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 reclaim space from deleted data. Previously, snapshot expiration only cleaned up...
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R2 - R2 Data Catalog snapshot expiration now removes unreferenced data files
Cloudflare Developer Platform Changelog · 2026-04-22
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