Describe an operation
Get the status of an operation.
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error_message, but only when the operation status is Failed.Authorizations
Pinecone API Key
Headers
Required date-based version header
Path Parameters
The name of the assistant.
The identifier of the operation to be described.
Response
Current information and status of the operation.
The OperationModel describes the status of an ongoing or completed server operation.
The unique identifier for the operation.
"op-1234-abcd-5678"
The kind of action represented by this operation, such as uploading or deleting a file.
"upload_file"
The status of the operation.
Processing: The operation is in progress.Completed: The operation finished successfully.Failed: The operation failed. Seeerror_messagefor details.
"Processing"
The timestamp when the operation was created, in ISO 8601 format.
"2025-10-01T12:30:00.000Z"
The identifier of the file being operated on.
"my-file-id-123"
The timestamp when the operation completed or failed, in ISO 8601 format. Present only when status is Completed or Failed.
"2025-10-01T12:35:00.000Z"
The progress made by the operation, as a percentage (0-100).
0 <= x <= 10042
A message describing the error that caused the operation to fail.
Present only when status is Failed.
"File processing failed: unsupported file format."
The number of ingestion units consumed by this operation.
Present only when status is Completed for file ingestion operations.
50