SQL: Add ability to close cursors (elastic/x-pack-elasticsearch#3249)

This commits adds a new end point for closing in-flight cursors, it also ensures that all cursors are properly closed by adding after test checks that ensures that we don't leave any search context open.

relates elastic/x-pack-elasticsearch#2878

Original commit: elastic/x-pack-elasticsearch@1052ea28dc

docs/en/sql/endpoints/sql-endpoints.asciidoc

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include::sql-rest.asciidoc[]
+include::sql-jdbc.asciidoc[]
 include::sql-translate.asciidoc[]
 include::sql-cli.asciidoc[]
 include::sql-jdbc.asciidoc[]

docs/en/sql/endpoints/sql-rest.asciidoc

@@ -114,8 +114,32 @@ You've reached the last page when there is no `cursor` returned
 in the results. Like Elasticsearch's <<search-request-scroll,scroll>>,
 SQL may keep state in Elasticsearch to support the cursor. Unlike
 scroll, receiving the last page is enough to guarantee that the
-Elasticsearch state is cleared. For now, that is the only way to
+Elasticsearch state is cleared.
-clear the state.
+
+To clear the state earlier, you can use the clear cursor command:
+
+[source,js]
+--------------------------------------------------
+POST /_xpack/sql/close
+{
+    "cursor": "sDXF1ZXJ5QW5kRmV0Y2gBAAAAAAAAAAEWYUpOYklQMHhRUEtld3RsNnFtYU1hQQ==:BAFmBGRhdGUBZgVsaWtlcwFzB21lc3NhZ2UBZgR1c2Vy9f///w8="
+}
+--------------------------------------------------
+// CONSOLE
+// TEST[continued]
+// TEST[s/sDXF1ZXJ5QW5kRmV0Y2gBAAAAAAAAAAEWYUpOYklQMHhRUEtld3RsNnFtYU1hQQ==:BAFmBGRhdGUBZgVsaWtlcwFzB21lc3NhZ2UBZgR1c2Vy9f\/\/\/w8=/$body.cursor/]
+
+Which will like return the
+
+[source,js]
+--------------------------------------------------
+{
+    "succeeded" : true
+}
+--------------------------------------------------
+// TESTRESPONSE
+
+
 
 [[sql-rest-filtering]]
 

plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authz/AuthorizationService.java

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.user.SystemUser;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.user.User;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.user.XPackSecurityUser;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.user.XPackUser;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.plugin.SqlClearCursorAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.plugin.SqlTranslateAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.plugin.sql.action.SqlAction;
 
@@ -501,6 +502,7 @@ public class AuthorizationService extends AbstractComponent {
                 action.equals(SearchTransportService.QUERY_SCROLL_ACTION_NAME) ||
                 action.equals(SearchTransportService.FREE_CONTEXT_SCROLL_ACTION_NAME) ||
                 action.equals(ClearScrollAction.NAME) ||
+                action.equals(SqlClearCursorAction.NAME) ||
                 action.equals(SearchTransportService.CLEAR_SCROLL_CONTEXTS_ACTION_NAME);
     }
 

plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/SqlClearCursorActionIT.java

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.BulkRequestBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.index.IndexRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.WriteRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.plugin.SqlClearCursorAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.plugin.SqlClearCursorAction.Response;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.plugin.sql.action.SqlAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.plugin.sql.action.SqlResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.session.Cursor;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertAcked;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
+
+public class SqlClearCursorActionIT extends AbstractSqlIntegTestCase {
+
+    public void testSqlClearCursorAction() throws Exception {
+        assertAcked(client().admin().indices().prepareCreate("test").get());
+        BulkRequestBuilder bulkRequestBuilder = client().prepareBulk();
+        int indexSize = randomIntBetween(100, 300);
+        logger.info("Indexing {} records", indexSize);
+        for (int i = 0; i < indexSize; i++) {
+            bulkRequestBuilder.add(new IndexRequest("test", "doc", "id" + i).source("data", "bar", "count", i));
+        }
+        bulkRequestBuilder.setRefreshPolicy(WriteRequest.RefreshPolicy.IMMEDIATE).get();
+        ensureYellow("test");
+
+        assertEquals(0, getNumberOfSearchContexts());
+
+        int fetchSize = randomIntBetween(5, 20);
+        logger.info("Fetching {} records at a time", fetchSize);
+        SqlResponse sqlResponse = client().prepareExecute(SqlAction.INSTANCE).query("SELECT * FROM test").fetchSize(fetchSize).get();
+        assertEquals(fetchSize, sqlResponse.size());
+
+        assertThat(getNumberOfSearchContexts(), greaterThan(0L));
+        assertThat(sqlResponse.cursor(), notNullValue());
+        assertThat(sqlResponse.cursor(), not(equalTo(Cursor.EMPTY)));
+
+        Response cleanCursorResponse = client().prepareExecute(SqlClearCursorAction.INSTANCE).cursor(sqlResponse.cursor()).get();
+        assertTrue(cleanCursorResponse.isSucceeded());
+
+        assertEquals(0, getNumberOfSearchContexts());
+    }
+
+    public void testAutoCursorCleanup() throws Exception {
+        assertAcked(client().admin().indices().prepareCreate("test").get());
+        BulkRequestBuilder bulkRequestBuilder = client().prepareBulk();
+        int indexSize = randomIntBetween(100, 300);
+        logger.info("Indexing {} records", indexSize);
+        for (int i = 0; i < indexSize; i++) {
+            bulkRequestBuilder.add(new IndexRequest("test", "doc", "id" + i).source("data", "bar", "count", i));
+        }
+        bulkRequestBuilder.setRefreshPolicy(WriteRequest.RefreshPolicy.IMMEDIATE).get();
+        ensureYellow("test");
+
+        assertEquals(0, getNumberOfSearchContexts());
+
+        int fetchSize = randomIntBetween(5, 20);
+        logger.info("Fetching {} records at a time", fetchSize);
+        SqlResponse sqlResponse = client().prepareExecute(SqlAction.INSTANCE).query("SELECT * FROM test").fetchSize(fetchSize).get();
+        assertEquals(fetchSize, sqlResponse.size());
+
+        assertThat(getNumberOfSearchContexts(), greaterThan(0L));
+        assertThat(sqlResponse.cursor(), notNullValue());
+        assertThat(sqlResponse.cursor(), not(equalTo(Cursor.EMPTY)));
+
+        long fetched = sqlResponse.size();
+        do {
+            sqlResponse = client().prepareExecute(SqlAction.INSTANCE).cursor(sqlResponse.cursor()).get();
+            fetched += sqlResponse.size();
+        } while (sqlResponse.cursor().equals(Cursor.EMPTY) == false);
+        assertEquals(indexSize, fetched);
+
+        Response cleanCursorResponse = client().prepareExecute(SqlClearCursorAction.INSTANCE).cursor(sqlResponse.cursor()).get();
+        assertFalse(cleanCursorResponse.isSucceeded());
+
+        assertEquals(0, getNumberOfSearchContexts());
+    }
+
+    private long getNumberOfSearchContexts() {
+        return client().admin().indices().prepareStats("test").clear().setSearch(true).get()
+                .getIndex("test").getTotal().getSearch().getOpenContexts();
+    }
+}

plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/api/xpack.sql.clear_cursor.json

