snowflakedb · sfc-gh-anavalos · Oct 24, 2025 · Oct 20, 2025
diff --git a/.bazelversion b/.bazelversion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.3.2
+6.5.0
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 # Release History
 
+## 1.18.0
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Registry: The create_service API now validates that a model has a GPU runtime configuration and will throw a
+  descriptive error if the configuration is missing.
+
+### Behavior Changes
+
+### New Features
+
+* Registry (PrPr): Introducing `ModelVersion.run_batch` for batch inference in Snowpark Container Services.
+* Experiment Tracking (PrPr): Added `version_name` argument to the autologging callbacks
+  to specify the version name for the autologged model.
+
+### Deprecations
+
+* `Python 3.9` is deprecated.
+
 ## 1.17.0
 
 ### Bug Fixes
@@ -21,6 +40,8 @@
   * Jobs submitted using v2 will automatically use the latest Container Runtime image
   * v1 behavior can be restored by setting environment variable `MLRS_USE_SUBMIT_JOB_V2` to `false`
 
+### Deprecations
+
 ## 1.16.0
 
 ### Bug Fixes

diff --git a/bazel/environments/conda-env-all.yml b/bazel/environments/conda-env-all.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ dependencies:
   - packaging==24.1
   - pandas==2.1.4
   - platformdirs==4.3.7
+  - prophet==1.1.5
   - protobuf==4.25.3
   - psutil==5.9.0
   - pyarrow==16.1.0
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ dependencies:
   - sentence-transformers==2.7.0
   - sentencepiece==0.1.99
   - shap==0.46.0
-  - snowflake-connector-python==3.16.0
+  - snowflake-connector-python==3.17.0
   - snowflake-snowpark-python==1.28.0
   - snowflake.core==1.0.5
   - sphinx==5.0.2

diff --git a/bazel/environments/conda-env-core.yml b/bazel/environments/conda-env-core.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ dependencies:
   - scikit-learn==1.5.1
   - scipy==1.11.3
   - shap==0.46.0
-  - snowflake-connector-python==3.16.0
+  - snowflake-connector-python==3.17.0
   - snowflake-snowpark-python==1.28.0
   - snowflake.core==1.0.5
   - sphinx==5.0.2

diff --git a/bazel/environments/conda-env-keras.yml b/bazel/environments/conda-env-keras.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ dependencies:
   - scikit-learn==1.5.1
   - scipy==1.11.3
   - shap==0.46.0
-  - snowflake-connector-python==3.16.0
+  - snowflake-connector-python==3.17.0
   - snowflake-snowpark-python==1.28.0
   - snowflake.core==1.0.5
   - sphinx==5.0.2

diff --git a/bazel/environments/conda-env-ml.yml b/bazel/environments/conda-env-ml.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ dependencies:
   - packaging==24.1
   - pandas==2.1.4
   - platformdirs==4.3.7
+  - prophet==1.1.5
   - protobuf==4.25.3
   - psutil==5.9.0
   - pyarrow==16.1.0
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ dependencies:
   - scikit-learn==1.5.1
   - scipy==1.11.3
   - shap==0.46.0
-  - snowflake-connector-python==3.16.0
+  - snowflake-connector-python==3.17.0
   - snowflake-snowpark-python==1.28.0
   - snowflake.core==1.0.5
   - sphinx==5.0.2

diff --git a/bazel/environments/conda-env-torch.yml b/bazel/environments/conda-env-torch.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ dependencies:
   - sentence-transformers==2.7.0
   - sentencepiece==0.1.99
   - shap==0.46.0
-  - snowflake-connector-python==3.16.0
+  - snowflake-connector-python==3.17.0
   - snowflake-snowpark-python==1.28.0
   - snowflake.core==1.0.5
   - sphinx==5.0.2

diff --git a/bazel/environments/conda-optional-dependency-ml.yml b/bazel/environments/conda-optional-dependency-ml.yml
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ dependencies:
   - catboost>=1.2.0, <2
   - lightgbm>=4.1.0, <5
   - mlflow>=2.16.0, <3
+  - prophet>=1.1.0, <2
   - streamlit>=1.30.0,<2
diff --git a/bazel/environments/requirements_core.txt b/bazel/environments/requirements_core.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ s3fs==2024.6.1
 scikit-learn==1.5.1
 scipy==1.11.3
 shap==0.46.0
-snowflake-connector-python[pandas]==3.16.0
+snowflake-connector-python[pandas]==3.17.0
 snowflake-snowpark-python==1.28.0
 snowflake.core==1.0.5
 sphinx==5.0.2

