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Apache Iceberg schema changes break downstream pipelines

Data engineering2 posts from 2 people2d active+11 post in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (steady)Unverified

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Posts per day2 posts, Sep 18 to Sep 25

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Key per-column table properties by field ID instead of column name### Background Several table properties are keyed by **column name**, e.g.: - `write.parquet.compression-codec.column. ` / `write.parquet.compression-level.column. ` (added in #16094) - `write.parquet.bloom-filter-enabled.column. `, `...bloom-filter-fpp.column. `,...apache/icebergmengna-linSep 24yesterday
[destination-starrocks] New Destination: StarRocks (Kotlin, Bulk CDK) — from discussion #53631...(Feb 2025) requested a StarRocks destination. The suggested workaround (Iceberg / S3 Data Lake destinations) only covers clusters that sit behind an Iceberg catalog; it does not load into native StarRocks tables (PRIMARY KEY upsert/delete, Stream Load). In Feb 2026...airbytehq/airbyteEdwardArchiveSep 187 days ago

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Apache Iceberg2
Airbyte1
ClickHouse1
PostgreSQL1
MySQL1
SQL Server1
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2 posts from 2 people in 2 places, about 2 a week over 7 days. Mostly on airbytehq/airbyte, apache/iceberg. Tools named alongside: Airbyte, ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, MySQL.

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Posts that state a pain and match the "schema-drift" rule about Apache Iceberg. First post Sep 18, 2026, latest Sep 24, 2026. Unverified: fewer than 3 posts, or one person or place only. Method

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  • 2026-09-25 Added: Apache Iceberg schema changes break downstream pipelines (2 posts)

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