Management API: Databases

Last updated 2 November 2026

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The account's databases, each one stream at its url; Control creates and deletes them. The overview covers what every operation shares: authentication, roles, errors, pagination, idempotency and If-Match.

List the account's databases

GET /v1/databases · CLI: tonbo database list

Needs account.read, which owner, admin and member hold. A narrowed key may call it.

Live rows of the listed kinds (contracts/streams-databases/v1.json kinds whose api is databases: a member's databases and each Machine's database, with kind and the owning Machine as owner_id), creating, active or deleting, in every region, by name. A key narrowed to databases sees only the databases it reaches, and a key narrowed to buckets, or by name to streams alone, sees none. last_write_at and stored_bytes come from each region's meter; unavailable_regions names the regions whose sizes could not be read, whose databases then show null sizes (and, with include=daily_writes, those whose daily writes could not be read).

Parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDescription
prefixquerystringnoOnly databases whose name starts with this prefix. 1 to 85 characters. Matches ^(?!m\.)(?!vol\.)(?!s\.)(?!session\.)(?!proc\.)[a-z0-9][a-z0-9._-]{0,84}$.
includequeryone of "daily_writes"nodaily_writes adds each database's daily_write_units, its write units of the last 7 UTC days, from one more read of each region's meter.
cursorquerystringnoOpaque cursor tied to the original query shape. At least 1 characters.
limitqueryintegernoThe most items one page holds, 1 to 200; 50 when omitted. A page may hold fewer; read on with next_cursor until it is null. Default 50. 1 to 200.

Response

StatusAnswer
200Databases
FieldTypeRequiredDescription
dataarray of Databaseyes
next_cursorstring or nullyesOpaque cursor of the next page; null on the last page.
unavailable_regionsarray of stringyes
HeaderStatusDescription
WWW-Authenticate401Authentication scheme required by this API.
Retry-After429Seconds before the client should retry.
Example 200 body
{
  "data": [
    {
      "name": "<name>",
      "kind": "database",
      "owner_id": "3f1c2a9e-5b7d-4c8e-9f10-2a3b4c5d6e7f",
      "region": "<region>",
      "url": "https://example.com",
      "expires_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
      "incarnation": "<incarnation>",
      "state": "creating",
      "public_read": false,
      "created_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
      "created_by": "agent.3f1c2a9e-5b7d-4c8e-9f10-2a3b4c5d6e7f",
      "last_write_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
      "stored_bytes": {
        "log": 0,
        "snapshot": 0
      },
      "measured_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
      "writes": "accepting",
      "daily_write_units": [
        0
      ]
    }
  ],
  "next_cursor": "<next_cursor>",
  "unavailable_regions": [
    "<unavailable_regions>"
  ]
}

Errors

StatusCodeWhenSend againWhat to do
401exchange_requiredThe key acts as an Agent, and an Agent’s key is never sent itself.NoExchange the key for a token at the endpoint the answer’s token_endpoint names, and send the token as Authorization: Bearer. (more)
401unauthenticatedThe request carries no key or token, or one that is invalid, expired or revoked.NoSend a valid key, or a token that has not expired, as Authorization: Bearer. (more)
403forbiddenThe key’s role does not hold the capability the operation needs, the key is narrowed away from the resource, or the account already holds as many of the resource as it may.NoUse a key whose role holds the capability, or one that is not narrowed; delete what you no longer need, or ask for a higher limit. (more)
422validation_errorA parameter, header or body field breaks its rule; errors names each field.NoCorrect the fields errors names; the operation’s reference gives each one’s rule. (more)
429rate_limitedThe key or the account sent more requests than its rate allows.After Retry-AfterWait for the seconds Retry-After names, then send the request again; spread requests out if it recurs. (more)

Retries

  • A read: sending it again changes nothing.
  • 429 carry Retry-After: wait that many seconds, then send the same request again.
Request
curl -sS "https://api.tonbo.dev/v1/databases" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TONBO_API_KEY"

Create a database

POST /v1/databases · CLI: tonbo database create

Needs databases.write, which owner, admin and member hold. A narrowed key may not.

