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# Hit the Big Red Stop Button

> Tell an active robot to take a nap and stop accepting new visitors immediately.

Need to pause your automation right away?

Hitting the stop button sets its status to `"disabled"`. No new people will be allowed to start this journey while it is stopped!

### Path Parameters

**id** `string` *required*

The ID badge of the automation you want to pause (e.g. `"auto_9b83b384..."`).

### Response

**object** `string`

Always says `"automation"`.

**id** `string`

The ID of the robot you put to sleep.

**status** `string`

Confirmed as `"disabled"` (sleeping like a rock).

```bash cURL theme={null}
curl -X POST 'https://api.mailofly.com/automations/auto_9b83b384-3c66-4f81-a201-3829028198f1/stop' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer mf_live_xxxxxxxx'
```

```javascript Node.js theme={null}
import { Mailofly } from "@mailofly/node";

const mailofly = new Mailofly("mf_live_xxxxxxxx");

const paused = await mailofly.automations.stop("auto_9b83b384-3c66-4f81-a201-3829028198f1");

console.log("Robot paused! Status is now:", paused.status);
```

```json 200 OK theme={null}
{
  "object": "automation",
  "id": "auto_9b83b384-3c66-4f81-a201-3829028198f1",
  "status": "disabled"
}
```


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