Snowflake new features in July 2026

Everything Snowflake shipped in July 2026: 53 releases, grouped by product, each linked to Snowflake's release notes.

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SnowflakeJul 31, 2026

Compute monitoring and run observability for Notebooks in Workspaces

With this release, Snowflake Notebooks in Workspaces gives you more visibility and control over the compute that runs your notebooks, both while you develop interactively and when you troubleshoot scheduled runs.

UpdateNotebooksObservabilitySource

SnowflakeJul 30, 2026

Adaptive refresh mode for dynamic tables (General availability)

ADAPTIVE refresh mode for dynamic tables is now generally available. ADAPTIVE refresh uses incremental refresh by default but automatically reinitializes the dynamic table when internal heuristics detect that the volume of upstream changes makes an incremental refresh significantly more expensive than a full refresh.

GAStreamingSource

SnowflakeJul 30, 2026

Snowflake Data Clean Rooms updates

Clean room UI users: New updates are applied to the UI automatically when a user starts a new session after a new update is deployed. To ensure new updates are applied, make sure to log out and log back into the UI. Clean room API users: API updates are applied either manually or automatically to an account. Learn how to manage updates for Data Clean Rooms.

UpdateSQLObservabilityDeveloper toolsSource

SnowflakeJul 29, 2026

Data quality monitoring dashboard (Public preview)

The data quality monitoring dashboard is now available in public preview for Enterprise Edition accounts. The dashboard provides an account-wide view of data quality health in Snowsight.

PreviewGovernanceSecurityBISource

SnowflakeJul 29, 2026

Multiple host names for private connectivity endpoints on Microsoft Azure

You can now register more than one host name on an existing private connectivity endpoint using the new SYSTEM$ADD_PRIVATELINK_ENDPOINT_HOSTNAME and SYSTEM$REMOVE_PRIVATELINK_ENDPOINT_HOSTNAME functions.

UpdateGovernanceSecurityApache IcebergSource

SnowflakeJul 28, 2026

AI code suggestions in Workspaces (General availability)

AI code suggestions in Cortex Code are now generally available. This release also includes updated keybindings and bug fixes. Notebook Python cells , no changes to keybindings.

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SnowflakeJul 27, 2026

Custom incremental dynamic tables (General availability)

Custom incremental dynamic tables are now generally available. For more information, see Custom incrementalization .

GASource

SnowflakeJul 27, 2026

New agent_type column in QUERY_HISTORY views

The QUERY_HISTORY views and table functions now include a new agent_type column that identifies the type of agent that directly invoked a query. This column helps you audit and monitor agent-initiated queries across your account. Possible values for the agent_type column: The column is NULL if the query wasn’t invoked by an agent.

UpdateAI agentsSQLObservabilitySource

SnowflakeJul 23, 2026

SERVICE_AGENT user type (General availability)

With this release, the SERVICE_AGENT user type is generally available. Use this user type for automated AI agents that interact with Snowflake using their own identity and privileges.

GAAI agentsSQLSecuritySource

SnowflakeJul 23, 2026

SQL environment variable and private Git package support for dbt Projects on Snowflake

Environment variable support for dbt Projects on Snowflake is now generally available. Manage per-developer schemas, dynamic runtime values, secrets, and multiple environments in a single, Git-versioned env.yml file that Snowflake resolves before each run.

GASQLSecuritySource

SnowflakeJul 23, 2026

Snowflake Data Clean Rooms updates

UpdateSQLObservabilityDeveloper toolsSource

SnowflakeJul 22, 2026

External OAuth and configurable scopes for MCP servers (General availability)

Two new hierarchical parameters let you bind MCP servers to your organization’s existing identity provider (IdP) and control which OAuth scopes MCP clients discover. This enables MCP clients such as Claude, Cursor, and ChatGPT to authenticate against your corporate IdP instead of Snowflake OAuth.

GALLMsMCPSecuritySource

SnowflakeJul 22, 2026

Refresh multiple dynamic tables in one ALTER statement

You can now refresh multiple dynamic tables in a single ALTER DYNAMIC TABLE ... REFRESH statement by supplying a comma-separated list of table names. Snowflake merges the upstream dependencies of every listed dynamic table into one pipeline and refreshes all of them at a single data timestamp. Shared upstreams refresh exactly once.

UpdateStreamingData integrationSource

SnowflakeJul 21, 2026

Improved Google Cloud Storage query performance for credential-vended Iceberg tables

You can now set the VENDED_CREDENTIAL_STORAGE_REGION parameter on Google Cloud Storage-backed externally managed Iceberg tables that use catalog-vended credentials. Setting this parameter to your Google Cloud Storage bucket’s region can significantly improve query latency.

