# Does it need to pause all consumers when 'producerpause'? **URL:** \ **Category:** mediasoup libraries\ **Created:** [March 27, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/does-it-need-to-pause-all-consumers-when-producerpause/5102 "2023-03-27T22:07:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![magiczhangx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mediasoup.discourse.group/magiczhangx/32/2091_2.png) [@magiczhangx](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/magiczhangx)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/does-it-need-to-pause-all-consumers-when-producerpause/5102/1 "2023-03-27T22:07:30Z")
when server side consumers receive ‘producerpause’ , do we must signal to all client side consuming on it to puause these consumers and pause server side consumers too? I tried to only pause producer and let related consumers ignore ‘producerpause’ , seems it works too. whether all client and server side consumers need to pause when event ‘producerpause’? ---
**Author:** ![ibc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mediasoup.discourse.group/ibc/32/1540_2.png) [@ibc](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/ibc)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/does-it-need-to-pause-all-consumers-when-producerpause/5102/2 "2023-03-27T22:24:01Z")
It’s better to signal it to mediasoup-client and call consumer.pause() since it will generate less RTCP traffic back to the server. ---
**Author:** ![magiczhangx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mediasoup.discourse.group/magiczhangx/32/2091_2.png) [@magiczhangx](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/magiczhangx)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/does-it-need-to-pause-all-consumers-when-producerpause/5102/3 "2023-03-27T22:45:18Z")
Thanks. Got now.