[[esql-async-query-stop-api]]
=== {esql} async query stop API
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<titleabbrev>{esql} async query stop API</titleabbrev>
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The <<esql,{esql}>> async query stop API is used to manually stop an async query. Once the stop command is issued,
the query stops processing new data and returns the results that have been already processed. Note that due to the pipelined
nature of {esql} queries, the stop operation is not immediate and may take time to return results.

The results are returned in <<esql-query-api-response-body,the same format>> as the
<<esql-async-query-get-api,{esql} async query get API>>.
If the query has been finished by the time the stop command is issued, the results are returned immediately.

If the query processing has not finished by the time the stop command is issued, the response will have the `is_partial`
field set to `true`.

[source,console]
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POST /query/async/FkpMRkJGS1gzVDRlM3g4ZzMyRGlLbkEaTXlJZHdNT09TU2VTZVBoNDM3cFZMUToxMDM=/stop
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// TEST[skip: no access to query ID]

[[esql-async-query-stop-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`POST /_query/async/<query_id>/stop`

[[esql-async-query-stop-api-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, only the authenticated user that submitted the original query request
can stop the query.

[[esql-async-query-stop-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<query_id>`::
(Required, string)
Identifier for the query to stop.
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A query ID is provided in the <<esql-async-query-api,{esql} async query API>>'s
response for a query that does not complete in the awaited time.