diff --git a/src/networking.c b/src/networking.c
index 48e397e6f4..b89cf93013 100644
--- a/src/networking.c
+++ b/src/networking.c
@@ -4520,12 +4520,30 @@ void flushReplicasOutputBuffers(void) {
     }
 }
 
-mstime_t getPausedActionTimeout(uint32_t action) {
+char *getPausedReason(pause_purpose purpose) {
+    switch (purpose) {
+    case PAUSE_BY_CLIENT_COMMAND:
+        return "client_pause";
+    case PAUSE_DURING_SHUTDOWN:
+        return "shutdown_in_progress";
+    case PAUSE_DURING_FAILOVER:
+        return "failover_in_progress";
+    case NUM_PAUSE_PURPOSES:
+        return "none";
+    default:
+        return "Unknown pause reason";
+    }
+}
+
+mstime_t getPausedActionTimeout(uint32_t action, pause_purpose *purpose) {
     mstime_t timeout = 0;
+    *purpose = NUM_PAUSE_PURPOSES;
     for (int i = 0; i < NUM_PAUSE_PURPOSES; i++) {
         pause_event *p = &(server.client_pause_per_purpose[i]);
-        if (p->paused_actions & action && (p->end - server.mstime) > timeout)
+        if (p->paused_actions & action && (p->end - server.mstime) > timeout) {
             timeout = p->end - server.mstime;
+            *purpose = i;
+        }
     }
     return timeout;
 }
diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index 8255b57e25..44e14c5803 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -5669,14 +5669,18 @@ sds genValkeyInfoString(dict *section_dict, int all_sections, int everything) {
         getExpansiveClientsInfo(&maxin, &maxout);
         totalNumberOfStatefulKeys(&blocking_keys, &blocking_keys_on_nokey, &watched_keys);
 
+        pause_purpose purpose;
+        char *paused_reason = "none";
         char *paused_actions = "none";
         long long paused_timeout = 0;
         if (server.paused_actions & PAUSE_ACTION_CLIENT_ALL) {
             paused_actions = "all";
-            paused_timeout = getPausedActionTimeout(PAUSE_ACTION_CLIENT_ALL);
+            paused_timeout = getPausedActionTimeout(PAUSE_ACTION_CLIENT_ALL, &purpose);
+            paused_reason = getPausedReason(purpose);
         } else if (server.paused_actions & PAUSE_ACTION_CLIENT_WRITE) {
             paused_actions = "write";
-            paused_timeout = getPausedActionTimeout(PAUSE_ACTION_CLIENT_WRITE);
+            paused_timeout = getPausedActionTimeout(PAUSE_ACTION_CLIENT_WRITE, &purpose);
+            paused_reason = getPausedReason(purpose);
         }
 
         if (sections++) info = sdscat(info, "\r\n");
@@ -5696,6 +5700,7 @@ sds genValkeyInfoString(dict *section_dict, int all_sections, int everything) {
                 "total_watched_keys:%lu\r\n", watched_keys,
                 "total_blocking_keys:%lu\r\n", blocking_keys,
                 "total_blocking_keys_on_nokey:%lu\r\n", blocking_keys_on_nokey,
+                "paused_reason:%s\r\n", paused_reason,
                 "paused_actions:%s\r\n", paused_actions,
                 "paused_timeout_milliseconds:%lld\r\n", paused_timeout));
     }
diff --git a/src/server.h b/src/server.h
index d186d16c73..83b52dba72 100644
--- a/src/server.h
+++ b/src/server.h
@@ -2714,7 +2714,8 @@ void pauseActions(pause_purpose purpose, mstime_t end, uint32_t actions);
 void unpauseActions(pause_purpose purpose);
 uint32_t isPausedActions(uint32_t action_bitmask);
 uint32_t isPausedActionsWithUpdate(uint32_t action_bitmask);
-mstime_t getPausedActionTimeout(uint32_t action);
+char *getPausedReason(pause_purpose purpose);
+mstime_t getPausedActionTimeout(uint32_t action, pause_purpose *purpose);
 void updatePausedActions(void);
 void unblockPostponedClients(void);
 void processEventsWhileBlocked(void);
diff --git a/tests/unit/pause.tcl b/tests/unit/pause.tcl
index 9697c3b44e..08ded13018 100644
--- a/tests/unit/pause.tcl
+++ b/tests/unit/pause.tcl
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 start_server {tags {"pause network"}} {
-    test "Test check paused_actions in info stats" {
+    test "Test check paused info in info clients" {
+        assert_equal [s paused_reason] "none"
         assert_equal [s paused_actions] "none"
         assert_equal [s paused_timeout_milliseconds] 0
 
         r client PAUSE 10000 WRITE
+        assert_equal [s paused_reason] "client_pause"
         assert_equal [s paused_actions] "write"
         after 1000
         set timeout [s paused_timeout_milliseconds]
@@ -13,9 +15,14 @@ start_server {tags {"pause network"}} {
         r multi
         r client PAUSE 1000 ALL
         r info clients
-        assert_match "*paused_actions:all*" [r exec]
+        set res [r exec]
+        assert_match "*paused_reason:client_pause*" $res
+        assert_match "*paused_actions:all*" $res
 
         r client unpause
+        assert_equal [s paused_reason] "none"
+        assert_equal [s paused_actions] "none"
+        assert_equal [s paused_timeout_milliseconds] 0
     }
 
     test "Test read commands are not blocked by client pause" {
@@ -408,3 +415,18 @@ start_server {tags {"pause network"}} {
     # Make sure we unpause at the end
     r client unpause
 }
+
+start_cluster 1 1 {tags {"external:skip cluster pause network"}} {
+    test "Test check paused info during the cluster failover in info clients" {
+        assert_equal [s 0 paused_reason] "none"
+        assert_equal [s 0 paused_actions] "none"
+        assert_equal [s 0 paused_timeout_milliseconds] 0
+
+        R 1 cluster failover
+        wait_for_log_messages 0 {"*Manual failover requested by replica*"} 0 10 1000
+
+        assert_equal [s 0 paused_reason] "failover_in_progress"
+        assert_equal [s 0 paused_actions] "write"
+        assert_morethan [s 0 paused_timeout_milliseconds] 0
+    }
+}