Databricks Azure experienced a major incident on May 13, 2026 affecting AI/BI and Compute and 1 more component, lasting 9h 59m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating May 13, 2026, 11:52 PM UTC
We are actively investigating an issue with the Databricks service. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- investigating May 13, 2026, 11:52 PM UTC
We are actively investigating an issue with the Databricks service. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- investigating May 14, 2026, 12:11 AM UTC
We are actively investigating an issue with the Databricks service. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- investigating May 14, 2026, 12:11 AM UTC
We are actively investigating an issue with the Databricks service. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- investigating May 14, 2026, 12:27 AM UTC
Impact Summary Starting at 13 May 2026 23:15 UTC, customers using Databricks SQL, Lakeflow Jobs, Classic Compute, Unity Catalog, and Spark Connect Gateway in Azure westcentralus may experience failures and inability to access or run workloads. Symptoms Customers may observe: - Cluster creation failing or clusters remaining in a Pending state - SQL Warehouse queries failing or not starting - Job runs failing to execute - Unity Catalog operations returning errors - Workspace UI unresponsive or timing out Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. Our team is actively investigating with the cloud provider and working to restore normal service. Current Status Our engineering team is investigating a platform infrastructure issue in Azure westcentralus that has caused a broad service disruption. We have made initial progress and are continuing to work toward full restoration. We are aware of a cloud provider incident and are monitoring for impact. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status
- investigating May 14, 2026, 12:27 AM UTC
Impact Summary Starting at 13 May 2026 23:15 UTC, customers using Databricks SQL, Lakeflow Jobs, Classic Compute, Unity Catalog, and Spark Connect Gateway in Azure westcentralus may experience failures and inability to access or run workloads. Symptoms Customers may observe: - Cluster creation failing or clusters remaining in a Pending state - SQL Warehouse queries failing or not starting - Job runs failing to execute - Unity Catalog operations returning errors - Workspace UI unresponsive or timing out Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. Our team is actively investigating with the cloud provider and working to restore normal service. Current Status Our engineering team is investigating a platform infrastructure issue in Azure westcentralus that has caused a broad service disruption. We have made initial progress and are continuing to work toward full restoration. We are aware of a cloud provider incident and are monitoring for impact. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status
- investigating May 14, 2026, 01:30 AM UTC
Impact Summary Starting at 13 May 2026 23:15 UTC, customers using Databricks SQL, Lakeflow Jobs, Classic Compute, Unity Catalog, and Spark Connect Gateway in Azure westcentralus may experience failures and inability to access or run workloads. Symptoms Customers may observe: - Cluster creation failing or clusters remaining in a Pending state - SQL Warehouse queries failing or not starting - Job runs failing to execute - Unity Catalog operations returning errors - Workspace UI unresponsive or timing out Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. Our team is actively investigating and working to restore normal service. Current Status Our engineering team continues to investigate a platform infrastructure issue in Azure westcentralus causing repeated service disruptions across multiple products. We are aware of a cloud provider incident and are working directly with Azure on resolution. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- investigating May 14, 2026, 01:30 AM UTC
Impact Summary Starting at 13 May 2026 23:15 UTC, customers using Databricks SQL, Lakeflow Jobs, Classic Compute, Unity Catalog, and Spark Connect Gateway in Azure westcentralus may experience failures and inability to access or run workloads. Symptoms Customers may observe: - Cluster creation failing or clusters remaining in a Pending state - SQL Warehouse queries failing or not starting - Job runs failing to execute - Unity Catalog operations returning errors - Workspace UI unresponsive or timing out Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. Our team is actively investigating and working to restore normal service. Current Status Our engineering team continues to investigate a platform infrastructure issue in Azure westcentralus causing repeated service disruptions across multiple products. We are aware of a cloud provider incident and are working directly with Azure on resolution. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- investigating May 14, 2026, 02:48 AM UTC
