This is so necessary right now during the pandemic. Adding time delays will take forever for large clients. I don’t even use the workflow tool because of this issue, frankly. Or, I use it just barely. MOVE THIS UP! Thank you.
@MeganLegge - A month since your request for more information via that form and nothing. If we’re all lucky this will be over before WF pausing exists.
Hopefully, the countless hours lost to our efforts to find a workaround, or worse, our reputation lost due sending inappropriate automated messages does not compound the already dire situation for many businesses.
C’mon Hubspot - Be Better.
It would be so nice to have this ability!!
It´s a good idea, and this ability it would be an main requirement. Please, try to improve it 
Our live would be so much better.
While it happens, I´m working with WF partitions. I mean, instead of working on 1 WF, I´m workin with more than 6 WF “playing” with the delays and propierties. If your reason for stopping is a date, you can modify the date properties and the next WF partition behaviour.
Not sure if I could explain it well
Regards!
I was just about to submit on this same topic - discouraging to see that this was first submitted in 2017. Any progress since?
3 years and still not an option?
@vdecker1 - this has been a pain point for us for 2 years. With the holiday season coming up they still have nothing to show to solve this problem. In fact - after our hack around last fall we had to rebuild several workflows to correct the logjamb created by it.
@MeganLegge - WHY IS THIS TAKING SO LONG for a solution?!? This is inexplicable when your competitors have this out of the box? Bronto, Klaviyo, even MailChimp!?!?
@Rob-NWB the ridiculous thing is they came so close to at least partly solving it with the ability to select days to run contact workflows - I saw that and thought, oh I can just deselect all the days, and it won’t run …but no, deselecting all days flicks it straight back to run everyday.
It’s a shame, because we’ve seen so many other great developments in HubSpot in the last 12 months, but it’s still being held back by these really basic holes.
I still want this.
Hey folks!
I wanted to pop in with a quick update. Our Product team is workshopping a few different ways to solve this problem.
We’ve heard a lot of feedback around the need for a “workflow pause button”, as well as a separate feature of specifying which dates a workflow should skip. We’re exploring both of these options. Because workflows are automatic, our Product teams thoroughly test each new feature to make sure there aren’t any unintended consequences. I don’t have any timelines to share right now, but all future developments will be relayed through this thread.
Best!
Joe
Ideas Forum Manager
@JoeMayall that’s great news and we look forward to future progress!
@JoeMayall it’s been two years and counting since the request by multiple companies (your customers) and one of the most fundamental requirements. Please keep the pressure on!
@JoeMayall good to hear! Hoping this can be implemented ASAP.
We could really use this feature right now…
Hi folks!
I wanted to pop in here with a quick update. While our team is still evaluating the “pause a workflow” feature, we do have a brand new feature that might solve some of your problems.
The ability to skip dates in a workflow is now in public beta. In workflow settings, you can now define specific dates on which you don’t want workflow actions to execute. You can even set these on a workflow-by-workflow basis.
You can learn more about it here: https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/Work-flow-option-Avoid-bank-holidays/idi-p/11338
If you’d like to gain access to this beta, please reach out to your HubSpot point of contact (CSM, Customer Support). They can get you enrolled.
Best!
Joe
Thanks for the update @JoeMayall ! Speaking personally: that would definitely help in most of the cases where I want to pause a workflow.
Cheers,
Kai
We need this ability so bad it’s not even funny! This would be a massive game changer for when we have people out on maternity/sick/vacation leave. It would save me hours of trying to find “lost” contacts and building additional temporary workflows to try to get them back into the spot they were previously in the automation flow. If there is any way to get this expadited, I’m all about it!
Thanks!
Phly
It would be helpful if a pause bottom could be added in the workflow.
There are different scenarios as reviewing a campaign or holidays and I would like to avoid any delays in the process.
Looking forward to listening from this new feature soon
Thank you!
Definitely need this! It’s a waste of an email to send during the holiday season when everyone is on vacation.
A massive shortcoming, quite surprising.