# Waiting room is not activated **URL:** \ **Category:** API and Webhooks\ **Created:** [October 28, 2021, 8:26am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/waiting-room-is-not-activated/59501 "2021-10-28T08:26:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cristina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@cristina](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/cristina)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 8:26am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/waiting-room-is-not-activated/59501/1 "2021-10-28T08:26:56Z")
When I create the meeting from the api the waiting room is not activated In my zoom account it is activated ---
**Author:** ![gianni.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/gianni.zoom/32/32523_2.png) [@gianni.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/gianni.zoom)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/waiting-room-is-not-activated/59501/2 "2021-10-29T13:40:58Z")
Hi @cristina , Are you setting this field to “TRUE” in your API request to this endpoint? > **[Create a meeting - Meetings - Zoom API - API Reference](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meetingcreate)** > > Use this API to create a meeting for a user. For user-level apps, pass the me value instead of the userId parameter. > > A meeting's start\_url value is the... ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/2/b/2bceb4acc1d83d656a80b37a9938b395525aa193.png) Thank you! ---
**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:** [November 28, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/waiting-room-is-not-activated/59501/3 "2021-11-28T23:41:07Z")
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