Why Does Azure Databricks Consume So Much Memory When Running in the Background?

orcation
New Contributor III

‎09-08-2025 10:53 PM - edited ‎09-08-2025 10:56 PM

I had two Azure Databricks pages open in my browser without performing any computations. When I returned from lunch, I noticed that they were occupying about 80% of the memory in the task manager. What happened? This issue never occurred in the past, but recently, the performance has become increasingly sluggish.Snipaste_2025-09-09_13-50-09.png

szymon_dybczak
Esteemed Contributor III

‎09-09-2025 02:04 AM

Hi @orcation ,

Product team is aware of this issue. Ticket has been raised - we just need to wait for a fix 🙂

Who Asked for This? Databricks UI is a Laggy Mess : r/databricks

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orcation
New Contributor III
In response to szymon_dybczak

‎09-09-2025 03:41 AM

Thank you for the update! I appreciate the transparency. I'll keep an eye out for the fix.

dj4
New Contributor II

‎12-22-2025 11:01 AM

@szymon_dybczak This issue still exists and is getting worse. Even a 32GB memory & ultra 7 processor laptop cannot seem to handle this issue if there are many cells in the notebook. Do you know when it'll be fixed?