diff --git a/.changeset/fn-6875-allow-unpause-assigned.md b/.changeset/fn-6875-allow-unpause-assigned.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd46c7c5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fn-6875-allow-unpause-assigned.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@runfusion/fusion": minor
+---
+
+Allow users to manually pause and unpause agent-assigned tasks from the dashboard task detail view and API.
diff --git a/docs/agents.md b/docs/agents.md
index e506d82beb..94c89dad47 100644
--- a/docs/agents.md
+++ b/docs/agents.md
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Approval pause/resume lifecycle (FN-3548):
 
 - Permanent-agent gating short-circuits `block` and `require-approval` actions before tool execution and returns structured non-success tool results.
 - For `require-approval`, the engine creates/reuses a durable approval request and pauses execution with canonical `pauseReason: "awaiting-approval"`.
-- If task-backed, the owning task is paused (`Task.paused=true`, `pausedByAgentId=<requester>`); the requesting agent is paused (`state="paused"`, `pauseReason="awaiting-approval"`).
+- If task-backed, the owning task is paused (`Task.paused=true`, `pausedByAgentId=<requester>`); the requesting agent is paused (`state="paused"`, `pauseReason="awaiting-approval"`). The task-detail **Paused by agent** indicator is context only: operators may still manually pause or unpause an agent-assigned task, and unpause clears the task pause latch.
 - Dedupe semantics by `approvalDedupeKey`: `pending` reuses the same request, `approved` allows exactly one execution and then marks request `completed`, `denied` stays blocked, `completed` requires a fresh request.
 - HTTP decision endpoint resumes best-effort: `POST /api/approvals/:id/decision` with `{ decision: "approve" | "deny", comment? }` unpauses matching task/agent when they are paused for `awaiting-approval`.
 - Approval API surface: `GET /api/approvals` (supports status/limit/offset and returns `{ requests, total, pendingCount }`), `GET /api/approvals/:id` (includes request context + audit/history), `POST /api/approvals/:id/decision`.
diff --git a/docs/dashboard-guide.md b/docs/dashboard-guide.md
index 0eb5393afd..34d12d69b2 100644
--- a/docs/dashboard-guide.md
+++ b/docs/dashboard-guide.md
@@ -813,6 +813,7 @@ Inspect task definition, logs, review feedback, comments, documents, workflow ou
 - Execution mode has a read-mode inline lightning-bolt toggle for Fast mode on/off without opening the full edit form.
 - These two metadata controls share matched sizing/alignment in read mode (including mobile wrapping) so they behave like a single polished control group.
 - Task metadata keeps priority, execution mode, provenance, optional PR context, and compact `Created` / `Updated` timestamps in one wrapping row across desktop and mobile widths; recent timestamps render as relative time (`just now`, `Xm`, `Xh`, `Xd`) and older values switch to short month/day dates.
+- The **Actions** menu exposes **Pause** / **Unpause** for eligible non-terminal tasks, including tasks assigned to agents. If a task was paused by an agent, the **Paused by agent** note is informational; users can still unpause it manually from the same menu.
 - Eligible existing tasks (triage, todo, in-progress, in-review) expose a **GitHub tracking** section directly in Task Detail, even when tracking is currently disabled.
 - The GitHub tracking section now defaults to a compact summary row; use the disclosure arrow to expand linked-issue details plus tracking edit controls.
 - Backstop reconciliation runs every 15 minutes to close tracked GitHub issues for soft-deleted and archived tasks even after restart; the sweep is paginated so large archive backlogs are eventually drained.
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskDetailModal.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskDetailModal.tsx
index 90b7546338..861f3661c3 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskDetailModal.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskDetailModal.tsx
@@ -4281,7 +4281,13 @@ export function TaskDetailContent({
               )}
 
               {/* Actions dropdown — less common operations */}
-              {(task.column !== "triage" || task.status === "awaiting-approval" || canRetryTask || isTaskPaused) && (
+              {(
+                task.column !== "triage"
+                || task.status === "awaiting-approval"
+                || canRetryTask
+                || isTaskPaused
+                || Boolean(task.assignedAgentId)
+              ) && (
                 <div className="detail-actions-dropdown" ref={actionsMenuRef}>
                   <button
                     className="btn btn-sm"
@@ -4359,8 +4365,11 @@ export function TaskDetailContent({
                         </button>
                       )}
 
