diff --git a/charts/budibase/templates/secrets.yaml b/charts/budibase/templates/secrets.yaml
index e42a276f1d..1c0a914ed3 100644
--- a/charts/budibase/templates/secrets.yaml
+++ b/charts/budibase/templates/secrets.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 {{- if .Values.globals.createSecrets -}}
-{{- $existingSecret := lookup "v1" "Secret" .Release.Namespace (include "budibase.fullname" .) -}}
-{{- if not $existingSecret -}}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
@@ -17,4 +15,3 @@ data:
   objectStoreAccess: {{ template "budibase.defaultsecret" .Values.services.objectStore.accessKey }}
   objectStoreSecret: {{ template "budibase.defaultsecret" .Values.services.objectStore.secretKey }}
 {{- end -}}
-{{- end -}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index d85b8c732b..591cee8b09 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.9.34",
+  "version": "2.9.36",
   "npmClient": "yarn",
   "packages": [
     "packages/*"
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
index 89f76769b3..29ca4123f5 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   DatabasePutOpts,
   DatabaseCreateIndexOpts,
   DatabaseDeleteIndexOpts,
-  DocExistsResponse,
   Document,
   isDocument,
 } from "@budibase/types"
@@ -121,19 +120,6 @@ export class DatabaseImpl implements Database {
     return this.updateOutput(() => db.get(id))
   }
 
-  async docExists(docId: string): Promise<DocExistsResponse> {
-    const db = await this.checkSetup()
-    let _rev, exists
-    try {
-      const { etag } = await db.head(docId)
-      _rev = etag
-      exists = true
-    } catch (err) {
-      exists = false
-    }
-    return { _rev, exists }
-  }
-
   async remove(idOrDoc: string | Document, rev?: string) {
     const db = await this.checkSetup()
     let _id: string
diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index c2eea18068..7d0d8f5feb 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     "to-json-schema": "0.2.5",
     "uuid": "3.3.2",
     "validate.js": "0.13.1",
-    "vm2": "^3.9.19",
+    "vm2": "3.9.17",
     "worker-farm": "1.7.0",
     "xml2js": "0.5.0",
     "yargs": "13.2.4"
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/application.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/application.ts
index f8b6bd6d16..c5556479fe 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/application.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/application.ts
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ import {
 } from "../../db/defaultData/datasource_bb_default"
 import { removeAppFromUserRoles } from "../../utilities/workerRequests"
 import { stringToReadStream } from "../../utilities"
-import { doesUserHaveLock } from "../../utilities/redis"
+import { doesUserHaveLock, getLocksById } from "../../utilities/redis"
 import { cleanupAutomations } from "../../automations/utils"
+import { checkAppMetadata } from "../../automations/logging"
 import { getUniqueRows } from "../../utilities/usageQuota/rows"
 import { groups, licensing, quotas } from "@budibase/pro"
 import {
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ import {
   PlanType,
   Screen,
   UserCtx,
+  ContextUser,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { BASE_LAYOUT_PROP_IDS } from "../../constants/layouts"
 import sdk from "../../sdk"
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts
index c861782a02..a4697f99f2 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
   Automation,
   AutomationActionStepId,
   AutomationResults,
-  Ctx,
+  BBContext,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { getActionDefinitions as actionDefs } from "../../automations/actions"
 import sdk from "../../sdk"
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function cleanAutomationInputs(automation: Automation) {
   return automation
 }
 
-export async function create(ctx: Ctx) {
+export async function create(ctx: BBContext) {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
   let automation = ctx.request.body
   automation.appId = ctx.appId
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export async function handleStepEvents(
   }
 }
 
-export async function update(ctx: Ctx) {
+export async function update(ctx: BBContext) {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
   let automation = ctx.request.body
   automation.appId = ctx.appId
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ export async function update(ctx: Ctx) {
   builderSocket?.emitAutomationUpdate(ctx, automation)
 }
 
