From d5f360c176032a19537d974472cede11f3752cd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bine <verbic.bine@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2025 19:28:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update projects.py

---
 gns3server/api/routes/controller/projects.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gns3server/api/routes/controller/projects.py b/gns3server/api/routes/controller/projects.py
index caa2d3879..405e0a4df 100644
--- a/gns3server/api/routes/controller/projects.py
+++ b/gns3server/api/routes/controller/projects.py
@@ -330,6 +330,9 @@ async def export_project(
     Required privilege: Project.Audit
     """
 
+    if project.is_running():
+        raise ControllerError("Project must be stopped in order to export it")
+
     compression_query = compression.lower()
     if compression_query == "zip":
         compression = zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED