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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
+
+from taskgraph.util.taskcluster import cancel_task
+from .registry import register_callback_action
+
+
+@register_callback_action(
+    title='Cancel Task',
+    name='cancel',
+    symbol='cx',
+    kind='hook',
+    generic=True,
+    description=(
+        'Cancel the given task'
+    ),
+    order=100,
+    context=[{}]
+)
+def cancel_action(parameters, graph_config, input, task_group_id, task_id, task):
+    # Note that this is limited by the scopes afforded to generic actions to
+    # only cancel tasks with the level-specific schedulerId.
+    cancel_task(task_id, use_proxy=True)