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> CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE nyc_taxi_rides
STORED AS PARQUET LOCATION 's3://altinity-clickhouse-data/nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/'
;
0 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 10.061 seconds.

> SELECT metadata_size_bytes, expires_in, unnest(metadata_list) FROM list_files_cache();
+---------------------+------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| metadata_size_bytes | expires_in | UNNEST(list_files_cache().metadata_list)                                                                                                                                                           |
+---------------------+------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200901.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:23, file_size_bytes: 222192983, e_tag: "e8d016c3c7af80bf911d96387febe2c1-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200902.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:46:00, file_size_bytes: 211023080, e_tag: "1021626ff5ef606422aa7121edd69f3b-12", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200903.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:47:20, file_size_bytes: 229202874, e_tag: "96e7494b217099c6a07e9c4298cbe783-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200904.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:37, file_size_bytes: 225659965, e_tag: "728c45fabdcd8e40bdef4dfc28df9b0f-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200905.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:46:12, file_size_bytes: 232847306, e_tag: "f59e45bd8bd1d77cd7ae8ab6ab468bcc-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200906.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:47:26, file_size_bytes: 224226575, e_tag: "8ebb698eea85f9af87065ac333efc449-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200907.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:52, file_size_bytes: 217168413, e_tag: "7d7ee77f6cac4adc18aa3a9e74600dd3-12", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200908.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:46:23, file_size_bytes: 217303109, e_tag: "e9883055d92a33b941aab971423e681b-12", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200909.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:47:28, file_size_bytes: 223333499, e_tag: "6f0917e6003b38df9060d71c004eb961-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200910.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:54, file_size_bytes: 246300471, e_tag: "8928b29da44e041021e10077683b7817-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200911.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:46:37, file_size_bytes: 227920860, e_tag: "4cd26a1a7f82af080c33e890dc1fef27-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200912.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:24, file_size_bytes: 233873308, e_tag: "23f4584e494e3c065c777c270c9eedbc-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201001.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:45:18, file_size_bytes: 235166925, e_tag: "effcc8cc41b40cf7ac466f911d7b9459-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201002.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:46:59, file_size_bytes: 177367931, e_tag: "ce8b7817ecc47da86ccbfa6b51ffa06b-10", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201003.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:26, file_size_bytes: 205857224, e_tag: "94a078b61e3b652387e6f2a673dc3f4e-12", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201004.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:45:04, file_size_bytes: 243024246, e_tag: "a1efbebfdabc204e0041d8714aaec01a-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201005.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:46:47, file_size_bytes: 248130090, e_tag: "d3cf585e00ce627a807348c84a42d0a6-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201006.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:25, file_size_bytes: 237068130, e_tag: "831db33281a5c017f8ffc466bd47546b-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201007.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:45:35, file_size_bytes: 234826090, e_tag: "790e05983e6592e4920c88fbd2bfe774-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201008.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:47:14, file_size_bytes: 197990272, e_tag: "d87ddb446e5cbc0f6831fafd95cfd027-11", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201009.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:27, file_size_bytes: 243408943, e_tag: "abfbe3b29942bcd68d131d95540278d3-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201010.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:45:47, file_size_bytes: 225277041, e_tag: "f768c7b77497b2bf3efd5cb2a4362977-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201011.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:47:23, file_size_bytes: 220010577, e_tag: "c6830cbe1f3ae918f9280db3aa847b03-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201012.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:24, file_size_bytes: 219773352, e_tag: "264f7ea433076690a3bbe5566168e5c5-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201101.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:45:52, file_size_bytes: 212535107, e_tag: "ca3bdc2707b29667c78c39517781eac4-12", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201102.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:47:23, file_size_bytes: 223138164, e_tag: "e2b3c0fd0c0d66ac6363600de0c8b2ad-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201103.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:26, file_size_bytes: 252843261, e_tag: "fd5d4e01568cd6e7ef1e00de76441e5b-15", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201104.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:46:10, file_size_bytes: 233123935, e_tag: "2b510cc2c0c73d9ec7374c9e6d56c388-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201105.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:24, file_size_bytes: 246843111, e_tag: "abc2f58bd520b2013aa1a333d317c70c-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201106.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:58, file_size_bytes: 238786647, e_tag: "0e456698dc42a850ff7b764506cb511d-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201107.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:46:40, file_size_bytes: 233249259, e_tag: "28177227cbff94a6a819a0568a14e9b2-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201108.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:25, file_size_bytes: 212681184, e_tag: "fdcb442e1010630c0553a7018762a8ba-12", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201109.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:45:13, file_size_bytes: 232399266, e_tag: "ccca37be5a3579a8bc644490226ed29a-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201110.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:46:52, file_size_bytes: 248471033, e_tag: "eebe34c1bb74f63433eb607810969553-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201111.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:26, file_size_bytes: 231103826, e_tag: "7c76b9fc111462b76336d63bce3253c7-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201112.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:45:40, file_size_bytes: 236102882, e_tag: "26c10d1d85c4565cbb9e8fc6a7bc745c-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201201.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:47:21, file_size_bytes: 236184052, e_tag: "8cdc15a22462579dcf90d669cea0f04b-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201202.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:27, file_size_bytes: 238377570, e_tag: "4e6734c5c2e77c68dde5155a45dac81c-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201203.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:46:06, file_size_bytes: 258226172, e_tag: "b7b07fa0f4fefcf0ba0fc69ba344b5c8-15", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201204.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:25, file_size_bytes: 248190698, e_tag: "968c13850fa9a7cb46337bc8fc9d13fa-14", version: NULL} |
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+---------------------+------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
96 row(s) fetched. (First 40 displayed. Use --maxrows to adjust)
Elapsed 0.057 seconds.

