Releasesby IbisSaving an unchanged job no longer adds rows to the jobs system tables
Update5 days agoUnverifiedAdded Oct 18, 2026
Saving a job without changing its settings no longer adds rows to system.lakeflow.jobs or system.lakeflow.job_tasks , and change_time stays at the last change. This applies to saves from the UI, the Jobs API, and Declarative Automation Bundles. See Jobs table schema .
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