diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/FutureAction.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/FutureAction.scala
index 4bdcafce0d75..09d8934b4c13 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/FutureAction.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/FutureAction.scala
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ trait FutureAction[T] extends Future[T] {
  */
 @DeveloperApi
 class SimpleFutureAction[T] private[spark](jobWaiter: JobWaiter[_], resultFunc: => T)
-  extends FutureAction[T] {
+  extends FutureAction[T] with SupportForceFinish {
 
   @volatile private var _cancelled: Boolean = false
 
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ class SimpleFutureAction[T] private[spark](jobWaiter: JobWaiter[_], resultFunc:
     jobWaiter.cancel()
   }
 
+  override def forceFinish(): Unit = {
+    jobWaiter.forceFinish()
+  }
+
   override def ready(atMost: Duration)(implicit permit: CanAwait): SimpleFutureAction.this.type = {
     jobWaiter.completionFuture.ready(atMost)
     this
@@ -172,6 +176,13 @@ trait JobSubmitter {
     resultFunc: => R): FutureAction[R]
 }
 
+trait SupportForceFinish {
+  /**
+   * Force finish the execution of this action.
+   */
+  def forceFinish(): Unit
+}
+
 
 /**
  * A [[FutureAction]] for actions that could trigger multiple Spark jobs. Examples include take,
@@ -180,7 +191,7 @@ trait JobSubmitter {
  */
 @DeveloperApi
 class ComplexFutureAction[T](run : JobSubmitter => Future[T])
-  extends FutureAction[T] { self =>
+  extends FutureAction[T] with SupportForceFinish { self =>
 
   @volatile private var _cancelled = false
 
@@ -195,6 +206,14 @@ class ComplexFutureAction[T](run : JobSubmitter => Future[T])
     subActions.foreach(_.cancel())
   }
 
+  override def forceFinish(): Unit = {
+    subActions.foreach {
+      case s: SupportForceFinish =>
+        s.forceFinish()
+      case _ =>
+    }
+  }
+
   private def jobSubmitter = new JobSubmitter {
     def submitJob[T, U, R](
       rdd: RDD[T],
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/partial/ApproximateActionListener.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/partial/ApproximateActionListener.scala
index 34c04f4025a9..7b1e27c58fd6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/partial/ApproximateActionListener.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/partial/ApproximateActionListener.scala
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ private[spark] class ApproximateActionListener[T, U, R](
     }
   }
 
+  override def forceFinish(result: Option[String]): Unit = {
+    finishedTasks = totalTasks
+  }
+
   override def jobFailed(exception: Exception): Unit = {
     synchronized {
       failure = Some(exception)
@@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ private[spark] class ApproximateActionListener[T, U, R](
       val time = System.currentTimeMillis()
       if (failure.isDefined) {
         throw failure.get
-      } else if (finishedTasks == totalTasks) {
+      } else if (finishedTasks >= totalTasks) {
         return new PartialResult(evaluator.currentResult(), true)
       } else if (time >= finishTime) {
         resultObject = Some(new PartialResult(evaluator.currentResult(), false))
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala
index 00f505fa5a9b..bd77a1e5d6e4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala
@@ -1118,6 +1118,13 @@ private[spark] class DAGScheduler(
     eventProcessLoop.post(StageCancelled(stageId, reason))
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Force finish job that is running or waiting in the queue.
+   */
+  def forceFinshJob(jobId: Int, reason: Option[String]): Unit = {
+    eventProcessLoop.post(ForceFinishJob(jobId, reason))
+  }
+
   /**
    * Receives notification about shuffle push for a given shuffle from one map
    * task has completed
@@ -2721,6 +2728,20 @@ private[spark] class DAGScheduler(
     }
   }
 
+  private[scheduler] def handleForceFinishJob(jobId: Int, reason: Option[String]): Unit = {
+    if (!jobIdToStageIds.contains(jobId)) {
+      logDebug("Trying to cancel unregistered job " + jobId)
+    } else {
+      val job = jobIdToActiveJob(jobId)
+      if (cancelRunningIndependentStages(job, "Unnecessary Stage", false)) {
+        cleanupStateForJobAndIndependentStages(job)
+        listenerBus.post(SparkListenerJobForceFinish(job.jobId, clock.getTimeMillis()))
+        listenerBus.post(SparkListenerJobEnd(job.jobId, clock.getTimeMillis(), JobSucceeded))
+        job.listener.forceFinish(reason)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Marks a stage as finished and removes it from the list of running stages.
    */
@@ -2798,7 +2819,10 @@ private[spark] class DAGScheduler(
   }
 
