---
title: "Pause sequence enrollments"
method: POST
path: "/sequences/{sequenceId}/pause-enrollments"
tags: ["Sequences"]
---

# Pause sequence enrollments

`POST /sequences/{sequenceId}/pause-enrollments`

Stops new subscribers from entering an active sequence while current recipients continue through the sequence.

## Path parameters

- `sequenceId` string, required

## Response `200`

Sequence enrollments paused successfully

- SequenceActionResponse
  - `success` boolean
  - `message` string
  - `sequenceId` string
  - `status` 'draft' | 'active' | 'paused' | 'archived' — Stored lifecycle status. Do not read literally: a sequence can be active while enrollmentPaused blocks new subscribers. Branch on effectiveStatus instead.
  - `enrollmentPaused` boolean — Present for enable/disable and enrollment pause/resume actions.
  - `effectiveStatus` 'draft' | 'live' | 'enrollment_paused' | 'paused' | 'archived' — Resolved run state, and the single field to branch on. live accepts new subscribers and advances existing recipients; enrollment_paused advances existing recipients only; draft, paused, and archived do neither.
  - `acceptsNewEnrollments` boolean — Whether new subscribers can enter the sequence right now.
  - `processesExistingEnrollments` boolean — Whether subscribers already inside the sequence keep advancing and receiving steps.
  - `effectiveStatusSummary` string — One plain-language sentence describing the run state, safe to show a user verbatim.

## Other responses

- `400` — Sequence is not active
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — No company selected
- `404` — Sequence not found

## Changes

> 121 revisions in range; 10 could not be searched.

- **2026-08-16** `6fd2903b91ce` — 4 info
  - added the optional property `code` to the response with the `400` status
  - added the optional property `code` to the response with the `401` status
  - added the optional property `code` to the response with the `403` status
  - added the optional property `code` to the response with the `404` status
- **2026-08-02** `36f92fc0caa2` — 4 breaking
  - the response property `success` became optional for the status `400`
  - the response property `success` became optional for the status `401`
  - the response property `success` became optional for the status `403`
  - the response property `success` became optional for the status `404`
- **2026-07-25** `b58891ac1cde` — 5 info
  - added the optional property `acceptsNewEnrollments` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `effectiveStatus` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `effectiveStatusSummary` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `processesExistingEnrollments` to the response with the `200` status
  - …1 more
- **2026-06-19** `810a8f0c38e5` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/sequenzy/apis/sequenzy-api/changes/sequences/:sequenceId/pause-enrollments/post.md)

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