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Amazon Athena introduces system tables for observability, auditing, and usage analytics

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AWS·Nov 9, 2026, 04:00 PMFeatureAI-assisted summary

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Athena introduces managed Iceberg system tables that automatically capture query usage data for observability, auditing, and analytics.
Usage data becomes available within minutes, is stored read‑only on S3 with configurable retention, and can be queried directly in Athena or any Iceberg‑compatible engine.
Enables cost‑allocation dashboards and optimization insights without custom ETL, and is accessible via Athena APIs, CloudWatch, and CloudTrail.

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