Request Termination

This plugin terminates incoming requests with a specified status code and message. This can be used to (temporarily) stop traffic on a Service or a Route, or even block a Consumer. This plugin can also be used for debugging, as described in the echo parameter.

Once applied, every request (within the configured plugin scope of a Service, Route, Consumer, or global) will be immediately terminated by sending the configured response.

Example Use Cases

• Temporarily disable a Service (e.g. it is under maintenance).
• Temporarily disable a Route (e.g. the rest of the Service is up and running, but a particular endpoint must be disabled).
• Temporarily disable a Consumer (e.g. excessive consumption).
• Block anonymous access with multiple auth plugins in a logical OR setup.
• Debugging erroneous requests in live systems.