Snowflake Data Cloud experiences major outage affecting Snowsight access

Cloud data platform investigates widespread service disruption across multiple regions.

By The Downtime · Aug 24, 2026 · 4:45 PM ·Updated 4 weeks ago

Snowflake is investigating a major incident affecting its Data Cloud platform, with customers in specified regions unable to access or use Snowsight, the company's web interface. The incident began at 15:00 UTC on August 24, 2026. Snowflake, a cloud-based data warehousing and analytics platform, serves enterprises and organizations that rely on its services for data storage and processing.

No workarounds are currently available for the issue. Snowflake stated it will provide an update within one hour of the initial report.

This is a developing story. The Downtime will continue to monitor for updates.

🕒 Live updates (5)

resolved Aug 24, 6:03 PM

Current status: We've implemented the fix for this issue and monitored the environment to confirm that service was restored. If you experience additional issues or have questions, please open a support case via Snowflake Community or the Support page in Snowsight. Customer experience: Customers hosted in the specified region may have been unable to remain logged in to Snowsight, experiencing immediate logout after successful authentication. Incident start time: 14:47 UTC August 24, 2026 Incident end time: 17:21 UTC August 24, 2026 Preliminary root cause: A system configuration change caused an outdated application version to be deployed, resulting in authentication session failures. Once identified, the configuration was corrected to restore the proper application version. A root cause analysis (RCA) will be conducted and a summary will be shared on the Snowflake status page within 5 business days.

monitoring Aug 24, 5:37 PM

Current status: We've implemented the fix for this issue, and we'll continue to monitor the environment until we're confident all services are functioning properly. Customer experience: Customers hosted in the specified region may have been unable to remain logged in to Snowsight, experiencing immediate logout after successful authentication. Workaround: There were no available workarounds for this issue. Incident start time: 14:47 UTC August 24, 2026 Incident end time: 17:21 UTC August 24, 2026 Preliminary root cause: A system configuration change caused an outdated application version to be deployed, resulting in authentication session failures. Once identified, the configuration was corrected to restore the proper application version.

identified Aug 24, 5:17 PM

Current status: We're in the process of implementing a fix for this issue. We'll provide an update within the next 60 minutes. Customer experience: Customers hosted in the specified region may be unable to remain logged in to Snowsight, experiencing immediate logout after successful authentication. An ETA is not yet available. We'll provide one as soon as possible. Workaround: There are no available workarounds for this issue. Incident start time: 15:00 UTC August 24, 2026

identified Aug 24, 4:53 PM

Current status: We've identified an issue with a system configuration that is causing authentication problems in Snowsight, and we're developing and implementing a fix to restore service. We'll provide an update within 30 minutes. Customer experience: Customers hosted in the specified region may be unable to remain logged in to Snowsight, experiencing immediate logout after successful authentication. ETA: An ETA is not yet available. We'll provide one as soon as possible. Workaround: There are currently no available workarounds for this issue. Incident start time: 15:00 UTC August 24, 2026

investigating Aug 24, 4:22 PM

Current status: We're investigating an issue with Snowflake Data Cloud. We'll provide an update within 1 hour. Customer experience: Customers hosted in the specified regions may be unable to access or use Snowflake services and features using Snowsight. Workaround: There are currently no available workarounds for this issue. Incident start time: 15:00 UTC August 24, 2026

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