---
title: "Restart a task"
method: POST
path: "/tasks/{id}/restart"
tags: ["Tasks"]
---

# Restart a task

`POST /tasks/{id}/restart`

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required — MongoDB ObjectId represented as a hexadecimal string

## Response `200`

Task restarted successfully

- Success
  - `code` integer
  - `message` string
  - `data` object

## Changes

- **2025-03-02** `526e5bdf6dee` — 2 breaking, 2 warning, 6 info
  - added the pattern `^[0-9a-fA-F]{24}$` to the `path` request parameter `id`
  - the `data` response's property type changed from `array` to `object` for status `200`
  - removed the optional property `error` from the response with the `200` status
  - removed the optional property `status` from the response with the `200` status
  - …6 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/crawlab-team/apis/crawlab-api/changes/tasks/:id/restart/post.md)

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