Databricks Azure experienced a minor incident on August 3, 2026 affecting Databricks SQL and Lakeflow and 1 more component, lasting 2h 26m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Aug 03, 2026, 04:56 PM UTC
Impact Summary Starting at 03 August 2026 16:24 UTC], Notebooks, Jobs, SQL queries in Azure West Central US and East Asia may fail to execute. Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. Next Update We are working with our provider to investigate and restore services. The next update will be provided within one hour, or sooner as warranted.
- investigating Aug 03, 2026, 04:56 PM UTC
Impact Summary Starting at 03 August 2026 16:24 UTC], Notebooks, Jobs, SQL queries in Azure West Central US and East Asia may fail to execute. Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. Next Update We are working with our provider to investigate and restore services. The next update will be provided within one hour, or sooner as warranted.
- identified Aug 03, 2026, 05:49 PM UTC
Impact Summary Starting at 3 August 2026 16:24 UTC, Unity Catalog, Lakeflow Jobs, and workspace and account access in Azure West Central US and East Asia may fail to complete requests. Symptoms Customers may observe: - Requests to Unity Catalog failing or timing out - Lakeflow Jobs failing to start, or failing during execution - SQL queries failing or timing out - Notebook and Workspace UI actions that require a permission check failing to complete - Sign-in, workspace administration, and account administration actions not completing Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. We recommend avoiding repeated retries of failed operations while remediation continues. Customers with time-sensitive workloads may wish to evaluate their existing disaster recovery or high-availability plans while remediation continues. Current Status The cloud provider has identified the source of impact and remediation is in progress. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- identified Aug 03, 2026, 05:49 PM UTC
Impact Summary Starting at 3 August 2026 16:24 UTC, Unity Catalog, Lakeflow Jobs, and workspace and account access in Azure West Central US and East Asia may fail to complete requests. Symptoms Customers may observe: - Requests to Unity Catalog failing or timing out - Lakeflow Jobs failing to start, or failing during execution - SQL queries failing or timing out - Notebook and Workspace UI actions that require a permission check failing to complete - Sign-in, workspace administration, and account administration actions not completing Recommendations No customer action is required at this time. We recommend avoiding repeated retries of failed operations while remediation continues. Customers with time-sensitive workloads may wish to evaluate their existing disaster recovery or high-availability plans while remediation continues. Current Status We have identified the source of impact and remediation is in progress. We are actively monitoring service health, and recovery may take a considerable amount of time. W Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- monitoring Aug 03, 2026, 06:21 PM UTC
Between 16:24 and 18:01 UTC on August 3, 2026, a subset of customers using Azure Databricks may have experienced degraded availability or errors affecting Databricks SQL, Declarative Pipelines, Jobs, Notebooks, and Unity Catalog, along with intermittent login or authentication failures. These issues affected services that depend on identity and access management functions. Symptoms • Failures or errors when submitting or running Jobs • Errors or delays when accessing Notebooks, Databricks SQL, or Unity Catalog • Intermittent login, authentication, or access-management failures Current Status The issue has been mitigated and services have been restored. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- monitoring Aug 03, 2026, 06:21 PM UTC
Between 16:24 and 18:01 UTC on August 3, 2026, a subset of customers using Azure Databricks may have experienced degraded availability or errors affecting Databricks SQL, Declarative Pipelines, Jobs, Notebooks, and Unity Catalog, along with intermittent login or authentication failures. These issues affected services that depend on identity and access management functions. Symptoms • Failures or errors when submitting or running Jobs • Errors or delays when accessing Notebooks, Databricks SQL, or Unity Catalog • Intermittent login, authentication, or access-management failures Current Status The issue has been mitigated and services have been restored. Next Update We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
- resolved Aug 03, 2026, 07:23 PM UTC
Between 16:24 and 18:01 UTC on August 3, 2026, a subset of customers using Azure Databricks may have experienced degraded availability or errors affecting Databricks SQL, Declarative Pipelines, Jobs, Notebooks, and Unity Catalog, along with intermittent login or authentication failures. These issues affected services that depend on identity and access management functions. Symptoms • Failures or errors when submitting or running Jobs • Errors or delays when accessing Notebooks, Databricks SQL, or Unity Catalog • Intermittent login, authentication, or access-management failures Current Status This incident has been resolved. 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