> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.useorgx.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Pause, resume, retry, or cancel a work node > Apply one lifecycle action to an initiative, workstream, milestone, task, or run you own. Actions cascade sensibly — pausing an initiative pauses its active runs. Each action is validated against current state, so repeating an already-applied action is safe. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi/v1.yaml post /lifecycle openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: OrgX REST API v1 version: '1' description: >- Build accountable work into your product with OrgX REST API v1. Create work with one field, attach evidence when it is complete, and keep the receipt. Every authenticated request is scoped to the workspace resolved from your credential. Start with `POST /work`. Human guide: https://docs.useorgx.com/docs/api/quickstart contact: name: OrgX Support url: https://useorgx.com/support email: support@useorgx.com license: name: Proprietary url: https://useorgx.com/terms servers: - url: https://useorgx.com/api/v1 description: Production security: [] tags: - name: Work description: Create accountable work and complete it with evidence - name: Initiatives description: Organize related work around an outcome - name: Operating processes description: Evidence-backed company workflow/process lifecycle - name: Operating map description: Derived, rebuildable Operating Map projection over the process ledger - name: Discovery runs description: Wizard and deep-search workflow discovery over connected company sources - name: Handoffs description: Ledger-backed stage handoffs between operating-process stages - name: Events description: Replayable, workspace-scoped accepted ledger events - name: Projections description: Workspace-scoped, rebuildable read projections over OrgX sources - name: Episodes description: Mission-compatible Episode read adapters - name: Receipt validation description: Account-free Agent Work Receipt schema discovery and conformance - name: Receipt import description: Authenticated, workspace-scoped import into the hosted receipt ledger - name: Workload diagnosis description: >- Account-free evaluation of time, agents, systems, authority, and accountability boundaries - name: Content Studio description: >- Estimate, showcase, checkout, and payment event operations for Content Studio - name: Decisions description: Raise decisions for human ruling and read their state - name: Artifacts description: Register produced work against the entity it belongs to - name: Launches description: Preview and run an initiative launch through its spend gates - name: Runs description: Control agent runs with pause, resume, cancel, and rollback - name: Lifecycle description: Pause, resume, retry, or cancel work hierarchy nodes and runs - name: Deduplication description: Claim durable event fingerprints so duplicate triggers fire once - name: Credential description: >- Resolve the calling credential, the workspaces it reaches, and what it may do - name: API discovery description: Account-free error codes, request schemas, and closed vocabularies for v1 externalDocs: description: Human-readable OrgX REST API v1 reference url: https://docs.useorgx.com/docs/api/public-api paths: /lifecycle: post: tags: - Lifecycle summary: Pause, resume, retry, or cancel a work node description: >- Apply one lifecycle action to an initiative, workstream, milestone, task, or run you own. Actions cascade sensibly — pausing an initiative pauses its active runs. Each action is validated against current state, so repeating an already-applied action is safe. operationId: applyLifecycleAction parameters: - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdempotencyKeyOptional' requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/LifecycleRequest' example: level: initiative id: 1481c341-089b-4be0-809b-49cb6e4fee48 action: pause responses: '200': description: Lifecycle action applied content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/LifecycleResult' example: ok: true action: pause level: initiative id: 1481c341-089b-4be0-809b-49cb6e4fee48 affected: nodes: 4 runsPaused: 2 runsCancelled: 0 redispatched: 0 message: Initiative paused; 2 active runs paused with it. '400': $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest' '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized' '404': $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound' '422': description: The action could not be applied to the node's current state content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError' example: error: code: lifecycle_action_failed message: The initiative is already active. requestId: req_01J5YB8X4Y timestamp: '2026-08-18T18:30:00.000Z' docsUrl: >- https://useorgx.com/api/v1/errors?code=lifecycle_action_failed '503': $ref: '#/components/responses/ServiceUnavailable' security: - bearerAuth: [] components: parameters: IdempotencyKeyOptional: name: Idempotency-Key in: header required: false schema: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 200 pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._:/-]{0,199}$ description: >- Accepted for forward compatibility. Replay safety for this operation comes from its own state checks, described on the operation. schemas: LifecycleRequest: type: object additionalProperties: false required: - level - id - action properties: level: type: string enum: - initiative - workstream - milestone - task - run id: type: string format: uuid action: type: string enum: - pause - resume - retry - cancel LifecycleResult: type: object required: - ok - action - level - id - affected additionalProperties: true properties: ok: type: boolean action: type: string level: type: string id: type: string format: uuid affected: type: object properties: nodes: type: integer runsPaused: type: integer runsCancelled: type: integer redispatched: type: integer message: type: string blockReasons: type: array items: type: string ApiError: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string message: type: string details: type: object requestId: type: string timestamp: type: string format: date-time docsUrl: type: string format: uri retryAfter: type: integer description: Seconds until rate limit resets responses: BadRequest: description: Request validation failed content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError' Unauthorized: description: Authentication required content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError' NotFound: description: Resource is unavailable to the caller content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError' ServiceUnavailable: description: Ledger or workspace authorization is unavailable content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError' securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: 'OrgX API key, sent as `Authorization: Bearer oxk_...`' ````