Snowflake Data Engineering Deep Dive: Adaptive Refresh, Cortex Code & Iceberg CLDs
Snowflake Data Engineering 2026: Smart Pipelines & Feature Deep Dive Snowflake · Data Engineering · Smart Pipelines · June 2026 Snowflake Data Engineering: Smart Pipelines & the 2026 Feature Breakdown From adaptive refresh to AI-powered pipeline builders and open lakehouse via Iceberg — Snowflake Summit 2026 shipped features that fundamentally change how data engineers build production pipelines. Here's the full technical breakdown. By Arabinda Mohapatra Published June 20, 2026 Read time ~16 min SCROLL TO READ 2.8× Faster Dynamic Table refresh on Gen2 warehouses (June 2026 GA) 5 Refresh modes in Dynamic Tables: INCREMENTAL, FULL, AUTO, ADAPTIVE, CUSTOM_INCREMENTAL GA Cortex Code generally available in Snowsight Workspaces since March 2026 0 Bytes of data moved with Catalog-Linked D...