feat(catalog): Implement update_table for GlueCatalog

crates/catalog/glue/src/catalog.rs

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 
+use anyhow::anyhow;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
+use aws_sdk_glue::operation::update_table::UpdateTableError;
 use aws_sdk_glue::types::TableInput;
 use iceberg::io::{
     FileIO, S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID, S3_ENDPOINT, S3_REGION, S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, S3_SESSION_TOKEN,
@@ -709,10 +711,56 @@ impl Catalog for GlueCatalog {
         ))
     }
 
-    async fn update_table(&self, _commit: TableCommit) -> Result<Table> {
-        Err(Error::new(
-            ErrorKind::FeatureUnsupported,
-            "Updating a table is not supported yet",
-        ))
+    async fn update_table(&self, commit: TableCommit) -> Result<Table> {
+        let table_ident = commit.identifier().clone();
+        let table_namespace = validate_namespace(table_ident.namespace())?;
+        let current_table = self.load_table(&table_ident).await?;
+        let current_metadata_location = current_table.metadata_location_result()?.to_string();
+
+        let staged_table = commit.apply(current_table)?;
+        let staged_metadata_location = staged_table.metadata_location_result()?;
+
+        // Write new metadata
+        staged_table
+            .metadata()
+            .write_to(staged_table.file_io(), staged_metadata_location)
+            .await?;
+
+        // Persist staged table to Glue
+        let builder = self
+            .client
+            .0
+            .update_table()
+            .database_name(table_namespace)
+            .set_skip_archive(Some(true)) // todo make this configurable
+            .table_input(convert_to_glue_table(
+                table_ident.name(),
+                staged_metadata_location.to_string(),
+                staged_table.metadata(),
+                staged_table.metadata().properties(),
+                Some(current_metadata_location),
+            )?);
+        let builder = with_catalog_id!(builder, self.config);
+        let _ = builder.send().await.map_err(|e| {
+            let error = e.into_service_error();
+            match error {
+                UpdateTableError::EntityNotFoundException(_) => Error::new(
+                    ErrorKind::TableNotFound,
+                    format!("Table {table_ident} is not found"),
+                ),
+                UpdateTableError::ConcurrentModificationException(_) => Error::new(
+                    ErrorKind::CatalogCommitConflicts,
+                    format!("Commit failed for table: {table_ident}"),
+                )
+                .with_retryable(true),
+                _ => Error::new(
+                    ErrorKind::Unexpected,
+                    format!("Operation failed for table: {table_ident} for hitting aws sdk error"),
+                ),
+            }
+            .with_source(anyhow!("aws sdk error: {:?}", error))
+        })?;
+
+        Ok(staged_table)
     }
 }

crates/catalog/glue/tests/glue_catalog_test.rs

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use std::sync::RwLock;
 use ctor::{ctor, dtor};
 use iceberg::io::{S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID, S3_ENDPOINT, S3_REGION, S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY};
 use iceberg::spec::{NestedField, PrimitiveType, Schema, Type};
+use iceberg::transaction::{ApplyTransactionAction, Transaction};
 use iceberg::{
     Catalog, CatalogBuilder, Namespace, NamespaceIdent, Result, TableCreation, TableIdent,
 };
@@ -402,3 +403,69 @@ async fn test_list_namespace() -> Result<()> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_update_table() -> Result<()> {
+    let catalog = get_catalog().await;
+    let creation = set_table_creation(None, "my_table")?;
+    let namespace = Namespace::new(NamespaceIdent::new("test_update_table".into()));
+
+    catalog
+        .create_namespace(namespace.name(), HashMap::new())
+        .await?;
+
+    let expected = catalog.create_table(namespace.name(), creation).await?;
+
+    let table = catalog
+        .load_table(&TableIdent::new(
+            namespace.name().clone(),
+            "my_table".to_string(),
+        ))
+        .await?;
+
+    assert_eq!(table.identifier(), expected.identifier());
+    assert_eq!(table.metadata_location(), expected.metadata_location());
+    assert_eq!(table.metadata(), expected.metadata());
+
+    // Store the original metadata location for comparison
+    let original_metadata_location = table.metadata_location();
+
+    // Update table properties using the transaction
+    let tx = Transaction::new(&table);
+    let tx = tx
+        .update_table_properties()
+        .set("test_property".to_string(), "test_value".to_string())
+        .apply(tx)?;
+
+    // Commit the transaction to the catalog
+    let updated_table = tx.commit(&catalog).await?;
+
+    // Verify the update was successful
+    assert_eq!(
+        updated_table.metadata().properties().get("test_property"),
+        Some(&"test_value".to_string())
+    );
+
+    // Verify the metadata location has been updated
+    assert_ne!(
+        updated_table.metadata_location(),
+        original_metadata_location,
+        "Metadata location should be updated after commit"
+    );
+
+    // Load the table again from the catalog to verify changes were persisted
+    let reloaded_table = catalog.load_table(table.identifier()).await?;
+
+    // Verify the reloaded table matches the updated table
+    assert_eq!(
+        reloaded_table.metadata().properties().get("test_property"),
+        Some(&"test_value".to_string())
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        reloaded_table.metadata_location(),
+        updated_table.metadata_location(),
+        "Reloaded table should have the same metadata location as the updated table"
+    );
+
+    Ok(())
+}

crates/catalog/rest/src/catalog.rs

@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ impl Catalog for RestCatalog {
             StatusCode::OK => deserialize_catalog_response(http_response).await?,
             StatusCode::NOT_FOUND => {
                 return Err(Error::new(
-                    ErrorKind::Unexpected,
+                    ErrorKind::TableNotFound,
                     "Tried to update a table that does not exist",
                 ));
             }

crates/iceberg/src/error.rs

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pub enum ErrorKind {
     /// Iceberg table already exists at creation.
     TableAlreadyExists,
 
-    /// Iceberg namespace already exists at creation.
+    /// Iceberg namespace does not exist.
     NamespaceNotFound,
 
     /// Iceberg table does not exist.