List cycles
Return the cycles in a project as a paginated page. Use it to build a sprint picker, to find the cycle covering a date range, or to reconcile cycles you imported from another tracker.
Filters combine with AND. For example, ?owned_by_id=…&search=sprint returns only cycles that match both.
Path parameters
slug:requiredstringThe workspace slug. It appears in your Plane URLs. In https://app.plane.so/my-team/projects/, the slug is my-team.
project_id:requiredstring (uuid)The project whose cycles you want.
Query parameters
Filters
name:optionalstringReturn only cycles whose name matches exactly, ignoring case. For a partial match, use search.
owned_by_id:optionalstring (uuid)Return only cycles owned by this user. To build a "my cycles" view, pass the authenticated user's id. Plane assigns ownership, so you can filter on it but not set it.
external_id:optionalstringReturn only cycles whose external_id matches exactly. Pair it with external_source when the same identifier could come from more than one system.
external_source:optionalstringReturn only cycles imported from this source, for example jira.
is_archived:optionalbooleantrue returns only archived cycles. false returns only active cycles, the same set as the default.
include_archived:optionalbooleantrue returns archived and active cycles together. Without it, the list hides archived cycles. When you also pass is_archived, is_archived decides the result.
Search
search:optionalstringFree-text search term matched against the cycle.
Ordering
order_by:optionalstringField to sort by. Prefix with - for descending.
sort_order/-sort_order: the project's manual cycle orderingcreated_at/-created_at: oldest first or newest firstid/-id
Pagination
per_page:optionalintegerPage size. Defaults to 50, maximum 200.
offset:optionalintegerNumber of rows to skip from the start of the result set. Maximum 10000. Past that, switch to cursor pagination.
paginate:optionalstringSet to cursor to switch from the default offset envelope to the keyset envelope, which skips the COUNT query. The response then has next_cursor and has_more instead of next, previous, and total_count. Pass next_cursor back as cursor to get the next page. Use it for deep traversal, where offset paging gets expensive.
count:optionalbooleanDefaults to true. Set to false to skip the COUNT(*) behind total_count. The envelope then leaves out total_count. Use it when you only need the rows.
Archived cycles are hidden by default
The list leaves out cycles with archived_at set unless you pass is_archived or include_archived. Send true or false in lowercase. Neither parameter is validated. include_archived widens the list only for true. Any is_archived value other than true or false lifts the default filter, so archived and active cycles come back together.
Bad enum values fail silently
order_by and paginate are not validated against their allowed values. An unrecognized order_by falls back to the default cycle ordering, and any paginate value other than cursor uses offset pagination. A typo shows up as an unexpected sort order or envelope, not an error, so check your spelling.
Response shaping
fields:optionalstringComma-separated list of fields to return on each row. Fields you don't request are left out of the response instead of coming back as null, so a missing key means you didn't ask for it and null means the value is null. id is always included, whether or not you name it.
Pass all to get every requestable field. An unknown field name returns 400 with the list of valid names and the closest match, so a typo is caught instead of being silently ignored.
Requestable here: archived_at, backlog_issues, cancelled_issues, completed_issues, created_at, created_by_id, description, end_date, external_id, external_source, id, logo_props, name, owned_by_id, progress_snapshot, sort_order, start_date, started_issues, timezone, total_issues, unstarted_issues, updated_at, updated_by_id.
List rows leave out the six progress counts (total_issues, backlog_issues, unstarted_issues, started_issues, completed_issues, cancelled_issues). Name them here, or pass all, to get them. See Progress counts.
See Sparse fields.
expand:optionalstringComma-separated relations to embed alongside the ids: owned_by (the cycle owner).
Expanded objects get their own key: ?expand=state keeps state_id and adds a state object next to it, so an id is never replaced by an object. An unknown value returns 400.
?fields= and ?expand= take separate sets of names. Relation names aren't valid in ?fields=, field names aren't valid in ?expand=, and field filtering never removes an expanded object: ?fields=id,name&expand=state returns id, name and state. See Expanding relations.
