Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for indicating unoccupied data channel occasions for semi-persistent scheduling of wireless data communications. One aspect provides a method for wireless communication by a user-equipment (UE). The method generally includes: receiving, from a base station (BS), scheduling of resources for reception of multiple data channels; determining, based on a resource for a first data channel of the multiple data channels, an indication of whether transmission of at least a second data channel of the multiple data channels will be skipped; and taking one or more actions associated with communication with the BS in accordance with the indication.