# Create subsession failed due to "breakout room feature is not enabled"

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-subsession-failed-due-to-breakout-room-feature-is-not-enabled/85983>\
**Category:** Video SDK\
**Created:** [April 4, 2023, 6:22am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-subsession-failed-due-to-breakout-room-feature-is-not-enabled/85983 "2023-04-04T06:22:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![yan.sc.zhang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/yan.sc.zhang/32/47164_2.png) [@yan.sc.zhang](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/yan.sc.zhang)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 6:22am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-subsession-failed-due-to-breakout-room-feature-is-not-enabled/85983/1 "2023-04-04T06:22:04Z")

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**Video SDK Type and Version**  
“@zoom1234/videosdk”: “^1.7.0”

**Description**  
I am pretty new to zoom video SDK and try to test the subsession api from video sdk but cannot make a successful run.

**How To Reproduce**

1. Download sample-app-videosdk
2. Follow the guidance to install dependencies and update the dev.ts file

```auto
export const devConfig = {
  sdkKey: 'xxx',
  sdkSecret: 'xxx',
  webEndpoint: 'zoom.us',
  topic: 'happyhippo3',
  name: `${getExploreName()}-${Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000)}`,
  password: 'abc789',
  signature: '',
  sessionKey: '',
  userIdentity: '',
  // role = 1 to join as host, 0 to join as attendee. The first user must join as host to start the session
  role: 1
};

```

1. run `npm start`
2. Navigate to subsession
3. Open another tab from browser and navigate to subsession as well
4. From the host tab, try to create subsessions, no response when click start button (for both manual and automatic options), console log shows `breakout room feature is not enabled`

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**Author:** ![rehema.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/rehema.zoom/32/40323_2.png) [@rehema.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/rehema.zoom)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-subsession-failed-due-to-breakout-room-feature-is-not-enabled/85983/2 "2023-04-07T16:27:28Z")

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Hi @yan.sc.zhang ,

You’ll want to make sure you have the ‘subsessions’ feature turned on in your account settings, which can be found [here](https://zoom.us/account/setting). I’ve also attached a screenshot below referencing what I’m talking about.

 ![Screenshot 2023-04-07 at 12.25.35 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/4/d/4d708d4a6e0a79c482e02b477ca3a23c6dd5df68.png)

Thanks,  
Rehema