Snowflake Snowpipe Overview (2026)

Official Snowflake documentation covering Snowpipe continuous data loading.

Key facts surfaced (2026-05-19):

• Processes staged files in micro-batches as soon as they arrive in cloud storage (S3, GCS, Azure Blob/ADLS Gen2).
• Two detection methods: automated cloud messaging event notifications, or manual REST API file lists.
• Uses Snowflake-supplied compute resources (not user-managed virtual warehouses).
• Load history retained for 14 days (vs. 64 days for bulk loads).
• Prevents duplication via file loading metadata tracking paths and names.
• Curriculum reference: composable CDP equivalent of AEP Streaming Ingestion for near-real-time event loads (Module 2).