Record Heartbeat

POST /v1/environments/\{environment_id\}/work/\{work_id\}/heartbeat

Note: these endpoints are called automatically by the pre-built environment worker provided in the SDKs and CLI, for orchestrating sessions with self-hosted sandbox environments. They are included here as a reference; you do not need to invoke them directly.

Record a heartbeat for a work item to maintain the lease.

Path parameters

• environment_id: string

• work_id: string

Query parameters

• desired_ttl_seconds: optional number

  Desired TTL in seconds

• expected_last_heartbeat: optional string

  Expected last_heartbeat for conditional update (optimistic concurrency). Use literal 'NO_HEARTBEAT' to claim an unclaimed lease (first heartbeat). For subsequent heartbeats, echo the server's previous last_heartbeat value exactly. Returns 412 Precondition Failed if the actual value doesn't match.

Headers

• "anthropic-beta": optional array of AnthropicBeta

  Optional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use.

  • string

  • "message-batches-2024-09-24" or "prompt-caching-2024-07-31" or "computer-use-2024-10-22" or 42 more

    • "message-batches-2024-09-24"

    • "prompt-caching-2024-07-31"

    • "computer-use-2024-10-22"

    • "computer-use-2025-01-24"

    • "pdfs-2024-09-25"

    • "token-counting-2024-11-01"

    • "token-efficient-tools-2025-02-19"

    • "output-128k-2025-02-19"

    • "files-api-2025-04-14"

    • "mcp-client-2025-04-04"

    • "mcp-client-2025-11-20"

    • "dev-full-thinking-2025-05-14"

    • "interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14"

    • "code-execution-2025-05-22"

    • "extended-cache-ttl-2025-04-11"

    • "context-1m-2025-08-07"

    • "context-management-2025-06-27"

    • "model-context-window-exceeded-2025-08-26"

    • "skills-2025-10-02"

    • "fast-mode-2026-02-01"

    • "output-300k-2026-03-24"

    • "user-profiles-2026-03-24"

    • "user-profiles-2026-08-18"

    • "user-profiles-2026-09-04"

    • "advisor-tool-2026-03-01"

    • "managed-agents-2026-04-01"

    • "cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07"

    • "dreaming-2026-04-21"

    • "thinking-token-count-2026-05-13"

    • "server-side-fallback-2026-06-01"

    • "server-side-fallback-2026-07-01"

    • "fallback-credit-2026-06-01"

    • "fallback-credit-2026-07-01"

    • "agent-memory-2026-07-22"

    • "mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01"

    • "compact-2026-01-12"

    • "computer-use-2025-11-24"

    • "mcp-tunnels-2026-06-22"

    • "structured-outputs-2025-11-13"

    • "task-budgets-2026-03-13"

    • "thinking-display-updates-2026-08-18"

    • "ce-user-management-2026-07-13"

    • "mid-conversation-output-config-2026-07-01"

    • "thinking-binding-controls-2026-08-01"

    • "mid-conversation-system-clear-at-2026-08-21"

Returns

• BetaSelfHostedWorkHeartbeatResponse object

  Response after recording a heartbeat for a work item.

  • type: "work_heartbeat"

    The type of response

    default: work_heartbeat

  • last_heartbeat: string

    RFC 3339 timestamp of the actual heartbeat from DB

  • lease_extended: boolean

    Whether the heartbeat succeeded in extending the lease

  • state: "queued" or "starting" or "active" or 2 more

    Current state of the work item (active/stopping/stopped)

    • "queued"

    • "starting"

    • "active"

    • "stopping"

    • "stopped"

  • ttl_seconds: number

    Effective TTL applied to the lease

Example

curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/environments/$ENVIRONMENT_ID/work/$WORK_ID/heartbeat \
    -X POST \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
    -H 'anthropic-beta: managed-agents-2026-04-01' \
    -H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"

Response (200)

{
  "last_heartbeat": "last_heartbeat",
  "lease_extended": true,
  "state": "queued",
  "ttl_seconds": 0,
  "type": "work_heartbeat"
}