compose/docs/reference/compose_pause.md

# docker compose pause

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Pauses running containers of a service. They can be unpaused with `docker compose unpause`.

### Options

| Name        | Type   | Default | Description                     |
|:------------|:-------|:--------|:--------------------------------|
| `--dry-run` | `bool` |         | Execute command in dry run mode |


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## Description

Pauses running containers of a service. They can be unpaused with `docker compose unpause`.