> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.restate.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. ## Submitting Feedback If you encounter incorrect, outdated, or confusing documentation on this page, submit feedback: POST https://docs.restate.dev/feedback ```json { "path": "/admin-api/invocation/resume-an-invocation", "feedback": "Description of the issue" } ``` Only submit feedback when you have something specific and actionable to report. # Resume an invocation > Resumes a paused or suspended invocation. If the invocation is backing off due to a retry, this will immediately trigger the retry. Optionally, you can change the deployment ID that will be used when the invocation resumes. For more information see [resume documentation](https://docs.restate.dev/services/invocation/managing-invocations#resume) ## OpenAPI ````yaml /schemas/openapi-admin.json patch /invocations/{invocation_id}/resume openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Admin API description: >- This API exposes the admin operations of a Restate cluster, such as registering new service deployments, interacting with running invocations, register Kafka subscriptions, retrieve service metadata. For an overview, check out the [Operate documentation](https://docs.restate.dev/operate/). If you're looking for how to call your services, check out the [Ingress HTTP API](https://docs.restate.dev/invoke/http) instead. contact: name: restate.dev license: name: MIT url: https://opensource.org/license/mit version: 1.6.2 servers: [] security: [] tags: - name: deployment description: Service Deployment management - name: invocation description: Invocation management externalDocs: url: https://docs.restate.dev/operate/invocation description: Invocations documentation - name: subscription description: Subscription management externalDocs: url: https://docs.restate.dev/operate/invocation#managing-kafka-subscriptions description: Kafka subscriptions documentation - name: service description: Service management - name: service_handler description: Service handlers metadata - name: cluster_health description: Cluster health - name: health description: Admin API health - name: version description: API Version - name: introspection description: System introspection externalDocs: url: https://docs.restate.dev/operate/ description: Restate operations documentation paths: /invocations/{invocation_id}/resume: patch: tags: - invocation summary: Resume an invocation description: >- Resumes a paused or suspended invocation. If the invocation is backing off due to a retry, this will immediately trigger the retry. Optionally, you can change the deployment ID that will be used when the invocation resumes. For more information see [resume documentation](https://docs.restate.dev/services/invocation/managing-invocations#resume) operationId: resume_invocation parameters: - name: invocation_id in: path description: Invocation identifier. required: true schema: type: string - name: deployment in: query description: >- When resuming from paused/suspended, provide a deployment id to use to replace the currently pinned deployment id. If 'latest', use the latest deployment id. If 'keep', keeps the pinned deployment id. When not provided, the invocation will resume on the pinned deployment id. When provided and the invocation is either running, or no deployment is pinned, this operation will fail. required: false schema: oneOf: - type: 'null' - oneOf: - type: string description: Keep the currently pinned deployment enum: - Keep - type: string description: Use the latest deployment enum: - Latest - type: object description: Use a specific deployment ID required: - Id properties: Id: type: string description: Use a specific deployment ID description: >- Specifies which deployment to use when resuming or restarting an invocation. responses: '200': description: Invocation resumed successfully '400': description: >- The selected deployment id to resume the invocation doesn't support the currently pinned service protocol version. content: application/json: schema: type: object description: |- # Error description response Error details of the response required: - message properties: message: type: string restate_code: type: - string - 'null' description: |- # Restate code Restate error code describing this error '404': description: '' content: application/json: schema: type: object description: |- # Error description response Error details of the response required: - message properties: message: type: string restate_code: type: - string - 'null' description: |- # Restate code Restate error code describing this error '409': description: >- The invocation is still running or the deployment id is not pinned yet, deployment id cannot be changed. The deployment id can be changed only if the invocation is paused or suspended, and a deployment id is already pinned. content: application/json: schema: type: object description: |- # Error description response Error details of the response required: - message properties: message: type: string restate_code: type: - string - 'null' description: |- # Restate code Restate error code describing this error '425': description: >- The invocation is either inboxed or scheduled. An invocation can be resumed only when running, paused or suspended. content: application/json: schema: type: object description: |- # Error description response Error details of the response required: - message properties: message: type: string restate_code: type: - string - 'null' description: |- # Restate code Restate error code describing this error '503': description: Error when routing the request within restate. content: application/json: schema: type: object description: |- # Error description response Error details of the response required: - message properties: message: type: string restate_code: type: - string - 'null' description: |- # Restate code Restate error code describing this error ````