diff --git a/bazel/environments/requirements_keras.txt b/bazel/environments/requirements_keras.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ s3fs==2024.6.1
 scikit-learn==1.5.1
 scipy==1.11.3
 shap==0.46.0
-snowflake-connector-python[pandas]==3.16.0
+snowflake-connector-python[pandas]==3.17.0
 snowflake-snowpark-python==1.28.0
 snowflake.core==1.0.5
 sphinx==5.0.2

diff --git a/bazel/environments/requirements_ml.txt b/bazel/environments/requirements_ml.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ numpy==1.26.4
 packaging==24.1
 pandas==2.1.4
 platformdirs==4.3.7
+prophet==1.1.5
 protobuf==4.25.3
 psutil==5.9.0
 pyarrow==16.1.0
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ s3fs==2024.6.1
 scikit-learn==1.5.1
 scipy==1.11.3
 shap==0.46.0
-snowflake-connector-python[pandas]==3.16.0
+snowflake-connector-python[pandas]==3.17.0
 snowflake-snowpark-python==1.28.0
 snowflake.core==1.0.5
 sphinx==5.0.2

diff --git a/bazel/environments/requirements_torch.txt b/bazel/environments/requirements_torch.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ scipy==1.11.3
 sentence-transformers==2.7.0
 sentencepiece==0.1.99
 shap==0.46.0
-snowflake-connector-python[pandas]==3.16.0
+snowflake-connector-python[pandas]==3.17.0
 snowflake-snowpark-python==1.28.0
 snowflake.core==1.0.5
 sphinx==5.0.2

diff --git a/bazel/platforms/optional_dependency_groups.bzl b/bazel/platforms/optional_dependency_groups.bzl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 OPTIONAL_DEPENDENCY_GROUPS = {
     "keras": ["torch", "tensorflow", "keras"],
-    "ml": ["lightgbm", "catboost", "mlflow", "altair", "streamlit"],
+    "ml": ["lightgbm", "catboost", "mlflow", "altair", "streamlit", "prophet"],
     "torch": ["torch", "transformers", "mlflow"],
 }
diff --git a/bazel/requirements/templates/meta.tpl.yaml b/bazel/requirements/templates/meta.tpl.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ build:
 requirements:
   build:
     - python
-    - bazel==6.3.2
+    - bazel==6.5.0
   run:
     - python>=3.9,<3.13
 

diff --git a/ci/conda_recipe/meta.yaml b/ci/conda_recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ build:
   noarch: python
 package:
   name: snowflake-ml-python
-  version: 1.17.0
+  version: 1.18.0
 requirements:
   build:
     - python
-    - bazel==6.3.2
+    - bazel==6.5.0
   run:
     - aiohttp!=4.0.0a0, !=4.0.0a1
     - anyio>=3.5.0,<5
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ requirements:
     - scikit-learn<1.8
     - scipy>=1.9,<2
     - shap>=0.46.0,<1
-    - snowflake-connector-python>=3.16.0,<4
+    - snowflake-connector-python>=3.17.0,<4
     - snowflake-snowpark-python>=1.17.0,<2,!=1.26.0
     - snowflake.core>=1.0.2,<2
     - sqlparse>=0.4,<1
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ requirements:
     - keras>=2.0.0,<4
     - lightgbm>=4.1.0, <5
     - mlflow>=2.16.0, <3
+    - prophet>=1.1.0, <2
     - pytorch>=2.0.1,<3
     - sentence-transformers>=2.7.0,<4
     - sentencepiece>=0.1.95,<0.2.0

