---
title: "Retrieve a Queue"
method: GET
path: "/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Queues/{Sid}"
tags: ["Queues"]
---

# Retrieve a Queue

`GET /Accounts/{AccountSid}/Queues/{Sid}`

Retrieves one voice queue by SID so you can inspect its configuration and current occupancy. Use [List All Queues](/docs/compatibility-api/rest/queues/list-queues) to discover SIDs, or SignalWire REST [Get queue](/docs/apis/rest/queues/get-queue) for a resource ID.

#### Permissions

The API token used to authenticate must have the following scope(s) enabled to make a successful request: _Voice_.

[Learn more about API scopes](/docs/platform/your-signalwire-api-space).

## Path parameters

- `AccountSid` string, uuid, required — Universal Unique Identifier.
- `Sid` string, uuid, required — Universal Unique Identifier.

## Response `200`

The request has succeeded.

- QueueResponse — Response containing a single queue.
  - `sid` string, uuid, required — Universal Unique Identifier.
  - `account_sid` string, uuid, required — Universal Unique Identifier.
  - `friendly_name` string, required — A description that distinguishes a queue.
  - `max_size` integer, nullable, required — The maximum number of calls that are allowed to wait in a queue. Null if no limit is set.
  - `current_size` integer, required — The number of calls currently waiting in the queue.
  - `average_wait_time` integer, required — The average wait time, in seconds, of callers in a queue.
  - `date_created` string, required — The date and time, in RFC 2822 format, the Queue was created.
  - `date_updated` string, required — The date and time, in RFC 2822 format, the Queue was updated.
  - `api_version` string, required — The version of the SignalWire API.
  - `uri` string, required — The URI of this resource, relative to the API base URL.

## Other responses

- `400` — The request was invalid or cannot be processed. Check the error details for more information.
- `401` — Authentication failed. Please verify your credentials and try again.
- `404` — The requested resource was not found. Please verify the resource identifier.

## Changes

- **2026-05-12** `2916d5e3072e` — 2 breaking, 2 info
  - the `account_sid` response's property type/format changed from `string`/`uuid` to ``/`` for status `200`
  - the `sid` response's property type/format changed from `string`/`uuid` to ``/`` for status `200`
  - added `#/components/schemas/uuid` to the `account_sid` response property `allOf` list for the response status `200`
  - added `#/components/schemas/uuid` to the `sid` response property `allOf` list for the response status `200`
- **2026-05-12** `5344c0c93a4c` — 4 info
  - added 'unevaluatedProperties' constraint to the response body for the status `200`
  - added 'unevaluatedProperties' constraint to the response body for the status `400`
  - added 'unevaluatedProperties' constraint to the response body for the status `401`
  - added 'unevaluatedProperties' constraint to the response body for the status `404`
- **2026-03-04** `2e516ba2383f` — 1 breaking
  - response property `max_size` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null` to media type `application/json` of response `200`
- …earlier changes not shown

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/signalwire/apis/compatibility-api/changes/Accounts/:AccountSid/Queues/:Sid/get.md)

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