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High
Published
4 days agoApr 22, 2026
Signal
55

R2 - R2 Data Catalog snapshot expiration now removes unreferenced data files

R2 Data Catalog, a managed Apache Iceberg catalog built into R2, now removes unreferenced data files during automatic snapshot expiration. This improvement reduces storage costs and eliminates the need to run manual maintenance jobs to rec…

Official source entry

R2 - R2 Data Catalog snapshot expiration now removes unreferenced data files

From Cloudflare Changelog. The simplified record can be checked against the original wording.

Why it matters

Cloudflare updated cloudflare changelog semantics for edge-compute and hosting. Review the official entry before the next deploy.

Who should care

  • frontend
  • infra
  • product

Affected stack

  • edge-compute
  • hosting
  • networking

Categories

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