What causes Warehouse Suspended / Auto-Suspend?

AUTO_SUSPEND was reached with no active queries — warehouse entered suspended state as expected. AUTO_RESUME is set to FALSE, so the warehouse does not restart automatically when queries arrive. The warehouse was manually suspended by an administrator (ALTER WAREHOUSE my_wh SUSPEND). Credit limit reached and Snowflake auto-suspended all warehouses. A resource monitor with a SUSPEND action triggered due to credit consumption

How do I fix Warehouse Suspended / Auto-Suspend?

Manually resume the warehouse: ALTER WAREHOUSE my_wh RESUME. Enable auto-resume if it is off: ALTER WAREHOUSE my_wh SET AUTO_RESUME = TRUE. Check resource monitors for triggered actions: SHOW RESOURCE MONITORS. If a credit limit was hit, increase the resource monitor quota or contact your Snowflake account team. For scheduled jobs, ensure the connector or ETL tool is configured to auto-resume the warehouse before submitting queries

Medium severityinfrastructure

Power BI Refresh Error:
Warehouse Suspended / Auto-Suspend

What does this error mean?

The virtual warehouse that should execute the query or job is in a SUSPENDED state. Queries will queue until the warehouse auto-resumes (if enabled) or fail immediately if auto-resume is disabled.

Common causes

1AUTO_SUSPEND was reached with no active queries — warehouse entered suspended state as expected
2AUTO_RESUME is set to FALSE, so the warehouse does not restart automatically when queries arrive
3The warehouse was manually suspended by an administrator (ALTER WAREHOUSE my_wh SUSPEND)
4Credit limit reached and Snowflake auto-suspended all warehouses
5A resource monitor with a SUSPEND action triggered due to credit consumption

How to fix it

1Manually resume the warehouse: ALTER WAREHOUSE my_wh RESUME
2Enable auto-resume if it is off: ALTER WAREHOUSE my_wh SET AUTO_RESUME = TRUE
3Check resource monitors for triggered actions: SHOW RESOURCE MONITORS
4If a credit limit was hit, increase the resource monitor quota or contact your Snowflake account team
5For scheduled jobs, ensure the connector or ETL tool is configured to auto-resume the warehouse before submitting queries

Frequently asked questions

Does AUTO_SUSPEND save money?

Yes — Snowflake charges by the second for compute time. AUTO_SUSPEND stops billing when the warehouse is idle. The default is 600 seconds; lower values save more money but increase cold-start latency.

What is the difference between SUSPEND and ABORT_ALL_QUERIES?

ALTER WAREHOUSE ... SUSPEND waits for running queries to complete before suspending. ABORT_ALL_QUERIES kills running queries immediately. Use SUSPEND for graceful shutdown.