SM13 Update termination
Update was terminated
A user saves a document but receives an update termination; the asynchronous update request appears in SM13 with an error.
Likely root causes
- The update task raised an application error or ABAP exception after the dialog step completed.
- A database or system problem caused the update request to fail.
- Custom code in an update function module failed for production data.
What to inspect
- SM13 — open the failed update request and record the function/module details.
- ST22 for a short dump at the same user and timestamp.
- SM21 for system/database messages around the failure.
- Application logs or document data referenced by the failed update.
Resolution path
- Identify and correct the application, custom-code, data, or database cause before repeating the update.
- Determine whether the business document was partially created before retrying.
- Reprocess only using the supported application/update recovery path.
- Verify the document and downstream updates after recovery to avoid duplicate business postings.
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