Enable Cross-Region Inference Globally (Same-Cloud, Same-Region) (Pending)¶

When this behavior change bundle is enabled, Snowflake sets the CORTEX_ENABLED_CROSS_REGION account parameter to the geography-scoped value for your cloud provider and region, for eligible commercial accounts that have not already configured it. This enables Cortex features that require cross-region inference, including Cortex Code. All inference routing stays within your cloud provider. No data crosses to a different cloud provider or region.

This change affects eligible commercial accounts on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud where a same-cloud, same-region routing value is available. Each affected account receives one of the following values based on its deployment: AWS_US, AWS_EU, AWS_APJ, AWS_AU, AZURE_US, AZURE_EU, or GCP_US.

Accounts that have already set any explicit value for CORTEX_ENABLED_CROSS_REGION (including DISABLED) are not affected by this change. Finance-sector accounts, healthcare-sector accounts, government, FedRAMP, and VPS accounts are also excluded.

Before the change:

CORTEX_ENABLED_CROSS_REGION is unset on your account. Cortex features that require cross-region inference, such as Cortex Code, can’t be used.

After the change:

Snowflake sets CORTEX_ENABLED_CROSS_REGION to the value matching your account’s cloud provider and region: AWS_US for accounts in AWS US regions, or AZURE_EU for accounts in Azure EU regions. Cross-region inference is enabled within your cloud provider, and Cortex features that require it, such as Cortex Code, can be used.

How to opt out¶

To revert this change after the bundle is enabled, run the following command as ACCOUNTADMIN:

-- Disable cross-region inference entirely
ALTER ACCOUNT SET CORTEX_ENABLED_CROSS_REGION = 'DISABLED';

To restrict cross-region inference to a specific geography instead of disabling it:

-- Example: restrict to EU AWS regions only
ALTER ACCOUNT SET CORTEX_ENABLED_CROSS_REGION = 'AWS_EU';

For a full list of supported values, see CORTEX_ENABLED_CROSS_REGION.

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