Azure Databricks experienced a disruption beginning around 04:23 UTC on August 5, 2026, lasting approximately 2.1 hours, affecting Serverless Compute, Databricks SQL, and the Jobs Service. Users encountered cluster startup failures, unexpected terminations, "compute driver unreachable" errors, and degraded or failed SQL queries and jobs. The incident was traced to an underlying cloud provider infrastructure issue, with the team working alongside the provider toward full resolution.
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Starting at approximately 04:23 UTC on August 5, 2026, customers using Azure Databricks may be experiencing failures or delayed startup of Serverless Compute workloads, along with degraded availability or errors affecting Databricks SQL queries and Jobs.
Symptoms
• Serverless Compute clusters failing to start or terminating unexpectedly
• Errors indicating the compute driver is unreachable
• Databricks SQL queries and Jobs may fail, be delayed, or run degraded
Recommendations
No customer action is required at this time.
Current Status
The team is actively investigating Serverless Compute, Databricks SQL, and Jobs disruptions related to driver unreachable errors and cluster terminations; a probable root cause has been identified but not yet confirmed.
Next Update
We will provide another update within 1 hour, or sooner if there is a material change in service status.
Starting at approximately 04:23 UTC on August 5, 2026, customers using Azure Databricks may be experiencing failures or delayed startup of Serverless Compute workloads, along with degraded availability or errors affecting Databricks SQL queries and Jobs.
Symptoms
• Serverless Compute clusters failing to start or terminating unexpectedly
• Errors indicating the compute driver is unreachable
• Databricks SQL queries and Jobs may fail, be delayed, or run degraded
Recommendations
No customer action is required at this time.
Current Status
A cloud provider infrastructure issue has been identified as the likely cause, and the team is working with the provider to confirm and fully resolve the impact to Serverless Compute, Databricks SQL, and Jobs.
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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