diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 59445a1..b1bcb69 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 All notable changes to the Sharpy smart contract are documented here.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+- feat: recurring pause — pause/resume recurring chain — Adds pause_recurring / resume_recurring and is_recurring_pau
 - feat: discount config — set/get_discount — feat/discount-config
 - feat: invoice metadata — set/get_invoice_metadata — Adds InvoiceMetadata (key-value map) via set/get with creato
 - feat: deadline extension — extend_deadline for creators — Adds extend_deadline(caller, id, new_deadline) allowing crea
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ca81908..2abc2b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ![Soroban](https://img.shields.io/badge/Soroban-Protocol%2027-6C63FF?logo=stellar)
 ![Rust](https://img.shields.io/badge/Rust-stable-orange?logo=rust)
-![Tests](https://img.shields.io/badge/tests-153%20passing-00D4AA)
+![Tests](https://img.shields.io/badge/tests-156%20passing-00D4AA)
 ![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green)
 ![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-0.2.0-6C63FF)
 [![Demo](https://img.shields.io/badge/Demo-Watch%20on%20Loom-00D4AA?logo=loom)](https://www.loom.com/share/09aa4a78e0c944dcab866a7036fde24d)
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ graph TD
 - **Freeze control** — `freeze_invoice()`/`unfreeze_invoice()` admin blocks/re-enables `pay` (frozen field)
 - **Invoice notes** — `set_invoice_notes()`/`get_invoice_notes()` free-text `InvoiceNotes { text, updated_at }`
 - **Invoice tags**
+- **Recurring pause** — `pause_recurring`/`resume_recurring`/`is_recurring_paused`
 - **Discount config** — `set/get_discount` `DiscountConfig { discount_bps, updated_at }`
 - **Invoice metadata** — `set/get_invoice_metadata` `InvoiceMetadata { entries, updated_at }`
 - **Deadline extension** — `extend_deadline(caller, id, new_deadline)` creator can push deadline forward
diff --git a/contracts/sharpy/src/events.rs b/contracts/sharpy/src/events.rs
index 2b46d9c..165e5c3 100644
--- a/contracts/sharpy/src/events.rs
+++ b/contracts/sharpy/src/events.rs
@@ -279,3 +279,10 @@ pub struct DiscountUpdatedEvent { pub invoice_id: u64, pub discount_bps: u32 }
 pub fn discount_updated(env: &Env, invoice_id: u64, discount_bps: u32) {
     env.events().publish((symbol_short!("disc"),), DiscountUpdatedEvent { invoice_id, discount_bps });
 }
+
+#[contracttype]
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct RecurringPausedEvent { pub invoice_id: u64, pub paused: bool }
+pub fn recurring_paused(env: &Env, invoice_id: u64, paused: bool) {
+    env.events().publish((symbol_short!("rpause"),), RecurringPausedEvent { invoice_id, paused });
+}
diff --git a/contracts/sharpy/src/lib.rs b/contracts/sharpy/src/lib.rs
index 86629d9..bf0f1b3 100644
--- a/contracts/sharpy/src/lib.rs
+++ b/contracts/sharpy/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ mod test;
 use soroban_sdk::{contract, contractimpl, symbol_short, token, Address, Bytes, Env, Map, String, Symbol, Vec};
 use types::{
     AuditEntry, CreateInvoiceParams, DisputeState, Invoice, InvoiceNotes, InvoiceOptions,
-    InvoicePayment, InvoiceStats, InvoiceStatus, InvoiceTags, InvoiceExtraMemo, Payment, InvoiceMetadata, DiscountConfig, SplitRule,
+    InvoicePayment, InvoiceStats, InvoiceStatus, InvoiceTags, InvoiceExtraMemo, Payment, InvoiceMetadata, DiscountConfig, RecurringPauseState, SplitRule,
     SubscriptionParams,
 };
 
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ fn account_balance_key(account: &Address, token: &Address) -> (Symbol, Address,
 }
 fn invoice_notes_key(id: u64) -> (Symbol, u64) { (symbol_short!("notes"), id) }
 fn invoice_tags_key(id: u64) -> (Symbol, u64) { (symbol_short!("itags"), id) }
+fn recurring_pause_key(id: u64) -> (Symbol, u64) { (symbol_short!("rpause"), id) }
 fn discount_key(id: u64) -> (Symbol, u64) { (symbol_short!("disc"), id) }
 fn invoice_metadata_key(id: u64) -> (Symbol, u64) { (symbol_short!("imeta"), id) }
 fn invoice_memo_ext_key(id: u64) -> (Symbol, u64) { (symbol_short!("imemo"), id) }
@@ -1080,6 +1081,32 @@ impl SharpyContract {
     pub fn get_discount(env: Env, invoice_id: u64) -> Option<DiscountConfig> {
         env.storage().persistent().get(&discount_key(invoice_id))
     }
+
+    pub fn pause_recurring(env: Env, caller: Address, invoice_id: u64) {
+        caller.require_auth();
+        let invoice = load_invoice(&env, invoice_id);
