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polish(errors): actionable delete-manifest rejection message - #33
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The previous error told users only what went wrong ("contains row-level
deletes", "append-only Iceberg v1/v2 only") without telling them how
to fix it. In practice the fix is always 'compact the table' — make
that explicit with the concrete commands for the three tools users are
already running (Spark, Trino, Iceberg CLI).
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The previous 400 response told users what went wrong but not how to fix it:
The fix is always the same — compact the table. Spelling it out removes a round-trip to Google / the Iceberg docs: