---
title: "Initialize Recovery Flow for Browser Clients"
method: GET
path: "/self-service/recovery/browser"
tags: ["public"]
---

# Initialize Recovery Flow for Browser Clients

`GET /self-service/recovery/browser`

This endpoint initializes a browser-based account recovery flow. Once initialized, the browser will be redirected to
`selfservice.flows.recovery.ui_url` with the flow ID set as the query parameter `?flow=`. If a valid user session
exists, the browser is returned to the configured return URL.

This endpoint is NOT INTENDED for API clients and only works with browsers (Chrome, Firefox, ...).

More information can be found at [Ory Kratos Account Recovery Documentation](../self-service/flows/account-recovery.mdx).

## Other responses

- `302` — Empty responses are sent when, for example, resources are deleted. The HTTP status code for empty responses is typically 201.
- `500` — genericError

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