---
title: "Boot a standby worker"
method: POST
path: "/api/v0/desk/warm"
tags: ["Desk"]
---

# Boot a standby worker

`POST /api/v0/desk/warm`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.outerport.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.outerport.com/api/v0/desk/warm`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/outerport/apis/outerport-api/docs/api/v0/desk/warm/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Have a worker booted and waiting, so the first compile after a project opens pays for the drawing and not for the container. Does nothing when one is already standing by.

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- object

## Changes

- **2026-10-26** `07854361a13b`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/outerport/apis/outerport-api/changes/api/v0/desk/warm/post.md)

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