# Pause sandbox (/docs/api-reference/sandboxes/pause-sandbox)

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# Pause sandbox

`POST /sandboxes/{sandboxID}/pause`

Pause the sandbox

## OpenAPI

```json
{
  "security": [
    {
      "ApiKeyAuth": []
    }
  ],
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "sandboxID",
      "in": "path",
      "required": true,
      "schema": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    }
  ],
  "requestBody": {
    "required": false,
    "content": {
      "application/json": {
        "schema": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "memory": {
              "type": "boolean",
              "default": true,
              "description": "Whether to capture a full memory snapshot. When false, only the filesystem is persisted and resuming the sandbox cold-boots (reboots) it from disk, losing in-memory state, running processes, and open connections. Resume it with an explicit request (connect or resume); auto-resume, which can be triggered by arbitrary traffic, refuses such a sandbox. Defaults to true."
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "responses": {
    "204": {
      "description": "The sandbox was paused successfully and can be resumed"
    },
    "401": {
      "description": "Authentication error",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "required": [
              "code",
              "message"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "code": {
                "type": "integer",
                "format": "int32",
                "description": "Error code"
              },
              "message": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Error"
              }
            },
            "type": "object"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "404": {
      "description": "Not found",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "required": [
              "code",
              "message"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "code": {
                "type": "integer",
                "format": "int32",
                "description": "Error code"
              },
              "message": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Error"
              }
            },
            "type": "object"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "409": {
      "description": "Conflict",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "required": [
              "code",
              "message"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "code": {
                "type": "integer",
                "format": "int32",
                "description": "Error code"
              },
              "message": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Error"
              }
            },
            "type": "object"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "500": {
      "description": "Server error",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "required": [
              "code",
              "message"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "code": {
                "type": "integer",
                "format": "int32",
                "description": "Error code"
              },
              "message": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Error"
              }
            },
            "type": "object"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```