# Suspend a CouchDB river **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 20, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suspend-a-couchdb-river/4442 "2011-05-20T07:02:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dpilato](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dpilato/32/2449_2.png) [@dpilato](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dpilato)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suspend-a-couchdb-river/4442/1 "2011-05-20T07:02:16Z")
Hi everybody, I'm just wondering if it's possible to suspend a CouchDB river without deleting it. If I delete it, I will have to restart it from scratch. By suspending it, I will be able to restart the river from the last sequence number given by \_changes API. If it's not possible, could I open a bug (enhancement request) for that ? If it exists, could you point me to any URL talking about that ? Thanks, David. ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 11:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suspend-a-couchdb-river/4442/2 "2011-05-20T11:48:23Z")
The API does not exists, you can open an issue for it, sure. On Friday, May 20, 2011 at 10:02 AM, David Pilato wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I’m just wondering if it’s possible to suspend a CouchDB river without deleting it. > If I delete it, I will have to restart it from scratch. > > By suspending it, I will be able to restart the river from the last sequence number given by \_changes API. > > If it’s not possible, could I open a bug (enhancement request) for that ? > \< ang=EN-US\>If it exists, could you point me to any URL talking about that ? > > Thanks, > David. ---
**Author:** ![dpilato](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dpilato/32/2449_2.png) [@dpilato](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dpilato)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suspend-a-couchdb-river/4442/3 "2011-05-20T13:53:55Z")
Thanks. Feature Request created here : [https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/951](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/951) David. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suspend-a-couchdb-river/4442/4 "2017-07-06T04:05:46Z")