# Fetch an archived guardrail version

> Returns the exact configuration — and so the exact `document` — that governed at a given version. Approval items, activity entries, and exceptions record the version that governed them, so the audit chain survives edits.

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<MethodEndpoint
  method={"get"}
  path={"/api/v1/guardrails/{guardrail_id}/versions/{version}"}
  context={"endpoint"}
>
  
</MethodEndpoint>

Returns the exact configuration — and so the exact `document` — that governed at a given version. Approval items, activity entries, and exceptions record the version that governed them, so the audit chain survives edits.

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<ParamsDetails
  {...require("./get-guardrail-version.ParamsDetails.json")}
>
  
</ParamsDetails>

<RequestSchema
  {...require("./get-guardrail-version.RequestSchema.json")}
>
  
</RequestSchema>

<StatusCodes
  {...require("./get-guardrail-version.StatusCodes.json")}
>
  
</StatusCodes>