diff --git a/labextension/src/widget.tsx b/labextension/src/widget.tsx
index 65649b3b2..c9dcb06f8 100644
--- a/labextension/src/widget.tsx
+++ b/labextension/src/widget.tsx
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ async function activate(
   //  env we are in (like Local Laptop, MiniKF, GCP, UI without Kale, ...)
   const backend = await getBackend(kernel);
   let rokError: IRPCError = null;
+  let snapshotError: IRPCError = null;
   if (backend) {
     try {
       await executeRpc(kernel, 'log.setup_logging');
@@ -111,6 +112,26 @@ async function activate(
         throw error;
       }
     }
+
+    try {
+      await executeRpc(kernel, 'snapshot.check_snapshot_availability');
+    } catch (error) {
+      const unexpectedErrorCodes = [
+        RPC_CALL_STATUS.EncodingError,
+        RPC_CALL_STATUS.ImportError,
+        RPC_CALL_STATUS.UnhandledError,
+      ];
+      if (
+        error instanceof RPCError &&
+        !unexpectedErrorCodes.includes(error.error.code)
+      ) {
+        snapshotError = error.error;
+        console.warn('Snapshots are not available', snapshotError);
+      } else {
+        globalUnhandledRejection({ reason: error });
+        throw error;
+      }
+    }
   } else {
     rokError = {
       rpc: 'rok.check_rok_availability',
@@ -175,6 +196,7 @@ async function activate(
         backend={backend}
         kernel={kernel}
         rokError={rokError}
+        snapshotError={snapshotError}
       />,
     );
     widget.id = 'kubeflow-kale/kubeflowDeployment';
diff --git a/labextension/src/widgets/LeftPanel.tsx b/labextension/src/widgets/LeftPanel.tsx
index ca9fb34f8..7f794eb40 100644
--- a/labextension/src/widgets/LeftPanel.tsx
+++ b/labextension/src/widgets/LeftPanel.tsx
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ interface IProps {
   backend: boolean;
   kernel: Kernel.IKernelConnection;
   rokError: IRPCError;
+  snapshotError: IRPCError;
 }
 
 interface IState {
@@ -442,6 +443,16 @@ export class KubeflowKaleLeftPanel extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
             notebookVolumes,
             selectVolumeTypes,
           });
+        } else if (!this.props.snapshotError) {
+          // Get information about volumes currently mounted on the notebook server
+          const {
+            notebookVolumes,
+            selectVolumeTypes,
+          } = await commands.getMountedVolumes(this.state.notebookVolumes);
+          this.setState({
+            notebookVolumes,
+            selectVolumeTypes,
+          });
         } else {
           this.setState((prevState, props) => ({
             selectVolumeTypes: prevState.selectVolumeTypes.map(t => {
@@ -532,8 +543,25 @@ export class KubeflowKaleLeftPanel extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
               }
               return volume;
             });
+        let snapstateVolumes = this.props.snapshotError
+          ? metadataVolumes
+          : metadataVolumes.map((volume: IVolumeMetadata) => {
+              if (
+                volume.type === 'new_pvc' &&
+                volume.annotations.length > 0 &&
+                volume.annotations[0].key === 'rok/origin'
+              ) {
+                return { ...volume, type: 'snap' };
+              }
+              return volume;
+            });
         if (stateVolumes.length === 0 && metadataVolumes.length === 0) {
           metadataVolumes = stateVolumes = this.state.notebookVolumes;
+        } else if (
+          snapstateVolumes.length === 0 &&
+          metadataVolumes.length === 0
+        ) {
+          metadataVolumes = snapstateVolumes = this.state.notebookVolumes;
         } else {
           metadataVolumes = metadataVolumes.concat(this.state.notebookVolumes);
           stateVolumes = stateVolumes.concat(this.state.notebookVolumes);
@@ -557,11 +585,15 @@ export class KubeflowKaleLeftPanel extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
           },
           autosnapshot:
             notebookMetadata['autosnapshot'] === undefined
-              ? !this.props.rokError && this.state.notebookVolumes.length > 0
+              ? !this.props.rokError &&
+                !this.props.snapshotError &&
+                this.state.notebookVolumes.length > 0
               : notebookMetadata['autosnapshot'],
           snapshot_volumes:
             notebookMetadata['snapshot_volumes'] === undefined
-              ? !this.props.rokError && this.state.notebookVolumes.length > 0
+              ? !this.props.rokError &&
+                !this.props.snapshotError &&
+                this.state.notebookVolumes.length > 0
               : notebookMetadata['snapshot_volumes'],
           // fixme: for now we are using the 'steps_defaults' field just for poddefaults
           //        so we replace any existing value every time
@@ -577,9 +609,13 @@ export class KubeflowKaleLeftPanel extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
             ...DefaultState.metadata,
             volumes: prevState.notebookVolumes,
             snapshot_volumes:
-              !this.props.rokError && prevState.notebookVolumes.length > 0,
+              !this.props.rokError &&
+              !this.props.snapshotError &&
+              prevState.notebookVolumes.length > 0,
             autosnapshot:
-              !this.props.rokError && prevState.notebookVolumes.length > 0,
+              !this.props.rokError &&
+              !this.props.snapshotError &&
+              prevState.notebookVolumes.length > 0,
           },
           volumes: prevState.notebookVolumes,
         }));
@@ -647,18 +683,32 @@ export class KubeflowKaleLeftPanel extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
       metadata.volumes.filter((v: IVolumeMetadata) => v.type === 'clone')
         .length > 0
     ) {
-      const task = await commands.runSnapshotProcedure(_updateDeployProgress);
-      console.log(task);
-      if (!task) {
-        this.setState({ runDeployment: false });
-        return;
+      if (!this.props.rokError) {
+        const task = await commands.runSnapshotProcedure(_updateDeployProgress);
+        console.log(task);
+        if (!task) {
+          this.setState({ runDeployment: false });
+          return;
+        }
+        metadata.volumes = await commands.replaceClonedVolumes(
+          task.bucket,
+          task.result.event.object,
+          task.result.event.version,
+          metadata.volumes,
+        );
+      } else if (!this.props.snapshotError) {
+        const task = await commands.runGenericSnapshotProcedure(
+          _updateDeployProgress,
+        );
+        console.log(task);
+        if (!task) {
+          this.setState({ runDeployment: false });
+          return;
+        }
+        metadata.volumes = await commands.replaceGenericClonedVolumes(
+          metadata.volumes,
+        );
       }
-      metadata.volumes = await commands.replaceClonedVolumes(
-        task.bucket,
-        task.result.event.object,
-        task.result.event.version,
-        metadata.volumes,
-      );
     }
 
     // CREATE PIPELINE
@@ -817,6 +867,7 @@ export class KubeflowKaleLeftPanel extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
         autosnapshot={this.state.metadata.autosnapshot}
         updateAutosnapshotSwitch={this.updateAutosnapshotSwitch}
         rokError={this.props.rokError}
+        snapshotError={this.props.snapshotError}
         updateVolumes={this.updateVolumes}
         storageClassName={this.state.metadata.storage_class_name}
         updateStorageClassName={this.updateStorageClassName}