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     new 8049f3a533b2 [SPARK-58061][SQL] Add `variant_array_append` expression
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commit 8049f3a533b25e80d752a9595bbc7d4d9927d201
Author: bojana-db <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Jul 16 21:22:45 2026 +0800

    [SPARK-58061][SQL] Add `variant_array_append` expression
    
    ### What changes were proposed in this pull request?
    Adds the SQL function `variant_array_append(v, path, val)`, which appends a 
value to the array in a Variant value at a single JSONPath location.
    
    Details:
    - Appends `val` as a new last element of the array at `path` (e.g. `$.a`, 
`$[0]`, `$.a[1]`); the root path `$` targets the whole Variant, which must 
itself be an array;
    - A missing key or out-of-range array index along the path leaves `v` 
unchanged;
    - Any NULL argument returns NULL;
    - The value may be any expression castable to variant (primitives, arrays, 
or another variant; structs and maps are rejected). An array value is appended 
as a single nested element rather than flattened, and a variant null appends a 
null element;
    - `VARIANT_PATH_TYPE_MISMATCH` is raised when a path segment is applied to 
a value of an incompatible type or when the target is not an array; a malformed 
path is rejected with `INVALID_VARIANT_PATH`, and results exceeding the size 
limit raise `VARIANT_SIZE_LIMIT`.
    
    ### Why are the changes needed?
    Without `variant_array_append`, appending to an array in a variant means 
converting it to another datatype (e.g. array), mutating, and converting back.
    
    ### Does this PR introduce _any_ user-facing change?
    Yes, a new SQL function (and Scala/Python `functions` API).
    
    ### How was this patch tested?
    Unit tests.
    
    ### Was this patch authored or co-authored using generative AI tooling?
    Generated-by: Claude Code with Claude Opus 4.8
    
    Closes #57156 from bojana-db/variant-array-insert.
    
    Authored-by: bojana-db <[email protected]>
    Signed-off-by: Wenchen Fan <[email protected]>
---
 .../apache/spark/types/variant/VariantBuilder.java |  83 +++++++++++++
 .../source/reference/pyspark.sql/functions.rst     |   1 +
 python/pyspark/sql/connect/functions/builtin.py    |  10 ++
 python/pyspark/sql/functions/__init__.py           |   1 +
 python/pyspark/sql/functions/builtin.py            |  58 +++++++++
 python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_functions.py         |  20 +++-
 .../scala/org/apache/spark/sql/functions.scala     |  37 ++++++
 .../sql/catalyst/analysis/FunctionRegistry.scala   |   1 +
 .../variant/VariantExpressionEvalUtils.scala       |  49 +++++++-
 .../expressions/variant/variantExpressions.scala   | 131 +++++++++++++++++++++
 .../variant/VariantExpressionSuite.scala           | 107 +++++++++++++++++
 .../apache/spark/sql/PlanGenerationTestSuite.scala |   4 +
 .../function_variant_array_append.explain          |   2 +
 .../queries/function_variant_array_append.json     | 125 ++++++++++++++++++++
 .../function_variant_array_append.proto.bin        | Bin 0 -> 1157 bytes
 .../sql-functions/sql-expression-schema.md         |   3 +-
 .../scala/org/apache/spark/sql/VariantSuite.scala  |  60 ++++++++++
 17 files changed, 686 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git 
a/common/variant/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/types/variant/VariantBuilder.java
 
b/common/variant/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/types/variant/VariantBuilder.java
index fa23d610f239..296bc339ee08 100644
--- 
a/common/variant/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/types/variant/VariantBuilder.java
+++ 
b/common/variant/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/types/variant/VariantBuilder.java
@@ -160,6 +160,17 @@ public class VariantBuilder {
     return builder.result();
   }
 
+  // Return a new variant with `val` appended to the array at `segments`, 
where an empty `segments`
+  // refers to the whole variant. If the path does not match (missing key or 
out-of-range index), a
+  // semantically equivalent variant is returned. A target that is not an 
array, or a segment
+  // applied to an incompatible container type, throws 
VariantPathTypeMismatchException, which the
+  // caller maps to VARIANT_PATH_TYPE_MISMATCH.
+  public static Variant arrayAppendAtPath(Variant v, PathSegment[] segments, 
Variant val) {
+    VariantBuilder builder = new VariantBuilder(false);
+    builder.appendWithArrayAppendImpl(v.value, v.metadata, v.pos, segments, 0, 
val);
+    return builder.result();
+  }
+
   // Build the variant metadata from `dictionaryKeys` and return the variant 
result.
   public Variant result() {
     int numKeys = dictionaryKeys.size();
@@ -779,6 +790,78 @@ public class VariantBuilder {
     }
   }
 
