Releasesby GlyphExternal lineage (General availability)
External lineage is now generally available and is no longer in Preview .
Also shipped Sep 3, 2026Snowflake in September 2026 →
Conversational analytics now supports questions about market basket analysis
Conversational analytics now supports questions about market basket analysis . This feature is generally available (GA).
Share metric views with OpenSharing (Beta)
You can now share metric views with Databricks users in other metastores or accounts using OpenSharing. See Add metric views to a share and Read shared metric views .
Genie One enhancements
- Ask Genie button hidden when unsupported : In embedded dashboards, the Ask Genie button is now hidden when it isn't supported. See Ask Genie in embedded dashboards . Push notifications for scheduled tasks (Public Preview) : The Genie mobile app can now send push notifications for scheduled tasks to iOS devices. See Push notifications .
Web search in Genie One (Beta)
Genie One can now search the public web to answer questions that need current information, such as recent releases, third-party documentation, or news. Genie One decides when to search and cites the sources it uses, showing each as a link you can open. See Search the web .
Gemini Enterprise: Latency and error rate views for agents
To monitor operational telemetry for your agents, use the two new views on the Observability tab: Latency: Shows response times for your agents. This view displays p50 (median) and p95 (95th percentile) metrics for Time to First Token (TTFT), Time to First Answer (TTFA), and Time to Last Token (TTLT).
Gemini Enterprise: General availability of Workflow Builder (formerly Agent Designer)
Workflow Builder (formerly known as Agent Designer) is generally available (GA) in Gemini Enterprise. Workflow Builder enables users across your organization to build multi-step automated workflows to streamline tasks and connect to enterprise data.
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Data lineage for streams
You can now see streams on Snowflake data lineage graphs.
Snowflake-provided tags (Public Preview)
With this preview release, Snowflake-provided tags are available in every account. These out of the box tags in the SNOWFLAKE.TAGS schema give you a consistent vocabulary for common governance use cases, including cost center, certification status, sensitivity, environment, and project, without creating and maintaining equivalent tags in each account.
Trust Center, secure by default approach for scanner package enablement
Secure by default is available only for accounts on Business Critical Edition or Virtual Private Snowflake (VPS) with a capacity contract.
Iceberg Scan Plan API in Horizon Catalog (Public Preview)
Public Preview release of Iceberg Scan Plan API in Horizon Catalog to enforce data protection policies.
Multi-value tags (General availability)
With this release, multi-value tags are generally available. You can assign more than one string value to the same tag.
Horizon Catalog Explorer UI (Preview)
With this release, the Horizon Catalog Explorer is the default experience for browsing Snowflake objects in Snowsight, replacing Database Explorer. The Horizon Catalog Explorer provides consistent navigation and object detail pages while preserving the tabs and actions that you already use.
Access externally managed Apache Iceberg™ tables through Snowflake Horizon Catalog (Preview)
You can now use the Horizon Iceberg REST Catalog (IRC) API to access externally managed Apache Iceberg™ tables in a catalog-linked database from external engines such as Apache Spark™, Trino, DuckDB, or PyIceberg.
AI mode for sensitive data classification (Public Preview)
Sensitive data classification now supports AI mode in public preview. When you enable AI mode on a classification profile, Snowflake uses the OpenAI GPT-5 Mini model to identify additional semantic categories beyond those detected by standard classification, which can improve accuracy.