---
title: "Cancel Capture"
method: POST
path: "/api/extension/captures/{capture_id}/cancel"
tags: ["extension"]
---

# Cancel Capture

`POST /api/extension/captures/{capture_id}/cancel`

Cancel a capture that hasn't started (pending) or is paused awaiting
input. A leg the worker is actively running is NOT interrupted — the
guarded update misses and the caller learns it's too late to cancel.

## Path parameters

- `capture_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

---

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