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POST
/
jobs
/
{UUID}
/
move
cURL
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.ionq.co/v0.4/jobs/{UUID}/move \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "parent": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "metadata": {},
  "shots": 100,
  "backend": "<string>",
  "session_id": "<string>",
  "settings": {
    "error_mitigation": {
      "symmetry_verification": true,
      "debiasing": true
    },
    "compilation": {
      "service_version": "<string>",
      "gate_basis": "<string>",
      "precision": "<string>",
      "opt": 123
    }
  },
  "dry_run": true
}
'
{
  "id": "617a1f8b-59d4-435d-aa33-695433d7155e",
  "session_id": null
}
Move a job by cloning it and canceling the source in a single request. The new job reuses the original circuit and workload, and any fields you provide in the request body — such as name, shots, backend, settings, or metadata — override the inherited values. The cloned job records the source job’s id under metadata.original_job_id. Use this to re-target or re-configure a queued job without leaving the original consuming a queue position. If the source job cannot be canceled — for example because it has already completed — the request fails with a 409 Conflict and no new job is created.

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

API keys are associated with a user and can be created on the IonQ Quantum Cloud application. To authenticate, prefix your API Key with apiKey and place it in the Authorization request header. Ex: Authorization: apiKey your-api-key

Path Parameters

​
UUID
string
required

The UUID of the job to move.

Body

application/json

Make all properties in T optional

​
parent
string
​
name
string
​
metadata
object

User defined metadata

​
shots
integer<int32>
default:100

shots is ignored by ideal simulator backend.

Required range: 1 <= x <= 1000000
​
backend
string
​
session_id
string
​
settings
object
​
dry_run
boolean
​
noise
object

Response

Created

​
id
string
required
Example:

"617a1f8b-59d4-435d-aa33-695433d7155e"

​
status
enum<string>
required
Available options:
submitted,
ready,
started,
canceled,
failed,
completed
​
session_id
string | null
required
Example:

null