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Various systems and methods of tracking a size of a database change log are described herein. A system is disclosed herein, according to some embodiments. An indication of a plurality of change events that have occurred at the database is received. A new log segment is generated for the change log for the database based on the received indication including the plurality of change events. Metadata for an end log segment from the change log is retrieved to identify a cumulative size for the change log. A new cumulative size for the change log is determined based on a size of the new log segment and the identified cumulative size. The new log segment is stored to the change log as a new end log segment with metadata indicating the new cumulative size for the change log.