Any member creates databases; a narrowed key never does. A name is unique within the account across every region while a database holds it, and is free again once that database is deleted. The region is fixed at creation; without one, the database goes to the region whose default is true. An optional expires_at, at least 60 seconds after the creation and fixed for the database's life, has Tonbo delete the database within a minute after it passes, as a deletion would; a replay is not held to the 60 seconds. Databases and streams expire by the same rule; a Machine's database never expires. The answer is 201 once the database is active and 202 while it is still being created; read it again until it is active. A replay with the same Idempotency-Key answers the same database; the key reused for another name, region or expiry answers 409. An account holds at most limits.databases_per_account live databases (contracts/streams-databases/v1.json); past that the answer is 403 and names whom to contact. An account whose credit is exhausted answers 402.

Parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDescription
Idempotency-KeyheaderstringyesA value you choose for this one creation, 1 to 255 characters, such as a new UUID. Send a new one for each resource you create, and the same one only to retry that request after a timeout or a lost answer: the retry answers what the first request created, in its current state, and never creates a second. A key reused for a different database, stream or Machine answers 409. 1 to 255 characters.

Request body

application/json, required. Unknown fields are refused.

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
namestringyesThe new database's name. 409 when a live database of the account in any region has it; a deleted database's name is free again. 1 to 85 characters. Matches ^(?!m\.)(?!vol\.)(?!s\.)(?!session\.)(?!proc\.)(?!(?:streams|new)$)(?!.*\.\.)[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9._-]{0,83}[a-z0-9])?$.
regionstringnoThe database's region, fixed for its life; the region whose default is true when omitted. A region closed to databases answers 503. Matches ^[a-z]{2}-[a-z]+-[0-9]$.
expires_atstring (date-time)noWhen the database expires, an RFC 3339 time, fixed for its life; it never expires when omitted. A new database's expiry must be at least 60 seconds after its creation by the registry's clock (422 on expires_at otherwise); a replay of the Idempotency-Key must name the same time and is answered however near or past that time is. Once it has passed, Tonbo deletes the database within a minute, as a deletion would.

Response

StatusAnswer
201The database, active
202The database, still being created
FieldTypeRequiredDescription
dataDatabaseyes
HeaderStatusDescription
WWW-Authenticate401Authentication scheme required by this API.
Retry-After429, 503Seconds before the client should retry.
Example 201 body
{
  "data": {
    "name": "<name>",
    "kind": "database",
    "owner_id": "3f1c2a9e-5b7d-4c8e-9f10-2a3b4c5d6e7f",
    "region": "<region>",
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "expires_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "incarnation": "<incarnation>",
    "state": "creating",
    "public_read": false,
    "created_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "created_by": "agent.3f1c2a9e-5b7d-4c8e-9f10-2a3b4c5d6e7f",
    "last_write_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "stored_bytes": {
      "log": 0,
      "snapshot": 0
    },
    "measured_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "writes": "accepting",
    "daily_write_units": [
      0
    ]
  }
}

Errors

StatusCodeWhenSend againWhat to do
401exchange_requiredThe key acts as an Agent, and an Agent’s key is never sent itself.NoExchange the key for a token at the endpoint the answer’s token_endpoint names, and send the token as Authorization: Bearer. (more)
401unauthenticatedThe request carries no key or token, or one that is invalid, expired or revoked.NoSend a valid key, or a token that has not expired, as Authorization: Bearer. (more)
402payment_requiredThe account’s balance is zero, so nothing new is created.NoAdd credit on Usage & billing, then send the request again. (more)
403forbiddenThe key’s role does not hold the capability the operation needs, the key is narrowed away from the resource, or the account already holds as many of the resource as it may.NoUse a key whose role holds the capability, or one that is not narrowed; delete what you no longer need, or ask for a higher limit. (more)
409idempotency_conflictThe Idempotency-Key was already sent with a different request.NoSend the request with a new Idempotency-Key, or send the request the key was first used for. (more)
409conflictThe name is held by another live resource of the account, the Idempotency-Key already created another resource or one since deleted, or the resource’s current state does not allow the change. detail says which, and errors names the field.NoPick another name or a new Idempotency-Key, or read the resource again and act on its current state. (more)
422validation_errorA parameter, header or body field breaks its rule; errors names each field.NoCorrect the fields errors names; the operation’s reference gives each one’s rule. (more)
429rate_limitedThe key or the account sent more requests than its rate allows.After Retry-AfterWait for the seconds Retry-After names, then send the request again; spread requests out if it recurs. (more)
503region_unavailableThe region could not be reached or read, or it takes no new resource of this kind. Every answer carries Retry-After.After Retry-AfterSend the request again after Retry-After; if detail says the region takes no new resource of this kind, name another region. (more)

