---
title: "Get context usage history for a task"
method: GET
path: "/api/tasks/{id}/context"
tags: ["Tasks"]
---

# Get context usage history for a task

`GET /api/tasks/{id}/context`

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `limit` integer

## Response `200`

Context snapshot history

- object
  - `snapshots` ContextSnapshot[], required
    - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `taskId` string, uuid, required
    - `agentId` string, required
    - `sessionId` string, required
    - `contextUsedTokens` integer
    - `contextTotalTokens` integer
    - `contextPercent` number
    - `eventType` 'progress' | 'compaction' | 'completion', required
    - `compactTrigger` 'auto' | 'manual' | 'auto-inferred'
    - `preCompactTokens` integer
    - `cumulativeInputTokens` integer
    - `cumulativeOutputTokens` integer
    - `contextFormula` 'input-cache-output' | 'input-cache-no-output' | 'input-output-no-cache' | 'peak-proxy' | 'pi-delegated' | 'harness-reported' | 'unknown'
    - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
  - `summary` object, required
    - `compactionCount` integer, required
    - `peakContextPercent` number, nullable, required
    - `peakContextTokens` integer, nullable, required
    - `contextWindowSize` integer, nullable, required
    - `snapshotCount` integer, required

## Other responses

- `404` — Task not found

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