-                      {/* Pause/Unpause */}
-                      {task.column !== "done" && !task.assignedAgentId && (
+                      {/*
+                      FNXC:TaskPauseControls 2026-06-21-00:00:
+                      Users may pause or unpause agent-assigned and agent-paused tasks at any time from the detail Actions menu. The Paused by agent note remains informational context, not a substitute for the actionable unpause control.
+                      */}
+                      {task.column !== "done" && task.column !== "archived" && (
                         <button
                           className="detail-actions-menu-item"
                           role="menuitem"
@@ -4369,7 +4378,7 @@ export function TaskDetailContent({
                           {isTaskPaused ? t("taskDetail.pause.unpauseBtn", "Unpause") : t("taskDetail.pause.pauseBtn", "Pause")}
                         </button>
                       )}
-                      {task.column !== "done" && task.paused && task.pausedByAgentId && (
+                      {task.column !== "done" && task.column !== "archived" && task.paused && task.pausedByAgentId && (
                         <span
                           className="detail-actions-menu-item detail-actions-menu-note"
                           role="note"
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/TaskDetailModal.definition-actions.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/TaskDetailModal.definition-actions.test.tsx
index 29b36b7507..be33cf48d7 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/TaskDetailModal.definition-actions.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/TaskDetailModal.definition-actions.test.tsx
@@ -943,14 +943,16 @@ describe("TaskDetailModal", () => {
       });
     });
 
-    it("hides Pause/Unpause button for agent-assigned tasks", async () => {
-      const { fetchAgent } = await import("../../api");
+    it("renders actionable Unpause button for agent-assigned paused tasks", async () => {
+      const { fetchAgent, unpauseTask } = await import("../../api");
       const mockFetchAgent = vi.mocked(fetchAgent);
+      const mockUnpauseTask = vi.mocked(unpauseTask);
       mockFetchAgent.mockResolvedValue({ id: "agent-1", name: "Agent 1", role: "executor", state: "active" } as any);
+      mockUnpauseTask.mockClear();
 
       render(
         <TaskDetailModal
-          task={makeTask({ column: "triage", paused: true, assignedAgentId: "agent-1" })}
+          task={makeTask({ id: "FN-ASSIGNED", column: "triage", paused: true, assignedAgentId: "agent-1" })}
           initialTab="definition"
           onClose={noop}
           onMoveTask={noopMove}
@@ -966,14 +968,15 @@ describe("TaskDetailModal", () => {
       });
 
       await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /actions/i }));
+      await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("menuitem", { name: "Unpause" }));
 
       await waitFor(() => {
-        expect(screen.queryByRole("menuitem", { name: "Pause" })).toBeNull();
-        expect(screen.queryByRole("menuitem", { name: "Unpause" })).toBeNull();
+        expect(mockUnpauseTask).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(mockUnpauseTask).toHaveBeenCalledWith("FN-ASSIGNED", undefined);
       });
     });
 
-    it("shows paused-by-agent indicator for agent-paused tasks", async () => {
+    it("shows paused-by-agent indicator alongside actionable Unpause for agent-paused tasks", async () => {
       const { fetchAgent } = await import("../../api");
       const mockFetchAgent = vi.mocked(fetchAgent);
       mockFetchAgent.mockResolvedValue({ id: "agent-1", name: "Agent 1", role: "executor", state: "paused" } as any);
@@ -997,9 +1000,91 @@ describe("TaskDetailModal", () => {
 
       await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /actions/i }));
 
