Snowflake permissions are confusing and error-prone
DevOps and infra2 posts from 2 people2d active+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)Unverified
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2, newest firstSnowflake: forward workload_identity_impersonation_path to the connector### Description `SnowflakeHook` supports Workload Identity Federation (#68107) but only forwards `workload_identity_provider`, `token` and `token_file_path`. `snowflake-connector-python>=4.0.0` also accepts `workload_identity_impersonation_path`: roles (AWS) or service accounts...apache/airflow · spcvalente2 repliesOpen ↗Snowflake S3 Storage Integration: sts:AssumeRole Error Despite Matching Trust Policy...role also has the required S3 permissions.. However, I'm still getting the AssumeRole error when running LIST on the stage.. The Snowflake account and S3 bucket are in different AWS regions.. What could cause sts:AssumeRole to fail even when the IAM role trust relationship and...r/snowflake · u/TorqueStrategistOpen ↗
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2 posts from 2 people in 2 places, about 1 a week over 13 days. Mostly on r/snowflake, apache/airflow. Tools named alongside: Amazon S3, Apache Airflow, AWS, Google Cloud.
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Posts that state a pain and match the "permissions" rule about Snowflake. First post Sep 30, 2026, latest Oct 12, 2026. Unverified: fewer than 3 posts, or one person or place only. Method
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Snowflake permissions are confusing and error-prone (2 posts)