# Live recurring meeting: start\_time bug **URL:** \ **Category:** API and Webhooks\ **Created:** [November 20, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/live-recurring-meeting-start-time-bug/36576 "2020-11-20T17:08:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sboeser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/sboeser/32/19069_2.png) [@sboeser](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/sboeser)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/live-recurring-meeting-start-time-bug/36576/1 "2020-11-20T17:08:47Z")
**Description** Here is what I did: I scheduled a recurring meeting (type 8) with 3 occurences. The meeting is ‘live’, i.e. ongoing. Using the API I get the ‘upcoming’ and ‘live’ meetings. **Error** Requesting the ‘upcoming’ meetings all three scheduled meeting occurrences are returned as expected. Requesting ‘live’ meetings, only one meeting occurrence is returned. However, the start\_time of this occurrence is the start\_time of the last of the scheduled occurrences, NOT the start time of the currently ongoing meeting. **Which App Type (OAuth / Chatbot / JWT / Webhook)?** JWT **Which Endpoint/s?** /v2/users/{user}/meetings ---
**Author:** ![will.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/will.zoom/32/14417_2.png) [@will.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/will.zoom)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/live-recurring-meeting-start-time-bug/36576/2 "2020-11-23T16:28:29Z")
Hey @sboeser, Thanks for reaching out about this—while this can be a bit confusing at first, this is expected behavior. The [List Meetings endpoint](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meetings) is designed such that the last occurrence of a recurring meeting will be the only occurrence returned. To retrieve all occurrences, you can first use the same initial List Meetings call. Then, I recommend grabbing the last occurrence of the recurring meeting in question and: First, fetching all occurrences: [https://api.zoom.us/v2/meetings/{recurringMeetingId}](https://api.zoom.us/v2/meetings/%7BrecurringMeetingId%7D) … and then fetch a specific occurrence: [https://api.zoom.us/v2/meetings/{recurringMeetingId}?occurrence\_id={specificOccurrenceId}](https://api.zoom.us/v2/meetings/%7BrecurringMeetingId%7D?occurrence_id=%7BspecificOccurrenceId%7D) I hope this helps to clarify, but let me know if you have questions about this. Best, Will ---
**Author:** ![sboeser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/sboeser/32/19069_2.png) [@sboeser](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/sboeser)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/live-recurring-meeting-start-time-bug/36576/3 "2020-11-23T21:14:28Z")
Dear Will, thanks a lot for the clarification. I agree that this “feature” is quite a bit confusion, since requesting “`upcoming`” meetings does return all (live and future) occurrences. So, one would expect the “`live`” query to return occurrences that are ongoing. Maybe this should be documented somewhere? In either way, I don’t see how the strategy you describe will provide me with the occurrenceID of the meeting that is _live_? How would I know which of the occurrences is the _live_ one? The `status` string always seems to have the value `available`. No matter if the meeting is ongoing or not… Thanks a lot, Sebastian ---
**Author:** ![will.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/will.zoom/32/14417_2.png) [@will.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/will.zoom)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/live-recurring-meeting-start-time-bug/36576/4 "2020-11-24T20:50:30Z")
Hey @sboeser, Thanks for clarifying, and my apologies for missing that in your initial question. If you wish to retrieve _live_ meetings, the best option would be our List Meetings/Dashboard API: > **[List Meetings - Dashboards - Zoom API - API Reference](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/dashboards/dashboardmeetings)** > > List total live or past meetings that occurred during a specified period of time. This overview will show if features such as audio, video, screen shari... Note that this requires a Business or higher plan. Another option could be to leverage our Meeting Started webhook, to know when meetings are in progress: > **[Meeting Started - Meeting Events - Webhook Reference - API Reference](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/webhook-reference/meeting-events/meeting-started)** > > Meeting Started > > > > A meeting host can start a meeting from the Zoom desktop client for Mac, PC or Linux, the Zoom app for Android or iOS, a web browser,... Let me know if this helps! Best, Will ---
**Author:** ![sboeser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/sboeser/32/19069_2.png) [@sboeser](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/sboeser)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/live-recurring-meeting-start-time-bug/36576/5 "2020-11-25T13:46:43Z")
Dear Will, indeed - this will work! Thanks, Sebastian ---
**Author:** ![will.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/will.zoom/32/14417_2.png) [@will.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/will.zoom)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/live-recurring-meeting-start-time-bug/36576/6 "2020-11-29T20:34:33Z")
Glad this helps, @sboeser! 🙂 Best, Will ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/6/1/614bdd549b610bbaa46ff934617683a02bdaa03c.png) [@system](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 6:34am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/live-recurring-meeting-start-time-bug/36576/7 "2020-12-30T06:34:42Z")
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