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Wednesday, September 30, 2026

AWS Glue Locks Down Apache Iceberg Materialized Views

AWS just dropped system-managed write protection for Apache Iceberg materialized views, meaning only AWS Glue can touch your precomputed query results—no more accidental (or intentional) data tampering. Your materialized views now stay rock-solid consistent across all Iceberg-compatible engines, and this feature rolls out everywhere Apache Iceberg materialized views are already supported.

source: [aws/whats-new]