You paused a project, and instead of going straight to Paused it’s showing a Pausing badge. The amber badge has been there a while and you’re wondering whether something is wrong.
It almost certainly isn’t. Pausing is a normal in-between state, and the most common reason it lingers is the one thing DIJJI.ai will never interrupt: a run that’s already going.
What “Pausing” means
A project has four states — Active, Pausing, Paused, and Archived. Pausing is the brief transition between Active and Paused.
When you pause a project, DIJJI.ai stops it from starting any new runs immediately. But a run that is already in progress is allowed to finish — DIJJI.ai never stops a run mid-flight. So the project sits in Pausing until that active run reaches its end, and only then does it settle to Paused.
In short: Pausing means “paused for new work, still finishing what was already running.”
Why it’s taking a while
The wait is the length of the active run. Check the project for a run still in progress:
- Open the project and look at its tasks. A run in the Running state — or one paused at a gate, a plan approval, a payment prompt, or a question — is what’s holding the project in Pausing.
- A run that’s waiting on you (a gate, a plan, a payment, a question) won’t finish on its own. The project stays in Pausing until that run reaches a final state, so an unanswered run can hold the project there indefinitely.
So the project isn’t stuck — it’s waiting for its last run, exactly as designed.
What to do
Pick the route that matches what you want:
- You’re happy to wait. Let the run finish. When it reaches Completed, Failed, or Cancelled, the project moves to Paused on its own. There’s nothing more to do.
- The run needs you. If the run is waiting at a gate, a plan approval, a payment prompt, or a question, it won’t progress until you act. Resolve it — see Run states for which page covers your case — and the project will settle once the run ends.
- You want it paused now. Cancel the active run. Once it’s cancelled, the project drops straight to Paused. See Cancel a running task.
When to actually worry
Pausing is only a concern if there is no run in progress and the project still won’t settle to Paused after a refresh. That’s not expected behavior. If you see it — no active run, but a stuck Pausing badge — reach out to DIJJI.ai support with the project name and the team it’s in.
For the full picture of pausing, archiving, and deleting projects, see Pause, archive, or delete a project.