elastic · edsavage · Nov 26, 2025 · Nov 26, 2025 · Nov 26, 2025 · Nov 26, 2025
diff --git a/docs/changelog/138634.yaml b/docs/changelog/138634.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+pr: 138634
+summary: Add "close_job" parameter to the stop datafeed API
+area: Machine Learning
+type: enhancement
+issues:
+ - 138010
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/ml.stop_datafeed.json b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/ml.stop_datafeed.json
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
         "default": false,
         "description": "True if the datafeed should be forcefully stopped."
       },
+      "close_job": {
+        "type": "boolean",
+        "default": false,
+        "description": "True if the job associated with the datafeed should be closed."
+      },
       "timeout": {
         "type": "time",
         "default": "20s",

diff --git a/.../plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/StopDatafeedAction.java b/.../plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/StopDatafeedAction.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public static class Request extends BaseTasksRequest<Request> implements ToXCont
         public static final ParseField TIMEOUT = new ParseField("timeout");
         public static final ParseField FORCE = new ParseField("force");
         public static final ParseField ALLOW_NO_MATCH = new ParseField("allow_no_match");
+        public static final ParseField CLOSE_JOB = new ParseField("close_job");
 
         public static final ObjectParser<Request, Void> PARSER = new ObjectParser<>(NAME, Request::new);
         static {
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ public static class Request extends BaseTasksRequest<Request> implements ToXCont
             );
             PARSER.declareBoolean(Request::setForce, FORCE);
             PARSER.declareBoolean(Request::setAllowNoMatch, ALLOW_NO_MATCH);
+            PARSER.declareBoolean(Request::setCloseJob, CLOSE_JOB);
         }
 
         public static Request parseRequest(String datafeedId, XContentParser parser) {
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ public static Request parseRequest(String datafeedId, XContentParser parser) {
         private TimeValue stopTimeout = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
         private boolean force = false;
         private boolean allowNoMatch = true;
+        private boolean closeJob = false;
 
         public Request(String datafeedId) {
             this.datafeedId = ExceptionsHelper.requireNonNull(datafeedId, DatafeedConfig.ID.getPreferredName());
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@ public Request(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
             stopTimeout = in.readTimeValue();
             force = in.readBoolean();
             allowNoMatch = in.readBoolean();
+            closeJob = in.readBoolean();
         }
 
         public String getDatafeedId() {
@@ -124,6 +128,15 @@ public Request setAllowNoMatch(boolean allowNoMatch) {
             return this;
         }
 
+        public boolean closeJob() {
+            return closeJob;
+        }
+
+        public Request setCloseJob(boolean closeJob) {
+            this.closeJob = closeJob;
+            return this;
+        }
+
         @Override
         public boolean match(Task task) {
             for (String id : resolvedStartedDatafeedIds) {
@@ -148,11 +161,12 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
             out.writeTimeValue(stopTimeout);
             out.writeBoolean(force);
             out.writeBoolean(allowNoMatch);
+            out.writeBoolean(closeJob);
         }
 
         @Override
         public int hashCode() {
-            return Objects.hash(datafeedId, stopTimeout, force, allowNoMatch);
+            return Objects.hash(datafeedId, stopTimeout, force, allowNoMatch, closeJob);
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -162,6 +176,7 @@ public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws
             builder.field(TIMEOUT.getPreferredName(), stopTimeout.getStringRep());
             builder.field(FORCE.getPreferredName(), force);
             builder.field(ALLOW_NO_MATCH.getPreferredName(), allowNoMatch);
+            builder.field(CLOSE_JOB.getPreferredName(), closeJob);
             builder.endObject();
             return builder;
         }
@@ -178,7 +193,8 @@ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
             return Objects.equals(datafeedId, other.datafeedId)
                 && Objects.equals(stopTimeout, other.stopTimeout)
                 && Objects.equals(force, other.force)
-                && Objects.equals(allowNoMatch, other.allowNoMatch);
+                && Objects.equals(allowNoMatch, other.allowNoMatch)
+                && Objects.equals(closeJob, other.closeJob);
         }
     }
 

diff --git a/...de-tests/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/DatafeedJobsIT.java b/...de-tests/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/DatafeedJobsIT.java
@@ -487,8 +487,8 @@ public void testRealtime() throws Exception {
         startRealtime(jobId);
 