+  private void appendWithArrayAppendImpl(
+      byte[] value, byte[] metadata, int pos, PathSegment[] segments, int 
depth, Variant val) {
+    checkIndex(pos, value.length);
+    int basicType = value[pos] & BASIC_TYPE_MASK;
+    if (depth == segments.length) {
+      // Reached the target: it must be an array, to which `val` is appended.
+      if (basicType != ARRAY) {
+        throw new VariantPathTypeMismatchException(depth);
+      }
+      handleArray(value, pos, (size, offsetSize, offsetStart, dataStart) -> {
+        ArrayList<Integer> offsets = new ArrayList<>(size + 1);
+        int start = writePos;
+        for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
+          int offset = readUnsigned(value, offsetStart + offsetSize * i, 
offsetSize);
+          offsets.add(writePos - start);
+          appendVariantImpl(value, metadata, dataStart + offset);
+        }
+        offsets.add(writePos - start);
+        appendVariant(val);
+        finishWritingArray(start, offsets);
+        return null;
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+    PathSegment seg = segments[depth];
+    if (seg instanceof ObjectKeySegment && basicType == OBJECT) {
+      String key = ((ObjectKeySegment) seg).key;
+      handleObject(value, pos, (size, idSize, offsetSize, idStart, 
offsetStart, dataStart) -> {
+        ArrayList<FieldEntry> fields = new ArrayList<>(size);
+        int start = writePos;
+        for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
+          int id = readUnsigned(value, idStart + idSize * i, idSize);
+          int offset = readUnsigned(value, offsetStart + offsetSize * i, 
offsetSize);
+          int elementPos = dataStart + offset;
+          String fieldKey = getMetadataKey(metadata, id);
+          int newId = addKey(fieldKey);
+          fields.add(new FieldEntry(fieldKey, newId, writePos - start));
+          if (fieldKey.equals(key)) {
+            appendWithArrayAppendImpl(value, metadata, elementPos, segments, 
depth + 1, val);
+          } else {
+            appendVariantImpl(value, metadata, elementPos);
+          }
+        }
+        // A missing key is a no-op: the fields copied above already reproduce 
the input object.
+        finishWritingObject(start, fields);
+        return null;
+      });
+    } else if (seg instanceof ArrayIndexSegment && basicType == ARRAY) {
+      int index = ((ArrayIndexSegment) seg).index;
+      handleArray(value, pos, (size, offsetSize, offsetStart, dataStart) -> {
+        ArrayList<Integer> offsets = new ArrayList<>(size);
+        int start = writePos;
+        for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
+          int offset = readUnsigned(value, offsetStart + offsetSize * i, 
offsetSize);
+          int elementPos = dataStart + offset;
+          offsets.add(writePos - start);
+          if (i == index) {
+            appendWithArrayAppendImpl(value, metadata, elementPos, segments, 
depth + 1, val);
+          } else {
+            appendVariantImpl(value, metadata, elementPos);
+          }
+        }
+        // An out-of-range index is a no-op: the elements copied above 
reproduce the input array.
+        finishWritingArray(start, offsets);
+        return null;
+      });
+    } else {
+      // The segment kind does not match the container at this path prefix.
+      throw new VariantPathTypeMismatchException(depth);
+    }
+  }
+
   // Build a fresh chain of containers for `segments[depth..]`, terminating in 
`val`. Used to
   // materialize missing intermediate path segments during insertion. The kind 
of each segment
   // decides the container created: an object-key segment creates a 
single-field object, while an
diff --git a/python/docs/source/reference/pyspark.sql/functions.rst 
b/python/docs/source/reference/pyspark.sql/functions.rst
index 0f34809c0067..2ccfde351d87 100644
--- a/python/docs/source/reference/pyspark.sql/functions.rst
+++ b/python/docs/source/reference/pyspark.sql/functions.rst
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ VARIANT Functions
     schema_of_variant
     schema_of_variant_agg
     try_variant_get
+    variant_array_append
     variant_delete
     variant_get
     variant_insert
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/connect/functions/builtin.py 
b/python/pyspark/sql/connect/functions/builtin.py
index 1b88329583e2..1caa3a9bf7f2 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/connect/functions/builtin.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/connect/functions/builtin.py
@@ -2252,6 +2252,16 @@ def variant_set(
 variant_set.__doc__ = pysparkfuncs.variant_set.__doc__
 
 
+def variant_array_append(
+    v: "ColumnOrName", path: Union[Column, str], value: "ColumnOrName"
+) -> Column:
+    path_col = path if isinstance(path, Column) else lit(path)
+    return _invoke_function("variant_array_append", _to_col(v), path_col, 
_to_col(value))
+
+
+variant_array_append.__doc__ = pysparkfuncs.variant_array_append.__doc__
+
+
 def variant_get(v: "ColumnOrName", path: Union[Column, str], targetType: str) 
-> Column:
     assert isinstance(path, (Column, str))
     if isinstance(path, str):
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/functions/__init__.py 
b/python/pyspark/sql/functions/__init__.py
index cc1433bbb916..b3da0adee990 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/functions/__init__.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/functions/__init__.py
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ __all__ = [  # noqa: F405
     "schema_of_variant",
     "schema_of_variant_agg",
     "try_variant_get",
+    "variant_array_append",
     "variant_delete",
     "variant_get",
     "variant_insert",
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/functions/builtin.py 
b/python/pyspark/sql/functions/builtin.py
index cee894d4ed55..2c2345c1a58a 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/functions/builtin.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/functions/builtin.py
@@ -21911,6 +21911,64 @@ def variant_set(
     )
 
