# Disabling and re-enabling the stream poller process
<a name="full-text-search-using-pausing-poller"></a>

**Warning**  
Be careful when you disable the stream poller process\$1 Data loss can occur if the process is paused for longer than the stream expiry window. The default window is 7 days, but starting with engine version [1.2.0.0](engine-releases-1.2.0.0.md), you can set a custom stream expiry window up to a maximum of 90 days.

# Disabling (pausing) the stream poller process
<a name="full-text-search-pause-poller"></a>

1. Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the Amazon EventBridge console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/events/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/events/).

1. In the navigation pane, select **Rules**.

1. Select the rule whose name contains the name you supplied as **Application Name** in the Amazon CloudFormation template that you used to set up the stream poller.

1. Choose **Disable**.

1. Open the Step Functions console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/states/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/states/).

1. Select the running step function that corresponds to the stream poller process. Again, the name of that step function contains the name you supplied as **Application Name** in the Amazon CloudFormation template that you used to set up the stream poller. You can filter by function execution status to see only **Running** functions.

1. Choose **Stop**.

# Re-enabling the stream poller process
<a name="full-text-search-re-enable-poller"></a>

1. Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the Amazon EventBridge console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/events/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/events/).

1. In the navigation pane, select **Rules**.

1. Select the rule whose name contains the name you supplied as **Application Name** in the Amazon CloudFormation template that you used to set up the stream poller.

1. Choose **Enable**. The event rule based on the specified scheduled interval will now trigger a new execution of the step function.