diff --git a/test/s3tables/maintenance/maintenance_integration_test.go b/test/s3tables/maintenance/maintenance_integration_test.go
index 735cca573..4a3857fff 100644
--- a/test/s3tables/maintenance/maintenance_integration_test.go
+++ b/test/s3tables/maintenance/maintenance_integration_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -30,12 +31,17 @@ import (
 	"github.com/apache/iceberg-go/table"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
 	v4 "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/signer/v4"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3"
+	"github.com/parquet-go/parquet-go"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
 
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/command"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/filer"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
 	icebergHandler "github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/plugin/worker/iceberg"
@@ -244,9 +250,36 @@ func newTestSchema() *iceberg.Schema {
 	return iceberg.NewSchema(0,
 		iceberg.NestedField{ID: 1, Type: iceberg.PrimitiveTypes.Int64, Name: "id", Required: true},
 		iceberg.NestedField{ID: 2, Type: iceberg.PrimitiveTypes.String, Name: "name", Required: false},
+		iceberg.NestedField{ID: 3, Type: iceberg.PrimitiveTypes.String, Name: "payload", Required: false},
 	)
 }
 
+type compactRow struct {
+	ID      int64  `parquet:"id"`
+	Name    string `parquet:"name"`
+	Payload string `parquet:"payload"`
+}
+
+func buildParquetData(t *testing.T, prefix string, rowCount int) []byte {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	rows := make([]compactRow, rowCount)
+	for i := range rows {
+		rows[i] = compactRow{
+			ID:      int64(i + 1),
+			Name:    fmt.Sprintf("%s-%06d", prefix, i),
+			Payload: fmt.Sprintf("%s-%06d-%s", prefix, i, strings.Repeat(fmt.Sprintf("%04d", i%10000), 128)),
+		}
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	writer := parquet.NewGenericWriter[compactRow](&buf)
+	_, err := writer.Write(rows)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, writer.Close())
+	return buf.Bytes()
+}
+
 func buildMetadata(t *testing.T, snapshots []table.Snapshot) table.Metadata {
 	t.Helper()
 	schema := newTestSchema()
@@ -308,6 +341,75 @@ func s3put(t *testing.T, s3Endpoint, bucket, key string, body []byte) {
 	}
 }
 
+func newS3Client(t *testing.T, endpoint string) *s3.Client {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	cfg, err := config.LoadDefaultConfig(context.Background(),
+		config.WithRegion("us-east-1"),
+		config.WithCredentialsProvider(credentials.NewStaticCredentialsProvider("admin", "admin", "")),
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	return s3.NewFromConfig(cfg, func(o *s3.Options) {
+		o.BaseEndpoint = aws.String(endpoint)
+		o.UsePathStyle = true
+	})
+}
+
+func s3putObject(t *testing.T, client *s3.Client, bucket, key string, body []byte) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	_, err := client.PutObject(ctx, &s3.PutObjectInput{
+		Bucket: aws.String(bucket),
+		Key:    aws.String(key),
+		Body:   bytes.NewReader(body),
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
+type testFilerClient struct {
+	client filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClient
+}
+
+func (c testFilerClient) WithFilerClient(_ bool, fn func(filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClient) error) error {
+	return fn(c.client)
+}
+
+func (c testFilerClient) AdjustedUrl(location *filer_pb.Location) string {
+	if location == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	if location.PublicUrl != "" {
+		return location.PublicUrl
+	}
+	return location.Url
+}
+
+func (c testFilerClient) GetDataCenter() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
+func readFile(t *testing.T, client filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClient, dir, name string) []byte {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	entry := lookupEntry(t, client, dir, name)
+	require.NotNil(t, entry, "readFile(%s, %s): entry missing", dir, name)
+	if len(entry.Content) > 0 || len(entry.Chunks) == 0 {
+		return entry.Content
+	}
+
+	reader := filer.NewFileReader(testFilerClient{client: client}, entry)
+	if closer, ok := reader.(io.Closer); ok {
+		defer closer.Close()
+	}
+	content, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "readFile(%s, %s): read chunked content", dir, name)
+	return content
+}
+
 // createBucketViaS3 creates a regular S3 bucket via the S3 PUT Bucket API.
 // populateTableViaFiler creates the Iceberg directory structure, metadata xattr,
 // manifests, and data files for a table directly in the filer.
@@ -447,6 +549,30 @@ func writeFile(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, client filer_pb.SeaweedFilerCl
 	require.Empty(t, resp.Error, "writeFile(%s, %s): resp error", dir, name)
 }
 
