.md)

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