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Cancels an execution of the given name.
This method waits—the workflow execution is paused—until the operation is
complete, fails, or times out. The default timeout value is 1800 seconds (30
minutes) and can be changed to a maximum value of 31536000 seconds (one year)
for long-running operations using the connector_params field.
The connector uses polling to monitor the long-running operation, which might
generate additional billable steps. The polling policy for the long-running
operation can be configured. For example, if you set skip_polling to True,
the connector invocation call is non-blocking if the initial request succeeds;
otherwise, retries might occur.
For more information about connector-specific parameters (connector_params),
see Invoke a connector call.
For more information about retries and long-running operations, see
Understand connectors.
Arguments
Parameters
name
string
Required. Name of the execution to be cancelled. Format: projects/{project}/locations/{location}/workflows/{workflow}/executions/{execution}
Raised exceptions
Exceptions
ConnectionError
In case of a network problem (such as DNS failure or refused connection).
HttpError
If the response status is >= 400 (excluding 429 and 503).
TimeoutError
If a long-running operation takes longer to finish than the specified timeout limit.
TypeError
If an operation or function receives an argument of the wrong type.
ValueError
If an operation or function receives an argument of the right type but an inappropriate value. For example, a negative timeout.
OperationError
If the long-running operation finished unsuccessfully.
ResponseTypeError
If the long-running operation returned a response of the wrong type.
Response
If successful, the response contains an instance of Execution.
Subworkflow snippet
Some fields might be optional or required.
To identify required fields, refer to the API documentation.
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