---
title: "Restart"
method: POST
path: "/tunnel_sessions/{id}/restart"
tags: ["TunnelSessions"]
---

# Restart

`POST /tunnel_sessions/{id}/restart`

Issues a command instructing the ngrok agent to restart. The agent restarts itself by calling exec() on platforms that support it. This operation is notably not supported on Windows. When an agent restarts, it reconnects with a new tunnel session ID.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Headers

- `ngrok-version` integer, required

## Request body

- Item
  - `id` string — a resource identifier

## Response `204`

Issues a command instructing the ngrok agent to restart. The agent restarts itself by calling exec() on platforms that support it. This operation is notably not supported on Windows. When an agent restarts, it reconnects with a new tunnel session ID.

## Other responses

- `4XX` — An error. The body carries a machine-readable error_code and a human-readable msg; every code is documented at https://ngrok.com/docs/errors. A 429 with error code ERR_NGROK_226 means the account exceeded the documented request-rate limit.
- `5XX` — An error. The body carries a machine-readable error_code and a human-readable msg; every code is documented at https://ngrok.com/docs/errors. A 429 with error code ERR_NGROK_226 means the account exceeded the documented request-rate limit.

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