# Force stop a channel (will force stop all connected engines and rtsp-pull ingests)

```
POST 
/channels/:id/force-stop
```

Stops all connected engines and all connected rtsp-pull ingests of the channel immediately, skipping the graceful shutdown: the engines are torn down right away without closing their playlists first, so viewers may see playback fail instead of the stream ending cleanly. Works from any non-stopped state, including while engines are `stopping` after a regular stop. Engines report `stopping` until the teardown has completed (usually a few seconds), then `stopped`. Prefer `POST /channels/{id}/stop` unless the engines have to be gone immediately.

## Request

## Responses

**204**

Channel force stopped