Named key pair management for users

UpdateJul 15, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

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.

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