diff --git a/kernel/tests/log_compaction.rs b/kernel/tests/log_compaction.rs
index 198a3879c..e90607fda 100644
--- a/kernel/tests/log_compaction.rs
+++ b/kernel/tests/log_compaction.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
 use delta_kernel::engine::to_json_bytes;
-use delta_kernel::engine_data::FilteredEngineData;
 use delta_kernel::schema::{DataType, StructField, StructType};
 use delta_kernel::Snapshot;
 use test_utils::{create_table, engine_store_setup};
@@ -117,11 +116,7 @@ async fn action_reconciliation_round_trip() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Er
     // Convert the end-to-end flow of writing the JSON. We are going beyond the public
     // log compaction APIs since the test is writing the compacted JSON and verifying it
     // bu this is intentional, as most engines would be implementing something similar
-    let compaction_data_iter = compacted_data_batches.into_iter().map(|batch| {
-        Ok(FilteredEngineData::with_all_rows_selected(
-            batch.into_parts().0,
-        ))
-    });
+    let compaction_data_iter = compacted_data_batches.into_iter().map(Ok);
     let json_bytes = to_json_bytes(compaction_data_iter)?;
     let final_content = String::from_utf8(json_bytes)?;
 
@@ -170,8 +165,8 @@ async fn action_reconciliation_round_trip() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Er
         "Compacted file should contain remove action (non-expired tombstone)"
     );
     assert!(
-        has_add_file1,
-        "Compacted file should contain add action for file1 (first/newest add action for this file path)"
+        !has_add_file1,
+        "Compacted file should not contain add action for removed file file1"
     );
     assert!(
         has_add_file2,
@@ -201,3 +196,214 @@ async fn action_reconciliation_round_trip() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Er
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+/// Test log compaction behavior with expired tombstones.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn expired_tombstone_exclusion() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let _ = tracing_subscriber::fmt::try_init();
+
+    let schema = Arc::new(StructType::try_new(vec![StructField::nullable(
+        "id",
+        DataType::INTEGER,
+    )])?);
+
+    let (store, engine, table_location) = engine_store_setup("test_expired_tombstone_table", None);
+
+    // Create table (this will be commit 0)
+    let table_url = create_table(
+        store.clone(),
+        table_location,
+        schema.clone(),
+        &[],
+        false,
+        vec![],
+        vec![],
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    // Commit 1: Add three files
+    let commit1_content = r#"{"commitInfo":{"timestamp":1587968586000,"operation":"WRITE","operationParameters":{"mode":"Append"},"isBlindAppend":true}}
+{"add":{"path":"part-00000-expired-file.parquet","partitionValues":{},"size":1024,"modificationTime":1587968586000,"dataChange":true, "stats":"{\"numRecords\":10,\"nullCount\":{\"id\":0},\"minValues\":{\"id\": 1},\"maxValues\":{\"id\":10}}"}}
+{"add":{"path":"part-00001-recent-file.parquet","partitionValues":{},"size":2048,"modificationTime":1587968586000,"dataChange":true, "stats":"{\"numRecords\":20,\"nullCount\":{\"id\":0},\"minValues\":{\"id\": 11},\"maxValues\":{\"id\":30}}"}}
+{"add":{"path":"part-00002-keep-file.parquet","partitionValues":{},"size":3072,"modificationTime":1587968586000,"dataChange":true, "stats":"{\"numRecords\":30,\"nullCount\":{\"id\":0},\"minValues\":{\"id\": 31},\"maxValues\":{\"id\":60}}"}}
+"#;
+    store
+        .put(
+            &Path::from("test_expired_tombstone_table/_delta_log/00000000000000000001.json"),
+            commit1_content.as_bytes().into(),
+        )
+        .await?;
+
+    // Commit 2: Remove the first file with an expired (old) deletionTimestamp
+    // Use a timestamp from 30 days ago (older than default 7-day retention)
+    let expired_timestamp = SystemTime::now()
+        .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
+        .unwrap()
+        .as_millis() as i64
+        - (30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000); // 30 days ago
+
+    let commit2_content = format!(
+        r#"{{"commitInfo":{{"timestamp":{},"operation":"DELETE","operationParameters":{{"predicate":"id <= 10"}},"isBlindAppend":false}}}}
+{{"remove":{{"path":"part-00000-expired-file.parquet","partitionValues":{{}},"size":1024,"modificationTime":1587968586000,"dataChange":true,"deletionTimestamp":{}}}}}
+"#,
+        expired_timestamp + 1000,
+        expired_timestamp
+    );
+    store
+        .put(
+            &Path::from("test_expired_tombstone_table/_delta_log/00000000000000000002.json"),
+            commit2_content.into_bytes().into(),
+        )
+        .await?;
+
+    // Commit 3: Remove the second file with a recent (non-expired) deletionTimestamp
+    let recent_timestamp = SystemTime::now()
+        .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
+        .unwrap()
+        .as_millis() as i64
+        - (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000); // 1 day ago
+
+    let commit3_content = format!(
+        r#"{{"commitInfo":{{"timestamp":{},"operation":"DELETE","operationParameters":{{"predicate":"id BETWEEN 11 AND 30"}},"isBlindAppend":false}}}}
+{{"remove":{{"path":"part-00001-recent-file.parquet","partitionValues":{{}},"size":2048,"modificationTime":1587968586000,"dataChange":true,"deletionTimestamp":{}}}}}
