topic Re: When Trying to use Databricks Connect to Free Edition I am getting &quot;Failed to Read Databric in Get Started Discussions https://community.databricks.com/t5/get-started-discussions/when-trying-to-use-databricks-connect-to-free-edition-i-am/m-p/153983#M11650 <P>If it helps my AI says the following.... Note that I am the only user of this free account.&nbsp; I have not done anything explicit with permissions.&nbsp; I created the table I am trying to access and put data in it through the UI.&nbsp; I can see when I look at the workspace in the gui the following...&nbsp; Am I allowed to use database connect 18.0.0</P><P>&nbsp;</P><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV><DIV class=""><DIV><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class="">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV><DIV class=""><DIV class="">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV><DIV class=""><DIV class="">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV><DIV class=""><DIV class="">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class="">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV><DIV class=""><DIV><SPAN>_workspace_users_workspace_747##########771 &lt;=== took out numbers</SPAN></DIV></DIV><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class="">USE CATALOG</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><DIV class=""><SPAN class=""><SPAN class=""><SPAN>workspace<BR /><BR /></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV><DIV class=""><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><P><BR /><BR /></P><P>he project is now reaching Databricks Connect correctly, but the current blocker is workspace permissions, not code or versioning.</P><P>Current state:</P><P>dependency aligned to Databricks Connect 18.0.0<BR />cluster ID accepted<BR />connection reaches Spark Connect endpoint<BR />failure is now:<BR />PERMISSION_DENIED: Cannot access Spark Connect<BR />Meaning:</P><P>your token/user can authenticate<BR />but this workspace/user is not allowed to use Spark Connect on that compute<BR />What must be fixed in Databricks:</P><P>ensure the cluster supports Databricks Connect / Spark Connect<BR />ensure your user has permission to attach/use that cluster<BR />ensure Spark Connect is enabled/allowed for the workspace and compute policy</P> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:02:11 GMT ShawnRR 2026-04-09T19:02:11Z When Trying to use Databricks Connect to Free Edition I am getting "Failed to Read Databricks table: https://community.databricks.com/t5/get-started-discussions/when-trying-to-use-databricks-connect-to-free-edition-i-am/m-p/153981#M11649 <P>When Trying to use Databricks Connect to Free Edition I am getting "Failed to Read Databricks table: PERMISSION_DENIED:&nbsp; PERMISSION_DENIED: Cannot access Spark Connect. (requietsId=.....<BR /><BR />So I have not done anything to my instance aside from getting a token.&nbsp; Is it possible to use Databricks Connect to access my table?&nbsp; If so what else do I need to do?</P> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:45:10 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/get-started-discussions/when-trying-to-use-databricks-connect-to-free-edition-i-am/m-p/153981#M11649 ShawnRR 2026-04-09T18:45:10Z Re: When Trying to use Databricks Connect to Free Edition I am getting "Failed to Read Databric https://community.databricks.com/t5/get-started-discussions/when-trying-to-use-databricks-connect-to-free-edition-i-am/m-p/153983#M11650 <P>If it helps my AI says the following.... Note that I am the only user of this free account.&nbsp; I have not done anything explicit with permissions.&nbsp; I created the table I am trying to access and put data in it through the UI.&nbsp; I can see when I look at the workspace in the gui the following...&nbsp; Am I allowed to use database connect 18.0.0</P><P>&nbsp;</P><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV><DIV class=""><DIV><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class="">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV><DIV class=""><DIV class="">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV><DIV class=""><DIV class="">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV><DIV class=""><DIV class="">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class="">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV><DIV class=""><DIV><SPAN>_workspace_users_workspace_747##########771 &lt;=== took out numbers</SPAN></DIV></DIV><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class="">USE CATALOG</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><DIV class=""><SPAN class=""><SPAN class=""><SPAN>workspace<BR /><BR /></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV><DIV class=""><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><P><BR /><BR /></P><P>he project is now reaching Databricks Connect correctly, but the current blocker is workspace permissions, not code or versioning.</P><P>Current state:</P><P>dependency aligned to Databricks Connect 18.0.0<BR />cluster ID accepted<BR />connection reaches Spark Connect endpoint<BR />failure is now:<BR />PERMISSION_DENIED: Cannot access Spark Connect<BR />Meaning:</P><P>your token/user can authenticate<BR />but this workspace/user is not allowed to use Spark Connect on that compute<BR />What must be fixed in Databricks:</P><P>ensure the cluster supports Databricks Connect / Spark Connect<BR />ensure your user has permission to attach/use that cluster<BR />ensure Spark Connect is enabled/allowed for the workspace and compute policy</P> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:02:11 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/get-started-discussions/when-trying-to-use-databricks-connect-to-free-edition-i-am/m-p/153983#M11650 ShawnRR 2026-04-09T19:02:11Z