# Raid API not starting raid after timeout

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/raid-api-not-starting-raid-after-timeout/41078>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [October 5, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/raid-api-not-starting-raid-after-timeout/41078 "2022-10-05T20:30:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![TechnoTim](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/technotim/32/7431_2.png) [@TechnoTim](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/TechnoTim)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/raid-api-not-starting-raid-after-timeout/41078/1 "2022-10-05T20:30:06Z")

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I am using the raid API here

> **[Raids](https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/api/raids/)**
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> Raids

Up until the recent deprecation of hosts, when called this would initiate a raid and after 90 seconds it would start the raid without any intervention (since the API does not officially support starting it).

Is this a bug? Has this changed? I can successfully call this endpoint and I see the UI asking to start the raid but it doesn’t actually start when the 90 second timer runs out, like it use to 2 days ago.

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**Author:** ![TechnoTim](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/technotim/32/7431_2.png) [@TechnoTim](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/TechnoTim)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/raid-api-not-starting-raid-after-timeout/41078/2 "2022-10-06T01:18:36Z")

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This seems to be working now. Not sure if it was something on twitch’s end or mine - but working as expected.

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**Author:** ![BarryCarlyon](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/barrycarlyon/32/253_2.png) [@BarryCarlyon](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/BarryCarlyon)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/raid-api-not-starting-raid-after-timeout/41078/3 "2022-10-06T01:19:54Z")

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Could also be a A/B split test on twitchs side to force the required use of the button by the caster rather than just firing on it’s own.

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**Author:** ![system](https://d2opxh93rbxzdn.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/raid-api-not-starting-raid-after-timeout/41078/4 "2022-11-05T01:20:38Z")

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Closed on November 5, 2022, 1:20am UTC

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