9.23 Release Notes: Preview

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Features, updates, or behavior changes described on this page might not be available in your accounts until the release is complete.

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SQL updates

Snowflake Scripting user-defined functions (UDFs)

With this release, you can create SQL UDFs that contain Snowflake Scripting procedural language. Snowflake Scripting UDFs can be called in a SQL statement, such as a SELECT statement or INSERT statement. Therefore, they are more flexible than a Snowflake Scripting stored procedure, which can only be called in a SQL CALL command.

Data loading / unloading updates

Apache Arrow library upgrade to version v.21.0.0

Snowflake 9.23 upgrades to Apache Arrow v.21.0.0 for unloading Apache Parquet data.

If your data processing pipeline uses third-party tools to read Parquet files written by Snowflake, we recommend that you verify compatibility with the updated Apache Arrow version.

Release notes change log

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Initial publication (preview)

Aug 08, 2025
Language: English