Snowflake Workspaces: Password Authentication No Longer Available for New Workspaces
New Snowflake SQL Workspaces can no longer be created using single-factor password authentication. This change applies only to newly created workspaces and follows our previous announcement about the transition to more secure authentication methods.
As announced previously in our changelog, we have been transitioning Snowflake Workspaces away from single-factor password authentication toward more secure authentication methods.
We are now completing the next step of this transition. Effective April 2, 2026, it is no longer possible to create new Snowflake SQL Workspaces using single-factor password authentication, and new workspaces automatically use Key Pair authentication. This change applies only to newly created workspaces.
Existing Snowflake SQL Workspaces are not affected by this change and can continue using their current authentication method.