@dc42 I see, I expected the file to be "reloaded" after saving and then not being found afterwards because of the renaming. Thank you for the solution!
I have another axis defined, which I don't use for normal printing.
If this axis is not homed then pause.g isn't executed.
Homing all axis solves my issue
@nikscha currently commanding torque mode does not enable the driver, hence the need to command M17 or a normal move first. I will raise a Github issue about this.