Will clusters running a depcrecated Databricks Runtime Version fail to start once EOL is reached?

Question

The Databricks runtime support lifecycle states that: "Databricks reserves the right to completely remove a release version from the API at any time after support ends, without prior notice."

Does this mean that an all-purpose/job cluster with a runtime version that has reached End of Life (EOL) will fail to start/be created?

Answer 1

Hi @Mathieu ,

You can continue to run your Azure Databricks runtime until you delete the cluster manually.

Here's also another thread discussing the same topic:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/440157/will-existing-cluster-with-databricks-runtime-stop.html

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