---
title: "Stop Bot"
method: POST
path: "/bot-orchestration/stop-bot"
tags: ["Bot Orchestration"]
---

# Stop Bot

`POST /bot-orchestration/stop-bot`

Stop a bot with the specified configuration.

Args:
    action: StopBotAction containing bot stop parameters
    bots_manager: Bot orchestrator service dependency
    db_manager: Database manager dependency

Returns:
    Dictionary with status and response from bot stop operation

## Request body

- StopBotAction — Action to stop a bot
  - `bot_name` string, required — Name of the bot instance to act upon
  - `skip_order_cancellation` boolean — Whether to skip cancelling open orders when stopping
  - `async_backend` boolean — Whether to run in async backend mode

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-04-08** `92703f48a69e` — 2 info
  - added the optional property `detail/items/ctx` to the response with the `422` status
  - added the optional property `detail/items/input` to the response with the `422` status
- **2026-01-18** `2ad95b6a84b2` — 1 breaking
  - the response's body type/format changed from `object`/`` to ``/`` for status `200`
- **2026-01-18** `576ec8539f76` — 1 breaking
  - the response's body type/format changed from ``/`` to `object`/`` for status `200`
- **2025-12-20** `1005bcd47280` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/hummingbot/apis/hummingbot-api/changes/bot-orchestration/stop-bot/post.md)

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