/table-history

Delta transaction history (versions, timestamps, operation, operator).

Category: slash-commands

Syntax

/table-history <table>

Description

## Overview `/table-history` returns the Delta transaction log for a table, one row per commit: version number, commit timestamp, operation (WRITE, MERGE, OPTIMIZE, VACUUM, etc.), and the operator that produced the commit. Catalog-backed; requires control-plane auth. ## Behavior - Capped at 20 rows by default (most recent first). - Each row is a drill-in. `/open N` on a commit shows full operation metrics (files added, files removed, rows inserted and updated). - Useful for diagnosing when a table changed, which pipeline wrote it, and whether a recent OPTIMIZE or VACUUM is responsible for a size change. - Does not execute `DESCRIBE HISTORY` SQL against the engine; reads straight from the catalog's cached log view.

Examples

/table-history sales.orders
/table-history gold.customer_360

See Also

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