Pausing a queue allows you to control whether PRs should be merged to a certain branches. Pausing all queues in a repository You can prevent all PRs from merging in a repository. A repository can be paused from the repositories page or using the API: Copy

curl -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <aviator_token>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"org": "org_name", "name": "repo_name", "paused": true }' \
https://api.aviator.co/api/v1/repo/

Pausing queues via the base branch Pausing the queue associated with a base branch can be helpful if you want to stop all merges while a release is being prepared. In this case, PRs that target all other base branches will continue merging regularly but the PRs associated with the specific base branch will be paused. Base branch pausing capability is only supported via the API: Copy

curl -X POST \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer <aviator_token>" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{ "pattern": "release-*", "repository": {"org": "aviator", "name": "av-demo-release"}, "paused": true, "paused_message": "This release branch has been paused."}' \
https://api.aviator.co/api/v1/branches

The base branch API also takes an optional parameter called paused_message that provides an additional message in the GitHub comments for a PR when a queue is paused. Checking if a queue is paused You can also use a GET request to find the current pause status of all branches: Previous How to Queue / Dequeue via API Next Slash Commands Using GitHub Comments Last updated 1 year ago Was this helpful?