Are these changes tested?

Yes

Are there any user-facing changes?

This will enable a new user-facing table function to datafusion cli.

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I know this is here for initial review (still pending docs etc.) but this current code is looking quite nice to me. I don't have any specific comments or changes that I see at this time!

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I know this is here for initial review (still pending docs etc.) but this current code is looking quite nice to me. I don't have any specific comments or changes that I see at this time!

Thank you :) ! I updated the doc.

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Thanks @jizezhang -- this code looks very nice

I was testing it out, but it seems to now show anything after creating an external table:

DataFusion CLI v51.0.0
> SELECT metadata_size_bytes, expires_in, metadata_list FROM list_files_cache();
+---------------------+------------+---------------+
| metadata_size_bytes | expires_in | metadata_list |
+---------------------+------------+---------------+
+---------------------+------------+---------------+
0 row(s) fetched.
Elapsed 0.021 seconds.

> CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE nyc_taxi_rides
STORED AS PARQUET LOCATION 's3://altinity-clickhouse-data/nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/'
;
0 row(s) fetched.
Elapsed 8.026 seconds.

> SELECT metadata_size_bytes, expires_in, metadata_list FROM list_files_cache();
+---------------------+------------+---------------+
| metadata_size_bytes | expires_in | metadata_list |
+---------------------+------------+---------------+
+---------------------+------------+---------------+
0 row(s) fetched.
Elapsed 0.007 seconds.

I would expect the second command to show the contents of the cache

Maybe we just need to merge up and pick up the PR from @BlakeOrth to add a default

You can inspect the cache by querying the `list_files_cache` function. For example,

```sql
> select split_part(path, '/', -1) as folder, metadata_size_bytes, expires_in, unnest(metadata_list)['file_size_bytes'] as file_size_bytes, unnest(metadata_list)['e_tag'] as e_tag from list_files_cache();
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this is very cool

@jizezhang jizezhang force-pushed the list-cache branch 2 times, most recently from 336266d to 70880bf Compare January 1, 2026 16:37
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Thanks @jizezhang -- this code looks very nice

I was testing it out, but it seems to now show anything after creating an external table:

DataFusion CLI v51.0.0
> SELECT metadata_size_bytes, expires_in, metadata_list FROM list_files_cache();
+---------------------+------------+---------------+
| metadata_size_bytes | expires_in | metadata_list |
+---------------------+------------+---------------+
+---------------------+------------+---------------+
0 row(s) fetched.
Elapsed 0.021 seconds.

> CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE nyc_taxi_rides
STORED AS PARQUET LOCATION 's3://altinity-clickhouse-data/nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/'
;
0 row(s) fetched.
Elapsed 8.026 seconds.

> SELECT metadata_size_bytes, expires_in, metadata_list FROM list_files_cache();
+---------------------+------------+---------------+
| metadata_size_bytes | expires_in | metadata_list |
+---------------------+------------+---------------+
+---------------------+------------+---------------+
0 row(s) fetched.
Elapsed 0.007 seconds.

I would expect the second command to show the contents of the cache

Maybe we just need to merge up and pick up the PR from @BlakeOrth to add a default

* #19366

Yes just merged upstream.

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Thank you @jizezhang -- I think this looks great

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#[derive(Debug)]
struct ListFilesCacheTable {
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I think it might help to add some comments and context on what this function does here, to help future readers

Something like this perhaps:

Suggested change
struct ListFilesCacheTable {
/// Implementation of the `list_files_cache` table function in datafusion-cli
///
/// This function returns the cached results of running a LIST command on a particular object
/// store path. The object metadata is returned as a List of Structs, with one Struct for each object.
/// DataFusion uses these cached results to plan queries against external tables
///
/// # Schema
/// ```sql
/// > describe select * from list_files_cache();
/// +---------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
/// | column_name | data_type | is_nullable |
/// +---------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
/// | path | Utf8 | NO |
/// | metadata_size_bytes | UInt64 | NO |
/// | expires_in | Duration(ms) | YES |
/// | metadata_list | List(Struct("file_path": non-null Utf8, "file_modified": non-null Timestamp(ms), "file_size_bytes": non-null UInt64, "e_tag": Utf8, "version": Utf8), field: 'metadata') | YES |
/// +---------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
/// ```
struct ListFilesCacheTable {

| path | Utf8 | File path relative to the object store / filesystem root |
| metadata_size_bytes | UInt64 | Size of the cached metadata in memory (not its thrift encoded form) |
| expires_in | Duration(ms) | Last modified time of the file |
| metadata_list | List(Struct) | List of metadatas, one for each file under the path. |
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I also recommend adding an example output structure fields, for example

{
  "file_path": "nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200901.parquet", 
  "file_modified": "2025-05-30T09:44:23", 
  "file_size_bytes": 222192983, 
  "e_tag": "e8d016c3c7af80bf911d96387febe2c1-13", 
  "version": null
}


The `list_files_cache` function shows information about the `ListFilesCache` that is used by the [`ListingTable`] implementation in DataFusion. When creating a [`ListingTable`], DataFusion lists the files in the table's location and caches results in the `ListFilesCache`. Subsequent queries against the same table can reuse this cached information instead of re-listing the files.

You can inspect the cache by querying the `list_files_cache` function. For example,
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It might be cool to add the code to make this a full self-contained reproducer

For example

> CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE nyc_taxi_rides
STORED AS PARQUET LOCATION 's3://altinity-clickhouse-data/nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/';
...

And then change the results of the query below to

> select split_part(path, '/', -1) as folder, metadata_size_bytes, expires_in, unnest(metadata_list)['file_size_bytes'] as file_size_bytes, unnest(metadata_list)['e_tag'] as e_tag from list_files_cache();
+------------------+---------------------+------------+-----------------+---------------------------------------+
| folder           | metadata_size_bytes | expires_in | file_size_bytes | e_tag                                 |
+------------------+---------------------+------------+-----------------+---------------------------------------+
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 222192983       | "e8d016c3c7af80bf911d96387febe2c1-13" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 211023080       | "1021626ff5ef606422aa7121edd69f3b-12" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 229202874       | "96e7494b217099c6a07e9c4298cbe783-13" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 225659965       | "728c45fabdcd8e40bdef4dfc28df9b0f-13" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 232847306       | "f59e45bd8bd1d77cd7ae8ab6ab468bcc-13" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 224226575       | "8ebb698eea85f9af87065ac333efc449-13" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 217168413       | "7d7ee77f6cac4adc18aa3a9e74600dd3-12" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 217303109       | "e9883055d92a33b941aab971423e681b-12" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 223333499       | "6f0917e6003b38df9060d71c004eb961-13" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 246300471       | "8928b29da44e041021e10077683b7817-14" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 227920860       | "4cd26a1a7f82af080c33e890dc1fef27-13" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 233873308       | "23f4584e494e3c065c777c270c9eedbc-13" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 235166925       | "effcc8cc41b40cf7ac466f911d7b9459-14" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 177367931       | "ce8b7817ecc47da86ccbfa6b51ffa06b-10" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 205857224       | "94a078b61e3b652387e6f2a673dc3f4e-12" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 243024246       | "a1efbebfdabc204e0041d8714aaec01a-14" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 248130090       | "d3cf585e00ce627a807348c84a42d0a6-14" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 237068130       | "831db33281a5c017f8ffc466bd47546b-14" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 234826090       | "790e05983e6592e4920c88fbd2bfe774-13" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 197990272       | "d87ddb446e5cbc0f6831fafd95cfd027-11" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 243408943       | "abfbe3b29942bcd68d131d95540278d3-14" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 225277041       | "f768c7b77497b2bf3efd5cb2a4362977-13" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 220010577       | "c6830cbe1f3ae918f9280db3aa847b03-13" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 219773352       | "264f7ea433076690a3bbe5566168e5c5-13" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 212535107       | "ca3bdc2707b29667c78c39517781eac4-12" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 223138164       | "e2b3c0fd0c0d66ac6363600de0c8b2ad-13" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 252843261       | "fd5d4e01568cd6e7ef1e00de76441e5b-15" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 233123935       | "2b510cc2c0c73d9ec7374c9e6d56c388-13" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 246843111       | "abc2f58bd520b2013aa1a333d317c70c-14" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 238786647       | "0e456698dc42a850ff7b764506cb511d-14" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 233249259       | "28177227cbff94a6a819a0568a14e9b2-13" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 212681184       | "fdcb442e1010630c0553a7018762a8ba-12" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 232399266       | "ccca37be5a3579a8bc644490226ed29a-13" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 248471033       | "eebe34c1bb74f63433eb607810969553-14" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 231103826       | "7c76b9fc111462b76336d63bce3253c7-13" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 236102882       | "26c10d1d85c4565cbb9e8fc6a7bc745c-14" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 236184052       | "8cdc15a22462579dcf90d669cea0f04b-14" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 238377570       | "4e6734c5c2e77c68dde5155a45dac81c-14" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 258226172       | "b7b07fa0f4fefcf0ba0fc69ba344b5c8-15" |
| tripdata_parquet | 18138               | NULL       | 248190698       | "968c13850fa9a7cb46337bc8fc9d13fa-14" |
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+------------------+---------------------+------------+-----------------+---------------------------------------+
96 row(s) fetched. (First 40 displayed. Use --maxrows to adjust)
Elapsed 0.024 seconds.

@alamb alamb changed the title feat: add list_files_cache udtf for cli feat: add list_files_cache table function for datafusion-cli Jan 5, 2026
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I tried this out locally and it works great

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@jizezhang I am merging this PR (to unblock #19616) as we are nearing the 52 release. We can dot the suggestions in a follow on ticket / PR

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Hi @alamb, I included your suggestions on documentation in this open PR #19616. Thanks for reviewing.

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Hi @alamb, I included your suggestions on documentation in this open PR #19616. Thanks for reviewing.

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This PR explores one way to make `ListFilesCache` table scoped. A
session level cache is still used, but the cache key is made a
"table-scoped" path, for which a new struct
```
pub struct TableScopedPath(pub Option<TableReference>, pub Path);
```
is defined. `TableReference` comes from `CreateExternalTable` passed to
`ListingTableFactory::create`.

Additionally, when a table is dropped, all entries related to a table is
dropped by modifying `SessionContext::find_and_deregister` method.

Testing (change on adding `list_files_cache()` for cli is included for
easier testing).
- Testing cache reuse on a single table.
```
> \object_store_profiling summary
ObjectStore Profile mode set to Summary
> create external table test
stored as parquet
location 's3://overturemaps-us-west-2/release/2025-12-17.0/theme=base/';
0 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 14.878 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
Instrumented Object Store: instrument_mode: Summary, inner: AmazonS3(overturemaps-us-west-2)
Summaries:
+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------+
| Operation | Metric   | min       | max       | avg         | sum         | count |
+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------+
| Get       | duration | 0.030597s | 0.209235s | 0.082396s   | 36.254189s  | 440   |
| Get       | size     | 204782 B  | 857230 B  | 497304.88 B | 218814144 B | 440   |
| List      | duration | 0.192037s | 0.192037s | 0.192037s   | 0.192037s   | 1     |
| List      | size     |           |           |             |             | 1     |
+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------+
> select table, path, unnest(metadata_list) from list_files_cache() limit 1;
+-------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| table | path                            | UNNEST(list_files_cache().metadata_list)                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
+-------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| test  | release/2025-12-17.0/theme=base | {file_path: release/2025-12-17.0/theme=base/type=bathymetry/part-00000-dd0f2f50-b436-4710-996f-f1b06181a3a1-c000.zstd.parquet, file_modified: 2025-12-17T22:32:50, file_size_bytes: 40280159, e_tag: "15090401f8f936c3f83bb498cb99a41d-3", version: NULL} |
