# List the forwarding attempts of a rule

Source: https://docs.emelia.io/docs/inbox-api/list-forwarding-attempts

Guide: [Inbox API](https://docs.emelia.io/docs/inbox-api.md)

`GET https://api.emelia.io/inbox/api/v1/auto-forward-rules/{ruleId}/logs`

The 50 most recent finished attempts (`sent` or `failed`), newest first, with the email that triggered each one. In flight attempts are not listed. Fixed size, not paginated.

## Authentication

Send your API key in the `Authorization` header: `Authorization: <your API key>`.

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `ruleId` | string | yes | Auto-forward rule id. |

## Example request

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.emelia.io/inbox/api/v1/auto-forward-rules/cmfwacme0000000000000001/logs" \
  -H "Authorization: $EMELIA_API_KEY"
```

**JavaScript**

```js
const response = await fetch('https://api.emelia.io/inbox/api/v1/auto-forward-rules/cmfwacme0000000000000001/logs', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: { Authorization: process.env.EMELIA_API_KEY },
});
console.log(await response.json());
```

**Python**

```python
import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.emelia.io/inbox/api/v1/auto-forward-rules/cmfwacme0000000000000001/logs",
    headers={"Authorization": os.environ["EMELIA_API_KEY"]},
)
print(response.json())
```

## Responses

### 200: Attempts.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `items` | array of object | yes |  |
| `items[].id` | string | yes |  |
| `items[].emailId` | string | yes |  |
| `items[].destination` | string | yes |  |
| `items[].mode` | enum: `normal`, `invisible` | yes |  |
| `items[].status` | enum: `sent`, `failed` | yes |  |
| `items[].error` | string or null | yes |  |
| `items[].forwardedMessageId` | string or null | yes |  |
| `items[].createdAt` | string (date-time) | yes |  |
| `items[].email` | object | yes |  |

```json
{
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "cmlgacme0000000000000001",
      "emailId": "cmemacme0000000000000001",
      "destination": "sales@acme.com",
      "mode": "normal",
      "status": "sent",
      "error": null,
      "forwardedMessageId": "<20261008091703.fwd01@acme.com>",
      "createdAt": "2026-10-08T09:17:03.000Z",
      "email": {
        "id": "cmemacme0000000000000001",
        "subject": "Re: Partnership with Acme",
        "from": {
          "email": "jane.roe@example.com",
          "name": "Jane Roe"
        },
        "date": "2026-10-08T09:12:44.000Z"
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

### 401: Missing, malformed, unknown or disabled key. No `X-RateLimit-*` headers.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `code` | enum: `INVALID_API_KEY`, `WORKSPACE_SUSPENDED`, `FORBIDDEN`, `PLAN_REQUIRED`, `VALIDATION_FAILED`, `REQUEST_ERROR`, `PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE`, `NOT_FOUND`, `EMAIL_NOT_FOUND`, `DRAFT_NOT_FOUND`, `MAILBOX_NOT_FOUND`, `LABEL_NOT_FOUND`, `VIEW_NOT_FOUND`, `RULE_NOT_FOUND`, `FILTER_NOT_FOUND`, `SIGNATURE_NOT_FOUND`, `MAILBOX_INACTIVE`, `INVALID_SENDER_ALIAS`, `NO_TRASH_FOLDER`, `INVALID_TAG`, `CONFLICT`, `DUPLICATE_TAG_NAME`, `DUPLICATE_RULE`, `DUPLICATE_FILTER`, `SCHEDULED_SEND_IN_PROGRESS`, `DRAFT_ALREADY_EXISTS`, `QUERY_TIMEOUT`, `RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED`, `QUOTA_EXCEEDED`, `INTERNAL_ERROR` | yes | Codes that the Inbox API can return, as found in the code. Branch on `code`, never on `error`. The HTTP status is derived from the code (unknown business codes are 400). |
| `error` | string | yes | Human readable. |
| `details` | object | no | Optional context: faulty fields, bounds, ids. |

```json
{
  "code": "INVALID_API_KEY",
  "error": "string",
  "details": {}
}
```

### 403: `WORKSPACE_SUSPENDED`: the Emelia subscription has expired.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `code` | enum: `INVALID_API_KEY`, `WORKSPACE_SUSPENDED`, `FORBIDDEN`, `PLAN_REQUIRED`, `VALIDATION_FAILED`, `REQUEST_ERROR`, `PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE`, `NOT_FOUND`, `EMAIL_NOT_FOUND`, `DRAFT_NOT_FOUND`, `MAILBOX_NOT_FOUND`, `LABEL_NOT_FOUND`, `VIEW_NOT_FOUND`, `RULE_NOT_FOUND`, `FILTER_NOT_FOUND`, `SIGNATURE_NOT_FOUND`, `MAILBOX_INACTIVE`, `INVALID_SENDER_ALIAS`, `NO_TRASH_FOLDER`, `INVALID_TAG`, `CONFLICT`, `DUPLICATE_TAG_NAME`, `DUPLICATE_RULE`, `DUPLICATE_FILTER`, `SCHEDULED_SEND_IN_PROGRESS`, `DRAFT_ALREADY_EXISTS`, `QUERY_TIMEOUT`, `RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED`, `QUOTA_EXCEEDED`, `INTERNAL_ERROR` | yes | Codes that the Inbox API can return, as found in the code. Branch on `code`, never on `error`. The HTTP status is derived from the code (unknown business codes are 400). |
| `error` | string | yes | Human readable. |
| `details` | object | no | Optional context: faulty fields, bounds, ids. |

```json
{
  "code": "INVALID_API_KEY",
  "error": "string",
  "details": {}
}
```

### 404: `RULE_NOT_FOUND`: the auto-forward rule does not exist, or belongs to another workspace (never 403, to prevent enumeration).

