Hi everyone, The vote for FLIP-578: In-place Table to Materialized Table conversion has passed with 4 binding +1 votes and no 0 or -1 votes.
Binding +1: - Timo Walther - Sergey Nuyanzin - Fabian Hueske - Yuepeng Pan Thanks to everyone who reviewed the proposal and voted. I will update the FLIP status to Accepted and proceed with the implementation. Thanks, Ramin On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 2:23 PM Ramin Gharib <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I would like to start a vote on FLIP-578: In-place Table to Materialized > Table conversion. > > The FLIP proposes a new conversion path that lets users turn an existing > regular CatalogTable into a CatalogMaterializedTable in place via `CREATE > OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE`, gated behind an explicit, operator-only > configuration option (default off). It preserves identity and storage, > avoids the new-name-and-cutover workaround, and folds query evolution into > the existing ALTER MT path covered by FLIP-492 and FLIP-557. > > FLIP: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-578%3A+In-place+Table+to+Materialized+Table+conversion > > Discussion thread: > https://lists.apache.org/thread/4qt89030x5fxm69yzjf93h91j428cqxo > > The vote will be open for at least 72 hours unless there is an objection > or insufficient votes. > > Thanks, > > Ramin >