 
+@_try_remote_functions
+def variant_array_append(
+    v: "ColumnOrName", path: Union[Column, str], value: "ColumnOrName"
+) -> Column:
+    """
+    Appends a value to the array in a variant at the given JSONPath location. 
Returns the variant
+    unchanged if a path key or index is absent, throws an error if a path 
segment hits a value of
+    an incompatible type or the target is not an array, and returns NULL if 
any argument is NULL.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 4.3.0
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    v : :class:`~pyspark.sql.Column` or str
+        a variant column or column name
+    path : :class:`~pyspark.sql.Column` or str
+        the JSONPath target array. A `str` is a literal path; a 
:class:`~pyspark.sql.Column`
+        supplies the path at runtime. A valid path should start with `$` and 
is followed by zero or
+        more segments like `[123]`, `.name`, `['name']`, or `["name"]`.
+    value : :class:`~pyspark.sql.Column` or str
+        the value to append. Any expression castable to variant.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    :class:`~pyspark.sql.Column`
+        a variant column with `value` appended to the array at `path`
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> from pyspark.sql.functions import lit, parse_json, to_json, 
variant_array_append
+    >>> df = spark.createDataFrame([{
+    ...     'json': '''[[1, 2], 5]''',
+    ...     'path': '$[0]'
+    ... }])
+    >>> v = parse_json(df.json)
+    >>> df.select(to_json(variant_array_append(v, "$", 
lit(3))).alias("r")).collect()
+    [Row(r='[[1,2],5,3]')]
+    >>> df.select(to_json(variant_array_append(v, "$[5]", 
lit(3))).alias("r")).collect()
+    [Row(r='[[1,2],5]')]
+    >>> df.select(to_json(variant_array_append(v, df.path, 
lit(9))).alias("r")).collect()
+    [Row(r='[[1,2,9],5]')]
+    >>> nested = variant_array_append(v, "$", parse_json(lit('[4, 5]')))
+    >>> df.select(to_json(nested).alias("r")).collect()
+    [Row(r='[[1,2],5,[4,5]]')]
+    >>> df.select(variant_array_append(v, "$", lit(None)).alias("r")).collect()
+    [Row(r=None)]
+    """
+    from pyspark.sql.classic.column import _to_java_column
+
+    path_col = path if isinstance(path, Column) else lit(path)
+    return _invoke_function(
+        "variant_array_append",
+        _to_java_column(v),
+        _to_java_column(path_col),
+        _to_java_column(value),
+    )
+
+
 @_try_remote_functions
 def variant_get(v: "ColumnOrName", path: Union[Column, str], targetType: str) 
-> Column:
     """
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_functions.py 
b/python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_functions.py
index f168b30c48ca..6367ebfdd9bf 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_functions.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_functions.py
@@ -3508,8 +3508,14 @@ class FunctionsTestsMixin:
     def test_variant_expressions(self):
         df = self.spark.createDataFrame(
             [
-                Row(json="""{ "a" : 1 }""", path="$.a", newpath="$.z"),
-                Row(json="""{ "b" : 2 }""", path="$.b", newpath="$.z"),
+                Row(json="""{ "a" : 1 }""", path="$.a", newpath="$.z", 
arr="[1, 2]", arrpath="$"),
+                Row(
+                    json="""{ "b" : 2 }""",
+                    path="$.b",
+                    newpath="$.z",
+                    arr="[[3], 4]",
+                    arrpath="$[0]",
+                ),
             ]
         )
         v = F.parse_json(df.json)
@@ -3553,6 +3559,16 @@ class FunctionsTestsMixin:
             df.select(F.to_json(F.variant_set(v, df.newpath, F.lit(9)))),
             ['{"a":1,"z":9}', '{"b":2,"z":9}'],
         )
+        arr = F.parse_json(df.arr)
+        check(
+            df.select(F.to_json(F.variant_array_append(arr, "$", F.lit(9)))),
+            ["[1,2,9]", "[[3],4,9]"],
+        )
+        check(df.select(F.to_json(F.variant_array_append(arr, "$", 
F.lit(None)))), [None, None])
+        check(
+            df.select(F.to_json(F.variant_array_append(arr, df.arrpath, 
F.lit(9)))),
+            ["[1,2,9]", "[[3,9],4]"],
+        )
         check(df.select(F.schema_of_variant(v)), ["OBJECT<a: BIGINT>", 
"OBJECT<b: BIGINT>"])
         check(df.select(F.schema_of_variant_agg(v)), ["OBJECT<a: BIGINT, b: 
BIGINT>"])
 
diff --git a/sql/api/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/functions.scala 
b/sql/api/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/functions.scala
index 71c77152beb0..f602c64a6248 100644
--- a/sql/api/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/functions.scala
+++ b/sql/api/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/functions.scala
@@ -9987,6 +9987,43 @@ object functions {
   def variant_set(v: Column, path: String, value: Column, createIfMissing: 
Boolean): Column =
     Column.fn("variant_set", v, lit(path), value, lit(createIfMissing))
 
+  /**
+   * Appends a value to the array in a variant at the given JSONPath location. 
Returns the variant
+   * unchanged if a path key or index is absent, throws an error if a path 
segment hits a value of
+   * an incompatible type or the target is not an array, and returns NULL if 
any argument is NULL.
+   *
+   * @param v
+   *   a variant column.
+   * @param path
+   *   the column containing the JSONPath string identifying the target array. 
A valid path should
+   *   start with `$` and is followed by zero or more segments like `[123]`, 
`.name`, `['name']`,
+   *   or `["name"]`.
+   * @param value
+   *   the value to append. Any expression castable to variant.
+   * @group variant_funcs
+   * @since 4.3.0
+   */
+  def variant_array_append(v: Column, path: Column, value: Column): Column =
+    Column.fn("variant_array_append", v, path, value)
+
+  /**
+   * Appends a value to the array in a variant at the given JSONPath location. 
Returns the variant
+   * unchanged if a path key or index is absent, throws an error if a path 
segment hits a value of
+   * an incompatible type or the target is not an array, and returns NULL if 
any argument is NULL.
+   *
+   * @param v
+   *   a variant column.
+   * @param path
+   *   the JSONPath identifying the target array. A valid path should start 
with `$` and is
+   *   followed by zero or more segments like `[123]`, `.name`, `['name']`, or 
`["name"]`.
+   * @param value
+   *   the value to append. Any expression castable to variant.
+   * @group variant_funcs
+   * @since 4.3.0
+   */
+  def variant_array_append(v: Column, path: String, value: Column): Column =
+    Column.fn("variant_array_append", v, lit(path), value)
+
   /**
    * Extracts a sub-variant from `v` according to `path` string, and then cast 
the sub-variant to
    * `targetType`. Returns null if the path does not exist. Throws an 
exception if the cast fails.
diff --git 
a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/FunctionRegistry.scala
 
b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/FunctionRegistry.scala
index 9f818c109a59..a9be95d7b951 100644
--- 
a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/FunctionRegistry.scala
+++ 
b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/FunctionRegistry.scala
@@ -989,6 +989,7 @@ object FunctionRegistry {
     expressionBuilder("variant_insert", VariantInsertExpressionBuilder),
     expressionBuilder("try_variant_insert", TryVariantInsertExpressionBuilder),
     expressionBuilder("variant_set", VariantSetExpressionBuilder),
+    expression[VariantArrayAppend]("variant_array_append"),
 
     // Spatial
     expression[ST_AsBinary]("st_asbinary"),
diff --git 
a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/variant/VariantExpressionEvalUtils.scala
 
b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/variant/VariantExpressionEvalUtils.scala
index 47c555c1e691..ba5d72c56474 100644
--- 
a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/variant/VariantExpressionEvalUtils.scala
+++ 
b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/variant/VariantExpressionEvalUtils.scala
@@ -78,13 +78,17 @@ object VariantExpressionEvalUtils {
 