+        assert!(invoice.creator == caller, "only creator can pause recurring");
+        let params: SubscriptionParams = env.storage().persistent().get(&recurring_params_key(invoice_id)).expect("not recurring");
+        let _ = params;
+        let state = RecurringPauseState { paused: true, updated_at: env.ledger().timestamp() };
+        env.storage().persistent().set(&recurring_pause_key(invoice_id), &state);
+        append_audit(&env, invoice_id, symbol_short!("rpause"), &caller);
+        events::recurring_paused(&env, invoice_id, true);
+    }
+    pub fn resume_recurring(env: Env, caller: Address, invoice_id: u64) {
+        caller.require_auth();
+        let invoice = load_invoice(&env, invoice_id);
+        assert!(invoice.creator == caller, "only creator can resume recurring");
+        let state: RecurringPauseState = env.storage().persistent().get(&recurring_pause_key(invoice_id)).expect("not paused");
+        assert!(state.paused, "not paused");
+        let new_state = RecurringPauseState { paused: false, updated_at: env.ledger().timestamp() };
+        env.storage().persistent().set(&recurring_pause_key(invoice_id), &new_state);
+        append_audit(&env, invoice_id, symbol_short!("resume"), &caller);
+        events::recurring_paused(&env, invoice_id, false);
+    }
+    pub fn is_recurring_paused(env: Env, invoice_id: u64) -> bool {
+        env.storage().persistent().get::<(Symbol,u64), RecurringPauseState>(&recurring_pause_key(invoice_id)).map(|s| s.paused).unwrap_or(false)
+    }
 }
 
 /// Validates that a token address is not the zero address.
diff --git a/contracts/sharpy/src/test.rs b/contracts/sharpy/src/test.rs
index 927aa0b..2586f2e 100644
--- a/contracts/sharpy/src/test.rs
+++ b/contracts/sharpy/src/test.rs
@@ -3705,3 +3705,28 @@ mod test_discount {
         client.set_discount(&s, &id, &500u32);
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test_recurring_pause {
+    use soroban_sdk::{testutils::Address as _, Address, Env, Vec};
+    use crate::SharpyContractClient;
+    fn setup() -> (Env, SharpyContractClient<'static>) { let env=Env::default(); env.mock_all_auths(); let cid=env.register(crate::SharpyContract, ()); let c=SharpyContractClient::new(&env,&cid); let a=Address::generate(&env); let t=Address::generate(&env); c.initialize(&a,&t); (env,c) }
+    #[test] fn test_pause_resume() {
+        let (env, client)=setup(); let creator=Address::generate(&env); let r=Address::generate(&env); let tok=Address::generate(&env); let dl=env.ledger().timestamp()+86400;
+        let id=client.create_recurring(&creator, &Vec::from_array(&env, [r]), &Vec::from_array(&env, [100i128]), &Vec::from_array(&env, [tok]), &dl, &86400u64, &3u32);
+        assert!(!client.is_recurring_paused(&id));
+        client.pause_recurring(&creator, &id); assert!(client.is_recurring_paused(&id));
+        client.resume_recurring(&creator, &id); assert!(!client.is_recurring_paused(&id));
+    }
+    #[test] #[should_panic(expected="only creator can pause recurring")] fn test_pause_non_creator() {
+        let (env, client)=setup(); let creator=Address::generate(&env); let s=Address::generate(&env); let r=Address::generate(&env); let tok=Address::generate(&env); let dl=env.ledger().timestamp()+86400;
+        let id=client.create_recurring(&creator, &Vec::from_array(&env, [r]), &Vec::from_array(&env, [100i128]), &Vec::from_array(&env, [tok]), &dl, &86400u64, &3u32);
+        client.pause_recurring(&s, &id);
+    }
+    #[test] #[should_panic(expected="not recurring")] fn test_pause_non_recurring_panics() {
+        let (env, client)=setup(); let creator=Address::generate(&env); let r=Address::generate(&env); let tok=Address::generate(&env); let dl=env.ledger().timestamp()+86400;
+        let id=client.create_invoice(&creator, &Vec::from_array(&env, [r]), &Vec::from_array(&env, [100i128]), &Vec::from_array(&env, [tok]), &dl, &crate::types::InvoiceOptions{escrow_enabled:false, escrow_release_delay:None, split_rules:Vec::new(&env), auto_resolve_rules:Vec::new(&env), arbitrator:None});
+        client.pause_recurring(&creator, &id);
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/contracts/sharpy/src/types.rs b/contracts/sharpy/src/types.rs
index 2e87ec3..9b09530 100644
--- a/contracts/sharpy/src/types.rs
+++ b/contracts/sharpy/src/types.rs
@@ -275,3 +275,8 @@ pub struct DiscountConfig {
     /// Timestamp set.
     pub updated_at: u64,
 }
+
+/// Pause state for recurring invoices.
+#[contracttype]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct RecurringPauseState { pub paused: bool, pub updated_at: u64 }