Snowsight session timeout parameter: Change default value (Preview)¶

For Snowsight, the SESSION_UI_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MINS parameter defines the number of minutes in which a session can be idle before a user must authenticate to Snowflake again. The default value of the SESSION_UI_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MINS parameter behaves in the following manner:

Before the change:

SESSION_UI_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MINS is set to 240 minutes (4 hours). The default behavior without a session policy is the Snowsight session timing out after 240 minutes.

After the change:

SESSION_UI_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MINS is set to 1080 minutes (18 hours). The default behavior without a session policy is the Snowsight session timing out after 1080 minutes.

This pending change affects all Standard Edition customer accounts. Standard Edition account administrators can’t create session policies, so Snowsight sessions for Standard Edition accounts time out after 1080 minutes.

Administrators for Enterprise Edition or higher accounts can create a session policy that specifies a timeout value for Snowsight sessions other than the default value. For more information, see Snowflake sessions and session policies.

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