UpdateSQLGovernanceApache IcebergSource

SnowflakeJul 20, 2026

Built-in network rules for additional Microsoft applications

Snowflake now maintains built-in network rules for five additional Microsoft partner applications: Built-in network rules define the set of allowed IP addresses that a frequently used, third-party partner application uses to connect with Snowflake.

UpdateGovernanceSource

SnowflakeJul 20, 2026

DML into frozen regions of dynamic tables (General availability)

You can now use DML statements (INSERT, UPDATE, MERGE, DELETE) to modify rows directly in the frozen region of a dynamic table. This enables use cases such as GDPR-required row deletions or correcting specific records without triggering a full refresh of the active region. For more information, see DML into a frozen region .

GARegionsSource

SnowflakeJul 20, 2026

OIDC federated authentication (Public Preview)

OpenID Connect (OIDC) security integrations for federated single sign-on (SSO) are available in Public Preview. Multiple OIDC integrations, or OIDC alongside an existing SAML2 integration, require identifier-first login . Without identifier-first login, only one SSO integration (SAML2 or OIDC) can be ENABLED=TRUE at a time.

PreviewSecurityDeveloper toolsSource

SnowflakeJul 20, 2026

Pass-through policies for dynamic tables with incremental refresh (General availability)

Dynamic tables that have base tables with arbitrary masking or row access policies can now maintain incremental refresh when the policy is pass-through for the role used during refresh (that is, when the refresh role has unrestricted access to all rows and columns regardless of the policy condition).

GAGovernanceSource

SnowflakeJul 16, 2026

DCM Projects: New capabilities (Preview)

DCM Projects now supports the following capabilities in preview: For more information, see Supported object types in DCM Projects and Deploy and manage DCM Projects .

PreviewSource

SnowflakeJul 16, 2026

Snowflake Data Clean Rooms updates

UpdateSQLObservabilityDeveloper toolsSource

SnowflakeJul 16, 2026

VOLATILE scalar UDFs are supported with dynamic table incremental refresh (General availability)

VOLATILE scalar user-defined functions (UDFs) are now supported with dynamic table incremental refresh in INCREMENTAL, AUTO, and ADAPTIVE refresh modes. This applies to scalar UDFs written in Python, Java, Scala, JavaScript, and SQL. For incremental refresh, VOLATILE UDFs are supported only in the SELECT clause.

GASQLSource

SnowflakeJul 15, 2026

Consumer-controlled maintenance policies , General Availability

Consumer-controlled maintenance policies for Snowflake Native Apps are now generally available. Consumers can define when Snowflake Native App upgrades happen in their accounts by creating a maintenance policy and applying it to an account or an individual app. For more information, see Consumer-controlled maintenance policies .

GAGovernanceDeveloper toolsSource

SnowflakeJul 15, 2026

Named key pair management for users

You can now use SQL to register, rotate, modify, and remove named key pairs for a user. Each key pair has its own name and supports an optional role restriction and expiration time. Named key pairs improve on the legacy approach of setting the RSA_PUBLIC_KEY and RSA_PUBLIC_KEY_2 user properties, which Snowflake continues to support.

UpdateSQLSource

SnowflakeJul 14, 2026

CREATE OR ALTER is generally available for 24 object types

CREATE OR ALTER is now generally available for 24 object types. CREATE OR ALTER creates an object if it doesn’t exist, or modifies an existing object to match the statement definition. It’s especially useful in declarative deployment workflows and CI/CD pipelines where the same script must be safe to re-run.

GAData integrationSource

SnowflakeJul 14, 2026

Catalog integration for Snowflake Postgres (General availability)

Catalog integrations for Snowflake Postgres are now generally available. A Snowflake Postgres catalog integration lets Snowflake automatically discover tables managed by a Snowflake Postgres instance and access them as read-only Apache Iceberg™ tables, using vended credentials so you don’t need to configure an external volume or manage storage credentials...

GAGovernanceApache IcebergPostgresSource

SnowflakeJul 13, 2026

Clone dynamic Iceberg tables (General availability)

You can now clone a dynamic Iceberg table to a new dynamic Iceberg table or to a Snowflake-managed Iceberg table. In addition, cloning a database or schema now includes any dynamic Iceberg tables it contains. Previously, dynamic Iceberg tables were silently skipped during database and schema clones. For more information, see Clone a dynamic Iceberg table .

