diff --git a/src/som/primitives/actors/CreateActorPrim.java b/src/som/primitives/actors/CreateActorPrim.java
index dc318c334..3343cd04d 100644
--- a/src/som/primitives/actors/CreateActorPrim.java
+++ b/src/som/primitives/actors/CreateActorPrim.java
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ public final SFarReference createActor(final VirtualFrame frame, final Object re
       final SClass actorClass = (SClass) argument;
       KomposTrace.activityCreation(ActivityType.ACTOR, actor.getId(),
           actorClass.getName(), sourceSection);
+      //to keep all the created actors, this information is needed for example when pausing a running actor without specifying a breakpoint
+      TracingActor.saveActor(actor);
     }
     return ref;
   }
diff --git a/src/tools/concurrency/TracingActors.java b/src/tools/concurrency/TracingActors.java
index 7d09f5352..0a02eeeab 100644
--- a/src/tools/concurrency/TracingActors.java
+++ b/src/tools/concurrency/TracingActors.java
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 package tools.concurrency;
 
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.LinkedList;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Queue;
-import java.util.WeakHashMap;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool;
 import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
 
@@ -42,6 +38,11 @@ public static class TracingActor extends Actor {
      */
     protected boolean stepToNextTurn;
 
+    /**
+     * Saves all ids and the instances of the actors created in the system.
+     */
+    private static Map<Long, Actor> allActors = new HashMap<>();
+
     public TracingActor(final VM vm) {
       super(vm);
       this.activityId = TracingActivityThread.newEntityId(vm);
@@ -120,6 +121,14 @@ public static void handleBreakpointsAndStepping(final EventualMessage msg,
     public DeserializationBuffer getDeserializationBuffer() {
       return null;
     }
+
+    public static void saveActor(Actor actor) {
+      allActors.put(actor.getId(), actor);
+    }
+
+    public static Actor getActorById(long actorId){
+      return allActors.get(actorId);
+    }
   }
 
   public static final class ReplayActor extends TracingActor {
diff --git a/src/tools/debugger/FrontendConnector.java b/src/tools/debugger/FrontendConnector.java
index be87a92c8..ed1032dd2 100644
--- a/src/tools/debugger/FrontendConnector.java
+++ b/src/tools/debugger/FrontendConnector.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 import bd.source.SourceCoordinate;
 import bd.source.TaggedSourceCoordinate;
+import som.interpreter.actors.Actor;
 import som.vm.VmSettings;
 import som.vmobjects.SSymbol;
 import tools.Tagging;
@@ -41,18 +42,10 @@
 import tools.debugger.entities.SendOp;
 import tools.debugger.entities.SteppingType;
 import tools.debugger.frontend.Suspension;
-import tools.debugger.message.InitializationResponse;
-import tools.debugger.message.Message;
+import tools.debugger.message.*;
 import tools.debugger.message.Message.OutgoingMessage;
-import tools.debugger.message.ProgramInfoResponse;
-import tools.debugger.message.ScopesResponse;
-import tools.debugger.message.SourceMessage;
 import tools.debugger.message.SourceMessage.SourceData;
-import tools.debugger.message.StackTraceResponse;
-import tools.debugger.message.StoppedMessage;
-import tools.debugger.message.SymbolMessage;
 import tools.debugger.message.VariablesRequest.FilterType;
-import tools.debugger.message.VariablesResponse;
 import tools.debugger.session.Breakpoints;
 import tools.debugger.session.LineBreakpoint;
 
@@ -320,7 +313,11 @@ public Suspension getSuspensionForGlobalId(final long globalId) {
     return webDebugger.getSuspension(TraceData.getActivityIdFromGlobalValId(globalId));
   }
 
