Server releases in 2025¶

This topic lists the release notes for server releases that occurred in 2025.

For more recent releases, see Snowflake server release notes and feature updates.

• 9.40 Release Notes: Dec 15, 2025-Jan 09, 2026

  • New features

    • Notifications for data quality incidents (Preview)

  • Deprecated features

    • Deprecation of external OpenAI model routing for Cortex Analyst
    • Recommended action
    • Cross-region inference (optional)

  • SQL updates

    • Semantic views: Using standard SQL clauses to query semantic views (Preview)

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• 9.39 Release Notes: Dec 08, 2025-Dec 12, 2025

  • Security updates

    • Trust Center: Detection findings and event-driven scanners (Preview)
    • Programmatic access tokens: Removing the single-role restriction for service users

  • Release notes change log

• 9.38 Release Notes: Dec 03, 2025-Dec 05, 2025

  • SQL updates

    • Query insights: Support for queries that benefit from the query acceleration service

  • Release notes change log

• 9.37 Release Notes: Nov 17, 2025-Nov 20, 2025

  • SQL updates

    • Preparation for renaming Snapshots feature to Backups
    • New DECFLOAT data type

  • Documentation and learning resources

    • New topic that provides an overview of Snowflake authentication methods

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• 9.36 Release Notes: Nov 10, 2025-Nov 16, 2025

  • SQL updates

    • Enhanced SQL functionality

  • Extensibility updates

    • Support for OAuth when authenticating with GitHub (General availability)
    • Run Apache Spark™ workloads on Snowflake (General availability)
    • Support for connecting Scala applications to Snowpark Connect for Spark (Preview)

  • Data governance updates

    • Anomaly detection for Data Quality Monitoring (Preview)

  • Release notes change log

• 9.35 Release Notes: Nov 03, 2025-Nov 07, 2025

  • SQL updates

    • Interval data types (Preview)

  • Data lake updates

    • Replicate Snowflake-managed Apache Iceberg™ tables (Preview)

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• 9.33 Release Notes: Oct 21, 2025-Oct 23, 2025

  • Security updates

    • AWS cross-region support for PrivateLink (General availability)
    • Outbound network traffic to stages and volumes on Google Cloud Storage supports private connectivity (General availability)
    • Snowflake-managed network rules (General availability)

  • SQL updates

    • Semantic views: Support for ASOF JOIN

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• 9.32 Release Notes (with behavior changes): Oct 13, 2025-Oct 15, 2025

  • Behavior change bundles

  • Data lake updates

    • Catalog-linked databases: Auto-refresh for Apache Iceberg™ table creation
    • Table optimization for Snowflake-managed Apache Iceberg™ tables (General availability)

  • Replication updates

    • Snowflake Notebooks replication (General availability)

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• 9.31 Release Notes: Oct 06, 2025-Oct 08, 2025

  • Security updates

    • Tri-Secret Secure supports private connectivity

  • Data lake updates

    • Query data compaction jobs for Apache Iceberg™ tables

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• 9.30 Release Notes: Sep 29, 2025-Oct 01, 2025

  • Security updates

    • Hybrid table support for Tri-Secret Secure

  • SQL updates

    • Update to the 2025b release of the TZDB
    • MERGE ALL BY NAME
    • Aliases for PIVOT and UNPIVOT columns
    • New SQL parameter: ENABLE_GET_DDL_USE_DATA_TYPE_ALIAS
    • Reference table columns in lambda expressions when calling higher-order functions
    • SEARCH function supports PHRASE and EXACT search modes
    • Snowflake Scripting CONTINUE handlers
    • Snowflake Scripting user-defined functions (UDFs) (General availability)
    • Semantic views: Support for dimensions that use a Cortex Search Service

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• 9.29 Release Notes: Sep 24, 2025-Sep 26, 2025

  • New features

    • Declarative Shared Native Apps (Preview)
    • Cortex Agent Monitoring (Preview)

  • Data collaboration updates

    • Cross-Cloud Auto-Fulfillment support for open table formats

  • Data pipeline updates

    • CREATE OR ALTER DYNAMIC TABLE (Preview)

  • Data governance updates

    • Data quality: FRESHNESS data metric function improvement

  • Release notes change log

• 9.28 Release Notes: Sep 15, 2025-Sep 17, 2025

  • SQL updates

    • Query insights in Snowsight (Preview)

  • Data pipeline updates

    • dbt Projects on Snowflake: Support for dbt retry (Preview)

