topic Re: Databricks Apps - Auto Terminate Option in Data Engineering

Databricks Apps - Auto Terminate Option

vamsi_simbus — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:58:54 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I’m exploring Databricks Apps and have two questions:

Is there a way to automatically terminate an app after a certain period of inactivity?
Does Databricks provide any scheduling mechanism for apps, similar to how Jobs can be scheduled?

Any guidance or best practices would be appreciated!

Re: Databricks Apps - Auto Terminate Option

pradeep_singh — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:55:26 GMT

Apps don’t have a native schedule ,they’re web applications intended to be available continuously.You will have to build an separate solution for that.

Re: Databricks Apps - Auto Terminate Option

Sanjeeb2024 — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:35:49 GMT

Hi @vamsi_simbus - One option you can explore to start and stop apps using Databricks API. Have a look on the below document link - https://docs.databricks.com/api/workspace/apps/stop