> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.nexrender.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Cancel multiple jobs > Cancel multiple jobs by ID. Each explicitly requested job must be in a cancellable state. Related parent, child, or sibling jobs discovered through nesting are cancelled on a best-effort basis and included in the response, including sibling cascades from child cancellation. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi.json post /jobs/cancel openapi: 3.0.4 info: title: Nexrender API version: '2.0' description: > REST API for the Nexrender cloud rendering platform, enabling programmatic control over After Effects template processing, job management, and asset handling. Features include: - Template upload and management (AEP, MOGRT, ZIP files) - Job creation and status monitoring with real-time progress - Job nesting for multi-composition renders (parent/child jobs) - Job stitching to combine multiple videos into one - Batch job creation for submitting up to 1000 jobs at once - Font library management for typography consistency - Secret management for secure API key storage - Webhook notifications for job lifecycle events - Asset injection for dynamic content replacement Authentication is required for all endpoints using Bearer token authorization. servers: - url: https://api.nexrender.com/api/v2 description: Production API server security: - apiToken: [] paths: /jobs/cancel: post: tags: - Render Management summary: Cancel multiple jobs description: >- Cancel multiple jobs by ID. Each explicitly requested job must be in a cancellable state. Related parent, child, or sibling jobs discovered through nesting are cancelled on a best-effort basis and included in the response, including sibling cascades from child cancellation. operationId: cancelJobs requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JobCancellationRequest' responses: '200': description: >- Successfully cancelled the requested job set and any related jobs that were also cancellable. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JobCancellationResponse' '400': description: Invalid request body - malformed or duplicate job identifiers. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorResponse' '401': description: Unauthorized - invalid or missing API token content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' '403': description: Forbidden - team not accessible content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' '404': description: One or more requested jobs were not found. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' '409': description: >- One or more explicitly requested jobs are not in a cancellable state. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' components: schemas: JobCancellationRequest: type: object description: Request payload for cancelling one or more jobs by ID. properties: jobs: type: array description: >- List of job IDs to cancel. Each explicitly requested job must be in a cancellable state. items: type: string pattern: ^[0-9A-HJKMNP-TV-Z]{26}$ description: Unique job identifier in ULID format minItems: 1 maxItems: 1000 uniqueItems: true required: - jobs JobCancellationResponse: type: array description: >- Jobs cancelled by the request, including any related parent, child, or sibling jobs cancelled as part of the same operation. Cancelling a child may trigger sibling cascades when those related jobs are still cancellable. items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Job' ValidationErrorResponse: type: object description: Validation error response with detailed field information properties: error: type: string description: Main error message details: type: array description: Array of specific validation errors for individual fields items: type: object properties: field: type: string description: Field name that failed validation message: type: string description: Specific validation error for this field ErrorResponse: type: object description: Standard error response format properties: error: type: string description: Human-readable error message explaining what went wrong required: - error Job: type: object description: Render job with current status, progress, and detailed statistics properties: id: type: string description: Unique job identifier used for tracking and API operations templateId: type: string description: >- Reference to the template used for this job (null if template was not used) nullable: true status: type: string description: >- Current job status (queued, render:dorender, finished, error, etc.). Manually cancelled jobs are normalized to `manually_cancelled` in v2 responses even though they are stored internally as `error`. progress: type: number format: float description: Render progress as a percentage (0.0 to 100.0) stats: type: object description: Detailed timing and metadata statistics for the job properties: createdAt: type: string format: date-time description: ISO timestamp when the job was initially created updatedAt: type: string format: date-time description: ISO timestamp of the most recent job status update startedAt: type: string format: date-time nullable: true description: ISO timestamp when job processing began (null if not started) finishedAt: type: string format: date-time nullable: true description: >- ISO timestamp when job completed successfully (null if not finished) errorAt: type: string format: date-time nullable: true description: ISO timestamp when job encountered an error (null if no error) totalAssets: type: integer description: Total number of assets included in this job renderDuration: type: number format: float nullable: true description: Total render time in seconds (null if not completed) error: type: string nullable: true description: Error message if job failed (null if successful) outputUrl: type: string nullable: true description: URL to the rendered content securitySchemes: apiToken: type: http scheme: bearer description: > Bearer token authentication using API tokens for team-based access control. You can generate your own API token at: https://app.nexrender.com/settings/api-tokens ````