Apache Iceberg version

main (development)

Query engine

Spark

Please describe the bug 🐞

Trying to create a table with VARIANT and HMS catalog currently does not work. The following error is thrown:

org.apache.spark.sql.execution.QueryExecutionException: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: variant is not supported
        at org.apache.iceberg.hive.HiveSchemaUtil.convertToTypeString(HiveSchemaUtil.java:188)
        at org.apache.iceberg.hive.HiveSchemaUtil.lambda$convert$0(HiveSchemaUtil.java:44)

More info: https://apache-iceberg.slack.com/archives/C025PH0G1D4/p1769802258483219

Willingness to contribute

• I can contribute a fix for this bug independently
• I would be willing to contribute a fix for this bug with guidance from the Iceberg community
• I cannot contribute a fix for this bug at this time