INC20000163
Incident Lifecycle
Affected Components
AI and ML
Incident Timeline
Monitoring
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. We'll provide another update within 60 minutes.
Customer experience: Customers hosted in the specified region may have been unable to use Cortex Code in Snowsight and may have seen the following error message: "Internal Server error: You may need to start a new chat." All other Snowflake features are not impacted.
Incident start...
Customer experience: Customers hosted in the specified region may have been unable to use Cortex Code in Snowsight and may have seen the following error message: "Internal Server error: You may need to start a new chat." All other Snowflake features are not impacted.
Incident start...
Aug 18, 2026 at 1:55 PM UTC
Identified
Current status: We've identified an issue with container scheduling in our compute infrastructure that is affecting AI and ML functionality, and we're implementing a fix to restore service. We'll provide another update within 30 minutes.
Customer experience: Customers hosted in the specified region may be unable to use Cortex Code in Snowsight and may see the following error message: "Internal Server error: You may need to start a new chat." All other Snowflake features are not impacted.
ET...
Customer experience: Customers hosted in the specified region may be unable to use Cortex Code in Snowsight and may see the following error message: "Internal Server error: You may need to start a new chat." All other Snowflake features are not impacted.
ET...
Aug 18, 2026 at 1:33 PM UTC
Investigating
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 experience issues with AI and ML functionality. Specifically, when using Cortex Code in Snowsight, customer may see the following: “Internal Server error: You may need to start a new chat.”. All other Snowflake features are not impacted.
ETA: An ETA is not yet available. We'll provide one as soon as possible. In...
Customer experience: Customers hosted in the specified regions may experience issues with AI and ML functionality. Specifically, when using Cortex Code in Snowsight, customer may see the following: “Internal Server error: You may need to start a new chat.”. All other Snowflake features are not impacted.
ETA: An ETA is not yet available. We'll provide one as soon as possible. In...
Aug 18, 2026 at 12:58 PM UTC
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