Lifecycle of a write
Write
ALeader
Ingest table
Stable table
ALog service
AFollower
Ingest table
AStable table
AStorage
CheckpointA
The leader's write is checkpointed and adopted by the follower. Its covered ingest table copy can be removed when no longer needed by readers.
Each loop repeats an independent write. Checkpoint adoption makes the ingest table copy eligible for eviction; removal waits until it is safe.