Releasesby GlyphNew SNOWFLAKE_COCO_USAGE_HISTORY view in Account Usage and Organization Usage (General availability)
The SNOWFLAKE_COCO_USAGE_HISTORY view is now generally available in the ACCOUNT_USAGE and ORGANIZATION_USAGE schemas. It provides a unified view of usage history for CoCo across the CLI, Desktop, and Snowsight interfaces. The information in the view includes the number of credits consumed each time a user interacts with CoCo.
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Upcoming deprecation of the data quality monitoring downstream_impact column
The downstream_impact column in the data quality monitoring results system table is being deprecated. Deprecation begins September 7, 2026, and rolls out gradually across regions over the following week. Until the rollout reaches your workspace, you might still be able to query downstream_impact .
Upcoming deprecation of the data quality monitoring root_cause_analysis column
The root_cause_analysis column in the data quality monitoring results system table is being deprecated. Deprecation begins August 18, 2026, and rolls out gradually across regions over the following several days. Until the rollout reaches your workspace, you might still be able to query root_cause_analysis .
Session restore for serverless jobs is now in Beta
Restore the Python variables and Spark session from a serverless compute job run into a new interactive notebook, so you can debug a failure or explore results without rerunning the job. Databricks automatically captures a state snapshot when an eligible run fails, runs 30 minutes or longer, or is cancelled, and keeps it for 7 days after the run completes.
Identity attributes in ABAC column mask policies (Beta)
Identity attributes are in Beta. You can now write Unity Catalog ABAC column mask policy conditions that target users by attributes synced from your identity provider, such as department or country , in addition to group membership.
Gemini Enterprise: General availability for registering A2UI and A2A agents with Gemini Enterprise, including A2UI version v0.9 support
Gemini Enterprise administrators can register and manage agents using Agent to UI (A2UI) to build custom interfaces and the Agent2Agent (A2A) Protocol for communication with Gemini Enterprise. With this release: The feature is generally available (GA) instead of Public Preview. Support is added for A2UI version v0.9, in addition to v0.8 protocols.
[In preview] Public Preview: Zone redundancy for Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-gen General Purpose
You can now benefit from enhanced resilience with the public preview of zone redundancy for Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-gen General Purpose. This update helps you improve business continuity by automatically distributing your compute and data across a
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User skills in Snowflake CoWork (Preview)
User skills are now available in public preview in Snowflake CoWork. Business users can create reusable workflows conversationally, from the UI ( + menu > Skills > Create new ), or by uploading a skill folder on Capabilities > Skills , then run them explicitly with / or from the Skills menus, or implicitly when a conversation matches the skill.
Feature policy rules (General availability)
With this release, we are pleased to announce the general availability of feature policy rules. A feature policy can carry a YAML body that conditionally blocks object creation based on attributes of the request. For example, you can permit tables in general but block temporary tables, or permit tasks but block serverless (no-warehouse) tasks.
Data movement policies (General availability)
With this release, data movement policies are now generally available for Enterprise Edition (or higher). Data movement policies are part of Snowflake’s data exfiltration protection controls. These SQL-style conditional policies can help you limit, alert on, or block data movement operations based on specific movement types.
Organization Features in Organization Command Center (Preview)
Organization Features is now in preview in Organization Command Center. From the organization account, a user with the GLOBALORGADMIN role can open Organization Hub » Command center , then the Organization Features tile, to see which organization-level capabilities are enabled. In preview, the main control is premium views for cross-account telemetry.
Organization Command Center 3rd party access configuration (Preview)
3rd party access configuration is now in preview in Organization Command Center. From the organization account, a user with the GLOBALORGADMIN role can open Organization Hub » Command center , then the 3rd party access configuration tile, to classify member accounts as internal or external, set the default tenant type for new accounts, and maintain allowed...
Snowflake Data Clean Rooms updates
Clean room UI users: New updates are applied to the UI automatically when a user starts a new session after a new update is deployed. To ensure new updates are applied, make sure to log out and log back into the UI. Clean room API users: API updates are applied either manually or automatically to an account. Learn how to manage updates for Data Clean Rooms.
CREATE OR ALTER support for dynamic Apache Iceberg™ tables
You can now use CREATE OR ALTER DYNAMIC ICEBERG TABLE to create a dynamic Apache Iceberg™ table if it doesn’t exist or alter an existing one in place. The statement represents the complete target state: properties you don’t specify reset to their default values, and the command doesn’t trigger a refresh by itself.
Snowflake Data Clean Rooms updates
Clean room UI users: New updates are applied to the UI automatically when a user starts a new session after a new update is deployed. To ensure new updates are applied, make sure to log out and log back into the UI. Clean room API users: API updates are applied either manually or automatically to an account. Learn how to manage updates for Data Clean Rooms.