   /** Cancel all independent, running stages that are only used by this job. */
-  private def cancelRunningIndependentStages(job: ActiveJob, reason: String): Boolean = {
+  private def cancelRunningIndependentStages(
+      job: ActiveJob,
+      reason: String,
+      byError: Boolean = true): Boolean = {
     var ableToCancelStages = true
     val stages = jobIdToStageIds(job.jobId)
     if (stages.isEmpty) {
@@ -2819,7 +2843,7 @@ private[spark] class DAGScheduler(
           if (runningStages.contains(stage)) {
             try { // cancelTasks will fail if a SchedulerBackend does not implement killTask
               taskScheduler.cancelTasks(stageId, shouldInterruptTaskThread(job), reason)
-              markStageAsFinished(stage, Some(reason))
+              markStageAsFinished(stage, if (byError) Some(reason) else None)
             } catch {
               case e: UnsupportedOperationException =>
                 logWarning(s"Could not cancel tasks for stage $stageId", e)
@@ -3000,6 +3024,9 @@ private[scheduler] class DAGSchedulerEventProcessLoop(dagScheduler: DAGScheduler
     case JobCancelled(jobId, reason) =>
       dagScheduler.handleJobCancellation(jobId, reason)
 
+    case ForceFinishJob(jobId, reason) =>
+      dagScheduler.handleForceFinishJob(jobId, reason)
+
     case JobGroupCancelled(groupId) =>
       dagScheduler.handleJobGroupCancelled(groupId)
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGSchedulerEvent.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGSchedulerEvent.scala
index f8cd27429060..179957adf52b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGSchedulerEvent.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGSchedulerEvent.scala
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ private[scheduler] case class JobCancelled(
     reason: Option[String])
   extends DAGSchedulerEvent
 
+private[scheduler] case class ForceFinishJob(
+    jobId: Int,
+    reason: Option[String])
+  extends DAGSchedulerEvent
+
 private[scheduler] case class JobGroupCancelled(groupId: String) extends DAGSchedulerEvent
 
 private[scheduler] case class JobTagCancelled(tagName: String) extends DAGSchedulerEvent
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/JobListener.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/JobListener.scala
index e0f7c8f02132..2d808832ed25 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/JobListener.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/JobListener.scala
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ package org.apache.spark.scheduler
  */
 private[spark] trait JobListener {
   def taskSucceeded(index: Int, result: Any): Unit
+  def forceFinish(result: Option[String]): Unit
   def jobFailed(exception: Exception): Unit
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/JobWaiter.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/JobWaiter.scala
index feed83162084..ea24665ad6f6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/JobWaiter.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/JobWaiter.scala
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ private[spark] class JobWaiter[T](
     }
   }
 
+  override def forceFinish(result: Option[String]): Unit = {
+    jobPromise.success(())
+  }
+
+  def forceFinish(): Unit = {
+    dagScheduler.forceFinshJob(jobId, Some("Unnecessary stage"))
+  }
+
+
   override def jobFailed(exception: Exception): Unit = {
     if (!jobPromise.tryFailure(exception)) {
       logWarning("Ignore failure", exception)
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/SparkListener.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/SparkListener.scala
index fd846545d689..92912a578342 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/SparkListener.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/SparkListener.scala
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ case class SparkListenerJobEnd(
     jobResult: JobResult)
   extends SparkListenerEvent
 
+@DeveloperApi
+case class SparkListenerJobForceFinish(jobId: Int, time: Long)
+  extends SparkListenerEvent
+
 @DeveloperApi
 case class SparkListenerEnvironmentUpdate(
     environmentDetails: Map[String, collection.Seq[(String, String)]])
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGSchedulerSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGSchedulerSuite.scala
index 3aeb52cd37d0..7d247739f7d6 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGSchedulerSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGSchedulerSuite.scala
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ class DAGSchedulerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with TempLocalSparkContext with Ti
   var failure: Exception = _
   val jobListener = new JobListener() {
     override def taskSucceeded(index: Int, result: Any) = results.put(index, result)
+    override def forceFinish(result: Option[String]): Unit = {}
     override def jobFailed(exception: Exception) = { failure = exception }
   }
 
@@ -323,6 +324,7 @@ class DAGSchedulerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with TempLocalSparkContext with Ti
     val results = new HashMap[Int, Any]
     var failure: Exception = null
     override def taskSucceeded(index: Int, result: Any): Unit = results.put(index, result)
+    override def forceFinish(result: Option[String]): Unit = {}
     override def jobFailed(exception: Exception): Unit = { failure = exception }
   }
 
