From e96b589ddf58e0240e7c26aaf3c1d393fdb42450 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Koen Denecker <koen@polars.tech>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 15:48:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Pass metadata location to StaticTable FileIO for scheme
 inference

---
 pyiceberg/table/__init__.py |  2 +-
 tests/table/test_init.py    | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyiceberg/table/__init__.py b/pyiceberg/table/__init__.py
index 63b87d290e..77c6d555d0 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/table/__init__.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/table/__init__.py
@@ -1820,7 +1820,7 @@ def from_metadata(cls, metadata_location: str, properties: Properties = EMPTY_DI
             identifier=("static-table", metadata_location),
             metadata_location=metadata_location,
             metadata=metadata,
-            io=load_file_io({**properties, **metadata.properties}),
+            io=load_file_io({**properties, **metadata.properties}, location=metadata_location),
             catalog=NoopCatalog("static-table"),
         )
 
diff --git a/tests/table/test_init.py b/tests/table/test_init.py
index 1670e62587..3f1e97768c 100644
--- a/tests/table/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/table/test_init.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     In,
 )
 from pyiceberg.expressions.visitors import bind
-from pyiceberg.io import PY_IO_IMPL, load_file_io
+from pyiceberg.io import PY_IO_IMPL, FileIO, load_file_io
 from pyiceberg.partitioning import PartitionField, PartitionSpec
 from pyiceberg.schema import Schema
 from pyiceberg.table import (
@@ -1989,3 +1989,24 @@ def test_build_large_partition_predicate(table_v2: Table) -> None:
         )
 
     bind(table_v2.metadata.schema(), expr, case_sensitive=True)
+
+
+def test_static_table_forwards_location_to_table_file_io(metadata_location: str, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    seen_locations: list[str | None] = []
+    real_load_file_io = load_file_io
+
+    def _spy(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> FileIO:
+        if "location" in kwargs:
+            seen_locations.append(kwargs["location"])
+        elif len(args) >= 2:
+            seen_locations.append(args[1])
+        else:
+            seen_locations.append(None)
+        return real_load_file_io(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("pyiceberg.table.load_file_io", _spy)
+
+    StaticTable.from_metadata(metadata_location)
+
+    assert seen_locations, "expected at least one load_file_io call"
+    assert all(loc is not None for loc in seen_locations), f"load_file_io called without a location: {seen_locations}"