Github user zjffdu commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/zeppelin/pull/2668 @Leemoonsoo Recovery feature is controlled `zeppelin.recovery.enabled` by in zeppelin-site.xml, if it is enabled, interpreter process won't be killed. see https://github.com/apache/zeppelin/pull/2668/files#diff-3477d79f3012453f20c3727ec60338e9R230
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