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Action can only be performed when subscription is paused

The action or change you are performing requires the subscription to be in a paused state

Example response
{
"error": {
"type": "request_error",
"code": "subscription_must_be_paused",
"detail": "action can only be performed on paused subscription",
"documentation_url": "https://developer.paddle.com/errors/subscriptions/subscription_must_be_paused"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
}
}

Details

Status code
400
Error code
subscription_must_be_paused
Error message
action can only be performed on paused subscription

Common causes

  • You're trying to perform an action which requires the subscription to be paused.

Troubleshooting

  • Use the pause a subscription operation to pause a subscription.
  • If the subscription has a scheduled change to pause, wait until the pause takes effect and make the change then.

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