---
title: "Live-ingest self-healing watchdog tick"
method: POST
path: "/v1/internal/watchdog"
tags: ["Internal"]
---

# Live-ingest self-healing watchdog tick

`POST /v1/internal/watchdog`

## Request

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

Self-healing watchdog for the live-ingest lifecycle: relaunches a crashed live-ingest / resumes a scheduler left paused by an OOM. Requires X-Internal-Secret header. Internal use only (Cloud Scheduler).

## Response `200`

Default Response

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