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# Why won't my Node Pool scale down after my Jobs finish?

Finished Jobs don't block scale-down. Their Pods are in the `Succeeded` or `Failed` phase, and both the CKS idle check (`CWActive`) and the Cluster Autoscaler ignore Pods in those phases. If a Node Pool won't scale down, the most common reason is a Pod on the Node that's still `Running` or `Pending`. The usual causes are a Job Pod that never exited, a Pod in `CrashLoopBackOff`, or a Deployment, StatefulSet, or CronJob Pod you overlooked. DaemonSet Pods, control-plane Pods, Pods labeled interruptible, and Pods whose deletion grace period has already elapsed are excluded.

To find the Pods keeping a Node active, replace `[NODE-NAME]` with the name of the Node and list the unfinished Pods on it:

```bash theme={"system"}
kubectl get pods --all-namespaces -o wide --field-selector spec.nodeName=[NODE-NAME],status.phase!=Succeeded,status.phase!=Failed
```

Any Pod in the output that isn't a DaemonSet Pod, a control-plane Pod, or a Pod labeled interruptible keeps the Node active.

To unblock scale-down, delete or finish those Pods. To stop a stalled Job from holding a Node indefinitely, set `activeDeadlineSeconds` on the Job so Kubernetes terminates its Pods after the deadline. Setting `ttlSecondsAfterFinished` removes finished Jobs and their Pods from the cluster, which keeps the Pod list tidy but doesn't change scale-down eligibility, because finished Pods are already ignored.

For more information, see [Idle Nodes](/products/cks/nodes/nodes-and-node-pools#idle-nodes) and [Current is above target](/products/cks/nodes/nodepool-status#current-is-above-target).

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## Related topics

- [Node Pool status](/products/cks/nodes/nodepool-status.md)