> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.kraken.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Dead man's switch > This endpoint provides a Dead Man's Switch mechanism to protect the user from network malfunctions. The user can send a request with a timeout in seconds which will trigger a countdown timer that will cancel all user orders when timeout expires. The user has to keep sending request to push back the timeout expiration or they can deactivate the mechanism by specifying a timeout of zero (0). The recommended mechanism usage is making a call every 15 to 20 seconds and provide a timeout of 60 seconds. This allows the user to keep the orders in place on a brief network failure, while keeping them safe in case of a network breakdown. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi/futures-rest.yaml post /cancelallordersafter openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Kraken Futures Trading API version: v3 description: Market data and order management endpoints. servers: - url: https://futures.kraken.com/derivatives/api/v3 description: Kraken Futures security: [] tags: - name: Market Data - name: Instrument Details description: >- - The `/instruments/status` endpoint provides a list of statuses for all instruments. - The `/instruments/{symbol}/status` endpoint provides the status of a single instrument. - name: Order Management - name: Multi-Collateral description: Endpoints pertaining to the multi-collateral (MC) futures markets. - name: Account Information - name: Assignment Program - name: Fee Schedules description: >- **DEPRECATED** — Effective 2026-06-22, the fee values returned by these endpoints no longer reflect the fees actually charged on Futures trades. Futures fee calculation has been migrated to a centralised Kraken fee service. To determine the fee rate applied to your trades, use the Spot [`GetTradeVolume`](https://docs.kraken.com/api/docs/rest-api/get-trade-volume) endpoint authenticated with a Spot API key. - name: General - name: Historical Data - name: Historical Funding Rates - name: Trading Settings - name: Subaccounts - name: Transfers - name: RFQs paths: /cancelallordersafter: post: tags: - Order Management summary: Dead man's switch description: >- This endpoint provides a Dead Man's Switch mechanism to protect the user from network malfunctions. The user can send a request with a timeout in seconds which will trigger a countdown timer that will cancel all user orders when timeout expires. The user has to keep sending request to push back the timeout expiration or they can deactivate the mechanism by specifying a timeout of zero (0). The recommended mechanism usage is making a call every 15 to 20 seconds and provide a timeout of 60 seconds. This allows the user to keep the orders in place on a brief network failure, while keeping them safe in case of a network breakdown. operationId: cancelAllOrdersAfter parameters: - description: The timeout specified in seconds. name: timeout in: query required: false schema: type: number format: uint32 example: 60 responses: '200': description: '' content: application/json: schema: oneOf: - title: Success Response allOf: - type: object properties: status: $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeadManSwitchStatusJson' description: The status of the switch. required: - status - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessResponse' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: success: $ref: '#/components/examples/CancelAllOrdersAfterSuccessExample' cancel: $ref: '#/components/examples/CancelAllOrdersAfterCancelExample' failure: $ref: '#/components/examples/CancelAllOrdersAfterFailureExample' security: - general-api-key: [] authent: [] components: schemas: DeadManSwitchStatusJson: type: object properties: currentTime: type: string description: The server date and time that server received the request. triggerTime: type: string description: The server date and time that the switch will be activated. required: - currentTime - triggerTime SuccessResponse: title: Success Response allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResultSuccess' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServerTime' ErrorResponse: allOf: - title: Errors type: object properties: errors: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' error: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' required: - error - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResultError' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServerTime' ResultSuccess: type: object properties: result: type: string enum: - success example: success required: - result ServerTime: type: object properties: serverTime: description: Server time in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) type: string format: date-time example: '2020-08-27T17:03:33.196Z' required: - serverTime Error: type: string description: |- Error description. - `accountInactive`: The Futures account the request refers to is inactive - `apiLimitExceeded`: The API limit for the calling IP address has been exceeded - `authenticationError`: The request could not be authenticated - `insufficientFunds`: The amount requested for transfer is below the amount of funds available - `invalidAccount`: The Futures account the transfer request refers to is invalid - `invalidAmount`: The amount the transfer request refers to is invalid - `invalidArgument`: One or more arguments provided are invalid - `invalidUnit`: The unit the transfer request refers to is invalid - `Json Parse Error`: The request failed to pass valid JSON as an argument - `marketUnavailable`: The market is currently unavailable - `nonceBelowThreshold`: The provided nonce is below the threshold - `nonceDuplicate`: The provided nonce is a duplicate as it has been used in a previous request - `notFound`: The requested information could not be found - `requiredArgumentMissing`: One or more required arguments are missing - `Server Error`: There was an error processing the request - `Unavailable`: The endpoint being called is unavailable - `unknownError`: An unknown error has occurred enum: - accountInactive - apiLimitExceeded - authenticationError - insufficientFunds - invalidAccount - invalidAmount - invalidArgument - invalidUnit - Json Parse Error - marketUnavailable - nonceBelowThreshold - nonceDuplicate - notFound - requiredArgumentMissing - Server Error - Unavailable - unknownError ResultError: type: object properties: result: type: string enum: - error example: error required: - result examples: CancelAllOrdersAfterSuccessExample: value: result: success status: currentTime: '2018-06-19T16:51:23.839Z' triggerTime: '2018-06-19T16:52:23.839Z' serverTime: '2018-06-19T16:51:23.839Z' CancelAllOrdersAfterCancelExample: value: result: success status: currentTime: '2018-06-19T16:51:23.839Z' triggerTime: '0' serverTime: '2018-06-19T16:51:23.839Z' CancelAllOrdersAfterFailureExample: value: result: error serverTime: '2016-02-25T09:45:53.818Z' error: apiLimitExceeded securitySchemes: general-api-key: type: apiKey description: General API key with **full** access in: header name: APIKey x-inlineDescription: true authent: type: apiKey description: Authentication string in: header name: Authent x-inlineDescription: true ````