+"#,
+        recent_timestamp + 1000,
+        recent_timestamp
+    );
+    store
+        .put(
+            &Path::from("test_expired_tombstone_table/_delta_log/00000000000000000003.json"),
+            commit3_content.into_bytes().into(),
+        )
+        .await?;
+
+    let snapshot = Snapshot::builder_for(table_url.clone()).build(&engine)?;
+    let mut writer = snapshot.log_compaction_writer(0, 3)?;
+
+    let mut compaction_data = writer.compaction_data(&engine)?;
+    let compaction_path = writer.compaction_path().clone();
+
+    // Verify the compaction file name
+    let expected_filename = "00000000000000000000.00000000000000000003.compacted.json";
+    assert!(compaction_path.to_string().ends_with(expected_filename));
+
+    let mut batch_count = 0;
+    let mut compacted_data_batches = Vec::new();
+
+    for batch_result in compaction_data.by_ref() {
+        let batch = batch_result?;
+        compacted_data_batches.push(batch);
+        batch_count += 1;
+    }
+
+    assert!(
+        batch_count > 0,
+        "Should have processed at least one compaction batch"
+    );
+
+    // Convert to JSON and write to storage for verification
+    let compaction_data_iter = compacted_data_batches.into_iter().map(Ok);
+    let json_bytes = to_json_bytes(compaction_data_iter)?;
+    let final_content = String::from_utf8(json_bytes)?;
+
+    let compaction_file_path = url_to_object_store_path(&compaction_path)?;
+
+    store
+        .put(&compaction_file_path, final_content.clone().into())
+        .await?;
+
+    // Verify the compacted file content
+    let compacted_content = store.get(&compaction_file_path).await?;
+    let compacted_bytes = compacted_content.bytes().await?;
+    let compacted_str = std::str::from_utf8(&compacted_bytes)?;
+
+    // Parse and verify the actions
+    let compacted_lines: Vec<&str> = compacted_str.trim().lines().collect();
+    assert!(
+        !compacted_lines.is_empty(),
+        "Compacted file should not be empty"
+    );
+
+    // Check for expected actions
+    let has_protocol = compacted_lines.iter().any(|line| line.contains("protocol"));
+    let has_metadata = compacted_lines.iter().any(|line| line.contains("metaData"));
+    let has_add_expired_file = compacted_lines
+        .iter()
+        .any(|line| line.contains("part-00000-expired-file.parquet") && line.contains("add"));
+    let has_add_recent_file = compacted_lines
+        .iter()
+        .any(|line| line.contains("part-00001-recent-file.parquet") && line.contains("add"));
+    let has_add_keep_file = compacted_lines
+        .iter()
+        .any(|line| line.contains("part-00002-keep-file.parquet") && line.contains("add"));
+    let has_remove_expired_file = compacted_lines
+        .iter()
+        .any(|line| line.contains("part-00000-expired-file.parquet") && line.contains("remove"));
+    let has_remove_recent_file = compacted_lines
+        .iter()
+        .any(|line| line.contains("part-00001-recent-file.parquet") && line.contains("remove"));
+    let has_commit_info = compacted_lines
+        .iter()
+        .any(|line| line.contains("commitInfo"));
+
+    assert!(
+        has_protocol,
+        "Compacted file should contain protocol action"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        has_metadata,
+        "Compacted file should contain metadata action"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !has_add_expired_file,
+        "Compacted file should not contain add action for file that was removed by expired remove action"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !has_add_recent_file,
+        "Compacted file should not contain add action for recent file that was removed"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        has_add_keep_file,
+        "Compacted file should contain add action for kept file (file that was never removed)"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !has_commit_info,
+        "Compacted file should NOT contain commitInfo actions (they should be excluded)"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !has_remove_expired_file,
+        "Compacted file should NOT contain remove action for expired file"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        has_remove_recent_file,
+        "Compacted file should contain remove action for recent file"
+    );
+
+    // Verify the recent remove action has the expected timestamp
+    let recent_remove_line = compacted_lines
+        .iter()
+        .find(|line| line.contains("part-00001-recent-file.parquet") && line.contains("remove"))
+        .ok_or("Recent remove action should be present in compacted content")?;
+    let parsed_remove: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(recent_remove_line)?;
+
+    let actual_deletion_timestamp = parsed_remove["remove"]["deletionTimestamp"]
+        .as_i64()
+        .ok_or_else(|| {
+            format!(
+                "deletionTimestamp should be present in recent remove action: {}",
+                recent_remove_line
+            )
+        })?;
+    assert_eq!(actual_deletion_timestamp, recent_timestamp);
+
+    let total_actions = compacted_lines
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|line| !line.trim().is_empty())
+        .count();
+    assert!(
+        total_actions >= 4,
+        "Should have at least 4 actions: protocol, metadata, 1 add, 1 remove (recent). Found {}",
+        total_actions
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}