Workload identity federation for Snowflake workloads that access external services (General availability)
GAVerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026
Snowflake can now act as the OpenID Connect (OIDC) provider when Snowflake workloads authenticate to external services. To use this capability, create a secret of type WORKLOAD_IDENTITY_FEDERATION and share its issuer URL and subject identifier with the external service to establish trust.
Topics: Security
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