diff --git a/src/org/labkey/test/tests/assay/AssayTransformImportUpdateTest.java b/src/org/labkey/test/tests/assay/AssayTransformImportUpdateTest.java
index 91272d4508..f05392870b 100644
--- a/src/org/labkey/test/tests/assay/AssayTransformImportUpdateTest.java
+++ b/src/org/labkey/test/tests/assay/AssayTransformImportUpdateTest.java
@@ -1,24 +1,30 @@
 package org.labkey.test.tests.assay;
 
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
 import org.labkey.test.BaseWebDriverTest;
 import org.labkey.test.Locator;
 import org.labkey.test.TestFileUtils;
+import org.labkey.test.WebTestHelper;
 import org.labkey.test.categories.Assays;
 import org.labkey.test.categories.Daily;
 import org.labkey.test.pages.ReactAssayDesignerPage;
 import org.labkey.test.pages.admin.UsageStatisticsPage;
 import org.labkey.test.pages.assay.AssayImportPage;
 import org.labkey.test.pages.assay.AssayRunsPage;
+import org.labkey.test.pages.core.admin.ShowAdminPage;
 import org.labkey.test.pages.pipeline.PipelineStatusDetailsPage;
 import org.labkey.test.params.FieldDefinition;
 import org.labkey.test.params.assay.GeneralAssayDesign;
+import org.labkey.test.util.PipelineStatusTable;
 import org.labkey.test.util.RReportHelper;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -224,6 +230,9 @@ public void testEnableTransformForUpdate() throws Exception
     @Test
     public void testCancelAsyncAssayTransformJob() throws Exception
     {
+        Assume.assumeTrue("Issue 53240: User cannot cancel pipeline job on SQL",
+                WebTestHelper.getDatabaseType() != WebTestHelper.DatabaseType.MicrosoftSQLServer);
+
         String transformCancelFile = "importCancelTransform.R";
         String importCancelTransformAssay = "importCancelTransformAssay";
         String transformContent = """
@@ -274,6 +283,7 @@ public void testCancelAsyncAssayTransformJob() throws Exception
         var importPage = new AssayImportPage(getDriver());
         importPage.setNamedInputText("name", "cancelTransformTestImport");
         importPage.setNamedTextAreaValue("TextAreaDataCollector.textArea", importDataBuilder.toString());
+        Instant before = Instant.now();
         importPage.clickSaveAndFinish();
 
         waitAndClickAndWait(Locator.linkWithText("Assay upload RUNNING"));
@@ -285,6 +295,20 @@ public void testCancelAsyncAssayTransformJob() throws Exception
                 "INFO : Interrupting job by sending interrupt request.",
                 "ERROR: The following error was generated by the assay upload",
                 "INFO : Failed to complete task 'org.labkey.api.assay.pipeline.AssayUploadPipelineTask'");
+        Instant after = Instant.now();
+        Duration duration = Duration.between(before, after);
+        log(String.format("duration of pipeline run from start to cancel is %d seconds", duration.getSeconds()));
+        checker().withScreenshot("unexpected duration")
+                    .wrapAssertion(()-> Assertions.assertThat(duration.getSeconds())
+                            .as("expect cancel to interrupt the sleep in the transform script")
+                            .isLessThan(20));
+
+        // verify in the server log the process termination logging
+        ShowAdminPage adminPage = goToAdminConsole();
+        adminPage.clickViewPrimarySiteLogFile();
+        assertTextPresent("Attempting to kill forked process gracefully",
+                "Finished dealing with forked process");
+
         resetErrors();
     }