+-------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.058 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
> select count(*) from test where type = 'infrastructure';
+-----------+
| count(*)  |
+-----------+
| 142969564 |
+-----------+
1 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.028 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
```
- Test separate cache entries are created for two tables with same path
```
> create external table test2
stored as parquet
location 's3://overturemaps-us-west-2/release/2025-12-17.0/theme=base/';
0 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 14.798 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
Instrumented Object Store: instrument_mode: Summary, inner: AmazonS3(overturemaps-us-west-2)
Summaries:
+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------+
| Operation | Metric   | min       | max       | avg         | sum         | count |
+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------+
| Get       | duration | 0.030238s | 0.350465s | 0.073670s   | 32.414654s  | 440   |
| Get       | size     | 204782 B  | 857230 B  | 497304.88 B | 218814144 B | 440   |
| List      | duration | 0.133334s | 0.133334s | 0.133334s   | 0.133334s   | 1     |
| List      | size     |           |           |             |             | 1     |
+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------+
> select count(*) from test2 where type = 'bathymetry';
+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
| 59963    |
+----------+
1 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.009 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
> select table, path from list_files_cache();
+-------+---------------------------------+
| table | path                            |
+-------+---------------------------------+
| test  | release/2025-12-17.0/theme=base |
| test2 | release/2025-12-17.0/theme=base |
+-------+---------------------------------+
2 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.004 seconds.
```
- Test cache associated with a table is dropped when table is dropped,
and the other table with same path is unaffected.
```
> drop table test;
0 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.015 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
> select table, path from list_files_cache();
+-------+---------------------------------+
| table | path                            |
+-------+---------------------------------+
| test2 | release/2025-12-17.0/theme=base |
+-------+---------------------------------+
1 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.005 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
> select count(*) from list_files_cache() where table = 'test';
+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
| 0        |
+----------+
1 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.014 seconds.
> select count(*) from test2 where type = 'infrastructure';
+-----------+
| count(*)  |
+-----------+
| 142969564 |
+-----------+
1 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.013 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
```
- Test that dropping a view does not remove cache
```
> create view test2_view as (select * from test2 where type = 'infrastructure');
0 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.103 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
> select count(*) from test2_view;
+-----------+
| count(*)  |
+-----------+
| 142969564 |
+-----------+
1 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.094 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
> drop view test2_view;
0 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.002 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
> select table, path from list_files_cache();
+-------+---------------------------------+
| table | path                            |
+-------+---------------------------------+
| test2 | release/2025-12-17.0/theme=base |
+-------+---------------------------------+
1 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.007 seconds.
```
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```
> CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE nyc_taxi_rides
STORED AS PARQUET LOCATION 's3://altinity-clickhouse-data/nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/'
;
0 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 10.061 seconds.

> SELECT metadata_size_bytes, expires_in, unnest(metadata_list) FROM list_files_cache();
+---------------------+------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| metadata_size_bytes | expires_in | UNNEST(list_files_cache().metadata_list)                                                                                                                                                           |
+---------------------+------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200901.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:23, file_size_bytes: 222192983, e_tag: "e8d016c3c7af80bf911d96387febe2c1-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200902.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:46:00, file_size_bytes: 211023080, e_tag: "1021626ff5ef606422aa7121edd69f3b-12", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200903.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:47:20, file_size_bytes: 229202874, e_tag: "96e7494b217099c6a07e9c4298cbe783-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200904.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:37, file_size_bytes: 225659965, e_tag: "728c45fabdcd8e40bdef4dfc28df9b0f-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200905.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:46:12, file_size_bytes: 232847306, e_tag: "f59e45bd8bd1d77cd7ae8ab6ab468bcc-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200906.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:47:26, file_size_bytes: 224226575, e_tag: "8ebb698eea85f9af87065ac333efc449-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200907.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:52, file_size_bytes: 217168413, e_tag: "7d7ee77f6cac4adc18aa3a9e74600dd3-12", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200908.