CREATE IMAGE REPOSITORY command: Change in the default encryption type (Preview)¶

Attention

This behavior change is in the 2025_05 bundle.

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

When this behavior change bundle is enabled, the default value of the ENCRYPTION parameter for the CREATE IMAGE REPOSITORY command changes:

Before the change:: The default value is SNOWFLAKE_SSE. If you omit the ENCRYPTION parameter, Snowflake uses SNOWFLAKE_SSE encryption for binaries stored in the image repositories.
After the change:: The default value is SNOWFLAKE_FULL. If you omit the ENCRYPTION parameter, Snowflake uses SNOWFLAKE_FULL encryption for binaries stored in the image repositories.

Note

The default value is changing for Snowflake accounts on AWS and Azure. This change does not apply to Snowflake accounts on Google Cloud.

Ref: 2036