> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.getcliq.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Stop an instance > Stops a run that is going: the agent process running now is sent `SIGTERM` and the run is marked `cancelled`. Stopping a run that has already finished does nothing and returns `stopped: false`. From the CLI: `cliq instance stop `. No credential is needed from this machine. From another host, send `Authorization: Bearer` with a dispatch token CliqHub signed for this daemon or a `cliq_tok_…` personal token of a user in the daemon's realm; this only works once the daemon is connected to CliqHub. See [Authentication](/daemon-api/overview#authentication). ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi/daemon-by-tag/daemon-instances.yaml post /v1/instances/stop openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: cliqd API version: 1.9.48 description: >- HTTP API of `cliqd`, the local Cliq daemon. Generated from the daemon source by `scripts/generate_daemon_openapi.mjs` — do not edit by hand. See the [overview](/daemon-api/overview). servers: - url: http://127.0.0.1:4900 description: Local daemon (default port; `CLIQ_DAEMON_PORT` changes it) security: [] tags: - name: Daemon Instances description: >- An **instance** is a run seen from the process side: where it executes (on this machine or in a Docker container) and how to stop it. The instance id is the run id; the run's name works too. Used by `cliq instance list | info | stop`. paths: /v1/instances/stop: post: tags: - Daemon Instances summary: Stop an instance description: >- Stops a run that is going: the agent process running now is sent `SIGTERM` and the run is marked `cancelled`. Stopping a run that has already finished does nothing and returns `stopped: false`. From the CLI: `cliq instance stop `. No credential is needed from this machine. From another host, send `Authorization: Bearer` with a dispatch token CliqHub signed for this daemon or a `cliq_tok_…` personal token of a user in the daemon's realm; this only works once the daemon is connected to CliqHub. See [Authentication](/daemon-api/overview#authentication). operationId: daemon_post_instances_stop requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: instance_id: type: string minLength: 1 description: Instance (run) id required: - instance_id examples: default: value: instance_id: fix-login-timeout responses: '200': description: Success. content: application/json: schema: type: object required: - ok - data properties: ok: type: boolean const: true data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/InstanceStopped' example: ok: true data: stopped: true '400': description: >- `PAYLOAD_INVALID` — The body (query string for `GET`) fails the request schema. `details` lists each issue. `BAD_REQUEST` — The body is not valid JSON or is larger than the route allows (10 MB; artifact uploads more). content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorReply' examples: PAYLOAD_INVALID: summary: PAYLOAD_INVALID value: ok: false error: code: PAYLOAD_INVALID message: >- instance_id: Invalid input: expected string, received undefined details: - path: instance_id message: 'Invalid input: expected string, received undefined' BAD_REQUEST: summary: BAD_REQUEST value: ok: false error: code: BAD_REQUEST message: >- Request body could not be read: Unexpected token } in JSON at position 12 '401': description: >- `UNAUTHORIZED` — A caller on another host sent no `Authorization: Bearer` token, or one that does not verify (expired, wrong audience). content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorReply' examples: UNAUTHORIZED: summary: UNAUTHORIZED value: ok: false error: code: UNAUTHORIZED message: Missing or invalid Authorization Bearer token '403': description: >- `WEB_REQUEST_REFUSED` — The request carries an `Origin` header (it came from a web page). `HOST_NOT_LOCAL` — A loopback caller addressed a `Host` other than localhost (DNS rebinding guard). `LOCAL_ONLY` — The daemon isn't connected to CliqHub (no dispatch key) and the caller is on another host. `FORBIDDEN` — A `cliq_tok_…` token's user is not in this daemon's realm ACL, or the ACL is not loaded yet. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorReply' examples: WEB_REQUEST_REFUSED: summary: WEB_REQUEST_REFUSED value: ok: false error: code: WEB_REQUEST_REFUSED message: cliqd doesn't accept requests from web pages HOST_NOT_LOCAL: summary: HOST_NOT_LOCAL value: ok: false error: code: HOST_NOT_LOCAL message: cliqd only answers requests addressed to localhost LOCAL_ONLY: summary: LOCAL_ONLY value: ok: false error: code: LOCAL_ONLY message: >- This cliqd isn't connected to CliqHub yet, so from another machine it only accepts a local token (minted by tokens/create on the machine running cliqd) FORBIDDEN: summary: FORBIDDEN value: ok: false error: code: FORBIDDEN message: Access denied — identity not in realm ACL '404': description: '`INSTANCE_NOT_FOUND` — No run has this id or name.' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorReply' examples: INSTANCE_NOT_FOUND: summary: INSTANCE_NOT_FOUND value: ok: false error: code: INSTANCE_NOT_FOUND message: Instance 'fix-login-timeout' not found '500': description: >- `INTERNAL_ERROR` — An unexpected daemon fault. The message names the request id; the cause is in the cliqd log. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorReply' examples: INTERNAL_ERROR: summary: INTERNAL_ERROR value: ok: false error: code: INTERNAL_ERROR message: >- cliqd hit an unexpected error (request 7f3a…). Details are in the cliqd log. security: - {} - DaemonBearer: [] components: schemas: InstanceStopped: type: object required: - stopped properties: stopped: type: boolean description: >- `true` when the run was going and is now `cancelled`; `false` when it had already finished (nothing was done). example: true ErrorReply: type: object description: >- Every failure. Switch on `error.code` — it is stable; `message` is for people and may change. required: - ok - error properties: ok: type: boolean const: false error: type: object required: - code - message properties: code: type: string description: Stable error code. See [Errors](/daemon-api/errors). example: TEAM_NOT_FOUND message: type: string description: What went wrong and, where possible, what to do. example: Team 'acme/code-review' not found details: description: >- Structured detail when there is some: the list of schema issues for `PAYLOAD_INVALID`, the agent problems for `TEAM_AGENT_CONFIG_REQUIRED`, … securitySchemes: DaemonBearer: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- Not needed from the same machine. From another host: a dispatch JWT CliqHub signed for this daemon, or a `cliq_tok_…` personal token whose user is in the daemon's realm. ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.