-export async function fetch(ctx: Ctx) {
+export async function fetch(ctx: BBContext) {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
   const response = await db.allDocs(
     getAutomationParams(null, {
@@ -203,11 +203,12 @@ export async function fetch(ctx: Ctx) {
   ctx.body = response.rows.map(row => row.doc)
 }
 
-export async function find(ctx: Ctx) {
-  ctx.body = await sdk.automations.get(ctx.params.id)
+export async function find(ctx: BBContext) {
+  const db = context.getAppDB()
+  ctx.body = await db.get(ctx.params.id)
 }
 
-export async function destroy(ctx: Ctx) {
+export async function destroy(ctx: BBContext) {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
   const automationId = ctx.params.id
   const oldAutomation = await db.get<Automation>(automationId)
@@ -221,11 +222,11 @@ export async function destroy(ctx: Ctx) {
   builderSocket?.emitAutomationDeletion(ctx, automationId)
 }
 
-export async function logSearch(ctx: Ctx) {
+export async function logSearch(ctx: BBContext) {
   ctx.body = await automations.logs.logSearch(ctx.request.body)
 }
 
-export async function clearLogError(ctx: Ctx) {
+export async function clearLogError(ctx: BBContext) {
   const { automationId, appId } = ctx.request.body
   await context.doInAppContext(appId, async () => {
     const db = context.getProdAppDB()
@@ -244,15 +245,15 @@ export async function clearLogError(ctx: Ctx) {
   })
 }
 
-export async function getActionList(ctx: Ctx) {
+export async function getActionList(ctx: BBContext) {
   ctx.body = await getActionDefinitions()
 }
 
-export async function getTriggerList(ctx: Ctx) {
+export async function getTriggerList(ctx: BBContext) {
   ctx.body = getTriggerDefinitions()
 }
 
-export async function getDefinitionList(ctx: Ctx) {
+export async function getDefinitionList(ctx: BBContext) {
   ctx.body = {
     trigger: getTriggerDefinitions(),
     action: await getActionDefinitions(),
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ export async function getDefinitionList(ctx: Ctx) {
  *                   *
  *********************/
 
-export async function trigger(ctx: Ctx) {
+export async function trigger(ctx: BBContext) {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
   let automation = await db.get<Automation>(ctx.params.id)
 
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ function prepareTestInput(input: any) {
   return input
 }
 
-export async function test(ctx: Ctx) {
+export async function test(ctx: BBContext) {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
   let automation = await db.get<Automation>(ctx.params.id)
   await setTestFlag(automation._id!)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/triggers.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/triggers.ts
index 9cc8c6b077..922bc10343 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/triggers.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/triggers.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import { isDevAppID } from "../db/utils"
 // need this to call directly, so we can get a response
 import { automationQueue } from "./bullboard"
 import { checkTestFlag } from "../utilities/redis"
+import * as utils from "./utils"
 import env from "../environment"
 import { context, db as dbCore } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { Automation, Row, AutomationData, AutomationJob } from "@budibase/types"
 import { executeSynchronously } from "../threads/automation"
-import sdk from "../sdk"
 
 export const TRIGGER_DEFINITIONS = definitions
 const JOB_OPTS = {
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export async function rebootTrigger() {
       let automations = await getAllAutomations()
       let rebootEvents = []
       for (let automation of automations) {
-        if (sdk.automations.isReboot(automation)) {
+        if (utils.isRebootTrigger(automation)) {
           const job = {
             automation,
             event: {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts
index 7b0ab4f2fd..194eff5b32 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts
@@ -16,14 +16,13 @@ import {
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import sdk from "../sdk"
 
+const REBOOT_CRON = "@reboot"
 const WH_STEP_ID = definitions.WEBHOOK.stepId
+const CRON_STEP_ID = definitions.CRON.stepId
 const Runner = new Thread(ThreadType.AUTOMATION)
 
