Understand limitations in the Snowflake Native App Framework¶

This topic provides information about the limitations of the Snowflake Native Apps.

Known limitations¶

Snowflake Native Apps have the following known limitations:

Temporary tables or stages are not supported.
Some Streamlit features are not supported. See Unsupported Streamlit Features for details.
Snowflake Native Apps do not support failover for business continuity. For example, adding an application package to a replication group or failover group is not supported.
Storage lifecycle policies aren’t supported in Snowflake Native Apps.
Snowflake ML functions such as Top Insights aren’t supported in Snowflake Native Apps.

Known limitations in Snowflake Native Apps with Snowpark Container Services¶

Snowflake Native Apps with Snowpark Container Services have the following limitations:

Apps with containers are only supported on specific AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud commercial regions. See Support for private connectivity, VPS, and government regions for information on support for private connectivity, VPS, and government regions.
Sessions used in connections from containers, for example using the Python connector, are limited to the application owner role. See Snowpark Container Services: Additional considerations for services and jobs for additional information.
A maximum of 15 compute pools per application is allowed.
Cross-Cloud Auto-Fulfillment has the following limitation:
- There is a 100GB limit for each file within the image repository.
Using the LOG_LEVEL, TRACE_LEVEL, METRIC_LEVEL, and LOG_EVENT_LEVEL properties in the manifest file to set the logging and trace level for a container is not supported. Instead, use the spec.logExporters property in the service specification file.

See `spec.logExporters` field (optional) for more information.

Support for private connectivity, VPS, and government regions¶

The following tables list Snowflake Native App support for private connectivity, Virtual Private Snowflake (VPS), and government regions on the cloud platform that Snowflake supports:

Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services AWS PrivateLink Virtual Private Snowflake Government regions
Snowflake Native App Framework (without containers) Generally available Generally available Generally available Generally available
Snowflake Native App Framework (with containers) Generally available Generally available Not yet supported Generally available

	Amazon Web Services	AWS PrivateLink	Virtual Private Snowflake	Government regions
Snowflake Native App Framework (without containers)	Generally available	Generally available	Generally available	Generally available
Snowflake Native App Framework (with containers)	Generally available	Generally available	Not yet supported	Generally available

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure Microsoft Azure Private Link Virtual Private Snowflake Government regions
Snowflake Native App Framework (without containers) Generally available Generally available Not yet supported Generally available
Snowflake Native App Framework (with containers) Generally available Generally available Not yet supported Not yet supported

	Microsoft Azure	Microsoft Azure Private Link	Virtual Private Snowflake	Government regions
Snowflake Native App Framework (without containers)	Generally available	Generally available	Not yet supported	Generally available
Snowflake Native App Framework (with containers)	Generally available	Generally available	Not yet supported	Not yet supported

Google Cloud

Google Cloud Google Cloud Private Service Connect Virtual Private Snowflake
Snowflake Native App Framework (without containers) Generally available Not yet supported Not yet supported
Snowflake Native App Framework (with containers) Generally available Not yet supported Not yet supported

	Google Cloud	Google Cloud Private Service Connect	Virtual Private Snowflake
Snowflake Native App Framework (without containers)	Generally available	Not yet supported	Not yet supported
Snowflake Native App Framework (with containers)	Generally available	Not yet supported	Not yet supported

Known issue with AWS and Azure PrivateLink¶

Links in email notifications from apps do not correctly link into a private link accounts.

Limitations on Snowflake Native App with Snowpark Container Services¶

Limitations on Snowflake Native Apps in government regions¶

The following limitations apply to Snowflake Native App support for government regions:

Providers publishing apps from government regions can only share listings within the same organization.

Limitations on AWS government regions¶

Snowflake Native App support all government regions except Department of Defense (DoD) regions.

Limitations on Azure GovCloud¶

Azure GovCloud is supported only in the following regions:

US East (N. Virginia)

Limitations on apps with containers in government regions¶

For apps with containers published to government regions, the following limitations apply:

Apps with containers are only supported on AWS government regions.
Only FedRAMP Moderate on awsuseast1gov is supported.

Limitations on Virtual Private Snowflake (VPS)¶

The following limitations apply to Snowflake Native App support for Virtual Private Snowflake (VPS):

Snowflake Native Apps and Streamlit are not enabled by default in Virtual Private Snowflake. To use Snowflake Native Apps or Streamlit in VPS, contact Snowflake Support.
If Streamlit is not enabled in the VPS deployment, consumers cannot use the Python Permission SDK to manage privileges and references.
Sharing an app from a VPS account to an account outside the VPS is only supported within the same organization. To share an app outside the current organization, contact Snowflake Support.
Only private listings are supported for applications published inside the VPS.
Consumers in the VPS can enable event sharing for an app. However, log messages and trace events are not shared unless the provider has an event table within the VPS.
Because the Snowflake Marketplace interface is not available in VPS, providers and consumers must manage listings by using SQL. For additional information, see About managing listings using SQL.