# DEPLOYS_PAUSED

Publishing is paused.

- **HTTP class:** 503
- **Retryable:** yes

## What happened

Carnival has paused publishing for every account, for maintenance or an incident. Live sites keep working.

## Fix

Wait `error.retry_after_seconds`, then repeat the same call with the same `idempotency_key`. Never retry in a loop: if publishing is still paused, stop and tell the user.

## What to tell the user

Publishing is paused for maintenance and their live sites are fine; say when you will try again.

## Agent hint

The exact `error.hint` text; Carnival fills each `<…>` for the call.

```text
Publishing is paused for maintenance; live sites are fine. Tell the user and retry after retry_after_seconds.
```

## Related

- [`RATE_LIMITED`](https://carnival-staging.dev/docs/errors/RATE_LIMITED.md): A rate limit was reached.
- [`REJECTION_COOLDOWN`](https://carnival-staging.dev/docs/errors/REJECTION_COOLDOWN.md): Publishing is paused after repeated rejections.
- [`INTERNAL_ERROR`](https://carnival-staging.dev/docs/errors/INTERNAL_ERROR.md): Temporary problem at Carnival.

All error codes: [error codes](https://carnival-staging.dev/docs/errors.md)