topic How to terminate process instance when timer is running? in Alfresco Forum https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-terminate-process-instance-when-timer-is-running/m-p/17897#M7940 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi all.<BR />I am writing a service to work with an instance of the process. It has methods for creating a process, completing a user task, etc. Now I got to the method of destroying / stopping the process instance.I wrote such the method:</P><PRE class="language-java line-numbers"><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; @Override<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">public</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">void</SPAN> <SPAN class="token function">terminateProcessInstance</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>String processInstanceId<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">throws</SPAN> ActivitiServiceException <SPAN class="punctuation token">{</SPAN><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">try</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">{</SPAN><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; runtimeService<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">deleteProcessInstance</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>processInstanceId<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"deleted by User"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="punctuation token">}</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">catch</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="token class-name">ActivitiObjectNotFoundException</SPAN> e<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">{</SPAN><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; e<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">printStackTrace</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">final</SPAN> String message <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"There is no process instance with id = "</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> processInstanceId<SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; logger<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">error</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>message<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> e<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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There is an optimistic lock (in the Activiti engine).</P><P></P><P>How do I kill a process if the timer is running?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 09 Jan 2019 13:25:34 GMT maxlich 2019-01-09T13:25:34Z How to terminate process instance when timer is running? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-terminate-process-instance-when-timer-is-running/m-p/17897#M7940 Hi all.I am writing a service to work with an instance of the process. It has methods for creating a process, completing a user task, etc. Now I got to the method of destroying / stopping the process instance.I wrote such the method:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; @Override&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; public void terminateProcessInstance(String proces Wed, 09 Jan 2019 13:25:34 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-terminate-process-instance-when-timer-is-running/m-p/17897#M7940 maxlich 2019-01-09T13:25:34Z Re: How to terminate process instance when timer is running? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-terminate-process-instance-when-timer-is-running/m-p/17898#M7941 <P>Hi maxlich,</P><P>Did you find any solution for this ? Something to "clear" the timers before deletion?</P><P>As we are encoutering the exact same problem here, this would be of a great help!</P><P>Have a good day,</P><P>Victor</P> Fri, 19 Feb 2021 09:47:26 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-terminate-process-instance-when-timer-is-running/m-p/17898#M7941 GlobCoder 2021-02-19T09:47:26Z