release: 0.115.0

.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.114.0"
+  ".": "0.115.0"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.115.0](https://github.com/kernel/kernel-node-sdk/compare/v0.114.0...v0.115.0) (2026-09-30)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Fetch content for selected results from retained searches ([kernel/kernel#3978](https://github.com/kernel/kernel/pull/3978))
+
 ## [0.114.0](https://github.com/kernel/kernel-node-sdk/compare/v0.113.0...v0.114.0) (2026-09-30)
 
 

api.md

@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ Types:
 
 Methods:
 
-- <code title="post /search/{id}/contents">client.search.contents.<a href="./src/resources/search/contents.ts">fetch</a>(id, { ...params }) -> void</code>
+- <code title="post /search/{id}/contents">client.search.contents.<a href="./src/resources/search/contents.ts">fetch</a>(id, { ...params }) -> Response</code>
 
 ## Providers
 

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@onkernel/sdk",
-  "version": "0.114.0",
+  "version": "0.115.0",
   "description": "The official TypeScript library for the Kernel API",
   "author": "Kernel <>",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",

src/resources/search/contents.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import { APIResource } from '../../core/resource';
 import * as SearchAPI from './search';
 import { APIPromise } from '../../core/api-promise';
-import { buildHeaders } from '../../internal/headers';
 import { RequestOptions } from '../../internal/request-options';
 import { path } from '../../internal/utils/path';
 
@@ -12,21 +11,25 @@ import { path } from '../../internal/utils/path';
  */
 export class Contents extends APIResource {
   /**
-   * Deferred result-content retrieval is reserved but not available in this release.
-   * Requests return 404 until the retrieval implementation is shipped. X-Request-Id
-   * identifies this request separately from the search resource.
+   * Retrieves selected results from a retained search. Provide exactly one of
+   * result_ids or limit; the latter fetches the top results. Content defaults to
+   * source:auto. Responses preserve result_ids order. Unknown result IDs are
+   * rejected before retrieval starts. Missing, expired, or inaccessible searches
+   * return 404. Once retrieval begins, return one outcome per selected result,
+   * including timeout entries for work unfinished at the overall deadline. Browser
+   * retrievals run sequentially in result order, so later results may time out when
+   * earlier pages are slow. X-Request-Id identifies this request separately from the
+   * search resource.
    *
    * @example
    * ```ts
-   * await client.search.contents.fetch('srch_abc123');
+   * const response = await client.search.contents.fetch(
+   *   'srch_abc123',
+   * );
    * ```
    */
-  fetch(id: string, body: ContentFetchParams, options?: RequestOptions): APIPromise<void> {
-    return this._client.post(path`/search/${id}/contents`, {
-      body,
-      ...options,
-      headers: buildHeaders([{ Accept: '*/*' }, options?.headers]),
-    });
+  fetch(id: string, body: ContentFetchParams, options?: RequestOptions): APIPromise<Response> {
+    return this._client.post(path`/search/${id}/contents`, { body, ...options });
   }
 }
 
@@ -60,36 +63,37 @@ export namespace FetchRequest {
    */
   export interface Content {
     /**
-     * Invalid with source=provider. Supplying browser_id requires source=browser so
-     * the chosen identity is not bypassed.
+     * Requires source=auto or source=browser in deferred retrieval.
      */
     browser?: Content.Browser;
 
     format?: 'markdown' | 'text';
 
     /**
-     * Maximum acceptable age of cached page content, measured from origin retrieval. 0
-     * forces a live fetch. Governs the Kernel content cache, which is scoped to the
-     * caller organization and project and separated by retrieval context; fetches
-     * through a caller-supplied browser_id bypass that cache. Mapped to the provider
-     * freshness control when source is provider and the provider supports one;
-     * otherwise provider content age is reported as unknown via fetched_at.
+     * For source=auto, maximum acceptable age of retained provider content, measured
+     * from when the search received it from the provider. A value of 0 disables reuse
+     * of retained content, so every result is fetched through a browser.
+     * source=provider reuses retained provider content without freshness validation.
+     * source=browser always fetches through a browser and does not use this age limit.
      */
     max_age_hours?: number;
 
