10.8 Release Notes: Mar 08, 2026-Mar 12, 2026¶

User-defined types¶

With this release, you can define user-defined types, which are new data types that are based on existing Snowflake data types. User-defined types can simplify schema maintenance and improve data quality. You can define a user-defined type once, and then use it in multiple objects.

For example, you can define a data type named age that corresponds to NUMBER(3,0) or a data type named address that is a structured OBJECT type with fields for the street address, city, state, and postal code.

For more information, see User-defined types.

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) for listings¶

Providers can now include listings and their dependencies — such as shares and databases — in account replication and failover groups. With failover groups, in the event of a service degradation or outage, auto-fulfillment relies on failover groups for data replication and disaster recovery.

For more information, see Listing support in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery.