How do I fix ADF Pipeline Error 3250?

End or cancel running jobs in the workspace to free up vCores. Reduce the number of vCores requested by the failing activity or pool. Increase the workspace quota via the Azure portal (Subscription → Usage + quotas). Run the pipeline in another workspace with available capacity. Retry the pipeline once resources are released

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ADF Pipeline Error:
ADF Pipeline Error 3250

What does this error mean?

Not enough resources available in the workspace to run the pipeline activity.

Common causes

1Concurrent jobs in the workspace are consuming all available vCores
2Requested vCore count exceeds the workspace quota
3Workspace quota is set too low for current workload
4Spark pool or integration runtime saturated by parallel pipeline runs

How to fix it

1End or cancel running jobs in the workspace to free up vCores
2Reduce the number of vCores requested by the failing activity or pool
3Increase the workspace quota via the Azure portal (Subscription → Usage + quotas)
4Run the pipeline in another workspace with available capacity
5Retry the pipeline once resources are released

Frequently asked questions

What causes ADF Pipeline Error 3250?

Pipeline configuration or connectivity issue

Where can I find more details?

Open Azure Data Factory Monitor, find the failed run, click on the activity, and view the full error output in the Output tab.

Source · learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/data-factory-troubleshoot-guide#error-code-3250