malinjawi commented on code in PR #13338:
URL: https://github.com/apache/gluten/pull/13338#discussion_r4312796251


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-# Delta Lake Feature Support Status in Apache Gluten (Velox Backend)
+---
+layout: page
+title: Delta Lake Support in Velox Backend
+nav_order: 13
+parent: Getting-Started
+---
 

Review Comment:
   Thanks, both added. The overview is at the top with your wording, and right 
after it there's a short "How a Delta query runs" section with your example 
query and diagram. I tweaked a couple of labels: the Spark box now says 
"Operators Gluten does not offload", and the left box is "Query planning", 
since Delta's log replay can also run on executors. I also added a closing line 
saying Delta Lake keeps the table metadata, the transaction log and commits.
   
   One heads-up: our docs site uses an older just-the-docs theme without 
mermaid, so the diagram renders here on GitHub but would show as a code block 
on the site. Happy to swap it for a PNG if you'd prefer.
   



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-# Delta Lake Feature Support Status in Apache Gluten (Velox Backend)
+---
+layout: page
+title: Delta Lake Support in Velox Backend
+nav_order: 13
+parent: Getting-Started
+---
 
-This document summarizes the support status of **Delta Lake table features** 
when used with **Apache Gluten (Velox backend)**.
+# Delta Lake Support in Velox Backend
 
-## Supported Spark / Delta combinations
+## Supported Spark version
 
-| Spark profile | Spark version | Scala version | Delta Lake version | Status |
+| Spark | Delta Lake | Delta Lake jar | Read | Native write | Tested by |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| 3.4.4 | 2.4.0 | `io.delta:delta-core_2.12:2.4.0` | Offload. Deletion vector 
scans fall back. | None | Gluten suites |
+| 3.5.5 | 3.3.2 | `io.delta:delta-spark_2.12:3.3.2` (`_2.13` for Scala 2.13) | 
Offload | Experimental, off by default | Gluten suites, copied Delta Lake 
suites (Scala 2.12 only) |
+| 4.0.2 | 4.0.1 | `io.delta:delta-spark_2.13:4.0.1` | Offload | Experimental, 
off by default | Gluten suites, copied Delta Lake suites tagged 
`ExtendedSQLTest` |
+| 4.1.1 | 4.1.0 | `io.delta:delta-spark_4.1_2.13:4.1.0` | Offload | 
Experimental, off by default | Gluten suites, nightly Delta Lake 4.2.0 job |
+| 4.2 | None on main | | None | None | None |
+
+Each Spark profile from 3.4 to 4.1 builds against the one Delta Lake release 
in the table. The copied Delta Lake suites run with native write on.
+
+Spark 4.1 is the most tested. A nightly job builds Delta Lake 4.2.0 from 
source and runs its Spark test suites on Spark 4.1. It puts a Gluten bundle 
compiled against Delta Lake 4.1.0 on the test classpath. It patches Delta 
Lake's `DeltaSQLCommandTest` to load Gluten with native write on. "Seen on 4.1" 
on this page refers to that job. Its known failures are listed in 
`.github/workflows/util/delta-spark-ut/known-failures.txt`. Four entries are 
two 2-billion-row deletion vector tests, run in two suites, that the job 
force-fails. Some entries check a query plan that changes once Gluten offloads 
it. Read the README in that directory before treating an entry as a Gluten bug.
+
+On Spark 4.1, Gluten's own suites check deletion vector reads and a 
partitioned native `save(path)`. Other native writes on Spark 4.1 are checked 
only by the nightly job.
+
+Delta Lake support for Spark 4.2 is in progress in 
[#13271](https://github.com/apache/gluten/pull/13271).
+
+### Build and run
+
+Delta Lake support is compiled in only with the `-Pdelta` Maven profile. Build 
the native library first, as described in [Gluten with Velox Backend](Velox.md).
+
+````
+./build/mvn clean install -Pbackends-velox -Pspark-3.5 -Pdelta -DskipTests
+./build/mvn clean install -Pbackends-velox -Pspark-4.1 -Pscala-2.13 -Pjava-17 
-Pdelta \
+  -DskipTests -Dmaven.compiler.release=17
+````
+
+`dev/buildbundle-veloxbe.sh` does not pass `-Pdelta`, so its bundle has no 
Delta Lake support. No Gluten bundle contains the Delta Lake jar, including one 
built with `-Pdelta`. Add the jar from the table above. When 
`io.delta.sql.DeltaSparkSessionExtension` is not on the classpath, Gluten logs 
`Excluding runtime-incompatible component` and leaves its Delta support off.
+
+Native writes to HDFS, S3, GCS or ABFS paths need the native library built 
with `--enable_hdfs=ON`, `--enable_s3=ON`, `--enable_gcs=ON` or 
`--enable_abfs=ON`. Without that connector, scans of those paths fall back and 
native writes fail (see [Write problems](#write-problems)). From code.
+
+For example, on Spark 3.5:
+
+````
+spark-shell \
+  --packages io.delta:delta-spark_2.12:3.3.2 \
+  --jars gluten-velox-bundle-spark3.5_2.12-<os>_<arch>-<version>.jar \
+  --conf spark.plugins=org.apache.gluten.GlutenPlugin \
+  --conf spark.memory.offHeap.enabled=true \
+  --conf spark.memory.offHeap.size=4g \
+  --conf 
spark.shuffle.manager=org.apache.spark.shuffle.sort.ColumnarShuffleManager \
+  --conf spark.sql.extensions=io.delta.sql.DeltaSparkSessionExtension \
+  --conf 
spark.sql.catalog.spark_catalog=org.apache.spark.sql.delta.catalog.DeltaCatalog
+````
+
+On Spark 4.0 or 4.1, use the Delta Lake jar for that version and add `--conf 
spark.sql.ansi.enabled=false`.
+
+### ANSI mode on Spark 4.x
+
+Spark 4.0 and 4.1 turn ANSI mode on by default. With Gluten's default 
`spark.gluten.sql.ansiFallback.enabled=true`, every query then falls back, 
Delta scans and native writes included. From code.
+
+````
+spark.sql.ansi.enabled=false
+````
+
+Gluten's Delta tests run with ANSI mode off in CI. The nightly Delta Lake job 
turns ANSI mode off in the test setup that loads Gluten. That setup and some 
Gluten Delta suites also set `spark.gluten.sql.ansiFallback.enabled=false`. 
Spark 3.x behaves the same when ANSI mode is turned on. From code.
+
+Keeping ANSI on and setting `spark.gluten.sql.ansiFallback.enabled=false` 
removes that fallback. Velox then runs the offloaded operators with ANSI mode 
on. For Delta Lake, only the nightly Delta Lake job tests that combination, in 
the Delta Lake 4.2.0 suites that turn ANSI on. It has a known MERGE problem 
(see [MERGE, UPDATE and DELETE problems](#merge-update-and-delete-problems)).
+
+## Support Status
+The following values show the Delta Lake support status:
+
+| Value          | Description                                                 
               |
+|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| Offload        | Runs in the Velox backend. For writes, Velox writes the 
data files.       |
+| PartialOffload | Some operators run in Velox and the rest fall back          
               |
+| Fallback       | Runs on Spark or Delta Lake                                 
               |
+| Exception      | Fails instead of falling back                               
               |
+| ResultMismatch | Can return wrong results or write wrong files               
               |
+
+Not tested: no test covers the case.<br>
+From code: the status comes from reading the source. No test that runs in CI 
checks it.<br>
+Seen on 4.1: the nightly Delta Lake job on Spark 4.1 showed the result.<br>
+
+## Adding catalogs
+Fallback
+
+Catalog operations run on the driver.
+
+## Creating a table
+Fallback
+
+````
+CREATE TABLE t (id INT, name STRING) USING delta;
+````
+
+A table created without `AS SELECT` is a metadata-only commit. There is 
nothing to offload.
+
+Offload
+
+````
+SET spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.delta.enableNativeWrite=true;
+CREATE TABLE t2 USING delta AS SELECT * FROM t;
+````
+
+With `spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.delta.enableNativeWrite=true` on 
Spark 3.5 to 4.1, Velox writes the data files of `CREATE TABLE ... AS SELECT` 
and `REPLACE TABLE ... AS SELECT` when the target catalog is a DeltaCatalog. 
Seen on 4.1. On 3.5 and 4.0 this is from code.
+
+## Writing
+PartialOffload
+
+````
+INSERT INTO t SELECT id, name FROM source WHERE length(name) = 1;
+````
+
+Delta's writer writes the files of `INSERT`, with or without native write. The 
`SELECT` can run in Velox. From code.
+
+Fallback
+
+````
+INSERT INTO t VALUES (1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c');
+````
+
+With the default `spark.gluten.sql.columnar.localTableScan=false`, the 
`VALUES` scan runs on Spark. Delta's writer writes the files. From code.
+
+Offload
+
+````
+SET spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.delta.enableNativeWrite=true;
+UPDATE t SET name = 'b' WHERE id = 2;
+````
+
+Set `spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.delta.enableNativeWrite=true` to 
have Velox write the data files of the commands marked Offload in [Write 
commands](#write-commands). On Spark 4.x, also apply [ANSI mode on Spark 
4.x](#ansi-mode-on-spark-4x).
+
+Native write does not check the codec, the path scheme or the partition column 
types before it runs. Unsupported values make the task fail or write wrong 
files. Read [Write problems](#write-problems) before turning it on.
+
+### Checking the plan
+
+A command that Gluten wraps for native write shows a `GlutenDelta` node, for 
example `Execute GlutenDelta UpdateCommand` or `GlutenDelta 
AtomicCreateTableAsSelect`. Without the prefix, Delta's writer wrote the files.
+
+````
+val df = spark.sql("UPDATE delta.`/data/t` SET name = 'bb' WHERE id = 2")
+df.queryExecution.executedPlan.treeString.contains("GlutenDelta ")
+````
+
+The node also shows when Velox writes no data files. This happens for a DELETE 
that writes only deletion vectors or only metadata, and for a Spark 4.x write 
whose schema Velox cannot write, such as one with a VARIANT column. From code. 
For `DataFrameWriter` calls, read the plan from the Spark UI SQL tab or a 
`QueryExecutionListener`.
+
+### Write commands
+
+The Status column assumes Spark 3.5 to 4.1 with native write on. Otherwise 
every row is at best PartialOffload. In PartialOffload rows, Delta writes the 
files and the query that feeds the write can run in Velox.
+
+Gluten's CI checks a partitioned `save(path)` on 3.5 to 4.1 and OPTIMIZE on 
3.5. On 3.5 and 4.0, the copied Delta Lake suites also run UPDATE, DELETE, 
`save(path)` and `CREATE TABLE ... AS SELECT` with native write on. They check 
results only. On 4.1, the nightly job shows every Offload row except DELETE 
going through Velox's writer. The other Offload cases are from code.
+
+| SQL | DataFrame API | Status | Notes |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| | `df.write.format("delta").save(path)` | Offload | Every save mode, with or 
without `partitionBy`. |
+| `CREATE TABLE ... AS SELECT` | `writeTo(t).create()`, `saveAsTable(t)` when 
`t` does not exist and the mode is not overwrite | Offload | Needs a 
DeltaCatalog target. |
+| `REPLACE TABLE ... AS SELECT`, `CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE ... AS SELECT` | 
`writeTo(t).replace()`, `writeTo(t).createOrReplace()`, `saveAsTable(t)` in 
overwrite mode | Offload | Needs a DeltaCatalog target. |
+| `UPDATE` | `DeltaTable.update()` | Offload | On a table with deletion 
vectors, Velox writes only the updated rows. |
+| `DELETE` | `DeltaTable.delete()` | Offload | Velox writes the rewritten 
files. A deletion-vector DELETE and a metadata-only DELETE write no data files. 
|
+| `OPTIMIZE`, `OPTIMIZE ... WHERE` | | Offload | Bin-packing, by path or by 
name. |
+| `OPTIMIZE ... ZORDER BY`, `OPTIMIZE ... FULL`, `OPTIMIZE` on a 
liquid-clustered table | | PartialOffload | From code. |
+| `REORG TABLE ... APPLY (PURGE)`, `REORG TABLE ... APPLY (UPGRADE UNIFORM 
...)` | | PartialOffload | From code. |
+| `INSERT INTO ... SELECT`, `INSERT OVERWRITE`, `INSERT INTO ... REPLACE 
WHERE` | | PartialOffload | From code. To append natively, use `save(path)` in 
append mode. |
+| | `insertInto(t)`, `saveAsTable(t)` in append mode on an existing table, 
`writeTo(t).append()`, `overwrite(condition)`, `overwritePartitions()` | 
PartialOffload | From code. |
+| `MERGE INTO` | | PartialOffload | Scans and the DML target scan can run in 
Velox. Joins can too (from code). Native MERGE write is in progress in 
[#13324](https://github.com/apache/gluten/pull/13324). |
+| | `writeStream.format("delta")` | PartialOffload | Inside `foreachBatch`, 
batch writes follow the rows above. From code. |
+
+With native write on, `DESCRIBE HISTORY` operation metrics of `save(path)`, 
UPDATE, DELETE and `CREATE TABLE ... AS SELECT` match Delta Lake. Seen on 4.1.
+
+### Write features
+
+| Feature | Status | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| Optimized write | Offload | In the commands marked Offload, the rebalancing 
shuffle runs in Velox. If it fails validation, Delta's shuffle is used. Both 
are from code. `OPTIMIZE` never uses it. |
+| Auto compaction | Offload | Compacts natively written tables (seen on 4.1). 
After a native write, the compaction runs in a Gluten transaction (from code). 
After INSERT, MERGE or streaming writes, Delta's writer compacts (from code). |
+
+## Reading
+### Read data
+Offload/Fallback
+
+| Table type | Spark 3.4 / Delta Lake 2.4 | Spark 3.5 to 4.1 |
+|---|---|---|
+| Unpartitioned | Offload | Offload |
+| Partitioned | Offload | Offload |
+| Column mapping, name mode | Offload | Offload |
+| Column mapping, id mode | Offload, matched by physical name (from code) | 
Offload, matched by physical name (seen on 4.1) |

