> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.apsio.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# App start

> App start (the app.start span, spec 8.1) by start type, broken down by release, OS version, device model or iOS prewarming: percentiles and a histogram per group, the 20 groups with the most starts per app and type. Default range: the last 7 days, at most 30.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /projects/{projectId}/performance/start
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Apsio API
  version: 0.1.0
  description: >-
    Read API v0: your projects, release health and comparisons, missing symbols,
    issues, sessions, vitals, cohort comparisons, performance (app start,
    screens, hangs, MetricKit) and network endpoints and traces for one project.
    Authenticate with a project token as a bearer token, with an OAuth access
    token from Apsio's authorization server (MCP clients), or, from the console,
    with the session cookie of a member of the project's organization.
servers:
  - url: https://api.apsio.io/v1
security: []
paths:
  /projects/{projectId}/performance/start:
    get:
      summary: App start
      description: >-
        App start (the app.start span, spec 8.1) by start type, broken down by
        release, OS version, device model or iOS prewarming: percentiles and a
        histogram per group, the 20 groups with the most starts per app and
        type. Default range: the last 7 days, at most 30.
      parameters:
        - schema:
            type: string
            pattern: ^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$
            example: 0192f3a4-0000-7000-8000-00000000a101
          required: true
          name: projectId
          in: path
        - schema:
            type: string
            format: date-time
            description: >-
              Start of the time range, inclusive (RFC 3339). Defaults to the
              range end minus the default length.
            example: '2026-10-01T00:00:00Z'
          required: false
          description: >-
            Start of the time range, inclusive (RFC 3339). Defaults to the range
            end minus the default length.
          name: from
          in: query
        - schema:
            type: string
            format: date-time
            description: End of the time range, exclusive (RFC 3339). Defaults to now.
            example: '2026-10-08T00:00:00Z'
          required: false
          description: End of the time range, exclusive (RFC 3339). Defaults to now.
          name: to
          in: query
        - schema:
            type: string
            pattern: ^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$
            description: Only this app.
          required: false
          description: Only this app.
          name: app_id
          in: query
        - schema:
            type: string
            maxLength: 128
            description: Only this release.
          required: false
          description: Only this release.
          name: release
          in: query
        - schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - release
              - os_version
              - device_model
              - prewarmed
              - none
            default: release
            description: >-
              The breakdown; `prewarmed` splits iOS launches the system
              prewarmed (spec 8.1).
          required: false
          description: >-
            The breakdown; `prewarmed` splits iOS launches the system prewarmed
            (spec 8.1).
          name: group_by
          in: query
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Start percentiles and histograms per app, type and group.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AppStart'
        '400':
          description: The request is not valid.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: No valid bearer token or console session.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '403':
          description: The credentials cannot read this project.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      security:
        - bearer: []
        - session: []
components:
  schemas:
    AppStart:
      type: object
      properties:
        from:
          type: string
          description: RFC 3339 time in UTC with up to nanosecond precision.
          example: '2026-10-04T10:15:00.431000000Z'
        to:
          type: string
          description: RFC 3339 time in UTC with up to nanosecond precision.
          example: '2026-10-04T10:15:00.431000000Z'
        group_by:
          type: string
          enum:
            - release
            - os_version
            - device_model
            - prewarmed
            - none
        groups:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              app_id:
                type: string
              start_type:
                type: string
                enum:
                  - cold
                  - warm
                  - hot
              key:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  The group value: a release, `<os> <version>`, a device model,
                  `prewarmed` or `not_prewarmed`, or empty for `none`. Written
                  by the app: untrusted data.
              count:
                type: integer
                description: Measurements received (not reweighted).
              p50_ms:
                type: number
              p90_ms:
                type: number
              p95_ms:
                type: number
              histogram:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Histogram'
            required:
              - app_id
              - start_type
              - key
              - count
              - p50_ms
              - p90_ms
              - p95_ms
              - histogram
      required:
        - from
        - to
        - group_by
        - groups
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              example: invalid_request
            message:
              type: string
          required:
            - code
            - message
      required:
        - error
    Histogram:
      type: object
      properties:
        bounds_ms:
          type: array
          items:
            type: number
          description: >-
            Upper bounds of the buckets, inclusive; `counts` has one more entry,
            for everything above the last bound.
        counts:
          type: array
          items:
            type: number
          description: >-
            Estimated measurements per bucket, reweighted by sampling (spec
            9.3).
      required:
        - bounds_ms
        - counts
  securitySchemes:
    bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        A project token (apsio_pt_v0...), which reads exactly one project, or an
        OAuth access token issued for the API, which reads what its user can.
        Access tokens issued for Apsio's MCP server are accepted only from the
        MCP server itself.
    session:
      type: apiKey
      in: cookie
      name: apsio_session
      description: >-
        The console session, set by /v1/auth/callback (`__Host-apsio_session`
        when host-only).

````

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