@@ -519,6 +521,11 @@ class DAGSchedulerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with TempLocalSparkContext with Ti
     runEvent(JobCancelled(jobId, None))
   }
 
+  /** Sends ForceFinishJob to the DAG scheduler. */
+  private def forceFinishJob(jobId: Int): Unit = {
+    runEvent(ForceFinishJob(jobId, None))
+  }
+
   /** Make some tasks in task set success and check results. */
   private def completeAndCheckAnswer(
       taskSet: TaskSet,
@@ -715,6 +722,7 @@ class DAGSchedulerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with TempLocalSparkContext with Ti
     var failureReason: Option[Exception] = None
     val fakeListener = new JobListener() {
       override def taskSucceeded(partition: Int, value: Any): Unit = numResults += 1
+      override def forceFinish(result: Option[String]): Unit = {}
       override def jobFailed(exception: Exception): Unit = {
         failureReason = Some(exception)
       }
@@ -845,6 +853,15 @@ class DAGSchedulerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with TempLocalSparkContext with Ti
     assertDataStructuresEmpty()
   }
 
+  test("trivial job force finish") {
+    val rdd = new MyRDD(sc, 1, Nil)
+    val jobId = submit(rdd, Array(0))
+    forceFinishJob(jobId)
+    assert(sparkListener.failedStages === Seq())
+    assert(sparkListener.successfulStages === Set(0))
+    assertDataStructuresEmpty()
+  }
+
   test("job cancellation no-kill backend") {
     // make sure that the DAGScheduler doesn't crash when the TaskScheduler
     // doesn't implement killTask()
@@ -1929,6 +1946,7 @@ class DAGSchedulerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with TempLocalSparkContext with Ti
     class FailureRecordingJobListener() extends JobListener {
       var failureMessage: String = _
       override def taskSucceeded(index: Int, result: Any): Unit = {}
+      override def forceFinish(result: Option[String]): Unit = {}
       override def jobFailed(exception: Exception): Unit = { failureMessage = exception.getMessage }
     }
     val listener1 = new FailureRecordingJobListener()
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AQEPropagateEmptyRelation.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AQEPropagateEmptyRelation.scala
index 7951a6f36b9b..783cdfba0e9b 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AQEPropagateEmptyRelation.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AQEPropagateEmptyRelation.scala
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ object AQEPropagateEmptyRelation extends PropagateEmptyRelationBase {
   //   - positive value means an estimated row count which can be over-estimated
   //   - none means the plan has not materialized or the plan can not be estimated
   private def getEstimatedRowCount(plan: LogicalPlan): Option[BigInt] = plan match {
-    case LogicalQueryStage(_, stage: QueryStageExec) if stage.isMaterialized =>
+    case LogicalQueryStage(_, _, stage: QueryStageExec) if stage.isMaterialized =>
       stage.getRuntimeStatistics.rowCount
 
-    case LogicalQueryStage(_, agg: BaseAggregateExec) if agg.groupingExpressions.nonEmpty &&
+    case LogicalQueryStage(_, _, agg: BaseAggregateExec) if agg.groupingExpressions.nonEmpty &&
       agg.child.isInstanceOf[QueryStageExec] =>
       val stage = agg.child.asInstanceOf[QueryStageExec]
       if (stage.isMaterialized) {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ object AQEPropagateEmptyRelation extends PropagateEmptyRelationBase {
   }
 
   private def isRelationWithAllNullKeys(plan: LogicalPlan): Boolean = plan match {
-    case LogicalQueryStage(_, stage: BroadcastQueryStageExec) if stage.isMaterialized =>
+    case LogicalQueryStage(_, _, stage: BroadcastQueryStageExec) if stage.isMaterialized =>
       stage.broadcast.relationFuture.get().value == HashedRelationWithAllNullKeys
     case _ => false
   }
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ object AQEPropagateEmptyRelation extends PropagateEmptyRelationBase {
   }
 
   override protected def userSpecifiedRepartition(p: LogicalPlan): Boolean = p match {
-    case LogicalQueryStage(_, ShuffleQueryStageExec(_, shuffle: ShuffleExchangeLike, _))
+    case LogicalQueryStage(_, _, ShuffleQueryStageExec(_, shuffle: ShuffleExchangeLike, _))
       if shuffle.shuffleOrigin == REPARTITION_BY_COL ||
         shuffle.shuffleOrigin == REPARTITION_BY_NUM => true
     case _ => false
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AdaptiveSparkPlanExec.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AdaptiveSparkPlanExec.scala
index 26c95c0fedd1..bbdbbbce3e6f 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AdaptiveSparkPlanExec.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AdaptiveSparkPlanExec.scala
@@ -247,6 +247,19 @@ case class AdaptiveSparkPlanExec(
 
   def finalPhysicalPlan: SparkPlan = withFinalPlanUpdate(identity)
 
