Preview — 9.2 Release Notes (with behavior changes)¶
Attention
Content in this page is available in advance of the completion of the 9.2 release, which is currently either pending or in progress.
The release is scheduled to complete on January 22 (subject to change).
Features, updates, or behavior changes described in this page might not become available in your account(s) until the completion of the release.
For updates to these release notes, see Release notes change log.
Behavior change bundles¶
This release contains the following behavior change bundles:
Bundle Name |
Status in this Release |
Previous Status |
---|---|---|
Disabled by default; admins can enable for testing |
N/A (introduced in this release) |
|
Enabled by default; admins can disable for opt-out |
Disabled by default |
|
Generally enabled; admins can no longer enable/disable |
Enabled by default |
The status for each bundle will change in the next behavior change release, planned for January 2025; however, this schedule is subject to change.
For more information about bundle statuses and how they may impact your accounts, see About Behavior Changes.
Non-bundled behavior changes¶
The following changes aren’t part of a bundle, and therefore can’t be disabled:
New features¶
Trust Center: Manage individual scanners¶
Trust Center scanners are scheduled background processes that check your account for security risks based on how you configured your account. With this release, you can manage individual scanners in a scanner package. When a scanner package is enabled, you can manage the scanners in the scanner package in the following ways:
Enable or disable individual scanners
Change the schedule of individual scanners
Manually start individual scanners
Security updates¶
Outbound private connectivity for Microsoft Azure Government regions¶
You can use Azure Private Link for outbound network traffic originating from Microsoft Azure Government regions. This allows you to harden your security posture for Snowflake features like Snowpark Container Services and external volumes for Apache Iceberg™ tables.
SQL updates¶
New SQL functions¶
The following function is now available with this release:
Function category |
New function |
Description |
---|---|---|
System (Information) |
SYSTEM$SHOW_BUDGETS_FOR_RESOURCE |
Returns a string containing a list of the budgets that track a specified resource (for example, a table or a schema). |
Data lake updates¶
Apache Iceberg™ tables: Support for writing Apache Iceberg metadata for Delta-based tables¶
With this release, we are pleased to announce support for writing metadata for Delta-based Iceberg tables to your external cloud storage.
Note
In order to write Iceberg metadata for Delta-based tables, you must enable the 2025_01 bundle in your account.
To enable this bundle in your account, execute the following statement:
SELECT SYSTEM$ENABLE_BEHAVIOR_CHANGE_BUNDLE('2025_01');
Release notes change log¶
Announcement |
Update |
Date |
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Release notes |
Initial publication (preview) |
17-Jan-25 |