What is the likely outcome when you recreate an external stage that uses a storage integration and then try to load data from that stage?

• A. 003139=SQL compilation error: Integration ''{0}'' associated with the stage ''{1}'' cannot be found.
• B. Nothing changes; the load will proceed normally as Snowflake handles internal changes while recreating the stage
• C. You will need to call Snowflake to recreate the storage integration
• D. Load will error with a generic message

Answer: (D)

External stages rely on a storage integration to access the external bucket or container. When you recreate the stage, you’ve changed the stage’s metadata, and the load process must resolve the storage integration at runtime. If the recreation missed or misconfigured the integration, Snowflake won’t be able to access the files during the load, and you’ll see a load-time error rather than a smooth run. In practice, this tends to surface as a generic load error rather than a specific, detailed message about the missing integration. If the integration and stage are correctly aligned, the load would proceed, but the common outcome after a recreation without guaranteeing the integration is a generic failure during the load.