---
title: "Cancel a batch job"
method: POST
path: "/v1/batch-jobs/{batchJobId}/cancel"
tags: ["Batch Processing"]
---

# Cancel a batch job

`POST /v1/batch-jobs/{batchJobId}/cancel`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://gateway.app.clavata.ai:8443`
- URL: `https://gateway.app.clavata.ai:8443/v1/batch-jobs/{batchJobId}/cancel`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/clavata/apis/clavata-public-api-v1/docs/v1/batch-jobs/:batchJobId/cancel/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Cancels a batch job. This will stop the batch job from being processed further. Policy-first endpoint: batch jobs are created from a `policy_id`.

## Path parameters

- `batchJobId` string, required

## Request body

- V1GatewayServiceCancelBatchJobBody

## Response `200`

A successful response.

- Clavatagatewayv1CancelBatchJobResponse
  - `batchJobId` string
  - `state` 'BATCH_JOB_STATE_UNSPECIFIED' | 'BATCH_JOB_STATE_ERROR' | 'BATCH_JOB_STATE_INITIALIZED' | 'BATCH_JOB_STATE_QUEUED' | 'BATCH_JOB_STATE_PREPROCESSING' | 'BATCH_JOB_STATE_PREPROCESSED' | 'BATCH_JOB_STATE_SUBMITTED' | 'BATCH_JOB_STATE_POSTPROCESSING' | 'BATCH_JOB_STATE_POSTPROCESSED' | 'BATCH_JOB_STATE_COMPLETED' | 'BATCH_JOB_STATE_CANCELLED' | 'BATCH_JOB_STATE_EVALUATING'
  - `error` V1BatchJobError
    - `errorCode` 'BATCH_JOB_ERROR_UNSPECIFIED' | 'BATCH_JOB_ERROR_INVALID_INPUT_FILE' | 'BATCH_JOB_ERROR_INVALID_POLICY' | 'BATCH_JOB_ERROR_INVALID_POLICY_VERSION' | 'BATCH_JOB_ERROR_INVALID_PRIORITY'
    - `errorMessage` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `429`: Too Many Requests
- `499`: Precheck Failures (Canceled)
- `default`: An unexpected error response.

## Changes

- **2026-08-26** `b7cf208dca32`: 1 warning
  - added the new `BATCH_JOB_STATE_EVALUATING` enum value to the `state` response property for the response status `200`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/clavata/apis/clavata-public-api-v1/changes/v1/batch-jobs/:batchJobId/cancel/post.md)

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