Get Jenkins Pipeline run and stage status via the wfapi REST endpoints (Pipeline Stage View / Pipeline REST API plugin)
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Documented steps
Make sure the backing plugin is installed: 'Pipeline: REST API' (pipeline-rest-api) defines the REST endpoints for accessing Pipeline data; installing Pipeline Stage View pulls it in as its data layer.
List all runs of a Pipeline job: curl -u user:APITOKEN "JENKINS_URL/job/my-pipeline/wfapi/runs" - returns all runs/builds, each carrying a stage list and status such as SUCCESS, FAILED, IN_PROGRESS, or PAUSED_PENDING_INPUT.
Narrow it with query params: .../wfapi/runs?since=<build-number>&fullStages=true - since limits to runs after a given build; fullStages returns full per-stage flow-node detail instead of a summary.
Get one run's stage breakdown: curl -u user:APITOKEN "JENKINS_URL/job/my-pipeline/<run-number>/wfapi/describe" - fetches a single workflow run with detailed stage information.
Get the job-level summary (run count, HAL links): curl -u user:APITOKEN "JENKINS_URL/job/my-pipeline/wfapi"
For a Pipeline job inside a folder: JENKINS_URL/job/<folder>/job/my-pipeline/wfapi/runs. Docs: https://github.com/jenkinsci/pipeline-stage-view-plugin/blob/master/rest-api/README.md
Known gotchas
wfapi only exists for Pipeline (WorkflowJob) builds; hitting it on a Freestyle job, or on a Jenkins without pipeline-rest-api installed, returns a plain 404 rather than an error JSON body.
Responses follow the HAL convention with a _links object per resource - prefer following those links over hand-building paths.
fullStages defaults to the summary form - omit it and you get stage names/status only, not per-step flow-node detail.
These are read-only GETs, so no CSRF crumb is needed even under cookie auth; crumbs only matter for POSTs (e.g. resuming a paused input step).
Folder-nested pipeline jobs need the same /job/<folder>/job/<name>/... path prefix as any other nested item.
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