---
title: "Pause (cancel) the lead's rescue cadence"
method: POST
path: "/api/leads/{id}/cadence/pause"
tags: ["Leads"]
---

# Pause (cancel) the lead's rescue cadence

`POST /api/leads/{id}/cadence/pause`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.setluca.com`
- URL: `https://api.setluca.com/api/leads/{id}/cadence/pause`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in cookie `luca.session_token`
  - API key in header `x-api-key`
  - HTTP bearer

Cancels the lead's in-flight rescue cadence. The remaining touches are dropped, not deferred, so picking it back up means enrolling again.

**API key scopes:** `cadences:write`. You also need an `Idempotency-Key` header.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Headers

- `Luca-API-Version` '1'

## Request body

- CadencePauseRequest
  - `reason` string

## Response `200`

ok

- CadencePauseResponse
  - `ok` true, required
  - `leadId` string, uuid, required
  - `status` 'cancelled', required

## Other responses

- `400`: bad request
- `401`: unauthorized
- `404`: not found
- `429`: rate limited
- `500`: internal error
- `503`: service unavailable

---

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