From 69af96ab9e7ab07c2c0ff2a9e730b922095be202 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Bower <37089506+pbower@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:44:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Minor schema carry-through fix

---
 src/structs/arena.rs | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/structs/arena.rs b/src/structs/arena.rs
index 5361c9f..9f2a084 100644
--- a/src/structs/arena.rs
+++ b/src/structs/arena.rs
@@ -1607,7 +1607,14 @@ pub(crate) fn consolidate_tables_arena(
     }
 
     // --- Step 3: Freeze and reconstruct via Table::from_arena ---
-    Table::from_arena(name, &schema, arena, regions, n_rows)
+    #[allow(unused_mut)]
+    let mut table = Table::from_arena(name, &schema, arena, regions, n_rows);
+    // Carry the first table's schema-level metadata
+    #[cfg(feature = "table_metadata")]
+    {
+        table.metadata = tables[0].metadata.clone();
+    }
+    table
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]