# Start a full automation test run

> `POST` `/v1/automations/{id}/test-runs`

URL: https://www.agencytitan.com/docs/tag/automation-tests/POST/v1/automations/{id}/test-runs

Operation ID: `automation_tests_run`

Tag: [automation_tests](https://www.agencytitan.com/docs/tag/automation-tests.md)

## Description

Creates and durably dispatches the current draft automation as a test run. The caller must select a draft trigger, state test versus live side-effect policy, and choose a server-enforced timeout from 1 to 600 seconds. The response is asynchronous; poll the progress and result resources.

## Parameters

- `id` (path, required, `string`) — Resource identifier (UUID).
- `Idempotency-Key` (header, required, `string`) — Caller-generated key for deterministic command replay (1-255 characters).

## Request body

- Required: yes
- Content-Type: `application/json`
  - Type: `object`
  - Properties:
    - `entity_id` (`string|null`)
    - `entity_type` (`string|null`)
    - `side_effect_policy` (`string`, required) — Required execution boundary. test skips or simulates protected side effects; live may contact real systems.
    - `timeout_seconds` (`integer`, required)
    - `trigger_data` (`object`, required)
    - `trigger_node_id` (`string`, required)

## Responses

- `200` (`application/json`): Successful response.
  - Type: `object`
  - Properties:
    - `data` (`object`, required)
- `400` (`application/json`): Request validation failed (unknown or out-of-range parameters/properties are rejected).
  - Type: `object`
  - Properties:
    - `error` (`object`, required)
- `401` (`application/json`): Missing, invalid, expired, or revoked bearer token.
  - Type: `object`
  - Properties:
    - `error` (`string`, required)
    - `error_description` (`string`, required)
- `403` (`application/json`): The authenticated user does not have permission for this operation.
  - Type: `object`
  - Properties:
    - `error` (`object`, required)
- `404` (`application/json`): The requested resource was not found.
  - Type: `object`
  - Properties:
    - `error` (`object`, required)
- `409` (`application/json`): The request conflicts with an existing record or partially applied.
  - Type: `object`
  - Properties:
    - `error` (`object`, required)
- `429` (`application/json`): Per-tenant rate limit exceeded (600 requests/minute across all /v1 REST endpoints). The Retry-After header indicates how many seconds to wait.
  - Type: `object`
  - Properties:
    - `error` (`object`, required)
- `500` (`application/json`): An unexpected internal error occurred.
  - Type: `object`
  - Properties:
    - `error` (`object`, required)

## Authentication

- `bearerAuth` — http (bearer) — All /v1 endpoints (except `/v1/openapi.json` and `/v1/llms.txt`) require a bearer token. Two equal first-class paths: (1) an OAuth 2.0 access token from the au…

## Useful links

- Interactive page: https://www.agencytitan.com/docs/tag/automation-tests/POST/v1/automations/{id}/test-runs
- API reference home: https://www.agencytitan.com/docs/
- Tag page: https://www.agencytitan.com/docs/tag/automation-tests.md
- This operation as Markdown: https://www.agencytitan.com/docs/tag/automation-tests/POST/v1/automations/{id}/test-runs.md
- OpenAPI JSON: https://www.agencytitan.com/docs/openapi.json
- Full API Markdown: https://api.agencytitan.com/v1/llms.txt
- API keys: https://app.agencytitan.com/settings/api-mcp