         try {
-            StopDatafeedAction.Response stopJobResponse = stopDatafeed(datafeedId);
-            assertTrue(stopJobResponse.isStopped());
+            StopDatafeedAction.Response stopDatafeedResponse = stopDatafeed(datafeedId);
+            assertTrue(stopDatafeedResponse.isStopped());
         } catch (Exception e) {
             HotThreads.logLocalHotThreads(logger, Level.INFO, "hot threads at failure", ReferenceDocs.LOGGING);
             throw e;
@@ -498,6 +498,88 @@ public void testRealtime() throws Exception {
             GetDatafeedsStatsAction.Response response = client().execute(GetDatafeedsStatsAction.INSTANCE, request).actionGet();
             assertThat(response.getResponse().results().get(0).getDatafeedState(), equalTo(DatafeedState.STOPPED));
         });
+
+        // The job should _not_ have closed automatically
+        assertBusy(() -> {
+            GetJobsStatsAction.Request request = new GetJobsStatsAction.Request(jobId);
+            GetJobsStatsAction.Response response = client().execute(GetJobsStatsAction.INSTANCE, request).actionGet();
+            assertThat(response.getResponse().results().get(0).getState(), equalTo(JobState.OPENED));
+        });
+    }
+
+    private void doTestRealtime_GivenCloseJobParameter(String jobId, boolean closeJobParameter, JobState jobState) throws Exception {
+        String datafeedId = jobId + "-datafeed";
+        startRealtime(jobId);
+
+        try {
+            StopDatafeedAction.Response stopDatafeedResponse = stopDatafeed(datafeedId, true);
+            assertTrue(stopDatafeedResponse.isStopped());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            HotThreads.logLocalHotThreads(logger, Level.INFO, "hot threads at failure", ReferenceDocs.LOGGING);
+            throw e;
+        }
+
+        // The job should have closed automatically
+        assertBusy(() -> {
+            GetJobsStatsAction.Request request = new GetJobsStatsAction.Request(jobId);
+            GetJobsStatsAction.Response response = client().execute(GetJobsStatsAction.INSTANCE, request).actionGet();
+            assertThat(response.getResponse().results().get(0).getState(), equalTo(JobState.CLOSED));
+        });
+
+        assertBusy(() -> {
+            GetDatafeedsStatsAction.Request request = new GetDatafeedsStatsAction.Request(datafeedId);
+            GetDatafeedsStatsAction.Response response = client().execute(GetDatafeedsStatsAction.INSTANCE, request).actionGet();
+            assertThat(response.getResponse().results().get(0).getDatafeedState(), equalTo(DatafeedState.STOPPED));
+        });
+    }
+
+    public void testRealtime_GivenCloseJobParameterIsTrue() throws Exception {
+        doTestRealtime_GivenCloseJobParameter("realtime-job-close-job-true", true, JobState.CLOSED);
+    }
+
+    public void testRealtime_GivenCloseJobParameterIsFalse() throws Exception {
+        doTestRealtime_GivenCloseJobParameter("realtime-job-close-job-false", false, JobState.OPENED);
+    }
+
+    private void doTestStopLookback_GivenCloseJobParameter(String jobId, boolean closeJobParameter, JobState jobState) throws Exception {
+        String datafeedId = jobId + "-datafeed";
+
+        client().admin().indices().prepareCreate("data").setMapping("time", "type=date").get();
+        long numDocs = 20480;
+        long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        long oneWeekAgo = now - 604800000;
+        long twoWeeksAgo = oneWeekAgo - 604800000;
+        indexDocs(logger, "data", numDocs, twoWeeksAgo, oneWeekAgo);
+
+        Job.Builder job = createScheduledJob(jobId);
+        putJob(job);
+        openJob(job.getId());
+        assertBusy(() -> assertEquals(getJobStats(job.getId()).get(0).getState(), JobState.OPENED));
+
+        DatafeedConfig.Builder datafeedConfigBuilder = createDatafeedBuilder(datafeedId, jobId, Collections.singletonList("data"));
+        // Use lots of chunks to maximise the chance that we can stop the lookback before it completes
+        datafeedConfigBuilder.setChunkingConfig(ChunkingConfig.newManual(new TimeValue(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)));
+        DatafeedConfig datafeedConfig = datafeedConfigBuilder.build();
+        putDatafeed(datafeedConfig);
+        startDatafeed(datafeedConfig.getId(), 0L, now);
+        assertBusy(() -> assertThat(getDataCounts(job.getId()).getProcessedRecordCount(), greaterThan(0L)), 60, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+
+        // Stop the datafeed with the given close_job parameter
+        StopDatafeedAction.Response stopDatafeedResponse = stopDatafeed(datafeedId, closeJobParameter);
+        assertTrue(stopDatafeedResponse.isStopped());
+
+        // Check the job state is as expected
+        assertBusy(() -> assertEquals(jobState, getJobStats(jobId).get(0).getState()), 2, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+    }
+
+    public void testStopLookback_GivenCloseJobParameterIsTrue() throws Exception {
+        // Stop the datafeed with close_job=true
+        doTestStopLookback_GivenCloseJobParameter("lookback-stop-close-job-true", true, JobState.CLOSED);
+    }
+
+    public void testStopLookback_GivenCloseJobParameterIsFalse() throws Exception {
+        // Stop the datafeed with close_job=false
+        doTestStopLookback_GivenCloseJobParameter("lookback-stop-close-job-false", false, JobState.OPENED);
     }
 
