SNOW-1902938: Missing release notes for version 4.3.0

[julealgon]

Version 4.3.0 was just published:

• https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-connector-net/releases/tag/v4.3.0

It links to this page for release notes:

• https://docs.snowflake.com/en/release-notes/clients-drivers/dotnet

But the page only lists 4.2.0 as the latest release.

Can you please update the documentation page with information regarding version 4.3.0?

[sfc-gh-dszmolka]

fair point. but please be aware that Snowflake's documentation, strangely, has absolutely nothing to do with this library in a sense that they are two separate codebases, approval flows, and the rest. So if you can allow us some leniency after a release, like couple of days, that would be appreciated :)
if you need literally immediate access to what changed after a release, I can recommend comparing the current tag with the previous. In this particular case, comparing 4.3.0 with 4.2.0.

Updating the documentation is in progress and after approvals, it will be visible. Thank you for bearing with us while it is deployed !

[sfc-gh-dszmolka]

I see that now (30 Jan 2025 07:59 UTC, ~ 11 hours after you submitted this issue) https://docs.snowflake.com/en/release-notes/clients-drivers/dotnet-2025 already has 4.3.0, so a little patience helps ;)

[julealgon]

fair point. but please be aware that Snowflake's documentation, strangely, has absolutely nothing to do with this library in a sense that they are two separate codebases, approval flows, and the rest. So if you can allow us some leniency after a release, like couple of days, that would be appreciated :) if you need literally immediate access to what changed after a release, I can recommend comparing the current tag with the previous. In this particular case, comparing 4.3.0 with 4.2.0.

Updating the documentation is in progress and after approvals, it will be visible. Thank you for bearing with us while it is deployed !

I understand what you are saying, but keep in mind that keeping track of the docs after the release notification on github has already fired adds overhead to consumers. I usually subscribe to github releases of libraries we use, and I keep close tabs on those notifications to see what the new library versions provide. I will usually get to those notifications with at most a few hours of delay as I check github multiple times during work.

If I may provide a suggestion to improve this a bit without changing your workflow, it would be very nice if you could at least provide a specific link to the release notes for that version, instead of linking to a generic hub page. That way, I could for example just open a separate tab and watch when the page becomes available.

I assume you know upfront what the URL of a given new release will be, such as this new one:

• https://docs.snowflake.com/en/release-notes/clients-drivers/dotnet-2025#version-4-3-0-january-29-2025

so a little patience helps ;)

Do not assume I created this issue due to "lack of patience", because that is definitely not the case. There was no way for me to know whether or not you just forgot the notes. I've started tracking this particular repository just recently.

[sfc-gh-dszmolka]

We used to have the release notes in the same repo where the given library is, similarly to how snowflake-connector-python has it today. It was fantastic, realtime and easy to manage.

Requirements were different and now we have what you see today. Apologies for the difficulties. edit: Your feedback has been relayed to the relevant team, wanted to add.