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "xpack.sql.clear_cursor": {
+    "documentation": "Clear SQL cursor",
+    "methods": [ "POST"],
+    "url": {
+      "path": "/_xpack/sql/close",
+      "paths": [ "/_xpack/sql/close" ],
+      "parts": {}
+    },
+    "body": {
+      "description" : "Specify the cursor value in the `cursor` element to clean the cursor.",
+      "required" : true
+    }
+  }
+}

plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/api/xpack.sql.query.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "xpack.sql": {
+    "xpack.sql.query": {
       "documentation": "Execute SQL",
       "methods": [ "POST", "GET" ],
       "url": {
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
         "required" : true
       }
     }
-  }
+}

plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/sql/sql.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-"Execute some SQL":
+setup:
   - do:
       bulk:
         refresh: true
@@ -16,9 +16,17 @@
               _id:    2
           - str: test2
             int: 2
+          - index:
+              _index: test
+              _type:  doc
+              _id:    3
+          - str: test3
+            int: 3
 
+---
+"Execute some SQL":
   - do:
-      xpack.sql:
+      xpack.sql.query:
         format: json
         body:
           query: "SELECT * FROM test ORDER BY int asc"
@@ -28,9 +36,50 @@
   - match: { rows.0.1: test1 }
   - match: { rows.1.0: 2 }
   - match: { rows.1.1: test2 }
+  - match: { rows.2.0: 3 }
+  - match: { rows.2.1: test3 }
+
+---
+"Paging through results":
+  - do:
+      xpack.sql.query:
+        format: json
+        body:
+          query: "SELECT * FROM test ORDER BY int asc"
+          fetch_size: 2
+  - match: { columns.0.name: int }
+  - match: { columns.1.name: str }
+  - match: { rows.0.0: 1 }
+  - match: { rows.0.1: test1 }
+  - match: { rows.1.0: 2 }
+  - match: { rows.1.1: test2 }
+  - is_true: cursor
+  - set: { cursor: cursor }
 
   - do:
-      xpack.sql:
+      xpack.sql.query:
+        format: json
+        body:
+          cursor: "$cursor"
+  - match: { rows.0.0: 3 }
+  - match: { rows.0.1: test3 }
+  - is_false: columns
+  - is_true: cursor
+  - set: { cursor: cursor }
+
+  - do:
+      xpack.sql.query:
+        format: json
+        body:
+          cursor: "$cursor"
+  - is_false: columns
+  - is_false: cursor
+  - length: { rows: 0 }
+
+---
+"Getting textual representation":
+  - do:
+      xpack.sql.query:
         format: text
         body:
           query: "SELECT * FROM test ORDER BY int asc"
@@ -40,4 +89,32 @@
                    ---------------\+---------------\n
                    1      \s+     \|test1   \s+    \n
                    2      \s+     \|test2   \s+    \n
+                   3      \s+     \|test3   \s+    \n
                $/
+
+---
+"Clean cursor":
+  - do:
+      xpack.sql.query:
+        format: json
+        body:
+          query: "SELECT * FROM test ORDER BY int asc"
+          fetch_size: 2
+  - match: { columns.0.name: int }
+  - match: { columns.1.name: str }
+  - match: { rows.0.0: 1 }
+  - match: { rows.0.1: test1 }
+  - is_true: cursor
+  - set: { cursor: cursor}
+
+  - do:
+      xpack.sql.clear_cursor:
+        body:
+          cursor: "$cursor"
+  - match: { "succeeded": true }
+
+  - do:
+      indices.stats: { index: 'test' }
+
+  - match: { indices.test.total.search.open_contexts: 0 }
+

qa/sql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/qa/sql/cli/CliIntegrationTestCase.java

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.json.JsonXContent;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.rest.ESRestTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.client.PreBuiltTransportClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.qa.sql.embed.CliHttpServer;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.qa.sql.rest.RestSqlTestCase;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ import java.security.AccessControlException;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonMap;
+import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.qa.sql.rest.RestSqlTestCase.assertNoSearchContexts;
 
 public abstract class CliIntegrationTestCase extends ESRestTestCase {
     /**
@@ -67,12 +69,13 @@ public abstract class CliIntegrationTestCase extends ESRestTestCase {
     }
 
     @After
-    public void orderlyShutdown() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+    public void orderlyShutdown() throws Exception {
         if (cli == null) {
             // failed to connect to the cli so there is nothing to do here
             return;
         }
         cli.close();
+        assertNoSearchContexts();
     }
 
     /**

qa/sql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/qa/sql/jdbc/FetchSizeTestCase.java

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package org.elasticsearch.xpack.qa.sql.jdbc;
 
 import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
 import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.qa.sql.rest.RestSqlTestCase;
 import org.junit.Before;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Statement;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonMap;
+import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.qa.sql.rest.RestSqlTestCase.assertNoSearchContexts;
 
 /**
  * Tests for setting {@link Statement#setFetchSize(int)} and
@@ -52,6 +54,27 @@ public class FetchSizeTestCase extends JdbcIntegrationTestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test for {@code SELECT} that is implemented as a scroll query.
+     * In this test we don't retrieve all records and rely on close() to clean the cursor
+     */
+    public void testIncompleteScroll() throws Exception {
+        try (Connection c = esJdbc();
+             Statement s = c.createStatement()) {
+            s.setFetchSize(4);
+            try (ResultSet rs = s.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM test ORDER BY test_field ASC")) {
+                for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+                    assertEquals(4, rs.getFetchSize());
+                    assertTrue(rs.next());
+                    assertEquals(i, rs.getInt(1));
+                }
+                assertTrue(rs.next());
+            }
+        }
+        assertNoSearchContexts();
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Test for {@code SELECT} that is implemented as an aggregation.
      * In this case the fetch size should be entirely ignored.

qa/sql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/qa/sql/jdbc/JdbcIntegrationTestCase.java

@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentHelper;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.json.JsonXContent;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.rest.ESRestTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.qa.sql.embed.EmbeddedJdbcServer;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.qa.sql.rest.RestSqlTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.jdbc.JdbcConfiguration;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.jdbcx.JdbcDataSource;
 import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonMap;
+import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.qa.sql.rest.RestSqlTestCase.assertNoSearchContexts;
 
 public abstract class JdbcIntegrationTestCase extends ESRestTestCase {
     /**
@@ -52,6 +56,12 @@ public abstract class JdbcIntegrationTestCase extends ESRestTestCase {
     @ClassRule
     public static final EmbeddedJdbcServer EMBEDDED_SERVER = EMBED_SQL ? new EmbeddedJdbcServer() : null;
 
+    @After
+    public void checkSearchContent() throws Exception {
+        // Some context might linger due to fire and forget nature of scroll cleanup
+        assertNoSearchContexts();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Read an address for Elasticsearch suitable for the JDBC driver from the system properties.
      */

qa/sql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/qa/sql/rest/RestSqlTestCase.java

