Feature updates earlier in 2026¶
This topic lists the feature updates that occurred earlier in 2026.
For more recent feature updates, see Snowflake server release notes and feature updates.
- Feb 06, 2026: Cortex Code data science and machine learning skill (Preview)
- Feb 06, 2026: External query engine support for Apache Iceberg™ tables with Snowflake Horizon Catalog (General availability)
- Feb 06, 2026: Trust Center Overview tab (Preview)
- Feb 05, 2026: Notebooks in Workspaces (General Availability)
- Feb 05, 2026: Sensitive data classification: Support for semi-structured data (General availability)
- Feb 05, 2026: Snowflake Data Clean Rooms updates
- Feb 04, 2026: Cortex Search Component Scores (General availability)
- Feb 04, 2026: Sensitive data classification: Classify a subset of native semantic categories (Preview)
- Feb 02, 2026: Cortex Code CLI (General availability)
- Feb 02, 2026: Cortex Code in Snowsight (Preview)
- Feb 02, 2026: Support for listing and share observability (General availability)
- Feb 02, 2026: Share Connected Apps in Snowflake Marketplace listings (General availability)
- Feb 02, 2026: Use Snowsight to manage external volumes (Preview)
- Feb 01, 2026: New ORGANIZATION_USAGE premium views
- Jan 30, 2026: New regions
- Jan 30, 2026: Support for bi-directional data access with Microsoft Fabric (General availability)
- Jan 29, 2026: Apache DataSketches functions (General availability)
- Jan 29, 2026: Snowflake Data Clean Rooms updates
- Jan 28, 2026: Fine-tuning
arctic-extractmodels (Preview) - Jan 28, 2026: Private connectivity for TSS on Google Cloud (General availability)
- Jan 27, 2026: Estimate token usage with AI_COUNT_TOKENS (General availability)
- Jan 27, 2026: Enforce data protection policies when querying Apache Iceberg™ tables from Apache Spark™
- Jan 26, 2026: Extract images from documents using AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT (Preview)
- Jan 26, 2026: Specify a dynamic task configuration with EXECUTE TASK
- Jan 23, 2026: Organization users (General availability)
- Jan 23, 2026: Storage lifecycle policies: Expanded support
- Jan 23, 2026: Network policies for External OAuth
- Jan 23, 2026: Malicious IP Protection updates
- Jan 23, 2026: Consumer-controlled maintenance policies for Snowflake Native Apps (Preview)
- Jan 22, 2026: AI_FILTER for filtering with natural language predicates (General availability)
- Jan 22, 2026: AI_AGG and AI_SUMMARIZE_AGG (General availability)
- Jan 22, 2026: European Union categories for sensitive data classification
- Jan 22, 2026: Document Processing Playground (General availability)
- Jan 21, 2026: Snowflake OAuth for local applications
- Jan 20, 2026: Shared Workspaces (General availability)
- Jan 16, 2026: Sensitive data classification in the Trust Center (Preview)
- Jan 16, 2026: External lineage (Preview)
- Jan 15, 2026: Snowflake Data Clean Rooms updates
- Jan 14, 2026: Workspace replication (Preview)
- Jan 12, 2026: Specifying custom instructions in semantic views
- Jan 08, 2026: Tri-Secret Secure in China (General availability)
- Jan 07, 2026: Reorganized UI for listings (General availability)