Stop Execution button does not stop the infinite for loop

[princeanire]

Describe the bug

The Stop Execution button on polyglot notebook doesn't stop the execution of an infinite for loop such as:

for ( ; ; )
{
    //...
}

My current workaround to stop an infinite for loop is to restart the kernel, although sometimes, the Stop Execution does stop an infinite for loop or execution of a cell

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[jonsequitur]

The cancel button will not cancel infinite loops, since .NET Core / .NET 5 / .NET 6 did not support an equivalent of .NET Framework's Thread.Abort. We are working on a potential fix using the ControlledExecution API introduced in .NET 7.

Related: #3049.

[princeanire]

Thanks for the clarification! It would be helpful if I can cancel infinite loops as sometimes, I create infinite loops by mistake and for now, I can only stop those infinite loops by restarting the kernel, affect other cells as well.

Looking forward to the fix and appreciate the prompt response!