Cancel a Render Job

Cancel an async render job that has not started yet. Running renders complete and bill normally.

Updated Aug 25, 2026

Cancel an async render job that is still queued.

POST https://api.orshot.com/v1/studio/render-jobs/:id/cancel

Only queued jobs can be canceled: nothing has rendered, so nothing is billed. The response is the job object with status: "canceled".

When cancel is refused#

Job state	Response	Meaning
`processing`	`409` `job-not-cancelable`	The render is already running. It completes and is billed normally; poll it, or simply ignore the result.
`succeeded` / `failed` / `canceled`	`409` `job-already-finished`	The job already finished; there is nothing to cancel.
not in your workspace	`404` `job-not-found`	Unknown id (job ids are workspace-scoped).

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