Review Comment:
   Took the pointer to Read problems, it reads much cleaner. I kept the cells 
as plain "Offload" instead of "(from code)" / "(seen on 4.1)", though: the 
`column mapping mode = id` test in DeltaSuite runs on Spark 3.4 to 4.1 in CI 
and fails on any fallback, so the offload part is covered by a real test.
   



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@@ -1,62 +1,572 @@
-# Delta Lake Feature Support Status in Apache Gluten (Velox Backend)
+---
+layout: page
+title: Delta Lake Support in Velox Backend
+nav_order: 13
+parent: Getting-Started
+---
 
-This document summarizes the support status of **Delta Lake table features** 
when used with **Apache Gluten (Velox backend)**.
+# Delta Lake Support in Velox Backend
 
-## Supported Spark / Delta combinations
+## Supported Spark version
 
-| Spark profile | Spark version | Scala version | Delta Lake version | Status |
+| Spark | Delta Lake | Delta Lake jar | Read | Native write | Tested by |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| 3.4.4 | 2.4.0 | `io.delta:delta-core_2.12:2.4.0` | Offload. Deletion vector 
scans fall back. | None | Gluten suites |
+| 3.5.5 | 3.3.2 | `io.delta:delta-spark_2.12:3.3.2` (`_2.13` for Scala 2.13) | 
Offload | Experimental, off by default | Gluten suites, copied Delta Lake 
suites (Scala 2.12 only) |
+| 4.0.2 | 4.0.1 | `io.delta:delta-spark_2.13:4.0.1` | Offload | Experimental, 
off by default | Gluten suites, copied Delta Lake suites tagged 
`ExtendedSQLTest` |
+| 4.1.1 | 4.1.0 | `io.delta:delta-spark_4.1_2.13:4.1.0` | Offload | 
Experimental, off by default | Gluten suites, nightly Delta Lake 4.2.0 job |
+| 4.2 | None on main | | None | None | None |
+
+Each Spark profile from 3.4 to 4.1 builds against the one Delta Lake release 
in the table. The copied Delta Lake suites run with native write on.
+
+Spark 4.1 is the most tested. A nightly job builds Delta Lake 4.2.0 from 
source and runs its Spark test suites on Spark 4.1. It puts a Gluten bundle 
compiled against Delta Lake 4.1.0 on the test classpath. It patches Delta 
Lake's `DeltaSQLCommandTest` to load Gluten with native write on. "Seen on 4.1" 
on this page refers to that job. Its known failures are listed in 
`.github/workflows/util/delta-spark-ut/known-failures.txt`. Four entries are 
two 2-billion-row deletion vector tests, run in two suites, that the job 
force-fails. Some entries check a query plan that changes once Gluten offloads 
it. Read the README in that directory before treating an entry as a Gluten bug.
+
+On Spark 4.1, Gluten's own suites check deletion vector reads and a 
partitioned native `save(path)`. Other native writes on Spark 4.1 are checked 
only by the nightly job.
+
+Delta Lake support for Spark 4.2 is in progress in 
[#13271](https://github.com/apache/gluten/pull/13271).
+
+### Build and run
+
+Delta Lake support is compiled in only with the `-Pdelta` Maven profile. Build 
the native library first, as described in [Gluten with Velox Backend](Velox.md).
+
+````
+./build/mvn clean install -Pbackends-velox -Pspark-3.5 -Pdelta -DskipTests
+./build/mvn clean install -Pbackends-velox -Pspark-4.1 -Pscala-2.13 -Pjava-17 
-Pdelta \
+  -DskipTests -Dmaven.compiler.release=17
+````
+
+`dev/buildbundle-veloxbe.sh` does not pass `-Pdelta`, so its bundle has no 
Delta Lake support. No Gluten bundle contains the Delta Lake jar, including one 
built with `-Pdelta`. Add the jar from the table above. When 
`io.delta.sql.DeltaSparkSessionExtension` is not on the classpath, Gluten logs 
`Excluding runtime-incompatible component` and leaves its Delta support off.
+
+Native writes to HDFS, S3, GCS or ABFS paths need the native library built 
with `--enable_hdfs=ON`, `--enable_s3=ON`, `--enable_gcs=ON` or 
`--enable_abfs=ON`. Without that connector, scans of those paths fall back and 
native writes fail (see [Write problems](#write-problems)). From code.
+
+For example, on Spark 3.5:
+
+````
+spark-shell \
+  --packages io.delta:delta-spark_2.12:3.3.2 \
+  --jars gluten-velox-bundle-spark3.5_2.12-<os>_<arch>-<version>.jar \
+  --conf spark.plugins=org.apache.gluten.GlutenPlugin \
+  --conf spark.memory.offHeap.enabled=true \
+  --conf spark.memory.offHeap.size=4g \
+  --conf 
spark.shuffle.manager=org.apache.spark.shuffle.sort.ColumnarShuffleManager \
+  --conf spark.sql.extensions=io.delta.sql.DeltaSparkSessionExtension \
+  --conf 
spark.sql.catalog.spark_catalog=org.apache.spark.sql.delta.catalog.DeltaCatalog
+````
+
+On Spark 4.0 or 4.1, use the Delta Lake jar for that version and add `--conf 
spark.sql.ansi.enabled=false`.
+
+### ANSI mode on Spark 4.x
+
+Spark 4.0 and 4.1 turn ANSI mode on by default. With Gluten's default 
`spark.gluten.sql.ansiFallback.enabled=true`, every query then falls back, 
Delta scans and native writes included. From code.
+
+````
+spark.sql.ansi.enabled=false
+````
+
+Gluten's Delta tests run with ANSI mode off in CI. The nightly Delta Lake job 
turns ANSI mode off in the test setup that loads Gluten. That setup and some 
Gluten Delta suites also set `spark.gluten.sql.ansiFallback.enabled=false`. 
Spark 3.x behaves the same when ANSI mode is turned on. From code.
+
+Keeping ANSI on and setting `spark.gluten.sql.ansiFallback.enabled=false` 
removes that fallback. Velox then runs the offloaded operators with ANSI mode 
on. For Delta Lake, only the nightly Delta Lake job tests that combination, in 
the Delta Lake 4.2.0 suites that turn ANSI on. It has a known MERGE problem 
(see [MERGE, UPDATE and DELETE problems](#merge-update-and-delete-problems)).
+
+## Support Status
+The following values show the Delta Lake support status:
+
+| Value          | Description                                                 
               |
+|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| Offload        | Runs in the Velox backend. For writes, Velox writes the 
data files.       |
+| PartialOffload | Some operators run in Velox and the rest fall back          
               |
+| Fallback       | Runs on Spark or Delta Lake                                 
               |
+| Exception      | Fails instead of falling back                               
               |
+| ResultMismatch | Can return wrong results or write wrong files               
               |
+
+Not tested: no test covers the case.<br>
+From code: the status comes from reading the source. No test that runs in CI 
checks it.<br>
+Seen on 4.1: the nightly Delta Lake job on Spark 4.1 showed the result.<br>
+
+## Adding catalogs
+Fallback
+
+Catalog operations run on the driver.
+
+## Creating a table
+Fallback
+
+````
+CREATE TABLE t (id INT, name STRING) USING delta;
+````
+
+A table created without `AS SELECT` is a metadata-only commit. There is 
nothing to offload.
+
+Offload
+
+````
+SET spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.delta.enableNativeWrite=true;
+CREATE TABLE t2 USING delta AS SELECT * FROM t;
+````
+
+With `spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.delta.enableNativeWrite=true` on 
Spark 3.5 to 4.1, Velox writes the data files of `CREATE TABLE ... AS SELECT` 
and `REPLACE TABLE ... AS SELECT` when the target catalog is a DeltaCatalog. 
Seen on 4.1. On 3.5 and 4.0 this is from code.
+
+## Writing
+PartialOffload
+
+````
+INSERT INTO t SELECT id, name FROM source WHERE length(name) = 1;
+````
+
+Delta's writer writes the files of `INSERT`, with or without native write. The 
`SELECT` can run in Velox. From code.
+
+Fallback
+
+````
+INSERT INTO t VALUES (1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c');
+````
+
+With the default `spark.gluten.sql.columnar.localTableScan=false`, the 
`VALUES` scan runs on Spark. Delta's writer writes the files. From code.
+
+Offload
+
+````
+SET spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.delta.enableNativeWrite=true;
+UPDATE t SET name = 'b' WHERE id = 2;
+````
+
+Set `spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.delta.enableNativeWrite=true` to 
have Velox write the data files of the commands marked Offload in [Write 
commands](#write-commands). On Spark 4.x, also apply [ANSI mode on Spark 
4.x](#ansi-mode-on-spark-4x).
+
+Native write does not check the codec, the path scheme or the partition column 
types before it runs. Unsupported values make the task fail or write wrong 
files. Read [Write problems](#write-problems) before turning it on.
+
+### Checking the plan
+
+A command that Gluten wraps for native write shows a `GlutenDelta` node, for 
example `Execute GlutenDelta UpdateCommand` or `GlutenDelta 
AtomicCreateTableAsSelect`. Without the prefix, Delta's writer wrote the files.
+
+````
+val df = spark.sql("UPDATE delta.`/data/t` SET name = 'bb' WHERE id = 2")
