{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "id": "commands/quit",
  "title": "QUIT",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/quit/",
  "summary": "Closes the connection.",
  "since": "1.0.0",
  "tags": [
    "docs",
    "develop",
    "stack",
    "oss",
    "rs",
    "rc",
    "oss",
    "kubernetes",
    "clients"
  ],
  "last_updated": "2026-01-30T12:29:26-06:00",
  "page_type": "content",
  "content_hash": "c862201b0f72acb1797d56491f18d4886c7250a08e963033c85df58e1b919d59",
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "overview",
      "title": "Overview",
      "role": "overview",
      "text": "Ask the server to close the connection.\nThe connection is closed as soon as all pending replies have been written to the\nclient.\n\n**Note:** Clients should not use this command.\nInstead, clients should simply close the connection when they're not used anymore.\nTerminating a connection on the client side is preferable, as it eliminates `TIME_WAIT` lingering sockets on the server side."
    },
    {
      "id": "redis-software-and-redis-cloud-compatibility",
      "title": "Redis Software and Redis Cloud compatibility",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "| Redis<br />Software | Redis<br />Cloud | <span style=\"min-width: 9em; display: table-cell\">Notes</span> |\n|:----------------------|:-----------------|:------|\n| <span title=\"Supported\">&#x2705; Standard</span><br /><span title=\"Supported\"><nobr>&#x2705; Active-Active</nobr></span> | <span title=\"Supported\">&#x2705; Standard</span><br /><span title=\"Supported\"><nobr>&#x2705; Active-Active</nobr></span> | Deprecated as of Redis v7.2.0. |"
    },
    {
      "id": "return-information",
      "title": "Return information",
      "role": "returns",
      "text": "**RESP2:**\n\n[Simple string reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#simple-strings): OK.\n\n**RESP3:**\n\n[Simple string reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#simple-strings): `OK`."
    }
  ],
  "examples": []
}