Jan 23, 2026: Consumer-controlled maintenance policies for Snowflake Native Apps (Preview)¶

Consumer-controlled maintenance policies are now in public preview for Snowflake Native Apps.

With Snowflake Snowflake Native Apps, consumers can set a maintenance policy for an upgrade so that apps don’t update during specific time periods. When an upgrade is ready and a new release directive is set, the upgrade begins. However, if the consumer has set a maintenance policy, the upgrade is delayed until the start date and time specified in the maintenance policy.

For more information, see Consumer-controlled maintenance policies.

To create and set a maintenance policy, the consumer uses the following SQL commands:

• CREATE MAINTENANCE POLICY: Creates a new maintenance policy. The customer sets a schedule for the maintenance policy to allow upgrades to begin at a specific time.

• ALTER MAINTENANCE POLICY: Applies or removes a maintenance policy.