---
title: "Cancel a queued async request."
method: DELETE
path: "/async_request/{request_id}"
---

# Cancel a queued async request.

`DELETE /async_request/{request_id}`

Cancels an async request. Only requests with `QUEUED` status may be canceled. Rate limited to 20 requests per second.

## Path parameters

- `request_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Result of an async request cancellation.

- object
  - `request_id` string, required — The ID of the async request.
  - `canceled` boolean, required — Whether the request was canceled.
  - `message` string, required — Additional details about whether the request was canceled.

## Other responses

- `401` — Error response.
- `429` — Error response.

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