The jobs.query method is being updated to support a queryResultsFormat parameter, allowing developers to request results in ARROW format instead of the traditional STRUCT_ENCODING. New schemas including ArrowRecordBatch, ArrowSchema, and ArrowSerializationOptions have been added to handle serialized Arrow data. These options include support for buffer compression (LZ4_FRAME, ZSTD) and configurable timestamp precision ranging from microseconds to picoseconds. Although the documentation currently notes these features are 'not yet available,' their presence in the discovery document indicates a significant upcoming capability for high-throughput data egress.
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