# Suspend an active quarantine compliance collection

Suspends an active quarantine compliance collection, pausing policy enforcement until resumed.

## Endpoints

**POST** `/dcapi/compliance/quarantine/policy/{collectionId}/suspend`

## Request URL

`https://[{serverurl}](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/oauth-authentication-endpoint-domain.html)/dcapi/compliance/quarantine/policy/{collectionId}/suspend`

### Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.VulnerabilityMgmt.CREATE`

### Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

### Request Parameters

#### Path Parameters

**collectionId** `string` **Mandatory**

The quarantine collection ID to suspend. Fetch from [Get Quarantine Rule Details](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/get-quarantine-rule-details.html).

### Sample Request

```curl
curl --request POST \
  --url https://appdomains/dcapi/compliance/quarantine/policy/{collectionId}/suspend \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP code 200

#### Response Body — application/json

`JSON Object`

- **status** `string`  
  Operation result. Success for suspend, Resumed or Expired for resume.
- **collectionName** `string`  
  Name of the compliance collection.

### HTTP code 401

#### Response Body — application/json

`JSON Object`

- **errorCode** `string`  
  Unauthorized error code. Collection is not a compliance or quarantine collection, or user lacks scope access.
- **errorMessage** `string`  
  Message indicating the collection type mismatch or insufficient scope.

### HTTP code 429

#### Response Body — application/json

`JSON Object`

- **errorCode** `long`  
  Rate limit error code returned when the API call threshold (configured via threshold/duration in security XML) is exceeded; client is locked out for lock-period minutes.
- **errorMsg** `string`  
  Rate limit exceeded message with retry guidance.

### Possible Response Codes

- **200** HTTP code
- **401** HTTP code
- **429** HTTP code

### Sample Response: HTTP 200

Quarantine collection suspended successfully

```json
{
  "STATUS": "Success",
  "collectionName": "DMZ Quarantine Policy"
}
```

### Sample Response: HTTP 401

The provided collection is not a quarantine collection or user lacks scope

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "The given Collection is not a Quarantine Collection",
  "errorCode": "UAC_UNAUTHORIZED"
}
```

User does not have scope access to the resource group

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "No access, Provided resource group is not in scope",
  "errorCode": "UAC_UNAUTHORIZED"
}
```

### Sample Response: HTTP 429

API call threshold exceeded

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "Rate limit exceeded. Retry after some time",
  "errorCode": "TOO_MANY_REQUESTS"
}
```

## Rate Limits

![](https://www.zohowebstatic.com/sites/zweb/images/people/ico-help.png)

**Duration:** 1 minute | **Threshold:** 30 | **Lock period:** 5 minutes

Duration — Time window for the threshold.  
Threshold — Number of API calls allowed within the specified duration.  
Lock Period — Wait time before consecutive API requests.