+func upsertFile(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, client filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClient, dir, name string, content []byte) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	entry := lookupEntry(t, client, dir, name)
+	if entry == nil {
+		writeFile(t, ctx, client, dir, name, content)
+		return
+	}
+	if entry.Attributes == nil {
+		entry.Attributes = &filer_pb.FuseAttributes{}
+	}
+	entry.Content = content
+	entry.Chunks = nil
+	entry.Attributes.Mtime = time.Now().Unix()
+	entry.Attributes.FileMode = uint32(0644)
+	entry.Attributes.FileSize = uint64(len(content))
+	resp, err := client.UpdateEntry(ctx, &filer_pb.UpdateEntryRequest{
+		Directory: dir,
+		Entry:     entry,
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err, "upsertFile(%s, %s): rpc error", dir, name)
+	require.NotNil(t, resp, "upsertFile(%s, %s): nil response", dir, name)
+}
+
 func lookupEntry(t *testing.T, client filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClient, dir, name string) *filer_pb.Entry {
 	t.Helper()
 	resp, err := filer_pb.LookupEntry(context.Background(), client, &filer_pb.LookupDirectoryEntryRequest{
@@ -471,6 +597,7 @@ func TestIcebergMaintenanceIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	t.Run("ExpireSnapshots", testExpireSnapshots)
+	t.Run("CompactDataFiles", testCompactDataFiles)
 	t.Run("RemoveOrphans", testRemoveOrphans)
 	t.Run("RewriteManifests", testRewriteManifests)
 	t.Run("FullMaintenanceCycle", testFullMaintenanceCycle)
@@ -517,6 +644,180 @@ func testExpireSnapshots(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Greater(t, internalMeta.MetadataVersion, 1, "metadata version should have been incremented")
 }
 