   /**
    * Parse a JSONPath for a variant manipulation function. Throws 
`INVALID_VARIANT_PATH` on a
-   * malformed path or on the empty (root `$`) path.
+   * malformed path, or on the empty (root `$`) path unless `allowRoot` is set 
(as
+   * `variant_array_append` does, since `$` refers to the root array there).
    */
-  def parseVariantPath(pathValue: String, functionName: String): 
Array[VariantPathSegment] = {
+  def parseVariantPath(
+      pathValue: String,
+      functionName: String,
+      allowRoot: Boolean = false): Array[VariantPathSegment] = {
     val parsed = VariantPathParser.parse(pathValue).getOrElse {
       throw QueryExecutionErrors.invalidVariantPath(pathValue, functionName)
     }
-    if (parsed.isEmpty) {
+    if (!allowRoot && parsed.isEmpty) {
       throw QueryExecutionErrors.invalidVariantPath(pathValue, functionName)
     }
     parsed
@@ -216,6 +220,45 @@ object VariantExpressionEvalUtils {
     setAtPath(input, javaSegments, pathStr, value, valueDataType, 
createIfMissing, functionName)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Append `value` to the array in `input` at `javaSegments`. `path` is the 
source string used in
+   * error messages. `value` is cast to a variant first; a size overflow maps 
to
+   * `VARIANT_SIZE_LIMIT` and a target that is not an array (or an 
incompatible path segment) maps
+   * to `VARIANT_PATH_TYPE_MISMATCH`.
+   */
+  def arrayAppendAtPath(
+      input: VariantVal,
+      javaSegments: Array[VariantBuilder.PathSegment],
+      path: String,
+      value: Any,
+      valueDataType: DataType,
+      functionName: String): VariantVal = {
+    val v = new Variant(input.getValue, input.getMetadata)
+    try {
+      val valVal = castToVariant(value, valueDataType)
+      val valVariant = new Variant(valVal.getValue, valVal.getMetadata)
+      val out = VariantBuilder.arrayAppendAtPath(v, javaSegments, valVariant)
+      new VariantVal(out.getValue, out.getMetadata)
+    } catch {
+      case e: VariantPathTypeMismatchException =>
+        throw QueryExecutionErrors.variantPathTypeMismatch(
+          path, renderVariantPath(javaSegments.take(e.depth)), functionName)
+      case _: VariantSizeLimitException =>
+        throw 
QueryExecutionErrors.variantSizeLimitError(VariantUtil.SIZE_LIMIT, functionName)
+    }
+  }
+
+  def arrayAppendAtPath(
+      input: VariantVal,
+      path: UTF8String,
+      value: Any,
+      valueDataType: DataType,
+      functionName: String): VariantVal = {
+    val pathStr = path.toString
+    val javaSegments = toJavaSegments(parseVariantPath(pathStr, functionName, 
allowRoot = true))
+    arrayAppendAtPath(input, javaSegments, pathStr, value, valueDataType, 
functionName)
+  }
+
   /** Cast a Spark value from `dataType` into the variant type. */
   def castToVariant(input: Any, dataType: DataType): VariantVal = {
     // Enforce strict check because it is illegal for input struct/map/variant 
to contain duplicate
diff --git 
a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/variant/variantExpressions.scala
 
b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/variant/variantExpressions.scala
index 41552cb2d383..add9ef79207e 100644
--- 
a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/variant/variantExpressions.scala
+++ 
b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/variant/variantExpressions.scala
@@ -1182,6 +1182,137 @@ object VariantSetExpressionBuilder extends 
ExpressionBuilder {
   }
 }
 
