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# TorState.stopping

Transient state between [`stop()`](/documentation/Tor/TorClient/stop()) and Tor’s exit.

```
case stopping
```

## Discussion

The `SIGNAL SHUTDOWN` control command (control-spec.txt §3.7) has
been dispatched and swift-tor is waiting for `tor_run_main()` to
return. Duration is governed by Tor’s internal shutdown grace
period (default 30 s, tunable via `ShutdownWaitLength`). Most
operations called against [`TorClient`](/documentation/Tor/TorClient) during this window throw
[`TorError.notStarted`](/documentation/Tor/TorError/notStarted).