---
title: "Start live ingestion monitor tick"
method: POST
path: "/v1/internal/start-live-ingestion"
tags: ["Internal"]
---

# Start live ingestion monitor tick

`POST /v1/internal/start-live-ingestion`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.racehooks.io`
- URL: `https://api.racehooks.io/v1/internal/start-live-ingestion`
- Auth: API key in header `X-Internal-Secret`

Detect upcoming live sessions, launch ingest, and expire stale sessions. Requires X-Internal-Secret header. Internal use only — called by the live-capture-arm tick (live-capture/f1_capture.py).

## Response `200`

Default Response

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