2026_07 Bundle (Disabled by default)

Bundle history

Attention

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  1. Introduced in the 10.32 release (September 5-9, 2026) as Disabled by Default; account admins can enable for testing.
  2. Status planned to change in a subsequent October 2026 release to Enabled by Default; however, this schedule is subject to change.
  3. Status planned to change in a release after October 2026 to Generally Enabled; however, this schedule is subject to change.

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.

For differences between the in-advance and final versions of these notes, see Behavior Change Bundle change log.

For information and definitions of impact scores, see Impact score.

Security ChangesImpact ScoreAdditional Notes
Security integrations: Sessions close when the backing integration is disabled or dropped (Disabled by default)Medium
Access control: DESCRIBE command no longer uses TAG_ASSOCIATION and GRANT_MANAGEMENT privileged access operations (Disabled by default)Medium
GRANT OWNERSHIP: Transferring ownership requires the target role to be active in the current session or the executing role to have MANAGE GRANTS (Disabled by default)High
Future grants: DATA METRIC FUNCTION and FUNCTION objects are now evaluated independently (Disabled by default)Medium
Cortex Search refresh history: MONITOR privilege grants access (Disabled by default)Medium
Authentication: Expired JWT returns OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRED (Disabled by default)Medium
Snowflake Cortex: CORTEX_MODELS_ALLOWLIST no longer controls model access (Disabled by default)High
SQL Changes — Commands & FunctionsImpact ScoreAdditional Notes
BOOLEAN to NUMBER cast: Result type follows the target NUMBER type (Disabled by default)Medium
CTAS, materialized views, and dynamic tables: Corrected byte length for new string columns (Disabled by default)Medium
Notebook services: ALTER SERVICE <SERVICE_NAME> RESUME command no longer supported (Disabled by default)Medium
Row timestamps: Internal metadata columns blocked (Disabled by default)High
BITCOUNT function: Return type and negative-integer behavior at GA (Disabled by default)High
Cortex Search: METADATA$RANK removed from CORTEX_SEARCH_BATCH (Disabled by default)High
Cloning databases: EVENT_TABLE parameter is not copied to the cloned database (Disabled by default)Low
Snowflake Cortex AI Functions: Multirow error handling for AI_EMBED and AI_SIMILARITY (Disabled by default)Medium
SHOW DATABASES command: Includes mountless databases from organization listings (Disabled by default)Medium
Casting arrays to VECTOR: Overflow now returns an error (Disabled by default)Medium
ALTER ICEBERG TABLE … CONVERT TO MANAGED: Retains original storage path (Disabled by default)Medium
SQL Changes — Usage Views & Information Schema ViewsImpact ScoreAdditional Notes
STAGES view (Information Schema and Account Usage): STAGE_TYPE populated for internal stages with SNOWFLAKE_SSE encryption (Disabled by default)Low
Information Schema views: Now honor MANAGE GRANTS privilege, caller grants, and inherited grants (Disabled by default)Low
ACCESS_HISTORY view (Account Usage): invoker_identity column replaced by agents_info (Disabled by default)Medium
SESSIONS view: User task sessions report authentication_method as None (Disabled by default)Medium
Semantic ViewsImpact ScoreAdditional Notes
Semantic views: Querying FACTS with DIMENSIONS is no longer supported (Disabled by default)Medium

Behavior Change Bundle change log

AnnouncementUpdateDate
Preview of upcoming bundleBundle 2026_07 preview announcements availableAugust 27, 2026
Preview of upcoming bundleAdditional BCR announcements added; BCR-2413 removedSeptember 3, 2026
2026_07 bundleFinal publicationSeptember 9, 2026