# POST /twirp/livekit.Egress/StartRoomCompositeEgress is deprecated

LiveKit Cloud API deprecated POST /twirp/livekit.Egress/StartRoomCompositeEgress without giving a shutdown date yet.

- API: LiveKit Cloud API (*.livekit.cloud)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `POST /twirp/livekit.Egress/StartRoomCompositeEgress`
- Source: [Announcement](https://docs.livekit.io/reference/other/egress/api/)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/livekit-cloud-api/breaking-changes/post-twirp-livekit-egress-startroomcompositeegress-is-deprecated/

## What to use instead

Call POST /twirp/livekit.Egress/StartEgress with a TemplateSource instead.

## LiveKit Cloud API's words

> StartRoomCompositeEgress is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.