# PauseFailed (/docs/errors/chain/PauseFailed)

A GRANDPA pause was signalled while the authority set is not live, i.e. it is already paused or a pause is already pending. Check the Grandpa `State` storage before signalling a pause.

Declared by the `Grandpa` pallet; it classifies to the semantic code [`invalid_argument`](/docs/errors/invalid-argument).

## Remediation [#remediation]

Check the argument values against the operation schema

The same explanation is available in the terminal: `btcli explain PauseFailed`.