# The dynamic form of the start node cannot be found before the process instance starts

**URL:** <https://forum.flowable.org/t/the-dynamic-form-of-the-start-node-cannot-be-found-before-the-process-instance-starts/7842>\
**Category:** Flowable Engine\
**Created:** [May 7, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/the-dynamic-form-of-the-start-node-cannot-be-found-before-the-process-instance-starts/7842 "2021-05-07T08:57:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZiangShen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/ziangshen/32/2373_2.png) [@ZiangShen](https://forum.flowable.org/u/ZiangShen)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/the-dynamic-form-of-the-start-node-cannot-be-found-before-the-process-instance-starts/7842/1 "2021-05-07T08:57:24Z")

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The “/repository/process-definitions/{processdefinitionID}/start-form” interface provided by Flowable-rest cannot find the dynamic form defined on the start node. Is this some kind of bug?

According to the interface source code, Flowable-rest checks to see if the start node defines a formKey. If I only defined a dynamic form on the start node, the interface would not be able to look up the contents of the dynamic form.

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**Author:** ![joram](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/joram/32/26_2.png) [@joram](https://forum.flowable.org/u/joram)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/the-dynamic-form-of-the-start-node-cannot-be-found-before-the-process-instance-starts/7842/2 "2021-05-12T10:11:25Z")

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Can you provide an example model? If there’s a formKey, this is seen as a hard-coded value, but a regular form is not associated with it.