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App.pause

POST /{namespace}/apps/{app}/pause

Pause stops an App serving its screens while its API keeps answering.

Noun
App
Mode
do
Event
App.paused

Inputs

InputTypeRequiredDescription
appApprequiredThe App to pause.
reasontextrequiredWhy it pauses, shown on its screens.

Outputs

OutputTypeRequiredDescription
appApprequiredThe paused App.

Effects

FactValue
Action classNone: no approval rule names it, so it runs within its seat's Permissions and Limits
StakesThe public
DoorTwo-way: it runs at once
Modestry previews it and stores nothing; send returns a pending Action; do (default) waits for the result
IdempotentOnly with a key: a repeat with the same Idempotency-Key and input returns the first Action, the same key with other input is refused with 409, and a repeat without a key runs again
UndoAction.undo reverses it
EmitsApp.paused
Performed byThe Engineering Lead
  • Every Tenant sees the reason in place of the screens; API calls keep answering.

Refuses when

CheckErrorFixThen call
The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operationforbiddenUse a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them.None.
app is missing, or is not a appinvalid-inputSend app as a app, then call it again.None.
reason is missing, or is not a textinvalid-inputSend reason as a text, then call it again.None.
The Idempotency-Key was sent before with another operation or other inputidempotency-mismatchSend a new key for new input; reuse a key only to retry the same request.None.

When it waits

GateDefault
Decision classLow: two-way, no delay window
Delay windowNone: it runs once review passes.
LimitThe call Limit of the Permission it runs under.
Over the LimitIt waits pending for an Approval, which a Human answers: the owner of record, or a Human they named to approve for the Founder seat. Approved, it runs; refused, it ends refused with limit-exceeded; unanswered by its deadline, it ends canceled.

To retry, send the same Idempotency-Key: the retry returns the first Action and runs nothing twice. A new key runs the call again.