@@ -275,9 +275,9 @@ public abstract class RestSqlTestCase extends ESRestTestCase implements ErrorsTe
                 new StringEntity(bulk.toString(), ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON));
         String expected =
                 "test           \n" +
-                "---------------\n" +
+                        "---------------\n" +
-                "test           \n" +
+                        "test           \n" +
-                "test           \n";
+                        "test           \n";
         Tuple<String, String> response = runSqlAsText("SELECT * FROM test");
         logger.warn(expected);
         logger.warn(response.v1());
@@ -318,6 +318,11 @@ public abstract class RestSqlTestCase extends ESRestTestCase implements ErrorsTe
         expected.put("size", 0);
         expected.put("rows", emptyList());
         assertResponse(expected, runSql(new StringEntity("{\"cursor\":\"" + cursor + "\"}", ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON)));
+
+        Map<String, Object> response = runSql("/close", new StringEntity("{\"cursor\":\"" + cursor + "\"}", ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON));
+        assertEquals(true, response.get("succeeded"));
+
+        assertEquals(0, getNumberOfSearchContexts("test"));
     }
 
     private Tuple<String, String> runSqlAsText(String sql) throws IOException {
@@ -325,7 +330,7 @@ public abstract class RestSqlTestCase extends ESRestTestCase implements ErrorsTe
     }
 
     private Tuple<String, String> runSqlAsText(String suffix, HttpEntity sql) throws IOException {
-        Response  response = client().performRequest("POST", "/_xpack/sql" + suffix, singletonMap("error_trace", "true"), sql);
+        Response response = client().performRequest("POST", "/_xpack/sql" + suffix, singletonMap("error_trace", "true"), sql);
         return new Tuple<>(
                 Streams.copyToString(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)),
                 response.getHeader("Cursor")
@@ -340,4 +345,34 @@ public abstract class RestSqlTestCase extends ESRestTestCase implements ErrorsTe
         }
     }
 
+    public static int getNumberOfSearchContexts(String index) throws IOException {
+        Response response = client().performRequest("GET", "/_stats/search");
+        Map<String, Object> stats;
+        try (InputStream content = response.getEntity().getContent()) {
+            stats = XContentHelper.convertToMap(JsonXContent.jsonXContent, content, false);
+        }
+        return getOpenContexts(stats, index);
+    }
+
+    public static void assertNoSearchContexts() throws IOException {
+        Response response = client().performRequest("GET", "/_stats/search");
+        Map<String, Object> stats;
+        try (InputStream content = response.getEntity().getContent()) {
+            stats = XContentHelper.convertToMap(JsonXContent.jsonXContent, content, false);
+        }
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        Map<String, Object> indexStats = (Map<String, Object>) stats.get("indices");
+        for (String index : indexStats.keySet()) {
+            if (index.startsWith(".") == false) { // We are not interested in internal indices
+                assertEquals(index + " should have no search contexts", 0, getOpenContexts(stats, index));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public static int getOpenContexts(Map<String, Object> indexStats, String index) {
+        return (int) ((Map<String, Object>) ((Map<String, Object>) ((Map<String, Object>) ((Map<String, Object>)
+                indexStats.get("indices")).get(index)).get("total")).get("search")).get("open_contexts");
+    }
+
 }

sql/cli-proto/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/cli/net/protocol/Proto.java

@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ public final class Proto extends AbstractProto {
     public enum RequestType implements AbstractProto.RequestType {
         INFO(InfoRequest::new),
         QUERY_INIT(QueryInitRequest::new),
-        QUERY_PAGE(QueryPageRequest::new);
+        QUERY_PAGE(QueryPageRequest::new),
+        QUERY_CLOSE(QueryCloseRequest::new);
 
         private final RequestReader reader;
 
@@ -64,7 +65,8 @@ public final class Proto extends AbstractProto {
     public enum ResponseType implements AbstractProto.ResponseType {
         INFO(InfoResponse::new),
         QUERY_INIT(QueryInitResponse::new),
-        QUERY_PAGE(QueryPageResponse::new);
+        QUERY_PAGE(QueryPageResponse::new),
+        QUERY_CLOSE(QueryCloseResponse::new);
 
         private final ResponseReader reader;
 

sql/cli-proto/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/cli/net/protocol/QueryCloseRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.protocol.shared.AbstractQueryCloseRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.protocol.shared.SqlDataInput;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class QueryCloseRequest extends AbstractQueryCloseRequest {
+    public QueryCloseRequest(String cursor) {
+        super(cursor);
+    }
+
+    QueryCloseRequest(SqlDataInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Proto.RequestType requestType() {
+        return Proto.RequestType.QUERY_CLOSE;
+    }
+}

sql/cli-proto/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/cli/net/protocol/QueryCloseResponse.java

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.Proto.RequestType;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.Proto.ResponseType;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.protocol.shared.AbstractQueryCloseResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.protocol.shared.Request;
+
+import java.io.DataInput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class QueryCloseResponse extends AbstractQueryCloseResponse {
+    public QueryCloseResponse(boolean succeeded) {
+        super(succeeded);
+    }
+
+    QueryCloseResponse(Request request, DataInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(request, in);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RequestType requestType() {
+        return RequestType.QUERY_CLOSE;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ResponseType responseType() {
+        return ResponseType.QUERY_CLOSE;
+    }
+}

sql/cli-proto/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/cli/net/protocol/QueryCloseRequestTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.protocol.shared.TimeoutInfo;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.CliRoundTripTestUtils.assertRoundTripCurrentVersion;
+
+public class QueryCloseRequestTests extends ESTestCase {
+    static QueryCloseRequest randomQueryCloseRequest() {
+        String cursor = randomAlphaOfLength(10);
+        return new QueryCloseRequest(cursor);
+    }
+
+    public void testRoundTrip() throws IOException {
+        assertRoundTripCurrentVersion(randomQueryCloseRequest());
+    }
+
+    public void testToString() {
+        assertEquals("QueryCloseRequest<0320>", new QueryCloseRequest("0320").toString());
+    }
+}

sql/cli-proto/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/cli/net/protocol/QueryCloseResponseTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.CliRoundTripTestUtils.assertRoundTripCurrentVersion;
+import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.QueryCloseRequestTests.randomQueryCloseRequest;
+
+public class QueryCloseResponseTests extends ESTestCase {
+    static QueryCloseResponse randomQueryCloseResponse() {
+        return new QueryCloseResponse(randomBoolean());
+    }
+
+    public void testRoundTrip() throws IOException {
+        assertRoundTripCurrentVersion(randomQueryCloseRequest(), randomQueryCloseResponse());
+    }
+
+    public void testToString() {
+        assertEquals("QueryCloseResponse<true>",
+                new QueryCloseResponse(true).toString());
+    }
+}

sql/cli/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/cli/CliHttpClient.java

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.InfoRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.InfoResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.Proto;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.QueryCloseRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.QueryCloseResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.QueryInitRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.QueryPageRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.QueryResponse;
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ import java.security.AccessController;
 import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 public class CliHttpClient {
@@ -47,6 +51,11 @@ public class CliHttpClient {
         return (QueryResponse) post(request);
     }
 
+    public QueryCloseResponse queryClose(String cursor) throws SQLException {
+        QueryCloseRequest request = new QueryCloseRequest(cursor);
+        return (QueryCloseResponse) post(request);
+    }
+
     private TimeoutInfo timeout() {
         long clientTime = Instant.now().toEpochMilli();
         return new TimeoutInfo(clientTime, cfg.queryTimeout(), cfg.pageTimeout());

sql/cli/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/cli/command/ServerQueryCliCommand.java

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.command;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.CliHttpClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.CliTerminal;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.QueryResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.client.shared.JreHttpUrlConnection;
@@ -20,42 +21,41 @@ public class ServerQueryCliCommand extends AbstractServerCliCommand {
 
