---
title: "Stop a container"
method: POST
path: "/containers/{id}/stop"
---

# Stop a container

`POST /containers/{id}/stop`

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `signal` integer, nullable
  - `timeoutSeconds` integer, nullable

## Response `204`

Container stopped

## Other responses

- `404` — Resource not found
- `409` — Resource conflict

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[API](https://skmtc.net/full-chaos/apis/container-compose-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/full-chaos/apis/container-compose-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/full-chaos/container-compose-api/versions/7bf76e7a9941/schema)