---
title: "Start stopwatch on an issue."
method: POST
path: "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{index}/stopwatch/start"
tags: ["issue"]
---

# Start stopwatch on an issue.

`POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{index}/stopwatch/start`

## Path parameters

- `owner` string, required
- `repo` string, required
- `index` integer, required

## Response `201`

APIEmpty is an empty response

## Other responses

- `403` — Not repo writer, user does not have rights to toggle stopwatch
- `404` — APINotFound is a not found empty response
- `409` — Cannot start a stopwatch again if it already exists

---

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