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:46:23, file_size_bytes: 217303109, e_tag: "e9883055d92a33b941aab971423e681b-12", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200909.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:47:28, file_size_bytes: 223333499, e_tag: "6f0917e6003b38df9060d71c004eb961-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200910.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:54, file_size_bytes: 246300471, e_tag: "8928b29da44e041021e10077683b7817-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200911.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:46:37, file_size_bytes: 227920860, e_tag: "4cd26a1a7f82af080c33e890dc1fef27-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-200912.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:24, file_size_bytes: 233873308, e_tag: "23f4584e494e3c065c777c270c9eedbc-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201001.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:45:18, file_size_bytes: 235166925, e_tag: "effcc8cc41b40cf7ac466f911d7b9459-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201002.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:46:59, file_size_bytes: 177367931, e_tag: "ce8b7817ecc47da86ccbfa6b51ffa06b-10", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201003.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:26, file_size_bytes: 205857224, e_tag: "94a078b61e3b652387e6f2a673dc3f4e-12", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201004.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:45:04, file_size_bytes: 243024246, e_tag: "a1efbebfdabc204e0041d8714aaec01a-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201005.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:46:47, file_size_bytes: 248130090, e_tag: "d3cf585e00ce627a807348c84a42d0a6-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201006.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:25, file_size_bytes: 237068130, e_tag: "831db33281a5c017f8ffc466bd47546b-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201007.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:45:35, file_size_bytes: 234826090, e_tag: "790e05983e6592e4920c88fbd2bfe774-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201008.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:47:14, file_size_bytes: 197990272, e_tag: "d87ddb446e5cbc0f6831fafd95cfd027-11", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201009.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:27, file_size_bytes: 243408943, e_tag: "abfbe3b29942bcd68d131d95540278d3-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201010.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:45:47, file_size_bytes: 225277041, e_tag: "f768c7b77497b2bf3efd5cb2a4362977-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201011.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:47:23, file_size_bytes: 220010577, e_tag: "c6830cbe1f3ae918f9280db3aa847b03-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201012.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:24, file_size_bytes: 219773352, e_tag: "264f7ea433076690a3bbe5566168e5c5-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201101.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:45:52, file_size_bytes: 212535107, e_tag: "ca3bdc2707b29667c78c39517781eac4-12", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201102.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:47:23, file_size_bytes: 223138164, e_tag: "e2b3c0fd0c0d66ac6363600de0c8b2ad-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201103.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:26, file_size_bytes: 252843261, e_tag: "fd5d4e01568cd6e7ef1e00de76441e5b-15", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201104.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:46:10, file_size_bytes: 233123935, e_tag: "2b510cc2c0c73d9ec7374c9e6d56c388-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201105.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:24, file_size_bytes: 246843111, e_tag: "abc2f58bd520b2013aa1a333d317c70c-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201106.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:58, file_size_bytes: 238786647, e_tag: "0e456698dc42a850ff7b764506cb511d-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201107.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:46:40, file_size_bytes: 233249259, e_tag: "28177227cbff94a6a819a0568a14e9b2-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201108.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:25, file_size_bytes: 212681184, e_tag: "fdcb442e1010630c0553a7018762a8ba-12", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201109.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:45:13, file_size_bytes: 232399266, e_tag: "ccca37be5a3579a8bc644490226ed29a-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201110.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:46:52, file_size_bytes: 248471033, e_tag: "eebe34c1bb74f63433eb607810969553-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201111.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:26, file_size_bytes: 231103826, e_tag: "7c76b9fc111462b76336d63bce3253c7-13", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201112.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:45:40, file_size_bytes: 236102882, e_tag: "26c10d1d85c4565cbb9e8fc6a7bc745c-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201201.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:47:21, file_size_bytes: 236184052, e_tag: "8cdc15a22462579dcf90d669cea0f04b-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201202.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:27, file_size_bytes: 238377570, e_tag: "4e6734c5c2e77c68dde5155a45dac81c-14", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201203.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:46:06, file_size_bytes: 258226172, e_tag: "b7b07fa0f4fefcf0ba0fc69ba344b5c8-15", version: NULL} |
| 18138               | NULL       | {file_path: nyc_taxi_rides/data/tripdata_parquet/data-201204.parquet, file_modified: 2025-05-30T09:44:25, file_size_bytes: 248190698, e_tag: "968c13850fa9a7cb46337bc8fc9d13fa-14", version: NULL} |
| .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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+---------------------+------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
96 row(s) fetched. (First 40 displayed. Use --maxrows to adjust)
Elapsed 0.057 seconds.
```

