{
  "id": "function-kill",
  "title": "FUNCTION KILL",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/function-kill/",
  "summary": "Terminates a function during execution.",
  "tags": [
    "docs",
    "develop",
    "stack",
    "oss",
    "rs",
    "rc",
    "oss",
    "kubernetes",
    "clients"
  ],
  "last_updated": "2026-06-18T09:33:36-05:00",
  "page_type": "content",
  "content_hash": "a62629976d732e0cbf09f2fc3d30c6bfb2436838549814ee56cee7495b8b1402",
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "overview",
      "title": "Overview",
      "role": "overview",
      "text": "Kill a function that is currently executing.\n\nThe `FUNCTION KILL` command can be used only on functions that did not modify the dataset during their execution (since stopping a read-only function does not violate the scripting engine's guaranteed atomicity).\n\nFor more information please refer to [Introduction to Redis Functions](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/programmability/functions-intro)."
    },
    {
      "id": "redis-software-and-redis-cloud-compatibility",
      "title": "Redis Software and Redis Cloud compatibility",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "| Redis<br />Software | Redis<br />Cloud | <span style=\"min-width: 9em; display: table-cell\">Notes</span> |\n|:----------------------|:-----------------|:------|\n| <span title=\"Supported\">&#x2705; Standard</span><br /><span title=\"Supported\"><nobr>&#x2705; Active-Active</nobr></span> | <span title=\"Supported\">&#x2705; Standard</span><br /><span title=\"Supported\"><nobr>&#x2705; Active-Active</nobr></span> |  |"
    },
    {
      "id": "return-information",
      "title": "Return information",
      "role": "returns",
      "text": "**RESP2:**\n\n[Simple string reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#simple-strings): `OK`.\n\n**RESP3:**\n\n[Simple string reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#simple-strings): `OK`."
    }
  ],
  "examples": []
}