---
title: "Pause/unpause alert by id."
method: POST
path: "/alerts/{alert_id}/pause"
tags: ["legacy_alerts"]
---

# Pause/unpause alert by id.

`POST /alerts/{alert_id}/pause`

## Path parameters

- `alert_id` string, required

## Request body

- PauseAlertCommand
  - `alertId` integer
  - `paused` boolean

## Response `200`

(empty)

- object
  - `alertId` integer, required
  - `message` string, required
  - `state` string — Alert result state required true

## Other responses

- `401` — UnauthorizedError is returned when the request is not authenticated.
- `403` — ForbiddenError is returned if the user/token has insufficient permissions to access the requested resource.
- `404` — NotFoundError is returned when the requested resource was not found.
- `500` — InternalServerError is a general error indicating something went wrong internally.

---

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