Pause agent work

Switch off new work or cancel an eligible queued request. Campaigns have their own pause controls.

How-toChecked 2026-10-11

Agent switches stop new work being picked up. Job controls cancel eligible queued requests.

  1. Open Agents, then Settings.
  2. Under Your agents, switch a role off. An owner or admin is required.
  3. New work for that role waits until it is enabled again. Use the account switch to disable the team together.

Cancel a request

Open Work in progress, choose Details, and use Cancel request if offered. This is available for queued or deferred requests, not every running operation. Read the resulting status.

A prepared card is separate. Skip or cancel it in To review if you do not want it carried out. Cancelling a request does not recall messages or reverse completed work.

Pause sending

An agent switch does not stop a sending campaign. Pause the campaign in its own area: Pause, resume or stop a campaign. The older Pause this run control pauses a run record, not a campaign.

See Get things done in Vela and Set your agents' business context and limits.