Hi Yufei,

> Hi Dmitri, could you elaborate a bit more on the intended use case?

Please see https://lists.apache.org/thread/4mxk3p9qdsjmty9yqyrjoow522722r2s

Cheers,
Dmitri.

On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM Yufei Gu <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm also not sure ALLOW_SETTING_S3_ENDPOINTS is the best example to
> illustrate the chicken-and-egg issue. It feels like this should be a
> per-realm config, rather than something pushed down to the catalog level.
>
> Hi Dmitri, could you elaborate a bit more on the intended use case? Or, if
> possible, share another configuration example that better highlights the
> issue?
>
> Yufei
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM Michael Collado <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Shouldn't catalog creators be able to specify some of these overrides by
> > setting properties on the catalog itself? I see that
> > ALLOW_SETTING_S3_ENDPOINTS in particular doesn't have a catalog-level
> > configuration key, but many catalogs do. I can imagine a service-level
> > configuration for ALLOW_SETTING_S3_ENDPOINTS with a catalog-level key
> that
> > can be set by the catalog creator at creation time. Does that solve
> > the problem?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM Dmitri Bourlatchkov <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > To clarify my earlier email: Certain call paths require the storage
> > config
> > > to be provided at catalog creation time, IIRC. At the same time
> > processing
> > > storage config requires access to feature flags.
> > >
> > > Admins can indeed manage grants without exposing access to end users.
> > > However, I think the chicken and egg problem still exists with
> > > storage configuration even for admins.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Dmitri.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM Eric Maynard <[email protected]
> >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Could an administrator implement this two-step process by first
> > creating
> > > > the catalog and granting themself " CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT  " before
> > > doing
> > > > any other grants?
> > > >
> > > > --EM
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <
> [email protected]
> > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Dmitri
> > > > >
> > > > > That's a good point.
> > > > > Imho, we should have a two step approach for catalog creation:
> first
> > > > > create the "abstract" entity, and then all permission, etc.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards
> > > > > JB
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM Dmitri Bourlatchkov <
> > [email protected]>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi All,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Our feature flags code supports setting flags per catalog [1].
> > > However
> > > > > when
> > > > > > dealing with catalog creation, it may be necessary to check those
> > > flags
> > > > > too.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This creates a chicken and egg problem where certain flags that
> > apply
> > > > to
> > > > > > catalogs (e.g. ALLOW_SETTING_S3_ENDPOINTS) can only be set per
> > realm.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Would it make sense to allow a two phase approach to creating
> > > catalogs
> > > > > > where
> > > > > > 1) a catalog object is created as an empty shell (ID + name)
> > > > > > 2) An admin user adjusts feature flags / permissions
> > > > > > 3) A regular user sets catalog config properties
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any other thoughts / suggestions on this matter?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [1]
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://github.com/apache/polaris/blob/453e9fb19aaad48f8c46ef4ffe3d516df62e4706/polaris-core/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/core/config/PolarisConfiguration.java#L167
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Dmitri.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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