AWS Batch now supports cancellation of queued jobs, allowing you to cancel jobs before they are executed and prioritize jobs submitted by other users to the same queue.

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<p>The article summarizes a new feature in AWS Batch that allows cancellation of queued jobs before they are executed.</p>
<p>Specifically, the article covers:</p>
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<li>AWS Batch now supports cancelling jobs while they are waiting in a queue</li>
<li>This allows cancelling jobs before they start executing</li>
<li>It also allows prioritizing jobs for fair-share scheduling by cancelling lower priority jobs</li>
<li>Cancelled queued jobs are moved to the FAILED state</li>
<li>The in-queue cancellation feature is available in all AWS regions where AWS Batch is supported</li>
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AWS Batch adds support for cancelling queued jobs

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