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Beta

ChatKit

Sessions

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Cancel a ChatKit session

beta.chatkit.sessions.cancel(strsession_id) -> ChatSession

POST/chatkit/sessions/{session_id}/cancel

Cancel an active ChatKit session and return its most recent metadata.

Cancelling prevents new requests from using the issued client secret.

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session_id: str

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class ChatSession: …

Represents a ChatKit session and its resolved configuration.

id: str

Identifier for the ChatKit session.

chatkit_configuration: ChatSessionChatKitConfiguration

Resolved ChatKit feature configuration for the session.

client_secret: str

Ephemeral client secret that authenticates session requests.

expires_at: int

Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the session expires.

formatunixtime

max_requests_per_1_minute: int

Convenience copy of the per-minute request limit.

object: Literal["chatkit.session"]

Type discriminator that is always chatkit.session.

rate_limits: ChatSessionRateLimits

Resolved rate limit values.

status: ChatSessionStatus

Current lifecycle state of the session.

user: str

User identifier associated with the session.

workflow: ChatKitWorkflow

Workflow metadata for the session.

Cancel a ChatKit session

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CLI Tool

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI()
chat_session = client.beta.chatkit.sessions.cancel(
    "cksess_123",
)
print(chat_session.id)

{
  "id": "cksess_123",
  "object": "chatkit.session",
  "workflow": {
    "id": "workflow_alpha",
    "version": "1"
  },
  "scope": {
    "customer_id": "cust_456"
  },
  "max_requests_per_1_minute": 30,
  "ttl_seconds": 900,
  "status": "cancelled",
  "cancelled_at": 1712345678
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "cksess_123",
  "object": "chatkit.session",
  "workflow": {
    "id": "workflow_alpha",
    "version": "1"
  },
  "scope": {
    "customer_id": "cust_456"
  },
  "max_requests_per_1_minute": 30,
  "ttl_seconds": 900,
  "status": "cancelled",
  "cancelled_at": 1712345678
}