Benchling · Schema

AppSession

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Properties

Name Type Description
app object
createdAt string
id string
messages arraynull An array of `SessionMessage` describing the current session state.
modifiedAt string
name string A brief description of the app's actions for users. Length must be between 3-100 chars. It becomes immutable once a value is set.
status object
timeoutSeconds integer Timeout in seconds, a value between 1 second and 30 days. Once set, it can only be increased, not decreased.
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JSON Schema

benchling-app-session-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/benchling/main/json-schema/benchling-app-session-schema.json",
  "title": "AppSession",
  "x-generated": "2026-10-12",
  "x-method": "derived",
  "x-generator": "derive-json-schema.py",
  "x-source": "openapi/benchling-apps-api-openapi.yml#/components/schemas/AppSession",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "app": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/AppSummary"
        },
        {}
      ]
    },
    "createdAt": {
      "format": "date-time",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "id": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "messages": {
      "description": "An array of `SessionMessage` describing the current session state.\n",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/$defs/AppSessionMessage"
      },
      "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "modifiedAt": {
      "format": "date-time",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "name": {
      "description": "A brief description of the app's actions for users. Length must be between 3-100 chars. It becomes immutable once a value is set.",
      "maxLength": 100,
      "minLength": 3,
      "type": "string"
    },
    "status": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/AppSessionStatus"
    },
    "timeoutSeconds": {
      "description": "Timeout in seconds, a value between 1 second and 30 days. Once set, it can only be increased, not decreased.\n",
      "maximum": 2592000,
      "minimum": 1,
      "type": "integer"
    }
  },
  "type": "object",
  "$defs": {
    "AppSessionMessage": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/AppSessionMessageCreate"
        }
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "AppSessionMessageCreate": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "content": {
          "description": "A message string, to be rendered as plain text with Benchling chips. References to Benchling items (up to 10 per msg) will be rendered as chips in the Benchling UX. A valid reference is a Benchling API id, prefixed with \"id:\" and contained by braces. For example: \"{id:ent_a0SApq3}.\"",
          "maxLength": 200,
          "minLength": 3,
          "type": "string"
        },
        "style": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/AppSessionMessageStyle"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "content"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "AppSessionMessageStyle": {
      "default": "NONE",
      "enum": [
        "ERROR",
        "INFO",
        "NONE",
        "SUCCESS",
        "WARNING"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "AppSessionStatus": {
      "description": "All possible values of a Session's status, including system-updated and user-updated values.\n",
      "enum": [
        "COMPLETED_WITH_WARNINGS",
        "FAILED",
        "RUNNING",
        "SUCCEEDED",
        "TIMEOUT"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "AppSummary": {
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "description": "The id of the Benchling app.",
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "type": "object"
    }
  }
}

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