> ## Documentation Index
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# Pause Execution

> Pause an active execution by sending a signal to the Temporal workflow.

This is triggered when the user clicks the PAUSE button in the UI.
The workflow will stop processing but remain active and can be resumed.



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://control-plane.kubiya.ai/api/openapi.json post /api/v1/executions/{execution_id}/pause
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Agent Control Plane API
  description: Multi-tenant agent orchestration with Temporal workflows
  version: 1.0.0
servers: []
security:
  - BearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: health
    description: 🏥 **Health & Status** - Check API health and availability
  - name: authentication
    description: 🔐 **Authentication** - Token validation and auth management
  - name: agents
    description: 🤖 **Agents** - Create and manage AI agents with custom capabilities
  - name: skills
    description: 🛠️ **Tool Sets** - Manage agent skills and tool configurations
  - name: integrations
    description: 🔌 **Integrations** - Connect to external services (Kubiya managed)
  - name: custom-integrations
    description: >-
      ⚙️ **Custom Integrations** - User-defined integration instances with env
      vars, secrets, and files
  - name: integration-templates
    description: >-
      📦 **Integration Templates** - Pre-configured templates for common
      services (PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, etc.)
  - name: secrets
    description: 🔑 **Secrets** - Secure credential storage and retrieval
  - name: teams
    description: 👥 **Teams** - Team management and collaboration
  - name: workflows
    description: 📊 **Workflows** - Multi-step automation and orchestration
  - name: executions
    description: ▶️ **Executions** - Track and monitor workflow runs
  - name: jobs
    description: ⏰ **Jobs** - Scheduled and webhook-triggered tasks
  - name: policies
    description: 🛡️ **Policies** - Access control and security policies
  - name: analytics
    description: 📈 **Analytics** - Usage metrics and performance monitoring
  - name: projects
    description: 📁 **Projects** - Project organization and management
  - name: environments
    description: 🌍 **Environments** - Environment configuration (dev, staging, prod)
  - name: models
    description: 🧠 **Models** - LLM model configuration and management
  - name: runtimes
    description: ⚡ **Runtimes** - Agent execution runtime environments
  - name: workers
    description: 👷 **Workers** - Worker registration and heartbeat monitoring
  - name: storage
    description: 💾 **Storage** - File storage and cloud integration
  - name: context-graph
    description: 🕸️ **Context Graph** - Knowledge graph and context management
  - name: temporal-workflows
    description: >-
      ⚙️ **Temporal Workflows** - Background workflows for context graph
      ingestion, connector operations, and scheduled jobs
  - name: templates
    description: 📝 **Templates** - Reusable configuration templates
paths:
  /api/v1/executions/{execution_id}/pause:
    post:
      summary: Pause Execution
      description: |-
        Pause an active execution by sending a signal to the Temporal workflow.

        This is triggered when the user clicks the PAUSE button in the UI.
        The workflow will stop processing but remain active and can be resumed.
      operationId: pause_execution_api_v1_executions__execution_id__pause_post
      parameters:
        - name: execution_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            title: Execution Id
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
components:
  schemas:
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
      type: object
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
      title: ValidationError
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: 'Enter your Kubiya API token (format: Bearer <token>)'

````