Summary
Cloudflare's R2 Data Catalog now surfaces table-level maintenance in the dashboard, with a Maintenance tab showing compaction and snapshot-expiration schedules, a paginated audit log of maintenance jobs, and a Queue maintenance action to request compaction on demand. The update also reorganizes the dashboard with new Metrics and Explorer tabs and an improved schema browser.
What changed
R2 Data Catalog added a Maintenance tab with compaction and snapshot-expiration schedules, a paginated maintenance audit log with job status and metrics, and manual compaction queueing, alongside redesigned Metrics, Explorer, and schema-browser views.
Why it matters
Iceberg table maintenance (compaction, snapshot expiry) directly affects query performance and storage cost, and it was previously opaque on managed catalogs. Giving teams visibility plus manual control makes R2 Data Catalog more usable as a production lakehouse layer for analytics and AI pipelines.
Evidence excerpt
Select Queue maintenance to request compaction during normal scheduler polling, with permission checks and conflict or daily-limit messages.