10.0 Release Notes: Jan 12, 2026-Jan 15, 2026¶

Attention

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

SQL updates¶

Search optimization: Support for structured data types¶

With this release, the search optimization service can improve the performance of point lookup and substring queries on structured data in Snowflake tables. You can store structured data in ARRAY, OBJECT, and MAP columns in standard Snowflake tables and Iceberg tables.

For more information, see Speeding up queries of structured data with search optimization.

Data governance updates¶

Copy tags when running a CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE command (Preview)¶

A new COPY TAGS parameter of the CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE command allows you to copy tags that are associated with the original table and its columns. The newly created table and its columns are associated with the same tags.

For more information, see CREATE TABLE.

Release notes change log¶

Announcement	Update	Date
Release notes	Initial publication (preview)	Jan 09, 2026