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October 26, 2026
With this release, a feature policy rule can include an error_message that explains why a statement was blocked. When the rule blocks a statement, Snowflake adds the message to the error that the user sees, so you can tell users what's allowed instead.
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October 23, 2026
You can now call OpenAI models through the OpenAI-compatible Responses API, in preview. Send requests to /api/v2/cortex/v1/responses on the Cortex REST API, or to /v1/responses on the Cortex AI Gateway, with the OpenAI SDK or any other client that uses the Responses API.
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October 23, 2026
Retrieve Cortex Search is now available in Public Preview. The CORTEX_SEARCH_RETRIEVE table function lets you run low-latency Cortex Search queries directly from SQL, either one query at a time or one query per input row with a LATERAL join.
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October 23, 2026
Snowflake-managed MCP servers can expose a coding agent that does not require a stored agent object. Add a tool with type CODING_AGENT to the MCP server specification. The specification holds the agent configuration, and each call sends the user message. Snowflake adds the code_toolset_all tool on every run, which gives the agent a managed coding sandbox attached to the conversation thread. A call can pass thread_id to continue the same conversation.
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October 23, 2026
With this release, the GEN_ARM_G1 and GEN_X64_G1 instance families are generally available for Snowpark Container Services on Google Cloud. Each family provides general-purpose compute in five sizes, from 1 vCPU to 28 vCPU.
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October 22, 2026
Custom runtime images for ML Jobs are now generally available. You can build, validate, and register your own custom container images as Custom Runtime Environments (CREs), and then reference them when you submit ML Jobs on Container Runtime by using the runtime_environment="cre@<name>" format. Custom runtime images let you include specific packages, meet compliance and security requirements, integrate with existing CI/CD pipelines, and ensure reproducibility across environments.
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October 22, 2026
The following updates are now available in Snowflake Data Clean Rooms:
REMOVE_TEMPLATE, the template's associated code specs were left behind, which could cause security scans to time out. REMOVE_TEMPLATE now also removes code specs that are no longer used by any remaining template in the collaboration.October 21, 2026
The Declarative Feature Store workflow is now generally available. Define your feature store resources (entities, data sources, feature views, and feature groups) as version-controlled YAML or Python specs, then preview and deploy them with the snow feature CLI using a plan-and-apply workflow.
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October 20, 2026
Starting October 20, 2026, Cortex Fine-tuning will no longer support the creation of new fine-tuned models in AWS US East 1 (N. Virginia).
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October 20, 2026
The following improvements are now available for dbt Projects on Snowflake:
env.yml secret and an external access integration. For setup, supported dbt versions, and billing, see dbt projects on snowflake dbt state integration....
October 20, 2026
When you increase TARGET_FILE_SIZE on a Snowflake-managed Iceberg table, data compaction recompacts older files that were written under the smaller target and compacts new files using the larger setting. For example, if files were compacted at 64 MB and the new target file size is 128 MB, data compaction recompacts older files from 64 MB to 128 MB. For more information, see Set a target file size.
October 20, 2026
With this release, the following Trust Center reports are generally available. These reports require Enterprise Edition or higher.
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October 20, 2026
With this release, Snowflake-provided tags are generally available. These out-of-the-box tags in the SNOWFLAKE.TAGS schema give you a consistent vocabulary for common governance use cases, including cost center, certification status, sensitivity, environment, and project, without creating and maintaining equivalent tags in each account.
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October 19, 2026
We are pleased to announce the preview of Tools for Cortex AI Gateway, which connects AI clients to the business tools your organization already uses through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Supported clients include CoCo Desktop, CoCo CLI, Claude, and Cursor.
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October 19, 2026
With this release, we're pleased to announce the general availability of schema variables.
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October 16, 2026
Cortex AI Gateway is now available to accounts in Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) commercial regions, and in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Asia Pacific (New Zealand) region.
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October 16, 2026
The grok-4.7 and glm-5.3 models are now available in Public Preview in AI Functions, Cortex Inference, Cortex Agents, Snowflake CoWork, and Snowflake CoCo.
