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Pause, resume, or cancel an upload

Control a resumable upload and understand what happens to its reservation.

Upload controls

While a resumable upload is active, its row shows progress and available pause, resume, retry, or cancel actions. Browser and device power-saving can affect progress.

Retry without duplicating accounting

Astral binds a stable client request ID to the exact upload input. A safe retry can reuse the reservation instead of creating a second quota charge.

Cancel completely

Canceling stops the client task. An incomplete reservation remains quarantined briefly so delayed requests cannot race with cleanup, then automated cleanup releases it.

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