# Meetings Start Without a ZAK Token

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meetings-start-without-a-zak-token/105684>\
**Category:** Meeting SDK\
**Created:** [March 13, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meetings-start-without-a-zak-token/105684 "2024-03-13T20:13:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![sales1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@sales1](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/sales1)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meetings-start-without-a-zak-token/105684/1 "2024-03-13T20:13:32Z")

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Honestly the title says it all. I am able to consistently start meetings without a zak token being passed into `ZoomMtg.join()`.

Zoom Version `2.15.2`

Was this requirement removed and I missed it? Or is there a bug? Is there an account setting somewhere that removes this requirement?

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**Author:** ![chunsiong.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/chunsiong.zoom/32/35488_2.png) [@chunsiong.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/chunsiong.zoom)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meetings-start-without-a-zak-token/105684/2 "2024-03-14T04:02:29Z")

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@sales1

as long as the role is set to 1 in the init params, and in the signature, you will be able to start the meeting as host.

I’ve just tested it, and verified that it is working. If you see anything otherwise, response and tag me.

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**Author:** ![sales1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@sales1](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/sales1)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meetings-start-without-a-zak-token/105684/3 "2024-03-14T15:46:17Z")

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@chunsiong.zoom so the ZAK token is no longer required to start meetings then? I’m not sure what you mean by this is “working”. Yes we can start meetings just fine, and we supply the zak token. However during testing I was able to start a meeting **without** a zak token. This seems counter to the documentation.

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**Author:** ![chunsiong.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/chunsiong.zoom/32/35488_2.png) [@chunsiong.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/chunsiong.zoom)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meetings-start-without-a-zak-token/105684/4 "2024-03-15T02:41:54Z")

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> I’m not sure what you mean by this is “working”.

I can start a meeting using `role :1` without specifying the ZAK token.

Could you share which part of the documentation might be ambiguous?

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**Author:** ![sales1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@sales1](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/sales1)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meetings-start-without-a-zak-token/105684/5 "2024-03-25T19:15:35Z")

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@chunsiong.zoom Check out [Meeting SDK Auth](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/meeting-sdk/auth/)

Also see [Meeting SDK - web - client view - Meetings](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/meeting-sdk/web/client-view/meetings/#prerequisites) Both the Prerequisites and Start Meeting sections talk about the host zak token being necessary.