+// scalastyle:off line.size.limit
+@ExpressionDescription(
+  usage = "_FUNC_(v, path, val) - Appends a value to the array in a variant at 
the given JSONPath " +
+    "location. Returns the variant unchanged if a path key or index is absent. 
Throws an error " +
+    "if a path segment hits a value of an incompatible type or the target is 
not an array. " +
+    "Returns NULL if any argument is NULL.",
+  arguments = """
+    Arguments:
+      * v - A variant value to mutate.
+      * path - A string expression evaluating to a JSONPath identifying the 
target array. A valid
+          path should start with `$` and is followed by zero or more segments 
like `[123]`, `.name`,
+          `['name']`, or `["name"]`.
+      * val - Any expression castable to variant.
+  """,
+  examples = """
+    Examples:
+      > SELECT _FUNC_(parse_json('[1, 2, 3]'), '$', 4);
+       [1,2,3,4]
+      > SELECT _FUNC_(parse_json('{"a": [1, 2]}'), '$.a', 3);
+       {"a":[1,2,3]}
+      > SELECT _FUNC_(parse_json('[1]'), '$', parse_json('[2, 3]'));
+       [1,[2,3]]
+      > SELECT _FUNC_(parse_json('{"a": 1}'), '$.missing', 2);
+       {"a":1}
+      > SELECT _FUNC_(parse_json('[1, 2]'), '$', parse_json('null'));
+       [1,2,null]
+      > SELECT _FUNC_(parse_json('[1, 2]'), '$', null);
+       NULL
+  """,
+  since = "4.3.0",
+  group = "variant_funcs"
+)
+// scalastyle:on line.size.limit
+case class VariantArrayAppend(input: Expression, path: Expression, value: 
Expression)
+    extends TernaryExpression
+    with ExpectsInputTypes
+    with QueryErrorsBase {
+
+  override def first: Expression = input
+  override def second: Expression = path
+  override def third: Expression = value
+
+  override def nullIntolerant: Boolean = true
+
+  override def dataType: DataType = VariantType
+  override def inputTypes: Seq[AbstractDataType] =
+    Seq(VariantType, StringTypeWithCollation(supportsTrimCollation = true), 
AnyDataType)
+
+  override def checkInputDataTypes(): TypeCheckResult = {
+    val result = super.checkInputDataTypes()
+    if (result.isFailure) {
+      result
+    } else if (value.dataType == NullType) {
+      TypeCheckResult.TypeCheckSuccess
+    } else if (!VariantGet.checkDataType(value.dataType, allowStructsAndMaps = 
false)) {
+      DataTypeMismatch(
+        errorSubClass = "CAST_WITHOUT_SUGGESTION",
+        messageParameters =
+          Map("srcType" -> toSQLType(value.dataType), "targetType" -> 
toSQLType(VariantType)))
+    } else {
+      TypeCheckResult.TypeCheckSuccess
+    }
+  }
+
+  // When the path is a foldable expression, parse it once at planning time 
and cache it. `None`
+  // means the path is dynamic (or a foldable NULL, which makes the whole 
expression NULL
+  // and is never evaluated).
+  @transient private lazy val foldablePath: 
Option[VariantArrayAppend.ParsedAppendPath] = {
+    if (path.foldable) {
+      val p = path.eval()
+      if (p == null) {
+        None
+      } else {
+        val s = p.asInstanceOf[UTF8String].toString
+        Some(VariantArrayAppend.ParsedAppendPath(
+          VariantExpressionEvalUtils.parseVariantPath(s, prettyName, allowRoot 
= true), s))
+      }
+    } else {
+      None
+    }
+  }
+
+  override protected def nullSafeEval(v: Any, p: Any, valValue: Any): Any = {
+    val inputVariant = v.asInstanceOf[VariantVal]
+    foldablePath match {
+      case Some(parsed) =>
+        VariantExpressionEvalUtils.arrayAppendAtPath(
+          inputVariant, parsed.javaSegments, parsed.pathStr, valValue, 
value.dataType, prettyName)
+      case None =>
+        VariantExpressionEvalUtils.arrayAppendAtPath(
+          inputVariant, p.asInstanceOf[UTF8String], valValue, value.dataType, 
prettyName)
+    }
+  }
+
+  override protected def doGenCode(ctx: CodegenContext, ev: ExprCode): 
ExprCode = {
+    val cls = VariantExpressionEvalUtils.getClass.getName.stripSuffix("$")
+    nullSafeCodeGen(ctx, ev, (vVal, pVal, valVal) => {
+      val fromArg = ctx.addReferenceObj("from", value.dataType)
+      foldablePath match {
+        case Some(parsed) =>
+          val parsedArg = ctx.addReferenceObj("appendPath", parsed)
+          s"""
+             |${ev.value} = $cls.arrayAppendAtPath(
+             |  $vVal, $parsedArg.javaSegments(), $parsedArg.pathStr(), 
$valVal, $fromArg,
+             |  "$prettyName");
+           """.stripMargin
+        case None =>
+          s"""
+             |${ev.value} = $cls.arrayAppendAtPath($vVal, $pVal, $valVal, 
$fromArg, "$prettyName");
+           """.stripMargin
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
+  override def prettyName: String = "variant_array_append"
+
+  override protected def withNewChildrenInternal(
+      newFirst: Expression, newSecond: Expression, newThird: Expression): 
VariantArrayAppend =
+    copy(input = newFirst, path = newSecond, value = newThird)
+}
+
+object VariantArrayAppend {
+  // Caches a foldable path. `VariantBuilder.PathSegment` is not 
`Serializable`, so the Java form is
+  // `@transient` and re-derived once per executor task after deserialization. 
`pathStr` is the
+  // source string, retained for error messages.
+  case class ParsedAppendPath(segments: Array[VariantPathSegment], pathStr: 
String) {
+    @transient lazy val javaSegments: Array[VariantBuilder.PathSegment] =
+      VariantExpressionEvalUtils.toJavaSegments(segments)
+  }
+}
+
 case class VariantExplode(child: Expression) extends UnaryExpression with 
Generator
   with ExpectsInputTypes {
   override def inputTypes: Seq[AbstractDataType] = Seq(VariantType)
diff --git 
a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/variant/VariantExpressionSuite.scala
 
