---
title: "Stops a specific job from running on the server."
method: POST
path: "/user_jobs/{job_id}/cancel"
tags: ["Jobs"]
---

# Stops a specific job from running on the server.

`POST /user_jobs/{job_id}/cancel`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://h2ogpte.genai.h2o.ai/api/v1`
- URL: `https://h2ogpte.genai.h2o.ai/api/v1/user_jobs/{job_id}/cancel`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/docs/user_jobs/:job_id/cancel/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

As an admin, stops a specific user job from running on the server.

## Path parameters

- `job_id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `cancel_reason` string: Optional reason for canceling the job.

## Response `204`

Successful operation

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API key
- `default`: Unexpected error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/revisions/a82a117320f4?raw)