diff --git a/src/Contracts/ExplorerContracts.ts b/src/Contracts/ExplorerContracts.ts
index d1c3dba58..09a271194 100644
--- a/src/Contracts/ExplorerContracts.ts
+++ b/src/Contracts/ExplorerContracts.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export enum MessageTypes {
   CreateWorkspace,
   CreateSparkPool,
   RefreshDatabaseAccount,
+  CloseTab,
 }
 
 export { Versions, ActionContracts, Diagnostics };
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/Notebook/NotebookTerminalComponent.test.tsx b/src/Explorer/Controls/Notebook/NotebookTerminalComponent.test.tsx
index d9747d6ee..fdc93adea 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/Notebook/NotebookTerminalComponent.test.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/Notebook/NotebookTerminalComponent.test.tsx
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ describe("NotebookTerminalComponent", () => {
     const props: NotebookTerminalComponentProps = {
       databaseAccount: testAccount,
       notebookServerInfo: testNotebookServerInfo,
+      tabId: undefined,
     };
 
     const wrapper = shallow(<NotebookTerminalComponent {...props} />);
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ describe("NotebookTerminalComponent", () => {
     const props: NotebookTerminalComponentProps = {
       databaseAccount: testMongo32Account,
       notebookServerInfo: testMongoNotebookServerInfo,
+      tabId: undefined,
     };
 
     const wrapper = shallow(<NotebookTerminalComponent {...props} />);
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ describe("NotebookTerminalComponent", () => {
     const props: NotebookTerminalComponentProps = {
       databaseAccount: testMongo36Account,
       notebookServerInfo: testMongoNotebookServerInfo,
+      tabId: undefined,
     };
 
     const wrapper = shallow(<NotebookTerminalComponent {...props} />);
@@ -85,6 +88,7 @@ describe("NotebookTerminalComponent", () => {
     const props: NotebookTerminalComponentProps = {
       databaseAccount: testCassandraAccount,
       notebookServerInfo: testCassandraNotebookServerInfo,
+      tabId: undefined,
     };
 
     const wrapper = shallow(<NotebookTerminalComponent {...props} />);
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/Notebook/NotebookTerminalComponent.tsx b/src/Explorer/Controls/Notebook/NotebookTerminalComponent.tsx
index 637f24192..9df968226 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/Notebook/NotebookTerminalComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/Notebook/NotebookTerminalComponent.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import * as StringUtils from "../../../Utils/StringUtils";
 export interface NotebookTerminalComponentProps {
   notebookServerInfo: DataModels.NotebookWorkspaceConnectionInfo;
   databaseAccount: DataModels.DatabaseAccount;
+  tabId: string;
 }
 
 export class NotebookTerminalComponent extends React.Component<NotebookTerminalComponentProps> {
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ export class NotebookTerminalComponent extends React.Component<NotebookTerminalC
       apiType: userContext.apiType,
       authType: userContext.authType,
       databaseAccount: userContext.databaseAccount,
+      tabId: this.props.tabId,
     };
 
     postRobot.send(this.terminalWindow, "props", props, {
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx b/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
index d1319f5e4..730bcd9e3 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ export default class Explorer {
 
     const terminalTabs: TerminalTab[] = useTabs
       .getState()
-      .getTabs(ViewModels.CollectionTabKind.Terminal, (tab) => tab.tabTitle() === title) as TerminalTab[];
+      .getTabs(ViewModels.CollectionTabKind.Terminal, (tab) => tab.tabTitle().startsWith(title)) as TerminalTab[];
 
     let index = 1;
     if (terminalTabs.length > 0) {
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Tabs/TerminalTab.tsx b/src/Explorer/Tabs/TerminalTab.tsx
index 6f318f3cf..1c010d6b3 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Tabs/TerminalTab.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Tabs/TerminalTab.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ class NotebookTerminalComponentAdapter implements ReactAdapter {
   public parameters: ko.Computed<boolean>;
   constructor(
     private getNotebookServerInfo: () => DataModels.NotebookWorkspaceConnectionInfo,
-    private getDatabaseAccount: () => DataModels.DatabaseAccount
+    private getDatabaseAccount: () => DataModels.DatabaseAccount,
+    private getTabId: () => string
   ) {}
 
