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Azure SQL Serverless – Database does not auto-pause despite no activity

  • September 11, 2026
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Title: Azure SQL Serverless – Database does not auto-pause despite no activity

Hi,

I have recently migrated my development environment to AZURE.

The Thinkwise environment is running on Azure, and the SQL database is configured using the Azure SQL Serverless tier, with auto-pause enabled.

I have scheduled all IAM/SF System Flows / IAM-related processes so that they only run during working hours, approximately 08:00–18:00.

However, when I check the Azure SQL metrics, I can see that the database never seems to enter auto-pause, including during the night when there should be no SF/IAM activity.

Is there anything in SF/IAM, or any specific setting/configuration, that I should check to make sure that no background process, connection, health check, or other activity is keeping the SQL database active?

Any advice on how to identify what is preventing the auto-pause would be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

 

Best answer by MatteoSangiorgi

Thanks Erwin and Tim. The best solution is configure SQL Elastic Pool. The main goal was to save money from Azure. SO i switched from Severless to Elastic Pool.

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I think what you are seeing here is the indicium license check (which runs each hour). If you count the number of spikes in this graph it seems to react every hour. I don’t think it’s possible to deviate from this every hour check schedule. Perhaps you could influence the indicium application to only be running during 08:00–18:00.

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​@MatteoSangiorgi  did this answer your question?

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  • Tim Scholten
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  • October 5, 2026

Indicium also checks things in the background, like: have any applications changed? Are there scheduled system flows for me to handle (IAM not Indicium decides if thee are any flows to handle)? etc.

Because of situations like this it's currently not possible for the database to enter auto-pause, and I think that turning Indicium off after working hours is probably the easiest solution here.

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  • October 5, 2026

Thanks Erwin and Tim. The best solution is configure SQL Elastic Pool. The main goal was to save money from Azure. SO i switched from Severless to Elastic Pool.

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