diff --git a/spark/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/asyncquery/model/SparkSubmitParameters.java b/spark/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/asyncquery/model/SparkSubmitParameters.java
index 627d6cfcc5..f5ef155c9c 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/asyncquery/model/SparkSubmitParameters.java
+++ b/spark/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/asyncquery/model/SparkSubmitParameters.java
@@ -155,9 +155,10 @@ private URI parseUri(String opensearchUri, String datasourceName) {
       }
     }
 
-    public Builder structuredStreaming() {
-      config.put("spark.flint.job.type", "streaming");
-
+    public Builder structuredStreaming(Boolean isStructuredStreaming) {
+      if (isStructuredStreaming) {
+        config.put("spark.flint.job.type", "streaming");
+      }
       return this;
     }
 
diff --git a/spark/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/dispatcher/SparkQueryDispatcher.java b/spark/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/dispatcher/SparkQueryDispatcher.java
index 1fdc391c85..2749d7c934 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/dispatcher/SparkQueryDispatcher.java
+++ b/spark/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/dispatcher/SparkQueryDispatcher.java
@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@ private StartJobRequest getStartJobRequestForIndexRequest(
                 .dataSource(
                     dataSourceService.getRawDataSourceMetadata(
                         dispatchQueryRequest.getDatasource()))
-                .structuredStreaming()
+                .structuredStreaming(indexDetails.getAutoRefresh())
                 .build()
                 .toString(),
             tags,
-            true);
+            indexDetails.getAutoRefresh());
     return startJobRequest;
   }
 
diff --git a/spark/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/dispatcher/model/IndexDetails.java b/spark/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/dispatcher/model/IndexDetails.java
index 5067439061..86fca60525 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/dispatcher/model/IndexDetails.java
+++ b/spark/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/dispatcher/model/IndexDetails.java
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@
 public class IndexDetails {
   private String indexName;
   private FullyQualifiedTableName fullyQualifiedTableName;
+  // by default, auto_refresh = false;
+  private Boolean autoRefresh = false;
 }
diff --git a/spark/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/utils/SQLQueryUtils.java b/spark/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/utils/SQLQueryUtils.java
index 2ddc34af5a..481591a4f0 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/utils/SQLQueryUtils.java
+++ b/spark/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/utils/SQLQueryUtils.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.sql.spark.utils;
 
+import java.util.Locale;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.experimental.UtilityClass;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CommonTokenStream;
@@ -132,5 +133,56 @@ public Void visitTableName(FlintSparkSqlExtensionsParser.TableNameContext ctx) {
       indexDetails.setFullyQualifiedTableName(new FullyQualifiedTableName(ctx.getText()));
       return super.visitTableName(ctx);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public Void visitCreateSkippingIndexStatement(
+        FlintSparkSqlExtensionsParser.CreateSkippingIndexStatementContext ctx) {
+      visitPropertyList(ctx.propertyList());
+      return super.visitCreateSkippingIndexStatement(ctx);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Void visitCreateCoveringIndexStatement(
+        FlintSparkSqlExtensionsParser.CreateCoveringIndexStatementContext ctx) {
+      visitPropertyList(ctx.propertyList());
+      return super.visitCreateCoveringIndexStatement(ctx);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Void visitPropertyList(FlintSparkSqlExtensionsParser.PropertyListContext ctx) {
+      if (ctx != null) {
+        ctx.property()
+            .forEach(
+                property -> {
+                  // todo. Currently, we use contains() api to avoid unescape string. In future, we
+                  //  should leverage
+                  // https://github.com/apache/spark/blob/v3.5.0/sql/api/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/SparkParserUtils.scala#L35 to unescape string literal
+                  if (propertyKey(property.key).toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).contains("auto_refresh")) {
+                    if (propertyValue(property.value).toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).contains("true")) {
+                      indexDetails.setAutoRefresh(true);
+                    }
+                  }
+                });
+      }
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    private String propertyKey(FlintSparkSqlExtensionsParser.PropertyKeyContext key) {
+      if (key.STRING() != null) {
+        return key.STRING().getText();
+      } else {
+        return key.getText();
+      }
+    }
+
+    private String propertyValue(FlintSparkSqlExtensionsParser.PropertyValueContext value) {
+      if (value.STRING() != null) {
+        return value.STRING().getText();
+      } else if (value.booleanValue() != null) {
+        return value.getText();
+      } else {
+        return value.getText();
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/spark/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/utils/SQLQueryUtilsTest.java b/spark/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/utils/SQLQueryUtilsTest.java
index 91b5befe88..af892fa097 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/utils/SQLQueryUtilsTest.java
+++ b/spark/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/utils/SQLQueryUtilsTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.sql.spark.utils;
 
