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title: A new /v2/query endpoint
type: new_feature
date: '2026-06-02'
canonical: 'https://pydantic.dev/changelog/new-query-endpoint'
---

> Markdown version of [A new /v2/query endpoint](https://pydantic.dev/changelog/new-query-endpoint) — the canonical HTML page.
>
> New feature · 2026-06-02
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> All changelog entries: [/changelog.md](https://pydantic.dev/changelog.md) · Site index: [/llms.txt](https://pydantic.dev/llms.txt)

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A new `/v2/query` endpoint is now available, and is expected to replace the existing `/v1/query` endpoint.

Users have historically encountered issues when using the `/v1/query` endpoint, in particular when
a large amount of data was being queried. This was partly due to the fact that this endpoint was
exposed from our Python backend, which required loading the data from our database in memory before
returning it.

To mitigate this issue, the `/v2/query` endpoint is exposed directly from our database query API,
and a new NDJSON format is now available to allow streaming responses.

## Changes

This new endpoint has some differences compared to the `/v1/query` one:

* The endpoint only accepts POST requests, unlike the `/v1/query` endpoint which accepts GET requests
  with query parameters. While theoretically there is no length limit for query parameters, some web services
  might set an arbitrary limit, and the `sql` query parameter might contain sensitive data.
* The `min_timestamp` body parameter is now **required**, and it is recommended to use a small time range
  to reduce the query overhead.
* The response JSON schema have changed slightly, and only provides the layout where rows are separated from
  columns (which could be obtained from the `/v1/query` endpoint using the opt-in `json_rows=true` query
  parameter):

  **`/v1/query`**

  ```json
  {
    "columns": [
      {"name": "service_name", "datatype": "Utf8", "nullable": false, "values": ["backend"]}
    ]
  }
  ```

  **`/v1/query` (`json_rows=true`)**

  ```json
  {
    "columns": [
      {"name": "service_name", "datatype": "Utf8", "nullable": false}
    ],
    "rows": [
      {"service_name": "backend"}
    ]
  }
  ```

  **`/v2/query`**

  ```json
  {
    "schema": {
      "fields": [
        {"name": "service_name", "data_type": "Utf8", "nullable": false}
      ],
      "metadata": {}
    },
    "data": [
      {"service_name": "backend"}
    ]
  }
  ```

The complete set of body parameters can be found in [the documentation](https://pydantic.dev/docs/logfire/manage/query-api/#additional-configuration).

## SDK changes

[The query client](https://pydantic.dev/docs/logfire/manage/query-api/#using-the-read-clients) available in the Python Logfire SDK
was updated to automatically use the new endpoint. For backwards compatibility, the response from the `/v2/query` endpoint was adapted
to match the structure of the `/v1/query` endpoint (with `json_rows=True`).

A couple deprecations were introduced in the latest release:

* The `query_json()` method of the query client, which mapped to the `/v1/query` columns format was deprecated.
* Using the query methods (`query_json_rows()`, `query_arrow()`, `query_csv()`) without providing a `min_timestamp`
  is deprecated.

These changes were introduced in the [v4.35.0](https://github.com/pydantic/logfire/releases/tag/v4.35.0) release.

## Response formats and NDJSON streaming

The query endpoint can return data in a variety of formats, following the [`Accept`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Headers/Accept)
request header:

* `application/json`: returns JSON data (this is the default if not provided).
* `application/x-ndjson`: returns <abbr title="Newline-delimited JSON">NDJSON</abbr> data in a streaming fashion.
* `application/vnd.apache.arrow.stream`: Returns the data in Apache Arrow format, suitable for high-performance data processing.
* `text/csv`: Returns the data in CSV format, which is easy to use with many data tools.

The `application/x-ndjson` format is a new addition to the `/v2/query` endpoint. See
[the documentation](https://pydantic.dev/docs/logfire/manage/query-api/#ndjson-response-format)
for details on the messages structure of this format.