diff --git a/src/dstack/_internal/server/routers/instances.py b/src/dstack/_internal/server/routers/instances.py
index 67f22d9b6..b241d7e76 100644
--- a/src/dstack/_internal/server/routers/instances.py
+++ b/src/dstack/_internal/server/routers/instances.py
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
-from typing import List
+from typing import Annotated, List
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
 import dstack._internal.server.services.instances as instances_services
+from dstack._internal.core.errors import ResourceNotExistsError
 from dstack._internal.core.models.instances import Instance
 from dstack._internal.server.db import get_session
 from dstack._internal.server.models import ProjectModel, UserModel
 from dstack._internal.server.schemas.instances import (
     GetInstanceHealthChecksRequest,
     GetInstanceHealthChecksResponse,
+    GetInstanceRequest,
     ListInstancesRequest,
 )
 from dstack._internal.server.security.permissions import Authenticated, ProjectMember
@@ -75,3 +77,21 @@ async def get_instance_health_checks(
         limit=body.limit,
     )
     return CustomORJSONResponse(GetInstanceHealthChecksResponse(health_checks=health_checks))
+
+
+@project_router.post("/get", response_model=Instance)
+async def get_instance(
+    body: GetInstanceRequest,
+    session: Annotated[AsyncSession, Depends(get_session)],
+    user_project: Annotated[tuple[UserModel, ProjectModel], Depends(ProjectMember())],
+):
+    """
+    Returns an instance given its ID.
+    """
+    _, project = user_project
+    instance = await instances_services.get_instance(
+        session=session, project=project, instance_id=body.id
+    )
+    if instance is None:
+        raise ResourceNotExistsError()
+    return CustomORJSONResponse(instance)
diff --git a/src/dstack/_internal/server/schemas/instances.py b/src/dstack/_internal/server/schemas/instances.py
index 60843c629..120ff161d 100644
--- a/src/dstack/_internal/server/schemas/instances.py
+++ b/src/dstack/_internal/server/schemas/instances.py
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 from dstack._internal.server.schemas.runner import InstanceHealthResponse
 
 
+class GetInstanceRequest(CoreModel):
+    id: UUID
+
+
 class ListInstancesRequest(CoreModel):
     project_names: Optional[list[str]] = None
     fleet_ids: Optional[list[UUID]] = None
diff --git a/src/dstack/_internal/server/services/instances.py b/src/dstack/_internal/server/services/instances.py
index 14f26cc3f..c311df7db 100644
--- a/src/dstack/_internal/server/services/instances.py
+++ b/src/dstack/_internal/server/services/instances.py
@@ -163,6 +163,28 @@ async def get_instance_health_checks(
     return health_checks
 
 
+async def get_instance(
+    session: AsyncSession,
+    project: ProjectModel,
+    instance_id: uuid.UUID,
+) -> Optional[Instance]:
+    res = await session.execute(
+        select(InstanceModel)
+        .where(
+            InstanceModel.id == instance_id,
+            InstanceModel.project_id == project.id,
+        )
+        .options(
+            joinedload(InstanceModel.fleet).load_only(FleetModel.name),
+            joinedload(InstanceModel.project).load_only(ProjectModel.name),
+        )
+    )
+    instance_model = res.scalar_one_or_none()
+    if instance_model is None:
+        return None
+    return instance_model_to_instance(instance_model)
+
+
 def instance_model_to_instance(instance_model: InstanceModel) -> Instance:
     instance = Instance(
         id=instance_model.id,
diff --git a/src/tests/_internal/server/routers/test_instances.py b/src/tests/_internal/server/routers/test_instances.py
index 8aee09e6d..5f9e41df3 100644
--- a/src/tests/_internal/server/routers/test_instances.py
+++ b/src/tests/_internal/server/routers/test_instances.py
@@ -395,3 +395,87 @@ async def test_converts_legacy_termination_reason_string(
         )
         # Must convert legacy "Fleet has too many instances" to "max_instances_limit"
         assert resp.json()[0]["termination_reason"] == "max_instances_limit"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("test_db", ["sqlite", "postgres"], indirect=True)
+class TestGetInstance:
+    async def test_returns_instance_by_id(
+        self, session: AsyncSession, client: AsyncClient
+    ) -> None:
+        user = await create_user(session, global_role=GlobalRole.USER)
+        project = await create_project(session, owner=user)
+        await add_project_member(
+            session, project=project, user=user, project_role=ProjectRole.ADMIN
+        )
+        fleet = await create_fleet(session, project)
+        instance = await create_instance(session=session, project=project, fleet=fleet)
+
+        resp = await client.post(
+            f"/api/project/{project.name}/instances/get",
+            headers=get_auth_headers(user.token),
+            json={"id": str(instance.id)},
+        )
+        assert resp.status_code == 200
+        resp_data = resp.json()
+        assert resp_data["id"] == str(instance.id)
+        assert resp_data["project_name"] == project.name
+        assert resp_data["fleet_name"] == fleet.name
+
+    async def test_returns_400_if_instance_not_found(
+        self, session: AsyncSession, client: AsyncClient
+    ) -> None:
+        user = await create_user(session, global_role=GlobalRole.USER)
+        project = await create_project(session, owner=user)
+        await add_project_member(
+            session, project=project, user=user, project_role=ProjectRole.ADMIN
+        )
+
+        resp = await client.post(
+            f"/api/project/{project.name}/instances/get",
+            headers=get_auth_headers(user.token),
+            json={"id": str(uuid.uuid4())},
+        )
+        assert resp.status_code == 400
+        assert resp.json()["detail"][0]["code"] == "resource_not_exists"
+
+    async def test_returns_400_if_instance_exists_in_different_project(
+        self, session: AsyncSession, client: AsyncClient
+    ) -> None:
+        user = await create_user(session, global_role=GlobalRole.USER)
+
+        project1 = await create_project(session, owner=user, name="p1")
+        project2 = await create_project(session, owner=user, name="p2")
+
+        await add_project_member(
+            session, project=project1, user=user, project_role=ProjectRole.ADMIN
+        )
+        await add_project_member(
+            session, project=project2, user=user, project_role=ProjectRole.ADMIN
+        )
+
+        fleet = await create_fleet(session, project2)
+        instance = await create_instance(session=session, project=project2, fleet=fleet)
+
+        resp = await client.post(
+            f"/api/project/{project1.name}/instances/get",
+            headers=get_auth_headers(user.token),
+            json={"id": str(instance.id)},
+        )
+        assert resp.status_code == 400
+        assert resp.json()["detail"][0]["code"] == "resource_not_exists"
+
+    async def test_returns_403_if_not_project_member(
+        self, session: AsyncSession, client: AsyncClient
+    ) -> None:
+        user = await create_user(session, name="non_member", global_role=GlobalRole.USER)
+        project = await create_project(session)
+        fleet = await create_fleet(session, project)
+        instance = await create_instance(session=session, project=project, fleet=fleet)
+
+        resp = await client.post(
+            f"/api/project/{project.name}/instances/get",
+            headers=get_auth_headers(user.token),
+            json={"id": str(instance.id)},
+        )
+        assert resp.status_code == 403