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New columns in Lakeflow system tables (Public Preview)

New columns are now available in the Lakeflow system tables to provide enhanced job monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities: jobs table: trigger, trigger type, run as user name, creator user…

What it does

New columns are now available in the Lakeflow system tables to provide enhanced job monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities: jobs table: trigger, trigger type, run as user name, creator user name, paused, timeout seconds, health rules, deployment, create time job\ tasks table: timeout seconds, health rules job\ run\ timeline table: source task run id, root task run id, compute, termination type, setup duration seconds, queue duration seconds, run duration seconds, cleanup duration seconds, execution duration seconds job\ task\ run\ timeline table: compute, termination type, task parameters, setup duration seconds, cleanup duration seconds, execution duration seconds pipelines table: create time These columns are not populated for rows emitted before early December 2025. note The lakeflow schema was previously known as workflow. The content of both schemas is identical.

Why it matters

Reduces operational overhead and unlocks new capabilities for data teams on Databricks.

Key capabilities
Be both a metastore admin
Be both a metastore admin and an account admin, or
Have USE and SELECT permissions
Have USE and SELECT permissions on the system schemas. See Grant access to system tables.
Architecture
Databricks Platform → Platform
In short

New columns are now available in the Lakeflow system tables to provide enhanced job monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities: jobs table: trigger, trigger type, run as user name, creator user name, paused, timeout seconds, health rules, deployment, create…

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Key takeaway
New columns are now available in the Lakeflow system tables to provide enhanced job monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities: jobs table: trigger, trigger type, run as user name, creator user…
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