---
title: "Start (\"enable\") a stopped container data app"
method: POST
path: "/v1/dataapps/apps/container/{id}/start"
tags: ["Data Apps"]
---

# Start ("enable") a stopped container data app

`POST /v1/dataapps/apps/container/{id}/start`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.tetrascience.com`
- URL: `https://api.tetrascience.com/v1/dataapps/apps/container/{id}/start`
- Auth: API key in header `ts-auth-token` and API key in header `x-org-slug`

Sets the underlying connector's desired ECS task count back to 1. Restricted to the roles that can install/uninstall data apps. Not supported for serverless data apps.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

OK

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request (e.g. the app is a serverless data app)
- `403`: Forbidden - the caller lacks permission to start the data app (propagated from the downstream service).
- `404`: Not Found
- `409`: Conflict - a status change is already in progress for this data app (propagated from the downstream data-acquisition service). The request can be retried once the in-flight change completes.
- `429`: Too Many Requests - the endpoint's rate limit was exceeded.
- `503`: Service Unavailable - the downstream data-acquisition service returned a non-4xx error or was unreachable.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/tetrascience/apis/data-ai-workspace-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/tetrascience/apis/data-ai-workspace-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/tetrascience/apis/data-ai-workspace-api/revisions/99f3b2ac0b83?raw)