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title: doctl apps get-job-invocation
description: |-
    Gets information about a specific job invocation for the given app, including when the job was created.

    Only basic information is included with the …
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url: https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/apps/get-job-invocation/
last_updated: "2026-10-08"
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# doctl apps get-job-invocation

Generated on 8 Oct 2026 from `doctl` version [`v1.179.0`](https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl/releases/tag/v1.179.0)

## Usage

```shell
doctl apps get-job-invocation <app id> <job invocation id> [flags]
```

## Aliases

```shell
gji
```

## Description

Gets information about a specific job invocation for the given app, including when the job was created.

Only basic information is included with the text output format. For the complete job invocation details, use the `--output` global flag and specify the JSON format.

## Flags

| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| `--format` | Columns for output in a comma-separated list. Possible values: `ID`, `Jobname`, `Created`, `Started`, `Completed`, `Phase`. |
| `--help`, `-h` | Help for this command |
| `--no-header` | Return raw data with no headers, Default: `false` |

## Related Commands

| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| [doctl apps](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/apps) | Displays commands for working with apps |

## Global Flags

Option Description

`--access-token`, `-t` API V2 access token

`--api-url`, `-u` Override default API endpoint

`--config`, `-c` Specify a custom config file, Default:

`--context` Specify a custom authentication context name

`--http-retry-max` Set maximum number of retries for requests that fail with a 429 or 500-level error , Default: `5`

`--http-retry-wait-max` Set the minimum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request , Default: `30`

`--http-retry-wait-min` Set the maximum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request , Default: `1`

`--interactive` Enable interactive behavior. Defaults to true if the terminal supports it (default false) , Default: `false`

`--output`, `-o` Desired output format \[text|json], Default: `text`

`--trace` Show a log of network activity while performing a command, Default: `false`

`--verbose`, `-v` Enable verbose output, Default: `false`