b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/variant/VariantExpressionSuite.scala
index 1f872d7f17ef..c5488e1f52ff 100644
--- 
a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/variant/VariantExpressionSuite.scala
+++ 
b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/variant/VariantExpressionSuite.scala
@@ -1654,4 +1654,111 @@ class VariantExpressionSuite extends SparkFunSuite with 
ExpressionEvalHelper {
       "VARIANT_SIZE_LIMIT",
       Map("sizeLimit" -> "16.0 MiB", "functionName" -> "`variant_set`"))
   }
+
+  test("variant_array_append") {
+    def checkAppend(input: String, path: String, value: Expression, expected: 
String): Unit = {
+      val expr = VariantArrayAppend(
+        Literal(parseJson(input)), Literal.create(path, StringType), value)
+      checkEvaluation(
+        ResolveTimeZone.resolveTimeZones(Cast(expr, StringType)),
+        expected)
+    }
+
+    // Append to the root array, and to nested arrays reached through object 
keys / array indices.
+    checkAppend("[1, 2, 3]", "$", Literal(4), "[1,2,3,4]")
+    checkAppend("[]", "$", Literal("a"), """["a"]""")
+    checkAppend("""{"a": [1, 2]}""", "$.a", Literal(3), """{"a":[1,2,3]}""")
+    checkAppend("""{"a": [1], "b": 2}""", "$.a", Literal(9), 
"""{"a":[1,9],"b":2}""")
+    checkAppend("""{"a": [[0], [1, 2]]}""", "$.a[1]", Literal(9), 
"""{"a":[[0],[1,2,9]]}""")
+
+    // Non-numeric scalar values (boolean, floating point).
+    checkAppend("[1]", "$", Literal(true), "[1,true]")
+    checkAppend("[1]", "$", Literal(2.5), "[1,2.5]")
+
+    // An array value is cast to a variant and appended as a single element.
+    checkAppend("[1]", "$", Literal.create(Array(2, 3), 
ArrayType(IntegerType)), "[1,[2,3]]")
+    checkAppend("[1, 2]", "$", Literal(parseJson("null")), "[1,2,null]")
+    // Strings are stored verbatim; use parse_json for structured JSON.
+    checkAppend("[]", "$", Literal("""{"x":1}"""), """["{\"x\":1}"]""")
+    checkAppend("[]", "$", Literal(parseJson("""{"x":1}""")), """[{"x":1}]""")
+
+    // scalastyle:off nonascii
+    checkAppend("""{"你好": [1]}""", """$['你好']""", Literal(2), 
"""{"你好":[1,2]}""")
+    checkAppend("[]", "$", Literal("café"), """["café"]""")
+    // scalastyle:on nonascii
+
+    // A missing key or out-of-range index leaves the variant unchanged.
+    checkAppend("""{"a": [1]}""", "$.missing", Literal(2), """{"a":[1]}""")
+    checkAppend("[[1]]", "$[5]", Literal(2), "[[1]]")
+
+    // NULL-intolerant: any NULL argument yields NULL.
+    checkEvaluation(
+      VariantArrayAppend(Literal.create(null, VariantType), Literal("$"), 
Literal(1)),
+      null)
+    checkAppend("[1]", null, Literal(1), null)
+    checkAppend("[1]", "$", Literal.create(null, VariantType), null)
+    checkAppend("[1]", "$", Literal.create(null, NullType), null)
+
+    // Dynamic (non-foldable) path.
+    val dynamic = VariantArrayAppend(
+      Literal(parseJson("""{"a": [1, 2]}""")),
+      BoundReference(0, StringType, nullable = true),
+      Literal(3))
+    checkEvaluation(
+      ResolveTimeZone.resolveTimeZones(Cast(dynamic, StringType)),
+      """{"a":[1,2,3]}""",
+      InternalRow(UTF8String.fromString("$.a")))
+
+    // The target is not an array (a scalar leaf, or an object at the root).
+    checkErrorInExpression[SparkRuntimeException](
+      VariantArrayAppend(Literal(parseJson("""{"a": 1}""")), Literal("$.a"), 
Literal(2)),
+      "VARIANT_PATH_TYPE_MISMATCH",
+      Map("path" -> "$.a", "failedAt" -> "$.a", "functionName" -> 
"`variant_array_append`"))
+    checkErrorInExpression[SparkRuntimeException](
+      VariantArrayAppend(Literal(parseJson("""{"a": 1}""")), Literal("$"), 
Literal(2)),
+      "VARIANT_PATH_TYPE_MISMATCH",
+      Map("path" -> "$", "failedAt" -> "$", "functionName" -> 
"`variant_array_append`"))
+
+    // A segment applied to an incompatible container: descending into a 
scalar, an array index on
+    // an object, or an object key on an array.
+    checkErrorInExpression[SparkRuntimeException](
+      VariantArrayAppend(Literal(parseJson("""{"a": 1}""")), Literal("$.a.b"), 
Literal(2)),
+      "VARIANT_PATH_TYPE_MISMATCH",
+      Map("path" -> "$.a.b", "failedAt" -> "$.a", "functionName" -> 
"`variant_array_append`"))
+    checkErrorInExpression[SparkRuntimeException](
+      VariantArrayAppend(Literal(parseJson("""{"a": 1}""")), Literal("$[0]"), 
Literal(2)),
+      "VARIANT_PATH_TYPE_MISMATCH",
+      Map("path" -> "$[0]", "failedAt" -> "$", "functionName" -> 
"`variant_array_append`"))
+    checkErrorInExpression[SparkRuntimeException](
+      VariantArrayAppend(Literal(parseJson("[1, 2]")), Literal("$.a"), 
Literal(2)),
+      "VARIANT_PATH_TYPE_MISMATCH",
+      Map("path" -> "$.a", "failedAt" -> "$", "functionName" -> 
"`variant_array_append`"))
+
+    // Structs and maps are rejected at analysis.
+    Seq(
+      Literal.create(null, MapType(StringType, IntegerType)),
+      Literal.create(null, StructType(Seq(StructField("x", IntegerType))))
+    ).foreach { v =>
+      assert(
+        VariantArrayAppend(Literal(parseJson("[]")), Literal("$"), 
v).checkInputDataTypes()
+          .isFailure)
+    }
+
+    // The root `$` is a valid target here, but a malformed path is still 
rejected.
+    checkErrorInExpression[SparkRuntimeException](
+      VariantArrayAppend(Literal(parseJson("[]")), Literal("abc"), Literal(1)),
+      "INVALID_VARIANT_PATH",
+      Map("path" -> "abc", "functionName" -> "`variant_array_append`"))
+    checkErrorInExpression[SparkRuntimeException](
+      VariantArrayAppend(Literal(parseJson("[]")), Literal(""), Literal(1)),
+      "INVALID_VARIANT_PATH",
+      Map("path" -> "", "functionName" -> "`variant_array_append`"))
+
+    // Appending a value that overflows the variant size limit surfaces as 
VARIANT_SIZE_LIMIT.
+    val tooBig = "x".repeat(16 * 1024 * 1024)
+    checkErrorInExpression[SparkRuntimeException](
+      VariantArrayAppend(Literal(parseJson("[]")), Literal("$"), 
Literal(tooBig)),
+      "VARIANT_SIZE_LIMIT",
+      Map("sizeLimit" -> "16.0 MiB", "functionName" -> 
"`variant_array_append`"))
+  }
 }
diff --git 
a/sql/connect/client/jvm/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/PlanGenerationTestSuite.scala
 
b/sql/connect/client/jvm/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/PlanGenerationTestSuite.scala
index 747e348891bc..77ec3eacc510 100644
--- 
a/sql/connect/client/jvm/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/PlanGenerationTestSuite.scala
+++ 
b/sql/connect/client/jvm/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/PlanGenerationTestSuite.scala
@@ -2779,6 +2779,10 @@ class PlanGenerationTestSuite extends ConnectFunSuite 
with Logging {
     fn.variant_set(fn.parse_json(fn.col("g")), "$.a", fn.lit(1), false)
   }
 
