Pause and Resume
Learn how to temporarily pause a token sale to halt purchases, and how to resume it. Use pause for emergency response or compliance holds.
Pausing a sale immediately stops all purchases without ending the sale permanently. The configuration and accumulated contributions are preserved. The sale can be resumed at any time.
When to use
- Emergency response to a security concern
- Regulatory hold while reviewing an investor inquiry
- Temporarily closing purchases while updating price ratios or adding a payment currency
Prerequisites
- Your wallet has SALE_ADMIN_ROLE on the token
- The sale is in Presale or Public Sale status
Pause the sale
Open the Manage dropdown
Navigate to the sale detail page and open the Manage dropdown.
Select Pause
Click Pause Sale, confirm, and authenticate. The sale status changes to Paused immediately after the transaction confirms. All purchase attempts revert with SaleNotActive until the sale is resumed.
Resume the sale
Open the Manage dropdown
Navigate to the sale detail page and open the Manage dropdown.
Select Resume
Click Resume Sale, confirm, and authenticate. The sale returns to its previous active phase (Presale or Public Sale).
What pausing does not do
- Contributions already collected are not affected
- The sale end time continues to count down -- the sale may expire while paused
- Configuration changes (price ratios, payment currencies) can be made while paused
- Pausing does not extend the sale duration
Next steps
How to manage token sale permissions
Assign and revoke the Sale Admin and Funds Manager roles on a token sale from the Permissions tab, granting each role to a participant without handing over full token administration.
How to end and finalize a token sale
Learn how to end a token sale before its scheduled close and how to finalize it after it ends to determine SUCCESS or FAILED status.