Databricks Azure experienced a minor incident on September 5, 2026 affecting Compute and Lakeflow and 1 more component, lasting 2h 18m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Sep 05, 2026, 07:10 AM UTC
We are actively investigating an issue affecting Databricks compute. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- investigating Sep 05, 2026, 07:10 AM UTC
We are actively investigating an issue affecting Databricks compute. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- investigating Sep 05, 2026, 07:29 AM UTC
Impact Summary: Starting at 06:10 UTC September 05, 2026, customers using Azure Databricks in Central US may experience degraded availability with Classic Compute, Declarative Pipelines, and Jobs. Affected customers may encounter cluster launch failures, cluster operation timeouts, and failed or delayed job and pipeline runs. Symptoms: • Cluster launch failures or clusters stuck in Pending or Starting • Job and pipeline runs failing immediately, remaining pending, or not progressing • Errors or delays when terminating clusters Recommendations: No customer action is required at this time. Current Status: The issue is under active investigation, including coordination with the cloud provider. Next Update: We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- investigating Sep 05, 2026, 07:29 AM UTC
Impact Summary: Starting at 06:10 UTC September 05, 2026, customers using Azure Databricks in Central US may experience degraded availability with Classic Compute, Declarative Pipelines, and Jobs. Affected customers may encounter cluster launch failures, cluster operation timeouts, and failed or delayed job and pipeline runs. Symptoms: • Cluster launch failures or clusters stuck in Pending or Starting • Job and pipeline runs failing immediately, remaining pending, or not progressing • Errors or delays when terminating clusters Recommendations: No customer action is required at this time. Current Status: The issue is under active investigation, including coordination with the cloud provider. Next Update: We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- identified Sep 05, 2026, 08:04 AM UTC
Impact Summary: Starting at 06:10 UTC September 05, 2026, customers using Azure Databricks in Central US may experience degraded availability with Classic Compute, Declarative Pipelines, and Jobs. Affected customers may encounter cluster launch failures, cluster operation timeouts, and failed or delayed job and pipeline runs. Symptoms: • Cluster launch failures, or clusters stuck in Pending or Starting • Notebook attach failures and job runs failing or terminating during cluster startup • Jobs and pipeline runs remaining pending, failing immediately, or not progressing Recommendations: No customer action is required at this time. Current Status: The issue has been identified and mitigation efforts are in progress. Further updates will be provided as mitigation continues. Next Update: We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- identified Sep 05, 2026, 08:04 AM UTC
Impact Summary: Starting at 06:10 UTC September 05, 2026, customers using Azure Databricks in Central US may experience degraded availability with Classic Compute, Declarative Pipelines, and Jobs. Affected customers may encounter cluster launch failures, cluster operation timeouts, and failed or delayed job and pipeline runs. Symptoms: • Cluster launch failures, or clusters stuck in Pending or Starting • Notebook attach failures and job runs failing or terminating during cluster startup • Jobs and pipeline runs remaining pending, failing immediately, or not progressing Recommendations: No customer action is required at this time. Current Status: The issue has been identified and mitigation efforts are in progress. Further updates will be provided as mitigation continues. Next Update: We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- monitoring Sep 05, 2026, 08:27 AM UTC
Impact Summary: Between 06:10 UTC and 07:54 UTC on September 05, 2026, customers using Azure Databricks in Central US may have experienced degraded availability with Classic Compute, Declarative Pipelines, and Jobs. Affected customers may have encountered cluster launch failures, cluster operation timeouts, and failed or delayed job and pipeline runs during this window. Symptoms: • Cluster launch failures, with clusters stuck in Pending or Starting, or unexpectedly terminating • Job runs failing immediately or terminating due to unavailable compute • Declarative Pipeline runs failing to progress or complete, with delayed or missing status information Current Status: The issue has been mitigated and service is operational. Next Update: We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- monitoring Sep 05, 2026, 08:27 AM UTC
Impact Summary: Between 06:10 UTC and 05:54 UTC on September 05, 2026, customers using Azure Databricks in Central US may have experienced degraded availability with Classic Compute, Declarative Pipelines, and Jobs. Affected customers may have encountered cluster launch failures, cluster operation timeouts, and failed or delayed job and pipeline runs during this window. Symptoms: • Cluster launch failures, with clusters stuck in Pending or Starting, or unexpectedly terminating • Job runs failing immediately or terminating due to unavailable compute • Declarative Pipeline runs failing to progress or complete, with delayed or missing status information Current Status: The issue has been mitigated and service is operational. Next Update: We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- resolved Sep 05, 2026, 09:29 AM UTC
Impact Summary: Between 06:10 UTC and 07:54 UTC on September 05, 2026, customers using Azure Databricks in Central US may have experienced degraded availability with Classic Compute, Declarative Pipelines, and Jobs. Affected customers may have encountered failed or delayed cluster starts, cluster operation timeouts, and downstream job and pipeline run failures during this window. Symptoms: • Cluster launch failures or clusters remaining in Pending or Starting states • Job and pipeline runs failing immediately, remaining pending, or not progressing due to unavailable compute • Cluster operation timeouts and clusters not terminating cleanly Current Status: The issue has been resolved, and all affected services have been restored. Next Update: This is the final update for this incident. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Back to current status Status History Subscribe to receive status updates by email Close Subscribe Manage Subscription Manage Existing Subscription Create New Subscription Subscribe to receive status updates by webhook Each status update will POST a JSON payload to this URL Email address for managing webhook Close Subscribe Manage Subscription Manage Existing Subscription Create New Subscription Subscribe to receive status updates in Microsoft Teams Enter your Microsoft Teams webhook. View Instructions Email address for managing subscription Close Subscribe Manage Subscription Manage Existing Subscription Create New Subscription Subscribe to receive status updates in Slack Slack channel ID Find the channel ID: Select the channel in your Slack workspace. The channel ID is displayed in the browser URL. Example: https://app.slack.com/client/T04SJBK1C/ C03SKGJ1P Email address Close Manage Subscription Manage Existing Subscription Create New Subscription