# Pausing workflow execution

**URL:** <https://community.temporal.io/t/pausing-workflow-execution/10445>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** typescript-sdk\
**Created:** [December 24, 2023, 9:18am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/pausing-workflow-execution/10445 "2023-12-24T09:18:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/pausing-workflow-execution/10445/2 "2023-12-24T21:42:45Z")

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Currently there is no system level “pause”. We plan to add one in the future.

So the pausing should be part of your workflow logic. You can use a signal or update to ask workflow to pause/unpause.

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