What does it mean if my Snowflake warehouse is suspended?

QUESTION

Looking in my Snowflake Console, I see that my Snowflake warehouse has a "suspended" status. What does that mean? Am I still able to use Snowflake?

ANSWER

Snowflake warehouses enter a suspended state when not in use. For all intents and purposes, consider "suspended" to mean "inactive." When you need to make a new query, the warehouse will become active again.

For more details, read Snowflake's guide to working with warehouses.