Azure Databricks Workspace stuck in "Accepted" provisioning state and cannot be deleted (ApplianceBeingCreated)

Denys Aleksieiev 20 Reputation points
2026-08-03T18:25:42.4566667+00:00

Hello,

I have encountered an issue while creating an Azure Databricks Trial workspace.

Environment:

Azure Subscription: Pay-As-You-Go

Azure Databricks SKU: Trial

Region: Germany West Central

Issue:

The workspace deployment has been stuck for more than 2 hours.

Current status:

Azure Portal shows Deploying

provisioningState = Accepted

ARM deployment status is Canceled

The managed resource group has been created successfully.

The workspace cannot be deleted.

When I try to delete the workspace (either from the Azure Portal or Azure CLI), I receive the following error:

"Error code: ApplianceBeingCreated

The operation cannot be performed on the appliance 'DemoDatabricksWS' because it is being created."

Azure CLI returns the same error:

"(ApplianceBeingCreated)

The operation cannot be performed on the appliance 'DemoDatabricksWS' because it is being created."

I have already verified following:

Compute quota has been approved for the required VM family.

The issue is not related to quota.

ARM deployment has already been canceled.

The managed resource group was created successfully and contains the initial resources (Storage Account, VNet, NSG, Managed Identity).

No compute resources (VMs) have been created.

The workspace still remains in provisioningState = Accepted.

The issue persists when attempting to delete the workspace using Azure CLI.

Correlation ID:

293fc23c-cc09-44b1-a956-222ef4cbdf9e

Could someone from Microsoft please investigate whether this is a backend provisioning issue and advise how to recover or remove the stuck workspace?

Thank you.

Azure Databricks
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Allan Solomon Mejia 3,755 Reputation points
2026-08-03T18:48:47.6+00:00

Hello @Denys Aleksieiev

Thanks for providing the deployment details and correlation ID.

Based on the symptoms, this appears to be a backend provisioning issue rather than a subscription or quota problem. The key indicators are:

  • The workspace remains in provisioningState = Accepted for an extended period.
  • The ARM deployment has already been canceled.
  • The managed resource group was created successfully.
  • Deletion fails with ApplianceBeingCreated, indicating Azure still considers the managed application to be in an active creation state.

Before Microsoft investigates, it may be worth checking a few additional items:

  • Review the Activity Log for the Databricks workspace and managed resource group to identify the last successful or failed resource provider operation.
  • Verify whether the Microsoft.Databricks resource provider is registered and healthy for the subscription.
  • Check Azure Service Health for any ongoing incidents affecting Germany West Central or Azure Databricks provisioning.

If these checks don't reveal anything, the workspace is likely stuck in an inconsistent backend state that cannot be resolved through the Azure Portal or Azure CLI. In that case, a Microsoft engineer will typically need to clear or reset the managed application state before the resource can either complete provisioning or be deleted.

Since you've already included the correlation ID and confirmed that quota is not the issue, it would be helpful if a Microsoft moderator could escalate this to the Azure Databricks provisioning team to review the backend deployment state and manually release the ApplianceBeingCreated lock if necessary.

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