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Stop scan

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https://cloud.tenable.com/scans//stop

Stops a scan.

You can only stop a scan that has a status of pending, running, or resuming. To stop a scan with a status of stopping or publishing, use the Force stop scan endpoint. For more information about scan statuses, see Scan Status.

Requires the Scan Operator [24] user role and Can Execute [32] scan permissions. See Roles and Permissions.

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The identifier for the scan you want to stop. This identifier can be either the scans.schedule_uuid or the scans.id attribute in the GET /scans endpoint's response message.

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404

Returned if Tenable Vulnerability Management cannot find the specified scan.

409

Returned if the scan does not have a pending,running, or resuming status. For more information about scan statuses, see Scan Status.

Updated about 1 month ago

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Updated about 1 month ago