---
title: "Get Flink Job Status"
method: GET
path: "/flink_jobs/{job_id}/status"
tags: ["Flink Jobs"]
---

# Get Flink Job Status

`GET /flink_jobs/{job_id}/status`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.streamkap.com`
- URL: `https://api.streamkap.com/flink_jobs/{job_id}/status`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/streamkap/apis/streamkap-rest-api/docs/flink_jobs/:job_id/status/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Get lightweight status for a Flink job (DB + live Flink state only).

## Path parameters

- `job_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- FlinkJobStatusResponse: Lightweight status response (no checkpoints/errors).
  - `id` string, required
  - `status` 'CREATED' | 'DEPLOYING' | 'RUNNING' | 'CANCELLING' | 'CANCELLED' | 'FAILED' | 'FINISHED', required
  - `live_status` string, nullable
  - `flink_job_id` string, nullable

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-08-04** `2a3df099f4a9`: 1 warning
  - added the new `CANCELLING` enum value to the `status` response property for the response status `200`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/streamkap/apis/streamkap-rest-api/changes/flink_jobs/:job_id/status/get.md)

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