GAApache IcebergSource

SnowflakeJul 13, 2026

Snowflake CoWork mobile app for iOS (General availability)

The Snowflake CoWork mobile app for iOS is now generally available on the App Store. Use the mobile app to ask questions about your data, continue conversations, and review results from anywhere.

GAAI agentsSQLSource

SnowflakeJul 10, 2026

Online Feature Store (Public Preview)

Online Feature Store is now available in public preview. Serve the latest feature values with low-latency online retrieval backed by Snowflake Postgres for real-time ML applications such as fraud detection, recommendations, and personalization.

PreviewVector searchStreamingPricingSource

SnowflakeJul 9, 2026

Snowflake Data Clean Rooms updates

UpdateSQLObservabilityDeveloper toolsSource

SnowflakeJul 7, 2026

Deep Research in Snowflake CoWork (General availability)

Deep Research in Snowflake CoWork is now generally available. Deep Research is an investigation mode for complex, open-ended questions that require multi-step reasoning across your data.

GASource

SnowflakeJul 5, 2026

Domain verification (General availability)

With this release, we are pleased to announce the general availability of domain verification. Domain verification lets an account administrator prove ownership of an email domain by publishing a DNS TXT record.

GASecuritySource

SnowflakeJul 2, 2026

Snowflake Container Runtime version 2.7

Snowflake Container Runtime CPU and GPU version 2.7 is now available. This release includes the following changes: For the full package lists and details, see Snowflake Container Runtime release notes .

UpdateSource

SnowflakeJul 2, 2026

Snowflake Data Clean Rooms updates

UpdateSQLObservabilityDeveloper toolsSource

SnowflakeJul 2, 2026

VARIANT data type on Delta Direct tables (General availability)

With this release, Snowflake supports the VARIANT data type on Iceberg tables created from Delta table files in object storage (Delta Direct). When your Delta tables include variant columns, Snowflake maps them to the Snowflake VARIANT data type. You can query semi-structured data using VARIANT functions and dot or bracket notation.

GASQLApache IcebergSource

SnowflakeJul 1, 2026

Workload identity federation for Snowflake workloads that access external services (General availability)

Snowflake can now act as the OpenID Connect (OIDC) provider when Snowflake workloads authenticate to external services. To use this capability, create a secret of type WORKLOAD_IDENTITY_FEDERATION and share its issuer URL and subject identifier with the external service to establish trust.

GASecuritySource

Snowflake Cortex AI7

Snowflake Cortex AIJul 31, 2026

AI_TRANSCRIBE now supports M4A and MOV files

Snowflake Cortex AI_TRANSCRIBE now supports M4A audio files and MOV (QuickTime) video files, including M4A audio encoded with Apple Lossless (ALAC). M4A and MOV are common across Apple devices, screen and video recording tools, and media production workflows, so you can now transcribe more of your existing recordings directly in Snowflake without converting...

UpdateSource

Snowflake Cortex AIJul 27, 2026

AI_EXTRACT and AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT now available in GCP Middle East Central2 (Dammam)

AI_EXTRACT and AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT are now available in the Google Cloud Platform Middle East Central2 (Dammam) region, expanding regional support for customers with in-region requirements for document processing workloads.

UpdateRegionsSource

Snowflake Cortex AIJul 27, 2026

AI_EXTRACT and AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT support for client-side encrypted stages and network-restricted accounts (Preview)

With this preview release, AI_EXTRACT and AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT support documents stored on stages that use client-side or server-side encryption, including in accounts that use PrivateLink or other network policies that restrict public network access to stages. For more information, see the following topics:

PreviewGovernanceSecurityDeveloper toolsSource

Snowflake Cortex AIJul 23, 2026

SHOW CORTEX BASE MODELS command (General availability)

With this release, we are pleased to announce the general availability of the SHOW CORTEX BASE MODELS command. Use this command to list the Cortex Base Models available in your account, along with each model’s lifecycle status, regional availability, legacy date, and end-of-life date.

GALLMsSource

Snowflake Cortex AIJul 15, 2026

AI_TRANSCRIBE now supports AAC audio files

Snowflake Cortex AI_TRANSCRIBE now supports AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) input, both as a standalone audio file and as the audio track inside a supported video file.

UpdateStreamingData integrationDeveloper toolsSource

Snowflake Cortex AIJul 6, 2026

AI_TRANSLATE now supports long-document translation

Snowflake Cortex AI_TRANSLATE now supports translation of up to 100,000 input tokens, enabling organizations to translate large documents and long-form text directly in Snowflake.

