diff --git a/ee/app/workers/ai/active_context/bulk_process_worker.rb b/ee/app/workers/ai/active_context/bulk_process_worker.rb
index 52bc8ed0667b105342587c7f53bc4692041d068c..fa6e80ae541a233b8c69d175bf0493e6a6582a0d 100644
--- a/ee/app/workers/ai/active_context/bulk_process_worker.rb
+++ b/ee/app/workers/ai/active_context/bulk_process_worker.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class BulkProcessWorker
       urgency :low
       data_consistency :sticky
       loggable_arguments 0, 1
+      pause_control :active_context
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/sidekiq_middleware/pause_control.rb b/lib/gitlab/sidekiq_middleware/pause_control.rb
index 510a43eb41df5522f6bdd456f2b0d3eeb3cbbc45..aed1c9a28f25fb8fa25d997740887c749597e4e2 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/sidekiq_middleware/pause_control.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/sidekiq_middleware/pause_control.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ module PauseControl
         zoekt: ::Gitlab::SidekiqMiddleware::PauseControl::Strategies::Zoekt,
         none: ::Gitlab::SidekiqMiddleware::PauseControl::Strategies::None,
         advanced_search: ::Gitlab::SidekiqMiddleware::PauseControl::Strategies::AdvancedSearch,
+        active_context: ::Gitlab::SidekiqMiddleware::PauseControl::Strategies::ActiveContext,
         deprecated: ::Gitlab::SidekiqMiddleware::PauseControl::Strategies::Deprecated
       }.freeze
 
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/sidekiq_middleware/pause_control/strategies/active_context.rb b/lib/gitlab/sidekiq_middleware/pause_control/strategies/active_context.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4b8073bf3f38625af6ea6dd63f2705ce2e3f23e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gitlab/sidekiq_middleware/pause_control/strategies/active_context.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Gitlab
+  module SidekiqMiddleware
+    module PauseControl
+      module Strategies
+        class ActiveContext < Base
+          def should_pause?
+            return false unless ::ActiveContext.indexing?
+
+            return false if ::ActiveContext.adapter.name == 'postgresql'
+
+            return Gitlab::CurrentSettings.elasticsearch_pause_indexing if use_advanced_search_config?
+
+            # TODO: introduce an ActiveContext-specific setting here
+            false
+          end
+
+          def use_advanced_search_config?
+            ::ActiveContext.adapter.connection.options[:use_advanced_search_config]
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end