# kill_switch_engaged

> The AI operations kill switch is on; agents are read-only. Guv's AI operations have been paused by a human operator, so automated actions are on hold.

**The AI operations kill switch is on; agents are read-only.** Guv's AI operations have been paused by a human operator, so automated actions are on hold. Your running apps are not affected and keep serving.

- **HTTP status:** `403 Forbidden`
- **CLI exit code:** `3` (forbidden or denied by policy)
- **Retry:** not as it is; the same request will fail the same way until the cause is fixed

## How to fix it

A human must make this change, or a platform admin must turn the kill switch off.

## What the response looks like

```json
{
  "type": "https://guv.dev/errors/kill_switch_engaged",
  "title": "The AI operations kill switch is on; agents are read-only",
  "status": 403,
  "code": "kill_switch_engaged",
  "detail": "Guv's AI operations have been paused by a human operator, so automated actions are on hold.",
  "fix": "A human must make this change, or a platform admin must turn the kill switch off.",
  "docs_url": "https://guv.dev/errors/kill_switch_engaged",
  "request_id": "req_01jbx2m9k7q4r8t5v6w3y0z1rq"
}
```

The `code` field is stable: match on it, not on `title` or `detail`, which may be reworded.