---
title: "Start stopwatch on an issue."
method: POST
path: "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{index}/stopwatch/start"
tags: ["issue"]
---

# Start stopwatch on an issue.

`POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{index}/stopwatch/start`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://demo.gitea.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://demo.gitea.com/api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{index}/stopwatch/start`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP basic
  - API key in query parameter `token`
  - API key in query parameter `access_token`
  - API key in header `Authorization`
  - API key in query parameter `sudo`
  - API key in header `Sudo`
  - API key in header `X-GITEA-OTP`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/gitea/apis/gitea-api/docs/repos/:owner/:repo/issues/:index/stopwatch/start/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `owner` string, required
- `repo` string, required
- `index` integer, required

## Response `201`

APIEmpty is an empty response

## Other responses

- `default`: APIError is error format response

## Changes

- **2026-10-28** `7ef50c4c527f`: 3 info
  - removed the non-success response with the status `403`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `404`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `409`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/gitea/apis/gitea-api/changes/repos/:owner/:repo/issues/:index/stopwatch/start/post.md)

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