🛑Auto Shutdown
This automation helps you reduce Snowflake compute costs by automatically shutting down idle warehouses.
Overview
Auto Shutdown ensures warehouses are shut down immediately when they become idle — without interrupting active queries. By continuously monitoring your workloads and historical activity, it eliminates unnecessary compute costs while maintaining full performance and stability.
How It Works
Smarter Auto-Suspend Control
Seemore overrides Snowflake’s built-in auto-suspend logic with a dynamic mechanism. When a warehouse becomes idle, Seemore automatically adjusts the suspend value down to 1 second, ensuring it is suspended almost instantly. This is a graceful shutdown — running queries always complete before suspension.
Smart Idle Detection
Seemore monitors warehouse activity every few seconds to identify idle periods. When no queries are active, the warehouse is suspended safely, reducing cost without affecting performance.
Cost-Free Monitoring
Seemore runs lightweight internal checks that read only metadata and configuration details. This means:
Warehouses are never reactivated by monitoring.
The process is completely cost-free.
Performance remains unaffected.
Benefits
15–20 % compute savings on average with zero configuration overhead
Non-intrusive operation — never terminates active queries
Fully automated — continuously manages suspension in real time
Permissions & Setup
To activate Auto Shutdown, Seemore needs permission to modify Snowflake warehouses. If these permissions are missing, a setup guide within the platform will help you grant the required access.
[!IMPORTANT] Make sure you grant modification rights to the Seemore service user before enabling Auto Shutdown.
How to Turn It On
Step 1 — Open the Compute Dashboard
Navigate to Cost Overview → Compute. This screen lists all Snowflake warehouses along with their cost metrics and optimization options.
Step 2 — Review Total Savings
At the top of the screen, review your total potential savings, including those achievable with Auto Shutdown.
Step 3 — Enable Auto Shutdown
You can activate Auto Shutdown in two ways:
All warehouses - Apply Auto Shutdown globally for all warehouses per account.
Per warehouse: Locate the warehouse in the list and toggle Auto Shutdown to ON.
Step 4 — Automatic Operation
Once activated, Seemore immediately begins monitoring and will suspend each warehouse whenever it becomes idle.
[!NOTE] You can return to the Compute screen anytime to track results or adjust Auto Shutdown for specific warehouses.
Monitoring & Validation
Insights page — Displays total cost reduction and cumulative savings achieved through Auto Shutdown.
Warehouse Cost Overview — Includes an Event Log that records every configuration change for full visibility.
[!TIP] Combine Auto Shutdown with SmartPulse for maximum savings — Auto Shutdown eliminates idle cost, while SmartPulse optimizes active workloads.
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