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title: "Graceful consumer shutdown"
description: "How can you stop a consumer with explicit handling of unfinished messages?"
status: "coming-soon"
language: "en"
canonical: "https://bulnik.dev/en/articles/topics/T20.07/"
topicId: "T20.07"
---

> Coming soon — this article is being prepared. Below are its question, intended outcome, and place in the story.

## The question

How can you stop a consumer with explicit handling of unfinished messages?

## What we will work through

Stop a consumer with explicit handling of unfinished messages.

## Before you begin

Previously covered: Consumer acknowledgments.

- [Consumer acknowledgments](/en/articles/topics/T19.06/)