diff --git a/ci/targets/quarantine/prod3.txt b/ci/targets/quarantine/prod3.txt
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
-//tests/integ/snowflake/ml/extra_tests:multi_label_column_name_test
 //tests/integ/snowflake/ml/extra_tests:xgboost_external_memory_training_test
 //tests/integ/snowflake/ml/extra_tests:pipeline_with_ohe_and_xgbr_test
 //tests/integ/snowflake/ml/modeling/manifold:spectral_embedding_test
 //tests/integ/snowflake/ml/modeling/linear_model:logistic_regression_test
-//tests/integ/snowflake/ml/registry/services:registry_huggingface_pipeline_model_deployment_test
-//tests/integ/snowflake/ml/registry/services:registry_custom_model_batch_inference_test
-//tests/integ/snowflake/ml/registry/services:registry_batch_inference_case_sensitivity_test
-//tests/integ/snowflake/ml/registry/services:registry_sentence_transformers_batch_inference_test
-//tests/integ/snowflake/ml/registry/services:registry_lightgbm_batch_inference_test
-//tests/integ/snowflake/ml/registry/services:registry_sklearn_batch_inference_test
-//tests/integ/snowflake/ml/registry/services:registry_xgboost_batch_inference_test
-//tests/integ/snowflake/ml/registry/services:registry_tensorflow_batch_inference_test
-//tests/integ/snowflake/ml/registry/services:registry_pytorch_batch_inference_test
-//tests/integ/snowflake/ml/registry/services:registry_catboost_batch_inference_test
-//tests/integ/snowflake/ml/registry/services:registry_keras_batch_inference_test
-//tests/integ/snowflake/ml/registry/services:registry_mlflow_batch_inference_test
+//tests/integ/snowflake/ml/registry/jobs:registry_huggingface_pipeline_batch_inference_test
diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst
@@ -20,8 +20,21 @@ Acknowledgements
    | **lightgbm** Copyright © Microsoft Corporation.
    |
 
-Table of Contents
-=================
+Container Runtime for ML APIs
+=============================
+
+The following APIs are available only in the version of ``snowpark-ml-python`` available in the Container Runtime for ML, accessible in Snowflake Notebooks running on Snowpark Container Services (SPCS).
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   distributors
+   data_sharded_data_connector
+
+Standard APIs
+=============
+
+The following APIs are available in both the Container Runtime for ML and in the standalone client version of ``snowpark-ml-python`` accessible through conda and pip, in Snowsight Python worksheets, and in Snowflake notebooks running on a warehouse.
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 3

diff --git a/requirements.yml b/requirements.yml
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@
   version_requirements: '>=2.1.4,<3'
 - name: protobuf
   dev_version: 4.25.3
+- name: prophet
+  dev_version: 1.1.5
+  version_requirements: '>=1.1.0, <2'
+  requirements_extra_tags:
+    - prophet
 - name: psutil
   dev_version: 5.9.0
   tags:
@@ -231,8 +236,8 @@
     - transformers
 - name_conda: snowflake-connector-python
   name_pypi: snowflake-connector-python[pandas]
-  dev_version: 3.16.0
-  version_requirements: '>=3.16.0,<4'
+  dev_version: 3.17.0
+  version_requirements: '>=3.17.0,<4'
 - name: snowflake.core
   dev_version: 1.0.5
   version_requirements: '>=1.0.2,<2'

diff --git a/snowflake/ml/_internal/telemetry.py b/snowflake/ml/_internal/telemetry.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ def _get_snowflake_connection() -> Optional[connector.SnowflakeConnection]:
 class TelemetryProject(enum.Enum):
     MLOPS = "MLOps"
     MODELING = "ModelDevelopment"
+    EXPERIMENT_TRACKING = "ExperimentTracking"
     # TODO: Update with remaining projects.
 
 
@@ -464,14 +465,14 @@ def send_api_usage_telemetry(
 
     # noqa: DAR402
     """
-    start_time = time.perf_counter()
-
     if subproject is not None and subproject_extractor is not None:
         raise ValueError("Specifying both subproject and subproject_extractor is not allowed")
 
     def decorator(func: Callable[_Args, _ReturnValue]) -> Callable[_Args, _ReturnValue]:
         @functools.wraps(func)
         def wrap(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> _ReturnValue:
+            start_time = time.perf_counter()
+
             params = _get_func_params(func, func_params_to_log, args, kwargs) if func_params_to_log else None
 
             api_calls: list[Union[dict[str, Union[Callable[..., Any], str]], Callable[..., Any], str]] = []

diff --git a/snowflake/ml/experiment/_client/BUILD.bazel b/snowflake/ml/experiment/_client/BUILD.bazel
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ py_library(
         "experiment_tracking_sql_client.py",
     ],
     deps = [
+        "//snowflake/ml/_internal:telemetry",
         "//snowflake/ml/_internal/utils:query_result_checker",
         "//snowflake/ml/_internal/utils:sql_identifier",
         "//snowflake/ml/model/_client/sql:_base",