---
title: "Terminate or cancel a DAG-run"
method: POST
path: "/dag-runs/{name}/{dagRunId}/stop"
tags: ["dag-runs"]
---

# Terminate or cancel a DAG-run

`POST /dag-runs/{name}/{dagRunId}/stop`

Forcefully stops a running DAG-run, or cancels a failed root DAG-run that is still pending DAG-level automatic retry.

## Path parameters

- `name` string, regex, required — Name of the DAG
- `dagRunId` string, required — Unique identifier for the DAG-run. The special value 'latest' can be used to reference the most recent DAG-run.

## Query parameters

- `remoteNode` string

## Response `200`

A successful response

## Other responses

- `default` — Generic error response

## Changes

- **2026-07-23** (v1) `75b8e91aaf57` — 3 warning
  - added the new `conflict` enum value to the `code` response property for the response status `default`
  - added the new `human_task_resume_failed` enum value to the `code` response property for the response status `default`
  - added the new `payload_too_large` enum value to the `code` response property for the response status `default`
- **2026-05-24** (v1) `8a2d5d3e9608` — 1 warning
  - added the new `rate_limited` enum value to the `code` response property for the response status `default`
- **2026-04-30** (v1) `50e1d517afc1` — 1 info
  - removed the `rate_limited` enum value from the `code` response property for the response status `default`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/dagucloud/apis/dagu/changes/dag-runs/:name/:dagRunId/stop/post.md)

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