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• 9.27 Release Notes (with behavior changes): Sep 08, 2025-Sep 10, 2025

  • Behavior change bundles

  • SQL updates

    • Retrieve bind variable values (Preview)

  • Data pipeline updates

    • Dynamic tables: Support for base tables with zero data retention

  • Data lake updates

    • New system function to replace the catalog integration for an externally managed Apache Iceberg™ table

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• 9.26 Release notes: Sep 01, 2025-Sep 04, 2025

  • SQL updates

    • Filling gaps in time-series data (Preview)
    • Account Usage: New INGRESS_NETWORK_ACCESS_HISTORY view
    • Account Usage: New INTERNAL_STAGE_NETWORK_ACCESS_HISTORY view

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• 9.25 Release notes: Aug 25, 2025-Aug 28, 2025

  • New features

    • Sensitive data classification: Automatic classification of a database (General availability)

  • Security updates

    • Support for keys generated with Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithms (ECDSA)

  • SQL updates

    • Querying semantic views (General availability)
    • Semantic views: Listing facts in a view, schema, database, or account
    • Semantic views: Support for renaming views

  • Data lake updates

    • Apache Iceberg™ tables: Row-level deletes for externally managed tables (General availability)

  • Data governance updates

    • Data quality: Updated privilege model allows non-owners to associate a data metric function with an object (Preview)
    • Object tags: New limit for allowed values

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• 9.24 Release notes: Aug 18, 2025-Aug 20, 2025

  • Security updates

    • Self-service activation of Tri-Secret Secure (General availability)

  • SQL updates

    • ALTER LISTING command to simplify adding and removing targets (General availability)

  • New features

    • Snowflake Native App Framework - MONITOR privilege support for apps (General availability)

  • Data lake updates

    • Set a target file size for Apache Iceberg™ tables (Preview)

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• 9.23 Release notes: Aug 11, 2025-Aug 15, 2025

  • SQL updates

    • Snowflake Scripting user-defined functions (UDFs)
    • Private facts and metrics in semantic views

  • Data loading / unloading updates

    • Apache Arrow library upgrade to version 21.0.0

  • Data pipeline updates

    • Dynamic tables: Support for UNION in incremental refresh mode

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• 9.22 Release notes (with behavior changes): Aug 04, 2025-Aug 08, 2025

  • Behavior change bundles

  • New features

    • Data quality: Using expectations to define quality checks (General availability)

  • Extensibility updates

    • Tracing SQL statements run from handler code (General availability)

  • Data pipeline updates

    • Dynamic tables: Support for immutability constraints
    • Dynamic tables: Support for backfill

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• 9.21 Release notes: Jul 29, 2025-Aug 01, 2025

  • Security updates

    • GENERATE_SYNTHETIC_DATA: Consistency secret now optional in most cases

  • SQL updates

    • Account Usage: TABLE_QUERY_PRUNING_HISTORY and COLUMN_QUERY_PRUNING_HISTORY views (General availability)
    • The SEARCH_IP function supports searching for IPv6 addresses
    • Generating YAML for a semantic view and creating a semantic view from YAML

  • Data loading / unloading updates

    • Simplified Snowpipe pricing

  • Data pipeline updates

    • Snowpark Connect for Spark and Snowpark Submit (Preview)

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• 9.20 Release notes: Jul 21, 2025-Jul 25, 2025

  • SQL updates

    • CREATE INDEX command supports INCLUDE columns
    • Semantic views: Listing dimensions and metrics in a view, schema, database, or account
    • New query insights about join performance and optimization

  • Data pipeline updates

    • Tasks: New EXECUTE AS USER option and IMPERSONATE privilege for user objects
    • Dynamic tables: Disallowed use of the COPY_SESSION attribute while manually refreshing dynamic tables on a serverless warehouse

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• 9.19 Release notes: Jul 14, 2025-Jul 17, 2025

  • SQL updates

    • Data types: Structured types support for standard Snowflake tables (General availability)

  • Data loading / unloading updates

    • Optimize data ingestion with pre-clustering for Snowpipe Streaming - high-performance architecture (Preview)
    • COPY FILES (General availability)

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• 9.18 Release notes: Jul 02, 2025-Jul 08, 2025

  • SQL updates

    • Snowflake Scripting output (OUT) arguments (General availability)

  • Data pipeline updates

    • Dynamic tables: Support for externally managed Apache Iceberg™ tables (General availability)