+df.queryExecution.executedPlan.treeString.contains("GlutenDelta ")
+````
+
+The node also shows when Velox writes no data files. This happens for a DELETE 
that writes only deletion vectors or only metadata, and for a Spark 4.x write 
whose schema Velox cannot write, such as one with a VARIANT column. From code. 
For `DataFrameWriter` calls, read the plan from the Spark UI SQL tab or a 
`QueryExecutionListener`.
+
+### Write commands
+
+The Status column assumes Spark 3.5 to 4.1 with native write on. Otherwise 
every row is at best PartialOffload. In PartialOffload rows, Delta writes the 
files and the query that feeds the write can run in Velox.
+
+Gluten's CI checks a partitioned `save(path)` on 3.5 to 4.1 and OPTIMIZE on 
3.5. On 3.5 and 4.0, the copied Delta Lake suites also run UPDATE, DELETE, 
`save(path)` and `CREATE TABLE ... AS SELECT` with native write on. They check 
results only. On 4.1, the nightly job shows every Offload row except DELETE 
going through Velox's writer. The other Offload cases are from code.
+
+| SQL | DataFrame API | Status | Notes |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| | `df.write.format("delta").save(path)` | Offload | Every save mode, with or 
without `partitionBy`. |
+| `CREATE TABLE ... AS SELECT` | `writeTo(t).create()`, `saveAsTable(t)` when 
`t` does not exist and the mode is not overwrite | Offload | Needs a 
DeltaCatalog target. |
+| `REPLACE TABLE ... AS SELECT`, `CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE ... AS SELECT` | 
`writeTo(t).replace()`, `writeTo(t).createOrReplace()`, `saveAsTable(t)` in 
overwrite mode | Offload | Needs a DeltaCatalog target. |
+| `UPDATE` | `DeltaTable.update()` | Offload | On a table with deletion 
vectors, Velox writes only the updated rows. |
+| `DELETE` | `DeltaTable.delete()` | Offload | Velox writes the rewritten 
files. A deletion-vector DELETE and a metadata-only DELETE write no data files. 
|
+| `OPTIMIZE`, `OPTIMIZE ... WHERE` | | Offload | Bin-packing, by path or by 
name. |
+| `OPTIMIZE ... ZORDER BY`, `OPTIMIZE ... FULL`, `OPTIMIZE` on a 
liquid-clustered table | | PartialOffload | From code. |
+| `REORG TABLE ... APPLY (PURGE)`, `REORG TABLE ... APPLY (UPGRADE UNIFORM 
...)` | | PartialOffload | From code. |
+| `INSERT INTO ... SELECT`, `INSERT OVERWRITE`, `INSERT INTO ... REPLACE 
WHERE` | | PartialOffload | From code. To append natively, use `save(path)` in 
append mode. |
+| | `insertInto(t)`, `saveAsTable(t)` in append mode on an existing table, 
`writeTo(t).append()`, `overwrite(condition)`, `overwritePartitions()` | 
PartialOffload | From code. |
+| `MERGE INTO` | | PartialOffload | Scans and the DML target scan can run in 
Velox. Joins can too (from code). Native MERGE write is in progress in 
[#13324](https://github.com/apache/gluten/pull/13324). |
+| | `writeStream.format("delta")` | PartialOffload | Inside `foreachBatch`, 
batch writes follow the rows above. From code. |
+
+With native write on, `DESCRIBE HISTORY` operation metrics of `save(path)`, 
UPDATE, DELETE and `CREATE TABLE ... AS SELECT` match Delta Lake. Seen on 4.1.
+
+### Write features
+
+| Feature | Status | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| Optimized write | Offload | In the commands marked Offload, the rebalancing 
shuffle runs in Velox. If it fails validation, Delta's shuffle is used. Both 
are from code. `OPTIMIZE` never uses it. |
+| Auto compaction | Offload | Compacts natively written tables (seen on 4.1). 
After a native write, the compaction runs in a Gluten transaction (from code). 
After INSERT, MERGE or streaming writes, Delta's writer compacts (from code). |
+
+## Reading
+### Read data
+Offload/Fallback
+
+| Table type | Spark 3.4 / Delta Lake 2.4 | Spark 3.5 to 4.1 |
+|---|---|---|
+| Unpartitioned | Offload | Offload |
+| Partitioned | Offload | Offload |
+| Column mapping, name mode | Offload | Offload |
+| Column mapping, id mode | Offload, matched by physical name (from code) | 
Offload, matched by physical name (seen on 4.1) |
+| Files with deletion vectors | Fallback | Offload |
+| Change data feed, no deletion vectors in range | Offload. Scans of 
`_change_data` files fall back when the table allows deletion vectors (from 
code). | Offload |
+| Change data feed, deletion vectors in range | Fallback | Fallback |
+
+````
+SELECT count(1) AS count, name
+FROM t
+GROUP BY name;
+````
+
+Reads need no Gluten option. In `EXPLAIN` output, the native scan shows up as 
`FileDeltaScanTransformer`. `EXPLAIN FORMATTED` and the Spark UI plan graph 
show `DeltaScanTransformer`. Delta prunes partitions and skips files by 
statistics while it plans the query, before the scan runs.
+
+| Read | Status | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| By table name, ``delta.`/path` `` or `spark.read.format("delta").load(path)` 
| Offload | Same native scan. |
+| `VERSION AS OF` | Offload | Tested on Spark 3.4 to 4.1. |
+| `TIMESTAMP AS OF`, `versionAsOf`, `timestampAsOf` | Offload | From code. 
Delta Lake's `DeltaTimeTravelSuite` passes (seen on 4.1). |
+| Streaming source | Offload | Each micro-batch is a Delta file scan. From 
code. Delta Lake's `DeltaSourceSuite` passes (seen on 4.1). |
+| Dynamic partition pruning | Not tested | |
+
+### Deletion vectors
+Offload
+
+````
+ALTER TABLE t SET TBLPROPERTIES ('delta.enableDeletionVectors' = true);
+DELETE FROM t WHERE id IN (3, 4);
+SELECT * FROM t;
+````
+
+On Spark 3.5 to 4.1, Velox drops the deleted rows in the scan. This needs 
Delta's `spark.databricks.delta.deletionVectors.useMetadataRowIndex=true`, the 
default. The DML target scan, which finds the rows for new deletion vectors, 
also runs in Velox. Gluten tests check the scan on Spark 3.5 to 4.1 and the DML 
target scan on Spark 3.5 and 4.0. Delta writes the deletion-vector files.
+
+Fallback
+
+````
+SET spark.databricks.delta.deletionVectors.useMetadataRowIndex=false;
+SELECT * FROM t;
+````
+
+| Case | Behavior |
+|---|---|
+| Spark 3.5 to 4.1 with `useMetadataRowIndex=false` | A scan that reads 
Delta's generated `__delta_internal_is_row_deleted` or 
`__delta_internal_row_index` column falls back with `fallback Delta scan 
requiring generated DV metadata`. Delta adds the first column when any file in 
the scanned table version, micro-batch or DML file set has a deletion vector. 
It adds the second to DML target scans that write deletion vectors. Other scans 
offload. Tested on Spark 3.5 and 4.0. |
+| Spark 3.4, normal reads | A read falls back with `fallback Spark 3.4 Delta 
DV scan` when a file it selected has a deletion vector. Tested on Spark 3.4. A 
read whose selected files have none offloads (from code). |
+| Spark 3.4, DML target scans, streaming micro-batches and change data feed 
scans of `_change_data` files | Fall back whenever the table protocol allows 
deletion vectors. From code. |
+| `spark.databricks.delta.stats.skipping=false` | Delta Lake itself rejects 
reads of a table with deletion vectors with `Cannot work with a non-pinned 
table snapshot of the TahoeFileIndex` (seen on 4.1). Before Delta Lake 4.1.0, 
the table feature alone triggers it (from code). |
+
+The fallback reasons show in [Gluten UI](GlutenUI.md).
+
+### Change data feed
+Offload
+
+````
+CREATE TABLE c (id INT, name STRING) USING delta
+  TBLPROPERTIES ('delta.enableChangeDataFeed' = true);
+INSERT INTO c VALUES (1, 'a'), (2, 'b');
+UPDATE c SET name = 'bb' WHERE id = 2;
+SELECT id, name, _change_type, _commit_version
+FROM table_changes('c', 1)
+WHERE id = 2;
+````
+
+Gluten expands a batch change data feed read into Delta file scans that run in 
Velox with the filters pushed down. Delta also adds an empty placeholder scan 
to the plan. It falls back when the table has a MAP column (from code). If the 
expansion fails, Gluten logs a warning and the read uses Delta's change data 
feed scan on Spark. From code.
+
+Fallback
+
+````
+SET 
spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.delta.enableChangeDataFeedScan=false;
+SELECT * FROM table_changes('c', 1);
+````
+
+A read whose version range adds or removes a file with a deletion vector stays 
on Delta's change data feed scan on Spark. Insert-only ranges of a table with 
deletion vectors enabled still run in Velox. With 
`spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.delta.enableChangeDataFeedScan=false`, 
every batch change data feed read uses Delta's scan. Streaming change data feed 
reads ignore this option. They run as Delta file scans, and a scan whose files 
have deletion vectors falls back (from code).
+
+### Read metadata
+Offload
+
+````
+SELECT id, _metadata.file_path, _metadata.row_index
+FROM t
+WHERE _metadata.row_index = 2;
+````
+