Retries

  • Send a new Idempotency-Key with each request and the same one when you send it again: a repeat answers what the first request did, and the key reused for a different request answers 409 (see Idempotency).
  • 429 and 503 carry Retry-After: wait that many seconds, then send the same request again.
Request
curl -sS "https://api.tonbo.dev/v1/databases" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TONBO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"notes"}'

Read a database

GET /v1/databases/{name} · CLI: tonbo database show

Needs account.read, which owner, admin and member hold. A narrowed key may call it.

A live database of the account, with its url, expires_at and state; clients that open a database by name, such as @tonbo/sqlite-ursula/tonbo, resolve it here. A key narrowed to databases reads the databases it names and those under its prefixes, and any other name answers 404 with the same status and body as a database that does not exist, so the narrowing does not disclose whether the account's other databases exist. A key narrowed to buckets, or by name to streams alone, reads none.

Parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDescription
namepathstring or stringyesThe database's name, or a Machine's database as m.<machine id>.

Response

StatusAnswer
200The database
FieldTypeRequiredDescription
dataDatabaseyes
HeaderStatusDescription
ETag200Current resource version for optional conditional updates.
WWW-Authenticate401Authentication scheme required by this API.
Retry-After429Seconds before the client should retry.
Example 200 body
{
  "data": {
    "name": "<name>",
    "kind": "database",
    "owner_id": "3f1c2a9e-5b7d-4c8e-9f10-2a3b4c5d6e7f",
    "region": "<region>",
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "expires_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "incarnation": "<incarnation>",
    "state": "creating",
    "public_read": false,
    "created_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "created_by": "agent.3f1c2a9e-5b7d-4c8e-9f10-2a3b4c5d6e7f",
    "last_write_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "stored_bytes": {
      "log": 0,
      "snapshot": 0
    },
    "measured_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "writes": "accepting",
    "daily_write_units": [
      0
    ]
  }
}

Errors

StatusCodeWhenSend againWhat to do
401exchange_requiredThe key acts as an Agent, and an Agent’s key is never sent itself.NoExchange the key for a token at the endpoint the answer’s token_endpoint names, and send the token as Authorization: Bearer. (more)
401unauthenticatedThe request carries no key or token, or one that is invalid, expired or revoked.NoSend a valid key, or a token that has not expired, as Authorization: Bearer. (more)
403forbiddenThe key’s role does not hold the capability the operation needs, the key is narrowed away from the resource, or the account already holds as many of the resource as it may.NoUse a key whose role holds the capability, or one that is not narrowed; delete what you no longer need, or ask for a higher limit. (more)
404not_foundNo live resource of the key’s account has that name or id, or the key is narrowed away from it.NoCheck the name, and that the key belongs to the account that holds it; list the resources to see what exists. (more)
429rate_limitedThe key or the account sent more requests than its rate allows.After Retry-AfterWait for the seconds Retry-After names, then send the request again; spread requests out if it recurs. (more)

Retries

  • A read: sending it again changes nothing.
  • 429 carry Retry-After: wait that many seconds, then send the same request again.
Request
curl -sS "https://api.tonbo.dev/v1/databases/<name>" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TONBO_API_KEY"

Publish a database for anonymous reads, or take it private

PATCH /v1/databases/{name} · CLI: tonbo database update

Needs databases.publish, which owner and admin hold. A narrowed key may not.

Owners and admins, on an active database. Anonymous readers reach only the database's current incarnation. A Machine's database answers 409 managed_by_machine (contracts/streams-databases/v1.json kinds.managed_refusal).

Parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDescription
namepathstring or stringyesThe database's name, or a Machine's database as m.<machine id>.
If-MatchheaderstringnoOptional conditional update; omitted requests use last-write-wins. At most 500 characters.

Request body

application/json, required. Unknown fields are refused.

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
public_readbooleanyestrue publishes the database: anyone with its URL reads it without a key, and writes still need one. false makes it private again.

Response

StatusAnswer
200The database
FieldTypeRequiredDescription
dataDatabaseyes
HeaderStatusDescription
ETag200Current resource version for optional conditional updates.
WWW-Authenticate401Authentication scheme required by this API.
Retry-After429Seconds before the client should retry.
Example 200 body
{
  "data": {
    "name": "<name>",
    "kind": "database",
    "owner_id": "3f1c2a9e-5b7d-4c8e-9f10-2a3b4c5d6e7f",
    "region": "<region>",
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "expires_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "incarnation": "<incarnation>",
    "state": "creating",
    "public_read": false,
    "created_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "created_by": "agent.3f1c2a9e-5b7d-4c8e-9f10-2a3b4c5d6e7f",
    "last_write_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "stored_bytes": {
      "log": 0,
      "snapshot": 0
    },
    "measured_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "writes": "accepting",
    "daily_write_units": [
      0
    ]
  }
}

Errors

StatusCodeWhenSend againWhat to do
401exchange_requiredThe key acts as an Agent, and an Agent’s key is never sent itself.NoExchange the key for a token at the endpoint the answer’s token_endpoint names, and send the token as Authorization: Bearer. (more)
401unauthenticatedThe request carries no key or token, or one that is invalid, expired or revoked.NoSend a valid key, or a token that has not expired, as Authorization: Bearer. (more)
403forbiddenThe key’s role does not hold the capability the operation needs, the key is narrowed away from the resource, or the account already holds as many of the resource as it may.NoUse a key whose role holds the capability, or one that is not narrowed; delete what you no longer need, or ask for a higher limit. (more)
404not_foundNo live resource of the key’s account has that name or id, or the key is narrowed away from it.NoCheck the name, and that the key belongs to the account that holds it; list the resources to see what exists. (more)
409managed_by_machineThe database belongs to a Machine: it is deleted with its Machine, and it is never deleted or made public or private by itself.NoDelete the Machine to delete its database. (more)
409conflictThe name is held by another live resource of the account, the Idempotency-Key already created another resource or one since deleted, or the resource’s current state does not allow the change. detail says which, and errors names the field.NoPick another name or a new Idempotency-Key, or read the resource again and act on its current state. (more)
412precondition_failedIf-Match does not name the resource’s current ETag: it changed since you read it. Nothing changed.NoRead the resource again, check that the change still applies, and send it with the new ETag. (more)
422validation_errorA parameter, header or body field breaks its rule; errors names each field.NoCorrect the fields errors names; the operation’s reference gives each one’s rule. (more)
429rate_limitedThe key or the account sent more requests than its rate allows.After Retry-AfterWait for the seconds Retry-After names, then send the request again; spread requests out if it recurs. (more)

Retries

  • It takes no Idempotency-Key; its description above says what sending it again does.
  • If-Match is optional: send the ETag you read, and a 412 precondition_failed means the resource changed since; read it again and decide (see If-Match).
  • 429 carry Retry-After: wait that many seconds, then send the same request again.
Request
curl -sS -X PATCH "https://api.tonbo.dev/v1/databases/<name>" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TONBO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"public_read":false}'

Delete a database and everything in it

DELETE /v1/databases/{name} · CLI: tonbo database delete

Needs databases.write, which owner, admin and member hold. A narrowed key may not.

