The READ METADATA privilege will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
UpdateVerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026
The READ METADATA privilege will be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled in mid-October 2026. READ METADATA grants read-only visibility into an object's metadata, including security-sensitive information that BROWSE doesn't expose, such as privilege grants, row filters and column masks, and ABAC policies.
Topics: Governance, Security
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