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+# TokenPauseTransaction - Test specification
+
+## Description:
+This test specification for TokenPauseTransaction is to be one of many for testing the functionality of the Hedera SDKs. The SDK under test will use the language specific JSON-RPC server return responses back to the test driver.
+
+## Design:
+Each test within the test specification is linked to one of the properties within TokenPauseTransaction. Each property is tested with a mix of boundaries. The inputs for each test are a range of valid, minimum, maximum, negative and invalid values for the method. The expected response of a passed test can be a correct error response code or seen as the result of node queries. A successful transaction (the transaction reached consensus and was applied to state) can be determined by getting a `TransactionReceipt` or `TransactionRecord`, or can be determined by using queries such as `TokenInfoQuery` or `TokenBalanceQuery` and investigating for the required changes (creations, updates, etc.). The mirror node can also be used to determine if a transaction was successful via its rest API. Error codes are obtained from the response code proto files.
+
+**Transaction properties:**
+
+https://docs.hedera.com/hedera/sdks-and-apis/sdks/token-service/pause-a-token
+
+**TokenPause protobufs:**
+
+https://github.com/hashgraph/hedera-protobufs/blob/main/services/token_pause.proto
+
+**Response codes:**
+
+https://github.com/hashgraph/hedera-protobufs/blob/main/services/response_code.proto
+
+**Mirror Node APIs:**
+
+https://docs.hedera.com/hedera/sdks-and-apis/rest-api
+
+## JSON-RPC API Endpoint Documentation
+
+### Method Name
+
+`pauseToken`
+
+### Input Parameters
+
+| Parameter Name          | Type                                             | Required/Optional | Description/Notes             |
+|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------|
+| tokenId                 | string                                           | optional          | The ID of the token to pause. |
+| commonTransactionParams | [json object](../commonTransactionParameters.md) | optional          |                               |
+
+### Output Parameters
+
+| Parameter Name | Type   | Description/Notes                                                                  |
+|----------------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| status         | string | The status of the submitted `TokenPauseTransaction` (from a `TransactionReceipt`). |
+
+## Property Tests
+
+### **Token ID:**
+
+- The ID of the token to pause.
+
+| Test no | Name                                                      | Input                                                                                   | Expected response                                                               | Implemented (Y/N) |
+|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
+| 1       | Pauses a token                                            | tokenId=<CREATED_TOKEN_ID>, commonTransactionParams.signers=[<CREATED_TOKEN_PAUSE_KEY>] | The token pause succeeds and the token is paused.                               | N                 |
+| 2       | Pauses a token with no token ID                           |                                                                                         | The token pause fails with an INVALID_TOKEN_ID response code from the network.  | N                 |
+| 3       | Pauses a token without signing with the token's pause key | tokenId=<CREATED_TOKEN_ID>                                                              | The token pause fails with an INVALID_SIGNATURE response code from the network. | N                 |
+| 4       | Pauses a token that doesn't exist                         | tokenId="123.456.789"                                                                   | The token pause fails with an INVALID_TOKEN_ID response code from the network.  | N                 |
+| 5       | Pauses a token that is deleted                            | tokenId=<DELETED_TOKEN_ID>, commonTransactionParams.signers=[<DELETED_TOKEN_PAUSE_KEY>] | The token pause fails with an TOKEN_WAS_DELETED response code from the network. | N                 |
+| 6       | Pauses a token that is empty                              | tokenId=""                                                                              | The token pause fails with an SDK internal error.                               | N                 |
+| 7       | Pauses a token twice                                      | tokenId=<CREATED_TOKEN_ID>, commonTransactionParams.signers=[<CREATED_TOKEN_PAUSE_KEY>] | The token pause fails with an TOKEN_IS_PAUSED response code from the network.   | N                 |
+
+#### JSON Request Example
+
+```json
+{
+  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+  "id": 99232,
+  "method": "pauseToken",
+  "params": {
+    "tokenId": "0.0.2533",
+    "commonTransactionParams": {
+      "signers": [
+        "302e020100300506032b65700422042031f8eb3e77a04ebe599c51570976053009e619414f26bdd39676a5d3b2782a1d"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+#### JSON Response Example
+
+```json
+{
+  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+  "id": 99232,
+  "result": {
+    "status": "SUCCESS"
+  }
+}
+```
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