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October 16, 2026
October 16, 2026
We're introducing Parquet Direct in preview. With Parquet Direct, you can create read-only Apache Iceberg™ tables in Snowflake from Apache Parquet™ files in your cloud object storage. Snowflake registers your existing files in place, so you can query your data without copying it or rewriting it, and with better query performance than external tables.
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October 15, 2026
The following updates are now available in Snowflake Data Clean Rooms:
October 15, 2026
Data mirroring for Snowflake Postgres is now generally available. Data mirroring continuously replicates tables from a Snowflake Postgres instance into a Snowflake database with minimal lag. Inserts, updates, deletes, and schema changes on the source appear on the target automatically, without ETL pipelines, batch jobs, or third-party connectors. This feature is currently supported on AWS and Azure.
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October 14, 2026
Document generation in Snowflake CoWork is now generally available and is no longer in Preview. You can ask Snowflake CoWork to generate a PDF, a Word document (.docx), a PowerPoint presentation, or an HTML file from your analysis. Generation requires the Cortex Agent code execution tool on the associated agent. When the file is ready, you can view it inline in Snowflake CoWork.
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October 13, 2026
CoCo Desktop v1.21.7 lets the agent manage your automations and makes MCP connections easier to control:
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October 13, 2026
The Cortex Agent SDK is now available in Public Preview for Python and TypeScript. Use the SDK to build applications that run Cortex Agents and Cortex Code, maintain conversations and threads, observe durable turns, and reconnect to long-running work.
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October 13, 2026
The gemini-4-argon model is now available in Public Preview in AI Functions with AI_COMPLETE.
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October 13, 2026
With this release, sensitive data classification provides more specific error messages when automatic classification fails.
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October 12, 2026
We're introducing Horizon Context in preview. Horizon Context extends Horizon Catalog beyond Snowflake. This preview includes the following capabilities:
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October 12, 2026
Predicate-level detail and query types in the LISTING_ACCESS_HISTORY view are now generally available. These improvements help listing providers understand how consumers query their shared data:
QUERY_TYPE column identifies supported consumer query types, including data unloads.SHARE_OBJECTS_ACCESSED column includes groupByObjects, aggregateObjects, and filterObjects arrays that identify columns used for grouping, aggregation, and filtering. For date and timestamp columns, filter details also include predicate values so providers can analyze how far back consumers query their data....
October 12, 2026
You can now use SQL to register, modify, and remove named workload identities for a service user. Each workload identity has its own name and provider settings. A user can have up to 10 workload identities by default.
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October 12, 2026
You can now share a Streamlit in Snowflake app directly with a user, not only with a role. In the Share Streamlit app window, search by username and select a permission level. If the user lacks USAGE on the app's database and schema, you can grant it from the same window. The user is notified in Snowsight, and by email if their email address is verified.
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October 9, 2026
Agentic Marketplace Discovery is now available in public preview. On the public Snowflake Marketplace Discover page in Snowsight, you can switch between Agentic discovery and Marketplace search. Describe what you need to CoCo to find and compare matching listings, or search for providers and listings directly.
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October 9, 2026
With this release, the Snowsight interface for tags and data protection policies is generally available. These areas require Enterprise Edition or higher.
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October 8, 2026
The following updates are now available in Snowflake Data Clean Rooms:
REGISTER_DATA_OFFERING, Snowflake validates that any hashed columns in the data offering specification are in the declared format by sampling rows from the source table or view. If the specification doesn't declare any hashed column_type values, Snowflake skips the sampling step.UNREGISTER_TEMPLATE and UNREGISTER_DATA_OFFERING on resources in that registry. Previously, the privilege let the role register resources but not remove them. For the full list of privileges that each procedure requires, see DCR privilege requirements for Collaboration API procedures.October 7, 2026
With this release, we introduce the private preview of Snowflake Decision, a model available through AI_COMPLETE that evaluates text and structured data against user-defined questions. The snowflake-decision model supports classification, rubric-based scoring, and true-or-false assessment, returning structured answers with probabilities for downstream application logic.
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October 7, 2026
The zero-copy integration between Workday Data Cloud and Snowflake is now generally available. You can query Workday Data Cloud tables directly from your existing Snowflake account, without ETL pipelines, data replication, or moving data out of Workday.
