---
title: "Kill a detached command"
method: POST
path: "/preview/nodes/{name}/commands/{id}/kill"
tags: ["nodes"]
---

# Kill a detached command

`POST /preview/nodes/{name}/commands/{id}/kill`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://autoresearch.sfcompute.com`
- URL: `https://autoresearch.sfcompute.com/preview/nodes/{name}/commands/{id}/kill`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Kill a detached command: TERM to its whole process group, then KILL after 10s. SCOPE: one process group inside your own node's container - the node, its files, its other commands, and everything outside that container keep running. Ending a run you are no longer waiting on is routine and the cheap direction: it bills node time until it exits. Idempotent: killing a command that already finished returns its current state, never an error. The log keeps everything written so far; get_command shows the final state and exit code.

## Path parameters

- `name` string, required: Node name (from `list_nodes`).
- `id` string, required: The cmd-... id returned by run_command(detach:true) (or list_commands).

## Query parameters

- `workspace` string

## Response `200`

The capability's JSON result.

- Result: The capability's result: the same object the MCP tool returns as structuredContent. Resources carry an `object` type discriminator and an immutable id; money is integer micro-dollars in `*_usd_micros` fields.
  - `object` string: The resource type, when the result is one resource.

## Other responses

- `400`: Malformed request: bad JSON, a parameter that does not parse, or a value outside its range. Code `invalid`.
- `401`: No bearer token, or one this API cannot verify. Code `unauthenticated`.
- `403`: Authenticated, but the token's scopes or the account's role do not reach this operation. The message names the scope word to request. Code `forbidden`.
- `404`: No such route. Code `not_found`; the body names the OpenAPI document.
- `422`: A well-formed request the platform declined: no such node, a cap reached, a state that forbids the move. The message says which, and what to do instead. Code `refused`.
- `429`: Over this door's per-customer budget. Wait `Retry-After` seconds. Code `rate_limited`.
- `500`: Our fault. Retry; if it persists, quote the request-id. Code `internal`.

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