---
title: "Poll collection readiness"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/collections/{collection}/status"
---

# Poll collection readiness

`GET /api/v1/collections/{collection}/status`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.vectorpanda.com`
- URL: `https://api.vectorpanda.com/api/v1/collections/{collection}/status`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Lightweight endpoint for polling collection status after upload.
Returns only the collection name and status string.

## Response `200`

Collection status

- object
  - `collection` string
  - `status` 'empty' | 'awaiting_artifacts' | 'distributing' | 'awaiting_workers' | 'ready' | 'updating' | 'degraded' | 'paused' | 'pending_deletion' | 'unknown'

## Other responses

- `404`: Collection not found

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