---
title: "Pause connector"
method: PUT
path: "/v1/kafka-connect/clusters/{cluster_name}/connectors/{name}/pause"
tags: ["Kafka Connect"]
---

# Pause connector

`PUT /v1/kafka-connect/clusters/{cluster_name}/connectors/{name}/pause`

Pause the connector and its tasks, which stops messages from processing until the connector is resumed. This call is asynchronous and may take some time to process.

## Path parameters

- `cluster_name` string, required
- `name` string, required

## Response `202`

Pause request accepted

- unknown

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthenticated.
- `500` — Internal Server Error. Reach out to support.
- `default` — An unexpected error response.

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