   public renderComponent(): JSX.Element {
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ class NotebookTerminalComponentAdapter implements ReactAdapter {
       <NotebookTerminalComponent
         notebookServerInfo={this.getNotebookServerInfo()}
         databaseAccount={this.getDatabaseAccount()}
+        tabId={this.getTabId()}
       />
     ) : (
       <Spinner styles={{ root: { marginTop: 10 } }} size={SpinnerSize.large}></Spinner>
@@ -50,7 +52,8 @@ export default class TerminalTab extends TabsBase {
     this.container = options.container;
     this.notebookTerminalComponentAdapter = new NotebookTerminalComponentAdapter(
       () => this.getNotebookServerInfo(options),
-      () => userContext?.databaseAccount
+      () => userContext?.databaseAccount,
+      () => this.tabId
     );
     this.notebookTerminalComponentAdapter.parameters = ko.computed<boolean>(() => {
       if (
diff --git a/src/Terminal/JupyterLabAppFactory.ts b/src/Terminal/JupyterLabAppFactory.ts
index a1eef5bbf..639469285 100644
--- a/src/Terminal/JupyterLabAppFactory.ts
+++ b/src/Terminal/JupyterLabAppFactory.ts
@@ -2,15 +2,48 @@
  * JupyterLab applications based on jupyterLab components
  */
 import { ServerConnection, TerminalManager } from "@jupyterlab/services";
+import { IMessage } from "@jupyterlab/services/lib/terminal/terminal";
 import { Terminal } from "@jupyterlab/terminal";
 import { Panel, Widget } from "@phosphor/widgets";
+import { userContext } from "UserContext";
 
 export class JupyterLabAppFactory {
-  public static async createTerminalApp(serverSettings: ServerConnection.ISettings) {
+  private isShellClosed: boolean;
+  private onShellExited: () => void;
+  private checkShellClosed: ((content: string | undefined) => boolean | undefined) | undefined;
+
+  constructor(closeTab: () => void) {
+    this.onShellExited = closeTab;
+    this.isShellClosed = false;
+    this.checkShellClosed = undefined;
+
+    switch (userContext.apiType) {
+      case "Mongo":
+        this.checkShellClosed = JupyterLabAppFactory.isMongoShellClosed;
+        break;
+      case "Cassandra":
+        this.checkShellClosed = JupyterLabAppFactory.isCassandraShellClosed;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public async createTerminalApp(serverSettings: ServerConnection.ISettings) {
     const manager = new TerminalManager({
       serverSettings: serverSettings,
     });
     const session = await manager.startNew();
+    session.messageReceived.connect(async (_, message: IMessage) => {
+      const content = message.content && message.content[0]?.toString();
+      if (this.checkShellClosed && message.type == "stdout") {
+        //Close the terminal tab once the shell closed messages are received
+        if (this.checkShellClosed(content)) {
+          this.isShellClosed = true;
+        } else if (content?.includes("cosmosuser@") && this.isShellClosed) {
+          this.onShellExited();
+        }
+      }
+    }, this);
+
     const term = new Terminal(session, { theme: "dark", shutdownOnClose: true });
 
     if (!term) {
@@ -38,4 +71,12 @@ export class JupyterLabAppFactory {
       panel.dispose();
     });
   }
+
+  private static isMongoShellClosed(content: string | undefined) {
+    return content?.endsWith("bye\r\n") || (content?.includes("Stopped") && content?.includes("mongo --host"));
+  }
+
+  private static isCassandraShellClosed(content: string | undefined) {
+    return content == "\r\n" || (content?.includes("Stopped") && content?.includes("cqlsh"));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/Terminal/TerminalProps.ts b/src/Terminal/TerminalProps.ts
index 4fe3c539c..5122a6cb7 100644
--- a/src/Terminal/TerminalProps.ts
+++ b/src/Terminal/TerminalProps.ts
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ export interface TerminalProps {
   authType: AuthType;
   apiType: ApiType;
   subscriptionId: string;
+  tabId: string;
 }
diff --git a/src/Terminal/index.ts b/src/Terminal/index.ts
index dae3059b5..f71792fab 100644
--- a/src/Terminal/index.ts
+++ b/src/Terminal/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { ServerConnection } from "@jupyterlab/services";
 import "@jupyterlab/terminal/style/index.css";
+import { MessageTypes } from "Contracts/ExplorerContracts";
 import postRobot from "post-robot";
 import { HttpHeaders } from "../Common/Constants";
 import { Action } from "../Shared/Telemetry/TelemetryConstants";
@@ -54,13 +55,20 @@ const initTerminal = async (props: TerminalProps) => {
   const startTime = TelemetryProcessor.traceStart(Action.OpenTerminal, data);
 
