If you have ever run DESCRIBE HISTORY on a Delta table that receives streaming data every 60 seconds and watched it either hang for hours or crash with an OutOfMemoryError, you are not alone and you are not doing anything wrong. The problem is architectural, and once you understand the internals, the fix becomes a lot clearer. Here is what I learned after digging into why this happens and what you
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