Object metadata column is now in Public Preview

PreviewJul 8, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

The _object_metadata column is now in Public Preview. The _object_metadata column is a hidden metadata column that exposes object-level properties for objects in cloud storage, including MIME type, ETag, user-defined key-value metadata, system-defined metadata, and object tags. It is available starting from Databricks Runtime 18.1.

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