  • Data governance updates

    • Data Quality: New system data metric function

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• 9.17 Release notes (with behavior changes): Jun 24, 2025-Jun 30, 2025

  • Behavior change bundles

  • SQL updates

    • New maximum size limits for database objects (General availability)
    • Snowflake Scripting supports nested stored procedures (General availability)

  • Data pipeline updates

    • Snowsight: Task Overview and Graph Run History updates (General availability)

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• 9.15 Release notes: Jun 09, 2025-Jun 11, 2025

  • New features

    • Artifact Repository (General availability)

  • Security updates

    • Malicious IP Protection
    • Findings Lifecycle Management

  • SQL updates

    • UNION BY NAME operator

  • Data pipeline updates

    • Support for streams on externally managed Apache Iceberg™ tables with row-level deletes

  • Release notes change log

• Summit announcements: June 02-05, 2025

  • SQL updates

    • Defining semantic views (General availability)
    • Querying semantic views (Preview)

  • Data loading / unloading updates

    • Snowpipe Streaming with high-performance architecture (Preview)

  • Snowflake Native App Framework

    • Restricted caller’s rights (Preview)
    • Feature policies (Preview)
    • Support for Snowflake ML in Snowflake Native Apps (Preview)

• 9.14 Release notes: May 23, 2025-May 28, 2025

  • New features

    • Trust Center: In-app notifications (Preview)
    • Trust Center: New Abnormal Failure Rate Detection scanners

  • Snowpark Python version updates

  • SQL updates

    • Search optimization: Support for Apache Iceberg™ tables
    • Query Acceleration Service: Support for Apache Iceberg™ tables
    • Data types: Structured types support for standard Snowflake tables (Preview)

  • Data pipeline updates

    • Triggered tasks: Support for streams hosted on directory tables and data shares

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• 9.13 Release notes: May 19, 2025-May 20, 2025

  • Security updates

    • Outbound private connectivity for AWS Government regions

  • SQL updates

    • Pipe operator

  • Data loading/unloading updates

    • INFER_SCHEMA function: Support for Apache Iceberg™ data types

  • Data lake updates

    • Cross-cloud/cross-region support for Snowflake-managed Apache Iceberg™ tables

  • Release notes change log

• 9.12 Release notes (with behavior changes): May 05, 2025-May 12, 2025

  • Behavior change bundles

  • New features

    • Release channels for Snowflake Native Apps (General availability)

  • SQL Updates

    • Improved error messages for Data Manipulation Language (DML) commands
    • New SQL functions

  • Extensibility updates

    • Built-in code profiler for Python stored procedures (General availability)

  • Data loading / unloading updates

    • Support for internal stage cloning (General availability)
    • Vectorized scanner now available without ON_ERROR restrictions

  • Data governance updates

    • Sensitive data classification: New classifiers for India

  • Snowpark Container Services updates

    • Using caller’s rights to connect to Snowflake (General availability)

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• 9.11 Release notes: Apr 28, 2025-May 02, 2025

  • New features

    • Snowflake Native Apps session debugging (General availability)
    • Writing files from Snowpark Python UDFs and UDTFs (General availability)

  • Extensibility updates

    • Support for allowing requests to all outbound endpoints from functions and procedures (General availability)

  • Data lake updates

    • Support for Iceberg tables in the People’s Republic of China (General availability)

  • Decommissioned runtimes

    • Python 3.8 decommissioned

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• 9.10 Release notes: Apr 14, 2025-Apr 22, 2025

  • Extensibility updates

    • Support for public custom Git repository URLs (General availability)

  • Data loading / unloading updates

    • Automated refresh for internal named stages (Preview)
    • Auto-ingest pipes for internal named stages (Preview)

  • Data lake updates

    • Apache Iceberg™ tables: Automated refresh table names now appear in the ACCOUNT_USAGE.PIPE_USAGE_HISTORY view

  • Privacy updates

    • Synthetic data generation (General availability)

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• 9.9 Release notes: Apr 07, 2025-Apr 09, 2025

  • SQL updates

    • New Snowflake parameter: DEFAULT_NULL_ORDERING

  • Extensibility updates

    • Artifact Repository (Preview)

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• 9.8 Release notes: Mar 31, 2025-Apr 04, 2025

  • Security updates

    • Trust Center: Risky Human and Service User scanners

  • SQL updates

    • Asynchronous refresh for failover groups and replication groups
    • Bind variables in SHOW commands

