# Resume a task

> Lifts a task's pause. When the pause suppressed the current state's `on_enter` — `automation_status: paused` — that dispatch is started now, as the caller resuming rather than as whoever last moved the task. A state whose dispatch had already completed, or that declares none, is left alone, so a resume never re-spends work the pause did not stop.

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  method={"post"}
  path={"/api/v1/tasks/{task_id}/resume"}
  context={"endpoint"}
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</MethodEndpoint>

Lifts a task's pause. When the pause suppressed the current state's `on_enter` — `automation_status: paused` — that dispatch is started now, as the caller resuming rather than as whoever last moved the task. A state whose dispatch had already completed, or that declares none, is left alone, so a resume never re-spends work the pause did not stop.
This is the only way a pause is lifted; a task that is merely idle is advanced by firing a transition instead.

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  {...require("./resume-task.ParamsDetails.json")}
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  {...require("./resume-task.StatusCodes.json")}
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