Apache Iceberg Metadata Tables: Querying the Internals

This is Part 11 of a 15-part Apache Iceberg Masterclass. Part 10 covered maintenance operations. This article covers the metadata tables that let you inspect Iceberg table internals using standard SQL. Iceberg exposes its internal metadata as queryable virtual tables. You can use them to check table health, debug performance issues, audit changes, and build monitoring dashboards. No […] The post…