diff --git a/apis/controller/v1alpha1/devworkspacerouting_types.go b/apis/controller/v1alpha1/devworkspacerouting_types.go
index d27b4cf89..6816e4f56 100644
--- a/apis/controller/v1alpha1/devworkspacerouting_types.go
+++ b/apis/controller/v1alpha1/devworkspacerouting_types.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package v1alpha1
 
 import (
+	"github.com/devfile/devworkspace-operator/pkg/constants"
 	apiext "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
@@ -205,3 +206,7 @@ type DevWorkspaceRoutingList struct {
 func init() {
 	SchemeBuilder.Register(&DevWorkspaceRouting{}, &DevWorkspaceRoutingList{})
 }
+
+func (d *DevWorkspaceRouting) IsWorkspaceStopped() bool {
+	return d.Annotations != nil && d.Annotations[constants.DevWorkspaceStartedStatusAnnotation] == "false"
+}
diff --git a/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/devworkspacerouting_controller.go b/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/devworkspacerouting_controller.go
index 533ad7e87..ae4a7669b 100644
--- a/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/devworkspacerouting_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/devworkspacerouting_controller.go
@@ -107,8 +107,15 @@ func (r *DevWorkspaceRoutingReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.
 		return reconcile.Result{}, r.finalize(solver, instance)
 	}
 
-	if instance.Annotations != nil && instance.Annotations[constants.DevWorkspaceStartedStatusAnnotation] == "false" {
-		return reconcile.Result{}, nil
+	workspaceMeta := solvers.DevWorkspaceMetadata{
+		DevWorkspaceId: instance.Spec.DevWorkspaceId,
+		Namespace:      instance.Namespace,
+		PodSelector:    instance.Spec.PodSelector,
+	}
+
+	if instance.IsWorkspaceStopped() {
+		err := solver.WorkspaceStopped(instance, workspaceMeta)
+		return reconcile.Result{}, err
 	}
 
 	if instance.Status.Phase == controllerv1alpha1.RoutingFailed {
@@ -120,12 +127,6 @@ func (r *DevWorkspaceRoutingReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.
 		return reconcile.Result{}, err
 	}
 
-	workspaceMeta := solvers.DevWorkspaceMetadata{
-		DevWorkspaceId: instance.Spec.DevWorkspaceId,
-		Namespace:      instance.Namespace,
-		PodSelector:    instance.Spec.PodSelector,
-	}
-
 	restrictedAccess, setRestrictedAccess := instance.Annotations[constants.DevWorkspaceRestrictedAccessAnnotation]
 	routingObjects, err := solver.GetSpecObjects(instance, workspaceMeta)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/solvers/basic_solver.go b/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/solvers/basic_solver.go
index 23beeccc3..c90c8c575 100644
--- a/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/solvers/basic_solver.go
+++ b/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/solvers/basic_solver.go
@@ -80,3 +80,7 @@ func (s *BasicSolver) GetExposedEndpoints(
 	routingObj RoutingObjects) (exposedEndpoints map[string]controllerv1alpha1.ExposedEndpointList, ready bool, err error) {
 	return getExposedEndpoints(endpoints, routingObj)
 }
+
+func (s *BasicSolver) WorkspaceStopped(routing *controllerv1alpha1.DevWorkspaceRouting, workspaceMeta DevWorkspaceMetadata) error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/solvers/cluster_solver.go b/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/solvers/cluster_solver.go
index 193fa2dc7..a4e75e095 100644
--- a/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/solvers/cluster_solver.go
+++ b/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/solvers/cluster_solver.go
@@ -126,3 +126,7 @@ func getHostnameFromService(service corev1.Service, port int32) string {
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s.%s.svc:%d", scheme, service.Name, service.Namespace, port)
 }
+
+func (s *ClusterSolver) WorkspaceStopped(routing *controllerv1alpha1.DevWorkspaceRouting, workspaceMeta DevWorkspaceMetadata) error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/solvers/solver.go b/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/solvers/solver.go
index 06823e2cc..7a5e3933e 100644
--- a/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/solvers/solver.go
+++ b/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/solvers/solver.go
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ type RoutingSolver interface {
 	// Return value "ready" specifies if all endpoints are resolved on the cluster; if false it is necessary to retry, as
 	// URLs will be undefined.
 	GetExposedEndpoints(endpoints map[string]controllerv1alpha1.EndpointList, routingObj RoutingObjects) (exposedEndpoints map[string]controllerv1alpha1.ExposedEndpointList, ready bool, err error)
+
+	// WorkspaceStopped is called when the DevWorkspace for the current routing has .spec.started set to false
+	WorkspaceStopped(routing *controllerv1alpha1.DevWorkspaceRouting, workspaceMeta DevWorkspaceMetadata) error
 }
 
 type RoutingSolverGetter interface {