# How do I stop a runaway data explorer query?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-stop-a-runaway-data-explorer-query/214772>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [January 13, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-stop-a-runaway-data-explorer-query/214772 "2022-01-13T18:39:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-stop-a-runaway-data-explorer-query/214772/2 "2022-01-13T18:42:39Z")

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Good question! I believe we have default query timeout protection in [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true), but someone else from the Discourse team would need to confirm that.

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