+The native scan fills the `_metadata` file fields and `input_file_name()` 
(from code), and `_metadata.row_index`. Gluten tests check 
`_metadata.row_index` in the native scan on Spark 3.5 and 4.0, and Delta Lake 
tests that read it pass (seen on 4.1). Spark 3.4 is not tested. On row-tracking 
tables, `_metadata.row_id` and `_metadata.row_commit_version` are read natively 
(from code). They return correct values except in the cases in [Read 
problems](#read-problems) (seen on 4.1).
+
+Fallback
+
+````
+DESCRIBE HISTORY t;
+````
+
+Delta reads the transaction log on Spark. Every scan under `_delta_log`, 
checkpoints included, stays on Spark. From code. The reason is `fallback Delta 
_delta_log scan`.
+
+## Table features
+Offload/Fallback
+
+The Read column covers Spark 3.5 to 4.1. It covers Spark 3.4 only where the 
row names it. The Native write column applies to Spark 3.5 to 4.1 with native 
write on.
+
+| Feature | Read | Native write | Notes |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| Deletion vectors | Offload, Fallback on Spark 3.4 | PartialOffload | See 
[Deletion vectors](#deletion-vectors). |
+| Change data feed | Offload, also on Spark 3.4. Ranges with deletion vectors 
fall back. On Spark 3.4, scans of `_change_data` files also fall back when the 
table allows deletion vectors (from code). | Offload | UPDATE and DELETE write 
the `_change_data` files with Velox (from code). Change data feed reads of 
their changes are correct (seen on 4.1). See [Change data 
feed](#change-data-feed). |
+| Column mapping, name mode | Offload, also on Spark 3.4 | ResultMismatch | 
Files have no Parquet field IDs. Seen on 4.1. See [Write 
problems](#write-problems). |
+| Column mapping, id mode | Offload, also on Spark 3.4. ResultMismatch when 
field IDs differ from physical names (seen on 4.1). | ResultMismatch, Exception 
when Spark's reader reads the files (seen on 4.1) | Gluten matches columns by 
physical name. See [Known problems](#known-problems). |
+| Identity columns | Offload | Offload | Seen on 4.1. High-water marks are 
correct. The projection that generates identity values runs on Spark (from 
code). |
+| Generated columns | Offload | Offload | Seen on 4.1. No Gluten test covers 
generated columns. Velox computes the generated values when it supports the 
expression (from code). Partition filters derived from them reach the native 
scan. `DATE_FORMAT` results for years above 9999 differ (see [Write 
problems](#write-problems)). |
+| CHECK constraints, NOT NULL | Offload | Offload | Delta checks the rows on 
the JVM before Velox writes them. Gluten's tests cover NOT NULL on Spark 3.5 
and 4.0. Seen on 4.1. |
+| Row tracking | Offload, Exception for `_metadata.base_row_id` filters | 
Offload | Seen on 4.1. |
+| Liquid clustering | Offload | PartialOffload | Native commands write to 
clustered tables. `OPTIMIZE`, which clusters the data, uses Delta's writer. 
Both are from code. |
+| UniForm (IcebergCompatV1, V2) | | ResultMismatch, Exception when partitioned 
| The write status is from code. No test reads a UniForm table. |
+| Type widening | Offload, Exception for DATE to TIMESTAMP_NTZ | Offload, 
Exception for FLOAT or DOUBLE partition columns | Seen on 4.1. Spark 3.5 and 
4.0 are not covered. |
+| TIMESTAMP_NTZ | PartialOffload, also on Spark 3.4 | Offload, Exception for 
some writes (seen on 4.1) | See [DataType](#datatype). |
+| Variant, including shredding | Fallback | Fallback | Spark 4.x. From code. 
See [DataType](#datatype). |
+| Collations | Fallback | | Spark 4.x. From code. See [DataType](#datatype). |
+| materializePartitionColumns | | ResultMismatch | Spark 4.1. From code. |
+
+## DataType
+
+The native write columns apply to Spark 3.5 to 4.1 with native write on. On 
Spark 3.5 and 4.0, Gluten's tests write BOOLEAN, INT, BIGINT, STRING, STRUCT 
and ARRAY columns natively. The other native write statuses are seen on 4.1, 
unless a row says they are from code.
+
+| Type | Read | Native write | Native write as partition column | Notes |
 |---|---|---|---|---|
-| `spark-3.5` | Spark 3.5.x | 2.12 | 3.3.x | Supported |
-| `spark-4.0` | Spark 4.0.x | 2.13 | 4.0.x | Supported |
-
-Native Delta write is supported in both Spark 3.5 and Spark 4.0 profiles. The 
difference between
-the two rows above is the Spark/Delta compatibility target (Spark 3.5 + Delta 
3.3 vs Spark 4.0 +
-Delta 4.0), not a native-write capability gap.
-
-## Build and runtime notes
-
-Build Gluten with Delta support by enabling `-Pdelta` together with the Velox 
backend profile and a Spark profile.
-
-- Spark 3.5 build example:
-  - `mvn clean package -Pbackends-velox -Pdelta -Pspark-3.5 -DskipTests`
-- Spark 4.0 build example:
-  - `mvn clean package -Pbackends-velox -Pdelta -Pspark-4.0 -Pscala-2.13 
-Pjava-17 -DskipTests`
-
-Native Delta write is controlled by:
-
-- `spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.delta.enableNativeWrite`
-  - Default: `false`
-  - Type: experimental
-
-Native change data feed scan offload is controlled by:
-
-- `spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.delta.enableChangeDataFeedScan`
-  - Default: `true`
-  - Type: experimental
-
-The native DELETE/UPDATE/MERGE deletion-vector target scan is controlled by:
-
-- `spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.delta.enableNativeDmlRowIndexScan`
-  - Default: `true`
-  - Type: experimental
-  - When disabled, the DML target scan that produces file paths and row 
indexes for
-    deletion-vector writes stays on Spark; other scans are unaffected.
-
-| Feature | Delta minWriterVersion | Delta minReaderVersion | Iceberg 
format-version | Feature type | Supported by Gluten (Velox) |
-|---|---:|---:|---:|---|---|
-| Basic functionality | 2 | 1 | 1 | Writer | Yes |
-| CHECK constraints | 3 | 1 | N/A | Writer | No |
-| Change data feed | 4 | 1 | N/A | Writer | Yes |
-| Generated columns | 4 | 1 | N/A | Writer | Partial |
-| Column mapping | 5 | 2 | N/A | Reader and writer | Yes |
-| Identity columns | 6 | 1 | N/A | Writer | Yes |
-| Row tracking | 7 | 1 | 3 | Writer | Partial |
-| Deletion vectors | 7 | 3 | 3 | Reader and writer | Partial |
-| TimestampNTZ | 7 | 3 | 1 | Reader and writer | No |
-| Liquid clustering | 7 | 3 | 1 | Reader and writer | Yes |
-| Iceberg readers (UniForm) | 7 | 2 | N/A | Writer | Not tested |
-| Type widening | 7 | 3 | N/A | Reader and writer | Partial |
-| Variant | 7 | 3 | 3 | Reader and writer | Not tested |
-| Variant shredding | 7 | 3 | 3 | Reader and writer | Not tested |
-| Collations | 7 | 3 | N/A | Reader and writer | Not tested |
-| Protected checkpoints | 7 | 1 | N/A | Writer | Not tested |
+| BOOLEAN | Offload | Offload | Offload | |
+| TINYINT, SMALLINT, INT, BIGINT | Offload | Offload | Offload | |
+| FLOAT, DOUBLE | Offload | Offload | Exception | See [Write 
problems](#write-problems). |
+| DECIMAL | Offload | Offload | Offload | Precision above 18 included. |
+| STRING | Offload | Offload | Offload | |
+| CHAR, VARCHAR | Offload | Offload | | Stored as STRING. Delta checks the 
length on the JVM before the native write. Both statuses are from code. Reads 
return correct results (seen on 4.1). |
+| BINARY | Not tested | Not tested | Not tested | Only indirect coverage. |
+| DATE | Offload | Offload | Offload | |
+| TIMESTAMP | Offload, ResultMismatch for sub-millisecond partition values 
(seen on 4.1) | Offload | Offload, Exception for sub-millisecond values | The 
partition column status is from code. See [Known problems](#known-problems). |
+| TIMESTAMP_NTZ | PartialOffload | Offload, Exception for some writes (seen on 
4.1) | Offload, Exception for sub-millisecond values (seen on 4.1) | Filters, 
sorts, joins and other operators whose input or output includes a TIMESTAMP_NTZ 
column fall back, even when they do not use that column. Scans, aggregates, 
shuffles and some projections can run in Velox. These operator rules are from 
code. |
+| STRUCT, ARRAY, MAP | Offload | Offload | | |
+| VARIANT | Fallback | Fallback | | Spark 4.x. Shredded variant reads fall 
back too. Both statuses are from code. |
+| Collated STRING | Fallback | | | Spark 4.x. Scans that read the column fall 
back. Delta Lake 4.0.1 and 4.1.0 reject a collated column in a table schema 
with `DELTA_UNSUPPORTED_DATA_TYPES`. They cannot write to tables that have the 
`collations` feature. From code. |
+
+A plan node falls back when its output contains a type Velox does not support, 
such as VARIANT. With the default 
`spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.parquetUseColumnNames=true`, a scan 
that does not select such a column can still offload. From code. Delta Lake 
does not allow interval columns.
+
+## Format
+PartialOffload
+