+      expect(screen.getByRole("menuitem", { name: "Unpause" })).toBeTruthy();
       expect(await screen.findByText("Paused by agent")).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
+    it("renders actionable Pause button for agent-assigned tasks that are not paused", async () => {
+      const { fetchAgent, pauseTask } = await import("../../api");
+      const mockFetchAgent = vi.mocked(fetchAgent);
+      const mockPauseTask = vi.mocked(pauseTask);
+      mockFetchAgent.mockResolvedValue({ id: "agent-1", name: "Agent 1", role: "executor", state: "active" } as any);
+      mockPauseTask.mockClear();
+
+      render(
+        <TaskDetailModal
+          task={makeTask({ id: "FN-ASSIGNED", column: "triage", paused: false, userPaused: false, assignedAgentId: "agent-1" })}
+          initialTab="definition"
+          onClose={noop}
+          onMoveTask={noopMove}
+          onDeleteTask={noopDelete}
+          onMergeTask={noopMerge}
+          onOpenDetail={noopOpenDetail}
+          addToast={noop}
+        />,
+      );
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(mockFetchAgent).toHaveBeenCalledWith("agent-1", undefined);
+      });
+
+      await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /actions/i }));
+      await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("menuitem", { name: "Pause" }));
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(mockPauseTask).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(mockPauseTask).toHaveBeenCalledWith("FN-ASSIGNED", undefined);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it.each([
+      ["paused-only", { paused: true, userPaused: false }, "Unpause"],
+      ["userPaused-only", { paused: false, userPaused: true }, "Unpause"],
+      ["paused-and-userPaused", { paused: true, userPaused: true }, "Unpause"],
+      ["not-paused", { paused: false, userPaused: false }, "Pause"],
+    ])("uses the correct Pause/Unpause label for agent-assigned %s tasks", async (_name, state, expectedLabel) => {
+      const { fetchAgent } = await import("../../api");
+      const mockFetchAgent = vi.mocked(fetchAgent);
+      mockFetchAgent.mockResolvedValue({ id: "agent-1", name: "Agent 1", role: "executor", state: "active" } as any);
+
+      render(
+        <TaskDetailModal
+          task={makeTask({ column: "todo", assignedAgentId: "agent-1", ...state })}
+          initialTab="definition"
+          onClose={noop}
+          onMoveTask={noopMove}
+          onDeleteTask={noopDelete}
+          onMergeTask={noopMerge}
+          onOpenDetail={noopOpenDetail}
+          addToast={noop}
+        />,
+      );
+
+      await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /actions/i }));
+
+      expect(screen.getByRole("menuitem", { name: expectedLabel })).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
+    it.each(["done", "archived"])("hides Pause/Unpause button for %s tasks", async (column) => {
+      render(
+        <TaskDetailModal
+          task={makeTask({ column: column as "done" | "archived", paused: true, userPaused: true, assignedAgentId: "agent-1" })}
+          initialTab="definition"
+          onClose={noop}
+          onMoveTask={noopMove}
+          onDeleteTask={noopDelete}
+          onMergeTask={noopMerge}
+          onOpenDetail={noopOpenDetail}
+          addToast={noop}
+        />,
+      );
+
+      await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /actions/i }));
+
+      expect(screen.queryByRole("menuitem", { name: "Pause" })).toBeNull();
+      expect(screen.queryByRole("menuitem", { name: "Unpause" })).toBeNull();
+    });
+
     it("does NOT render Actions dropdown for a non-paused, non-awaiting-approval, non-retryable triage task", () => {
       render(
         <TaskDetailModal
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/src/routes/__tests__/register-task-workflow-routes.unpause.test.ts b/packages/dashboard/src/routes/__tests__/register-task-workflow-routes.unpause.test.ts
index 0e69d4cc71..09b81d52f0 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/src/routes/__tests__/register-task-workflow-routes.unpause.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/src/routes/__tests__/register-task-workflow-routes.unpause.test.ts
@@ -6,46 +6,83 @@ import type { TaskStore } from "@fusion/core";
 import { createApiRoutes } from "../../routes.js";
 import { request as REQUEST } from "../../test-request.js";
 
-describe("task workflow unpause route", () => {
+const makeTaskState = (overrides: Record<string, unknown> = {}) => ({
+  id: "FN-001",
+  description: "todo parked task",
+  column: "todo",
+  dependencies: [],
+  steps: [],
+  currentStep: 0,
+  log: [],
+  createdAt: "2026-05-15T00:00:00.000Z",
+  updatedAt: "2026-05-15T00:00:00.000Z",
+  paused: undefined,
+  userPaused: undefined,
+  ...overrides,
+} as any);
+
+const createPauseRouteHarness = (initialTaskState: any) => {
+  let taskState = initialTaskState;
+  const store: TaskStore = {
+    getRootDir: vi.fn(() => process.cwd()),
+    getTask: vi.fn(async () => taskState),
+    pauseTask: vi.fn(async (_id: string, paused: boolean) => {
+      taskState = {
+        ...taskState,
+        paused: paused ? true : undefined,
+        userPaused: paused ? taskState.userPaused : undefined,
+        pausedByAgentId: paused ? taskState.pausedByAgentId : undefined,
+      };
+      return taskState;
+    }),
+  } as unknown as TaskStore;
+
+  const app = express();
+  app.use(express.json());
+  app.use("/api", createApiRoutes(store));
+  return { app, store, getTaskState: () => taskState };
+};
+
+describe("task workflow pause routes", () => {
   it("clears userPaused latch for todo user-paused tasks", async () => {
-    let taskState = {
-      id: "FN-001",
-      description: "todo parked task",
-      column: "todo",
-      dependencies: [],
-      steps: [],
-      currentStep: 0,
-      log: [],
-      createdAt: "2026-05-15T00:00:00.000Z",
-      updatedAt: "2026-05-15T00:00:00.000Z",
-      paused: undefined,
-      userPaused: true,
-    } as any;
-
-    const store: TaskStore = {
-      getRootDir: vi.fn(() => process.cwd()),
-      getTask: vi.fn(async () => taskState),
-      pauseTask: vi.fn(async (_id: string, paused: boolean) => {
-        taskState = {
-          ...taskState,
-          paused: paused ? true : undefined,
-          userPaused: paused ? taskState.userPaused : undefined,
-        };
-        return taskState;
-      }),
-    } as unknown as TaskStore;
-
-    const app = express();
-    app.use(express.json());
-    app.use("/api", createApiRoutes(store));
+    const { app, store, getTaskState } = createPauseRouteHarness(makeTaskState({ userPaused: true }));
 
