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id: link-specification-snapshots-read
title: "Read a snapshot of a link specification"
description: "Read a single snapshot of a link specification, including its full content."
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<MethodEndpoint
  method={"get"}
  path={"/link_specification/{id}/snapshots/{snapshotId}"}
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</MethodEndpoint>



Read a single snapshot of a link specification, including its full content.

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  parameters={[{"in":"path","name":"id","required":true,"schema":{"type":"string","format":"uuid"},"description":"The specification id.","example":"7b2d1c5e-8f4a-4e3b-9c6d-1a2b3c4d5e6f"},{"in":"path","name":"snapshotId","required":true,"schema":{"type":"string","format":"uuid"},"description":"The snapshot id.","example":"0c9e8d7f-6a5b-4c3d-8e2f-1a0b9c8d7e6f"}]}
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  responses={{"200":{"description":"The snapshot, including its full content.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","description":"Append-only snapshot of a specification at one change of its watched fields. The id is what a package component pins as resource_revision_id.","required":["id","specification_id","sequence_number","content_hash","content","created_at"],"properties":{"id":{"type":"string","format":"uuid","description":"The snapshot id. This is the value a package component pins as `resource_revision_id`.","example":"0c9e8d7f-6a5b-4c3d-8e2f-1a0b9c8d7e6f"},"specification_id":{"type":"string","format":"uuid","description":"The specification this snapshot belongs to.","example":"7b2d1c5e-8f4a-4e3b-9c6d-1a2b3c4d5e6f"},"sequence_number":{"type":"integer","minimum":1,"description":"Per-specification counter; higher is newer.","example":3},"content_hash":{"type":"string","minLength":64,"maxLength":64,"description":"SHA-256 of the specification's watched fields. Identical content never mints a second snapshot in a row.","example":"4f53cda18c2baa0c0354bb5f9a3ecbe5ed12ab4d8e11ba873c2f11161202b945"},"content":{"type":"object","additionalProperties":true,"description":"The specification as it was when this snapshot was minted."},"created_by":{"type":"string","nullable":true,"description":"The user whose write minted the snapshot, or null.","example":"jane.doe@example.com"},"created_at":{"type":"string","format":"date-time","description":"When the snapshot was minted.","example":"2026-09-14T12:00:00.000Z"},"updated_at":{"type":"string","format":"date-time","description":"Snapshots are immutable, so this matches `created_at`.","example":"2026-09-14T12:00:00.000Z"}},"title":"specificationSnapshot"}}}},"4XX":{"description":"Client error responses due to invalid input, missing parameters or insufficient permissions.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"statusCode":{"type":"integer","example":400},"code":{"type":"string","example":"bad_request"},"error":{"type":"string","example":"Bad Request"},"message":{"type":"string","description":"Human-readable explanation.","example":"Snapshot 9a8b7c6d-5e4f-4a3b-9c2d-1e0f9a8b7c6d not found for specification 7b2d1c5e-8f4a-4e3b-9c6d-1a2b3c4d5e6f"}},"title":"errorResponse"}}}},"5XX":{"description":"Server error responses.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"statusCode":{"type":"integer","example":400},"code":{"type":"string","example":"bad_request"},"error":{"type":"string","example":"Bad Request"},"message":{"type":"string","description":"Human-readable explanation.","example":"Snapshot 9a8b7c6d-5e4f-4a3b-9c2d-1e0f9a8b7c6d not found for specification 7b2d1c5e-8f4a-4e3b-9c6d-1a2b3c4d5e6f"}},"title":"errorResponse"}}}}}}
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