December 09-13, 2024 — 8.46 Release Notes¶

Attention

The release has completed. For differences between the in-advance and final versions of these release notes, see Release notes change log.

New features¶

Restricted caller’s rights — Preview¶

With this release, we are pleased to announce the preview of restricted caller’s rights. Previously, when an executable like a stored procedure ran with the privileges of the caller of the executable (caller’s rights), the executable could run with all of the caller’s privileges. Restricted caller’s rights allows an executable to run with caller’s rights, but restricts which of the caller’s privileges the executable runs with. Administrators use caller grants to specify which of the caller’s privileges the executable can use to perform an operation.

For more information, see Restricted caller’s rights.

Snowsight updates¶

New login screen version¶

With this release, a new version of the login screen is now available, offering improved performance and enhanced security. The updated login screen retains the same behavior and appearance as before, requiring no configuration or routing updates.

For more information, see the Snowflake Knowledge Base.

SQL Updates¶

New SQL functions¶

The following function(s) are now generally available with this release:

Function Category	New Function	Description
Information Schema, Table Functions	AVAILABLE_LISTING_REFRESH_HISTORY	Returns the past 14 days of refresh history for a database mounted from a listing using cross-cloud auto-fulfillment.

Release notes change log¶

Announcement	Update	Date
Release notes	Initial publication (preview)	06-Dec-24
AVAILABLE_LISTING_REFRESH_HISTORY	New function	13-Dec-24