Databricks Azure experienced a major incident on October 16, 2026 affecting AI/BI and Compute and 1 more component, lasting 1h 13m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Oct 16, 2026, 07:41 PM UTC
Impact Summary Starting at 18:24 UTC on October 16, 2026, customers using Azure Databricks in China East 2 may experience unavailability . Affected customers may encounter cluster launch failures, delayed or failed job runs, or intermittent errors when accessing workloads. Symptoms • Cluster launch failures or clusters stuck in Pending or Starting • Jobs not starting on schedule, remaining pending, or failing during cluster startup • Intermittent request or authentication errors Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. Current Status The issue is under active investigation. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- investigating Oct 16, 2026, 07:41 PM UTC
Impact Summary Starting at 18:24 UTC on October 16, 2026, customers using Azure Databricks in China East 2 may experience unavailability . Affected customers may encounter cluster launch failures, delayed or failed job runs, or intermittent errors when accessing workloads. Symptoms • Cluster launch failures or clusters stuck in Pending or Starting • Jobs not starting on schedule, remaining pending, or failing during cluster startup • Intermittent request or authentication errors Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. Current Status The issue is under active investigation. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- investigating Oct 16, 2026, 07:44 PM UTC
Impact Summary Starting at 18:24 UTC on October 16, 2026, customers using Azure Databricks in China East 2 may experience degraded availability across services. Affected customers may encounter authentication failures, errors accessing workspaces and APIs, and failures launching clusters. Symptoms • Intermittent failures accessing workspaces, APIs, and the UI • Authentication failures when using Azure Active Directory or personal access tokens • Classic compute cluster launch failures with control plane connectivity errors Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. Current Status The issue is under active investigation. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- investigating Oct 16, 2026, 07:44 PM UTC
Impact Summary Starting at 18:24 UTC on October 16, 2026, customers using Azure Databricks in China East 2 may experience degraded availability across services. Affected customers may encounter authentication failures, errors accessing workspaces and APIs, and failures launching clusters. Symptoms • Intermittent failures accessing workspaces, APIs, and the UI • Authentication failures when using Azure Active Directory or personal access tokens • Classic compute cluster launch failures with control plane connectivity errors Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. Current Status The issue is under active investigation. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- identified Oct 16, 2026, 08:07 PM UTC
Impact Summary Starting at 18:24 UTC October 16, 2026, customers using Azure Databricks in China East 2 may experience degraded availability across all services. Affected customers may encounter request failures, authentication errors, or failures launching compute clusters. Symptoms • Failed or timed-out API and workspace requests • Authentication errors when accessing workspaces • Job and cluster launch failures, including NETWORK_CHECK_CONTROL_PLANE_FAILURE errors Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. Current Status The issue has been identified and mitigation efforts are in progress. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- identified Oct 16, 2026, 08:07 PM UTC
Impact Summary Starting at 18:24 UTC October 16, 2026, customers using Azure Databricks in China East 2 may experience degraded availability across all services. Affected customers may encounter request failures, authentication errors, or failures launching compute clusters. Symptoms • Failed or timed-out API and workspace requests • Authentication errors when accessing workspaces • Job and cluster launch failures, including NETWORK_CHECK_CONTROL_PLANE_FAILURE errors Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. Current Status The issue has been identified and mitigation efforts are in progress. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- monitoring Oct 16, 2026, 08:25 PM UTC
Impact Summary Between 18:24 UTC and 20:04 UTC on October 16, 2026, customers using Azure Databricks in China East 2 may have experienced degraded availability across Azure Databricks services. Affected customers may have encountered request failures, authentication errors, Jobs and Notebook disruptions, or cluster launch failures during this window. Symptoms • Failed or timed-out API, UI, and authentication requests • Jobs and Notebook operations failing or not progressing • Classic compute cluster launches failing with NETWORK_CHECK_CONTROL_PLANE_FAILURE errors 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 Oct 16, 2026, 08:25 PM UTC
Impact Summary Between 18:24 UTC and 20:04 UTC on October 16, 2026, customers using Azure Databricks in China East 2 may have experienced degraded availability across Azure Databricks services. Affected customers may have encountered request failures, authentication errors, Jobs and Notebook disruptions, or cluster launch failures during this window. Symptoms • Failed or timed-out API, UI, and authentication requests • Jobs and Notebook operations failing or not progressing • Classic compute cluster launches failing with NETWORK_CHECK_CONTROL_PLANE_FAILURE errors 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 Oct 16, 2026, 08:55 PM UTC
Impact Summary Between 18:24 UTC and 20:04 UTC on October 16, 2026, customers using Azure Databricks in China East 2 may have experienced degraded availability across all services. Affected customers may have encountered request failures, authentication errors, or cluster launch failures during this window. Symptoms • Failed or timed-out requests to the workspace UI and APIs • Authentication and authorization errors • Job and notebook execution failures and classic compute cluster launch failures with NETWORK_CHECK_CONTROL_PLANE_FAILURE errors 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. If you require further details about this incident, please submit an Azure support ticket. 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 via RSS RSS Feed Close 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