10.0 Release Notes: Preview¶

Attention

Content on this page is available in advance of the completion of the 10.0 release, which is currently either pending or in progress and is scheduled for completion on January 14 (subject to change).

Features, updates, or behavior changes described on this page might not be available in your accounts until the release is complete.

For updates to 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.

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.

Release notes change log¶

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