ebyhr opened a new issue, #11777: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/11777
### Apache Iceberg version 1.7.1 (latest release) ### Query engine Trino ### Please describe the bug 🐞 https://github.com/trinodb/trino/pull/24312 is trying to use `org.apache.iceberg.MetadataTableUtils#createMetadataTableInstance` method for history metadata table. Only REST catalog doesn't return the past history if we execute `CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE` statement. ```sql trino:tpch> TABLE "region$history"; made_current_at | snapshot_id | parent_id | is_current_ancestor ------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+--------------------- 2024-12-13 16:26:02.387 Asia/Tokyo | 4753270524621689028 | NULL | true (1 row) trino:tpch> CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE region AS SELECT * FROM orders; CREATE TABLE: 15000 rows trino:tpch> TABLE "region$history"; made_current_at | snapshot_id | parent_id | is_current_ancestor ------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+--------------------- 2024-12-13 16:27:51.756 Asia/Tokyo | 7793069171159305791 | NULL | true (1 row) trino:tpch> SHOW CREATE TABLE region; Create Table ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CREATE TABLE iceberg.tpch.region ( orderkey bigint, custkey bigint, orderstatus varchar, totalprice double, orderdate date, orderpriority varchar, clerk varchar, shippriority integer, comment varchar ) WITH ( format = 'PARQUET', format_version = 2, location = '/var/folders/9s/_zwn4r_n2_9bp0krllp1pl3c0000gp/T/a6a26fac-b6be-4c9c-b05b-cbe7ec894b2f/iceberg_data/tpch/region-4f41a42ee7f84d3093d85649bc557e46' ) (1 row) ``` [region-4f41a42ee7f84d3093d85649bc557e46.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/18122848/region-4f41a42ee7f84d3093d85649bc557e46.zip) ### Willingness to contribute - [ ] I can contribute a fix for this bug independently - [X] I would be willing to contribute a fix for this bug with guidance from the Iceberg community - [ ] I cannot contribute a fix for this bug at this time -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@iceberg.apache.org.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@iceberg.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@iceberg.apache.org