     @Override
     protected boolean doHandle(CliTerminal terminal, CliSession cliSession, String line) {
-        QueryResponse response;
+        QueryResponse response = null;
+        CliHttpClient cliClient = cliSession.getClient();
         try {
-            response = cliSession.getClient().queryInit(line, cliSession.getFetchSize());
+            response = cliClient.queryInit(line, cliSession.getFetchSize());
+            if (response.data.startsWith("digraph ")) {
+                handleGraphviz(terminal, response.data);
+                return true;
+            }
+            while (true) {
+                handleText(terminal, response.data);
+                if (response.cursor().isEmpty()) {
+                    // Successfully finished the entire query!
+                    terminal.flush();
+                    return true;
+                }
+                if (false == cliSession.getFetchSeparator().equals("")) {
+                    terminal.println(cliSession.getFetchSeparator());
+                }
+                response = cliSession.getClient().nextPage(response.cursor());
+            }
         } catch (SQLException e) {
             if (JreHttpUrlConnection.SQL_STATE_BAD_SERVER.equals(e.getSQLState())) {
                 terminal.error("Server error", e.getMessage());
             } else {
                 terminal.error("Bad request", e.getMessage());
             }
-            return true;
+            if (response != null && response.cursor().isEmpty() == false) {
-        }
+                try {
-        if (response.data.startsWith("digraph ")) {
+                    cliClient.queryClose(response.cursor());
-            handleGraphviz(terminal, response.data);
+                } catch (SQLException ex) {
-            return true;
+                    terminal.error("Could not close cursor", ex.getMessage());
-        }
-        while (true) {
-            handleText(terminal, response.data);
-            if (response.cursor().isEmpty()) {
-                // Successfully finished the entire query!
-                terminal.flush();
-                return true;
-            }
-            if (false == cliSession.getFetchSeparator().equals("")) {
-                terminal.println(cliSession.getFetchSeparator());
-            }
-            try {
-                response = cliSession.getClient().nextPage(response.cursor());
-            } catch (SQLException e) {
-                if (JreHttpUrlConnection.SQL_STATE_BAD_SERVER.equals(e.getSQLState())) {
-                    terminal.error("Server error", e.getMessage());
-                } else {
-                    terminal.error("Bad request", e.getMessage());
                 }
-                return true;
             }
         }
+        return true;
     }
 
     private void handleText(CliTerminal terminal, String str) {

sql/cli/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/cli/command/ServerQueryCliCommandTests.java

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.command;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.CliHttpClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.TestTerminal;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.QueryCloseResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.QueryInitResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.QueryPageResponse;
 
@@ -81,4 +82,21 @@ public class ServerQueryCliCommandTests extends ESTestCase {
         verifyNoMoreInteractions(client);
     }
 
+    public void testCursorCleanupOnError() throws Exception {
+        TestTerminal testTerminal = new TestTerminal();
+        CliHttpClient client = mock(CliHttpClient.class);
+        CliSession cliSession = new CliSession(client);
+        cliSession.setFetchSize(15);
+        when(client.queryInit("test query", 15)).thenReturn(new QueryInitResponse(123, "my_cursor1", "first"));
+        when(client.nextPage("my_cursor1")).thenThrow(new SQLException("test exception"));
+        when(client.queryClose("my_cursor1")).thenReturn(new QueryCloseResponse(true));
+        ServerQueryCliCommand cliCommand = new ServerQueryCliCommand();
+        assertTrue(cliCommand.handle(testTerminal, cliSession, "test query"));
+        assertEquals("first<b>Bad request [</b><i>test exception</i><b>]</b>\n", testTerminal.toString());
+        verify(client, times(1)).queryInit(eq("test query"), eq(15));
+        verify(client, times(1)).nextPage(any());
+        verify(client, times(1)).queryClose(eq("my_cursor1"));
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions(client);
+    }
+
 }

sql/jdbc-proto/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/jdbc/net/protocol/Proto.java

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public final class Proto extends AbstractProto {
         META_COLUMN(MetaColumnRequest::new),
         QUERY_INIT(QueryInitRequest::new),
         QUERY_PAGE(QueryPageRequest::new),
-        //        QUERY_CLOSE(QueryClosenRequest::new), TODO implement me
+        QUERY_CLOSE(QueryCloseRequest::new)
         ;
 
         private final RequestReader reader;
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public final class Proto extends AbstractProto {
         META_COLUMN(MetaColumnResponse::new),
         QUERY_INIT(QueryInitResponse::new),
         QUERY_PAGE(QueryPageResponse::new),
-//        QUERY_CLOSE(QueryClosenResponse::new)  TODO implement me
+        QUERY_CLOSE(QueryCloseResponse::new)
         ;
 
         private final ResponseReader reader;

sql/jdbc-proto/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/jdbc/net/protocol/QueryCloseRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.Proto.RequestType;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.protocol.shared.AbstractQueryCloseRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.protocol.shared.AbstractQueryPageRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.protocol.shared.Nullable;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.protocol.shared.SqlDataInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.protocol.shared.TimeoutInfo;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class QueryCloseRequest extends AbstractQueryCloseRequest {
+
+    public QueryCloseRequest(String cursor) {
+        super(cursor);
+    }
+
+    QueryCloseRequest(SqlDataInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RequestType requestType() {
+        return RequestType.QUERY_CLOSE;
+    }
+
+}

sql/jdbc-proto/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/jdbc/net/protocol/QueryCloseResponse.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.Proto.RequestType;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.Proto.ResponseType;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.protocol.shared.AbstractInfoResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.protocol.shared.AbstractQueryCloseResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.protocol.shared.Request;
+
+import java.io.DataInput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class QueryCloseResponse extends AbstractQueryCloseResponse {
+    public QueryCloseResponse(boolean succeeded) {
+        super(succeeded);
+    }
+
+    QueryCloseResponse(Request request, DataInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(request, in);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RequestType requestType() {
+        return RequestType.QUERY_CLOSE;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ResponseType responseType() {
+        return ResponseType.QUERY_CLOSE;
+    }
+}

sql/jdbc-proto/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/jdbc/net/protocol/QueryCloseRequestTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.protocol.shared.TimeoutInfo;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.JdbcRoundTripTestUtils.assertRoundTripCurrentVersion;
+import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.JdbcRoundTripTestUtils.randomTimeoutInfo;
+
+public class QueryCloseRequestTests extends ESTestCase {
+    static QueryCloseRequest randomQueryCloseRequest() {
+        String cursor = randomAlphaOfLength(10);
+        return new QueryCloseRequest(cursor);
+    }
+
+    public void testRoundTrip() throws IOException {
+        assertRoundTripCurrentVersion(randomQueryCloseRequest());
+    }
+
+    public void testToString() {
+        assertEquals("QueryCloseRequest<123>", new QueryCloseRequest("123").toString());
+    }
+}

sql/jdbc-proto/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/jdbc/net/protocol/QueryCloseResponseTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.JdbcRoundTripTestUtils.assertRoundTripCurrentVersion;
+
+public class QueryCloseResponseTests extends ESTestCase {
+    static QueryCloseResponse randomQueryCloseResponse() {
+        return new QueryCloseResponse(randomBoolean());
+    }
+
+    public void testRoundTrip() throws IOException {
+        assertRoundTripCurrentVersion(QueryCloseRequestTests::randomQueryCloseRequest, randomQueryCloseResponse());
+    }
+
+    public void testToString() {
+        assertEquals("QueryCloseResponse<true>", new QueryCloseResponse(true).toString());
+    }
+}

sql/jdbc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/jdbc/jdbc/JdbcDatabaseMetaData.java

