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Cancel chat session

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.

Path ParametersExpand Collapse
session_id: string
ReturnsExpand Collapse
ChatSession = object { id, chatkit_configuration, client_secret, 7 more }

Represents a ChatKit session and its resolved configuration.

id: string

Identifier for the ChatKit session.

chatkit_configuration: ChatSessionChatKitConfiguration { automatic_thread_titling, file_upload, history }

Resolved ChatKit feature configuration for the session.

automatic_thread_titling: ChatSessionAutomaticThreadTitling { enabled }

Automatic thread titling preferences.

enabled: boolean

Whether automatic thread titling is enabled.

file_upload: ChatSessionFileUpload { enabled, max_file_size, max_files }

Upload settings for the session.

enabled: boolean

Indicates if uploads are enabled for the session.

max_file_size: number

Maximum upload size in megabytes.

max_files: number

Maximum number of uploads allowed during the session.

history: ChatSessionHistory { enabled, recent_threads }

History retention configuration.

enabled: boolean

Indicates if chat history is persisted for the session.

recent_threads: number

Number of prior threads surfaced in history views. Defaults to null when all history is retained.

client_secret: string

Ephemeral client secret that authenticates session requests.

expires_at: number

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

max_requests_per_1_minute: number

Convenience copy of the per-minute request limit.

object: "chatkit.session"

Type discriminator that is always chatkit.session.

rate_limits: ChatSessionRateLimits { max_requests_per_1_minute }

Resolved rate limit values.

max_requests_per_1_minute: number

Maximum allowed requests per one-minute window.

status: ChatSessionStatus

Current lifecycle state of the session.

One of the following:
"active"
"expired"
"cancelled"
user: string

User identifier associated with the session.

workflow: ChatKitWorkflow { id, state_variables, tracing, version }

Workflow metadata for the session.

id: string

Identifier of the workflow backing the session.

state_variables: map[string or boolean or number]

State variable key-value pairs applied when invoking the workflow. Defaults to null when no overrides were provided.

One of the following:
string
boolean
number
tracing: object { enabled }

Tracing settings applied to the workflow.

enabled: boolean

Indicates whether tracing is enabled.

version: string

Specific workflow version used for the session. Defaults to null when using the latest deployment.

Cancel chat session

curl -X POST \
  https://api.openai.com/v1/chatkit/sessions/cksess_123/cancel \
  -H "OpenAI-Beta: chatkit_beta=v1" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

{
  "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
}