Stop async ES|QL query

  • POST /_query/async/{id}/stop
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

This API interrupts the query execution and returns the results so far. If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, only the user who first submitted the ES|QL query can stop it.

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Path Parameters

id string Id required

The unique identifier of the query. A query ID is provided in the ES|QL async query API response for a query that does not complete in the designated time. A query ID is also provided when the request was submitted with the keep_on_completion parameter set to true.

Query Parameters

drop_null_columns boolean · default: false

Indicates whether columns that are entirely null will be removed from the columns and values portion of the results. If true, the response will include an extra section under the name all_columns which has the name of all the columns.

Response