@@ -1257,5 +1257,10 @@ class JdbcDatabaseMetaData implements DatabaseMetaData, JdbcWrapper {
         public int batchSize() {
             return data.length;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public void close() throws SQLException {
+            // this cursor doesn't hold any resource - no need to clean up
+        }
     }
 }

sql/jdbc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/jdbc/jdbc/JdbcResultSet.java

@@ -109,12 +109,13 @@ class JdbcResultSet implements ResultSet, JdbcWrapper {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void close() {
+    public void close() throws SQLException {
         if (!closed) {
             closed = true;
             if (statement != null) {
                 statement.resultSetWasClosed();
             }
+            cursor.close();
         }
     }
 

sql/jdbc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/jdbc/jdbc/JdbcStatement.java

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class JdbcStatement implements Statement, JdbcWrapper {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void close() {
+    public void close() throws SQLException {
         if (!closed) {
             closed = true;
             closeResultSet();
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ class JdbcStatement implements Statement, JdbcWrapper {
         }
     }
 
-    protected final void closeResultSet() {
+    protected final void closeResultSet() throws SQLException {
         if (rs != null) {
             ignoreResultSetClose = true;
             try {
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ class JdbcStatement implements Statement, JdbcWrapper {
         }
     }
 
-    final void resultSetWasClosed() {
+    final void resultSetWasClosed() throws SQLException {
         if (closeOnCompletion && !ignoreResultSetClose) {
             close();
         }

sql/jdbc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/jdbc/net/client/Cursor.java

@@ -27,4 +27,6 @@ public interface Cursor {
      * server in the current batch.
      */
     int batchSize();
+
+    void close() throws SQLException;
 }

sql/jdbc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/jdbc/net/client/DefaultCursor.java

@@ -57,4 +57,11 @@ class DefaultCursor implements Cursor {
     public int batchSize() {
         return page.rows();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws SQLException {
+        if (cursor.isEmpty() == false) {
+            client.queryClose(cursor);
+        }
+    }
 }

sql/jdbc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/jdbc/net/client/HttpClient.java

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.client;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.client.shared.ClientException;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.client.shared.JreHttpUrlConnection;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.client.shared.JreHttpUrlConnection.ResponseOrException;
-import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.JdbcException;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.JdbcSQLException;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.jdbc.JdbcConfiguration;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.Proto;
@@ -60,4 +59,5 @@ class HttpClient {
             throw new JdbcSQLException(ex, "Transport failure");
         }
     }
+
 }

sql/jdbc/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/jdbc/net/client/JdbcHttpClient.java

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.MetaColumnResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.MetaTableRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.MetaTableResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.Page;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.QueryCloseRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.QueryCloseResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.QueryInitRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.QueryInitResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.QueryPageRequest;
@@ -24,7 +26,9 @@ import java.io.DataInput;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 public class JdbcHttpClient {
     @FunctionalInterface
@@ -69,6 +73,11 @@ public class JdbcHttpClient {
         return ((QueryPageResponse) http.post(request)).cursor();
     }
 
+    public boolean queryClose(String cursor) throws SQLException {
+        QueryCloseRequest request = new QueryCloseRequest(cursor);
+        return ((QueryCloseResponse) http.post(request)).succeeded();
+    }
+
     public InfoResponse serverInfo() throws SQLException {
         if (serverInfo == null) {
             serverInfo = fetchServerInfo();

sql/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/execution/PlanExecutor.java

@@ -71,4 +71,8 @@ public class PlanExecutor {
     public void nextPage(Configuration cfg, Cursor cursor, ActionListener<RowSet> listener) {
         cursor.nextPage(cfg, client, listener);
     }
+
+    public void cleanCursor(Configuration cfg, Cursor cursor, ActionListener<Boolean> listener) {
+        cursor.clear(cfg, client, listener);
+    }
 }

sql/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/execution/search/AbstractSearchHitRowSet.java

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
  */
 abstract class AbstractSearchHitRowSet extends AbstractRowSet {
     private final SearchHit[] hits;
+    private final Cursor cursor;
     private final String scrollId;
     private final List<HitExtractor> extractors;
     private final Set<String> innerHits = new LinkedHashSet<>();
@@ -75,6 +76,21 @@ abstract class AbstractSearchHitRowSet extends AbstractRowSet {
         size = limitHits < 0 ? sz : Math.min(sz, limitHits);
         indexPerLevel = new int[maxDepth + 1];
         this.innerHit = innerHit;
+
+        if (scrollId == null) {
+            /* SearchResponse can contain a null scroll when you start a
+             * scroll but all results fit in the first page. */
+            cursor = Cursor.EMPTY;
+        } else {
+            // compute remaining limit
+            int remainingLimit = limit - size;
+            // if the computed limit is zero, or the size is zero it means either there's nothing left or the limit has been reached
+            if (size == 0 || remainingLimit == 0) {
+                cursor = Cursor.EMPTY;
+            } else {
+                cursor = new ScrollCursor(scrollId, extractors, remainingLimit);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -152,17 +168,6 @@ abstract class AbstractSearchHitRowSet extends AbstractRowSet {
 
     @Override
     public Cursor nextPageCursor() {
-        if (scrollId == null) {
+        return cursor;
-            /* SearchResponse can contain a null scroll when you start a
-             * scroll but all results fit in the first page. */
-            return Cursor.EMPTY;
-        }
-        // compute remaining limit
-        int remainingLimit = limit - size;
-        // if the computed limit is zero, or the size is zero it means either there's nothing left or the limit has been reached
-        if (size == 0 || remainingLimit == 0) {
-            return Cursor.EMPTY;
-        }
-        return new ScrollCursor(scrollId, extractors, remainingLimit);
     }
 }

sql/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/execution/search/ScrollCursor.java

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.execution.search;
 
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.search.ClearScrollRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.search.ClearScrollResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchScrollRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
@@ -57,12 +59,25 @@ public class ScrollCursor implements Cursor {
     public void nextPage(Configuration cfg, Client client, ActionListener<RowSet> listener) {
         SearchScrollRequest request = new SearchScrollRequest(scrollId).scroll(cfg.pageTimeout());
         client.searchScroll(request, ActionListener.wrap((SearchResponse response) -> {
-            int limitHits = limit;
+            ScrolledSearchHitRowSet rowSet = new ScrolledSearchHitRowSet(extractors, response.getHits().getHits(),
-            listener.onResponse(new ScrolledSearchHitRowSet(extractors, response.getHits().getHits(),
+                    limit, response.getScrollId());
-                    limitHits, response.getScrollId()));
+            if (rowSet.nextPageCursor() == Cursor.EMPTY ) {
+                // we are finished with this cursor, let's clean it before continuing
+                clear(cfg, client, ActionListener.wrap(success -> listener.onResponse(rowSet), listener::onFailure));
+            } else {
+                listener.onResponse(rowSet);
+            }
         }, listener::onFailure));
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void clear(Configuration cfg, Client client, ActionListener<Boolean> listener) {
+        cleanCursor(client, scrollId,
+                ActionListener.wrap(
+                        clearScrollResponse -> listener.onResponse(clearScrollResponse.isSucceeded()),
+                        listener::onFailure));
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object obj) {
         if (obj == null || obj.getClass() != getClass()) {
@@ -83,4 +98,11 @@ public class ScrollCursor implements Cursor {
     public String toString() {
         return "cursor for scroll [" + scrollId + "]";
     }
+
+    public static void cleanCursor(Client client, String scrollId, ActionListener<ClearScrollResponse> listener) {
+        ClearScrollRequest clearScrollRequest = new ClearScrollRequest();
+        clearScrollRequest.addScrollId(scrollId);
+        client.clearScroll(clearScrollRequest, listener);
+    }
+
 }

sql/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/execution/search/Scroller.java