-function loggingArgs(
-  job: AutomationJob,
-  timing?: { start: number; complete?: boolean }
-) {
-  const logs: any[] = [
+function loggingArgs(job: AutomationJob) {
+  return [
     {
       _logKey: "automation",
       trigger: job.data.automation.definition.trigger.event,
@@ -33,53 +32,24 @@ function loggingArgs(
       jobId: job.id,
     },
   ]
-  if (timing?.start) {
-    logs.push({
-      _logKey: "startTime",
-      start: timing.start,
-    })
-  }
-  if (timing?.start && timing?.complete) {
-    const end = new Date().getTime()
-    const duration = end - timing.start
-    logs.push({
-      _logKey: "endTime",
-      end,
-    })
-    logs.push({
-      _logKey: "duration",
-      duration,
-    })
-  }
-  return logs
 }
 
 export async function processEvent(job: AutomationJob) {
   const appId = job.data.event.appId!
   const automationId = job.data.automation._id!
-  const start = new Date().getTime()
   const task = async () => {
     try {
       // need to actually await these so that an error can be captured properly
-      console.log("automation running", ...loggingArgs(job, { start }))
+      console.log("automation running", ...loggingArgs(job))
 
       const runFn = () => Runner.run(job)
       const result = await quotas.addAutomation(runFn, {
         automationId,
       })
-      const end = new Date().getTime()
-      const duration = end - start
-      console.log(
-        "automation completed",
-        ...loggingArgs(job, { start, complete: true })
-      )
+      console.log("automation completed", ...loggingArgs(job))
       return result
     } catch (err) {
-      console.error(
-        `automation was unable to run`,
-        err,
-        ...loggingArgs(job, { start, complete: true })
-      )
+      console.error(`automation was unable to run`, err, ...loggingArgs(job))
       return { err }
     }
   }
@@ -158,6 +128,19 @@ export async function clearMetadata() {
   await db.bulkDocs(automationMetadata)
 }
 
+export function isCronTrigger(auto: Automation) {
+  return (
+    auto &&
+    auto.definition.trigger &&
+    auto.definition.trigger.stepId === CRON_STEP_ID
+  )
+}
+
+export function isRebootTrigger(auto: Automation) {
+  const trigger = auto ? auto.definition.trigger : null
+  return isCronTrigger(auto) && trigger?.inputs.cron === REBOOT_CRON
+}
+
 /**
  * This function handles checking of any cron jobs that need to be enabled/updated.
  * @param {string} appId The ID of the app in which we are checking for webhooks
@@ -165,13 +148,13 @@ export async function clearMetadata() {
  */
 export async function enableCronTrigger(appId: any, automation: Automation) {
   const trigger = automation ? automation.definition.trigger : null
-  const validCron = sdk.automations.isCron(automation) && trigger?.inputs.cron
-  const needsCreated =
-    !sdk.automations.isReboot(automation) &&
-    !sdk.automations.disabled(automation)
 
   // need to create cron job
-  if (validCron && needsCreated) {
+  if (
+    isCronTrigger(automation) &&
+    !isRebootTrigger(automation) &&
+    trigger?.inputs.cron
+  ) {
     // make a job id rather than letting Bull decide, makes it easier to handle on way out
     const jobId = `${appId}_cron_${newid()}`
     const job: any = await automationQueue.add(
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/automations.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/automations.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 80f84c90e2..0000000000
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/automations.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-import { context } from "@budibase/backend-core"
-import { Automation, AutomationState, DocumentType } from "@budibase/types"
-import { definitions } from "../../../automations/triggerInfo"
-
-const REBOOT_CRON = "@reboot"
-
-export async function exists(automationId: string) {
-  if (!automationId?.startsWith(DocumentType.AUTOMATION)) {
-    throw new Error("Invalid automation ID.")
-  }
-  const db = context.getAppDB()
-  return db.docExists(automationId)
-}
-
-export async function get(automationId: string) {
-  const db = context.getAppDB()
-  return (await db.get(automationId)) as Automation
-}
-
-export function disabled(automation: Automation) {
-  return automation.state === AutomationState.DISABLED || !hasSteps(automation)
-}
-
-export function isCron(automation: Automation) {
-  return (
-    automation?.definition.trigger &&
-    automation?.definition.trigger.stepId === definitions.CRON.stepId
-  )
-}
-
-export function isReboot(automation: Automation) {
-  const trigger = automation?.definition.trigger
-  return isCron(automation) && trigger?.inputs.cron === REBOOT_CRON
-}
-
-export function hasSteps(automation: Automation) {
-  return automation?.definition?.steps?.length > 0
-}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/index.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/index.ts
index 540d5545fc..16530cf085 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import * as webhook from "./webhook"
 import * as utils from "./utils"
-import * as automations from "./automations"
 
