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  • The archiver creates each cold table partitioned like its hot table (by month or day on the time column, LIST column first for two-level tables), so a query that filters on those columns skips whole months before reading any file. create_iceberg_table() takes p_partition_cols in DuckDB's PARTITIONED BY syntax, '{month(ts)}' or '{month(ts), region}'.
  • A fourth duckdb-iceberg patch (a port of upstream d3c3348271) computes the month or day of a timestamptz column in UTC rather than in the session's time zone.
  • The compactor applies a position-delete file to the data files of its own partition only.

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ColdFront now supports partitioned Iceberg table creation and tiered exports. It adds UTC handling for TIMESTAMPTZ transforms, adjusts vector layout properties for partitioned tables, and scopes position-delete files to matching partitions during compaction. Tests and documentation cover these changes.

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Iceberg Partitioning and Compaction

Layer / File(s) Summary
Partition terms and table creation
extension/coldfront/coldfront--1.0.sql, extension/coldfront/test/sql/*, extension/coldfront/Makefile, docs/architecture_decoupled.md, docs/usage.md, README.md, docs/index.md, docs/object_store.md, docs/installation.md
create_iceberg_table now accepts partition terms and adds a PARTITIONED BY clause. The extension validates supported time transforms against column types and omits the target-file-size property for partitioned tables. Regression tests and examples cover the API.
Tiered export partitioning
cmd/archiver/main.go, cmd/archiver/main_test.go, ci/journey.sh, docs/architecture_tiered.md, docs/architecture_vectors.md
The archiver creates cold tables with month or day transforms, with the LIST column first for two-level tables. Journey checks cover partition specs, exported paths, UTC month handling, manifest pruning, and row-group pruning.
UTC TIMESTAMPTZ transforms
docker/iceberg-timestamptz-utc-transforms-v15.patch, docker/Dockerfile.duckdb15-base, packaging/coldfront-duckdb-extensions/*, DUCKDB_1.5_PATCHED.md, DUCKDB_1.5_UNPATCHED.md, docs/installation.md, docs/changelog.md
The DuckDB Iceberg patch casts TIMESTAMP_TZ sources to TIMESTAMP before building the temporal date_diff expression. Build instructions, patch notes, and unpatched-build guidance describe the patch and its session-time-zone behavior.
Partition-scoped compaction
cmd/compactor/compact.go, cmd/compactor/compact_test.go, ci/journey.sh, docs/compaction.md
The compactor retains position-delete files only when their spec IDs and partition values match the data file. Unit and journey checks cover partition-scoped deletes and compaction.

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Existing cold tables can continue exporting without gaining the promised partition pruning. Resolve or explicitly accept that migration gap before merging.

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🟡 Minor · Include the UTC transform patch in the build instruction. · DUCKDB_1.5_PATCHED.md:175-176

DUCKDB_1.5_PATCHED.md:175-176
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Include the UTC transform patch in the build instruction.

Line 175 says to build the bakery and interop patches only. A reader who follows that instruction omits the new UTC transform patch. Non-UTC cold writers can then place boundary rows in partitions that reads prune. Update the instruction to include all four patches.

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In `@DUCKDB_1.5_PATCHED.md` around lines 175 - 176, Update the build instruction
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Inline comments:
In `@cmd/archiver/main.go`:
- Around line 1475-1476: Update the table creation flow around execDuckDB to
inspect an existing cold table’s partition spec; when it is unpartitioned,
migrate it to the expected partitioning or return an actionable error instead of
silently proceeding with CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS.

In `@cmd/compactor/compact.go`:
- Line 230: Update the delete-file matching condition using df.Partition() so
position deletes match data files only when their partition spec IDs and
partition values both match; remove the empty-partition exception. In
cmd/compactor/compact.go at lines 230-230, make this comparison in the
compaction matching logic. In cmd/compactor/compact_test.go at lines 101-102,
reject an empty-partition delete for partitioned data and add coverage for
distinct spec IDs.

In `@DUCKDB_1.5_UNPATCHED.md`:
- Around line 81-82: Update the “When unpatched is acceptable” checklist in the
document to require UTC for every cold-table writer when deployments use
partitioned cold tables, including the archiver, alongside the existing
conditions.

In `@extension/coldfront/coldfront--1.0.sql`:
- Line 2347: Update the 0.1-to-1.0 migration to install the new
`coldfront._vec_layout_props(text, boolean)` definition and update dependent
functions such as `create_iceberg_table` to use it. Then remove the obsolete
one-argument `_vec_layout_props(text)` overload; do not make the migration a
no-op or only drop the old overload.

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In `@DUCKDB_1.5_PATCHED.md`:
- Around line 175-176: Update the build instruction near “ActiveTransaction
called without active transaction” to include the UTC transform patch alongside
the bakery and interop patches, ensuring all four patches are built.

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