Scopes
projects.cycles:read
Errors
| Status | Code | Cause |
|---|---|---|
401 | unauthorized | Missing or invalid credentials. |
402 | payment_required | The feature this endpoint belongs to isn't enabled on your plan, or is switched off. |
403 | forbidden | Your role or token scope can't read cycles in this project. |
404 | not_found | No such workspace or project, or it's outside your tenant. |
406 | not_acceptable | The Accept header asks for a representation the API can't produce. |
429 | rate_limited | Throttled. Honor the Retry-After header before retrying. |
curl -X GET \
"https://api.plane.so/api/v2/workspaces/my-team/projects/4af68566-94a4-4eb3-94aa-50dc9427067b/cycles/?per_page=50&order_by=-created_at" \
-H "X-Api-Key: $PLANE_API_KEY"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://api.plane.so/api/v2/workspaces/my-team/projects/4af68566-94a4-4eb3-94aa-50dc9427067b/cycles/",
headers={"X-Api-Key": "your-api-key"},
params={"per_page": 50, "order_by": "-created_at"},
)
print(response.json())const params = new URLSearchParams({ per_page: "50", order_by: "-created_at" });
const response = await fetch(
`https://api.plane.so/api/v2/workspaces/my-team/projects/4af68566-94a4-4eb3-94aa-50dc9427067b/cycles/?${params}`,
{
headers: { "X-Api-Key": "your-api-key" },
},
);
const data = await response.json();{
"data": [
{
"id": "7c1f9a4e-3b6d-4a52-8f0c-2d9e6b18c3a7",
"name": "Sprint 24",
"description": "Checkout rewrite and billing cleanup",
"start_date": "2026-01-05T00:00:00Z",
"end_date": "2026-01-19T00:00:00Z",
"owned_by_id": "16c61a3a-512a-48ac-b0be-b6b46fe6f430",
"sort_order": 65535,
"timezone": "America/New_York",
"external_id": null,
"external_source": null,
"logo_props": {},
"progress_snapshot": {},
"archived_at": null,
"created_at": "2026-01-14T09:22:41.478363Z",
"updated_at": "2026-01-14T09:22:41.478363Z",
"created_by_id": "16c61a3a-512a-48ac-b0be-b6b46fe6f430",
"updated_by_id": null
},
{
"id": "2b8d5e07-9a41-4c6f-b3d2-71e8a4c05f96",
"name": "Sprint 23",
"description": "",
"start_date": "2025-12-22T00:00:00Z",
"end_date": "2026-01-05T00:00:00Z",
"owned_by_id": "16c61a3a-512a-48ac-b0be-b6b46fe6f430",
"sort_order": 55535,
"timezone": "America/New_York",
"external_id": "SPR-23",
"external_source": "jira",
"logo_props": {},
"progress_snapshot": {},
"archived_at": null,
"created_at": "2025-12-18T11:04:07.912004Z",
"updated_at": "2025-12-18T11:04:07.912004Z",
"created_by_id": "16c61a3a-512a-48ac-b0be-b6b46fe6f430",
"updated_by_id": null
}
],
"next": 50,
"previous": null,
"total_count": 27,
"pagination": {
"style": "offset"
}
}{
"data": [
{
"id": "7c1f9a4e-3b6d-4a52-8f0c-2d9e6b18c3a7",
"name": "Sprint 24",
"description": "Checkout rewrite and billing cleanup",
"start_date": "2026-01-05T00:00:00Z",
"end_date": "2026-01-19T00:00:00Z",
"owned_by_id": "16c61a3a-512a-48ac-b0be-b6b46fe6f430",
"sort_order": 65535,
"timezone": "America/New_York",
"external_id": null,
"external_source": null,
"logo_props": {},
"progress_snapshot": {},
"archived_at": null,
"created_at": "2026-01-14T09:22:41.478363Z",
"updated_at": "2026-01-14T09:22:41.478363Z",
"created_by_id": "16c61a3a-512a-48ac-b0be-b6b46fe6f430",
"updated_by_id": null
}
],
"next_cursor": "b3A9MTcxOjA6MA==",
"has_more": true,
"pagination": {
"style": "cursor"
}
}
