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Azure Databricks Deletion and creatng stuck for more than 2 hours

Guilherme Arruda 0 Reputation points
2026-04-07T17:42:19.8533333+00:00

Title: Azure Databricks workspace stuck in "ApplianceBeingCreated" and cannot be deleted

Description: I’m experiencing an issue with an Azure Databricks workspace that appears to be stuck in an inconsistent state.

I started creating a Databricks workspace, but the deployment was canceled before completion. After that, I attempted to delete the resource group and the workspace, but both operations are failing.

Current behavior:

The resource group is stuck in "Deleting"

The Databricks workspace provisioning state shows as "Accepted" or "BeingCreated"

Attempting to delete the workspace using Azure CLI fails

Attempting to recreate the workspace fails with the error: "ApplianceBeingCreated: The operation cannot be performed because the resource is being created"

The managed resource group (created by Databricks) cannot be deleted due to a system deny assignment

I also tried:

az group delete --name <rg-name> --yes --no-wait

az resource delete --ids <resource-id>

Re-running the Databricks workspace creation

Waiting for over 1 hour

The same issue occurred in multiple Azure accounts, even with fresh resource groups.

Questions:

  1. How can I force delete a Databricks workspace stuck in "BeingCreated"?

Is there a way to remove or bypass the deny assignment on the managed resource group?

Is this a known issue with Azure Databricks or specific regions (e.g., eastus)?

Is opening a support ticket the only way to resolve this?

Any guidance would be appreciated.Title:

Azure Databricks workspace stuck in "ApplianceBeingCreated" and cannot be deleted

Description:
I’m experiencing an issue with an Azure Databricks workspace that appears to be stuck in an inconsistent state.

I started creating a Databricks workspace, but the deployment was canceled before completion. After that, I attempted to delete the resource group and the workspace, but both operations are failing.

Current behavior:

The resource group is stuck in "Deleting"

The Databricks workspace provisioning state shows as "Accepted" or "BeingCreated"

Attempting to delete the workspace using Azure CLI fails

Attempting to recreate the workspace fails with the error:
"ApplianceBeingCreated: The operation cannot be performed because the resource is being created"

The managed resource group (created by Databricks) cannot be deleted due to a system deny assignment

I also tried:

az group delete --name <rg-name> --yes --no-wait

az resource delete --ids <resource-id>

Re-running the Databricks workspace creation

Waiting for over 1 hour

The same issue occurred in multiple Azure accounts, even with fresh resource groups.

Questions:

How can I force delete a Databricks workspace stuck in "BeingCreated"?

Is there a way to remove or bypass the deny assignment on the managed resource group?

Is this a known issue with Azure Databricks or specific regions (e.g., eastus)?

Is opening a support ticket the only way to resolve this?

Any guidance would be appreciated.

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