Databricks Free Edition – Workspaces Prefetch Error 500 After Gmail Verification

Sam92
New Contributor

Hi everyone,

I have been using Databricks Free Edition regularly for learning and practising Data Engineering. However, since today, I am unable to access my workspace.

I can log in successfully using my Gmail account and complete the email verification process. But immediately after verification, the workspace page fails to load and displays a server error with code 500."Workspaces Prefetch error: 500"

I also tried opening my existing workspace directly in a new browser tab, but I am facing the same issue.

I have already tried the following:

  • Logging in through Chrome Incognito mode.

  • Signing in again using my Gmail account.

  • Completing the email verification process again.

  • Opening my existing workspace URL directly.

Unfortunately, none of these steps worked.

I have created several notebooks, tables and data engineering projects in this workspace, so I am concerned about losing access to my existing work.

Has anyone faced a similar issue with Databricks Free Edition? Is this a temporary issue, and is there a way to restore access to the existing workspace?

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks!