SpecterOps / SpecterOps/BloodHound

Feature: Add a stop/cancel button for a cypher query

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Description

Feature Description

Addition of a cancel/stop button for queries this can be for custom or prebuilt queries that take too long to finish.

Are you intending to implement this feature?

No

Current Behavior

There's no way currently to cancel/stop a search query after clicking 'Run'

Desired Behavior

Clicking on the cancel/stop button should immediately cancel/kill the search job.

Use Case

This is really useful in situations when it takes a long time for a query to finish and a user would like to stop the search to rerun.

Implementation Suggestions

A button next to 'Run' can be an option whenever a query is running to cancel the query.

Additional Information

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First steps

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  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start at the existing Run flow for custom and prebuilt Cypher queries, tracing how the running search job is created and surfaced to the interface. Done means a stop/cancel control appears while a query runs and immediately cancels the search so the user can rerun it.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
backend, databases, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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