+func testCompactDataFiles(t *testing.T) {
+	_, client := shared.filerConn(t)
+	suffix := randomSuffix()
+	bucket := "maint-compact-" + suffix
+	ns := "ns"
+	tbl := "tbl"
+
+	now := time.Now().UnixMilli()
+	snapshots := []table.Snapshot{
+		{SnapshotID: 1, TimestampMs: now, ManifestList: "metadata/snap-1.avro", SequenceNumber: 1},
+	}
+	meta := populateTableViaFiler(t, client, shared.s3Endpoint, bucket, ns, tbl, snapshots)
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	tablePath := path.Join(ns, tbl)
+	dataDir := path.Join(s3tables.TablesPath, bucket, tablePath, "data")
+	metaDir := path.Join(s3tables.TablesPath, bucket, tablePath, "metadata")
+
+	type parquetFile struct {
+		name        string
+		recordCount int64
+		fileSize    int64
+	}
+
+	s3Client := newS3Client(t, shared.s3Endpoint)
+	var files []parquetFile
+	for i := 1; i <= 3; i++ {
+		name := fmt.Sprintf("compact-input-%d.parquet", i)
+		content := buildParquetData(t, fmt.Sprintf("compact-%d", i), 2000)
+		s3putObject(t, s3Client, bucket, path.Join(tablePath, "data", name), content)
+
+		entry := lookupEntry(t, client, dataDir, name)
+		require.NotNil(t, entry, "uploaded parquet file should exist")
+		require.NotEmpty(t, entry.Chunks, "uploaded parquet file should be chunk-backed")
+
+		files = append(files, parquetFile{
+			name:        name,
+			recordCount: 2000,
+			fileSize:    int64(len(content)),
+		})
+	}
+
+	schema := meta.CurrentSchema()
+	spec := meta.PartitionSpec()
+	version := meta.Version()
+	snapID := snapshots[0].SnapshotID
+
+	entries := make([]iceberg.ManifestEntry, 0, len(files))
+	for _, file := range files {
+		dfBuilder, err := iceberg.NewDataFileBuilder(
+			spec,
+			iceberg.EntryContentData,
+			path.Join("data", file.name),
+			iceberg.ParquetFile,
+			map[int]any{},
+			nil, nil,
+			file.recordCount,
+			file.fileSize,
+		)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		entries = append(entries, iceberg.NewManifestEntry(
+			iceberg.EntryStatusADDED, &snapID, nil, nil, dfBuilder.Build(),
+		))
+	}
+
+	manifestName := "manifest-compact.avro"
+	var manifestBuf bytes.Buffer
+	manifest, err := iceberg.WriteManifest(
+		path.Join("metadata", manifestName), &manifestBuf,
+		version, spec, schema, snapID, entries,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	writeFile(t, ctx, client, metaDir, manifestName, manifestBuf.Bytes())
+
+	var manifestListBuf bytes.Buffer
+	seqNum := snapshots[0].SequenceNumber
+	require.NoError(t, iceberg.WriteManifestList(
+		version, &manifestListBuf, snapID, snapshots[0].ParentSnapshotID, &seqNum, 0,
+		[]iceberg.ManifestFile{manifest},
+	))
+	upsertFile(t, ctx, client, metaDir, path.Base(snapshots[0].ManifestList), manifestListBuf.Bytes())
+
+	handler := icebergHandler.NewHandler(nil)
+	config := icebergHandler.Config{
+		TargetFileSizeBytes: 16 * 1024 * 1024,
+		MinInputFiles:       2,
+		MaxCommitRetries:    3,
+	}
+
+	result, err := handler.CompactDataFiles(ctx, client, bucket, tablePath, config)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, result, "compacted")
+	t.Logf("CompactDataFiles result: %s", result)
+
+	var compacted *filer_pb.Entry
+	listErr := filer_pb.SeaweedList(ctx, client, dataDir, "", func(entry *filer_pb.Entry, isLast bool) error {
+		// Compacted output uses compact-{snapID}-{newSnapID}-{binIdx}.parquet.
+		// The test inputs use compact-input-{n}.parquet and must not satisfy this check.
+		if strings.HasPrefix(entry.Name, "compact-") &&
+			!strings.HasPrefix(entry.Name, "compact-input-") &&
+			strings.HasSuffix(entry.Name, ".parquet") {
+			compacted = entry
+		}
+		return nil
+	}, "", false, 1000)
+	require.NoError(t, listErr)
+	require.NotNil(t, compacted, "compaction should create a merged parquet file")
+
+	tableEntry := lookupEntry(t, client, path.Join(s3tables.TablesPath, bucket, ns), tbl)
+	require.NotNil(t, tableEntry)
+	xattr := tableEntry.Extended[s3tables.ExtendedKeyMetadata]
+	require.NotEmpty(t, xattr)
+
+	var internalMeta struct {
+		MetadataVersion  int    `json:"metadataVersion"`
