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# Suspend Reconciliation

## Suspended state

When a resource is suspended, all operations performed by the operator are disabled, including but not limited to:

* Provisioning
* Upgrades
* Volume resize
* Galera cluster recovery

More specifically, the reconciliation loop of the operator is omitted, anything part of it will not happen while the resource is suspended. This could be useful in **maintenance** scenarios, where manual operations need to be performed, as it helps prevent conflicts with the operator.

## Suspend a resource

Currently, only `MariaDB` and `MaxScale` resources support suspension. You can enable it by setting `suspend=true`:

```yaml
apiVersion: enterprise.mariadb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MariaDB
metadata:
  name: mariadb-galera
spec:
  # [...]
  suspend: true
  # [...]
```

This results in the reconciliation loop being disabled and the status being marked as `Suspended`:

```sh
kubectl get mariadbs
NAME             READY   STATUS      PRIMARY           UPDATES                   AGE
mariadb-galera   True    Suspended   mariadb-galera-0  ReplicasFirstPrimaryLast  12m
```

To re-enable it, simply remove the `suspend` setting or set it to `suspend=false`.

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