M evaluation memory error when using Shareable Cloud Connection to Snowflake with Key Pair authentic

We’re seeing a critical issue when using Shareable Cloud Connections to Snowflake with Key Pair authentication in Power BI Service.

Even though our dataset contains no Power Query transformations at all (only direct connections to Snowflake views), refresh fails with:

What’s interesting:

1. When using Shareable Cloud Connection + Key Pair, the service switches to the ADBC Snowflake Driver (GO). Small datasets refresh successfully but larger datasets fail with the memory error above.

2. If we switch the same connection to OAuth2, Power BI Service uses the ODBC driver instead — and then everything works perfectly, including large datasets.

3. We can’t use OAuth2 for production because it forces us to authenticate with a personal Snowflake user, not a service principal. Key Pair is required for enterprise scenarios.

This looks like an issue with the GO-based ADBC driver used behind Shareable Cloud Connections, or a limitation/regression in how Power BI Service handles that connection type during refresh.

Nothing in our setup justifies a memory-limit failure — again, we have zero M transformations, only queries against Snowflake views.

Questions:

• Is this a known issue with the GO ADBC Snowflake driver inside Shareable Cloud Connections?

• Is there a way to force Power BI to use the ODBC driver with Key Pair authentication?

• Are there upcoming fixes or guidance for enterprise authentication scenarios?

Any help or clarification would be greatly appreciated.