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.
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BigQuery adds ML.TREND, ML.SEASONALITY and ML.DETECT_CHANGE_POINTS in preview
New table-valued functions in the query editor and conversational analytics identify trends, repeating seasonal patterns and structural change points in time series data.
BigQuery Graph core processing limited to Enterprise editions from April 26, 2027
Standard edition and on-demand billing support for BigQuery Graph core graph processing is deprecated, with processing restricted to Enterprise and Enterprise Plus from April 26, 2027. Graph measures remain available except in Standard edition.
The run_bq_command tool exposes the bq command-line tool within the Cloud CLI remote MCP server
The run_bq_command tool exposes the bq command-line tool within the Cloud CLI remote MCP server. AI agents can now execute advanced BigQuery operations, such as job scheduling, job management, and reservation management, through a managed MCP endpoint. For more information, see Use the Cloud CLI remote MCP server . This feature is in Preview .
Salesforce connector mTLS authentication is now generally available
Mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication for the Salesforce connector in Lakeflow Connect is now generally available. With mTLS, Databricks and Salesforce exchange and verify client certificates to establish two-way trust, combined with the OAuth client credentials flow. Choose it for API-only users or when your organization requires mTLS.
Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
- Import from Power BI and Tableau : Importing reports and data models from Power BI and Tableau with Genie Code ( /importBI ) is now generally available. See Import BI files using Genie Code . Larger Excel downloads : You can now download up to 1 million rows from a dashboard widget to Excel ( .xlsx ), up from 100,000. See Download results .
Genie One enhancements
- Scheduled task consistency : Scheduled tasks now look up past runs to keep run-to-run outputs consistent. See Scheduled tasks . Export documents to PDF : You can now export Genie One documents to PDF. See Documents in Genie One .
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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...
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.
New 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.
Improved data freshness for ORGANIZATION_USAGE premium views
With this release, Snowflake has improved data freshness for most premium views in the ORGANIZATION_USAGE schema. Typical data latency is now under 3 hours. Many of these views previously had a latency of up to 24 hours.
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.
Remote Development with the Snowflake Extension for Visual Studio Code (Preview)
Remote Development with the Snowflake Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available in public preview.