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class Scroller {
         }
 
         @Override
-        protected SchemaRowSet handleResponse(SearchResponse response) {
+        protected void handleResponse(SearchResponse response, ActionListener<SchemaRowSet> listener) {
 
             final List<Object[]> extractedAggs = new ArrayList<>();
             AggValues aggValues = new AggValues(extractedAggs);
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ public class Scroller {
             }
 
             aggValues.init(maxDepth, query.limit());
-            clearScroll(response.getScrollId());
+            clearScroll(response.getScrollId(), ActionListener.wrap(
-
+                    succeeded -> listener.onResponse(new AggsRowSet(schema, aggValues, aggColumns)),
-            return new AggsRowSet(schema, aggValues, aggColumns);
+                    listener::onFailure));
         }
 
         private Object[] extractAggValue(ColumnReference col, SearchResponse response) {
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ public class Scroller {
             super.onResponse(response);
         }
 
-        protected SchemaRowSet handleResponse(SearchResponse response) {
+        @Override
+        protected void handleResponse(SearchResponse response, ActionListener<SchemaRowSet> listener) {
             SearchHit[] hits = response.getHits().getHits();
             List<HitExtractor> exts = getExtractors();
 
@@ -239,23 +240,23 @@ public class Scroller {
                 String scrollId = response.getScrollId();
 
                 // if there's an id, try to setup next scroll
-                if (scrollId != null) {
+                if (scrollId != null &&
                     // is all the content already retrieved?
-                    if (Boolean.TRUE.equals(response.isTerminatedEarly()) || response.getHits().getTotalHits() == hits.length
+                        (Boolean.TRUE.equals(response.isTerminatedEarly()) || response.getHits().getTotalHits() == hits.length
                     // or maybe the limit has been reached
-                            || (hits.length >= query.limit() && query.limit() > -1)) {
+                            || (hits.length >= query.limit() && query.limit() > -1))) {
                         // if so, clear the scroll
-                        clearScroll(scrollId);
+                        clearScroll(response.getScrollId(), ActionListener.wrap(
-                        // and remove it to indicate no more data is expected
+                                succeeded -> listener.onResponse(new InitialSearchHitRowSet(schema, exts, hits, query.limit(), null)),
-                        scrollId = null;
+                                listener::onFailure));
-                    }
+                } else {
+                    listener.onResponse(new InitialSearchHitRowSet(schema, exts, hits, query.limit(), scrollId));
                 }
-                return new InitialSearchHitRowSet(schema, exts, hits, query.limit(), scrollId);
             }
             // no hits
             else {
-                clearScroll(response.getScrollId());
+                clearScroll(response.getScrollId(), ActionListener.wrap(succeeded -> listener.onResponse(Rows.empty(schema)),
-                return Rows.empty(schema);
+                        listener::onFailure));
             }
         }
 
@@ -321,18 +322,22 @@ public class Scroller {
                 if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(failure)) {
                     onFailure(new ExecutionException(failure[0].reason(), failure[0].getCause()));
                 }
-                listener.onResponse(handleResponse(response));
+                handleResponse(response, listener);
             } catch (Exception ex) {
                 onFailure(ex);
             }
         }
 
-        protected abstract SchemaRowSet handleResponse(SearchResponse response);
+        protected abstract void handleResponse(SearchResponse response, ActionListener<SchemaRowSet> listener);
 
-        protected final void clearScroll(String scrollId) {
+        protected final void clearScroll(String scrollId, ActionListener<Boolean> listener) {
             if (scrollId != null) {
-                // fire and forget
+                client.prepareClearScroll().addScrollId(scrollId).execute(
-                client.prepareClearScroll().addScrollId(scrollId).execute();
+                        ActionListener.wrap(
+                                clearScrollResponse -> listener.onResponse(clearScrollResponse.isSucceeded()),
+                                listener::onFailure));
+            } else {
+                listener.onResponse(false);
             }
         }
 

sql/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/plugin/CliFormatterCursor.java

@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ public class CliFormatterCursor implements Cursor {
         delegate.nextPage(cfg, client, listener);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void clear(Configuration cfg, Client client, ActionListener<Boolean> listener) {
+        delegate.clear(cfg, client, listener);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getWriteableName() {
         return NAME;

sql/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/plugin/JdbcCursor.java

@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ public class JdbcCursor implements Cursor {
         delegate.nextPage(cfg, client, listener);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void clear(Configuration cfg, Client client, ActionListener<Boolean> listener) {
+        delegate.clear(cfg, client, listener);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getWriteableName() {
         return NAME;

sql/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/plugin/RestSqlCliAction.java

@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.InfoResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.Proto;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.Proto.RequestType;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.QueryCloseRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.QueryInitRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.QueryInitResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.QueryPageRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.net.protocol.QueryPageResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.QueryCloseResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.plugin.sql.action.SqlAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.plugin.sql.action.SqlRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.protocol.shared.Request;
@@ -64,6 +66,8 @@ public class RestSqlCliAction extends AbstractSqlProtocolRestAction {
             return queryInit(client, (QueryInitRequest) request);
         case QUERY_PAGE:
             return queryPage(client, (QueryPageRequest) request);
+        case QUERY_CLOSE:
+            return queryClose(client, (QueryCloseRequest) request);
         default:
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported action [" + requestType + "]");
         }
@@ -102,4 +106,11 @@ public class RestSqlCliAction extends AbstractSqlProtocolRestAction {
                     Cursor.encodeToString(Version.CURRENT, CliFormatterCursor.wrap(response.cursor(), formatter)), data);
         }));
     }
+
+    private Consumer<RestChannel> queryClose(Client client, QueryCloseRequest request) {
+        Cursor cursor = Cursor.decodeFromString(request.cursor);
+        SqlClearCursorAction.Request sqlRequest = new SqlClearCursorAction.Request(cursor);
+        return channel -> client.execute(SqlClearCursorAction.INSTANCE, sqlRequest, toActionListener(channel,
+                response -> new QueryCloseResponse(response.isSucceeded())));
+    }
 }

sql/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/plugin/RestSqlJdbcAction.java

