---
title: "Cancel an agent action"
method: POST
path: "/api/fleet/agents/actions/{actionId}/cancel"
tags: ["Elastic Agent actions"]
---

# Cancel an agent action

`POST /api/fleet/agents/actions/{actionId}/cancel`

**Spaces method and path for this operation:**

<div><span class="operation-verb post">post</span>&nbsp;<span class="operation-path">/s/{space_id}/api/fleet/agents/actions/{actionId}/cancel</span></div>

Refer to [Spaces](https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/manage-spaces) for more information.

Cancel a pending action for a specific agent.<br/><br/>[Required authorization] Route required privileges: fleet-agents-all.

## Path parameters

- `actionId` string, required

## Headers

- `kbn-xsrf` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful response

- object
  - `item` object, required
    - `ack_data` unknown, required
    - `agents` string[]
    - `created_at` string, required
    - `data` unknown, required
    - `expiration` string
    - `id` string, required
    - `minimum_execution_duration` number
    - `namespaces` string[]
    - `rollout_duration_seconds` number
    - `sent_at` string
    - `source_uri` string
    - `start_time` string
    - `total` number
    - `type` string, required

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request

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