---
title: "Changes to Puts an actor to sleep. The request body is ignored."
method: POST
path: "/actors/{actor_id}/sleep"
---

# Changes to Puts an actor to sleep. The request body is ignored.

`POST /actors/{actor_id}/sleep`

> Every recorded change to this operation, newest first.

## Timeline

Changed in 2 of 95 revisions.

- **2026-10-31** `aa8d1a8a5d14`: 2 breaking, 1 warning, 8 info
- **2026-04-05** `fd4e3ff41c93`: 1 info

## Changes

- **2026-10-31** `aa8d1a8a5d14`: 2 breaking, 1 warning, 8 info
  - removed the request body
  - added the pattern `^[a-z0-9]([a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?$` to the `query` request parameter `namespace`
  - for the `query` request parameter `namespace`, the maxLength was set to `63`
  - the endpoint scheme security `rivet_token_header` was added to the API
  - the `query` request parameter `namespace` became optional
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`
  - added the non-success response with the status `404`
  - added the non-success response with the status `500`
  - added the non-success response with the status `503`
- **2026-04-05** `fd4e3ff41c93`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

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[Operation](https://skmtc.dev/rivet-dev/apis/rivet-api-public/docs/actors/:actor_id/sleep/post.md) - [API](https://skmtc.dev/rivet-dev/apis/rivet-api-public.md) - [Page](https://skmtc.dev/rivet-dev/apis/rivet-api-public/changes/actors/:actor_id/sleep/post)