When cloning a database or schema, any pipes in the source container that reference an internal (Snowflake) stage are not cloned.

• A. False
• B. They are cloned but with placeholder stages
• C. Only if pipes are configured to clone
• D. True

Answer: (D)

Zero-copy cloning only duplicates objects and metadata that stay self-contained within the cloned scope. Internal Snowflake stages are account- or database-scoped resources, not part of the data pages being cloned. Because a pipe references that internal stage, carrying over the pipe would create a broken reference in the clone. Snowflake therefore omits such pipes during the clone. If you need ingestion in the cloned environment, you’d recreate the pipe there and point it to a stage that exists in the clone (or to a suitable external stage).