     public void testCloseJobStopsRealtimeDatafeed() throws Exception {

diff --git a/...RestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlNativeAutodetectIntegTestCase.java b/...RestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlNativeAutodetectIntegTestCase.java
@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@ protected StopDatafeedAction.Response stopDatafeed(String datafeedId) {
         return client().execute(StopDatafeedAction.INSTANCE, request).actionGet();
     }
 
+    protected StopDatafeedAction.Response stopDatafeed(String datafeedId, boolean closeJob) {
+        StopDatafeedAction.Request request = new StopDatafeedAction.Request(datafeedId);
+        request.setCloseJob(closeJob);
+        return client().execute(StopDatafeedAction.INSTANCE, request).actionGet();
+    }
+
     protected PutDatafeedAction.Response updateDatafeed(DatafeedUpdate update) {
         UpdateDatafeedAction.Request request = new UpdateDatafeedAction.Request(update);
         return client().execute(UpdateDatafeedAction.INSTANCE, request).actionGet();

diff --git a/...lugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/action/TransportStopDatafeedAction.java b/...lugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/action/TransportStopDatafeedAction.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.action.FailedNodeException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.TaskOperationFailure;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.tasks.TransportTasksAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.internal.Client;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.internal.OriginSettingClient;
@@ -27,7 +28,9 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ConcurrentCollections;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.EsExecutors;
 import org.elasticsearch.core.FixForMultiProject;
+import org.elasticsearch.core.Predicates;
 import org.elasticsearch.core.TimeValue;
+import org.elasticsearch.core.Tuple;
 import org.elasticsearch.discovery.MasterNotDiscoveredException;
 import org.elasticsearch.injection.guice.Inject;
 import org.elasticsearch.persistent.PersistentTasksClusterService;
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportResponseHandler;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.MlTasks;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.CloseJobAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.StartDatafeedAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.StopDatafeedAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.datafeed.DatafeedState;
@@ -48,6 +52,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.MachineLearning;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.datafeed.persistence.DatafeedConfigProvider;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.notifications.AnomalyDetectionAuditor;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.utils.TypedChainTaskExecutor;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -58,8 +63,10 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
 import static org.elasticsearch.core.Strings.format;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ClientHelper.ML_ORIGIN;
+import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ClientHelper.executeAsyncWithOrigin;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.utils.ExceptionCollectionHandling.exceptionArrayToStatusException;
 