Impact Summary Starting at 13 May 2026 23:15 UTC, customers using Databricks SQL, Lakeflow Jobs, Classic Compute, Jobs Compute, Serverless Compute, Unity Catalog, Spark Connect Gateway, and workspace management operations in Azure West Central US may experience failures and inability to access or run workloads. Symptoms Customers may observe: - Cluster creation failing or clusters remaining in a Pending state - SQL Warehouse queries failing or not starting - Job runs failing to execute - Unity Catalog operations returning errors - Workspace UI unresponsive or timing out - Workspace creation, configuration, or deletion operations failing or timing out Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. Our team is actively investigating with the cloud provider and working to restore normal service. Current Status Our engineering team is investigating a platform infrastructure issue in Azure West Central US that has caused a broad service disruption. We are exploring a potential cause that may be contributing to the issue; We are aware of a cloud provider incident and are monitoring for impact. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- investigating May 14, 2026, 02:48 AM UTC
Impact Summary Starting at 13 May 2026 23:15 UTC, customers using Databricks SQL, Lakeflow Jobs, Classic Compute, Jobs Compute, Serverless Compute, Unity Catalog, Spark Connect Gateway, and workspace management operations in Azure West Central US may experience failures and inability to access or run workloads. Symptoms Customers may observe: - Cluster creation failing or clusters remaining in a Pending state - SQL Warehouse queries failing or not starting - Job runs failing to execute - Unity Catalog operations returning errors - Workspace UI unresponsive or timing out - Workspace creation, configuration, or deletion operations failing or timing out Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. Our team is actively investigating with the cloud provider and working to restore normal service. Current Status Our engineering team is investigating a platform infrastructure issue in Azure West Central US that has caused a broad service disruption. We are exploring a potential cause that may be contributing to the issue; We are aware of a cloud provider incident and are monitoring for impact. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- investigating May 14, 2026, 04:18 AM UTC
Impact Summary Starting at 13 May 2026 23:15 UTC, customers using Databricks SQL, Lakeflow Jobs, Classic Compute, Jobs Compute, Serverless Compute, Unity Catalog, Spark Connect Gateway, and workspace management operations in Azure West Central US may experience failures and inability to access or run workloads. Symptoms Customers may observe: - Cluster creation failing or clusters remaining in a Pending state - SQL Warehouse queries failing or not starting - Job runs failing to execute - Unity Catalog operations returning errors - Workspace UI unresponsive or timing out - Workspace creation, configuration, or deletion operations failing or timing out Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. Our team is actively working with the cloud provider and progressing recovery efforts in this region. Current Status Our engineering team is investigating a platform infrastructure issue in Azure West Central US that has caused a broad service disruption. Initial remediation efforts are underway while investigation into the underlying cause continues; We are aware of a cloud provider incident and are monitoring for impact. Next Update We will provide another update within 2 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- investigating May 14, 2026, 04:18 AM UTC
Impact Summary Starting at 13 May 2026 23:15 UTC, customers using Databricks SQL, Lakeflow Jobs, Classic Compute, Jobs Compute, Serverless Compute, Unity Catalog, Spark Connect Gateway, and workspace management operations in Azure West Central US may experience failures and inability to access or run workloads. Symptoms Customers may observe: - Cluster creation failing or clusters remaining in a Pending state - SQL Warehouse queries failing or not starting - Job runs failing to execute - Unity Catalog operations returning errors - Workspace UI unresponsive or timing out - Workspace creation, configuration, or deletion operations failing or timing out Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. Our team is actively working with the cloud provider and progressing recovery efforts in this region. Current Status Our engineering team is investigating a platform infrastructure issue in Azure West Central US that has caused a broad service disruption. Initial remediation efforts are underway while investigation into the underlying cause continues; We are aware of a cloud provider incident and are monitoring for impact. Next Update We will provide another update within 2 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- identified May 14, 2026, 06:27 AM UTC
