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@TimothyW553 TimothyW553 commented Feb 6, 2026

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Introduce DeltaKernelStagedCreateTable to plan and commit protocol+metadata using Kernel APIs
(with optional UC-managed commit path via UCCatalogManagedClient), as scaffolding for future
CTAS/RTAS.

Which Delta project/connector is this regarding?

  • Spark
  • Standalone
  • Flink
  • Kernel
  • Other (fill in here)

Description

How was this patch tested?

Does this PR introduce any user-facing changes?

longvu-db and others added 2 commits February 7, 2026 04:56
…Backfill introduced in Delta 3.3 (delta-io#3968)

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## Description
- Update the [Row Tracking
blog](https://docs.delta.io/latest/delta-row-tracking.html#-limitations).
Before, we mention in the limitation that we cannot enable Row Tracking
on non-empty tables. Now, with [Row Tracking Backfill
release](https://github.com/delta-io/delta/releases/) in Delta 3.3, we
are now enable Row Tracking on non-empty tables.
- Explicitly mention that you can enable Row Tracking on existing tables
from Delta 3.3.

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Introduce DeltaKernelStagedCreateTable to plan and commit protocol+metadata using Kernel APIs
(with optional UC-managed commit path via UCCatalogManagedClient), as scaffolding for future
CTAS/RTAS.
@TimothyW553 TimothyW553 force-pushed the stack/kernel-staged-create-table branch from 2d658b4 to c68c24f Compare February 7, 2026 04:56
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