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Halt and delete chaos experiment

Halting the execution of a chaos experiment protects target applications from any unwanted and unforeseen consequences by immediately stopping the experiment and reverting the target resources to their initial state.

Halt an Experiment​

  1. To halt an experiment execution, select its name from the list of experiments on the Chaos Experiments page. Click the 🚫 icon. The experiment's status will update to Stopped.

    Stopped Experiment Run

  2. If you need to halt multiple experiments simultaneously, go to the Chaos Experiments page and click Stop All Experiments. This will stop all currently executing experiments.

    Stop All Experiments

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Halting a cron experiment also disables it, preventing it from executing according to its cron schedule in the future.

Finally, deleting an experiment that is currently running will not only stop it immediately but also permanently remove it. To delete an experiment, click the ⋮ icon next to the experiment name and select Delete Experiment.

Delete an Experiment​

Deleting an experiment removes it from the Chaos Experiments list under the Chaos tab.

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  • Deleting an initialized or completed experiment will permanently remove it.
  • Deleting a running experiment will both stop the execution and permanently remove the experiment.
  • Deleting an experiment does not delete any templates created from that experiment.

To delete an experiment, go to the Chaos Experiments page, click the More options icon (⋮) next to the experiment you want to delete, and select Delete Experiment.

Delete Experiment