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title: stop
slug: /reference/python/agents/search/search-service/stop
description: Placeholder for stopping the search service (not yet implemented).
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Stop the service. This is currently a placeholder for future cleanup logic.

<Warning>
  This method does not yet shut down the running HTTP server or release resources.
  To stop the server, send a signal (e.g., `SIGINT` or `SIGTERM`) to the process.
</Warning>

## **Parameters**

None.

## **Returns**

`None`

## **Example**

```python {9}
from signalwire.search import SearchService

service = SearchService(indexes={"docs": "./docs.swsearch"})

# In a signal handler or shutdown hook:
import signal

def shutdown(sig, frame):
    service.stop()

signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, shutdown)
```