+  private def cancelUselessUnfinishedStage(
+    newLogicalPlan: LogicalPlan,
+    stagesToReplace: Seq[QueryStageExec]): Set[Int] = {
+    var uselessStageMap = stagesToReplace.map(s => s.id -> s).toMap
+    newLogicalPlan.foreachUp {
+      case stage: LogicalQueryStage if uselessStageMap.contains(stage.stageId) =>
+        uselessStageMap = uselessStageMap - stage.stageId
+      case _ =>
+    }
+    uselessStageMap.values.foreach(_.forceFinish())
+    uselessStageMap.keySet
+  }
+
   private def getFinalPhysicalPlan(): SparkPlan = lock.synchronized {
     if (isFinalPlan) return currentPhysicalPlan
 
@@ -262,6 +275,7 @@ case class AdaptiveSparkPlanExec(
       val events = new LinkedBlockingQueue[StageMaterializationEvent]()
       val errors = new mutable.ArrayBuffer[Throwable]()
       var stagesToReplace = Seq.empty[QueryStageExec]
+      val uselessStagesId = mutable.Set.empty[Int]
       while (!result.allChildStagesMaterialized) {
         currentPhysicalPlan = result.newPlan
         if (result.newStages.nonEmpty) {
@@ -309,7 +323,7 @@ case class AdaptiveSparkPlanExec(
           case StageSuccess(stage, res) =>
             stage.resultOption.set(Some(res))
           case StageFailure(stage, ex) =>
-            errors.append(ex)
+            if (!uselessStagesId.contains(stage.id)) errors.append(ex)
         }
 
         // In case of errors, we cancel all running stages and throw exception.
@@ -341,6 +355,7 @@ case class AdaptiveSparkPlanExec(
             cleanUpTempTags(newPhysicalPlan)
             currentPhysicalPlan = newPhysicalPlan
             currentLogicalPlan = newLogicalPlan
+            uselessStagesId ++= cancelUselessUnfinishedStage(newLogicalPlan, stagesToReplace)
             stagesToReplace = Seq.empty[QueryStageExec]
           }
         }
@@ -678,7 +693,7 @@ case class AdaptiveSparkPlanExec(
         // can be overwritten through re-planning processes.
         setTempTagRecursive(physicalNode.get, logicalNode)
         // Replace the corresponding logical node with LogicalQueryStage
-        val newLogicalNode = LogicalQueryStage(logicalNode, physicalNode.get)
+        val newLogicalNode = LogicalQueryStage(stage.id, logicalNode, physicalNode.get)
         val newLogicalPlan = logicalPlan.transformDown {
           case p if p.eq(logicalNode) => newLogicalNode
         }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/DynamicJoinSelection.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/DynamicJoinSelection.scala
index 217569ae645c..824c7fecd2a2 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/DynamicJoinSelection.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/DynamicJoinSelection.scala
@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@ object DynamicJoinSelection extends Rule[LogicalPlan] with JoinSelectionHelper {
       isLeft: Boolean): Option[JoinStrategyHint] = {
     val plan = if (isLeft) join.left else join.right
     plan match {
-      case LogicalQueryStage(_, stage: ShuffleQueryStageExec) if stage.isMaterialized
+      case LogicalQueryStage(_, _, stage: ShuffleQueryStageExec) if stage.isMaterialized
         && stage.mapStats.isDefined =>
 
         val manyEmptyInPlan = hasManyEmptyPartitions(stage.mapStats.get)
         val canBroadcastPlan = (isLeft && canBuildBroadcastLeft(join.joinType)) ||
           (!isLeft && canBuildBroadcastRight(join.joinType))
         val manyEmptyInOther = (if (isLeft) join.right else join.left) match {
-          case LogicalQueryStage(_, stage: ShuffleQueryStageExec) if stage.isMaterialized
+          case LogicalQueryStage(_, _, stage: ShuffleQueryStageExec) if stage.isMaterialized
             && stage.mapStats.isDefined => hasManyEmptyPartitions(stage.mapStats.get)
           case _ => false
         }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/LogicalQueryStage.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/LogicalQueryStage.scala
index 8ce2452cc141..d23ab90ac43b 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/LogicalQueryStage.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/LogicalQueryStage.scala
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.aggregate.BaseAggregateExec
 // TODO we can potentially include only [[QueryStageExec]] in this class if we make the aggregation
 // planning aware of partitioning.
 case class LogicalQueryStage(
+    stageId: Int,
     logicalPlan: LogicalPlan,
     physicalPlan: SparkPlan) extends LeafNode {
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/LogicalQueryStageStrategy.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/LogicalQueryStageStrategy.scala
index e424af5343fc..f9cf06c4d8b5 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/LogicalQueryStageStrategy.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/LogicalQueryStageStrategy.scala
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.joins.{BroadcastHashJoinExec, BroadcastNes
 object LogicalQueryStageStrategy extends Strategy {
 
