Snowflake server release notes and feature updates¶
This topic lists the release notes for the most recent server releases and feature updates. For earlier releases and feature updates, see Server releases and feature updates earlier in 2025.
If you have questions about any of these features, contact Snowflake Support.
Upcoming (or in progress) server releases¶
- 9.30 Release Notes: Preview
- SQL updates
- MERGE ALL BY NAME
- Aliases for PIVOT and UNPIVOT columns
- New SQL parameter: ENABLE_GET_DDL_USE_DATA_TYPE_ALIAS
- Reference table columns in lambda expressions when calling higher-order functions
- SEARCH function supports PHRASE and EXACT search modes
- Snowflake Scripting CONTINUE handlers
- Snowflake Scripting user-defined functions (UDFs) (General availability)
- Extensibility updates
- Data governance updates
- Release notes change log
- SQL updates
Recent server releases¶
For earlier server releases, see Server releases earlier in 2025.
Recent feature updates¶
- Sep 25, 2025: AI_COUNT_TOKENS AISQL function (Preview)
- Sep 25, 2025: Snowflake Data Clean Rooms updates
- Sep 25, 2025: Page filtering for AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT
- Sep 25, 2025: FILE data type (General Availability)
- Sep 25, 2025: Cortex AISQL AI_TRANSLATE (General Availability)
- Sep 25, 2025: Cost management — Updating budgets more frequently
- Sep 23, 2025: AI_FILTER Performance Optimization (Preview)
- Sep 23, 2025: Snowpipe Streaming with high-performance architecture (General availability)
- Sep 22, 2025: Prevent data compaction on Snowflake-managed Apache Iceberg™ tables
- Sep 19, 2025: Read consistency mode for sessions with near-concurrent changes
- Sep 19, 2025: Support for position row-level deletes when writing to externally managed Apache Iceberg™ tables or catalog-linked databases on Azure (Preview)
- Sep 19, 2025: SnowConvert AI Verification (Preview)
- Sep 17, 2025: Data lineage for tasks
- Sep 17, 2025: New SYS_CONTEXT function for getting context about applications, sessions, and organizations
- Sep 15, 2025: Snowflake Native Apps updates
- Sep 15, 2025: Billing views for Snowflake resellers and distributors
- Sep 15, 2025: Multi-factor authentication — Support for one-time passcodes
- Sep 12, 2025: Support for position row-level deletes when writing to externally managed Apache Iceberg™ tables or catalog-linked databases on Amazon S3 or Google Cloud (Preview)
- Sep 11, 2025: Support for Snowflake Cortex AISQL in incremental dynamic table refresh
- Sep 11, 2025: Workspaces (General availability)
- Sep 09, 2025: Using Snowsight to monitor data quality (Preview)
- Sep 09, 2025: Sensitive data classification
- Sep 09, 2025: Hybrid table support for Microsoft Azure (Preview)
For earlier feature updates, see Feature updates earlier in 2025.