# Stopping Group Replication on a DB instance in an active-active cluster
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You can stop Group Replication on a DB instance in an active-active cluster. When you stop Group Replication, the DB instance is placed in super-read-only mode until replication is restarted or that DB instance is removed from the active-active cluster. For information about super-read-only mode, see the [ MySQL documentation](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/server-system-variables.html#sysvar_super_read_only).

**To stop Group Replication temporarily for an active-active cluster**

1. Connect to a DB instance in the active-active cluster using a SQL client.

   For more information about connecting to an RDS for MySQL DB instance, see [Connecting to your MySQL DB instance](USER_ConnectToInstance.md).

1. In the SQL client, call the [mysql.rds\$1group\$1replication\$1stop](mysql-stored-proc-active-active-clusters.md#mysql_rds_group_replication_stop) stored procedure:

   ```
   call mysql.rds_group_replication_stop();
   ```