Deadlock Issue

Avinashkumar Manivannan 20 Reputation points
2025-06-13T15:57:02.2733333+00:00

I am facing deadlock issue in the ADF pipeline. Will enable the retry option in the settings 3 times and the interval 5 mins will solve the problem? I am getting the deadlock issue occasionally only not on regular basis.

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  1. Chandra Boorla 13,885 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2025-06-13T16:15:03.7433333+00:00

    @Avinashkumar Manivannan

    Thanks for raising this. Enabling the retry option in your Azure Data Factory pipeline, such as setting the retry count to 3 and the interval to 5 minutes, can definitely help mitigate occasional deadlocks. This allows the pipeline to reattempt the activity after a short pause, giving time for any temporary resource conflicts to clear up.

    That said, this approach primarily helps with recovering from deadlocks, not preventing them. If deadlocks start happening more frequently, it's important to look deeper into the root cause.

    Here are some ways to reduce the likelihood of deadlocks:

    • Optimize your queries or stored procedures to minimize locking and execution time.
    • Tune indexes to improve query performance.
    • Adjust transaction logic to ensure transactions are short and access resources in a consistent order.
    • Reduce parallel activity if multiple pipelines are trying to access the same data concurrently.

    I hope this information helps. Please do let us know if you have any further queries.


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