The query succeeded. Which table state did it read?

Two successful queries on an Iceberg table can return different row counts, such as 12,480,032 via catalog query versus 12,691,404 via direct storage folder scan. This discrepancy occurs because a lakehouse table is a specific selection of files, not the entire directory. While Delta or Iceberg tables use Parquet files, the directory is not the table definition. Therefore, users must compare inputs to ensure they are reading the same logical table state.