2023_07 Bundle (Generally Enabled)

Bundle History

  1. Introduced in the 7.34 release (September 27-28) with status Disabled by Default; account admins can enable for testing.
  2. Status changed in 7.41 release (November 11-14, 2023) to Enabled by Default; account admins can disable for opt-out.
  3. Status changed in the 8.2 release (January 15-17, 2024) to Generally Enabled; account admins can no longer enable or disable this bundle.

List of Changes

Important

This change list has been compiled using reasonable efforts. We are not always able to determine the full customer impact of a behavior change beforehand. The change list may not include all changes in a release, for example, last minute or emergency changes. In addition, behavior changes that are determined to have minimal to no user impact may not be pre-announced.

If you have any questions about the changes in this bundle, please contact Snowflake Support.

SQL Changes — GeneralAdditional Notes
Table Aliases: Changes to Name Resolution for Quoted Column Identifiers
SQL Changes — Commands & FunctionsAdditional Notes
DESC SHARE command: Specify “DATABASE ROLE” in the KIND column
Network policy commands: Cannot drop active network policies
SHOW EVENT TABLES command: Add owner_role_type column
SHOW REGIONS command: Changes to region names in output
SQL Changes — Usage Views & Information Schema Views / Table FunctionsAdditional Notes
ALTER TABLE and ALTER VIEW commands: Enable drop operation when a row access policy is not set
DATABASE_STORAGE_USAGE_HISTORY and STORAGE_USAGE views: New column
PASSWORD_POLICIES view: New columns
Data Loading / Unloading ChangesAdditional Notes
Cloning: Table history not preserved on clone (Postponed)This behavior change was originally in the 2023_07 bundle and intended to become enabled by default in the 2023_08 bundle. However, it has been postponed and a new release date has not been determined. This change is not available for testing.
Data GovernanceAdditional Notes
Grant on Native Applications: Must grant access to tags and policies
Snowflake CLI, Connectors, Drivers, and SQL APIAdditional Notes
PUT command: Drivers affected by upcoming Google authentication method changes
Web InterfaceAdditional Notes
Snowsight worksheets and dashboards: Changes to formatting of query results
Snowsight worksheets: Changes to working with versions