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Backend Readiness Preflight

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Recipe · 3 steps

Backend Readiness Preflight

with IBM Quantum

Confirm a backend is online, then collect its properties and defaults.

  1. Read the backend status and branch on whether the backend is in an operational (true) state before pulling calibration data.
  2. Fetch the backend's latest calibration properties used to transpile an ISA circuit.
  3. Fetch the backend's pulse-level defaults used to schedule the transpiled circuit.
What you'll need to have ready
  • accessToken: IBM Cloud IAM bearer token used in the Authorization header.
  • serviceCrn: IBM Cloud Service CRN identifying the Qiskit Runtime instance.
  • apiVersion: API version date sent in the IBM-API-Version header (e.g. 2026-03-15).
  • backend: Name of the backend to preflight.
For your developer

Arazzo workflow ibm-quantum:backend-readiness-preflight, 3 operations: get_backend_status → get_backend_properties → get_backend_defaults. Specs on APIs.io.

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