   private def isBroadcastStage(plan: LogicalPlan): Boolean = plan match {
-    case LogicalQueryStage(_, _: BroadcastQueryStageExec) => true
+    case LogicalQueryStage(_, _, _: BroadcastQueryStageExec) => true
     case _ => false
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/QueryStageExec.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/QueryStageExec.scala
index d48b4fe17517..2a8dd4d6c02c 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/QueryStageExec.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/QueryStageExec.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference
 
 import scala.concurrent.Future
 
-import org.apache.spark.{FutureAction, MapOutputStatistics}
+import org.apache.spark.{FutureAction, MapOutputStatistics, SupportForceFinish}
 import org.apache.spark.broadcast.Broadcast
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.InternalRow
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ abstract class QueryStageExec extends LeafExecNode {
 
   protected def doMaterialize(): Future[Any]
 
+  /**
+   * force the query stage to finish, and clean up any intermediate data if necessary.
+   */
+  def forceFinish(): Unit
+
   /**
    * Returns the runtime statistics after stage materialization.
    */
@@ -213,6 +218,14 @@ case class ShuffleQueryStageExec(
   }
 
   override def getRuntimeStatistics: Statistics = shuffle.runtimeStatistics
+
+  override def forceFinish(): Unit = {
+    shuffleFuture match {
+      case action: SupportForceFinish if !action.isCompleted =>
+        action.forceFinish()
+      case _ =>
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -255,6 +268,10 @@ case class BroadcastQueryStageExec(
     }
   }
 
+  override def forceFinish(): Unit = {
+    // TODO support force finish job group
+  }
+
   override def getRuntimeStatistics: Statistics = broadcast.runtimeStatistics
 }
 
@@ -290,6 +307,14 @@ case class TableCacheQueryStageExec(
     }
   }
 
+  override def forceFinish(): Unit = {
+    future match {
+      case action: SupportForceFinish if !action.isCompleted =>
+        action.forceFinish()
+      case _ =>
+    }
+  }
+
   override protected def doMaterialize(): Future[Any] = future
 
   override def getRuntimeStatistics: Statistics = inMemoryTableScan.relation.computeStats()
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AdaptiveQueryExecSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AdaptiveQueryExecSuite.scala
index 68bae34790a0..a194a422a8ff 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AdaptiveQueryExecSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AdaptiveQueryExecSuite.scala
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import org.scalatest.PrivateMethodTester
 import org.scalatest.time.SpanSugar._
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkException
-import org.apache.spark.scheduler.{SparkListener, SparkListenerEvent, SparkListenerJobStart}
+import org.apache.spark.scheduler.{SparkListener, SparkListenerEvent, SparkListenerJobForceFinish, SparkListenerJobStart}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.{Dataset, QueryTest, Row, SparkSession, Strategy}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.optimizer.{BuildLeft, BuildRight}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.{Aggregate, LogicalPlan}
@@ -726,6 +726,25 @@ class AdaptiveQueryExecSuite
     }
   }
 
+  test("SPARK-43999: force finish useless stage") {
+    withSQLConf(SQLConf.ADAPTIVE_EXECUTION_ENABLED.key -> "true") {
+      var forceEndCount = 0
+      val listener = new SparkListener {
+        override def onOtherEvent(event: SparkListenerEvent): Unit = {
+              event match {
+                case SparkListenerJobForceFinish(_, _) =>
+                  forceEndCount += 1
+                case _ =>
+              }
+        }
+      }
+      spark.sparkContext.addSparkListener(listener)
+      runAdaptiveAndVerifyResult(
+        "SELECT * FROM emptyTestData t1 LEFT OUTER JOIN testData t2 ON t1.key = t2.key")
+      assert(forceEndCount == 1)
+    }
+  }
+
   test("SPARK-37753: Inhibit broadcast in left outer join when there are many empty" +
     " partitions on outer/left side") {
     // if the right side is completed first and the left side is still being executed,