Releasesby IbisApache Iceberg™ v3 table upgrades and expression defaults (General availability)
GA8 days agoUnverifiedAdded Oct 17, 2026
The following Apache Iceberg™ v3 features are now generally available.
Topics: Apache Iceberg
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Parquet Direct (Preview)
We're introducing Parquet Direct in preview. With Parquet Direct, you can create read-only Apache Iceberg™ tables in Snowflake from Apache Parquet™ files in your cloud object storage. Snowflake registers your existing files in place, so you can query your data without copying it or rewriting it, and with better query performance than external tables.
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Data mirroring for Snowflake Postgres (General availability)
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Document generation in Snowflake CoWork (General availability)
Document generation in Snowflake CoWork is now generally available and is no longer in Preview . You can ask Snowflake CoWork to generate a PDF, a Word document ( .docx ), a PowerPoint presentation, or an HTML file from your analysis. Generation requires the Cortex Agent code execution tool on the associated agent.
Schema variables (General availability)
With this release, we're pleased to announce the general availability of schema variables.
Online Feature Store (General availability)
Online Feature Store is now generally available and is no longer in Preview .
dbt Projects on Snowflake updates
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