Rerun a CircleCI workflow via the API, including rerun-from-failed
domain: circleci.com · 8 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Confirm the workflow is in a terminal state first: success, failed, canceled, error, or unauthorized. The API returns an error ('Workflow must be in a terminal state to be rerun') otherwise.
To rerun the whole workflow from the start: POST https://circleci.com/api/v2/workflow/{id}/rerun with headers Circle-Token: $CIRCLE_TOKEN and Content-Type: application/json, and an empty or omitted body.
To rerun only from the first failed job onward: same URL, body {"from_failed": true}.
To rerun a specific subset of jobs: body {"jobs": ["<job-id-uuid>", ...]}.
"sparse_tree" (boolean) requires the jobs parameter to be set and per the docs is mutually exclusive with the from_failed parameter - do not combine them.
Optional "enable_ssh" (boolean) grants the triggering user SSH access into the rerun for debugging.
A successful call returns a new workflow_id representing the rerun instance - poll GET /workflow/{new_id} to track it.
Rerun fails with 'Workflow must be in a terminal state to be rerun' if called against a running/on_hold/queued workflow - wait for a terminal status first.
sparse_tree and from_failed are mutually exclusive, and sparse_tree additionally requires jobs to be set - sending all three together is invalid.
Rerunning creates a brand-new workflow id distinct from the original - don't assume the original workflow id updates in place.
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