Retrieve job results

After submitting your job, a RuntimeJob instance is returned. Use the job instance to check the job status or retrieve the results by calling the appropriate method:

Table 1 Job methods

job.result()	Review job results immediately after the job completes. Job results are available after the job completes. Therefore, job.result() is a blocking call until the job completes.
job.job_id()	Return the ID that uniquely identifies that job. Retrieving the job results at a later time requires the job ID. Therefore, it is recommended that you save the IDs of jobs you might want to retrieve later.
job.status()	Check the job status.
job = service.job(<job_id>)	Retrieve a job you previously submitted. This call requires the job ID.

Jobs are also listed on the Jobs page for your quantum service channel:

• For the IBM Cloud channel, from the IBM Cloud console quantum Instances page, click the name of your instance, then click the Jobs tab. To see the status of your job, click the refresh arrow in the upper right corner.

• For the IBM Quantum channel, in IBM Quantum platform, open the Jobs page.

Retrieve job results at a later time

Call service.job(<job ID>) to retrieve a job you previously submitted. If you don’t have the job ID, or if you want to retrieve multiple jobs at once; including jobs from retired systems, call service.jobs() with optional filters instead. See QiskitRuntimeService.jobs.

Note

service.jobs() returns only Qiskit Runtime jobs. To retrieve other jobs, use qiskit-ibm-provider instead.

Example

This example returns the 10 most recent runtime jobs that were run on ibmq_qasm_simulator:

from qiskit_ibm_runtime import QiskitRuntimeService

# Initialize the account first.
service = QiskitRuntimeService()

service.jobs(backend_name="ibmq_qasm_simulator")