# Cancel pending actions and return back to previous step **URL:** \ **Category:** Process Design\ **Created:** [November 29, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/t/cancel-pending-actions-and-return-back-to-previous-step/1976 "2021-11-29T00:56:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wing\_hou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@wing\_hou](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/u/wing_hou)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/t/cancel-pending-actions-and-return-back-to-previous-step/1976/1 "2021-11-29T00:56:59Z")
The workflow consists of 3 steps. Step 1: 1 action Step 2: 2 or more actions Step 3: 1 action ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/workflowgen/original/1X/fc19769ccf84f449a76eed3635f8fe8bc96cf2d1.png) Step 1 will determine how many person will handle step 2. In step 2, if any person reject, the other still pending step 2 will be cancel and return back to step 1. I use the Raise Exception function to cancel the pending actions but it always cancel the whole request. Is this a bug? How to handle the problem? ---
**Author:** ![nvarlet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a8b319/32.png) [@nvarlet](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/u/nvarlet)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/t/cancel-pending-actions-and-return-back-to-previous-step/1976/2 "2021-12-07T14:50:41Z")
Hello. Can you try to redirect cancel action to a finish. (and keep step2 to step1 via a “cancel action” condition. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/workflowgen/original/1X/23e82eb877d189548c7f8cc93a7852bb10c7c8f2.png) My action “ANNULE\_SUIVI” cancels action “SUIVRE\_RECRUT”. Both actions go to an endpoint. My action “SUIVRE RECRUT” goes to a synchro line to continue the process. Best regards ---
**Author:** ![wing\_hou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@wing\_hou](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/u/wing_hou)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/t/cancel-pending-actions-and-return-back-to-previous-step/1976/3 "2021-12-08T00:35:18Z")
Hi @nvarlet, I had try your suggestion but the request still being cancelled without going back to STEP\_1 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/workflowgen/original/1X/eba78c9142d56908d14348380f2a70552d31a4e4.png) As you can see from the image above, STEP\_2 have 4 actions spawn in parallel. After I reject action No.4, action No.3,5,6 is cancelled by action No.7 but did not go to STEP\_1 For additional testing, I remove the synchro bar and put a direct link from STEP\_2 to STEP\_1 for cancellation exception. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/workflowgen/original/1X/ed515a52856f181bc6955d527ff1ef19777f166f.png) The workflow can successful go back to STEP\_1 after any STEP\_2 is cancel. But if STEP\_2 have 5 actions cancelled, 5 STEP\_1 will be spawned. I am not sure that the cancellation exception do not work when going to synchro bar or I still missing something. PS: workflowgen 7.11.0 Best Regards ---
**Author:** ![wing\_hou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@wing\_hou](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/u/wing_hou)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 5:48am UTC](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/t/cancel-pending-actions-and-return-back-to-previous-step/1976/4 "2021-12-13T05:48:12Z")
I have found a workaround solution for this: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/workflowgen/original/1X/e07c2087112d09c295011e13d55d2061fd9de42f.png) Just add a DUMMY action between the synchro bar and the action where the cancellation trigger(STEP\_2), then the problem is solved. Best Regards.