Snowflake outage, 20 October 2026

INC20000294

Started
Resolved
20 Oct 2026, 15:26 UTC (after 8 h 52 min)
Impact
Critical
Affected
Databases, Tables, and Views, Data Loading and Unloading, Applications

Is this still happening?

No. Snowflake marked this incident resolved on 20 Oct 2026, 15:26 UTC, 8 h 52 min after it began.

Right now: Snowflake reports degraded performance on some systems. (as of 26 Oct, 03:47 UTC) Live Snowflake status

Last update from Snowflake

Current status: We've monitored the environment and confirmed that service has been 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 access or use multiple Snowflake services and features. Affected users may have experienced errors or failures when connecting to Snowsight, managing data, loading data, or using applications. Incident start time: 06:01 UTC October 20, 2026 Incident end time: 14:00 UTC October 20, 2026 Preliminary root cause: A power event at our third-party cloud platform provider made one...

20 Oct 2026, 15:26 UTC

Read the full incident on the official Snowflake status page

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