+Delta data files are Parquet, and Gluten reads them with Velox's Parquet 
reader. Velox writes them only for native write commands on Spark 3.5 to 4.1. 
Otherwise Delta's Parquet writer writes them.
+
+### Natively written files
+
+| Property | Behavior |
+|---|---|
+| Compression | snappy (default), gzip, zstd (always level 3), lz4 (Hadoop 
framing), none. From code. Other codecs: see [Write problems](#write-problems). 
|
+| Row groups | Sized by `spark.gluten.sql.columnar.parquet.write.blockSize` 
and `spark.gluten.sql.native.parquet.write.blockRows`. `parquet.*` settings are 
ignored. From code. |
+| TIMESTAMP | INT64 microseconds. `spark.sql.parquet.outputTimestampType` is 
ignored. Delta Lake's writer uses INT96 by default. Spark reads both. From 
code. |
+| Parquet field IDs | Not written, for column-mapped and UniForm tables too. 
Seen on 4.1 for column mapping, from code for UniForm. See [Write 
problems](#write-problems). |
+| Spark schema footer entry | `org.apache.spark.sql.parquet.row.metadata` is 
not written ([#13288](https://github.com/apache/gluten/issues/13288)). Seen on 
4.1. |
+| Nested field names | Lowercased below the top level when 
`spark.sql.caseSensitive=false`. Spark and Gluten match them 
case-insensitively. A case-sensitive reader can miss them. From code. |
+| Page index | Always written. From code. |
+| `spark.sql.parquet.writeLegacyFormat=true` | Applies to DECIMAL only. Arrays 
and maps keep the standard layout. From code. |
+| File statistics | numRecords, min, max and nullCount are computed in Velox 
(checked on Spark 3.5). Gluten's tests check the values against the rows in 
each file on Spark 3.5 to 4.1. Most of Delta's data-skipping tests pass (seen 
on 4.1). 22 data-skipping tests that check statistics still fail. They expect 
specific rows in each file after `repartition(2)`. |
+| Data file paths | Come from Delta's committer, so names and random prefixes 
follow Delta. File names seen on 4.1, random prefixes from code. |
+
+## SQL
+
+| Statement | Status | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `SELECT` | Offload | See [Reading](#reading). |
+| `table_changes()` | Offload | Ranges with deletion vectors fall back. See 
[Change data feed](#change-data-feed). |
+| `CREATE TABLE ... AS SELECT`, `REPLACE TABLE ... AS SELECT` | Offload | With 
native write on, Spark 3.5 to 4.1, and a DeltaCatalog target. Seen on 4.1. See 
[Creating a table](#creating-a-table). |
+| `INSERT`, `UPDATE`, `DELETE`, `MERGE`, `OPTIMIZE`, `REORG` | | See [Write 
commands](#write-commands). |
+| `CREATE TABLE` without `AS SELECT`, `DROP TABLE`, `DESCRIBE` | Fallback | 
They read and write no data files. From code. |
+| `ALTER TABLE` | Fallback, PartialOffload when it reads data | Most forms 
read and write no data files. `ADD CONSTRAINT` and `ALTER COLUMN ... SYNC 
IDENTITY` scan the table, and that scan can run in Velox. `DROP FEATURE` and 
`SET TBLPROPERTIES ('delta.columnMapping.mode' = 'none')` can rewrite data 
files with Delta's writer. From code. |
+| `VACUUM`, `RESTORE`, `SHALLOW CLONE` | | They write no Parquet data files. 
From code. |
+| `CONVERT TO DELTA` | PartialOffload | Writes no Parquet data files. Unless 
the statement has `NO STATISTICS` or 
`spark.databricks.delta.stats.collect=false` is set, it scans the Parquet files 
for statistics. That scan can run in Velox. From code. |
+
+## Schema evolution
+PartialOffload
+
+The `mergeSchema` and `overwriteSchema` rows need native write on Spark 3.5 to 
4.1. Otherwise Delta writes the files.
+
+| Change | Status | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `mergeSchema` with `save(path)` | Offload | Velox writes the evolved schema. 
|
+| `overwriteSchema` with `save(path)` | Offload | Delta applies the change 
before the write. |
+| Schema evolution in SQL `INSERT` | PartialOffload | From code. |
+| Schema evolution in `MERGE` | PartialOffload | Results match Delta Lake 
except for some STRUCT map key changes. See [MERGE, UPDATE and DELETE 
problems](#merge-update-and-delete-problems). The two TIMESTAMP_NTZ widening 
tests fail before the MERGE runs, in a setup write of TIMESTAMP_NTZ values. 
Seen on 4.1. |
+| `RENAME COLUMN` with column mapping | Offload | Reads after top-level and 
nested renames return correct results. After a top-level rename, partition 
pruning and file skipping still work. |
+| `DROP COLUMN` with column mapping | Offload | Seen on 4.1. Plan not checked. 
|
+| Type widening | Offload, Exception for DATE to TIMESTAMP_NTZ | Seen on 4.1. 
See [Table features](#table-features). |
+| `spark.sql.parquet.mergeSchema=true` | Fallback | Every Parquet scan falls 
back, Delta scans included. From code. |
+
+## Known problems
+
+### Read problems
+
+| Problem | Status | Versions | Issue |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| A column default stored as `EXISTS_DEFAULT` metadata, for example after 
`CONVERT TO DELTA`, reads as NULL for rows in files without that column. | 
ResultMismatch | Seen on 4.1. #11494 reports the same bug for plain Parquet on 
3.4 to 4.1. | [#11494](https://github.com/apache/gluten/issues/11494) |
+| In column mapping id mode, when field IDs no longer match the Parquet column 
names, Gluten returns the column with the matching physical name. Delta Lake 
returns NULL or the column the ID points to. | ResultMismatch | 3.4 to 4.1, 
seen on 4.1 | [#12241](https://github.com/apache/gluten/issues/12241) |
+| On a TIMESTAMP-partitioned table with six partition values from .1 to 
.123456 seconds, `count(DISTINCT ts)` returns 3, as if the values were 
truncated to milliseconds. Equality filters on the column still return the 
right rows. | ResultMismatch | Seen on 4.1 | |
+| Reading a column widened from DATE to TIMESTAMP_NTZ fails with `Converted 
type DATE is not allowed for requested type TIMESTAMP`. | Exception | Seen on 
4.1 | |
+| A query that selects only `_metadata.file_name` from a table with a BIGINT 
data column named `file_name` reads the data column and fails with `Converted 
type BIGINT is not allowed for requested type VARCHAR`. | Exception | Seen on 
4.1 | |
+| A filter on `_metadata.base_row_id` fails with `Synthesized column 
'base_row_id' failed filter validation`. | Exception | Seen on 4.1 | |
+| On a row-tracking table whose older files lack base row IDs, selecting 
`_metadata.row_id` returns rows. Delta raises an error. Delta Lake's test 
creates this state with a manual metadata commit. `ALTER TABLE ... SET 
TBLPROPERTIES` backfills base row IDs when it enables row tracking. | 
ResultMismatch | Seen on 4.1 | |
+| Reading or deleting from a 2-billion-row table with deletion vectors can 
grow native memory until the JVM is killed. Delta Lake's two 2-billion-row 
tests reproduce it. The nightly job force-fails both tests. | Exception | 
Reported on 4.1 | [#12387](https://github.com/apache/gluten/issues/12387) |
+| With `spark.databricks.delta.deletionVectors.useMetadataRowIndex=true`, the 
default, selecting `__delta_internal_is_row_deleted` from a relation built by 
hand over `DeltaParquetFileFormat` drops the deleted rows and returns 1 for the 
rows it keeps. The column is not in the table schema, so SQL and DataFrame 
queries over the table cannot select it. | ResultMismatch | Seen on 4.1 |  |
+| Scans of a table with many small files can be slower than vanilla Spark on 
EBS storage. In the report, two of five TPC-DS SF1000 queries take 2.2 and 3.4 
times as long as on vanilla Spark, with 182,300 files in one table. A 
maintainer did not see the slowdown on a host with local NVMe storage. | | 
Reported on 3.4 | [#10778](https://github.com/apache/gluten/issues/10778) |
+
+### Write problems
+
+These need native write on, unless a row says otherwise.
+
+| Problem | Status | Versions | Issue |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| A write partitioned by a FLOAT or DOUBLE column fails with `Unsupported 
partition type`. | Exception | 3.5 to 4.1, seen on 4.1 | 
[#13138](https://github.com/apache/gluten/issues/13138) |
+| A write to a path scheme the native library cannot write fails at task time. 
This covers custom Hadoop file systems, and S3, GCS, HDFS or ABFS in a build 
without that connector. | Exception | 3.5 to 4.1, seen on 4.1 (custom file 
system), from code (missing connector) | 
[#4963](https://github.com/apache/gluten/issues/4963) |
+| Files written for a column mapping table, in name or id mode, have no 
Parquet field IDs, which the Delta Lake protocol requires. Delta Lake and 
Gluten read name-mode files by physical name. Readers that match by field ID 
cannot. | ResultMismatch | 3.5 to 4.1, seen on 4.1 | |
+| Spark's own reader fails on natively written id-mode files with `Spark read 