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.MetaTableRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.MetaTableResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.Proto;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.Proto.RequestType;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.QueryCloseRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.QueryCloseResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.QueryInitRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.QueryInitResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.jdbc.net.protocol.QueryPageRequest;
@@ -95,6 +97,8 @@ public class RestSqlJdbcAction extends AbstractSqlProtocolRestAction {
             return queryInit(client, (QueryInitRequest) request);
         case QUERY_PAGE:
             return queryPage(client, (QueryPageRequest) request);
+        case QUERY_CLOSE:
+            return queryClose(client, (QueryCloseRequest) request);
         default:
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported action [" + requestType + "]");
         }
@@ -165,4 +169,11 @@ public class RestSqlJdbcAction extends AbstractSqlProtocolRestAction {
                         Cursor.encodeToString(Version.CURRENT, JdbcCursor.wrap(response.cursor(), types)),
                     new SqlResponsePayload(types, response.rows()))));
     }
+
+    private Consumer<RestChannel> queryClose(Client client, QueryCloseRequest request) {
+        Cursor cursor = Cursor.decodeFromString(request.cursor);
+        SqlClearCursorAction.Request sqlRequest = new SqlClearCursorAction.Request(cursor);
+        return channel -> client.execute(SqlClearCursorAction.INSTANCE, sqlRequest, toActionListener(channel,
+                response -> new QueryCloseResponse(response.isSucceeded())));
+    }
 }

sql/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/plugin/SqlClearCursorAction.java

@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.plugin;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.HandledTransportAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.node.NodeClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexNameExpressionResolver;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ObjectParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.StatusToXContentObject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.BaseRestHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.RestToXContentListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
+import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.execution.PlanExecutor;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.session.Configuration;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.session.Cursor;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
+import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.POST;
+import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus.NOT_FOUND;
+import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus.OK;
+
+public class SqlClearCursorAction
+        extends Action<SqlClearCursorAction.Request, SqlClearCursorAction.Response, SqlClearCursorAction.RequestBuilder> {
+
+    public static final SqlClearCursorAction INSTANCE = new SqlClearCursorAction();
+    public static final String NAME = "indices:data/read/sql/close_cursor";
+
+    private SqlClearCursorAction() {
+        super(NAME);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RequestBuilder newRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client) {
+        return new RequestBuilder(client, this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Response newResponse() {
+        return new Response();
+    }
+
+    public static class Request extends ActionRequest {
+
+        public static final ObjectParser<Request, Void> PARSER = new ObjectParser<>(NAME, Request::new);
+
+        public static final ParseField CURSOR = new ParseField("cursor");
+
+        static {
+            PARSER.declareString((request, nextPage) -> request.setCursor(Cursor.decodeFromString(nextPage)), CURSOR);
+        }
+
+        private Cursor cursor;
+
+        public Request() {
+
+        }
+
+        public Request(Cursor cursor) {
+            this.cursor = cursor;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ActionRequestValidationException validate() {
+            ActionRequestValidationException validationException = null;
+            if (getCursor() == null) {
+                validationException = addValidationError("cursor is required", validationException);
+            }
+            return validationException;
+        }
+
+        public Cursor getCursor() {
+            return cursor;
+        }
+
+        public Request setCursor(Cursor cursor) {
+            this.cursor = cursor;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getDescription() {
+            return "SQL Clean cursor [" + getCursor() + "]";
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super.readFrom(in);
+            cursor = in.readNamedWriteable(Cursor.class);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+            super.writeTo(out);
+            out.writeNamedWriteable(cursor);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object o) {
+            if (this == o) return true;
+            if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;
+            Request request = (Request) o;
+            return Objects.equals(cursor, request.cursor);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(cursor);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class RequestBuilder extends ActionRequestBuilder<Request, Response, RequestBuilder> {
+        public RequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, SqlClearCursorAction action, Cursor cursor) {
+            super(client, action, new Request(cursor));
+        }
+
+        public RequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, SqlClearCursorAction action) {
+            super(client, action, new Request());
+        }
+
+        public RequestBuilder cursor(Cursor cursor) {
+            request.setCursor(cursor);
+            return this;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class Response extends ActionResponse implements StatusToXContentObject {
+
+        private static final ParseField SUCCEEDED = new ParseField("succeeded");
+
+        private boolean succeeded;
+
+        public Response(boolean succeeded) {
+            this.succeeded = succeeded;
+        }
+
+        Response() {
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * @return Whether the attempt to clear a cursor was successful.
+         */
+        public boolean isSucceeded() {
+            return succeeded;
+        }
+
+        public Response setSucceeded(boolean succeeded) {
+            this.succeeded = succeeded;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public RestStatus status() {
+            return succeeded ? NOT_FOUND : OK;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+            builder.startObject();
+            builder.field(SUCCEEDED.getPreferredName(), succeeded);
+            builder.endObject();
+            return builder;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super.readFrom(in);
+            succeeded = in.readBoolean();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+            super.writeTo(out);
+            out.writeBoolean(succeeded);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object o) {
+            if (this == o) return true;
+            if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;
+            Response response = (Response) o;
+            return succeeded == response.succeeded;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(succeeded);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    public static class TransportAction extends HandledTransportAction<Request, Response> {
+        private final PlanExecutor planExecutor;
+        private final SqlLicenseChecker sqlLicenseChecker;
+
+        @Inject
+        public TransportAction(Settings settings, ThreadPool threadPool,
+                                    TransportService transportService, ActionFilters actionFilters,
+                                    IndexNameExpressionResolver indexNameExpressionResolver,
+                                    PlanExecutor planExecutor,
+                                    SqlLicenseChecker sqlLicenseChecker) {
+            super(settings, NAME, threadPool, transportService, actionFilters,
+                    indexNameExpressionResolver, Request::new);
+            this.planExecutor = planExecutor;
+            this.sqlLicenseChecker = sqlLicenseChecker;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void doExecute(Request request, ActionListener<Response> listener) {
+            sqlLicenseChecker.checkIfSqlAllowed();
+            Cursor cursor = request.getCursor();
+            planExecutor.cleanCursor(Configuration.DEFAULT, cursor, ActionListener.wrap(
+                    success -> listener.onResponse(new Response(success)), listener::onFailure));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class RestAction extends BaseRestHandler {
+        public RestAction(Settings settings, RestController controller) {
+            super(settings);
+            controller.registerHandler(POST, "/_xpack/sql/close", this);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected RestChannelConsumer prepareRequest(RestRequest request, NodeClient client) throws IOException {
+            Request sqlRequest;
+            try (XContentParser parser = request.contentOrSourceParamParser()) {
+                sqlRequest = Request.PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+            }
+            return channel -> client.executeLocally(SqlClearCursorAction.INSTANCE, sqlRequest, new RestToXContentListener<>(channel));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getName() {
+            return "sql_translate_action";
+        }
+    }
+}

sql/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/plugin/SqlPlugin.java

@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ public class SqlPlugin implements ActionPlugin {
         return Arrays.asList(new RestSqlAction(settings, restController),
                              new SqlTranslateAction.RestAction(settings, restController),
                              new RestSqlCliAction(settings, restController),
-                             new RestSqlJdbcAction(settings, restController, sqlLicenseChecker, indexResolver));
+                             new RestSqlJdbcAction(settings, restController, sqlLicenseChecker, indexResolver),
+                             new SqlClearCursorAction.RestAction(settings, restController));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ public class SqlPlugin implements ActionPlugin {
         }
 
         return Arrays.asList(new ActionHandler<>(SqlAction.INSTANCE, TransportSqlAction.class),
-                             new ActionHandler<>(SqlTranslateAction.INSTANCE, SqlTranslateAction.TransportAction.class));
+                             new ActionHandler<>(SqlTranslateAction.INSTANCE, SqlTranslateAction.TransportAction.class),
+                             new ActionHandler<>(SqlClearCursorAction.INSTANCE, SqlClearCursorAction.TransportAction.class));
     }
 }

sql/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/plugin/sql/action/SqlRequest.java

