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# Schema changes

> Stay up to date on schema changes in your source database.

## Notification settings

By default, every user has schema change notifications enabled. You can toggle this setting by going to [Settings > My settings](https://app.artie.com/settings?tab=user) and altering the `Receive table change notifications` setting.

## Schema-change detection

Artie checks source databases for table and column changes and sends a summary only when it detects changes. By default, you receive the summary by email. You can also [configure Slack or Teams notifications](/docs/account/enabling-notifications).

Changes Artie detects include:

1. Tables added
2. Tables removed
3. Tables changed
   * Columns added
   * Columns removed
   * Columns altered, including data type, default value, and not-null constraint

You can also run a check from a pipeline's overview page. The check runs in the background. If the pipeline has **Auto-replicate new tables** or **Auto-enable history mode for new tables** enabled, eligible newly discovered tables can be added automatically.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/artie/cR74rDu7gj_LCvTI/assets/schema_change_example.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=cR74rDu7gj_LCvTI&q=85&s=7243cf65ad029c446d2e9acaa553a9b8" alt="Example of what schema changes looks like" width="713" height="1138" data-path="assets/schema_change_example.png" />

## Automatically apply supported schema changes

Schema-change notifications report what changed in the source. They do not change the destination schema.

A company admin can separately enable **Automatically apply supported schema changes**. That reconciliation job compares eligible source and destination tables and applies supported differences. It runs daily between 7:00 and 8:00 AM Pacific Time, and eligible pipeline redeploys can also queue reconciliation.

See [Schema evolution](/docs/guides/artie/schema-evolution#automatic-schema-changes) for supported sources and changes, eligibility requirements, on-demand reconciliation, and the two-hour cooldown.
