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Automation executions represent individual runs of an automation definition. Each execution tracks the status, progress, and any errors that occurred during the run.

Executions are automatically created by the automation system when a trigger fires. This API provides read-only access to view execution status and history.

**Key concepts:**

* **Execution status**: Can be `SCHEDULED`, `IN_PROGRESS`, `COMPLETED`, `FAILED`, or `CANCELED`
* **Read-only API**: Executions cannot be created, updated, or deleted through the API
* **Error tracking**: Failed executions include detailed error information for each step

## Automation executions collection

[Get all automation executions](/references/content-management-api/automation-executions/get-all-automation-executions)

Returns all automation executions that exist in a given environment.

## Automation execution

[Get automation execution](/references/content-management-api/automation-executions/get-automation-execution)

Use this endpoint to retrieve a specific automation execution by its ID.

## Executions for an automation definition

[Get executions for automation definition](/references/content-management-api/automation-executions/get-executions-for-automation-definition)

Returns all executions for a specific automation definition.


## API Docs

- Automation Executions [Get all automation executions](https://contentful.com/developers/docs/references/content-management-api/automation-executions/get-all-automation-executions.md)
- Automation Executions [Get automation execution](https://contentful.com/developers/docs/references/content-management-api/automation-executions/get-automation-execution.md)
- Automation Executions [Get executions for automation definition](https://contentful.com/developers/docs/references/content-management-api/automation-executions/get-executions-for-automation-definition.md)

## OpenAPI Specification

The raw OpenAPI 3.1 specification for this API is available at:
- [OpenAPI JSON](https://contentful.com/developers/docs/openapi.json)
- [OpenAPI YAML](https://contentful.com/developers/docs/openapi.yaml)