-  static void log(final String str) {
+  public Actor getActorById(final long activityId) {
+    return webDebugger.getActorById(activityId);
+  }
+
+  public static void log(final String str) {
     // Checkstyle: stop
     System.out.println(str);
     // Checkstyle: resume
diff --git a/src/tools/debugger/RuntimeReflectionRegistration.java b/src/tools/debugger/RuntimeReflectionRegistration.java
index a3a642e25..94f95ddc4 100644
--- a/src/tools/debugger/RuntimeReflectionRegistration.java
+++ b/src/tools/debugger/RuntimeReflectionRegistration.java
@@ -14,24 +14,9 @@
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.oracle.svm.core.annotate.AutomaticFeature;
 
-import tools.debugger.message.InitializationResponse;
-import tools.debugger.message.InitializeConnection;
+import tools.debugger.message.*;
 import tools.debugger.message.Message.IncommingMessage;
 import tools.debugger.message.Message.OutgoingMessage;
-import tools.debugger.message.ProgramInfoRequest;
-import tools.debugger.message.ProgramInfoResponse;
-import tools.debugger.message.ScopesRequest;
-import tools.debugger.message.ScopesResponse;
-import tools.debugger.message.SourceMessage;
-import tools.debugger.message.StackTraceRequest;
-import tools.debugger.message.StackTraceResponse;
-import tools.debugger.message.StepMessage;
-import tools.debugger.message.StoppedMessage;
-import tools.debugger.message.SymbolMessage;
-import tools.debugger.message.TraceDataRequest;
-import tools.debugger.message.UpdateBreakpoint;
-import tools.debugger.message.VariablesRequest;
-import tools.debugger.message.VariablesResponse;
 import tools.debugger.session.BreakpointInfo;
 import tools.debugger.session.LineBreakpoint;
 import tools.debugger.session.SectionBreakpoint;
@@ -91,6 +76,7 @@ public void register(final String name, final Class<?> klass) {
     inMsgs.register(VariablesRequest.class);
     inMsgs.register(ProgramInfoRequest.class);
     inMsgs.register(TraceDataRequest.class);
+    inMsgs.register("pauseActorMessageReceiver", PauseActorRequest.class);
 
     ClassGroup bps = new ClassGroup(BreakpointInfo.class, "type", true);
     bps.register(LineBreakpoint.class);
diff --git a/src/tools/debugger/WebDebugger.java b/src/tools/debugger/WebDebugger.java
index 593e19bf1..3da030237 100644
--- a/src/tools/debugger/WebDebugger.java
+++ b/src/tools/debugger/WebDebugger.java
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@
 
 import bd.source.SourceCoordinate;
 import som.VM;
+import som.interpreter.actors.Actor;
 import som.vm.Activity;
 import som.vm.Symbols;
 import tools.TraceData;
 import tools.concurrency.TracingActivityThread;
+import tools.concurrency.TracingActors;
 import tools.debugger.frontend.Suspension;
 import tools.debugger.session.Breakpoints;
 
@@ -178,5 +180,9 @@ public Breakpoints getBreakpoints() {
     return breakpoints;
   }
 
+  public Actor getActorById(long actorId) {
+    return TracingActors.TracingActor.getActorById(actorId);
+  }
+
   private static Gson jsonProcessor = RuntimeReflectionRegistration.createJsonProcessor();
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/debugger/message/PauseActorRequest.java b/src/tools/debugger/message/PauseActorRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93a3af1ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/debugger/message/PauseActorRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package tools.debugger.message;
+
+import org.java_websocket.WebSocket;
+import som.interpreter.actors.Actor;
+import tools.debugger.FrontendConnector;
+
+public class PauseActorRequest extends Message.IncommingMessage {
+    private final long actorId;
+
+    public PauseActorRequest() {
+        actorId = -1;
+    }
+
+    public PauseActorRequest(long actorId) {
+        this.actorId = actorId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void process(FrontendConnector connector, WebSocket conn) {
+        Actor actor = connector.getActorById(this.actorId);
+        assert actor != null : "Failed to get actor for activityId: " + this.actorId;
+        actor.setStepToNextTurn(true);
+        FrontendConnector.log("[DEBUGGER] Actor "+actor.getId() +" will pause before processing the next message.");
+    }
+}