Pause an execution

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• Published Oct 13, 2026

Pause an execution in Dynatrace with the AutomationEngine API when it is active, using the execution ID and optional admin access.

Overview

You provide the execution ID in the path and can use the adminAccess query parameter to allow access to all workflows and executions. Dynatrace returns no response body when the AutomationEngine API accepts the pause request.

Authentication

To execute this request, you need a platform token or OAuth access token with automation:workflows:run scope. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

Response

{
  "error": {
    "message": "string",
    "code": 1,
    "details": {
      "errorCode": "string",
      "errorRef": "string"
    }
  }
}