### What is "Mounting" { #what-is-mounting }

"Mounting" means adding a complete "independent" application in a specific path, that then takes care of handling all the sub-paths.

This is different from using an `APIRouter` as a mounted application is completely independent. The OpenAPI and docs from your main application won't include anything from the mounted application, etc.

     <span style="background-color:#007166"><font color="#D3D7CF"> INFO </font></span>  Waiting for application startup.
     <span style="background-color:#007166"><font color="#D3D7CF"> INFO </font></span>  Waiting for application startup.
     <span style="background-color:#007166"><font color="#D3D7CF"> INFO </font></span>  Waiting for application startup.

                            "description": "Successful Response",
                            "content": {"application/json": {"schema": {}}},
                        },
                        "422": {
                            "description": "Validation Error",
                            "content": {
                                "application/json": {
                                    "schema": {

# Lifespan Events { #lifespan-events }

You can define logic (code) that should be executed before the application **starts up**. This means that this code will be executed **once**, **before** the application **starts receiving requests**.

The same way, you can define logic (code) that should be executed when the application is **shutting down**. In this case, this code will be executed **once**, **after** having handled possibly **many requests**.

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                                    "schema": {"$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"}
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                            },
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                        "200": {
                            "description": "Successful Response",
                            "content": {"application/json": {"schema": {}}},
                        },

                                "content": {"application/json": {"schema": {}}},
                            },
                            "422": {
                                "description": "Validation Error",
                                "content": {
                                    "application/json": {
                                        "schema": {

                            "description": "Successful Response",
                            "content": {"application/json": {"schema": {}}},
                        },
                        "default": {
                            "description": "Default Response",
                            "content": {
                                "application/json": {
                                    "schema": {

                            "description": "Successful Response",
                            "content": {"application/json": {"schema": {}}},
                        },
                        "422": {
                            "description": "Validation Error",
                            "content": {
                                "application/json": {
                                    "schema": {

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