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Get project safety alert

GET
/safety/alerts/{id}

Get a safety alert belonging to the authenticated API project.

Get project safety alert

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/safety/alerts/alert_0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"
Response example
{
  "id": "alert_0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef",
  "object": "safety.alert",
  "created_at": 1787659200,
  "request_id": "req_123",
  "response_id": "resp_123",
  "model": "gpt-6-astra",
  "request_paused": true,
  "error_type": "potentially_unintended_data_access",
  "reason": "Potentially unintended data access."
}
Path Parameters
id: string

Project safety alert ID

maxLength38
Returns
SafetyAlert object { id, created_at, error_type, 7 more }
id: string
created_at: integer
formatunixtime
error_type: "potentially_unintended_data_transfer" or "potentially_unintended_data_access" or "potentially_unintended_destructive_activity" or "other"
One of the following:
"potentially_unintended_data_transfer"
"potentially_unintended_data_access"
"potentially_unintended_destructive_activity"
"other"
model: string
object: "safety.alert" (default: "safety.alert")
reason: string or null

A customer-safe description derived from error_type, or null for zero data retention requests.

request_id: string
request_paused: boolean

Whether block registration succeeded for this request. This does not confirm that response execution stopped.

response_id: string
detailed_explanation: optional string or null

A generated explanation, temporarily available for eligible zero data retention alerts. Omitted when unavailable.

Returns Examples
Response example
{
  "id": "alert_0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef",
  "object": "safety.alert",
  "created_at": 1787659200,
  "request_id": "req_123",
  "response_id": "resp_123",
  "model": "gpt-6-astra",
  "request_paused": true,
  "error_type": "potentially_unintended_data_access",
  "reason": "Potentially unintended data access."
}