Deactivate policy

Overview

Deactivate an active policy to stop enforcing authorization rules without deleting the policy configuration.

Endpoint: POST /policy/deactivate

Authentication: Required (Authorization token obtained from the step)

Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Request Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`policyId`	string	Yes	The registered policy identifier to deactivate

Use Case

Use this endpoint to deactivate an active policy. Once deactivated:

The policy stops evaluating operations

Voting workflows are no longer triggered by this policy

All configuration remains intact (events, parameters, voting configuration)

The policy can be reactivated later without re-configuration

Deactivation is useful when:

Temporarily suspending policy enforcement without losing configuration

Testing impact of removing specific authorization requirements

Troubleshooting complex authorization workflows

Adjusting security posture for specific time periods or contexts

Policy needs modification but you want to preserve existing configuration

Only active policies can be deactivated
Deactivation stops enforcement immediately
All policy configuration is preserved
Use activate policy to resume enforcement
Use delete policy to permanently remove the policy
Deactivated policies appear in list inactive policies

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