Month: 2026-03 — Delivering a security-enhanced Snowflake integration in the dbt-labs/dbt-adapters repo by adding Programmatic Access Token (PAT) authentication. This enables secure, token-based programmatic access for automated workflows and diverse deployment environments, reducing credential exposure and improving deployment flexibility for Snowflake-based ETL pipelines. Impact: Strengthens security posture, accelerates automation readiness, and reduces operational friction in Snowflake deployments. This work lays groundwork for broader PAT adoption across adapters and establishes a reusable pattern for token-based authentication in the platform. Note: No major bugs were reported or fixed this month; maintenance efforts focused on secure authentication integration and validating PAT flow across environments.