# pause

`import { pause } from "destack:debug";`

Pause debugger execution.

```ds title="pause"
export declare function pause(world: WorldHandle): Result<Stop, HostError>
```

[language/library/src/debug/debug.ds:350](https://github.com/destack-sh/destack/blob/main/language/library/src/debug/debug.ds#L350)