Sharing foreign Iceberg tables with OpenSharing is now generally available

GASep 11, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Sharing and reading foreign Iceberg tables with OpenSharing is now generally available. Providers can share Iceberg tables federated from foreign Iceberg catalogs using Lakehouse Federation, including to recipients using external Iceberg clients.

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