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Unable to start cluster Error :- Defunct Resource Detected

User16826994223
Honored Contributor III

‎06-03-2021 11:24 PM

Hi All

I am getting this error for some jobs. Can you please let me know what could be the reason

Run result unavailable: job failed with an error message -

Run result unavailable: job failed with error message

Unexpected failure while waiting for the cluster (0604-023315-teaks96) to be ready.Cause Unexpected state for cluster (0604-023315-teaks96): UNEXPECTED_LAUNCH_FAILURE(SERVICE_FAULT): databricks_error_message:Encountered unexpected failure on instance InstanceId(63901da48df74d539b077556d929527d), failure code: DEFUNCT_RESOURCE

message: "Defunct Resource Detected"

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User16826994223
Honored Contributor III

‎06-14-2021 05:57 AM

This is an issue on the cloud level so try to put retries in the job as it happens not for all cluster start , it may fails once but will start after retry,

Also, raise a databricks ticket , they will provide permanent solution

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