Automatic change data feed will soon be available in all supported regions

UpdateSep 15, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Automatic change data feed (Auto CDF) is rolling out to workspaces over the next month and will be available in all supported regions by the end of October 2026. Auto CDF computes row-level changes at query time using row tracking, so you don't need to enable change data feed on each Delta Lake or Apache Iceberg v3 table.

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