  • Data lake updates

    • Apache Iceberg™ tables: Row-level deletes for externally managed tables (Preview)
    • Apache Iceberg™ tables: Delta table support (General availability)
    • New database properties: CATALOG_SYNC_NAMESPACE_MODE and CATALOG_SYNC_NAMESPACE_FLATTEN_DELIMITER

  • Snowpark Container Services updates

    • Automatic suspension of a Snowpark Container Services service (Preview)

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• 9.7 Release notes (with behavior changes): Mar 17, 2025-Mar 27, 2025

  • Behavior change bundles

  • New features

    • Grant database roles to a Snowflake Native App — Preview
    • DISABLE_UI_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON object parameter for Snowsight and the Classic Console (General availability)

  • Replication updates

    • Schema-level replication for failover groups (General availability)

  • SQL updates

    • Semi-structured data: XML format (General availability)
    • Spread operator
    • New maximum size limits for database objects (Preview)

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• 9.6 Release notes: Mar 10, 2025-Mar 12, 2025

  • SQL updates

    • Search optimization: Support for column collations

  • Data pipeline updates

    • Dynamic tables: Maximum number of dynamic tables in an account increased to 50,000

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• 9.5 Release notes: Mar 03, 2025-Mar 06, 2025

  • New features

    • Automatic sensitive data classification (General availability)

  • SQL updates

    • Snowflake Scripting: Asynchronous child jobs (General availability)
    • Snowflake Scripting: Improved error messages

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• 9.4 Release notes: Feb 24, 2025-Mar 01, 2025

  • New features

    • Additional information returned for objects bound to references (General availability)
    • More granular control for log, trace, and metric levels in an app (General availability)

  • SQL updates

    • Cloning databases that contain hybrid tables (Preview)
    • New SQL functions

  • Extensibility updates

    • Support for associating an event table with a database (General availability)

  • Data loading updates

    • Dynamic tables and tasks: Events logged for refreshes and task executions

  • Data lake updates

    • CATALOG_NAMESPACE parameter for catalog integrations is now optional

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• 9.3 Release notes: Feb 18, 2025-Feb 21, 2025

  • New features

    • Tasks now support lower scheduling intervals (General availability)
    • Data lineage (General availability)

  • SQL updates

    • SEARCH function: Support for conjunctive semantics

  • Extensibility updates

    • Support for a wildcard character in network rule network identifiers (General availability)
    • Support for telemetry metrics and custom spans, with visualizations in Snowsight (General availability)

  • Data pipeline updates

    • Dynamic tables: Support for UNION ALL

  • Data lake updates

    • Cloning support for Snowflake-managed Apache Iceberg™ tables (General availability)

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• 9.2 Release notes (with behavior changes): Jan 22, 2025-Feb 13, 2025

  • Behavior change bundles

  • New features

    • Triggered tasks now can operate as Serverless Tasks (General availability)
    • Trust Center: Manage individual scanners

  • Security updates

    • Outbound private connectivity for Microsoft Azure Government regions

  • SQL updates

    • New SQL functions
    • Additional CREATE OR ALTER commands (Preview)

  • Data lake updates

    • Apache Iceberg™ tables: Support for writing Apache Iceberg metadata for Delta-based tables

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• 9.1 Release notes: Jan 13, 2025-Jan 16, 2025

  • New features

    • Outbound private connectivity for Snowflake features
    • External stages using Azure Private Link (General availability)
    • External volumes using Azure Private Link (General availability)
    • Snowpipe automation using Azure Private Link (General availability)
    • External stages using AWS PrivateLink (General availability)
    • External volumes using AWS PrivateLink (General availability)

  • SQL updates

    • ARRAY_AGG function support for window frames (General availability)

  • Data pipelines updates

    • CREATE DYNAMIC TABLE command: New REQUIRE USER parameter added
    • ALTER DYNAMIC TABLE command: New COPY SESSION parameter added

  • Data lake updates

    • External stage and external volume support for Amazon S3 access points (General availability)
    • Apache Iceberg™ tables: Automated refresh (General availability)

  • Data governance updates

    • Data metric functions: Support for referential integrity checks

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• 9.0 Release notes: Jan 07, 2025-Jan 09, 2025

  • Security updates

    • External key store integration for Tri-Secret Secure (General availability)
    • Pinning private endpoints (General availability)

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