# benchweave stop


Stop the gateway serving this data directory (the doorbell).


``` bash
benchweave stop [OPTIONS]
```


Plain stop: idle drains, releases the hold and exits 0; a live run refuses typed naming the run (nothing stopped, nothing recorded). `--protective` routes the existing protection engine through the cancel seam, waits the verdict-stated commissioned window, and escalates to one audited SIGKILL past it.


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    Usage: benchweave stop [OPTIONS]

      Stop the gateway serving this data directory (the doorbell).

      Plain stop: idle drains, releases the hold and exits 0; a live run refuses
      typed naming the run (nothing stopped, nothing recorded). --protective
      routes the existing protection engine through the cancel seam, waits the
      verdict-stated commissioned window, and escalates to one audited SIGKILL
      past it.

    Options:
      --data-dir PATH  At-rest data directory (holds state.sqlite + content/).
                       [required]
      --protective     Cancel any live run through its commissioned safe
                       transition, then drain and exit (the deliberate human verb
                       -- the systemd unit's ExecStop stays plain; an unattended
                       protective ending is the manager's own
                       SIGTERM/TimeoutStopSec/SIGKILL ladder).
      --json           Emit the stable machine JSON contract instead of text.
      --help           Show this message and exit.


# Options


`--data-dir: PATH`  
**Required.** At-rest data directory (holds state.sqlite + content/). Environment variable: `BENCHWEAVE_DATA_DIR`.

`--protective`  
Cancel any live run through its commissioned safe transition, then drain and exit (the deliberate human verb -- the systemd unit's ExecStop stays plain; an unattended protective ending is the manager's own SIGTERM/TimeoutStopSec/SIGKILL ladder).

`--json`  
Emit the stable machine JSON contract instead of text.