App and deployment fields
Every field the Apps API returns for an app, a deployment, a build, a replica, a domain and an environment variable.
This page lists the fields of each object the Apps API returns. Times are in UTC, written as in 2026-09-26T10:05:00Z, and a field with nothing to show is null.
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
uuid |
The app's ID, used in every path. |
name |
What you call the app. |
slug |
Its name on the platform, which its platform name is made from. |
status |
active or suspended (A suspended app). |
owner |
{"type": "user"} for your own app, {"type": "organization"} for an organization's. |
source_type |
git or image. |
repo_url, repo_branch, repo_subdir |
A git app's repository address, branch and directory. repo_subdir is null for the root of the repository. |
repo_token_set |
true when the app holds an access token for its repository. |
repo_token_hint |
The token's last four characters, or null when there is none or it is shorter than eight characters. |
image_ref |
The image an app that runs an image deploys. |
framework, install_command, build_command, start_command, dockerfile_path |
How a git app builds and starts (Builds). |
port |
The port saved with the app. Replicas listen on the port in their PORT variable. |
health_check_path |
The path each health check requests. |
instance_size |
small, medium or large. |
memory_mb, cpu_percent, disk_mb |
What each replica gets from its size. cpu_percent is 100 for each vCPU. |
regions |
["*"] for every region that can run apps, or the region codes the app runs in. |
min_replicas |
The replicas that run in each region. |
max_replicas |
Saved with the app. The number of replicas does not grow above min_replicas. |
url |
https:// and the platform name, or null when the app has none. |
platform_hostname |
The platform name, such as web-shop.apps.example.net. |
domains_count |
How many domains the app has, its platform name included. |
current_deployment |
The deployment that serves the app, without its list of replicas, or null until one has gone live. |
replicas |
Counts for the current deployment's replicas (Replica counts). |
webhook |
For a git app, the push webhook: its url, secret_set, and secret_hint with the secret's last four characters. null for an app that runs an image. |
created_at, updated_at |
When the app was created and last changed. |
Deployment
Section titled Deployment| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
uuid |
The deployment's ID. |
status |
Where it is (Status words). |
source |
git, image, redeploy or rollback. |
trigger |
What started it: manual, push or rollback. |
actor_type |
Who started it: user, staff, admin or webhook (Read a deployment through the API). |
git_ref |
The branch or ref a git deployment fetches. |
git_sha |
The commit it builds. For a deployment of a branch, it is filled in when the build succeeds. |
commit_message, commit_author |
The commit's message and author, for a deployment that a push started and for a redeploy or rollback of one. |
image_ref |
The image the deployment runs. For a git deployment, it is filled in once the build has pushed the image. |
image_digest |
The image's digest, once known. |
regions |
The regions its replicas run in, filled in once it starts deploying. |
error |
Why it failed or was cancelled, or which regions it went live without. |
is_current |
true for the deployment that serves the app. |
in_flight |
true while it is queued, building or deploying. |
can_rollback |
true when you can roll back to it: it went live once, has an image, and is not the current deployment. |
replicas |
Counts for its replicas (Replica counts). |
build |
Its build (Build), or null for a deployment with no build: an image deployment, a redeploy or a rollback. |
ready_at, promoted_at |
When it went live. |
finished_at |
When it went live, failed or was cancelled. |
created_at, updated_at |
When it was created and last changed. |
replica_list |
Each of its replicas (Replica). Only the request for one deployment returns it. |
Replica counts
Section titled Replica counts| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
healthy |
Replicas passing their health checks. |
unhealthy |
Replicas that failed their most recent health checks. |
starting |
Replicas that are provisioning or starting. |
total |
The three above together. |
Build
Section titled Build| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
uuid |
The build's ID. |
status |
queued, running, succeeded, failed or canceled. |
strategy |
dockerfile or railpack, once the build has chosen (Builds). |
error |
Why it failed or was cancelled. |
attempts |
How many times it has started. A build that stops reporting starts once more. |
log_bytes |
How much log it has written in all (The build log). |
started_at, finished_at, created_at |
When it started, ended and was queued. |
Replica
Section titled Replica| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
location |
The code of its region, such as fra. |
state |
Where it is (Replicas). |
health_failures |
How many health checks it has failed in a row. |
last_health_at |
When it was last checked. |
last_error |
What last went wrong, such as Health check on /healthz: HTTP 500. |
created_at |
When it was placed. |
drained_at |
When it stopped taking requests. |
Domain
Section titled Domain| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
hostname |
The name, such as www.example.com. |
kind |
platform for the platform name, custom for your own domain. |
verified, verified_at |
Whether the domain is verified, and when. |
url |
https:// and the hostname, once verified. |
certificate |
none, pending or issued (Certificates). |
verification |
The TXT record to publish, as type, name and value, until the domain is verified. |
cname_target |
Where a custom domain points: the app's platform name. null for the platform name. |
created_at |
When it was added. |
Environment variable
Section titled Environment variable| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
key |
The variable's name. |
secret |
true when its value is hidden in build logs (Secret and plain values). |
target |
both, build or runtime (Where a variable reaches). |
value |
Always null. The API never returns a value. |
hint |
The value's last four characters, or null when it is shorter than eight characters. |
readable |
false when the platform cannot read the saved value, which then needs saving again. |
created_at, updated_at |
When it was created and last changed. |
Status words
Section titled Status words| Field | Words | In the dashboard |
|---|---|---|
App status |
active, suspended |
Suspended. An active app shows Live, Not live, Failed, Not deployed or the status of its deployment on the way (Find your apps in the dashboard). |
Deployment status |
queued, building, deploying, ready, failed, canceled, superseded (Deployments) |
Queued, Building, Deploying, Ready, Failed, Cancelled, Superseded |
Build status |
queued, running, succeeded, failed, canceled |
Waiting for a builder, Building, Built, Build failed, Cancelled |
Replica state |
provisioning, starting, healthy, unhealthy, draining, stopped, failed (Replicas) |
Provisioning, Starting, Healthy, Unhealthy, Draining, Stopped, Failed |
Domain certificate |
none, pending, issued |
No certificate yet, Certificate on its way, Certificate issued |
Variable target |
both, build, runtime |
Build and runtime, Build only, Runtime only |