Thanos Query Response
The standard JSON response envelope returned by Thanos Query API endpoints for instant and range queries. Compatible with the Prometheus API response format, with Thanos-specific additions such as partial response warnings.
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| status | string | Indicates whether the query was successful or encountered an error. |
| data | object | The query result payload. Present when status is success. |
| errorType | string | Category of error. Present when status is error. |
| error | string | Human-readable error message. Present when status is error. |
| warnings | array | Warnings generated during query execution. In Thanos, this often includes partial response warnings when a store is unavailable. |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://thanos.io/schemas/query-response.json",
"title": "Thanos Query Response",
"description": "The standard JSON response envelope returned by Thanos Query API endpoints for instant and range queries. Compatible with the Prometheus API response format, with Thanos-specific additions such as partial response warnings.",
"type": "object",
"required": [
"status"
],
"properties": {
"status": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Indicates whether the query was successful or encountered an error.",
"enum": [
"success",
"error"
]
},
"data": {
"type": "object",
"description": "The query result payload. Present when status is success.",
"required": [
"resultType",
"result"
],
"properties": {
"resultType": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The type of result returned by the query.",
"enum": [
"matrix",
"vector",
"scalar",
"string"
]
},
"result": {
"description": "The query result data. Structure depends on resultType.",
"oneOf": [
{
"title": "VectorResult",
"description": "Result for instant vector queries.",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"metric": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Label set identifying the time series."
},
"value": {
"type": "array",
"description": "A [unix_timestamp, sample_value] pair.",
"prefixItems": [
{
"type": "number",
"description": "Unix timestamp with millisecond precision."
},
{
"type": "string",
"description": "Sample value as a string to preserve precision."
}
],
"minItems": 2,
"maxItems": 2
}
},
"required": [
"metric",
"value"
]
}
},
{
"title": "MatrixResult",
"description": "Result for range vector queries.",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"metric": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Label set identifying the time series."
},
"values": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Array of [unix_timestamp, sample_value] pairs.",
"items": {
"type": "array",
"prefixItems": [
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "string"
}
],
"minItems": 2,
"maxItems": 2
}
}
},
"required": [
"metric",
"values"
]
}
},
{
"title": "ScalarResult",
"description": "Result for scalar queries.",
"type": "array",
"prefixItems": [
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "string"
}
],
"minItems": 2,
"maxItems": 2
},
{
"title": "StringResult",
"description": "Result for string queries.",
"type": "array",
"prefixItems": [
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "string"
}
],
"minItems": 2,
"maxItems": 2
}
]
}
}
},
"errorType": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Category of error. Present when status is error."
},
"error": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Human-readable error message. Present when status is error."
},
"warnings": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Warnings generated during query execution. In Thanos, this often includes partial response warnings when a store is unavailable.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"examples": [
{
"status": "success",
"data": {
"resultType": "vector",
"result": [
{
"metric": {
"__name__": "up",
"instance": "prometheus-0:9090",
"job": "prometheus"
},
"value": [
1704067200,
"1"
]
}
]
},
"warnings": []
},
{
"status": "success",
"data": {
"resultType": "matrix",
"result": [
{
"metric": {
"__name__": "http_requests_total",
"method": "GET"
},
"values": [
[1704060000, "100"],
[1704063600, "150"],
[1704067200, "200"]
]
}
]
},
"warnings": [
"store sidecar-prometheus-1:10901 is unhealthy, returning partial response"
]
}
]
}
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