Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems and methods for synchronizing file-catalog table with a file stage. In an embodiment, a data platform receives a notification of a modification to one or more files in a file stage. The file stage includes data storage having a storage location. The data platform updates, based on receiving the notification of the modification, a first file-catalog table for the file stage based on the modification. The first file-catalog table includes a row for each file in the file stage, as well as a column for each of one or more metadata properties of the one or more files in the file stage.