 export default {
   webhook,
   utils,
-  ...automations,
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts b/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts
index 8bf0b506fe..bc0629a939 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import { default as threadUtils } from "./utils"
 import { Job } from "bull"
 threadUtils.threadSetup()
 import {
+  isRecurring,
   disableCronById,
   isErrorInOutput,
-  isRecurring,
 } from "../automations/utils"
 import * as actions from "../automations/actions"
 import * as automationUtils from "../automations/automationUtils"
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@ import { AutomationErrors, MAX_AUTOMATION_RECURRING_ERRORS } from "../constants"
 import { storeLog } from "../automations/logging"
 import {
   Automation,
-  AutomationData,
-  AutomationJob,
-  AutomationMetadata,
-  AutomationStatus,
   AutomationStep,
+  AutomationStatus,
+  AutomationMetadata,
+  AutomationJob,
+  AutomationData,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import {
-  AutomationContext,
-  LoopInput,
   LoopStep,
+  LoopInput,
   TriggerOutput,
+  AutomationContext,
 } from "../definitions/automations"
 import { WorkerCallback } from "./definitions"
 import { context, logging } from "@budibase/backend-core"
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ import { cloneDeep } from "lodash/fp"
 import { performance } from "perf_hooks"
 import * as sdkUtils from "../sdk/utils"
 import env from "../environment"
-import sdk from "../sdk"
-
 const FILTER_STEP_ID = actions.BUILTIN_ACTION_DEFINITIONS.FILTER.stepId
 const LOOP_STEP_ID = actions.BUILTIN_ACTION_DEFINITIONS.LOOP.stepId
 const CRON_STEP_ID = triggerDefs.CRON.stepId
@@ -516,8 +514,7 @@ class Orchestrator {
 
 export function execute(job: Job<AutomationData>, callback: WorkerCallback) {
   const appId = job.data.event.appId
-  const automation = job.data.automation
-  const automationId = automation._id
+  const automationId = job.data.automation._id
   if (!appId) {
     throw new Error("Unable to execute, event doesn't contain app ID.")
   }
@@ -528,30 +525,10 @@ export function execute(job: Job<AutomationData>, callback: WorkerCallback) {
     appId,
     automationId,
     task: async () => {
-      let automation = job.data.automation,
-        isCron = sdk.automations.isCron(job.data.automation),
-        notFound = false
-      try {
-        automation = await sdk.automations.get(automationId)
-      } catch (err: any) {
-        // automation no longer exists
-        notFound = err
-      }
-      const disabled = sdk.automations.disabled(automation)
-      const stopAutomation = disabled || notFound
       const envVars = await sdkUtils.getEnvironmentVariables()
       // put into automation thread for whole context
       await context.doInEnvironmentContext(envVars, async () => {
         const automationOrchestrator = new Orchestrator(job)
-        // hard stop on automations
-        if (isCron && stopAutomation) {
-          await automationOrchestrator.stopCron(
-            disabled ? "disabled" : "not_found"
-          )
-        }
-        if (stopAutomation) {
-          return
-        }
         try {
           const response = await automationOrchestrator.execute()
           callback(null, response)
@@ -580,10 +557,11 @@ export function executeSynchronously(job: Job) {
     // put into automation thread for whole context
     return context.doInEnvironmentContext(envVars, async () => {
       const automationOrchestrator = new Orchestrator(job)
-      return await Promise.race([
+      const response = await Promise.race([
         automationOrchestrator.execute(),
         timeoutPromise,
       ])
+      return response
     })
   })
 }
diff --git a/packages/string-templates/package.json b/packages/string-templates/package.json
index 242edc83a9..4dc4c17ad8 100644
--- a/packages/string-templates/package.json
+++ b/packages/string-templates/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "handlebars": "^4.7.6",
     "handlebars-utils": "^1.0.6",
     "lodash": "^4.17.20",
-    "vm2": "^3.9.19"
+    "vm2": "^3.9.15"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@rollup/plugin-commonjs": "^17.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/app/automation.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/app/automation.ts
index 05ac76d5e9..d1dbbec21b 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/app/automation.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/app/automation.ts
@@ -100,10 +100,6 @@ export const AutomationStepIdArray = [
   ...Object.values(AutomationTriggerStepId),
 ]
 
