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Resume an execution

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  • Published Oct 13, 2026

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

POSTSaaShttps://{your-environment-id}.apps.dynatrace.com/platform/automation/v1/executions/{id}/resume

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 resume 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

ParameterTypeDescriptionInRequired
adminAccessboolean

Allow access to all workflows/executions - additionally requires automation:workflows:admin

queryOptional
idstring

A UUID string identifying this execution.

pathRequired

Response

Response codes

CodeTypeDescription
204-

No response body

4XXErrorEnvelope-

Response body objects

The ErrorEnvelope object

ElementTypeDescription
errorError-

The Error object

ElementTypeDescription
messagestring-
codeinteger-
detailsErrorDetails-

The ErrorDetails object

ElementTypeDescription
errorCodestring-
errorRefstring-

Response body JSON models

{
"error": {
"message": "string",
"code": 1,
"details": {
"errorCode": "string",
"errorRef": "string"
}
}
}
Related tags
Platform APIDynatrace Platform