Any member deletes databases; a narrowed key never does. The answer is 200 once the database is deleted (state is deleted) and 202 while it is still being deleted. Its name is free again once it is deleted; its usage this month stays in /usage/databases. Repeating the request answers the database being deleted. A Machine's database is deleted with its Machine and answers 409 managed_by_machine (contracts/streams-databases/v1.json kinds.managed_refusal).

Parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDescription
namepathstring or stringyesThe database's name, or a Machine's database as m.<machine id>.

Response

StatusAnswer
200The database, deleted
202The database, being deleted
FieldTypeRequiredDescription
dataDatabaseyes
HeaderStatusDescription
WWW-Authenticate401Authentication scheme required by this API.
Retry-After429Seconds before the client should retry.
Example 200 body
{
  "data": {
    "name": "<name>",
    "kind": "database",
    "owner_id": "3f1c2a9e-5b7d-4c8e-9f10-2a3b4c5d6e7f",
    "region": "<region>",
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "expires_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "incarnation": "<incarnation>",
    "state": "creating",
    "public_read": false,
    "created_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "created_by": "agent.3f1c2a9e-5b7d-4c8e-9f10-2a3b4c5d6e7f",
    "last_write_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "stored_bytes": {
      "log": 0,
      "snapshot": 0
    },
    "measured_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "writes": "accepting",
    "daily_write_units": [
      0
    ]
  }
}

Errors

StatusCodeWhenSend againWhat to do
401exchange_requiredThe key acts as an Agent, and an Agent’s key is never sent itself.NoExchange the key for a token at the endpoint the answer’s token_endpoint names, and send the token as Authorization: Bearer. (more)
401unauthenticatedThe request carries no key or token, or one that is invalid, expired or revoked.NoSend a valid key, or a token that has not expired, as Authorization: Bearer. (more)
403forbiddenThe key’s role does not hold the capability the operation needs, the key is narrowed away from the resource, or the account already holds as many of the resource as it may.NoUse a key whose role holds the capability, or one that is not narrowed; delete what you no longer need, or ask for a higher limit. (more)
404not_foundNo live resource of the key’s account has that name or id, or the key is narrowed away from it.NoCheck the name, and that the key belongs to the account that holds it; list the resources to see what exists. (more)
429rate_limitedThe key or the account sent more requests than its rate allows.After Retry-AfterWait for the seconds Retry-After names, then send the request again; spread requests out if it recurs. (more)

Retries

  • It takes no Idempotency-Key; its description above says what sending it again does.
  • 429 carry Retry-After: wait that many seconds, then send the same request again.
Request
curl -sS -X DELETE "https://api.tonbo.dev/v1/databases/<name>" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TONBO_API_KEY"

Read a database's writes and size over time

GET /v1/databases/{name}/usage · CLI: tonbo database activity

Needs account.read, which owner, admin and member hold. A narrowed key may call it.

A live database's writes per hour or day (UTC) over a window of at most 31 days, by default the last 24 hours hourly or the last 30 days daily, through the current step, and its size at the end of each step (now, for the current one), from its region's meter, with the meter's checkpoint as as_of and the database's last write. A Machine's database counts its Machine's logs and inbox streams in its writes, as its usage does; its size is the database's own. Only the database as it is now counts, not an earlier database of the same name. A write counts in the step that holds its settlement hour, so the current step grows until it ends; a step that starts after now answers null. A key narrowed to databases reads the databases it reaches, and any other name answers 404 with the same status and body as a database that does not exist. 503 when the database's region cannot be read.

Parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDescription
namepathstring or stringyesThe database's name, or a Machine's database as m.<machine id>.
granularityqueryone of "hour" or "day"noOne point per UTC hour (the default) or per UTC day. Default "hour".
fromquerystring (date-time)noThe window's start, on a UTC hour (or day, for daily points); by default 24 hours (or 30 days) before to.
toquerystring (date-time)noThe window's end, exclusive, on a UTC hour (or day), at most 31 days after from; by default the end of the current hour (or day).

