No, you cannot just refrigerate and start again.
They are underprocessed at this point and allow for bacteria growth in the jar. You'll need to remove lids, and, depending on several variables, reprocess from the beginning in clean jars with new lids.

What are you processing?
What method?

We can help with specifics if we have a little more info!
Sorry about the problems, but better safe than sorry.

Deanna

processing beans; pressure cooker; cold pack

I can definitely drain them and then restart. Just wondering if they will be super mushy

processing beans; pressure cooker; cold pack

I can definitely drain them and then restart. Just wondering if they will be super mushy

How long are we talking about? If less than 24 hours, fine. Longer than that and they fall outside the safe-to-do guidelines. It not only becomes very risky but also leads to a notable decllne in quality. You'd do better to remove them from the jars and freeze them now.

Since green beans is one of the vegetables most at risk for botulism issues, trying to re-do them poses a greater risk than with some other vegetables.

What really concerns me is "after years of babying this thing along ". That would seem to indicate a long-standing problem that could easily have affected the safety of the foods done in the past as well. For example, pronounced gasket leaking usually results in under-processed foods Could you clarify exactly what the problems with the canner are?

Dave