At times, you may want to stop or pause the Kernel without stopping it as a service (if the Kernel is running as a service) or stopping it by pressing <Ctrl> + <C> from the console. In such cases, you can stop or even pause the Kernel from the GUI. When the Kernel is stopped or paused, no requests for new process flows are executed.
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When the Kernel is stopped, the system does not accept any new process flow requests for triggering. It just completes the existing process flows that are running, and then shut down the Kernel.
Process Flow Status when Kernel is Paused
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