Deactivating and Reactivating Agentic Collections in Akto

Learn how to deactivate and reactivate agent and MCP collections in Akto.

Managing your agent and MCP collections effectively helps ensure optimal performance and control within Akto. Below is a step-by-step guide on how to deactivate and reactivate collections.

Deactivating a Collection

Deactivating a collection halts data ingestion, monitoring, and AI Red Teaming for that specific collection.

Steps to Deactivate

1. Navigate to Collections in the sidebar under Agentic Discovery

2. Select the checkbox next to the collection you wish to deactivate

3. Click on Deactivate collection at the bottom panel

4. Confirm the action in the pop-up dialog

Once a collection is deactivated, all associated agent components and MCP endpoints will be removed after 1 hour.

When to Deactivate

Consider deactivating a collection when:

• The agent or MCP server is being decommissioned

• You want to temporarily stop monitoring specific components

• The collection contains test or development agents no longer in use

• You need to reduce noise from inactive systems

Reactivating a Collection

To resume ingestion, monitoring, and AI Red Teaming, you can reactivate a previously deactivated collection.

Steps to Reactivate

1. Go to the Deactivated tab in the Collections view under Agentic Discovery

2. Select the collection(s) you want to reactivate

3. Click Reactivate collection from the bottom panel

4. Confirm the action in the pop-up dialog

After Reactivation

Once reactivated:

• Agent component discovery will resume

• Traffic analysis will restart

• AI Red Teaming will be enabled again

• Historical data (if retained) will become accessible