Get a commit's combined status

A commit's statuses, one per context, and the state they add up to: failure if any failed or errored, pending if any is pending or there are none, success otherwise.

GET/repos/{owner}/{name}/commits/{ref}/status

Named by its SHA, a branch or a tag.

Authentication: Optional. Public data can be read without a token; send one to see what is private.
MCP tool: workflow with action combined_status, and the same inputs
Scope: An access token needs checks:read.

Path parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`owner`	string	Yes	The workspace that owns the repository.
`name`	string	Yes	The repository’s name.
`ref`	string	Yes	The commit: its SHA, a branch or a tag.

Example request

curl https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/hello/commits/main/status \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"

Example response

A successful request answers 200 with:

{
  "state": "success",
  "sha": "9f3c2a1b7e6d5c4b3a2918f7e6d5c4b3a2918f7e",
  "total_count": 1,
  "statuses": [
    {
      "context": "ci/build",
      "state": "success",
      "description": "Build #4821 passed",
      "target_url": "https://ci.example.com/builds/4821",
      "updated_at": "2026-10-07T14:03:02.118Z",
      "source": "api"
    }
  ]
}

Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like {"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}. See errors.

Status	Code	When
401	`unauthenticated`	A token is required, or the one sent is not valid.
403	`forbidden`	The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change or an agent token outside its repository.
404	`not_found`	It does not exist, or you cannot see it.
422	`invalid`	The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why.