Auto-stopping¶

The auto-stopping feature automatically stops a cluster after it becomes idle.

With auto-stopping, users can simply submit jobs and leave their laptops, while ensuring no unnecessary spending occurs: after jobs have finished, the cluster(s) used will be automatically stopped (which can be restarted later).

To schedule auto-stopping for a cluster, use sky autostop:

# Launch a cluster with logging detached
sky launch -d -c mycluster cluster.yaml

# Auto-stop the cluster after 10 minutes of idleness
sky autostop mycluster -i 10

# Use the default, 5 minutes of idleness
# sky autostop mycluster

The -d / --detach flag detaches logging from the terminal.

To cancel a scheduled auto-stop on the cluster:

sky autostop mycluster --cancel

To view the status of the cluster, use sky status [--refresh]:

# Show a cluster's jobs (IDs, statuses).
sky status
NAME         LAUNCHED    RESOURCES            STATUS   AUTOSTOP  COMMAND
mycluster    1 min ago   2x AWS(m4.2xlarge)   UP       10 min    sky launch -d -c ...

# Refresh the status for auto-stopping
sky status --refresh
NAME         LAUNCHED    RESOURCES            STATUS   AUTOSTOP  COMMAND
mycluster    11 min ago  2x AWS(m4.2xlarge)   STOPPED  10 min    sky launch -d -c ...

sky status shows the cached statuses, which can be outdated for clusters with auto-stopping scheduled. To query the real statuses of clusters with auto-stopping scheduled, use sky status --refresh.