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Stopping a Composition

Clicking the Stop button (either in the Composition Editor toolbar or from the Central list > Player Status display) displays the Stop dialog box and a choice between Stop and Force Stop (as shown on the right).

Stop button
  • Stop

Conditionally terminates a composition that is still responsive while preserving its data stream. When Stop is clicked, message sends are halted and unwritten test data is presented.

Depending on the complexity of the test, there will be some additional time before the test results are presented.

Stop dialog box
  • Force Stop
Conditionally terminate a composition that is unresponsive by terminating its processes (Java threads, pending queues, etc.) and discarding unwritten test results. No unwritten test results are presented. Force Stop does not restart the CloudTest Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

It should be noted that in some cases, particularly with larger tests executing across many servers and locations, that using either Stop or Force Stop may require additional time proportional to the scale of the given test.

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