Azure Databricks experienced a platform infrastructure issue in the West Central US region lasting 8.2 hours, affecting multiple services including Databricks SQL, compute clusters, jobs, Unity Catalog, and workspace management operations. Customers reported cluster creation failures, SQL warehouse query failures, job execution issues, Unity Catalog errors, and unresponsive workspace UI. The engineering team identified the root cause and applied mitigations, with most services recovering by the end of the incident.
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We are actively investigating an issue with the Databricks service.
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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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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