https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/pipeline-config-dab/m-p/154378#M54092 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/226577">@prakharsachan</a>&nbsp;,</P><P class=""><STRONG>Continuous</STRONG> must be set inside the pipeline resource definition<STRONG>,</STRONG>&nbsp;not under <STRONG>configuration.</STRONG></P><P class="">The <STRONG>configuration</STRONG> block in a SDP (former DLT) pipeline definition is for Spark/pipeline <EM>settings</EM> (key-value string pairs passed to the runtime), not for pipeline deployment properties. So if you have something like:<BR /><BR /></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="szymon_dybczak_1-1776108303813.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25960iB94543834365E39F/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="szymon_dybczak_1-1776108303813.png" alt="szymon_dybczak_1-1776108303813.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Databricks will just ignore it as an unrecognized Spark config. The fix is to promote <STRONG>continuous</STRONG>&nbsp;to a top-level property of the pipeline resource:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="szymon_dybczak_0-1776108283652.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25959i8B2F80D72F4EA4EA/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="szymon_dybczak_0-1776108283652.png" alt="szymon_dybczak_0-1776108283652.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:25:28 GMT szymon_dybczak 2026-04-13T19:25:28Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/pipeline-config-dab/m-p/154373#M54090 <P>I am deploying DLT pipeline in dev environment using DABs. source code is in a python script file. In the pipeline's yml file the configuration key is set to true(with all correct indentations), yet the pipeline isnt deploying in the continuous mode. Whats the reason?</P> Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:02:52 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/pipeline-config-dab/m-p/154373#M54090 prakharsachan 2026-04-13T19:02:52Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/pipeline-config-dab/m-p/154378#M54092 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/226577">@prakharsachan</a>&nbsp;,</P><P class=""><STRONG>Continuous</STRONG> must be set inside the pipeline resource definition<STRONG>,</STRONG>&nbsp;not under <STRONG>configuration.</STRONG></P><P class="">The <STRONG>configuration</STRONG> block in a SDP (former DLT) pipeline definition is for Spark/pipeline <EM>settings</EM> (key-value string pairs passed to the runtime), not for pipeline deployment properties. So if you have something like:<BR /><BR /></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="szymon_dybczak_1-1776108303813.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25960iB94543834365E39F/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="szymon_dybczak_1-1776108303813.png" alt="szymon_dybczak_1-1776108303813.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Databricks will just ignore it as an unrecognized Spark config. The fix is to promote <STRONG>continuous</STRONG>&nbsp;to a top-level property of the pipeline resource:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="szymon_dybczak_0-1776108283652.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25959i8B2F80D72F4EA4EA/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="szymon_dybczak_0-1776108283652.png" alt="szymon_dybczak_0-1776108283652.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:25:28 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/pipeline-config-dab/m-p/154378#M54092 szymon_dybczak 2026-04-13T19:25:28Z