diff --git a/other/materials_designer/workflows/band_gap.ipynb b/other/materials_designer/workflows/band_gap.ipynb
index 5febaf86..83cf69b3 100644
--- a/other/materials_designer/workflows/band_gap.ipynb
+++ b/other/materials_designer/workflows/band_gap.ipynb
@@ -589,9 +589,9 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "from utils.api import wait_for_jobs_to_finish\n",
+    "from utils.api import wait_for_jobs_to_finish_async\n",
     "\n",
-    "wait_for_jobs_to_finish(client.jobs, [job_id], poll_interval=POLL_INTERVAL)"
+    "await wait_for_jobs_to_finish_async(client.jobs, [job_id], poll_interval=POLL_INTERVAL)"
    ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/utils/api.py b/utils/api.py
index d8ada34d..be3a2e13 100644
--- a/utils/api.py
+++ b/utils/api.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import datetime
 import json
 import os
-import time
 import urllib.request
+from collections import Counter
 from typing import List, Optional
 
 from mat3ra.api_client.endpoints.bank_workflows import BankWorkflowEndpoints
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 from mat3ra.api_client.endpoints.workflows import WorkflowEndpoints
 from tabulate import tabulate
 
+from utils.interrupts import interruptible_polling_loop
+
 
 def save_files(job_id: str, job_endpoint: JobEndpoints, filename_on_cloud: str, filename_on_disk: str) -> None:
     """
@@ -57,7 +59,21 @@ def get_jobs_statuses_by_ids(endpoint: JobEndpoints, job_ids: List[str]) -> List
     return [job["status"] for job in jobs]
 
 
-def wait_for_jobs_to_finish(endpoint: JobEndpoints, job_ids: list, poll_interval: int = 10) -> None:
+def _print_jobs_status_table(counts: Counter) -> None:
+    headers = ["TIME", "SUBMITTED-JOBS", "ACTIVE-JOBS", "FINISHED-JOBS", "ERRORED-JOBS"]
+    now = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S")
+    row = [
+        now,
+        counts.get("submitted", 0),
+        counts.get("active", 0),
+        counts.get("finished", 0),
+        counts.get("error", 0),
+    ]
+    print(tabulate([row], headers, tablefmt="grid", stralign="center"))
+
+
+@interruptible_polling_loop()
+def wait_for_jobs_to_finish_async(endpoint: JobEndpoints, job_ids: List[str]) -> bool:
     """
     Waits for jobs to finish and prints their statuses.
     A job is considered finished if it is not in "pre-submission", "submitted", or, "active" status.
@@ -65,25 +81,13 @@ def wait_for_jobs_to_finish(endpoint: JobEndpoints, job_ids: list, poll_interval
     Args:
         endpoint (JobEndpoints): Job endpoint object from the Exabyte API Client
         job_ids (list): list of job IDs to wait for
-        poll_interval (int): poll interval for job information in seconds. Defaults to 10.
     """
-    print("Wait for jobs to finish, poll interval: {0} sec".format(poll_interval))
-    while True:
-        statuses = get_jobs_statuses_by_ids(endpoint, job_ids)
-
-        errored_jobs = len([status for status in statuses if status == "error"])
-        active_jobs = len([status for status in statuses if status == "active"])
-        finished_jobs = len([status for status in statuses if status == "finished"])
-        submitted_jobs = len([status for status in statuses if status == "submitted"])
-
-        headers = ["TIME", "SUBMITTED-JOBS", "ACTIVE-JOBS", "FINISHED-JOBS", "ERRORED-JOBS"]
-        now = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S")
-        row = [now, submitted_jobs, active_jobs, finished_jobs, errored_jobs]
-        print(tabulate([row], headers, tablefmt="grid", stralign="center"))
+    statuses = get_jobs_statuses_by_ids(endpoint, job_ids)
+    counts = Counter(statuses)
+    _print_jobs_status_table(counts)
 
-        if all([status not in ["pre-submission", "submitted", "active"] for status in statuses]):
-            break
-        time.sleep(poll_interval)
+    active_statuses = {"pre-submission", "submitted", "active"}
+    return any(status in active_statuses for status in statuses)
 