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October 6, 2026
The kimi-k3 model is now available in Public Preview in AI Functions and the Cortex REST API.
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October 6, 2026
Data lineage now includes the following relationships:
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October 5, 2026
With this release, you can change the type of an existing organization user. Use the alter organization user command to set the TYPE property to PERSON or SERVICE, or unset the property to make the organization user a PERSON user, which is the default type. Previously, you could only set the type when you created the organization user.
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October 5, 2026
Enforcing CoCo policy with Mobile Device Management (MDM) is now available in preview. Administrators can deliver account restrictions, allowed authentication methods, and minimum version requirements for CoCo CLI and CoCo Desktop through a macOS configuration profile, Windows Group Policy or Intune, or managed-settings.json. Policy delivered through MDM can't be changed or removed by standard users.
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October 5, 2026
The Cortex Agent code execution tool is now generally available. The code execution tool is a built-in tool that enables an agent to execute code during a conversation, so your agents can run scripts to process data, perform calculations, and produce visualizations. By default, the tool runs in a sandboxed, isolated environment that can only access data in the current agent session.
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October 5, 2026
You can now grant an account role, a database role, or an application role to another role with WITH GRANT OPTION. The recipient role can grant that role to other roles, including with WITH GRANT OPTION.
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October 2, 2026
Observability for Cortex Agents in a Snowflake Native App now includes the following capabilities:
agent:run API or SQL DATA_AGENT_RUN, Snowflake redacts orchestrator-authored content before writing the consumer event-table record.AI_METADATA sharing level by default or at the AI_CONTENT sharing level after the consumer approves the SHARE_AI_OBSERVABILITY_CONTENT app specification....
October 1, 2026
The following updates are now available in Snowflake Data Clean Rooms:
distribution: external field in the collaboration's specification. For more information, see iterating quickly in a same-organization collaboration.September 30, 2026
With this Public Preview release, you can use ATTACH MASKING POLICY in DCM Projects definition files to declaratively assign a masking policy to one or more columns in tables, Apache Iceberg™ tables, views, or dynamic tables. DCM Projects manages the masking policy attachment throughout its deployment lifecycle.
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September 30, 2026
With this release, DEFINE SEMANTIC VIEW in DCM Projects is generally available. You can declaratively manage semantic view definitions, including tables, relationships, facts, dimensions, metrics, AI instructions, and verified queries.
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September 30, 2026
A dynamic table configured for INCREMENTAL or ADAPTIVE refresh can now refresh incrementally after a failover group promotes a secondary to primary. Dynamic Iceberg tables, and dynamic tables with Apache Iceberg™ base tables, don't yet support continuing incremental refresh after failover.
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September 30, 2026
Semantic Studio is now generally available. Semantic Studio is the authoring environment for semantic views in Workspaces, combining conversational authoring with CoCo, direct YAML editing, and deploying YAML files to Snowflake objects. You can also use Git-backed version control to collaborate on semantic view definitions and track changes.
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September 30, 2026
With this preview release, you can monitor and troubleshoot Snowpark Connect for Spark batch jobs and sessions in Snowsight. The Spark Monitoring UI lists snowpark-submit and EXECUTE CODE BUNDLE runs under Batch Jobs, and Snowpark Connect sessions under Spark Sessions.
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September 29, 2026
Snowflake Cortex AI Functions now automatically caches and reuses the results of AI_COMPLETE calls. When a query makes an identical AI_COMPLETE call more than once, Snowflake can return the stored result instead of running inference again, which lowers cost and speeds up query execution.
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September 28, 2026
The claude-sonnet-5-5 model is now available in Public Preview in Cortex AI Functions and the Cortex REST API.
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September 28, 2026
CoCo Desktop v1.21.6 refines everyday chat controls and shores up connectivity:
cortex memory recall accepts --query-type=FUZZY|REGEX....
September 28, 2026
With this release, Inline Stored Procedures for hybrid tables are generally available. Inline Stored Procedures are a type of Snowflake stored procedure designed for operational workloads on hybrid tables. The entire procedure body runs as a single atomic unit pushed directly to the query processing layer, which reduces per-statement overhead and delivers significantly lower latency for OLTP-style workloads.
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