UpdateData integrationObservabilitySource

Snowflake Cortex AIJul 3, 2026

Resource budgets for Cortex Search

Snowflake now supports resource budgets to control credit spending for Cortex Search services. Resource budgets let you define a monthly spending limit and take automated actions, such as revoking access or suspending the service, when spending exceeds your limits. For more information, see Resource budgets for Cortex Search .

UpdatePricingSource

Cortex Code5

Cortex CodeJul 28, 2026

CoCo Desktop v1.20.2

CoCo Desktop v1.20.2 fixes a Windows update crash, adds one-click sharing of skills and plugins, and includes a Restart menu item: This release also adds a clearer error when an app-launch command is missing. For more information, see Cortex Code Desktop v1.20.2 release notes .

UpdateCoding agentsSource

Cortex CodeJul 24, 2026

Skill and plugin sharing in CoCo (Public Preview)

Skill and plugin sharing is now available in public preview. Share, discover, and govern CoCo skills and plugins across your Snowflake account. Publish them as Cortex Extension objects that teammates can find and install, with administrator certification, access control, and usage telemetry. For more information, see Share skills and plugins .

PreviewObservabilityCoding agentsSource

Cortex CodeJul 22, 2026

CoCo Desktop v1.20.0

CoCo Desktop v1.20.0 focuses on a smoother, more reliable chat: This release also fixes a chat-memory crash during long editing sessions, stops plan cards from stacking up in the transcript, and corrects the Manage Connections radio buttons in light and dark themes. For more information, see Cortex Code Desktop v1.20.0 release notes .

UpdatePricingCoding agentsSource

Cortex CodeJul 21, 2026

CoCo Desktop - General availability

CoCo Desktop is now generally available. CoCo Desktop is a native Mac and Windows desktop application that brings CoCo’s full agentic capabilities into an IDE-like surface, with a file editor, integrated terminal, agentic AI loop, agentic browser, agentic notebook, and deep Snowflake awareness.

GAAI agentsNotebooksDeveloper toolsSource

Cortex CodeJul 17, 2026

CoCo Desktop: New capabilities

CoCo Desktop added the following capabilities across releases v1.16.0 through v1.19.1: For more information, see and the CoCo Desktop release notes .

UpdateCoding agentsSource

Snowflake Native Apps and Marketplace3

Snowflake Native Apps and MarketplaceJul 28, 2026

Snowflake Native Apps support for Virtual Private Snowflake on AWS for apps with containers (General availability)

Snowflake Native App with Snowpark Container Services now support Virtual Private Snowflake (VPS) on Amazon Web Services. Apps with containers can be distributed to Snowflake customers in VPS deployments. Apps running in VPS can use the functionality of Snowpark Container Services, including compute pools, services, jobs, and external access integrations.

GASource

Snowflake Native Apps and MarketplaceJul 15, 2026

Integrated SaaS listings on Snowflake Marketplace (General availability)

Select Integrated SaaS listings now let you start a free trial of a provider’s application directly from a Marketplace listing. This experience replaces the trials previously offered through Snowflake Partner Connect and brings these trials into the Marketplace, where discovery, trial, and purchase all happen in one place.

GASource

Snowflake Native Apps and MarketplaceJul 13, 2026

Snowpark Container Services backup instance types (Public preview)

Cloud capacity isn’t always guaranteed. When a compute pool’s instance type is unavailable, provisioning fails with an insufficient capacity error (ICE), leaving the pool unable to scale. Previously, resolving an ICE required manually switching the pool to a different instance type.

PreviewSource

Snowflake Horizon Catalog3

Snowflake Horizon CatalogJul 21, 2026

Consuming Delta Shares in Horizon Catalog (General availability)

Snowflake builds for interoperability. Horizon Catalog is the metadata hub for your entire data estate, giving every team a single, unified window into every data asset regardless of where it lives or what format it uses. Today we expand that commitment. Consuming Delta Shares as a Catalog Linked Database in Horizon Catalog is now generally available.

GAGovernanceObservabilityDeveloper toolsSource

Snowflake Horizon CatalogJul 21, 2026

Tag-based data protection policies (Public Preview)

Tag-based policy support is now available in public preview for aggregation policies, row access policies, projection policies, and join policies. This feature allows you to assign data protection policies to tags, automatically protecting any objects that have the tag assigned to them.

PreviewGovernanceSource

Snowflake Horizon CatalogJul 2, 2026

Metadata-based sensitive data classification recommendations (Public Preview)

Snowflake is rolling out metadata-based sensitive data classification recommendations in Snowsight to help you identify databases that are likely to contain sensitive data and enable classification with one click.

PreviewGovernanceSecuritySource