Response

StatusAnswer
200The database's activity
FieldTypeRequiredDescription
dataResourceActivityyesA database's or stream's writes and size over a window, from its region's meter.
HeaderStatusDescription
WWW-Authenticate401Authentication scheme required by this API.
Retry-After429, 503Seconds before the client should retry.
Example 200 body
{
  "data": {
    "name": "<name>",
    "region": "<region>",
    "granularity": "hour",
    "from": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "to": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "as_of": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "last_write_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "points": [
      {
        "start": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
        "write_units": 0,
        "append_bytes": 0,
        "records": 0,
        "log_bytes": 0,
        "snapshot_bytes": 0
      }
    ]
  }
}

Errors

StatusCodeWhenSend againWhat to do
401exchange_requiredThe key acts as an Agent, and an Agent’s key is never sent itself.NoExchange the key for a token at the endpoint the answer’s token_endpoint names, and send the token as Authorization: Bearer. (more)
401unauthenticatedThe request carries no key or token, or one that is invalid, expired or revoked.NoSend a valid key, or a token that has not expired, as Authorization: Bearer. (more)
403forbiddenThe key’s role does not hold the capability the operation needs, the key is narrowed away from the resource, or the account already holds as many of the resource as it may.NoUse a key whose role holds the capability, or one that is not narrowed; delete what you no longer need, or ask for a higher limit. (more)
404not_foundNo live resource of the key’s account has that name or id, or the key is narrowed away from it.NoCheck the name, and that the key belongs to the account that holds it; list the resources to see what exists. (more)
422validation_errorA parameter, header or body field breaks its rule; errors names each field.NoCorrect the fields errors names; the operation’s reference gives each one’s rule. (more)
429rate_limitedThe key or the account sent more requests than its rate allows.After Retry-AfterWait for the seconds Retry-After names, then send the request again; spread requests out if it recurs. (more)
503region_unavailableThe region could not be reached or read, or it takes no new resource of this kind. Every answer carries Retry-After.After Retry-AfterSend the request again after Retry-After; if detail says the region takes no new resource of this kind, name another region. (more)

Retries

  • A read: sending it again changes nothing.
  • 429 and 503 carry Retry-After: wait that many seconds, then send the same request again.
Request
curl -sS "https://api.tonbo.dev/v1/databases/<name>/usage" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TONBO_API_KEY"

Objects

ActivityPoint

One step of a database's or stream's activity.

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
startstring (date-time)yesThe step's start, on its UTC hour or day.
write_unitsinteger or nullyesWrite units committed in the step (contracts/billing/streams-prices-v1.json write_unit_bytes each); null for a step that starts after now. At least 0.
append_bytesinteger or nullyesBytes appended in the step; null for a step that starts after now. At least 0.
recordsinteger or nullyesRecords appended in the step; null for a step that starts after now. At least 0.
log_bytesinteger or nullyesThe retained log at the step's end (now, for the current step), as stored_bytes.log counts it; null before the meter's first sample and for a step that starts after now. At least 0.
snapshot_bytesinteger or nullyesThe snapshots at the step's end, as stored_bytes.snapshot counts them; null before the meter's first sample and for a step that starts after now. At least 0.
Example ActivityPoint
{
  "start": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
  "write_units": 0,
  "append_bytes": 0,
  "records": 0,
  "log_bytes": 0,
  "snapshot_bytes": 0
}

