# Stop a sandbox

Launch stage: Beta

`POST /api/2.0/{name=sandboxes/*}/stop`

Stops a running Sandbox, preserving it so it can later be restarted with
 a Start request.

API scopes: sandbox

## Path parameters

- `name` (string, required)
  Resource name of the sandbox to stop, in the form `sandboxes/{sandbox_id}`.

## Returns

Returns the Sandbox object.

## Response

```json
{
  "spec": {
    "compute": {}
  },
  "status": {
    "state": "SANDBOX_STATE_PENDING"
  },
  "name": "string",
  "create_time": "string",
  "update_time": "string",
  "display_name": "string"
}
```