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# Ingest trace payload data



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /api/traces
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Archal API
  summary: >-
    Public API for Archal CLI, session, trace, result, and runtime clone
    integrations.
  description: >-
    Archal provisions service-shaped clones of third-party services so AI agents
    can be tested before they touch production. This spec covers Archal-owned
    control-plane endpoints and the runtime proxy shape agents use to call clone
    APIs.
  version: 0.3.0
servers:
  - url: https://archal.ai
    description: Archal web and CLI API
  - url: https://api.archal.ai
    description: Hosted runtime proxy
security:
  - archalToken: []
tags:
  - name: Auth
    description: CLI and device authentication.
  - name: Catalog
    description: Clone and scenario discovery.
  - name: Sessions
    description: Hosted clone session lifecycle.
  - name: Results
    description: Run, trace, and test-result reporting.
  - name: Runtime
    description: Direct calls into a running clone.
paths:
  /api/traces:
    post:
      tags:
        - Results
      summary: Ingest trace payload data
      operationId: ingestTrace
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonObject'
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Ok'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '503':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unavailable'
components:
  schemas:
    JsonObject:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: true
    OkResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - ok
      properties:
        ok:
          type: boolean
          const: true
      additionalProperties: true
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
        code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        detail:
          type: string
      additionalProperties: true
  responses:
    Ok:
      description: Request accepted.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/OkResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing, invalid, or expired Archal token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Unavailable:
      description: Required backing service is unavailable.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    archalToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: Archal API token

````