---
title: "Cancel execution"
description: "Cancel a running execution. Only executions in 'pending' or 'running'\nstatus can be cancelled.\n"
source: https://flowdrop.io/docs/api/pipeline/cancelExecution
site: FlowDrop documentation
---
# Cancel execution
`POST /executions/{id}/cancel`

Cancel a running execution. Only executions in 'pending' or 'running'
status can be cancelled.

## Parameters

- `id` · in path · string · required — Execution/Pipeline UUID

## Responses

- `200` — Execution cancelled successfully (`application/json`: object)
- `404` — Resource not found (`application/json`: ErrorResponse)
- `409` — Execution cannot be cancelled (`application/json`: ErrorResponse)
- `500` — Internal server error (`application/json`: ErrorResponse)

*Tags: Pipeline*