Can a stopped promise be restarted?

No, a Promise in JavaScript is not a cancellable object that can be stopped and then resumed. Once a promise transitions to the fulfilled or rejected state, its state becomes immutable.

You can create a new promise that performs the same operation.

Example of creating a new promise:

// Original function that returns a promise
function performAsyncOperation() {
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    setTimeout(() => {
      console.log("Operation completed");
      resolve("Result");
    }, 1000);
  });
}

// First call - the promise will resolve
let firstPromise = performAsyncOperation();
firstPromise.then(result => console.log("First result:", result));

// You cannot "restart" firstPromise. To perform the operation again, call the function again.
let secondPromise = performAsyncOperation();
secondPromise.then(result => console.log("Second result:", result));