schema expects field Ids, but Parquet file schema doesn't contain any field 
Ids`. Spark uses this reader when a scan falls back or Gluten is off. With 
`spark.sql.parquet.fieldId.read.ignoreMissing=true`, Spark skips this check and 
returns NULL for the data columns of these files (from code). That setting is 
not tested with these files. | Exception | 3.5 to 4.1, seen on 4.1 | |
+| Files written for a UniForm table have no Parquet field IDs, so the Iceberg 
metadata points at files without IDs. No error is raised. | ResultMismatch | 
3.5 to 4.1, from code | [#12957](https://github.com/apache/gluten/pull/12957) |
+| A write to a partitioned UniForm table fails with `The file schema type 
should be equal with the input rowvector type`. | Exception | 3.5 to 4.1, from 
code | |
+| Writes to a table with the `materializePartitionColumns` feature leave the 
partition columns out of the data files. | ResultMismatch | 4.1, from code | |
+| Some writes of a TIMESTAMP_NTZ data column fail with `The file schema type 
should be equal with the input rowvector type`. Delta Lake's type widening 
tests fail this way when they write `CAST(value AS TIMESTAMP_NTZ)`. Delta 
Lake's data skipping tests also write that cast and pass. On Spark 4.x, 
`spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.enableTimestampNtzValidation=true` 
sends TIMESTAMP_NTZ writes to Delta's writer. It is not tested as a workaround. 
| Exception | Seen on 4.1 | |
+| A partitioned write fails in Velox's `PartitionIdGenerator` when a TIMESTAMP 
or TIMESTAMP_NTZ partition value has sub-millisecond digits. | Exception | 3.5 
to 4.1, seen on 4.1 (TIMESTAMP_NTZ), from code (TIMESTAMP) | |
+| A generated partition column such as `DATE_FORMAT(ts, 'yyyy-MM')` stores 
`12345-07` for the year 12345. Spark stores `+12345-07`. Not checked with 
native write off. | ResultMismatch | Seen on 4.1 | |
+| The `compression` option set to brotli or lzo fails the write. | Exception | 
3.5 to 4.1, from code | |
+| The `compression` option set to lz4_raw writes Snappy data into a 
`.lz4raw.parquet` file. | ResultMismatch | 3.5 to 4.1, from code | |
+| `maxRecordsPerFile` on an unpartitioned write counts rows but writes whole 
batches. When the limit is smaller than a batch, the whole batch goes into one 
file and the files rotated for that batch are empty. | ResultMismatch | 3.5 to 
4.1, from code | |
+| `spark.sql.maxConcurrentOutputFileWriters` above 0 makes a partitioned write 
with unsorted input fail with `Underlying columnar data is inaccessible from 
BatchCarrierRow`. | Exception | 3.5 to 4.1, from code | |
+| An unpartitioned native write whose first task gets no rows, for example a 
write of an empty DataFrame, leaves a 0-byte file that is not valid Parquet. 
Reading the table directory as plain Parquet can then fail with `is not a 
Parquet file (length is too low: 0)`. With statistics on, the file stays on 
disk until `VACUUM`. With `spark.databricks.delta.stats.collect=false`, Delta 
commits it. The last two sentences are from code. | ResultMismatch | 3.5 to 
4.1, seen on 4.1 | |
+| A statistics aggregation that Velox cannot offload fails the write with 
`ClassCastException`. The TIMESTAMP_NTZ case from the issue no longer fails on 
main. | Exception | 3.5 to 4.1, from code | 
[#12538](https://github.com/apache/gluten/issues/12538) |
+
+### MERGE, UPDATE and DELETE problems
+
+MERGE does not use native write, so the MERGE rows also apply with native 
write off (from code).
+
+| Problem | Status | Versions | Issue |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| UPDATE or DELETE through a temp view that swaps column names, such as 
`SELECT value AS key, key AS value FROM t`, changes different rows than Delta 
Lake. In Delta Lake's test, a DELETE removes both rows where Delta Lake removes 
one. Not checked with native write off. | ResultMismatch | 3.5 to 4.1, seen on 
4.1 | |
+| MERGE operation metrics in `DESCRIBE HISTORY` are too high, and a MERGE that 
changes nothing records change data rows on a change data feed table. | 
ResultMismatch | 3.5 to 4.1, seen on 4.1 | 
[#9003](https://github.com/apache/gluten/issues/9003) |
+| With ANSI mode on, `spark.gluten.sql.ansiFallback.enabled=false` and 
`spark.databricks.delta.updateAndMergeCastingFollowsAnsiEnabledFlag=true`, a 
MERGE that casts `ARRAY<BIGINT>` to `ARRAY<INT>` or `MAP<STRING,BIGINT>` to 
`MAP<STRING,INT>` with overflowing values completes without an error. This was 
seen in a `WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE` clause and in a `WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN 
INSERT` clause inside `foreachBatch`. The Delta Lake flag is internal and false 
by default. | ResultMismatch | Seen on 4.1 | |
+| MERGE schema evolution that adds or removes fields of a STRUCT map key can 
fail with `map key cannot be indeterminate`. | Exception | Seen on 4.1 | |
+
+### Error types
+
+These operations fail as in Delta Lake, with a different exception type or 
error class. A failed write commits nothing (from code). Seen on 4.1. Spark 3.5 
and 4.0 share the code.
+
+| Failure | Delta Lake raises | Gluten raises |
+|---|---|---|
+| CHECK, NOT NULL or generated-column violation on a partitioned native write. 
The NOT NULL case is from code. | `DeltaInvariantViolationException` | 
`SparkException` (`TASK_WRITE_FAILED`) wrapping `GlutenException` |
+| `replaceWhere` violation on a partitioned native write | 
`DeltaAnalysisException` (`DELTA_REPLACE_WHERE_MISMATCH`) | `SparkException` 
(`TASK_WRITE_FAILED`) wrapping `GlutenException` |
+| Store-assignment cast overflow in a MERGE `WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE` clause 
| `DeltaArithmeticException` (`DELTA_CAST_OVERFLOW_IN_TABLE_WRITE`) | 
`GlutenException` |
+| ANSI cast overflow evaluated in Velox | `SparkArithmeticException` | 
`GlutenException` (`VeloxUserError`) |
+| Missing data file | `SparkException` (`FAILED_READ_FILE.FILE_NOT_EXIST`) on 
Spark 4.x | `SparkException` wrapping `GlutenException` (`FILE_NOT_FOUND`) |
+
+For errors raised on the JVM, the Delta Lake message stays in the 
`GlutenException` message. On unpartitioned `save(path)` writes, CHECK and NOT 
NULL violations keep Delta Lake's exception types. Tracked in 
[#11912](https://github.com/apache/gluten/issues/11912).
+
+## Configuration
+### Gluten Options
+
+| Gluten option | Default | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.delta.enableNativeWrite | false | 
Experimental. Velox writes the data files of the commands marked Offload in 
[Write commands](#write-commands). Spark 3.5 to 4.1. No effect on Spark 3.4. |
+| spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.delta.enableNativeDmlRowIndexScan | 
true | Experimental. When false, the DML target scan that reads row indexes for 
deletion vectors stays on Spark. Other scans still offload. |
+| spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.delta.enableChangeDataFeedScan | 
true | Experimental. When false, batch change data feed reads use Delta Lake's 
change data feed scan. |
+| spark.gluten.sql.columnar.filescan | true | When false, every V1 file source 
scan (`FileSourceScanExec`) falls back, Delta scans included. No Gluten option 
turns off Delta scans alone. |
+| spark.gluten.sql.ansiFallback.enabled | true | With ANSI mode on, every 
query falls back. See [ANSI mode on Spark 4.x](#ansi-mode-on-spark-4x). |
+| spark.gluten.sql.columnar.parquet.write.blockSize | 128MB | Row-group size 
for native Delta writes. |
+| spark.gluten.sql.native.parquet.write.blockRows | 100000000 | Row-group row 
limit for native Delta writes. |
+| spark.gluten.sql.native.writer.enabled | (unset) | Controls native writes of 
non-Delta Parquet files. Unset means on. No effect on Delta writes. |
+| spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.enableTimestampNtzValidation | false 
| When true, every operator whose input or output includes TIMESTAMP_NTZ falls 
back. On Spark 4.x, native Delta writes of TIMESTAMP_NTZ schemas then use 
Delta's writer. From code. |
+| spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.scanMapKeyPruningEnabled | false | 
When true, Velox skips map keys a query does not look up, if the lookups sit in 
filters and projections directly above the scan. Applies to Delta scans without 
column mapping, with or without deletion vectors. Off for column-mapped tables. 
|
+| spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.parquetUseColumnNames | true | Velox 
matches Parquet columns by name. Id-mode column mapping tables are read by 
physical name. When false, id-mode tables are read by position and name-mode 
tables still by physical name. From code. |
+| spark.gluten.sql.fallbackUnexpectedMetadataParquet | false | When true, 
Delta scans fall back if a sampled file is encrypted, carries legacy datetime 
rebase metadata, uses LZO or BROTLI, or has variant annotations. LZ4_RAW also 
counts on Spark 4.0 and 4.1. The variant check runs on Spark 4.1 only. The 
sample is the first `spark.gluten.sql.fallbackUnexpectedMetadataParquet.limit` 
files (default 10) under the table root. `_delta_log` files count, so the 
sample may contain no data files. The check is skipped when 
`spark.gluten.sql.scan.fileSchemeValidation.enabled=false`. From code. |
+| spark.gluten.sql.scan.fileSchemeValidation.enabled | true | Scans on a file 
scheme Velox cannot read fall back. |
+
+The three `spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.delta.*` options are read 
per query, so `SET` changes them for the session.
+
+### Catalogs
+
+Gluten does not change DeltaCatalog. `CREATE TABLE ... AS SELECT` and `REPLACE 
TABLE ... AS SELECT` are written natively only through a DeltaCatalog (from 
code). With native write on, `UPDATE`, `DELETE`, plain `OPTIMIZE` and 
`save(path)` are written natively with any catalog (from code).
+
+### SQL Extensions
+Fallback
+
+Supports `spark.sql.extensions=io.delta.sql.DeltaSparkSessionExtension`. 
Gluten does not offload the command nodes of Delta's own SQL commands, such as 
`VACUUM`, `RESTORE` and `DESCRIBE HISTORY`. Their `_delta_log` scans stay on 
Spark. From code. `OPTIMIZE` follows [Write commands](#write-commands). 
GlutenPlugin appends its own extension.
+
+### Runtime configuration
+The "Gluten Support" column uses these values:
+
+✅ Supported<br>
+❌ Not Supported<br>
+⚠️ Partial Support<br>
+🚫 Not applied or transparent to Gluten<br>
+
+A blank cell means unknown.
+
+### Spark SQL Options
+
+| Option | Default | Description | Gluten Support |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| spark.sql.extensions | (none) | Set to 
`io.delta.sql.DeltaSparkSessionExtension`. | ✅ |
+| spark.sql.catalog.spark_catalog | builtin on Spark 4.x, (unset) on 3.x | Set 
to `org.apache.spark.sql.delta.catalog.DeltaCatalog`. | ✅ |
+| spark.sql.ansi.enabled | true on Spark 4.x, false on 3.x | When true, every 
query falls back unless `spark.gluten.sql.ansiFallback.enabled=false`. | ⚠️ |
+| spark.sql.parquet.compression.codec | snappy | Codec for native writes when 
the `compression` option is unset. | ⚠️ |
+| spark.sql.files.maxRecordsPerFile | 0 | Exact on partitioned native writes. 
See [Write problems](#write-problems). | ⚠️ |
+| spark.sql.maxConcurrentOutputFileWriters | 0 | Above 0, partitioned native 
writes with unsorted input fail. From code. | ❌ |
+| spark.sql.files.ignoreMissingFiles | false | Passed to Velox. Native scans 
skip missing files when true. | ✅ |
+| spark.sql.parquet.mergeSchema | false | When true, Delta scans fall back. 
From code. | ❌ |
+| spark.sql.parquet.outputTimestampType | INT96 | Ignored by native writes. 
From code. See [Natively written files](#natively-written-files). | ❌ |
+| spark.sql.parquet.writeLegacyFormat | false | Native writes apply it to 
DECIMAL only. From code. See [Natively written files](#natively-written-files). 
| ⚠️ |
+| spark.sql.caseSensitive | false | When false, native writes lowercase nested 
struct field names. From code. | ⚠️ |
+| spark.sql.sources.partitionOverwriteMode | STATIC | With native write on, 
Velox writes the files of a dynamic overwrite through `save(path)`, and the 
results are correct (seen on 4.1). | ✅ |
+| spark.databricks.delta.deletionVectors.useMetadataRowIndex | true | When 
false, scans that read Delta's generated deletion vector columns fall back. See 
[Deletion vectors](#deletion-vectors). | ⚠️ |
+| spark.databricks.delta.stats.collect | true | Native writes compute file 
statistics in Velox. | ✅ |
+| spark.databricks.delta.stats.skipping | true | Delta skips files by 
statistics before the scan runs. The scan offloads either way, except in the 
deletion-vector case in [Deletion vectors](#deletion-vectors). | 🚫 |
+| spark.databricks.delta.optimizeWrite.enabled | (unset) | Native writes run 
the optimized write shuffle in Velox (from code). File counts match Delta Lake 
(seen on 4.1). | ✅ |
+| spark.databricks.delta.optimizeWrite.binSize | 512 (MiB) | Used by the 
native optimized write shuffle. From code. | ✅ |
+| spark.databricks.delta.autoCompact.enabled | (unset) | Compacts natively 
written tables. Seen on 4.1. | ✅ |
+| spark.databricks.delta.schema.autoMerge.enabled | false | Delta applies 
schema changes before the write. | 🚫 |
+| spark.databricks.delta.dynamicPartitionOverwrite.enabled | true | Delta 
decides which partitions to replace. | ✅ |
+| spark.databricks.delta.merge.repartitionBeforeWrite.enabled | true | MERGE 
uses Delta's writer, so this only shapes Delta's write. | 🚫 |
+| spark.databricks.delta.optimize.maxFileSize | 1073741824 (1 GiB) | Delta 
plans the bins. With native write on, Velox writes the files of plain 
`OPTIMIZE`. | ✅ |
+| spark.databricks.delta.optimize.minFileSize | 1073741824 (1 GiB) | Delta 
plans the bins. With native write on, Velox writes the files of plain 
`OPTIMIZE`. | ✅ |
+| spark.databricks.delta.write.txnAppId, 
spark.databricks.delta.write.txnVersion | (unset) | Idempotent writes. Commit 
only. | 🚫 |
+| spark.databricks.delta.commitInfo.userMetadata | (unset) | Commit only. | 🚫 |
+| spark.databricks.delta.properties.defaults.* | (unset) | Default for the 
matching `delta.*` table property on new tables. | 🚫 |
+
+`spark.databricks.delta.deletionVectors.useMetadataRowIndex`, 
`spark.databricks.delta.optimizeWrite.enabled`, 
`spark.databricks.delta.optimizeWrite.binSize` and 
`spark.databricks.delta.autoCompact.enabled` do not exist in Delta Lake 2.4.0.
+
+#### Read options
+
+| Option | Default | Description | Gluten Support |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| versionAsOf | (latest) | Version of the table snapshot to read. Seen on 4.1. 
| ✅ |
+| timestampAsOf | (latest) | Read the snapshot current at this timestamp. Seen 
on 4.1. | ✅ |
+| readChangeFeed | false | Read the change data feed. Ranges with deletion 
vectors fall back. | ⚠️ |
+| startingVersion, endingVersion | (none) | Change data feed version range. 
`startingVersion` also applies to streaming reads. | ✅ |
+| startingTimestamp, endingTimestamp | (none) | Change data feed timestamp 
range. `startingTimestamp` also applies to streaming reads. Seen on 4.1. | ✅ |
+| maxFilesPerTrigger | 1000 | Streaming: files per micro-batch | 🚫 |
+| maxBytesPerTrigger | (unset) | Streaming: bytes per micro-batch | 🚫 |
+| ignoreDeletes, ignoreChanges, skipChangeCommits | false | Streaming: how to 
treat commits that remove data | 🚫 |
+| excludeRegex | (none) | Streaming: skip files whose path matches | 🚫 |
+| failOnDataLoss | true | Streaming: fail when Delta log files the stream 
needs are missing | 🚫 |
+| allowSourceColumnDrop, allowSourceColumnRename, allowSourceColumnTypeChange 
| (unset) | Streaming schema tracking. Delta Lake 4.0.1 and 4.1.0. | 🚫 |
+
+#### Write options
+
+| Option | Default | Description | Gluten Support |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| compression | spark.sql.parquet.compression.codec | Native writes support 
the codecs in [Natively written files](#natively-written-files). | ⚠️ |
+| maxRecordsPerFile | spark.sql.files.maxRecordsPerFile | Exact on partitioned 
native writes. See [Write problems](#write-problems). | ⚠️ |
+| partitionOverwriteMode | spark.sql.sources.partitionOverwriteMode | 
`dynamic` works through `save(path)`. `INSERT OVERWRITE` and `insertInto` use 
Delta's writer (from code). | ✅ |
+| replaceWhere | (none) | A violating partitioned native write fails and 
commits nothing, with a different error type (see [Error types](#error-types)). 
| ⚠️ |
+| mergeSchema | spark.databricks.delta.schema.autoMerge.enabled | Delta 
applies the schema change before the write. | 🚫 |
+| overwriteSchema | false | Delta applies the schema change before the write. 
| 🚫 |
+| optimizeWrite | (unset) | Runs the rebalancing shuffle in Velox before the 
native write. From code. | ✅ |
+| txnAppId, txnVersion | (unset) | Idempotent writes. Commit only. | 🚫 |
+| userMetadata | (unset) | Stored in `commitInfo.userMetadata`. Commit only. | 
🚫 |
+| dataChange | true | Sets `dataChange` on the file actions. Commit only. | 🚫 |
+| parquet.* (writer option or Hadoop setting) | | Ignored by native writes 
(from code). Use `spark.gluten.sql.columnar.parquet.write.blockSize` for row 
groups. | ❌ |
+| fs.* Hadoop file system options | | A custom file system scheme fails on 
native writes (seen on 4.1). Per-write options for supported stores, such as 
`fs.s3a.access.key`, are not tested with native writes. | ❌ |

Review Comment:
   Split into two rows like you suggested. On the per-write options row I kept 
❌ instead of leaving it blank, since from the code those options don't reach 
the native writer, so it's a known gap rather than just untested.
   



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docs/get-started/VeloxDelta.md:
##########
@@ -1,62 +1,572 @@
-# Delta Lake Feature Support Status in Apache Gluten (Velox Backend)
+---
+layout: page
+title: Delta Lake Support in Velox Backend
+nav_order: 13
+parent: Getting-Started
+---
 
-This document summarizes the support status of **Delta Lake table features** 
when used with **Apache Gluten (Velox backend)**.
+# Delta Lake Support in Velox Backend
 
-## Supported Spark / Delta combinations
+## Supported Spark version
 
-| Spark profile | Spark version | Scala version | Delta Lake version | Status |
+| Spark | Delta Lake | Delta Lake jar | Read | Native write | Tested by |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| 3.4.4 | 2.4.0 | `io.delta:delta-core_2.12:2.4.0` | Offload. Deletion vector 
scans fall back. | None | Gluten suites |
+| 3.5.5 | 3.3.2 | `io.delta:delta-spark_2.12:3.3.2` (`_2.13` for Scala 2.13) | 
Offload | Experimental, off by default | Gluten suites, copied Delta Lake 
suites (Scala 2.12 only) |
+| 4.0.2 | 4.0.1 | `io.delta:delta-spark_2.13:4.0.1` | Offload | Experimental, 
off by default | Gluten suites, copied Delta Lake suites tagged 
`ExtendedSQLTest` |
+| 4.1.1 | 4.1.0 | `io.delta:delta-spark_4.1_2.13:4.1.0` | Offload | 
Experimental, off by default | Gluten suites, nightly Delta Lake 4.2.0 job |
+| 4.2 | None on main | | None | None | None |

Review Comment:
   Done, all the examples now use regular fences with a language (sql, bash, 
scala, properties).
   



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##########
@@ -1,62 +1,572 @@
-# Delta Lake Feature Support Status in Apache Gluten (Velox Backend)
+---
+layout: page
+title: Delta Lake Support in Velox Backend
+nav_order: 13
+parent: Getting-Started
+---
 
-This document summarizes the support status of **Delta Lake table features** 
when used with **Apache Gluten (Velox backend)**.
+# Delta Lake Support in Velox Backend
 
-## Supported Spark / Delta combinations
+## Supported Spark version
 
-| Spark profile | Spark version | Scala version | Delta Lake version | Status |
+| Spark | Delta Lake | Delta Lake jar | Read | Native write | Tested by |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| 3.4.4 | 2.4.0 | `io.delta:delta-core_2.12:2.4.0` | Offload. Deletion vector 
scans fall back. | None | Gluten suites |
+| 3.5.5 | 3.3.2 | `io.delta:delta-spark_2.12:3.3.2` (`_2.13` for Scala 2.13) | 
Offload | Experimental, off by default | Gluten suites, copied Delta Lake 
suites (Scala 2.12 only) |
+| 4.0.2 | 4.0.1 | `io.delta:delta-spark_2.13:4.0.1` | Offload | Experimental, 
off by default | Gluten suites, copied Delta Lake suites tagged 
`ExtendedSQLTest` |
+| 4.1.1 | 4.1.0 | `io.delta:delta-spark_4.1_2.13:4.1.0` | Offload | 
Experimental, off by default | Gluten suites, nightly Delta Lake 4.2.0 job |
+| 4.2 | None on main | | None | None | None |
+
+Each Spark profile from 3.4 to 4.1 builds against the one Delta Lake release 
in the table. The copied Delta Lake suites run with native write on.
+
+Spark 4.1 is the most tested. A nightly job builds Delta Lake 4.2.0 from 
source and runs its Spark test suites on Spark 4.1. It puts a Gluten bundle 
compiled against Delta Lake 4.1.0 on the test classpath. It patches Delta 
Lake's `DeltaSQLCommandTest` to load Gluten with native write on. "Seen on 4.1" 
on this page refers to that job. Its known failures are listed in 
`.github/workflows/util/delta-spark-ut/known-failures.txt`. Four entries are 
two 2-billion-row deletion vector tests, run in two suites, that the job 
force-fails. Some entries check a query plan that changes once Gluten offloads 
it. Read the README in that directory before treating an entry as a Gluten bug.
+
+On Spark 4.1, Gluten's own suites check deletion vector reads and a 
partitioned native `save(path)`. Other native writes on Spark 4.1 are checked 
only by the nightly job.
+
+Delta Lake support for Spark 4.2 is in progress in 
[#13271](https://github.com/apache/gluten/pull/13271).
+
+### Build and run
+
+Delta Lake support is compiled in only with the `-Pdelta` Maven profile. Build 
the native library first, as described in [Gluten with Velox Backend](Velox.md).
+
+````
+./build/mvn clean install -Pbackends-velox -Pspark-3.5 -Pdelta -DskipTests
+./build/mvn clean install -Pbackends-velox -Pspark-4.1 -Pscala-2.13 -Pjava-17 
-Pdelta \
+  -DskipTests -Dmaven.compiler.release=17
+````
+
+`dev/buildbundle-veloxbe.sh` does not pass `-Pdelta`, so its bundle has no 
Delta Lake support. No Gluten bundle contains the Delta Lake jar, including one 
built with `-Pdelta`. Add the jar from the table above. When 
`io.delta.sql.DeltaSparkSessionExtension` is not on the classpath, Gluten logs 
`Excluding runtime-incompatible component` and leaves its Delta support off.
+
+Native writes to HDFS, S3, GCS or ABFS paths need the native library built 
with `--enable_hdfs=ON`, `--enable_s3=ON`, `--enable_gcs=ON` or 
`--enable_abfs=ON`. Without that connector, scans of those paths fall back and 
native writes fail (see [Write problems](#write-problems)). From code.
+
+For example, on Spark 3.5:
+
+````
+spark-shell \
+  --packages io.delta:delta-spark_2.12:3.3.2 \
+  --jars gluten-velox-bundle-spark3.5_2.12-<os>_<arch>-<version>.jar \
+  --conf spark.plugins=org.apache.gluten.GlutenPlugin \
+  --conf spark.memory.offHeap.enabled=true \
+  --conf spark.memory.offHeap.size=4g \
+  --conf 
spark.shuffle.manager=org.apache.spark.shuffle.sort.ColumnarShuffleManager \
+  --conf spark.sql.extensions=io.delta.sql.DeltaSparkSessionExtension \
+  --conf 
spark.sql.catalog.spark_catalog=org.apache.spark.sql.delta.catalog.DeltaCatalog
+````
+
+On Spark 4.0 or 4.1, use the Delta Lake jar for that version and add `--conf 
spark.sql.ansi.enabled=false`.
+
+### ANSI mode on Spark 4.x
+
+Spark 4.0 and 4.1 turn ANSI mode on by default. With Gluten's default 
`spark.gluten.sql.ansiFallback.enabled=true`, every query then falls back, 
Delta scans and native writes included. From code.
+
+````
+spark.sql.ansi.enabled=false

Review Comment:
   Renamed it to "Supported Spark and Delta Lake versions".
   



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