---
title: "Pause Queue"
method: POST
path: "/v2/queues/{queueName}/pause"
tags: ["Queues"]
---

# Pause Queue

`POST /v2/queues/{queueName}/pause`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://qstash-eu-central-1.upstash.io`
- URL: `https://qstash-eu-central-1.upstash.io/v2/queues/{queueName}/pause`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in query parameter `qstash_token`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/upstash/apis/qstash-rest-api/docs/v2/queues/:queueName/pause/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Pause a queue to stop the delivery of enqueued messages

## Path parameters

- `queueName` string, required

## Response `200`

Queue paused successfully

## Other responses

- `400`: Queue name is invalid. Queue names can only contain alphanumeric characters, hyphens, periods, and underscores.

---

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