---
title: "Stop the recording"
method: POST
path: "/recording/stop"
---

# Stop the recording

`POST /recording/stop`

## Request body

- StopRecordingRequest
  - `forceStop` boolean — Immediately stop without graceful shutdown. This may result in a corrupted video file.
  - `id` string — Identifier of the recording session to stop, as passed to /recording/start. Alphanumeric or hyphen. When omitted, the default recording session is stopped.

## Response `200`

Recording stopped

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `500` — Internal Server Error

## Changes

- **2025-07-15** `34fa756d4915` — 1 info
  - added the new optional request property `id`
- **2025-06-27** `f980a92ab23f` — 1 warning
  - removed the request property `id`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/kernel/apis/kernel-images-api/changes/recording/stop/post.md)

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