---
title: "pause"
method: POST
path: "/groups/{groupId}/playback/pause"
tags: ["playback"]
---

# pause

`POST /groups/{groupId}/playback/pause`

Use the pause command in the playback namespace to pause group playback.

 After a successful pause command, if your app is subscribed to the playback namespace, it will receive a playbackStatus event with either PLAYBACK_STATE_PAUSED or PLAYBACK_STATE_IDLE, depending on the audio source loaded on the group.

## Response `200`

See the x-muse-error-codes extension for a list of muse errors that generate this response

- Ok — This object represents an empty (default) success. The platform returns an empty object ({}).

## Other responses

- `400` — The given resource/object identifier is invalid
- `401` — A client has not provided authorization credentials to perform a command
- `403` — A client does not have the correct permissions to perform a command
- `404` — See the x-muse-error-codes extension for a list of muse errors that generate this response
- `499` — See the x-muse-error-codes extension for a list of muse errors that generate this response
- `500` — Sonos has experience an unexpected condition it is unable to recover from
- `503` — Player is unable to reach the service.

---

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