Database

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
namestring or stringyesThe database's name; a Machine's database is m.<machine id>.
kindone of "database" or "machine"yesdatabase for one a member created, machine for a Machine's own, which its Machine creates and deletes.
owner_idstring (uuid) or nullyesThe Machine that owns a machine row; null for a member's database.
regionstringyesThe region the database lives in, fixed for its life. Matches ^[a-z]{2}-[a-z]+-[0-9]$.
urlstring (uri)yesThe database's data-plane address, {region's database origin}/{account id}/{name}; open it with the SQLite on Ursula client.
expires_atstring (date-time) or nullyesWhen the database expires, fixed at creation; null when it never expires, and always for a Machine's database. Once it has passed, Tonbo deletes the database within a minute, as a deletion would, and its name is free again.
incarnationstring or nullyesUrsula's Stream-Incarnation as a decimal; null while creating. A client that cached the URL resolves the database again when it changes. Matches ^(0|[1-9][0-9]{0,19})$.
stateone of "creating", "active", "deleting" or "deleted"yesdeleted appears only in the answer to the deletion that completed it.
public_readbooleanyesWhether anonymous reads are served.
created_atstring (date-time)yesWhen the database was created.
created_bystringyesThe member who created it, or for a Machine's database the member who created the Machine. Matches ^[a-z0-9._-]{1,64}$.
last_write_atstring (date-time) or nullyesThe last write the region's meter saw, up to a minute behind; null until a host first opens it (an open writes; the create does not), and when its region is unavailable.
stored_bytesobjectyesWhat the region's meter last saw stored; null when not yet reported or unavailable.
stored_bytes.loginteger or nullyesBytes of the database's retained log, as Tonbo stores it; null when not reported. At least 0.
stored_bytes.snapshotinteger or nullyesBytes of its snapshots; null when not reported. At least 0.
measured_atstring (date-time) or nullnoWhen the region's meter last read last_write_at and stored_bytes (every minute while it is healthy); null when the database is not yet metered or its region is unavailable. Optional; absent from older answers.
writesone of "accepting", "suspended" or nullnoWhether Tonbo accepts writes to the database now. suspended while the account has no credit left, when writes answer 402 PAYMENT_REQUIRED and reads continue; writes resume shortly after a top-up. It is the account's state, the same for each of its databases and streams. Only in the answer for one database (show and update), never in a list; null when it could not be read.
daily_write_unitsarray of integer or nullnoThe database's write units on each of the last 7 UTC days, oldest first, the last being today so far, for a sparkline: only in a list asked for it with include=daily_writes, never in a show; null when its region could not be read. Only the database as it is now counts, not an earlier database of the same name. 7 to 7 items.
Example Database
{
  "name": "<name>",
  "kind": "database",
  "owner_id": "3f1c2a9e-5b7d-4c8e-9f10-2a3b4c5d6e7f",
  "region": "<region>",
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "expires_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
  "incarnation": "<incarnation>",
  "state": "creating",
  "public_read": false,
  "created_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
  "created_by": "agent.3f1c2a9e-5b7d-4c8e-9f10-2a3b4c5d6e7f",
  "last_write_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
  "stored_bytes": {
    "log": 0,
    "snapshot": 0
  },
  "measured_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
  "writes": "accepting",
  "daily_write_units": [
    0
  ]
}

ResourceActivity

A database's or stream's writes and size over a window, from its region's meter.

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
namestringyesThe database's or stream's name.
regionstringyesIts region, whose meter answered. Matches ^[a-z]{2}-[a-z]+-[0-9]$.
granularityone of "hour" or "day"yesOne point per UTC hour or per UTC day.
fromstring (date-time)yesThe window's start.
tostring (date-time)yesThe window's end, exclusive.
as_ofstring (date-time) or nullyesWhen the region's meter last completed a poll, about once a minute while it is healthy; writes and sizes after it are not counted yet. Null when it has never completed one.
last_write_atstring (date-time) or nullyesThe last write the region's meter saw, as the show answers it; null before the first write.
pointsarray of ActivityPointyesOne point per step of the window, oldest first.
Example ResourceActivity
{
  "name": "<name>",
  "region": "<region>",
  "granularity": "hour",
  "from": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
  "to": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
  "as_of": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
  "last_write_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
  "points": [
    {
      "start": "2026-11-02T09:30:00.000Z",
      "write_units": 0,
      "append_bytes": 0,
      "records": 0,
      "log_bytes": 0,
      "snapshot_bytes": 0
    }
  ]
}