 public class TransportStopDatafeedAction extends TransportTasksAction<
@@ -106,7 +113,7 @@ public TransportStopDatafeedAction(
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sort the datafeed IDs the their task state and add to one
+     * Sort the datafeed IDs by their task state and add to one
      * of the list arguments depending on the state.
      *
      * @param expandedDatafeedIds The expanded set of IDs
@@ -211,7 +218,64 @@ private void doExecute(
                     if (request.isForce()) {
                         forceStopDatafeed(request, listener, tasks, nodes, notStoppedDatafeeds);
                     } else {
-                        normalStopDatafeed(task, request, listener, tasks, nodes, startedDatafeeds, stoppingDatafeeds, attempt);
+                        final List<String> startedDatafeedsJobs = new ArrayList<>();
+                        for (String datafeedId : startedDatafeeds) {
+                            PersistentTasksCustomMetadata.PersistentTask<?> datafeedTask = MlTasks.getDatafeedTask(datafeedId, tasks);
+                            if (datafeedTask != null
+                                && PersistentTasksClusterService.needsReassignment(datafeedTask.getAssignment(), nodes) == false) {
+                                startedDatafeedsJobs.add(((StartDatafeedAction.DatafeedParams) datafeedTask.getParams()).getJobId());
+                            }
+                        }
+                        if (request.closeJob() && startedDatafeedsJobs.isEmpty() == false) {
+                            // If the "close_job" parameter was set to "true" on the stop datafeed request we attempt to first close the
 StopDatafeedAction.Request request = new StopDatafeedAction.Request(String.join(",", runningDatafeedIds)); 
 StopDatafeedAction.Request request = new StopDatafeedAction.Request(String.join(",", runningDatafeedIds)); 
+                            // jobs associated with the datafeeds. This will in turn attempt to stop the jobs' datafeeds (this time with the
+                            // "close_job" flag set to false, to avoid recursion)
+                            ActionListener<List<Tuple<String, AcknowledgedResponse>>> closeJobActionListener = listener
+                                .delegateFailureAndWrap((delegate, jobsResponses) -> {
+                                    List<String> jobIds = jobsResponses.stream()
+                                        .filter(t -> t.v2().isAcknowledged() == false)
+                                        .map(Tuple::v1)
+                                        .collect(toList());
+                                    if (jobIds.isEmpty()) {
+                                        logger.debug("Successfully closed jobs (and associated datafeeds)");
+                                    } else {
+                                        logger.warn("Failed to close jobs (and associated datafeeds): {}", jobIds);
+                                    }
+                                    delegate.onResponse(new StopDatafeedAction.Response(true));
+                                });
+
+                            TypedChainTaskExecutor<Tuple<String, AcknowledgedResponse>> chainTaskExecutor = new TypedChainTaskExecutor<>(
+                                EsExecutors.DIRECT_EXECUTOR_SERVICE,
+                                Predicates.always(),
+                                Predicates.always()
+                            );
+                            for (String jobId : startedDatafeedsJobs) {
+                                chainTaskExecutor.add(
+                                    al -> executeAsyncWithOrigin(
+                                        client,
+                                        ML_ORIGIN,
+                                        CloseJobAction.INSTANCE,
+                                        new CloseJobAction.Request(jobId),
+                                        listener.delegateFailureAndWrap(
+                                            (l, response) -> l.onResponse(new StopDatafeedAction.Response(response.isClosed()))
+                                        )
+                                    )
+                                );
+                            }
+                            chainTaskExecutor.execute(closeJobActionListener);
+                        } else {
+                            normalStopDatafeed(
+                                task,
+                                request,
+                                listener,
+                                tasks,
+                                nodes,
+                                startedDatafeeds,
+                                stoppingDatafeeds,
+                                startedDatafeedsJobs,
+                                attempt
+                            );
+                        }
                     }
                 }, listener::onFailure)
             );
@@ -226,10 +290,10 @@ private void normalStopDatafeed(
         DiscoveryNodes nodes,
         List<String> startedDatafeeds,
         List<String> stoppingDatafeeds,
+        List<String> startedDatafeedsJobs,
         int attempt
     ) {
         final Set<String> executorNodes = new HashSet<>();
-        final List<String> startedDatafeedsJobs = new ArrayList<>();
         final List<String> resolvedStartedDatafeeds = new ArrayList<>();
         final List<PersistentTasksCustomMetadata.PersistentTask<?>> allDataFeedsToWaitFor = new ArrayList<>();
         for (String datafeedId : startedDatafeeds) {
@@ -240,7 +304,6 @@ private void normalStopDatafeed(
                 assert datafeedTask != null : msg;
                 logger.error(msg);
             } else if (PersistentTasksClusterService.needsReassignment(datafeedTask.getAssignment(), nodes) == false) {
-                startedDatafeedsJobs.add(((StartDatafeedAction.DatafeedParams) datafeedTask.getParams()).getJobId());
                 resolvedStartedDatafeeds.add(datafeedId);
                 executorNodes.add(datafeedTask.getExecutorNode());
                 allDataFeedsToWaitFor.add(datafeedTask);

diff --git a/...src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/datafeed/persistence/DatafeedConfigProvider.java b/...src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/datafeed/persistence/DatafeedConfigProvider.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
  * This class implements CRUD operation for the
  * datafeed configuration document
  *
- * The number of datafeeds returned in a search it limited to
+ * The number of datafeeds returned in a search is limited to
  * {@link MlConfigIndex#CONFIG_INDEX_MAX_RESULTS_WINDOW}.
  * In most cases we expect 10s or 100s of datafeeds to be defined and
  * a search for all datafeeds should return all.

diff --git a/...in/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/rest/datafeeds/RestStopDatafeedAction.java b/...in/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/rest/datafeeds/RestStopDatafeedAction.java
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ protected RestChannelConsumer prepareRequest(RestRequest restRequest, NodeClient
                 request.setForce(restRequest.paramAsBoolean(Request.FORCE.getPreferredName(), request.isForce()));
             }
             request.setAllowNoMatch(restRequest.paramAsBoolean(Request.ALLOW_NO_MATCH.getPreferredName(), request.allowNoMatch()));
+            if (restRequest.hasParam(Request.CLOSE_JOB.getPreferredName())) {
+                request.setCloseJob(restRequest.paramAsBoolean(Request.CLOSE_JOB.getPreferredName(), request.closeJob()));
+            }
         }
         return channel -> client.execute(StopDatafeedAction.INSTANCE, request, new RestBuilderListener<Response>(channel) {