# Start raid delay is a negative experience

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/start-raid-delay-is-a-negative-experience/63595>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [May 18, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/start-raid-delay-is-a-negative-experience/63595 "2025-05-18T21:46:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChrisHelmsC](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/chrishelmsc/32/30346_2.png) [@ChrisHelmsC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/ChrisHelmsC)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/start-raid-delay-is-a-negative-experience/63595/1 "2025-05-18T21:46:26Z")

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What is the reason for the delay or requirement for the user to click a button in their chat when triggering a raid through the API? This creates a bad experience for any scenario where it is used.

Any service that utilizes this API call must educate the user that there is either a long delay before it actually triggers, or that they must click a link and then find a button in the Twitch management console or chat and select it. Our users have pointed this out as the most confusing aspect of our service’s flow.

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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:** [May 19, 2025, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/start-raid-delay-is-a-negative-experience/63595/2 "2025-05-19T09:20:20Z")

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> [@ChrisHelmsC](#):
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> What is the reason for the delay or requirement for the user to click a button in their chat when triggering a raid through the API? This creates a bad experience for any scenario where it is used.

The raid API functions the same as the first party /raid command.

A button press isn’t needed from either of them.  
But a button press is optional to _raid now_/not wait out the timer

A uservoice exists requesting a API for the raid now button [https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/310213-developers/suggestions/45165397-raid-now](https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/310213-developers/suggestions/45165397-raid-now)

> [@ChrisHelmsC](#):
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> Our users have pointed this out as the most confusing aspect of our service’s flow.

It does however match how raids work on first party.

> [@ChrisHelmsC](#):
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> What is the reason for the delay

To allow viewers to opt in/out of going on the raid.

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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:** [June 18, 2025, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/start-raid-delay-is-a-negative-experience/63595/3 "2025-06-18T09:20:40Z")

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Closed on June 18, 2025, 9:20am UTC

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