     /**
-     * Per-result Unicode character limit after extraction.
+     * Per-result Unicode character limit after extraction. Retained provider content
+     * cannot exceed what was stored at search time; such results report truncated when
+     * the stored text was already truncated.
      */
     max_chars?: number;
 
     /**
-     * provider uses the search provider's native content retrieval; browser fetches
-     * each URL through a Kernel browser; auto prefers Kernel browser retrieval and
-     * falls back to provider-native content when browser retrieval is unavailable or
-     * unsuitable. Defaults to auto for both inline and deferred retrieval. Deferred
-     * provider retrieval requires post_hoc capability; an explicit provider source
-     * without it is a 400. Missing documents produce per-result unavailable outcomes,
-     * not request failures.
+     * auto uses retained provider content within max_age_hours; for deferred retrieval
+     * it falls back to a Kernel browser (caller-supplied or temporary) for results
+     * without it. Inline retrieval never uses a browser. provider reuses retained
+     * provider content when available, without freshness validation, and never
+     * provisions a browser. browser fetches each URL through a Kernel browser, either
+     * caller-supplied or temporary. No option makes a new provider request. Defaults
+     * to auto for both inline and deferred retrieval. Missing documents produce
+     * per-result unavailable outcomes, not request failures.
      */
     source?: 'auto' | 'provider' | 'browser';
 
@@ -102,17 +106,22 @@ export namespace FetchRequest {
 
   export namespace Content {
     /**
-     * Invalid with source=provider. Supplying browser_id requires source=browser so
-     * the chosen identity is not bypassed.
+     * Requires source=auto or source=browser in deferred retrieval.
      */
     export interface Browser {
       /**
        * Existing browser session ID authorized for the caller and selected project.
-       * Reuses its cookies, proxy, and browser configuration. Kernel does not delete a
-       * caller-supplied browser. Render mode uses a temporary tab; website activity may
-       * still change shared cookies and storage. When omitted, Kernel obtains isolated
-       * browser capacity in the caller's account and releases it after retrieval. That
-       * capacity is not retained for later interaction. Existing browser quotas apply.
+       * Reuses its cookies, proxy, and browser configuration; requests follow that
+       * browser's existing network access behavior, with no additional destination
+       * allowlist in this endpoint. Kernel does not delete a caller-supplied browser.
+       * Render mode uses a temporary tab; website activity may still change shared
+       * cookies and storage. When omitted and any result needs browser retrieval, Kernel
+       * creates one temporary browser for the request using the dashboard launch
+       * defaults (headful, stealth, default proxy), tags it with search_id, and deletes
+       * it when the request finishes. It is billed and counts toward browser concurrency
+       * like any other browser. A concurrency rejection returns 429 for source=browser;
+       * for source=auto, results with retained content are still returned and the rest
+       * report the rejection.
        */
       browser_id?: string;
 
@@ -154,7 +163,9 @@ export namespace Response {
     url: string;
 
     /**
-     * Kernel cache outcome. Provider-internal cache behavior may be unknown.
+     * Kernel content cache outcome. Kernel has no content cache yet: responses report
+     * bypass or unknown, and hit and miss are reserved. Provider-internal cache
+     * behavior may be unknown.
      */
     cache_status?: 'hit' | 'miss' | 'bypass' | 'unknown';
 
@@ -172,15 +183,21 @@ export namespace Response {
     extractor_version?: string;
 
     /**
-     * Origin retrieval time when known, not cache read time.
+     * When Kernel fetched the content, or received it from the provider for retained
+     * content.
      */
     fetched_at?: string | null;
 
     /**
-     * Final retrieval URL when known.
+     * Final retrieval URL after redirects when known. Curl mode follows up to 5
+     * redirects.
      */
     final_url?: string;
 
+    /**
+     * Format of text. Plain-text and JSON pages are returned unchanged as text even
+     * when markdown was requested.
+     */
     format?: 'markdown' | 'text';
 
     /**
@@ -189,7 +206,7 @@ export namespace Response {
     http_status?: number;
 
     /**
-     * Original retrieval method, including on cache hits.
+     * Original retrieval method.
      */
     method?: 'provider' | 'browser_curl' | 'browser_render';
 
@@ -200,7 +217,8 @@ export namespace Response {
     text?: string;
 
