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Batch

Cancel batch

Cancels an in-progress batch. The batch will be in status cancelling for up to 10 minutes, before changing to cancelled, where it will have partial results (if any) available in the output file.

post/batches/{batch_id}/cancel

Path parameters

batch_idstring required

The ID of the batch to cancel.

Response

Batch is cancelling. Returns the cancelling batch's details.

idstring required
object'batch' required

The object type, which is always batch.

endpointstring required

The OpenAI API endpoint used by the batch.

modelstring

Model ID used to process the batch, like gpt-5-2025-08-07. OpenAI offers a wide range of models with different capabilities, performance characteristics, and price points. Refer to the model guide to browse and compare available models.

input_file_idstring required

The ID of the input file for the batch.

completion_windowstring required

The time frame within which the batch should be processed.

status'validating' | 'failed' | 'in_progress' | 'finalizing' | 'completed' | 'expired' | 'cancelling' | 'cancelled' required

The current status of the batch.

output_file_idstring

The ID of the file containing the outputs of successfully executed requests.

error_file_idstring

The ID of the file containing the outputs of requests with errors.

created_atinteger required

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the batch was created.

in_progress_atinteger

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the batch started processing.

expires_atinteger

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the batch will expire.

finalizing_atinteger

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the batch started finalizing.

completed_atinteger

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the batch was completed.

failed_atinteger

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the batch failed.

expired_atinteger

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the batch expired.

cancelling_atinteger

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the batch started cancelling.

cancelled_atinteger

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the batch was cancelled.

metadataMetadata nullable

Set of 16 key-value pairs that can be attached to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format, and querying for objects via API or the dashboard.

Keys are strings with a maximum length of 64 characters. Values are strings with a maximum length of 512 characters.