In Airbyte API, if i'm sending a create connection request - does airbyte run schema discovery in the source as part of the process? or is it skipped if I use the API?

Based on the knowledge sources, I can provide a partial answer, but there are some gaps. When you create a connection via the Airbyte API (

POST /connections

), the knowledge sources do not explicitly describe whether a

discover

(schema detection) step is automatically triggered as part of that API call itself. However, here's what the knowledge sources do tell us: • Schema discovery happens at connection setup time in the UI — when a user configures a connection, Airbyte runs a

discover

step to determine the schema for each stream. [APIs with variable schemas] • There is a separate API endpoint specifically for triggering schema discovery:

POST /v1/sources/discover_schema

. This suggests that schema discovery is not necessarily bundled into the connection creation call, but can be triggered independently. [Forum: Trigger schema detection] • Schema discovery also runs before each sync — for Cloud users, Airbyte checks for schema changes immediately before syncing (at most every 15 minutes), and for self-managed users, at most every 24 hours. [Schema change management] • The GitHub issue about

DISCOVER_REFRESH_WINDOW_MINUTES

also confirms that discover runs as part of the sync workflow, not necessarily at connection creation time. [GitHub Issue: Discover Behavior] In summary: The knowledge sources suggest that when creating a connection via the API, you likely need to call

POST /v1/sources/discover_schema

separately to trigger schema discovery, rather than it being automatically included in the

POST /connections

call. The

discover

step appears to be most reliably triggered either manually via its dedicated endpoint, or automatically before syncs run. That said, the knowledge sources don't explicitly confirm the exact behavior of

POST /connections

with respect to auto-triggering discover, so I'd recommend consulting the Airbyte API reference or testing directly to confirm. 👍 0 button 👎 0 button ℹ️ Tip: Mention @kapa.ai in the thread for follow-ups or DM the app for 1-to-1 help.