How Consistent and Fresh are Lake Tables Really

Published in Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Data FORMATS for Modern Data Systems (FORMATS'26 @ SIGMOD), 2026

This paper studies how consistent and fresh lake tables actually are in practice, focusing on trade-offs in open table formats and lakehouse architectures. It appears in FORMATS’26, co-located with SIGMOD.

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Recommended citation: Zinuo Li, Dongyang Geng, Haoyue Li, Hailong Yu, Qi Lei, and Haoqiong Bian. (2026). "How Consistent and Fresh are Lake Tables Really." Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Data FORMATS for Modern Data Systems (FORMATS'26 @ SIGMOD).
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