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

# Start Execution • AI Agent SDK

> start_execution: Mark execution start.

# start\_execution

Method

> This is a method of the [**ObservabilityHooks**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/classes/ObservabilityHooks.md) class in the [**observability**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/modules/observability.md) module.

Mark execution start.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def start_execution(session_id: Optional[str]) -> Any
```

## Parameters

**session\_id** `Optional[str]`

No description available.

### Returns

**Returns** `Any`

The result of the operation.

## Uses

* `reset`
* `emit`

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/escalation/observability.py#L272)
>
> `praisonaiagents/escalation/observability.py` at line 272


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