---
title: "Cancel Response"
method: POST
path: "/openai/v1/responses/{response_id}/cancel"
tags: ["responses"]
---

# Cancel Response

`POST /openai/v1/responses/{response_id}/cancel`

Cancel a response by ID.

Supports both:
- Polling IDs (litellm_poll_*): Cancels background response and updates status in Redis
- Provider response IDs: Passes through to provider API

Follows the OpenAI Responses API spec: https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/responses/cancel

```bash
# Cancel polling response
curl -X POST http://localhost:4000/v1/responses/litellm_poll_abc123/cancel     -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-1234"

# Cancel provider response
curl -X POST http://localhost:4000/v1/responses/resp_abc123/cancel     -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-1234"
```

## Path parameters

- `response_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/sea-lion/apis/litellm-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/sea-lion/apis/litellm-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/sea-lion/litellm-api/revisions/79928a3d37d3/schema)