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# Restore an experiment version

> Bring an old setup back by writing it forward as a new save. History is never rewritten: the version you restored from stays in the list, and the restore is one more entry after it.



## OpenAPI

````yaml POST /api/experiments/{slug}/versions/{version}/restore
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: LangWatch API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: LangWatch openapi spec
servers:
  - url: https://app.langwatch.ai
security:
  - project_api_key: []
paths:
  /api/experiments/{slug}/versions/{version}/restore:
    post:
      tags:
        - Experiments
      summary: Restore an experiment version
      description: >-
        Bring an old setup back by writing it forward as a new save. History is
        never rewritten: the version you restored from stays in the list, and
        the restore is one more entry after it.
      operationId: postApiExperimentsBySlugVersionsByVersionRestore
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: version
          required: true
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 1
          description: >-
            The version to restore, as listed by `GET
            /api/experiments/{slug}/versions`
        - schema:
            type: string
          in: path
          name: slug
          required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Version restored
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  version:
                    type: number
                    description: >-
                      The new version the restore wrote. History is never
                      rewritten, so the restored version is still in the list.
                required:
                  - version
        '400':
          description: >-
            The setup did not match the schema
            (experiment_invalid_workbench_state), points at something that no
            longer exists (experiment_workbench_missing_reference), or the
            experiment is not an evaluations workbench
            (experiment_type_mismatch)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                    description: Stable failure code; branch on this
                  message:
                    type: string
                  fault:
                    type: string
                    description: >-
                      Who the failure is attributable to: customer, platform,
                      provider
                  tips:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                  docsUrl:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - error
                additionalProperties: true
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key, or the key lacks the permission
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                    description: Stable failure code; branch on this
                  message:
                    type: string
                  fault:
                    type: string
                    description: >-
                      Who the failure is attributable to: customer, platform,
                      provider
                  tips:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                  docsUrl:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - error
                additionalProperties: true
        '404':
          description: No such experiment or run in this project
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                    description: Stable failure code; branch on this
                  message:
                    type: string
                  fault:
                    type: string
                    description: >-
                      Who the failure is attributable to: customer, platform,
                      provider
                  tips:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                  docsUrl:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - error
                additionalProperties: true
        '409':
          description: >-
            Someone else saved since you read this state
            (experiment_stale_workbench_state). `currentVersion` carries the
            version to read again.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                    description: Stable failure code; branch on this
                  message:
                    type: string
                  fault:
                    type: string
                    description: >-
                      Who the failure is attributable to: customer, platform,
                      provider
                  tips:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                  docsUrl:
                    type: string
                  currentVersion:
                    type: integer
                    description: The stored version now. Read the setup again at this one.
                required:
                  - error
                  - currentVersion
                additionalProperties: true
      security:
        - project_api_key: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    project_api_key:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Auth-Token
      description: >-
        Project API key for sending traces and accessing project-scoped
        resources. Format: sk-lw-... (no underscore). Obtain one by creating a
        project via the Admin API or the LangWatch UI.

````