voonhous commented on code in PR #19691:
URL: https://github.com/apache/hudi/pull/19691#discussion_r3841771931


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hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/dml/schema/TestVariantDataType.scala:
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@@ -977,6 +978,107 @@ class TestVariantDataType extends HoodieSparkSqlTestBase {
     }
   }
 
+  test("Test Spark 3.x schema-on-read reads of a variant table with a 
committed internal schema") {
+    // #18021: hoodie.schema.on.read.enable resolves the schema through the 
InternalSchema round
+    // trip, whose sentinel detection restores the VARIANT logical type - the 
exact input
+    // HoodieSparkSchemaConverters rejects on Spark 3.x. Verified 2026-08-20: 
every leg fails
+    // LOUDLY with the same actionable error as the plain auto-resolve path; 
there is no silent
+    // wrong data and no obscure secondary failure. Notably that includes the 
documented
+    // struct-DDL compat mode, which works on this same table with the conf 
off (pinned below)
+    // but breaks once it is on, because internal-schema resolution overrides 
the user's DDL.
+    // Real support is #18285; until then Spark 3.x compat-mode readers must 
keep
+    // hoodie.schema.on.read.enable off - necessary, but only sufficient off a 
Hive catalog:
+    // DefaultSource discards the user schema outright when 
isUsingHiveCatalog, so under HMS the
+    // struct DDL below is never seen and the read throws with the conf off 
too. This test runs
+    // on the in-memory catalog, so it pins the non-Hive half only.
+    assume(HoodieSparkUtils.isSpark3, "This test verifies Spark 3.x behavior 
with schema-on-read")
+
+    withTempDir { tmpDir =>
+      
HoodieTestUtils.extractZipToDirectory("variant_backward_compat/variant_schema_on_read_cow.zip",
 tmpDir.toPath, getClass)
+      val tablePath = 
tmpDir.toPath.resolve("variant_schema_on_read_cow").toString
+
+      // HoodieBaseHadoopFsRelationFactory (reached here via
+      // HoodieCopyOnWriteSnapshotHadoopFsRelationFactory, not 
HoodieBaseRelation) swallows an
+      // internal-schema load failure into None and then falls back to 
getTableSchema, which
+      // throws the same exception - so neither auto-resolve leg can, on its 
own, prove the
+      // InternalSchema path ran. This assert only pins that the fixture still 
carries a loadable
+      // internal schema; the conf-off/conf-on catalog-DDL pair below is what 
discriminates,
+      // because with a DDL present the None fallback resolves to the user 
schema and succeeds.
+      val schemaResolver = new TableSchemaResolver(createMetaClient(spark, 
tablePath))
+      assert(schemaResolver.getTableInternalSchemaFromCommitMetadata.isPresent,

Review Comment:
   Dropped. The description now states what the comment does - the 
conf-off/conf-on catalog-DDL pair is the leg that discriminates, and the 
fixture assert pins only that the table still carries a loadable internal 
schema.



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