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Pause the company

2 min readUpdated 2 Nov 2026

Pause stops every employee at the next safe point. Nothing is sent or spent until you resume, and work continues from the same step.

Before you begin
  • You are the company’s owner: only the owner can pause or resume.
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What a pause does#

RunningEmployees at work
PausedEach stops at its next safe point; requests stay in the Inbox
ContinuesFrom the step it stopped at
Pause stops new steps at once; nothing is lost, and Resume continues from the same place.

A pause holds work, it doesn’t throw it away. Each running task stops at its next safe point and remembers where it was; resuming picks it up from that same step. You can pause the whole company, one employee or one task.

While the company is pausedWhat happens
Running workStops at the next safe point. A call already sent finishes and is charged.
New and queued workWaits; nothing starts.
RoutinesDon’t start.
Questions and approvalsStay in the Inbox. You can still answer and decide them.
Actions you approveWait with Resume to send, and go out after you resume.
ChatIts AI calls stop too.

Pause everything#

  1. 1

    Open the pause

    Select Pause the company at the bottom left of the Office floor, or Pause the whole company… in Settings → General.

  2. 2

    Check what stops

    The dialog lists who stops mid-step, the routines that won’t start, and what still needs you.

  3. 3

    Confirm

    Select Pause the company.

While paused, a banner says how many tasks stopped mid-step, the foot of the floor shows how long (“Company paused · 4 min”), the lights go low with PAUSED across your office, and held employees lean back behind covered screens. Anyone waiting for you, and anyone whose work failed, keeps their marker. Other members see the paused state but not the controls.

Resume#

Select Resume in the banner, or Resume the whole company in Settings. Work continues from the step where it stopped, and actions you approved while paused are sent then. A task or employee you paused on its own stays paused until you resume it too.

CarefulPausing can’t undo what an app already accepted. A call already in progress finishes and its cost stays recorded.

Pause one employee or one task#

PauseHow
One employeePause {name} at the foot of their inspector, then Pause now. They stop at once, even mid-step; requests already waiting stay in the Inbox. Resume {name} on their Now tab.
One taskPause at the foot of the task’s record. It reads Pause requested until the work reaches a safe point, then Paused. Resume continues it.

To stop a task for good, use Cancel task… in its record instead. A call under way finishes and its cost stays recorded; tasks waiting on it won’t start.

Questions#

Do I lose work by pausing?

No. Paused work keeps its steps and continues from the same one.

Does a pause cost anything?

No. While paused, nothing is spent apart from a call that was already under way.

Can I still approve things while paused?

Yes. Approved actions wait and are sent after you resume.

Does closing the browser pause the company?

No. Only Pause the company does.

ControlApprovalsNothing your employees write to a connected app happens until you approve it. Each request shows the exact action, where it goes and what it costs, and it is sent once, exactly as shown.ControlBudgets and spending limitsRoyak reserves the cost of every AI call before it is made, so work stops and asks rather than overspend. On your plan’s credits, the credits are the limit. With your own model key on Paid, you also set money limits for the company, each department and each employee.The officeThe 3D officeThe Office shows your company as a round building: your office in the middle and one island per department round it. Every desk shows who is working, waiting or stuck, from the same live records as the rest of Royak.
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