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How to stop streaming

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Problem

Confirm this is a Node library issue and not an underlying OpenAI API issue - [X] This is an issue with the Node library Describe the bug I use stream.abort(); to stop receive from api , but i have exception below [code block] I have been follow to guide in the document > If you need to cancel a stream, you can break from a for await loop or call `stream.abort()`. To Reproduce [code block] Nope Code snippets _No response_ OS Ubuntu Node version 16.15.1 Library version v4.28.0

Error Output

Error: Request was aborted.

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Solution: How to stop streaming

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This is working as intended – you need to add a `.catch` here: [code block]

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    This is working as intended – you need to add a `.catch` here:

    This is working as intended – you need to add a `.catch` here:

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Resolved in openai/openai-node GitHub issue #682. Community reactions: 0 upvotes.

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