Is there any ETA on when Hybrid row-column will come out of beta ?

I'd love to help, but I'll need a bit more context! Do you have a specific question about StarRocks, such as a performance issue, a syntax error, or how to use a certain feature?

@Rocky any thoughts, on when there Hybrid row-column will come out of beta ?

Hybrid row-column storage (introduced in v3.2.3) is still officially in Beta as of the latest documentation and releases (up to StarRocks v3.5 and v4.0). While there isn't a specific public date for when it will officially move to General Availability (GA), here is the current state of its development and what to expect: Current Status * Beta Label: The feature still carries the

:::beta

warning in the official documentation, meaning it is not yet recommended for critical production workloads without thorough testing. * Availability: It is currently only supported in Shared-nothing (classic) clusters. Support for Shared-data (cloud-native) clusters is still listed as a "to-be-supported" feature in future releases. * Refinement: Recent updates (like v3.2.4) added the ability to use

ALTER TABLE

on hybrid tables and expanded support for complex types (JSON, ARRAY, MAP, STRUCT), showing that the development team is still actively polishing the feature. Known Limitations To move to GA, StarRocks typically addresses major architectural gaps. Currently, hybrid storage has these constraints: * Storage Overhead: It essentially stores data twice (once in columns and once in a hidden

__row

column), which significantly increases disk usage. * Writing Performance: Data writing can occasionally block the "short-circuit" point queries during the apply stage, impacting the very low latency it is designed to provide. * Feature Support: It does not yet support features that rely strictly on columnar mode, such as certain types of partial updates. Recommendation If you are looking for high-concurrency point lookups (thousands of QPS) or fast partial updates on Primary Key tables, you can use it today by setting

enable_experimental_rowstore = true

in your FE configuration and specifying

"store_type" = "column_with_row"

during table creation. For updates on the GA timeline, I recommend following the StarRocks GitHub Roadmap or the

#starrocks-user

channel in the community Slack, where maintainers often share upcoming release milestones. References • table_design/hybrid_table.md • release_notes/release-3.3.md

@Kevin Cai any thoughts on this ?

there is not much usage of this feature in practice, it will be staying in beta as of now.

@Kevin Cai thank you for this information..