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# Get GPU instance

> Retrieve normalized lifecycle, runtime profile, storage, price, and capabilities without provider placement identifiers or connection credentials. Requires compute `read` access.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /v1/gpu/instances/{instanceId}
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: AI Reserve Gateway API
  description: >-
    The AI Reserve API surface — OpenAI-compatible chat completions,
    Anthropic-compatible messages, Bedrock Converse, images, video, files,
    text-to-speech, realtime voice sessions, and provider-hidden GPU
    infrastructure — all behind one endpoint and one API key.
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.aireserve.com
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Customers
    description: >-
      Per-end-customer usage, cost, and billable amounts for organizations that
      tag requests with their own customers.
  - name: GPU Infrastructure
    description: >-
      Provision and manage provider-hidden GPU instances. The recommended
      Instances API accepts workload requirements and an hourly price ceiling;
      AI Reserve handles provider placement internally. Every mutation is
      asynchronous and returns an operation to poll.
  - name: Customer keys
    description: >-
      Mint, list, and revoke API keys pinned to your own end customers (and
      their organizations), so spend splits per customer without per-request
      tagging.
paths:
  /v1/gpu/instances/{instanceId}:
    get:
      tags:
        - GPU Infrastructure
      summary: Get GPU instance
      description: >-
        Retrieve normalized lifecycle, runtime profile, storage, price, and
        capabilities without provider placement identifiers or connection
        credentials. Requires compute `read` access.
      operationId: getGpuInstance
      parameters:
        - name: instanceId
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            format: uuid
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: string
                    format: uuid
                    pattern: >-
                      ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$
                  name:
                    type: string
                  status:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - requested
                      - provisioning
                      - starting
                      - running
                      - stopping
                      - stopped
                      - terminating
                      - terminated
                      - reconciling
                      - failed
                  desiredState:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - running
                      - stopped
                      - terminated
                  accelerator:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      model:
                        type: string
                        description: >-
                          Provider-independent accelerator model, for example
                          `H100_80GB`.
                      count:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: -9007199254740991
                        maximum: 9007199254740991
                    required:
                      - model
                      - count
                    additionalProperties: false
                  runtime:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      type:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - container
                      profile:
                        nullable: true
                        description: >-
                          Provider-neutral maintained runtime profile. Null for
                          a custom image.
                        type: string
                    required:
                      - type
                      - profile
                    additionalProperties: false
                  location:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      region:
                        nullable: true
                        type: string
                    required:
                      - region
                    additionalProperties: false
                  storage:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      rootGb:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: -9007199254740991
                        maximum: 9007199254740991
                      rootPersistence:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - ephemeral
                      volumeId:
                        nullable: true
                        description: Alias for `persistent.volumeId`.
                        type: string
                        format: uuid
                        pattern: >-
                          ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$
                      persistent:
                        nullable: true
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          volumeId:
                            nullable: true
                            description: >-
                              Null on a quote for storage that will be created
                              at launch.
                            type: string
                            format: uuid
                            pattern: >-
                              ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$
                          sizeGb:
                            type: integer
                            minimum: -9007199254740991
                            maximum: 9007199254740991
                          mountPath:
                            type: string
                          status:
                            type: string
                          usdPerHour:
                            type: string
                            pattern: ^\d+(?:\.\d{1,6})?$
                            description: >-
                              Hourly storage price. Continues after the instance
                              stops or is terminated.
                          billsUntilDeleted:
                            type: boolean
                            enum:
                              - true
                          survivesStop:
                            type: boolean
                            enum:
                              - true
                          survivesTerminate:
                            type: boolean
                            enum:
                              - true
                          multiAttach:
                            type: boolean
                            enum:
                              - false
                            description: One instance at a time.
                        required:
                          - volumeId
                          - sizeGb
                          - mountPath
                          - usdPerHour
                          - billsUntilDeleted
                          - survivesStop
                          - survivesTerminate
                          - multiAttach
                        additionalProperties: false
                        description: >-
                          A persistent volume as seen from an instance or quote,
                          with the facts that matter for your bill and your
                          files.
                    required:
                      - rootGb
                      - rootPersistence
                      - volumeId
                      - persistent
                    additionalProperties: false
                  price:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      usdPerHour:
                        type: string
                        pattern: ^\d+(?:\.\d{1,6})?$
                        description: 'Running price of the instance: GPU + root disk.'
                      storageOnlyUsdPerHour:
                        type: string
                        pattern: ^\d+(?:\.\d{1,6})?$
                        description: >-
                          What keeps billing after stop or terminate: the
                          persistent volume only.
