Snapshot Expiration

1. September 28, 202631 min read

   Keeping Audit Snapshots Alive While Iceberg Snapshot Expiration Runs Every Night

   How Iceberg snapshot tags keep audit snapshots alive through nightly expiration: retention calendars, RETAIN semantics, compaction cost, and erasure conflicts.

2. August 19, 20254 min read

   Designing the Ideal Cadence for Compaction and Snapshot Expiration

   Learn how to design an effective schedule for compaction and snapshot expiration in Apache Iceberg to balance cost, performance, and data freshness.

3. August 12, 20254 min read

   Avoiding Metadata Bloat with Snapshot Expiration and Rewriting Manifests

   Learn how to prevent and clean up metadata bloat in Apache Iceberg by expiring snapshots and rewriting manifests for better performance and manageability.

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