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `code` | enum: `INVALID_API_KEY`, `WORKSPACE_SUSPENDED`, `FORBIDDEN`, `PLAN_REQUIRED`, `VALIDATION_FAILED`, `REQUEST_ERROR`, `PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE`, `NOT_FOUND`, `EMAIL_NOT_FOUND`, `DRAFT_NOT_FOUND`, `MAILBOX_NOT_FOUND`, `LABEL_NOT_FOUND`, `VIEW_NOT_FOUND`, `RULE_NOT_FOUND`, `FILTER_NOT_FOUND`, `SIGNATURE_NOT_FOUND`, `MAILBOX_INACTIVE`, `INVALID_SENDER_ALIAS`, `NO_TRASH_FOLDER`, `INVALID_TAG`, `CONFLICT`, `DUPLICATE_TAG_NAME`, `DUPLICATE_RULE`, `DUPLICATE_FILTER`, `SCHEDULED_SEND_IN_PROGRESS`, `DRAFT_ALREADY_EXISTS`, `QUERY_TIMEOUT`, `RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED`, `QUOTA_EXCEEDED`, `INTERNAL_ERROR` | yes | Codes that the Inbox API can return, as found in the code. Branch on `code`, never on `error`. The HTTP status is derived from the code (unknown business codes are 400). |
| `error` | string | yes | Human readable. |
| `details` | object | no | Optional context: faulty fields, bounds, ids. |

```json
{
  "code": "INVALID_API_KEY",
  "error": "string",
  "details": {}
}
```

### 429: `RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED`: per minute limit of the workspace (wait `Retry-After`). `QUOTA_EXCEEDED`: monthly quota exhausted until the 1st of next month UTC (in Emelia the plan cannot be upgraded).

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `code` | enum: `INVALID_API_KEY`, `WORKSPACE_SUSPENDED`, `FORBIDDEN`, `PLAN_REQUIRED`, `VALIDATION_FAILED`, `REQUEST_ERROR`, `PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE`, `NOT_FOUND`, `EMAIL_NOT_FOUND`, `DRAFT_NOT_FOUND`, `MAILBOX_NOT_FOUND`, `LABEL_NOT_FOUND`, `VIEW_NOT_FOUND`, `RULE_NOT_FOUND`, `FILTER_NOT_FOUND`, `SIGNATURE_NOT_FOUND`, `MAILBOX_INACTIVE`, `INVALID_SENDER_ALIAS`, `NO_TRASH_FOLDER`, `INVALID_TAG`, `CONFLICT`, `DUPLICATE_TAG_NAME`, `DUPLICATE_RULE`, `DUPLICATE_FILTER`, `SCHEDULED_SEND_IN_PROGRESS`, `DRAFT_ALREADY_EXISTS`, `QUERY_TIMEOUT`, `RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED`, `QUOTA_EXCEEDED`, `INTERNAL_ERROR` | yes | Codes that the Inbox API can return, as found in the code. Branch on `code`, never on `error`. The HTTP status is derived from the code (unknown business codes are 400). |
| `error` | string | yes | Human readable. |
| `details` | object | no | Optional context: faulty fields, bounds, ids. |

```json
{
  "code": "INVALID_API_KEY",
  "error": "string",
  "details": {}
}
```

### 500: `INTERNAL_ERROR`: unexpected failure. The message is generic in production.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `code` | enum: `INVALID_API_KEY`, `WORKSPACE_SUSPENDED`, `FORBIDDEN`, `PLAN_REQUIRED`, `VALIDATION_FAILED`, `REQUEST_ERROR`, `PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE`, `NOT_FOUND`, `EMAIL_NOT_FOUND`, `DRAFT_NOT_FOUND`, `MAILBOX_NOT_FOUND`, `LABEL_NOT_FOUND`, `VIEW_NOT_FOUND`, `RULE_NOT_FOUND`, `FILTER_NOT_FOUND`, `SIGNATURE_NOT_FOUND`, `MAILBOX_INACTIVE`, `INVALID_SENDER_ALIAS`, `NO_TRASH_FOLDER`, `INVALID_TAG`, `CONFLICT`, `DUPLICATE_TAG_NAME`, `DUPLICATE_RULE`, `DUPLICATE_FILTER`, `SCHEDULED_SEND_IN_PROGRESS`, `DRAFT_ALREADY_EXISTS`, `QUERY_TIMEOUT`, `RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED`, `QUOTA_EXCEEDED`, `INTERNAL_ERROR` | yes | Codes that the Inbox API can return, as found in the code. Branch on `code`, never on `error`. The HTTP status is derived from the code (unknown business codes are 400). |
| `error` | string | yes | Human readable. |
| `details` | object | no | Optional context: faulty fields, bounds, ids. |

```json
{
  "code": "INVALID_API_KEY",
  "error": "string",
  "details": {}
}
```