Improved data freshness for ORGANIZATION_USAGE premium views

UpdateAug 24, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

With this release, Snowflake has improved data freshness for most premium views in the ORGANIZATION_USAGE schema. Typical data latency is now under 3 hours. Many of these views previously had a latency of up to 24 hours.

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https://docs.snowflake.com/en/release-notes/2026/other/2026-08-24-organization-usage-premium-views-latency

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