# Graceful kill - instruct a paused job to retrieve results

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [November 27, 2023, 9:21am UTC](https://aiida.discourse.group/t/graceful-kill-instruct-a-paused-job-to-retrieve-results/177 "2023-11-27T09:21:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 10:01am UTC](https://aiida.discourse.group/t/graceful-kill-instruct-a-paused-job-to-retrieve-results/177/5 "2023-11-27T10:01:54Z")

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This should fix it

```auto
verdi daemon stop
verdi devel rabbitmq tasks analyze --fix
verdi daemon start
# Now wait a bit (depends on how many active procs you have) but couple seconds
verdi process play PK

```

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