Impact Summary Starting at 13 May 2026 23:15 UTC, customers using Databricks SQL, Lakeflow Jobs, Classic Compute, Jobs Compute, Serverless Compute, Unity Catalog, Spark Connect Gateway, and workspace management operations in Azure West Central US may experience failures and inability to access or run workloads. Symptoms Customers may observe: - Cluster creation failing or clusters remaining in a Pending state - SQL Warehouse queries failing or not starting - Job runs failing to execute - Unity Catalog operations returning errors - Workspace UI unresponsive or timing out - Workspace creation, configuration, or deletion operations failing or timing out Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. Our team is actively working with the cloud provider and progressing recovery efforts in this region. Current Status Our engineering team has identified the underlying cause, and mitigations have been applied across the affected platform. Most services have begun recovering, and recovery work continues for the remaining affected scope; customers may continue to experience intermittent impact while full restoration completes. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- identified May 14, 2026, 06:27 AM UTC
Impact Summary Starting at 13 May 2026 23:15 UTC, customers using Databricks SQL, Lakeflow Jobs, Classic Compute, Jobs Compute, Serverless Compute, Unity Catalog, Spark Connect Gateway, and workspace management operations in Azure West Central US may experience failures and inability to access or run workloads. Symptoms Customers may observe: - Cluster creation failing or clusters remaining in a Pending state - SQL Warehouse queries failing or not starting - Job runs failing to execute - Unity Catalog operations returning errors - Workspace UI unresponsive or timing out - Workspace creation, configuration, or deletion operations failing or timing out Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. Our team is actively working with the cloud provider and progressing recovery efforts in this region. Current Status Our engineering team has identified the underlying cause, and mitigations have been applied across the affected platform. Most services have begun recovering, and recovery work continues for the remaining affected scope; customers may continue to experience intermittent impact while full restoration completes. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- monitoring May 14, 2026, 08:24 AM UTC
Impact Summary Between 13 May 2026 23:15 UTC and 14 May 2026 07:33 UTC, customers using Databricks SQL, Lakeflow Jobs, Classic Compute, Jobs Compute, Serverless Compute, Unity Catalog, Spark Connect Gateway, and workspace management operations in Azure West Central US experienced failures and inability to access or run workloads. Symptoms Customers may have observed: - Cluster creation failing or clusters remaining in a Pending state - SQL Warehouse queries failing or not starting - Job runs failing to execute - Unity Catalog operations returning errors - Workspace UI unresponsive or timing out - Workspace creation, configuration, or deletion operations failing or timing out Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. Our team is actively monitoring to confirm full and sustained recovery in this region. Current Status As of 14 May 2026 07:33 UTC, the incident has been mitigated. Mitigations have been applied across the platform and services have recovered. Our engineering team is actively monitoring to confirm full and sustained recovery. We are aware of a cloud provider incident and are monitoring for impact. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- monitoring May 14, 2026, 08:24 AM UTC
Impact Summary Between 13 May 2026 23:15 UTC and 14 May 2026 07:33 UTC, customers using Databricks SQL, Lakeflow Jobs, Classic Compute, Jobs Compute, Serverless Compute, Unity Catalog, Spark Connect Gateway, and workspace management operations in Azure West Central US experienced failures and inability to access or run workloads. Symptoms Customers may have observed: - Cluster creation failing or clusters remaining in a Pending state - SQL Warehouse queries failing or not starting - Job runs failing to execute - Unity Catalog operations returning errors - Workspace UI unresponsive or timing out - Workspace creation, configuration, or deletion operations failing or timing out Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. Our team is actively monitoring to confirm full and sustained recovery in this region. Current Status As of 14 May 2026 07:33 UTC, the incident has been mitigated. Mitigations have been applied across the platform and services have recovered. Our engineering team is actively monitoring to confirm full and sustained recovery. We are aware of a cloud provider incident and are monitoring for impact. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- resolved May 14, 2026, 09:52 AM UTC
Impact Summary Between 13 May 2026 23:15 UTC and 14 May 2026 07:33 UTC, customers using Databricks SQL, Lakeflow Jobs, Classic Compute, Jobs Compute, Serverless Compute, Unity Catalog, Spark Connect Gateway, and workspace management operations in Azure West Central US experienced failures and inability to access or run workloads. Symptoms Customers may have observed: - Cluster creation failing or clusters remaining in a Pending state - SQL Warehouse queries failing or not starting - Job runs failing to execute - Unity Catalog operations returning errors - Workspace UI unresponsive or timing out - Workspace creation, configuration, or deletion operations failing or timing out Current Status This incident has been fully resolved as of 14 May 2026 07:33 UTC. Normal operation has been restored. 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 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