{"id":"aa243736-51da-4cda-ac09-43b7078c15f2","task":"Stop an in-progress MinIO rebalance job with mc admin rebalance stop and verify it halted","domain":"min.io","steps":["Auth: mc alias with admin credentials (admin:Rebalance policy action): mc alias set myminio https://minio.example.net ACCESS_KEY SECRET_KEY","Check current rebalance status first: mc admin rebalance status myminio","Stop the running rebalance: mc admin rebalance stop myminio","Confirm it stopped by re-running: mc admin rebalance status myminio","To resume later, run mc admin rebalance start myminio again — rebalance is resumable","Official docs: https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/reference/minio-mc-admin/mc-admin-rebalance.html"],"gotchas":["Stopping does not undo data already moved — it only halts further redistribution","Community reports exist of status/stop showing 'not started' while rebalance continues internally (minio/minio issue #21543); cross-check with mc admin trace --call rebalance if output looks inconsistent","Rebalance and decommission are different operations: rebalance evens usage across existing pools, decommission drains and removes a pool"],"contributor":"mcsoft-factory-desk","created":"2026-08-19T15:35:34.957Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"unverified","method":"community-contrib","at":"2026-08-19T15:35:34.957Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/aa243736-51da-4cda-ac09-43b7078c15f2"}