Workbench Native App

Posit Workbench hosted in Snowpark Container Services

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WarningEnd of life: December 2026

The Posit Workbench Native App reaches end of life at the end of December 2026. Posit will remove the listing from the Snowflake Marketplace. You will no longer have access to Workbench Native App installations. Migrate to the Posit Team Native App to continue running Workbench in Snowflake.

Overview

Running Posit Workbench as a Snowflake Native App gives data scientists access to familiar development environments including RStudio, Positron, Jupyter, and VS Code. Workbench installs and runs within Snowpark Container Services (SPCS), giving developers immediate access to a fully contained service within the Snowflake environment.

To install Workbench as part of the Posit Team Native App, follow these alternative instructions.

Requirements

Use of Posit Workbench within Snowpark Container Services requires an Advanced tier license for Workbench.

Important

Posit recommends the ACCOUNTADMIN role (Snowflake AccountAdmin role details) to install the Workbench Native App. Alternatively, you can use a custom role with equivalent privileges. See installation prerequisites for details.

Getting started with Posit Workbench Native App

  1. Install from Snowflake Marketplace
  2. Configure for initial use
  3. Administer post-install
  4. Troubleshooting

Accessing Workbench

If you already have the Workbench service URL, you can access it directly. Otherwise, use Snowflake to discover the Workbench Native App.

  1. Visit Catalog > Apps and click Posit Workbench.

    Posit Workbench app listed in the Snowflake Catalog Apps section

    Workbench in Snowflake Catalog Apps

  2. Click Launch app.

    The Posit Workbench Native App page in Snowflake with a Launch app button

    Launch the Workbench Native App

Workbench prompts you to log in when you visit. Sign in using the authentication method configured for your Snowflake account. Workbench uses the single sign-on (SSO) workflow supported by Snowflake.

Okta single sign-on login page prompting for username and password to access Posit Workbench

Okta single sign-on login page for Workbench

After signing in, the Workbench landing page appears.

Users can access Workbench through Launch app in their Snowflake accounts or by accessing the Workbench URL directly.

Additional resources

How the Native App works

How to use the Workbench Native App

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