+import static org.opensearch.sql.spark.utils.SQLQueryUtilsTest.IndexQuery.index;
+import static org.opensearch.sql.spark.utils.SQLQueryUtilsTest.IndexQuery.skippingIndex;
+
+import lombok.Getter;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
@@ -107,4 +111,74 @@ void testExtractionFromFlintIndexQueries() {
     Assertions.assertEquals("default", fullyQualifiedTableName.getSchemaName());
     Assertions.assertEquals("alb_logs", fullyQualifiedTableName.getTableName());
   }
+
+  /** https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/issues/2206 */
+  @Test
+  void testAutoRefresh() {
+    Assertions.assertFalse(
+        SQLQueryUtils.extractIndexDetails(skippingIndex().getQuery()).getAutoRefresh());
+
+    Assertions.assertFalse(
+        SQLQueryUtils.extractIndexDetails(
+                skippingIndex().withProperty("auto_refresh", "false").getQuery())
+            .getAutoRefresh());
+
+    Assertions.assertTrue(
+        SQLQueryUtils.extractIndexDetails(
+                skippingIndex().withProperty("auto_refresh", "true").getQuery())
+            .getAutoRefresh());
+
+    Assertions.assertTrue(
+        SQLQueryUtils.extractIndexDetails(
+                skippingIndex().withProperty("\"auto_refresh\"", "true").getQuery())
+            .getAutoRefresh());
+
+    Assertions.assertTrue(
+        SQLQueryUtils.extractIndexDetails(
+                skippingIndex().withProperty("\"auto_refresh\"", "\"true\"").getQuery())
+            .getAutoRefresh());
+
+    Assertions.assertFalse(
+        SQLQueryUtils.extractIndexDetails(
+                skippingIndex().withProperty("auto_refresh", "1").getQuery())
+            .getAutoRefresh());
+
+    Assertions.assertFalse(
+        SQLQueryUtils.extractIndexDetails(skippingIndex().withProperty("interval", "1").getQuery())
+            .getAutoRefresh());
+
+    Assertions.assertFalse(SQLQueryUtils.extractIndexDetails(index().getQuery()).getAutoRefresh());
+
+    Assertions.assertFalse(
+        SQLQueryUtils.extractIndexDetails(index().withProperty("auto_refresh", "false").getQuery())
+            .getAutoRefresh());
+
+    Assertions.assertTrue(
+        SQLQueryUtils.extractIndexDetails(index().withProperty("auto_refresh", "true").getQuery())
+            .getAutoRefresh());
+  }
+
+  @Getter
+  protected static class IndexQuery {
+    private String query;
+
+    private IndexQuery(String query) {
+      this.query = query;
+    }
+
+    public static IndexQuery skippingIndex() {
+      return new IndexQuery(
+          "CREATE SKIPPING INDEX ON myS3.default.alb_logs" + "(l_orderkey VALUE_SET)");
+    }
+
+    public static IndexQuery index() {
+      return new IndexQuery(
+          "CREATE INDEX elb_and_requestUri ON myS3.default.alb_logs(l_orderkey, " + "l_quantity)");
+    }
+
+    public IndexQuery withProperty(String key, String value) {
+      query = String.format("%s with (%s = %s)", query, key, value);
+      return this;
+    }
+  }
 }