Snowsight session timeout parameter: Change default value¶

Attention

This behavior change is in the 2026_01 bundle.

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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.

Ref: 2139