@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ public class SqlRequest extends AbstractSqlRequest {
         return this;
     }
 
-
     @Override
     public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         super.readFrom(in);

sql/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/plugin/sql/action/SqlRequestBuilder.java

@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ public class SqlRequestBuilder extends ActionRequestBuilder<SqlRequest, SqlRespo
         return this;
     }
 
-    public SqlRequestBuilder filter(QueryBuilder filter) {
+    public SqlRequestBuilder cursor(Cursor cursor) {
-        request.filter(filter);
+        request.cursor(cursor);
         return this;
     }
 
-    public SqlRequestBuilder nextPageKey(Cursor nextPageInfo) {
+    public SqlRequestBuilder filter(QueryBuilder filter) {
-        request.cursor(nextPageInfo);
+        request.filter(filter);
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -57,4 +57,9 @@ public class SqlRequestBuilder extends ActionRequestBuilder<SqlRequest, SqlRespo
         request.pageTimeout(timeout);
         return this;
     }
+
+    public SqlRequestBuilder fetchSize(int fetchSize) {
+        request.fetchSize(fetchSize);
+        return this;
+    }
 }

sql/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/session/Cursor.java

@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ public interface Cursor extends NamedWriteable {
      */
     void nextPage(Configuration cfg, Client client, ActionListener<RowSet> listener);
 
+    /**
+     *  Cleans the resources associated with the cursor
+     */
+    void clear(Configuration cfg, Client client, ActionListener<Boolean> listener);
+
     /**
      * The {@link NamedWriteable}s required to deserialize {@link Cursor}s.
      */

sql/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/session/EmptyCursor.java

@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ class EmptyCursor implements Cursor {
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("there is no next page");
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void clear(Configuration cfg, Client client, ActionListener<Boolean> listener) {
+        // There is nothing to clean
+        listener.onResponse(false);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object obj) {
         return obj == this;

sql/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/execution/search/CursorTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.execution.search;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.search.ClearScrollRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.PlainActionFuture;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.session.Configuration;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.session.Cursor;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.action.support.PlainActionFuture.newFuture;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyZeroInteractions;
+
+public class CursorTests extends ESTestCase {
+
+    public void testEmptyCursorClearCursor() {
+        Client clientMock = mock(Client.class);
+        Cursor cursor = Cursor.EMPTY;
+        PlainActionFuture<Boolean> future = newFuture();
+        cursor.clear(Configuration.DEFAULT, clientMock, future);
+        assertFalse(future.actionGet());
+        verifyZeroInteractions(clientMock);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public void testScrollCursorClearCursor() {
+        Client clientMock = mock(Client.class);
+        ActionListener<Boolean> listenerMock = mock(ActionListener.class);
+        String cursorString = randomAlphaOfLength(10);
+        Cursor cursor = new ScrollCursor(cursorString, Collections.emptyList(), randomInt());
+
+        cursor.clear(Configuration.DEFAULT, clientMock, listenerMock);
+
+        ArgumentCaptor<ClearScrollRequest> request = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(ClearScrollRequest.class);
+        verify(clientMock).clearScroll(request.capture(), any(ActionListener.class));
+        assertEquals(Collections.singletonList(cursorString), request.getValue().getScrollIds());
+        verifyZeroInteractions(listenerMock);
+    }
+
+}

sql/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/plugin/SqlClearCursorRequestTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.plugin;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractStreamableTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.EqualsHashCodeTestUtils.MutateFunction;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.session.Cursor;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.execution.search.ScrollCursorTests.randomScrollCursor;
+
+public class SqlClearCursorRequestTests extends AbstractStreamableTestCase<SqlClearCursorAction.Request> {
+
+    @Override
+    protected SqlClearCursorAction.Request createTestInstance() {
+        return new SqlClearCursorAction.Request(randomScrollCursor());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected SqlClearCursorAction.Request createBlankInstance() {
+        return new SqlClearCursorAction.Request();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    protected MutateFunction<SqlClearCursorAction.Request> getMutateFunction() {
+        return request -> getCopyFunction().copy(request).setCursor(randomScrollCursor());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected NamedWriteableRegistry getNamedWriteableRegistry() {
+        return new NamedWriteableRegistry(Cursor.getNamedWriteables());
+    }
+
+}

sql/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/plugin/SqlClearCursorResponseTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.plugin;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractStreamableTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.EqualsHashCodeTestUtils.MutateFunction;
+
+public class SqlClearCursorResponseTests extends AbstractStreamableTestCase<SqlClearCursorAction.Response> {
+
+    @Override
+    protected SqlClearCursorAction.Response createTestInstance() {
+        return new SqlClearCursorAction.Response(randomBoolean());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected SqlClearCursorAction.Response createBlankInstance() {
+        return new SqlClearCursorAction.Response();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected MutateFunction<SqlClearCursorAction.Response> getMutateFunction() {
+        return response -> getCopyFunction().copy(response).setSucceeded(response.isSucceeded() == false);
+    }
+}

sql/shared-client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/client/shared/JreHttpUrlConnection.java

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import java.sql.SQLInvalidAuthorizationSpecException;
 import java.sql.SQLRecoverableException;
 import java.sql.SQLSyntaxErrorException;
 import java.sql.SQLTimeoutException;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;

sql/shared-proto/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/protocol/shared/AbstractQueryCloseRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.protocol.shared;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+public abstract class AbstractQueryCloseRequest extends Request {
+    public final String cursor;
+
+    protected AbstractQueryCloseRequest(String cursor) {
+        if (cursor == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("[cursor] must not be null");
+        }
+        this.cursor = cursor;
+    }
+
+    protected AbstractQueryCloseRequest(SqlDataInput in) throws IOException {
+        this.cursor = in.readUTF();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(SqlDataOutput out) throws IOException {
+        out.writeUTF(cursor);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String toStringBody() {
+        return cursor;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (obj == null || obj.getClass() != getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        AbstractQueryCloseRequest other = (AbstractQueryCloseRequest) obj;
+        return Objects.equals(cursor, other.cursor);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(cursor);
+    }
+}
+

sql/shared-proto/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/protocol/shared/AbstractQueryCloseResponse.java

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.protocol.shared;
+
+import java.io.DataInput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * Superclass for responses both for {@link AbstractQueryInitRequest}
+ * and {@link AbstractQueryPageRequest}.
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractQueryCloseResponse extends Response {
+    private final boolean succeeded;
+
+    protected AbstractQueryCloseResponse(boolean succeeded) {
+        this.succeeded = succeeded;
+    }
+
+    protected AbstractQueryCloseResponse(Request request, DataInput in) throws IOException {
+        succeeded = in.readBoolean();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void writeTo(SqlDataOutput out) throws IOException {
+        out.writeBoolean(succeeded);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * True if the cursor was really closed
+     */
+    public boolean succeeded() {
+        return succeeded;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String toStringBody() {
+        return Boolean.toString(succeeded);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (obj == null || obj.getClass() != getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        AbstractQueryCloseResponse other = (AbstractQueryCloseResponse) obj;
+        return succeeded == other.succeeded;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(succeeded);
+    }
+}