---
title: "API status"
url: https://docs.light-ai.app/api-reference/account/get-status.md
canonical_url: https://docs.light-ai.app/api-reference/account/get-status
last_updated: 2026-10-13
summary: "GET /v1/status: Unauthenticated liveness check (no database access)."
api_status: beta
related:
  - https://docs.light-ai.app/api-reference/account
---

# API status

> GET /v1/status: Unauthenticated liveness check (no database access).

`GET /v1/status`

Unauthenticated liveness check (no database access). `HEAD` works here and on every GET route (uptime monitors).

|   |   |
| --- | --- |
| Credential | None (public). |

## Response 200

The API is up.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `object` | string | yes | Always `status`. |
| `ok` | boolean | yes | Always `true`. |
| `api_version` | string | yes |  |

## Errors

| Status | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| `400` | Bad request. [`bad_request`](https://docs.light-ai.app/errors#bad_request), [`test_mode_mismatch`](https://docs.light-ai.app/errors#test_mode_mismatch), [`test_mode_unsupported`](https://docs.light-ai.app/errors#test_mode_unsupported), [`unsupported_api_version`](https://docs.light-ai.app/errors#unsupported_api_version) |
| `404` | Not found (also for objects of other organizations and for organizations without an active grant). |
| `422` | Validation failed. [`idempotency_key_reused`](https://docs.light-ai.app/errors#idempotency_key_reused) |
| `429` | Rate limited or daily cap reached. See Retry-After and the RateLimit headers. [`rate_limited`](https://docs.light-ai.app/errors#rate_limited), [`daily_cap_reached`](https://docs.light-ai.app/errors#daily_cap_reached) |
| `500` | Unexpected server error. Safe to retry with exponential backoff; quote the Request-Id to support. [`internal_error`](https://docs.light-ai.app/errors#internal_error) |
| `503` | Temporarily unavailable. Retry with exponential backoff. [`service_unavailable`](https://docs.light-ai.app/errors#service_unavailable) |

## Examples

**Request**

curl:

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.light-ai.app/v1/status"
```

JavaScript:

```javascript
const response = await fetch('https://api.light-ai.app/v1/status', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
```

Python:

```python
import os, uuid, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.light-ai.app/v1/status",
    headers={
    },
    timeout=30,
)
data = response.json()
```

**Response 200**

```json
{
  "object": "status",
  "ok": true,
  "api_version": "2026-11-01"
}
```