Stop a task

bash

aws ecs stop-task --cluster my-cluster --task arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task/my-cluster/0123456789abcdef --reason 'manual stop'

Explanation

Useful in incident response and manual cleanup.

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