   try {
-    await JupyterLabAppFactory.createTerminalApp(serverSettings);
+    await new JupyterLabAppFactory(() => closeTab(props.tabId)).createTerminalApp(serverSettings);
     TelemetryProcessor.traceSuccess(Action.OpenTerminal, data, startTime);
   } catch (error) {
     TelemetryProcessor.traceFailure(Action.OpenTerminal, data, startTime);
   }
 };
 
+const closeTab = (tabId: string): void => {
+  window.parent.postMessage(
+    { type: MessageTypes.CloseTab, data: { tabId: tabId }, signature: "pcIframe" },
+    window.document.referrer
+  );
+};
+
 const main = async (): Promise<void> => {
   postRobot.on(
     "props",
diff --git a/src/hooks/useKnockoutExplorer.ts b/src/hooks/useKnockoutExplorer.ts
index 319840b33..245fc1fdb 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useKnockoutExplorer.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useKnockoutExplorer.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { useTabs } from "hooks/useTabs";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { applyExplorerBindings } from "../applyExplorerBindings";
 import { AuthType } from "../AuthType";
@@ -69,16 +70,38 @@ export function useKnockoutExplorer(platform: Platform): Explorer {
 
 async function configureHosted(): Promise<Explorer> {
   const win = (window as unknown) as HostedExplorerChildFrame;
+  let explorer: Explorer;
   if (win.hostedConfig.authType === AuthType.EncryptedToken) {
-    return configureHostedWithEncryptedToken(win.hostedConfig);
+    explorer = configureHostedWithEncryptedToken(win.hostedConfig);
   } else if (win.hostedConfig.authType === AuthType.ResourceToken) {
-    return configureHostedWithResourceToken(win.hostedConfig);
+    explorer = configureHostedWithResourceToken(win.hostedConfig);
   } else if (win.hostedConfig.authType === AuthType.ConnectionString) {
-    return configureHostedWithConnectionString(win.hostedConfig);
+    explorer = configureHostedWithConnectionString(win.hostedConfig);
   } else if (win.hostedConfig.authType === AuthType.AAD) {
-    return configureHostedWithAAD(win.hostedConfig);
+    explorer = await configureHostedWithAAD(win.hostedConfig);
+  } else {
+    throw new Error(`Unknown hosted config: ${win.hostedConfig}`);
   }
-  throw new Error(`Unknown hosted config: ${win.hostedConfig}`);
+
+  window.addEventListener(
+    "message",
+    (event) => {
+      if (isInvalidParentFrameOrigin(event)) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (!shouldProcessMessage(event)) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (event.data?.type === MessageTypes.CloseTab) {
+        useTabs.getState().closeTabsByComparator((tab) => tab.tabId === event.data?.data?.tabId);
+      }
+    },
+    false
+  );
+
+  return explorer;
 }
 
 async function configureHostedWithAAD(config: AAD): Promise<Explorer> {
@@ -261,6 +284,8 @@ async function configurePortal(): Promise<Explorer> {
           }
         } else if (shouldForwardMessage(message, event.origin)) {
           sendMessage(message);
+        } else if (event.data?.type === MessageTypes.CloseTab) {
+          useTabs.getState().closeTabsByComparator((tab) => tab.tabId === event.data?.data?.tabId);
         }
       },
       false