The amount of metadata stored in the RECORD_METADATA column is configurable using optional Kafka configuration properties.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Not configurable
• D. Not applicable

Answer: (A)

The amount of metadata stored in the RECORD_METADATA column can be adjusted through the Kafka configuration properties used by the Snowflake Kafka integration. This means you can tailor how much context is captured for each record—such as topic, partition, offset, timestamp, key, headers, and other fields—by enabling or limiting specific metadata via those optional properties. Because Snowflake provides these configuration knobs, the statement is true: you can configure how much metadata ends up in RECORD_METADATA rather than it being fixed. If someone suggests it isn’t configurable or isn’t applicable, that would contradict the documented capability of the connector to control metadata granularity through its Kafka settings.