[[terminate-processor]]
=== Terminate processor

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<titleabbrev>Terminate</titleabbrev>
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Terminates the current ingest pipeline, causing no further processors to be run.
This will normally be executed conditionally, using the `if` option.

If this pipeline is being called from another pipeline, the calling pipeline is *not* terminated.

[[terminate-options]]
.Terminate Options
[options="header"]
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| Name        | Required | Default | Description
include::common-options.asciidoc[]
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[source,js]
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{
  "description" : "terminates the current pipeline if the error field is present",
  "terminate": {
    "if": "ctx.error != null"
  }
}
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// NOTCONSOLE