DataCamp incident
Interactive Databricks exercises failing to start
DataCamp experienced a minor incident on August 28, 2026 affecting In-App Web Learning Experience, lasting 2d 22h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Aug 28, 2026, 09:03 AM UTC
Status: Investigating We are seeing issues with Databricks exercises being slow or failing to start due to high load. We are investigating the issue. Affected components In-App Web Learning Experience (Degraded performance)
- monitoring Aug 28, 2026, 10:05 AM UTC
Status: Monitoring We have implemented a fix and are monitoring the results. Affected components In-App Web Learning Experience (Degraded performance)
- identified Aug 28, 2026, 02:52 PM UTC
Status: Identified We've identified an issue with the Databricks platform making us unable to reliably provide Databricks learner sessions. We're working with Databricks to get the issue resolved. Affected components In-App Web Learning Experience (Degraded performance)
- monitoring Aug 29, 2026, 02:23 PM UTC
Status: Monitoring Databricks has acknowledged the issue, there is currently no impact on learner databricks sessions except an occasional longer load time. We're monitoring the situation until the issue is fully resolved on Databricks their side. Affected components In-App Web Learning Experience (Operational)
- resolved Aug 31, 2026, 07:39 AM UTC
Status: Resolved The Databricks interactive learning experience is fully operational. Affected components In-App Web Learning Experience (Operational)