Hi @APJESK,

How are you doing today? as per my understanding, the Unity Catalog metadata itself (like table definitions, permissions, lineage, etc.) is always stored and managed in the Databricks control plane, not in your S3 bucket. The S3 bucket you configure when creating a UC metastore is only used to hold the actual data files for managed tables and volumes. So think of it this way: the metadata lives with Databricks, while the data lives in your bucket. This separation makes sure Databricks can handle governance and consistency, while you keep ownership of the storage.

Please let me know for any queries.

Regards,

Brahma