+		MetadataLocation string `json:"metadataLocation,omitempty"`
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal(xattr, &internalMeta))
+	assert.Greater(t, internalMeta.MetadataVersion, 1, "metadata version should advance after compaction")
+
+	metadataName := path.Base(internalMeta.MetadataLocation)
+	require.NotEmpty(t, metadataName, "compaction should point table metadata at a committed metadata file")
+	metadataBytes := readFile(t, client, metaDir, metadataName)
+	committedMeta, err := table.ParseMetadataBytes(metadataBytes)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	currentSnap := committedMeta.CurrentSnapshot()
+	require.NotNil(t, currentSnap, "committed metadata should include a current snapshot")
+	assert.Equal(t, snapshots[0].SequenceNumber+1, currentSnap.SequenceNumber, "compaction should advance the snapshot sequence number")
+
+	manifestListName := path.Base(currentSnap.ManifestList)
+	require.NotEmpty(t, manifestListName, "committed snapshot should reference a manifest list")
+	manifestListBytes := readFile(t, client, metaDir, manifestListName)
+	manifestFiles, err := iceberg.ReadManifestList(bytes.NewReader(manifestListBytes))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, manifestFiles, 1, "compaction should commit a single replacement manifest")
+	assert.Equal(t, snapshots[0].SequenceNumber+1, manifestFiles[0].SequenceNum(), "new manifest should use the committed snapshot sequence number")
+	assert.Equal(t, snapshots[0].SequenceNumber+1, manifestFiles[0].MinSequenceNum(), "compaction manifest should inherit the committed sequence number for added data")
+
+	manifestName = path.Base(manifestFiles[0].FilePath())
+	manifestBytes := readFile(t, client, metaDir, manifestName)
+	manifestEntries, err := iceberg.ReadManifest(manifestFiles[0], bytes.NewReader(manifestBytes), false)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, manifestEntries, len(files)+1, "compaction should replace the input files with one merged output")
+
+	deletedPaths := make(map[string]struct{}, len(files))
+	addedPaths := make(map[string]struct{})
+	for _, entry := range manifestEntries {
+		switch entry.Status() {
+		case iceberg.EntryStatusADDED:
+			addedPaths[entry.DataFile().FilePath()] = struct{}{}
+			assert.Equal(t, snapshots[0].SequenceNumber+1, entry.SequenceNum(), "added entries should inherit the new snapshot sequence number")
+			fileSeqNum := entry.FileSequenceNum()
+			require.NotNil(t, fileSeqNum, "added entries should carry a file sequence number")
+			assert.Equal(t, snapshots[0].SequenceNumber+1, *fileSeqNum)
+		case iceberg.EntryStatusDELETED:
+			deletedPaths[entry.DataFile().FilePath()] = struct{}{}
+			assert.Equal(t, snapshots[0].SequenceNumber, entry.SequenceNum(), "deleted entries should preserve the original data sequence number")
+			fileSeqNum := entry.FileSequenceNum()
+			require.NotNil(t, fileSeqNum, "deleted entries should preserve file sequence numbers")
+			assert.Equal(t, snapshots[0].SequenceNumber, *fileSeqNum)
+		default:
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected manifest entry status %v for %s", entry.Status(), entry.DataFile().FilePath())
+		}
+	}
+
+	require.Len(t, addedPaths, 1, "compaction should add exactly one merged parquet file")
+	assert.Contains(t, addedPaths, path.Join("data", compacted.Name))
+	require.Len(t, deletedPaths, len(files), "compaction should delete every original small input file")
+	for _, file := range files {
+		assert.Contains(t, deletedPaths, path.Join("data", file.name))
+	}
+}
+
 func testRemoveOrphans(t *testing.T) {
 	_, client := shared.filerConn(t)
 	suffix := randomSuffix()
diff --git a/weed/plugin/worker/iceberg/compact.go b/weed/plugin/worker/iceberg/compact.go
index 40d9092eb..d41d8c986 100644
--- a/weed/plugin/worker/iceberg/compact.go
+++ b/weed/plugin/worker/iceberg/compact.go
@@ -109,6 +109,22 @@ func (h *Handler) compactDataFiles(
 	var deletedManifestEntries []iceberg.ManifestEntry
 	totalMerged := 0
 