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This PR explores one way to make `ListFilesCache` table scoped. A
session level cache is still used, but the cache key is made a
"table-scoped" path, for which a new struct
```
pub struct TableScopedPath(pub Option<TableReference>, pub Path);
```
is defined. `TableReference` comes from `CreateExternalTable` passed to
`ListingTableFactory::create`.

Additionally, when a table is dropped, all entries related to a table is
dropped by modifying `SessionContext::find_and_deregister` method.

Testing (change on adding `list_files_cache()` for cli is included for
easier testing).
- Testing cache reuse on a single table.
```
> \object_store_profiling summary
ObjectStore Profile mode set to Summary
> create external table test
stored as parquet
location 's3://overturemaps-us-west-2/release/2025-12-17.0/theme=base/';
0 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 14.878 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
Instrumented Object Store: instrument_mode: Summary, inner: AmazonS3(overturemaps-us-west-2)
Summaries:
+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------+
| Operation | Metric   | min       | max       | avg         | sum         | count |
+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------+
| Get       | duration | 0.030597s | 0.209235s | 0.082396s   | 36.254189s  | 440   |
| Get       | size     | 204782 B  | 857230 B  | 497304.88 B | 218814144 B | 440   |
| List      | duration | 0.192037s | 0.192037s | 0.192037s   | 0.192037s   | 1     |
| List      | size     |           |           |             |             | 1     |
+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------+
> select table, path, unnest(metadata_list) from list_files_cache() limit 1;
+-------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| table | path                            | UNNEST(list_files_cache().metadata_list)                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
+-------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| test  | release/2025-12-17.0/theme=base | {file_path: release/2025-12-17.0/theme=base/type=bathymetry/part-00000-dd0f2f50-b436-4710-996f-f1b06181a3a1-c000.zstd.parquet, file_modified: 2025-12-17T22:32:50, file_size_bytes: 40280159, e_tag: "15090401f8f936c3f83bb498cb99a41d-3", version: NULL} |
+-------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.058 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
> select count(*) from test where type = 'infrastructure';
+-----------+
| count(*)  |
+-----------+
| 142969564 |
+-----------+
1 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.028 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
```
- Test separate cache entries are created for two tables with same path
```
> create external table test2
stored as parquet
location 's3://overturemaps-us-west-2/release/2025-12-17.0/theme=base/';
0 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 14.798 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
Instrumented Object Store: instrument_mode: Summary, inner: AmazonS3(overturemaps-us-west-2)
Summaries:
+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------+
| Operation | Metric   | min       | max       | avg         | sum         | count |
+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------+
| Get       | duration | 0.030238s | 0.350465s | 0.073670s   | 32.414654s  | 440   |
| Get       | size     | 204782 B  | 857230 B  | 497304.88 B | 218814144 B | 440   |
| List      | duration | 0.133334s | 0.133334s | 0.133334s   | 0.133334s   | 1     |
| List      | size     |           |           |             |             | 1     |
+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------+
> select count(*) from test2 where type = 'bathymetry';
+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
| 59963    |
+----------+
1 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.009 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
> select table, path from list_files_cache();
+-------+---------------------------------+
| table | path                            |
+-------+---------------------------------+
| test  | release/2025-12-17.0/theme=base |
| test2 | release/2025-12-17.0/theme=base |
+-------+---------------------------------+
2 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.004 seconds.
```
- Test cache associated with a table is dropped when table is dropped,
and the other table with same path is unaffected.
```
> drop table test;
0 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.015 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
> select table, path from list_files_cache();
+-------+---------------------------------+
| table | path                            |
+-------+---------------------------------+
| test2 | release/2025-12-17.0/theme=base |
+-------+---------------------------------+
1 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.005 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
> select count(*) from list_files_cache() where table = 'test';
+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
| 0        |
+----------+
1 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.014 seconds.
> select count(*) from test2 where type = 'infrastructure';
+-----------+
| count(*)  |
+-----------+
| 142969564 |
+-----------+
1 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.013 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
```
- Test that dropping a view does not remove cache
```
> create view test2_view as (select * from test2 where type = 'infrastructure');
0 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.103 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
> select count(*) from test2_view;
+-----------+
| count(*)  |
+-----------+
| 142969564 |
+-----------+
1 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.094 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
> drop view test2_view;
0 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.002 seconds.

Object Store Profiling
> select table, path from list_files_cache();
+-------+---------------------------------+
| table | path                            |
+-------+---------------------------------+
| test2 | release/2025-12-17.0/theme=base |
+-------+---------------------------------+
1 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.007 seconds.
```
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xudong963 pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jan 9, 2026
…sCache table scoped (#19704)

