# checkpointDescribe

`import { checkpointDescribe } from "destack:runtime";`

Describe one checkpoint.

```ds title="checkpointDescribe"
export declare function checkpointDescribe(world: WorldHandle, checkpointId: CheckpointId): Result<Checkpoint, HostError>
```

[language/library/src/runtime/lineage.ds:248:251](https://github.com/destack-sh/destack/blob/main/language/library/src/runtime/lineage.ds#L248-L251)