---
title: "Get a project trace by request ID"
method: GET
path: "/v1/projects/traces"
tags: ["projects"]
---

# Get a project trace by request ID

`GET /v1/projects/traces`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.vercel.com`
- URL: `https://api.vercel.com/v1/projects/traces`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Returns the OTEL trace for a given Vercel CLI request.

## Query parameters

- `projectId` string, required: The project ID
- `requestId` string, required: The Vercel CLI request ID associated with the trace
- `teamId` string
- `slug` string

## Response `200`

- object
  - `trace` object, required
    - `resources` object[]
      - `attributes` object, required
      - `name` string, required
    - `rootSpanId` string
    - `spans` object[], required
      - `attributes` object, required
      - `duration` number[], required
      - `endTime` number[], required
      - `events` object[], required
        - `attributes` object, required
        - `name` string, required
        - `timestamp` number[], required
      - `kind` number, required
      - `library` object, required
        - `name` string, required
        - `version` string
      - `links` object[], required
      - `name` string, required
      - `parentSpanId` string
      - `resource` string, required
      - `spanId` string, required
      - `startTime` number[], required
      - `status` object, required
        - `code` number, required
        - `message` string
      - `traceFlags` number, required
      - `traceState` string
    - `traceId` string, required

## Other responses

- `400`: One of the provided values in the request query is invalid.
- `401`: The request is not authorized.
- `403`: You do not have permission to access this resource.
- `404`
- `410`

## Changes

- **2026-09-26** `9688d14fb03a`: 4 breaking, 4 info
  - the `trace/spans/items/duration/items/` response's property type changed from no type to `number` for status `200`
  - the `trace/spans/items/endTime/items/` response's property type changed from no type to `number` for status `200`
  - the `trace/spans/items/events/items/timestamp/items/` response's property type changed from no type to `number` for status `200`
  - the `trace/spans/items/startTime/items/` response's property type changed from no type to `number` for status `200`
  - …4 more
- **2026-08-11** `3c110607c6cb`: 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `404`
- **2026-08-04** `0b0420c2223a`: 2 info
  - added the optional property `trace/spans/items/status/message` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `trace/spans/items/traceState` to the response with the `200` status
- **2026-07-21** `2ae10ee9d21c`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/vercel/apis/vercel-api/changes/v1/projects/traces/get.md)

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