     /**
-     * Whether max_chars truncated the extracted content.
+     * Whether the content was cut short, by max_chars or because the page exceeded the
+     * 1 MiB read limit.
      */
     truncated?: boolean;
   }
@@ -252,36 +270,37 @@ export namespace ContentFetchParams {
    */
   export interface Content {
     /**
-     * Invalid with source=provider. Supplying browser_id requires source=browser so
-     * the chosen identity is not bypassed.
+     * Requires source=auto or source=browser in deferred retrieval.
      */
     browser?: Content.Browser;
 
     format?: 'markdown' | 'text';
 
     /**
-     * Maximum acceptable age of cached page content, measured from origin retrieval. 0
-     * forces a live fetch. Governs the Kernel content cache, which is scoped to the
-     * caller organization and project and separated by retrieval context; fetches
-     * through a caller-supplied browser_id bypass that cache. Mapped to the provider
-     * freshness control when source is provider and the provider supports one;
-     * otherwise provider content age is reported as unknown via fetched_at.
+     * For source=auto, maximum acceptable age of retained provider content, measured
+     * from when the search received it from the provider. A value of 0 disables reuse
+     * of retained content, so every result is fetched through a browser.
+     * source=provider reuses retained provider content without freshness validation.
+     * source=browser always fetches through a browser and does not use this age limit.
      */
     max_age_hours?: number;
 
     /**
-     * Per-result Unicode character limit after extraction.
+     * Per-result Unicode character limit after extraction. Retained provider content
+     * cannot exceed what was stored at search time; such results report truncated when
+     * the stored text was already truncated.
      */
     max_chars?: number;
 
     /**
-     * provider uses the search provider's native content retrieval; browser fetches
-     * each URL through a Kernel browser; auto prefers Kernel browser retrieval and
-     * falls back to provider-native content when browser retrieval is unavailable or
-     * unsuitable. Defaults to auto for both inline and deferred retrieval. Deferred
-     * provider retrieval requires post_hoc capability; an explicit provider source
-     * without it is a 400. Missing documents produce per-result unavailable outcomes,
-     * not request failures.
+     * auto uses retained provider content within max_age_hours; for deferred retrieval
+     * it falls back to a Kernel browser (caller-supplied or temporary) for results
+     * without it. Inline retrieval never uses a browser. provider reuses retained
+     * provider content when available, without freshness validation, and never
+     * provisions a browser. browser fetches each URL through a Kernel browser, either
+     * caller-supplied or temporary. No option makes a new provider request. Defaults
+     * to auto for both inline and deferred retrieval. Missing documents produce
+     * per-result unavailable outcomes, not request failures.
      */
     source?: 'auto' | 'provider' | 'browser';
 
@@ -294,17 +313,22 @@ export namespace ContentFetchParams {
 
   export namespace Content {
     /**
-     * Invalid with source=provider. Supplying browser_id requires source=browser so
-     * the chosen identity is not bypassed.
+     * Requires source=auto or source=browser in deferred retrieval.
      */
     export interface Browser {
       /**
        * Existing browser session ID authorized for the caller and selected project.
-       * Reuses its cookies, proxy, and browser configuration. Kernel does not delete a
-       * caller-supplied browser. Render mode uses a temporary tab; website activity may
-       * still change shared cookies and storage. When omitted, Kernel obtains isolated
-       * browser capacity in the caller's account and releases it after retrieval. That
-       * capacity is not retained for later interaction. Existing browser quotas apply.
+       * Reuses its cookies, proxy, and browser configuration; requests follow that
+       * browser's existing network access behavior, with no additional destination
+       * allowlist in this endpoint. Kernel does not delete a caller-supplied browser.
+       * Render mode uses a temporary tab; website activity may still change shared
+       * cookies and storage. When omitted and any result needs browser retrieval, Kernel
+       * creates one temporary browser for the request using the dashboard launch
+       * defaults (headful, stealth, default proxy), tags it with search_id, and deletes
+       * it when the request finishes. It is billed and counts toward browser concurrency
+       * like any other browser. A concurrency rejection returns 429 for source=browser;
+       * for source=auto, results with retained content are still returned and the rest
+       * report the rejection.
        */
       browser_id?: string;