+	entrySeqNum := func(entry iceberg.ManifestEntry) *int64 {
+		seqNum := entry.SequenceNum()
+		if seqNum < 0 {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return &seqNum
+	}
+
+	entryFileSeqNum := func(entry iceberg.ManifestEntry) *int64 {
+		if fileSeqNum := entry.FileSequenceNum(); fileSeqNum != nil {
+			value := *fileSeqNum
+			return &value
+		}
+		return entrySeqNum(entry)
+	}
+
 	metaDir := path.Join(s3tables.TablesPath, bucketName, tablePath, "metadata")
 	dataDir := path.Join(s3tables.TablesPath, bucketName, tablePath, "data")
 
@@ -189,7 +205,7 @@ func (h *Handler) compactDataFiles(
 			delEntry := iceberg.NewManifestEntry(
 				iceberg.EntryStatusDELETED,
 				&newSnapID,
-				nil, nil,
+				entrySeqNum(entry), entryFileSeqNum(entry),
 				entry.DataFile(),
 			)
 			deletedManifestEntries = append(deletedManifestEntries, delEntry)
@@ -221,7 +237,7 @@ func (h *Handler) compactDataFiles(
 			existingEntry := iceberg.NewManifestEntry(
 				iceberg.EntryStatusEXISTING,
 				func() *int64 { id := entry.SnapshotID(); return &id }(),
-				nil, nil,
+				entrySeqNum(entry), entryFileSeqNum(entry),
 				entry.DataFile(),
 			)
 			manifestEntries = append(manifestEntries, existingEntry)
diff --git a/weed/plugin/worker/iceberg/filer_io.go b/weed/plugin/worker/iceberg/filer_io.go
index eddc42b0b..db72b42a6 100644
--- a/weed/plugin/worker/iceberg/filer_io.go
+++ b/weed/plugin/worker/iceberg/filer_io.go
@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/apache/iceberg-go/table"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/filer"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/s3api/s3tables"
+	util_http "github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/util/http"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 )
@@ -25,6 +28,30 @@ type filerFileEntry struct {
 	Entry *filer_pb.Entry
 }
 
+var initGlobalHTTPClientOnce sync.Once
+
+type singleFilerClient struct {
+	client filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClient
+}
+
+func (c singleFilerClient) WithFilerClient(_ bool, fn func(filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClient) error) error {
+	return fn(c.client)
+}
+
+func (c singleFilerClient) AdjustedUrl(location *filer_pb.Location) string {
+	if location == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	if location.PublicUrl != "" {
+		return location.PublicUrl
+	}
+	return location.Url
+}
+
+func (c singleFilerClient) GetDataCenter() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
 // listFilerEntries lists all entries in a directory.
 func listFilerEntries(ctx context.Context, client filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClient, dir, prefix string) ([]*filer_pb.Entry, error) {
 	var entries []*filer_pb.Entry
@@ -174,15 +201,20 @@ func loadFileByIcebergPath(ctx context.Context, client filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClie
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("file not found: %s/%s", dir, fileName)
 	}
 
-	// Inline content is available for small files (metadata, manifests, and
-	// manifest lists written by saveFilerFile). Larger files uploaded via S3
-	// are stored as chunks with empty Content — detect this and return a
-	// clear error rather than silently returning empty data.
-	if len(resp.Entry.Content) == 0 && len(resp.Entry.Chunks) > 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("file %s/%s is stored in chunks; only inline content is supported", dir, fileName)
+	if len(resp.Entry.Content) > 0 || len(resp.Entry.Chunks) == 0 {
+		return resp.Entry.Content, nil
 	}
 
-	return resp.Entry.Content, nil
+	initGlobalHTTPClientOnce.Do(util_http.InitGlobalHttpClient)
+	reader := filer.NewFileReader(singleFilerClient{client: client}, resp.Entry)
+	if closer, ok := reader.(io.Closer); ok {
+		defer closer.Close()
+	}
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("read chunked file %s/%s: %w", dir, fileName, err)
+	}
+	return data, nil
 }
 
 // normalizeIcebergPath converts an Iceberg path (which may be an S3 URL, an