Snowflake Kafka Connector v3 Overview (2026)

Official Snowflake documentation for the Kafka Connector (v3 Classic).

Key facts surfaced (2026-05-19):

• Kafka Connect component that subscribes to Kafka topics, buffers messages, writes to staged files, triggers Snowpipe for ingestion.
• Publish-subscribe model allows asynchronous message handling.
• Provides SnowflakeConnectorPushTime metadata for latency tracking when using Snowpipe Streaming.
• Deprecation warning: v3 Classic connector deprecated mid-2026 with 18-month migration window; Kafka Connector v4 recommended for new implementations.
• Curriculum reference: composable CDP equivalent of AEP Streaming Source for Kafka-based server-side event ingestion (Module 15).