# Agent.paused

URL: /business/events/Agent.paused · Id: `event:Agent.paused`

> Emitted each time an Agent is paused.

[Agent.pause](/business/nouns/agent/pause) emits `Agent.paused` when it completes on an [Agent](/business/nouns/agent).

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Emitted by | [Agent.pause](/business/nouns/agent/pause) |
| Noun | [Agent](/business/nouns/agent) |
| Moves | [Agent](/business/nouns/agent) `seated` to `paused` |
| Wakes | None. |

### Payload
Each delivery is an [Event](/business/nouns/event) record. `data` holds what [Agent.pause](/business/nouns/agent/pause) returns.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | Yes | `Agent.paused`. |
| `at` | `datetime` | Yes | When it happened. |
| `seq` | `integer` | No | Its position in the namespace, one more than the Event before; any seq is a cursor into the history. |
| `data` | `json` | Yes | The Thing as the Action left it. |
| `data.agents` | list of [Agent](/business/nouns/agent) | Yes | Every Agent it paused; each emits its own `Agent.paused`. |

### Example
```json
{
  "$id": "https://api.sb/shiftnote.app/events/event_1",
  "$type": "Event",
  "name": "Agent.paused",
  "at": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z",
  "data": {
    "agents": [
      {
        "$id": "https://api.sb/shiftnote.app/agents/agent_1",
        "$type": "Agent",
        "instructions": "Example instructions",
        "model": "Example model",
        "status": "standby"
      }
    ]
  },
  "seq": 1
}
```