Snowflake Native App Framework: New application packages enable release channels by default¶

Attention

This behavior change is in the 2025_04 bundle.

For the current status of the bundle, refer to Bundle History.

When this behavior change bundle is enabled, new application packages will have release channels enabled by default.

Before the change	Release channels are not enabled by default for an application package. The ENABLE_RELEASE_CHANNELS property of an application package is set to `FALSE`.
After the change	Release channels are enabled by default for an application package. The ENABLE_RELEASE_CHANNELS property of an application package is set to `TRUE`.

After release channels are enabled for an application package, they cannot be disabled. To create an application package without release channels you must use the following syntax:

CREATE APPLICATION PACKAGE <pkg_name> ENABLE_RELEASE_CHANNELS=FALSE;

Ref: 1977