-export enum AutomationState {
-  DISABLED = "disabled",
-}
-
 export interface Automation extends Document {
   definition: {
     steps: AutomationStep[]
@@ -116,7 +112,6 @@ export interface Automation extends Document {
   name: string
   internal?: boolean
   type?: string
-  state?: AutomationState
 }
 
 interface BaseIOStructure {
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/db.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/db.ts
index 9ac8ff26d4..e07cc82fd2 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/db.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/db.ts
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@ export type DatabasePutOpts = {
   force?: boolean
 }
 
-export type DocExistsResponse = {
-  _rev?: string
-  exists: boolean
-}
-
 export type DatabaseCreateIndexOpts = {
   index: {
     fields: string[]
@@ -95,7 +90,6 @@ export interface Database {
   exists(): Promise<boolean>
   checkSetup(): Promise<Nano.DocumentScope<any>>
   get<T>(id?: string): Promise<T>
-  docExists(id: string): Promise<DocExistsResponse>
   remove(
     id: string | Document,
     rev?: string
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a4f0e91e31..827c94a176 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -24984,10 +24984,18 @@ vlq@^0.2.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vlq/-/vlq-0.2.3.tgz#8f3e4328cf63b1540c0d67e1b2778386f8975b26"
   integrity sha512-DRibZL6DsNhIgYQ+wNdWDL2SL3bKPlVrRiBqV5yuMm++op8W4kGFtaQfCs4KEJn0wBZcHVHJ3eoywX8983k1ow==
 
-vm2@^3.9.19:
-  version "3.9.19"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vm2/-/vm2-3.9.19.tgz#be1e1d7a106122c6c492b4d51c2e8b93d3ed6a4a"
-  integrity sha512-J637XF0DHDMV57R6JyVsTak7nIL8gy5KH4r1HiwWLf/4GBbb5MKL5y7LpmF4A8E2nR6XmzpmMFQ7V7ppPTmUQg==
+vm2@3.9.17:
+  version "3.9.17"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vm2/-/vm2-3.9.17.tgz#251b165ff8a0e034942b5181057305e39570aeab"
+  integrity sha512-AqwtCnZ/ERcX+AVj9vUsphY56YANXxRuqMb7GsDtAr0m0PcQX3u0Aj3KWiXM0YAHy7i6JEeHrwOnwXbGYgRpAw==
+  dependencies:
+    acorn "^8.7.0"
+    acorn-walk "^8.2.0"
+
+vm2@^3.9.15:
+  version "3.9.16"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vm2/-/vm2-3.9.16.tgz#0fbc2a265f7bf8b837cea6f4a908f88a3f93b8e6"
+  integrity sha512-3T9LscojNTxdOyG+e8gFeyBXkMlOBYDoF6dqZbj+MPVHi9x10UfiTAJIobuchRCp3QvC+inybTbMJIUrLsig0w==
   dependencies:
     acorn "^8.7.0"
     acorn-walk "^8.2.0"