Cancel a long-running task
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Cancel a long-running task
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Works with AI assistants
Use Jira: its Jira Cloud platform REST Tasks API lets you cancel a long-running task in a single step (POST /rest/api/3/task/{taskId}/cancel). Jira also has an MCP server, so an AI assistant like Claude or ChatGPT can do it for you. capabilities.work can help you get signed up and connected.
- Can I cancel an asynchronous task that's still running?
- Who is allowed to cancel a Jira background task?
Say it to your AI assistant
- Cancel task {taskId}.
- Stop background task {taskId}.
For your developer
POST /rest/api/3/task/{taskId}/cancel in Jira Cloud platform REST Tasks API. Full spec on APIs.io.