                    required:
                      - usdPerHour
                      - storageOnlyUsdPerHour
                    additionalProperties: false
                  capabilities:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      start:
                        type: boolean
                      stop:
                        type: boolean
                      restart:
                        type: boolean
                      ssh:
                        type: boolean
                      logs:
                        type: boolean
                      persistentVolumes:
                        type: boolean
                      stopPreservesRootDisk:
                        type: boolean
                    required:
                      - start
                      - stop
                      - restart
                      - ssh
                      - logs
                      - persistentVolumes
                      - stopPreservesRootDisk
                    additionalProperties: false
                  recovery:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      policy:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          mode:
                            type: string
                            enum:
                              - none
                              - restart
                            description: >-
                              `none`: a resource that leaves `running` on its
                              own is left for its owner (the default).
                              `restart`: AI Reserve brings it back through the
                              provider's own restart/start primitive, up to
                              `maxAttempts` times per unhealthy episode, no more
                              often than every `cooldownMinutes`. Recovery never
                              relaunches on different hardware, never re-quotes
                              and never changes the locked rate.
                          maxAttempts:
                            type: integer
                            minimum: 1
                            maximum: 10
                          cooldownMinutes:
                            type: integer
                            minimum: 1
                            maximum: 120
                        required:
                          - mode
                        additionalProperties: false
                        description: The owner's recovery policy for this resource.
                      attempts:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: -9007199254740991
                        maximum: 9007199254740991
                        description: >-
                          Attempts made in the current unhealthy episode. Reset
                          to 0 once the resource is observed running again.
                      maxAttempts:
                        nullable: true
                        description: >-
                          The episode cap under the current policy; null when
                          the policy is `none`.
                        type: integer
                        minimum: -9007199254740991
                        maximum: 9007199254740991
                      lastAttemptAt:
                        nullable: true
                        type: string
                        format: date-time
                        pattern: >-
                          ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?(?:Z|([+-](?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d)))$
                      lastOutcome:
                        nullable: true
                        description: >-
                          `recovering`: an attempt is in flight. `recovered`:
                          the last attempt brought the resource back. `failed`:
                          it did not; another may follow after the cooldown.
                          `exhausted`: the cap was spent; `lastError` reads
                          `recovery_exhausted` and the resource waits for its
                          owner.
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - recovering
                          - recovered
                          - failed
                          - exhausted
                    required:
                      - policy
                      - attempts
                      - maxAttempts
                      - lastAttemptAt
                      - lastOutcome
                    additionalProperties: false
                    description: >-
                      Health recovery state. Billing is unchanged by recovery:
                      the resource keeps accruing while an attempt runs.
                  createdAt:
                    type: string
                    format: date-time
                    pattern: >-
                      ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?(?:Z|([+-](?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d)))$
                  lastError:
                    nullable: true
                    type: string
                required:
                  - id
                  - name
                  - status
                  - desiredState
                  - accelerator
                  - runtime
                  - location
                  - storage
                  - price
                  - capabilities
                  - recovery
                  - createdAt
                  - lastError
                additionalProperties: false
                description: >-
                  A provider-hidden GPU instance. Provider placement identifiers
                  are intentionally omitted.
        '400':
          description: Invalid request, missing Idempotency-Key, or schema violation.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ComputeError'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ComputeError'
        '403':
          description: Key lacks the required compute access (`read` or `manage`).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ComputeError'
        '404':
          description: Resource not found or owned by another organization.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ComputeError'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
        - apiKeyAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    ComputeError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            message:
              type: string
            type:
              type: string
              enum:
                - invalid_request_error
                - authentication_error
                - permission_error
                - server_error
            param:
              nullable: true
              type: string
            code:
              type: string
              description: >-
                Machine-readable Compute error code, e.g. `quote_expired`,
                `price_changed`, `operation_conflict`, `no_capacity`,
                `volume_in_use`, `insufficient_funds`,
                `compute_access_required`, `not_found`.
            details:
              description: >-
                Machine-readable context for some codes. For `no_capacity` see
                `ComputeNoCapacityDetails`.
              type: object
              additionalProperties: {}
          required:
            - message
            - type
            - param
            - code
          additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - error
      additionalProperties: false
      description: OpenAI-shaped error envelope returned on every 4xx/5xx.
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        Your AI Reserve API key (aireserve_api_…) from the API Keys page in the
        portal (https://portal.aireserve.com/keys).
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key
      description: The same API key sent as an `x-api-key` header.

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