Feb 18, 2026: Snowflake Container Runtime versioning for ML Jobs (Preview)¶

Snowflake Container Runtimes are now versioned releases, giving you the ability to maintain a stable environment for your ML Jobs while upgrading at your own pace. This change starts with the release of Container Runtime version 2.3.

Snowflake uses the latest version of Container Runtime by default when running an ML Job, and with the change to versioned releases, you can now run your ML Job under any versioned Snowflake-provided Container Runtime release. Snowflake still recommends using the latest Container Runtime version to ensure that you have important security updates.

For the full list of available container runtime releases, see Snowflake Container Runtime release notes. For more information on runtime versioning with ML Jobs, see Snowflake ML Jobs.