Which statement is true about replication of policy-protected objects?

• A. Policy-protected objects can be replicated if they are in the same database as the policy
• B. The individual row access policies can be replicated
• C. The replication operation fails if The primary database is in an Enterprise (or higher) account and contains a policy but one or more of the accounts approved for replication are on lower editions
• D. The replication operation fails if A table or view contained in the primary database has a reference to a row access policy in another database

Answer: (C)

Policy-protected objects rely on features that are edition-specific in Snowflake. When you replicate a primary database that contains a policy to accounts, the target accounts must support the same security capabilities. If the primary is in an Enterprise (or higher) edition and a replication target is on a lower edition, those policy features aren’t available there, so the replication operation is blocked to prevent security inconsistencies. That’s why the statement about replication failing under an Enterprise or higher primary with policy when any replication target is on a lower edition is the true behavior.

The other scenarios don’t reflect this edition-based restriction. Replication isn’t guaranteed to proceed simply because a policy exists in the same database, and policies themselves aren’t always replicated as independent objects without considering edition compatibility. Cross-database references to policies can also introduce dependencies that aren’t accommodated by replication, but the mandated failure condition described is specifically about edition compatibility across accounts.