Environment · Function

getreg

Returns the Luau registry table used internally by the VM.

function getreg(): { [any]: any }{ [any]: any }The Luau registry table containing all VM-registered object references.

Usage

Find and cancel a running coroutine from the registry

local my_thread = task.spawn(function()
    while task.wait(1) do print("tick") end
end)

task.wait(0.1)

for _, v in pairs(getreg()) do
    if v == my_thread then
        task.cancel(v)
        print("Thread found and cancelled")
        break
    end
end