[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-07-28 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis webpage details how to pause a patch deployment, which prevents the generation of new patch jobs.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe process involves sending a \u003ccode\u003ePOST\u003c/code\u003e request to a specific URL using gRPC Transcoding syntax, and requires specifying the patch deployment resource name in the URL.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe request body for pausing a patch deployment must be left empty.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eA successful request returns a \u003ccode\u003ePatchDeployment\u003c/code\u003e instance in the response body.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003ePausing a patch deployment requires the \u003ccode\u003eosconfig.patchDeployments.pause\u003c/code\u003e IAM permission and the \u003ccode\u003ehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform\u003c/code\u003e OAuth scope.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Method: projects.patchDeployments.pause\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [IAM Permissions](#body.aspect_1)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nChange state of patch deployment to \"PAUSED\". Patch deployment in paused state doesn't generate patch jobs.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`POST https://osconfig.googleapis.com/v1beta/{name=projects/*/patchDeployments/*}:pause`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [PatchDeployment](/compute/docs/osconfig/rest/v1beta/projects.patchDeployments#PatchDeployment).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires the following OAuth scope:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authentication Overview](/docs/authentication#authorization-gcp).\n\n### IAM Permissions\n\nRequires the following [IAM](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs) permission on the `name` resource:\n\n- `osconfig.patchDeployments.pause`\n\nFor more information, see the [IAM documentation](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs)."]]
