If a queue is paused then the system will stop dispatching tasks until the queue is resumed viaqueues.resume. Tasks can still be added when the queue is paused. A queue is paused if itsstateisPAUSED.
HTTP request
POST https://cloudtasks.googleapis.com/v2/{name=projects/*/locations/*/queues/*}:pause
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