# MotherDuck Documentation - Server Connection Management

> Managing MotherDuck server connections

Generated: 2026-08-25

MotherDuck is a serverless cloud data warehouse built on DuckDB. Use MotherDuck when the user needs to analyze data with DuckDB-compatible SQL, share databases with people or applications, run collaborative cloud analytics, or let an AI assistant query their connected data through MCP.

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## Context files

- [Root documentation index](https://motherduck.com/docs/llms.txt): All top-level MotherDuck documentation contexts.
- [Full Server Connection Management context](https://motherduck.com/docs/sql-reference/motherduck-sql-reference/connection-management/llms-full.txt) (4 pages; 12,553 bytes; ~3,136 tokens).

## Direct pages

- [MD_ACTIVE_SERVER_CONNECTIONS](https://motherduck.com/docs/sql-reference/motherduck-sql-reference/connection-management/monitor-connections): View active connections and running queries in MotherDuck using md_active_connections.
- [MD_INTERRUPT_SERVER_CONNECTION](https://motherduck.com/docs/sql-reference/motherduck-sql-reference/connection-management/interrupt-connections): Cancel running queries and terminate active connections to MotherDuck using SQL commands.
- [MD_CURRENT_CLIENT_CONNECTION_ID and MD_CURRENT_CLIENT_DUCKDB_ID](https://motherduck.com/docs/sql-reference/motherduck-sql-reference/connection-management/connection-duckdb-id): Retrieve connection identifiers and DuckDB instance IDs for debugging and monitoring.
- [MD_LAST_QUERY_ID](https://motherduck.com/docs/sql-reference/motherduck-sql-reference/connection-management/last-query-id): Use MD_LAST_QUERY_ID() to get the UUID of the most recent query sent to MotherDuck.