## Which issue does this PR close?

- part of #18566

## Rationale for this change

Backport the fix for this regression into 52 release branch:
-  #19573 

## What changes are included in this PR?

Backport these two commits to `branch-52` (cherry-pick was clean)
- 1037f0a / #19388
- e6049de / #19616

<details><summary>Commands</summary>
<p>

```shell
andrewlamb@Andrews-MacBook-Pro-3:~/Software/datafusion$ git cherry-pick 1037f0a
[branch-52 1fc70ac] feat: add list_files_cache table function for `datafusion-cli` (#19388)
 Author: jizezhang <[email protected]>
 Date: Tue Jan 6 05:23:39 2026 -0800
 5 files changed, 446 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
andrewlamb@Andrews-MacBook-Pro-3:~/Software/datafusion$ git cherry-pick  e6049de
Auto-merging datafusion/core/src/execution/context/mod.rs
[branch-52 aa3d413] Make default ListingFilesCache table scoped (#19616)
 Author: jizezhang <[email protected]>
 Date: Thu Jan 8 06:34:10 2026 -0800
 10 files changed, 474 insertions(+), 184 deletions(-)
```

</p>
</details> 

## Are these changes tested?

By CI and new tests

## Are there any user-facing changes?

A new datafusion-cli function and dropping a external table now clears
the listing cache

---------

Co-authored-by: jizezhang <[email protected]>
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