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Function runs Bulk Cancellation

In addition to providing SDK Cancellation features and a dedicated REST API endpoint, the Inngest Platform also features a Bulk Cancellation UI.

This feature comes in handy to quickly stop unwanted runs directly from your browser.

This feature is now generally available. Read the announcement here.

Cancelling Function runs

To cancel multiple Function runs, navigate to the Function's page on the Inngest Platform and open the “All actions” top right menu:

The bulk cancellation button can be found from a Function page, in the top right menu.

Clicking the “Bulk cancel” menu will open the following modal, asking you to select the date range that will be used to select and cancel Function runs:

The Bulk cancel modal is composed, from top to bottom, of an input to name the cancellation process and a date range selector. Once those information filled, a estimation of the impacted Function Runs. The cancellation cannot be started if no Function runs match the criteria.

The Bulk Cancellation will start cancelling the matching Function runs immediately; the Function runs list will update progressively, showing runs as cancelled:

Once the Bulk Cancellation completed, the impacted Function Runs will appear as "cancelled" in the Function Runs list.

You can access the history of running or completed Bulk Cancellation processes via the "Cancellation history" tab:

The "Cancellation history" tab lists all the Bulk Cancellations.

Considerations

Cancellation is useful to stop running Functions or cancel scheduled ones; however, keep in mind that:

  • Steps currently running on your Cloud Provider won't be forced to stop; the Function will cancel upon the current step's completion.
  • Cancelling a Function run does not prevent new runs from being enqueued. If you are looking to mitigate an unwanted loop or to cope with an abnormal number of executions, consider using Function Pausing.