 
 def copy_bank_workflow_by_system_name(endpoint: BankWorkflowEndpoints, system_name: str, account_id: str) -> dict:
diff --git a/utils/interrupts.py b/utils/interrupts.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa2dbfcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/interrupts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+import asyncio
+import inspect
+import uuid
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from functools import wraps
+from typing import Any, Awaitable, Callable
+
+from mat3ra.utils.jupyterlite.environment import ENVIRONMENT, EnvironmentsEnum
+
+try:
+    from IPython.display import HTML, display  # type: ignore
+except Exception:
+    HTML = None
+    display = None
+
+
+class UserAbortError(RuntimeError):
+    pass
+
+
+def display_abort_controls_in_current_cell_output(
+    channel_name: str = "mat3ra_abort_channel",
+    abort_button_text: str = "Abort",
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Shows:
+      [Abort]  Press ESC to abort
+
+    Only works in notebook frontends that support HTML output.
+    Safe no-op otherwise.
+    """
+    if HTML is None or display is None:
+        return
+
+    element_id = f"abort_controls_{uuid.uuid4().hex}"
+
+    display(
+        HTML(
+            f"""
+            <div style="display:flex; align-items:center; gap:12px; margin:8px 0;">
+              <button
+                id="{element_id}_button"
+                style="
+                  background:#d32f2f; color:white; border:none; padding:8px 14px;
+                  border-radius:6px; cursor:pointer; font-weight:600;
+                "
+              >{abort_button_text}</button>
+
+              <span style="font-family:monospace; opacity:0.85;">Press ESC to abort</span>
+              <span id="{element_id}_status" style="font-family:monospace; opacity:0.85;"></span>
+            </div>
+
+            <script>
+            (function() {{
+              const channelName = {channel_name!r};
+
+              // Install ESC broadcaster once per page
+              if (!window.__mat3raEscapeAbortInstalled) {{
+                window.__mat3raEscapeAbortInstalled = true;
+                const escChannel = new BroadcastChannel(channelName);
+                document.addEventListener("keydown", (event) => {{
+                  if (event.key === "Escape") {{
+                    escChannel.postMessage({{ type: "abort", source: "escape" }});
+                  }}
+                }}, true);
+              }}
+
+              // Button broadcaster (this output)
+              const buttonChannel = new BroadcastChannel(channelName);
+              const buttonElement = document.getElementById("{element_id}_button");
+              const statusElement = document.getElementById("{element_id}_status");
+              if (!buttonElement) return;
+
+              buttonElement.addEventListener("click", () => {{
+                buttonChannel.postMessage({{ type: "abort", source: "button" }});
+                if (statusElement) {{
+                  statusElement.textContent = "Abort sent";
+                  statusElement.style.color = "#d32f2f";
+                }}
+              }});
+            }})();
+            </script>
+            """
+        )
+    )
+
+
+@dataclass
+class BroadcastChannelAbortController:
+    """
+    WebWorker-side receiver. Works only in pyodide (emscripten).
+    In regular Python: start() does nothing and is_aborted stays False.
+    """
+
+    channel_name: str = "mat3ra_abort_channel"
+    is_aborted: bool = False
+
+    def __post_init__(self) -> None:
+        self._broadcast_channel = None
+        self._on_message_proxy = None
+
+    def start(self) -> None:
+        if ENVIRONMENT != EnvironmentsEnum.PYODIDE:
+            return
+        if self._broadcast_channel is not None:
+            return
+
+        import js  # type: ignore
+        from pyodide.ffi import create_proxy  # type: ignore
+
+        self._broadcast_channel = js.BroadcastChannel.new(self.channel_name)
+
+        def on_message(event) -> None:
+            message = getattr(event, "data", None)
+            if message and getattr(message, "type", None) == "abort":
+                self.is_aborted = True
+
+        self._on_message_proxy = create_proxy(on_message)
+        self._broadcast_channel.onmessage = self._on_message_proxy  # type: ignore
+
+    def stop(self) -> None:
+        if self._broadcast_channel is None:
+            return
+
+        self._broadcast_channel.close()
+        self._broadcast_channel = None
+
+        if self._on_message_proxy is not None:
+            self._on_message_proxy.destroy()
+            self._on_message_proxy = None
+
+
+async def run_interruptible_loop_async(
+    loop_body: Callable[[], Awaitable[bool]],
+    poll_interval_seconds: float,
+    *,
+    channel_name: str = "mat3ra_abort_channel",
+    check_interval_seconds: float = 0.05,
+    show_controls: bool = True,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Minimal wrapper.
+
+    loop_body():
+      - do one "poll" iteration
+      - return True to keep looping, False to stop normally
+
+    Between iterations we sleep in small slices so:
+      - pyodide: ESC/button can be received and stop the loop
+      - regular Python: yields control (Ctrl+C/Stop works where supported)
+    """
+    broadcast_channel_abort_controller = BroadcastChannelAbortController(channel_name=channel_name)
+    broadcast_channel_abort_controller.start()
+
+    if show_controls and ENVIRONMENT != EnvironmentsEnum.PYODIDE:
+        display_abort_controls_in_current_cell_output(channel_name=channel_name, abort_button_text="Abort")
+
+    try:
+        while True:
+            should_continue = await loop_body()
+            if not should_continue:
+                return
+
+            remaining_seconds = float(poll_interval_seconds)
+            while remaining_seconds > 0:
+                if broadcast_channel_abort_controller.is_aborted:
+                    raise UserAbortError("Aborted by user.")
+                await asyncio.sleep(min(check_interval_seconds, remaining_seconds))
+                remaining_seconds -= check_interval_seconds
+
+    finally:
+        broadcast_channel_abort_controller.stop()
+
+
+def interruptible_polling_loop(
+    poll_interval_kwarg_name: str = "poll_interval",
+    *,
+    default_poll_interval_seconds: float = 10.0,
+    channel_name: str = "mat3ra_abort_channel",
+    check_interval_seconds: float = 0.05,
+    show_controls: bool = True,
+):
+    """
+    Decorator for single-iteration polling functions.
+
+    The decorated function must:
+      - return True to continue
+      - return False to stop
+
+    The decorated function becomes an `async def` that runs the polling loop until completion.
+
+    The polling interval can be passed at call time using `poll_interval_kwarg_name` (defaults to
+    `"poll_interval"`). If not provided, `default_poll_interval_seconds` is used.
+    """
+
+    def decorator(poll_step_function: Callable[..., Any]) -> Callable[..., Any]:
+        @wraps(poll_step_function)
+        async def wrapped(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+            poll_interval_seconds = float(kwargs.pop(poll_interval_kwarg_name, default_poll_interval_seconds))
+
+            async def loop_body() -> bool:
+                result = poll_step_function(*args, **kwargs)
+                should_continue = await result if inspect.isawaitable(result) else result
+                return bool(should_continue)
+
+            await run_interruptible_loop_async(
+                loop_body,
+                poll_interval_seconds,
+                channel_name=channel_name,
+                check_interval_seconds=check_interval_seconds,
+                show_controls=show_controls,
+            )
+
+        return wrapped
+
+    return decorator