+  functionTest("variant_array_append") {
+    fn.variant_array_append(fn.parse_json(fn.col("g")), "$.a", fn.lit(1))
+  }
+
   functionTest("variant_get") {
     fn.variant_get(fn.parse_json(fn.col("g")), "$", "int")
   }
diff --git 
a/sql/connect/common/src/test/resources/query-tests/explain-results/function_variant_array_append.explain
 
b/sql/connect/common/src/test/resources/query-tests/explain-results/function_variant_array_append.explain
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4ebc4a11af67
--- /dev/null
+++ 
b/sql/connect/common/src/test/resources/query-tests/explain-results/function_variant_array_append.explain
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Project 
[variant_array_append(static_invoke(VariantExpressionEvalUtils.parseJson(g#0, 
false, true, true)), $.a, 1) AS variant_array_append(parse_json(g), $.a, 1)#0]
++- LocalRelation <empty>, [id#0L, a#0, b#0, d#0, e#0, f#0, g#0]
diff --git 
a/sql/connect/common/src/test/resources/query-tests/queries/function_variant_array_append.json
 
b/sql/connect/common/src/test/resources/query-tests/queries/function_variant_array_append.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..73ee8457b781
--- /dev/null
+++ 
b/sql/connect/common/src/test/resources/query-tests/queries/function_variant_array_append.json
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+{
+  "common": {
+    "planId": "1"
+  },
+  "project": {
+    "input": {
+      "common": {
+        "planId": "0"
+      },
+      "localRelation": {
+        "schema": 
"struct\u003cid:bigint,a:int,b:double,d:struct\u003cid:bigint,a:int,b:double\u003e,e:array\u003cint\u003e,f:map\u003cstring,struct\u003cid:bigint,a:int,b:double\u003e\u003e,g:string\u003e"
+      }
+    },
+    "expressions": [{
+      "unresolvedFunction": {
+        "functionName": "variant_array_append",
+        "arguments": [{
+          "unresolvedFunction": {
+            "functionName": "parse_json",
+            "arguments": [{
+              "unresolvedAttribute": {
+                "unparsedIdentifier": "g"
+              },
+              "common": {
+                "origin": {
+                  "jvmOrigin": {
+                    "stackTrace": [{
+                      "classLoaderName": "app",
+                      "declaringClass": "org.apache.spark.sql.functions$",
+                      "methodName": "col",
+                      "fileName": "functions.scala"
+                    }, {
+                      "classLoaderName": "app",
+                      "declaringClass": 
"org.apache.spark.sql.PlanGenerationTestSuite",
+                      "methodName": "~~trimmed~anonfun~~",
+                      "fileName": "PlanGenerationTestSuite.scala"
+                    }]
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }],
+            "isInternal": false
+          },
+          "common": {
+            "origin": {
+              "jvmOrigin": {
+                "stackTrace": [{
+                  "classLoaderName": "app",
+                  "declaringClass": "org.apache.spark.sql.functions$",
+                  "methodName": "parse_json",
+                  "fileName": "functions.scala"
+                }, {
+                  "classLoaderName": "app",
+                  "declaringClass": 
"org.apache.spark.sql.PlanGenerationTestSuite",
+                  "methodName": "~~trimmed~anonfun~~",
+                  "fileName": "PlanGenerationTestSuite.scala"
+                }]
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }, {
+          "literal": {
+            "string": "$.a"
+          },
+          "common": {
+            "origin": {
+              "jvmOrigin": {
+                "stackTrace": [{
+                  "classLoaderName": "app",
+                  "declaringClass": "org.apache.spark.sql.functions$",
+                  "methodName": "variant_array_append",
+                  "fileName": "functions.scala"
+                }, {
+                  "classLoaderName": "app",
+                  "declaringClass": 
"org.apache.spark.sql.PlanGenerationTestSuite",
+                  "methodName": "~~trimmed~anonfun~~",
+                  "fileName": "PlanGenerationTestSuite.scala"
+                }]
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }, {
+          "literal": {
+            "integer": 1
+          },
+          "common": {
+            "origin": {
+              "jvmOrigin": {
+                "stackTrace": [{
+                  "classLoaderName": "app",
+                  "declaringClass": "org.apache.spark.sql.functions$",
+                  "methodName": "lit",
+                  "fileName": "functions.scala"
+                }, {
+                  "classLoaderName": "app",
+                  "declaringClass": 
"org.apache.spark.sql.PlanGenerationTestSuite",
+                  "methodName": "~~trimmed~anonfun~~",
+                  "fileName": "PlanGenerationTestSuite.scala"
+                }]
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }],
+        "isInternal": false
+      },
+      "common": {
+        "origin": {
+          "jvmOrigin": {
+            "stackTrace": [{
+              "classLoaderName": "app",
+              "declaringClass": "org.apache.spark.sql.functions$",
+              "methodName": "variant_array_append",
+              "fileName": "functions.scala"
+            }, {
+              "classLoaderName": "app",
+              "declaringClass": "org.apache.spark.sql.PlanGenerationTestSuite",
+              "methodName": "~~trimmed~anonfun~~",
+              "fileName": "PlanGenerationTestSuite.scala"
+            }]
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }]
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git 
a/sql/connect/common/src/test/resources/query-tests/queries/function_variant_array_append.proto.bin
 
