---
title: "Trigger metadata discovery for a service instance"
method: POST
path: "/services/instances/{instanceId}/actions/discover"
tags: ["ServiceInstances"]
---

# Trigger metadata discovery for a service instance

`POST /services/instances/{instanceId}/actions/discover`

## Path parameters

- `instanceId` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

Discovery completed.

- MetadataSnapshot — unresolved $ref

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/sphereon-opensource/apis/software-instance-manager-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/sphereon-opensource/apis/software-instance-manager-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/sphereon-opensource/software-instance-manager-api/revisions/ccb5e0065014/schema)