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I noticed after a recent maintenance downtime that now I get the following message when trying to include an execution plan with a query:

SHOWPLAN permission denied in database 'StackOverflow'.

Was there a problem caused by this permission, and if so, what was it? It's very useful when trying to optimize a query.

This issue has resurfaced and been reopened as time has gone on, as noted in the following questions:

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  • The maintenance window involved an environment move, so I suspect this is a misconfiguration of the database user privileges on the other end.
    – Tim Stone
    Commented Dec 20, 2013 at 19:10
  • @TimStone I just tried and it seems to be working again.
    – Paul Sweatte
    Commented Dec 28, 2013 at 0:29
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    Not working at least since August 3, 2015. meta.stackexchange.com/a/261951
    – Deer Hunter
    Commented Sep 9, 2015 at 8:51
  • The close reason states "If you encounter a similar problem, please post a new question.". On the other hand, if a two year old question is closed five days ago, and the problem then somehow comes up again, I think it should be reopened.
    – wythagoras
    Commented Aug 9, 2016 at 12:32
  • @wythagoras: Does it? I checked and didn't have a problem. Is there a specific query that triggers this reliably?
    – Nathan Tuggy
    Commented Aug 9, 2016 at 20:32

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