Temporal CLI adds experimental workflow pause and unpause commands
Introduced 2026-02-05 · score 0.94
HOW TO USE IT
When a specific Workflow Execution needs to be held without terminating it, run `temporal workflow pause` with its workflow ID; when it can continue, run `temporal workflow unpause` with that ID.
temporal workflow pause --workflow-id <WorkflowId> --reason "<reason>"temporal workflow unpause --workflow-id <WorkflowId> --reason "<reason>"WHY THIS HELPS
Pause or resume a workflow from the Temporal CLI.
REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS
- Version: v1.6.0
- Availability: experimental
- --workflow-id (required): Identifies the Workflow Execution to pause or unpause.
- --reason: Reason recorded for the pause or unpause operation.
- Prerequisite: Temporal CLI v1.6.0 or later.
- Prerequisite: Self-hosted Temporal requires Server v1.30.0 or later with `frontend.WorkflowPauseEnabled` enabled.
- Prerequisite: Temporal Cloud prerelease access is invite-only.
FIRST-PARTY EVIDENCE
- https://github.com/temporalio/cli/releases/tag/v1.6.0
- https://github.com/temporalio/cli/pull/885
- https://github.com/temporalio/cli/pull/914
- https://github.com/temporalio/documentation/blob/main/docs/encyclopedia/workflow/workflow-pause.mdx
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