Known issue - Shortcuts to a firewall-enabled ADLS stop working if lakehouse is shared

You have a lakehouse that contains an Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) Gen2 shortcut, where the ADLS Gen2 storage account is protected by a firewall. You share the lakehouse with a viewer or user outside of the workspace, and user can't access the shortcut. Also, no other users can access the shortcut.

Status: Fixed: July 24, 2024

Product Experience: OneLake

Symptoms

You have a lakehouse that contains an ADLS Gen2 shortcut, where the ADLS Gen2 storage account is protected by a firewall. You share the lakehouse with a user outside of the workspace. Then, the shortcut that worked previously now fails.

Solutions and workarounds

Don't share the lakehouse with viewers or users outside of the workspace.