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# Get task status

> Query the processing status of a specific async task by task_id. Task status is stored in Redis with a TTL of 1 hour. Internal status 'start' is mapped to 'processing' in the response.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /api/v1/tasks/{task_id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: EverOS API
  description: >-
    Enterprise-grade intelligent memory system for AI agents. Extracts,
    structures, and retrieves information from conversations.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: EverOS Team
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.evermind.ai
    description: Production
security:
  - BearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Memories
    description: Memory ingestion, retrieval, search, and deletion
  - name: Groups
    description: Group resource CRUD operations
  - name: Senders
    description: Sender resource CRUD operations
  - name: Settings
    description: Global settings management
  - name: Tasks
    description: Async task status tracking
  - name: Storage
    description: Multimodal content storage (pre-signed upload)
paths:
  /api/v1/tasks/{task_id}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Tasks
      summary: Get task status
      description: >-
        Query the processing status of a specific async task by task_id. Task
        status is stored in Redis with a TTL of 1 hour. Internal status 'start'
        is mapped to 'processing' in the response.
      operationId: getTaskStatus
      parameters:
        - name: task_id
          in: path
          required: true
          description: Async task tracking ID
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Task status found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetTaskStatusResponse'
              examples:
                processing:
                  summary: Task is processing
                  value:
                    data:
                      task_id: task_xyz
                      status: processing
                success:
                  summary: Task completed successfully
                  value:
                    data:
                      task_id: task_xyz
                      status: success
                failed:
                  summary: Task failed
                  value:
                    data:
                      task_id: task_xyz
                      status: failed
        '404':
          description: Task not found or expired (TTL 1 hour)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Task data corrupted (status field missing)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      security:
        - BearerAuth: []
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: Python
          source: |-
            from everos_cloud import EverOS

            client = EverOS()
            tasks = client.v1.tasks

            response = tasks.retrieve("<string>")
            print(response)
        - lang: cURL
          source: |-
            curl --request GET \
              --url 'https://api.evermind.ai/api/v1/tasks/{task_id}' \
              --header 'Authorization: Bearer <api_key>'
components:
  schemas:
    GetTaskStatusResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - data
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaskStatusResult'
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - code
        - message
        - timestamp
        - path
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Error code
          examples:
            - InvalidParameter
            - NotFound
            - InternalError
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message
        request_id:
          type: string
          description: Request ID
          default: unknown
        timestamp:
          type: string
          description: ISO 8601 timestamp
        path:
          type: string
          description: Request path
    TaskStatusResult:
      type: object
      required:
        - task_id
        - status
      properties:
        task_id:
          type: string
          description: Async task tracking ID
        status:
          type: string
          description: Task status
          enum:
            - processing
            - success
            - failed
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      x-default: Bearer <api_key>
      description: >-
        Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer 'api_key', obtain your
        API key from [everos.evermind.ai](https://everos.evermind.ai).

````