b/sql/connect/common/src/test/resources/query-tests/queries/function_variant_array_append.proto.bin
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ebdc87f5fa7f
Binary files /dev/null and 
b/sql/connect/common/src/test/resources/query-tests/queries/function_variant_array_append.proto.bin
 differ
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-functions/sql-expression-schema.md 
b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-functions/sql-expression-schema.md
index d999d9c96e79..481c17e12486 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-functions/sql-expression-schema.md
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-functions/sql-expression-schema.md
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@
 | 
org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.variant.TryParseJsonExpressionBuilder 
| try_parse_json | SELECT try_parse_json('{"a":1,"b":0.8}') | 
struct<try_parse_json({"a":1,"b":0.8}):variant> |
 | 
org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.variant.TryVariantGetExpressionBuilder
 | try_variant_get | SELECT try_variant_get(parse_json('{"a": 1}'), '$.a', 
'int') | struct<try_variant_get(parse_json({"a": 1}), $.a):int> |
 | 
org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.variant.TryVariantInsertExpressionBuilder
 | try_variant_insert | SELECT try_variant_insert(parse_json('{"a": 1}'), 
'$.b', 2) | struct<try_variant_insert(parse_json({"a": 1}), $.b, 2):variant> |
+| org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.variant.VariantArrayAppend | 
variant_array_append | SELECT variant_array_append(parse_json('[1, 2, 3]'), 
'$', 4) | struct<variant_array_append(parse_json([1, 2, 3]), $, 4):variant> |
 | org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.variant.VariantDelete | 
variant_delete | SELECT variant_delete(parse_json('{"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3, 
"items": [1, 2, 3]}'), NULL, '$.a', '$.c') | 
struct<variant_delete(parse_json({"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3, "items": [1, 2, 3]}), 
NULL, $.a, $.c):variant> |
 | 
org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.variant.VariantGetExpressionBuilder | 
variant_get | SELECT variant_get(parse_json('{"a": 1}'), '$.a', 'int') | 
struct<variant_get(parse_json({"a": 1}), $.a):int> |
 | 
org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.variant.VariantInsertExpressionBuilder
 | variant_insert | SELECT variant_insert(parse_json('{"a": 1}'), '$.b', 2) | 
struct<variant_insert(parse_json({"a": 1}), $.b, 2):variant> |
@@ -568,4 +569,4 @@
 | org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.xml.XPathList | xpath | SELECT 
xpath('<a><b>b1</b><b>b2</b><b>b3</b><c>c1</c><c>c2</c></a>','a/b/text()') | 
struct<xpath(<a><b>b1</b><b>b2</b><b>b3</b><c>c1</c><c>c2</c></a>, 
a/b/text()):array<string>> |
 | org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.xml.XPathLong | xpath_long | 
SELECT xpath_long('<a><b>1</b><b>2</b></a>', 'sum(a/b)') | 
struct<xpath_long(<a><b>1</b><b>2</b></a>, sum(a/b)):bigint> |
 | org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.xml.XPathShort | xpath_short | 
SELECT xpath_short('<a><b>1</b><b>2</b></a>', 'sum(a/b)') | 
struct<xpath_short(<a><b>1</b><b>2</b></a>, sum(a/b)):smallint> |
-| org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.xml.XPathString | xpath_string | 
SELECT xpath_string('<a><b>b</b><c>cc</c></a>','a/c') | 
struct<xpath_string(<a><b>b</b><c>cc</c></a>, a/c):string> |
\ No newline at end of file
+| org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.xml.XPathString | xpath_string | 
SELECT xpath_string('<a><b>b</b><c>cc</c></a>','a/c') | 
struct<xpath_string(<a><b>b</b><c>cc</c></a>, a/c):string> |
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/VariantSuite.scala 
b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/VariantSuite.scala
index 300479cf5d49..02f56c6d0892 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/VariantSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/VariantSuite.scala
@@ -521,6 +521,66 @@ class VariantSuite extends SharedSparkSession with 
ExpressionEvalHelper {
     }
   }
 
+  test("variant_array_append with literal arguments") {
+    def rows(results: Any*): Seq[Row] = results.map(Row(_))
+
+    // A basic invocation, exercising the SQL parse/registration path end to 
end.
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("SELECT to_json(variant_array_append(parse_json('{\"a\": [1, 2]}'), 
'$.a', 3))"),
+      rows("""{"a":[1,2,3]}"""))
+    // The root `$` targets the whole variant.
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("SELECT to_json(variant_array_append(parse_json('[1, 2]'), '$', 
3))"),
+      rows("[1,2,3]"))
+
+    // NULL-intolerant.
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("SELECT to_json(variant_array_append(parse_json('[1]'), '$', 
NULL))"),
+      rows(null))
+
+    checkError(
+      exception = intercept[SparkRuntimeException] {
+        sql("SELECT variant_array_append(parse_json('{\"a\": 1}'), '$.a', 
2)").collect()
+      },
+      condition = "VARIANT_PATH_TYPE_MISMATCH",
+      parameters = Map(
+        "path" -> "$.a", "failedAt" -> "$.a", "functionName" -> 
toSQLId("variant_array_append")))
+    checkError(
+      exception = intercept[SparkRuntimeException] {
+        sql("SELECT variant_array_append(parse_json('[]'), 'bad', 
1)").collect()
+      },
+      condition = "INVALID_VARIANT_PATH",
+      parameters = Map("path" -> "bad", "functionName" -> 
toSQLId("variant_array_append")))
+
+    // A raw struct/map value is not castable to variant and is rejected at 
analysis.
+    assert(intercept[AnalysisException] {
+      sql("SELECT variant_array_append(parse_json('[]'), '$', 
named_struct('x', 1))")
+    }.getCondition == "DATATYPE_MISMATCH.CAST_WITHOUT_SUGGESTION")
+  }
+
+  test("variant_array_append with dynamic arguments") {
+    def rows(results: Any*): Seq[Row] = results.map(Row(_))
+    Seq("CODEGEN_ONLY", "NO_CODEGEN").foreach { codegenMode =>
+      withSQLConf(SQLConf.CODEGEN_FACTORY_MODE.key -> codegenMode) {
+        val df = Seq(
+          ("""{"a": [1, 2]}""", "$.a", 3),
+          ("""[1, 2]""", "$", 9),
+          (null, "$", 2)
+        ).toDF("json", "path", "val")
+        val v = parse_json(col("json"))
+        val out = df.select(to_json(variant_array_append(v, col("path"), 
col("val"))).alias("r"))
+        checkAnswer(out, rows("""{"a":[1,2,3]}""", "[1,2,9]", null))
+
+        // String-path overload of the DataFrame API (root array).
+        val arrDf = Seq(("[1, 2]", 3), (null, 3)).toDF("json", "val")
+        val arrV = parse_json(arrDf("json"))
+        checkAnswer(
+          arrDf.select(to_json(variant_array_append(arrV, "$", 
col("val"))).alias("r")),
+          rows("[1,2,3]", null))
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   test("round trip tests") {
     withSQLConf(SQLConf.VARIANT_INFER_SHREDDING_SCHEMA.key -> "false") {
       val rand = new Random(42)


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