     const res = await REQUEST(app, "POST", "/api/tasks/FN-001/unpause", JSON.stringify({}), {
       "content-type": "application/json",
     });
 
     expect(res.status).toBe(200);
-    expect(taskState.userPaused).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(taskState.userPaused === true).toBe(false);
+    expect(getTaskState().userPaused).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(getTaskState().userPaused === true).toBe(false);
     expect(store.pauseTask).toHaveBeenCalledWith("FN-001", false);
   });
+
+  it("allows agent-assigned paused tasks to be manually unpaused", async () => {
+    const { app, store, getTaskState } = createPauseRouteHarness(makeTaskState({
+      assignedAgentId: "agent-1",
+      paused: true,
+      pausedByAgentId: "agent-1",
+    }));
+
+    const res = await REQUEST(app, "POST", "/api/tasks/FN-001/unpause", JSON.stringify({}), {
+      "content-type": "application/json",
+    });
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(getTaskState().paused).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(getTaskState().pausedByAgentId).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(store.pauseTask).toHaveBeenCalledWith("FN-001", false);
+  });
+
+  it("allows agent-assigned tasks to be manually paused", async () => {
+    const { app, store, getTaskState } = createPauseRouteHarness(makeTaskState({ assignedAgentId: "agent-1" }));
+
+    const res = await REQUEST(app, "POST", "/api/tasks/FN-001/pause", JSON.stringify({}), {
+      "content-type": "application/json",
+    });
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(getTaskState().paused).toBe(true);
+    expect(store.pauseTask).toHaveBeenCalledWith("FN-001", true);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/src/routes/register-task-workflow-routes.ts b/packages/dashboard/src/routes/register-task-workflow-routes.ts
index d452ca5743..b991770a0d 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/src/routes/register-task-workflow-routes.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/src/routes/register-task-workflow-routes.ts
@@ -2222,14 +2222,15 @@ export function registerTaskWorkflowRoutes(ctx: ApiRoutesContext, deps: TaskWork
     }
   });
 
+  /*
+  FNXC:TaskPauseControls 2026-06-21-00:00:
+  Agent-assigned tasks must remain manually recoverable from approval-gating and other pauses. The engine still owns automatic pauses recorded with pausedByAgentId, while pauseTask(id, false) clears pausedByAgentId and userPaused so a human unpause can resume dispatch.
+  */
   // Pause task
   router.post("/tasks/:id/pause", async (req, res) => {
     try {
       const { store: scopedStore } = await getProjectContext(req);
-      const task = await scopedStore.getTask(req.params.id);
-      if (task.assignedAgentId) {
-        throw conflict(`Cannot manually pause/unpause task assigned to agent ${task.assignedAgentId}. Use agent pause controls instead.`);
-      }
+      await scopedStore.getTask(req.params.id);
       const updated = await scopedStore.pauseTask(req.params.id, true);
       res.json(updated);
     } catch (err: unknown) {
@@ -2244,10 +2245,7 @@ export function registerTaskWorkflowRoutes(ctx: ApiRoutesContext, deps: TaskWork
   router.post("/tasks/:id/unpause", async (req, res) => {
     try {
       const { store: scopedStore } = await getProjectContext(req);
-      const task = await scopedStore.getTask(req.params.id);
-      if (task.assignedAgentId) {
-        throw conflict(`Cannot manually pause/unpause task assigned to agent ${task.assignedAgentId}. Use agent pause controls instead.`);
-      }
+      await scopedStore.getTask(req.params.id);
       const updated = await scopedStore.pauseTask(req.params.id, false);
       res.json(updated);
     } catch (err: unknown) {