diff --git a/crates/core/src/delta_datafusion/planner.rs b/crates/core/src/delta_datafusion/planner.rs
index e04b9c8e55..d89513b78b 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/delta_datafusion/planner.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/delta_datafusion/planner.rs
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 //! };
 //!
 //! let state = state.with_query_planner(Arc::new(merge_planner));
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::{Arc, LazyLock};
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use datafusion::logical_expr::LogicalPlan;
+use datafusion::logical_expr::{LogicalPlan, UserDefinedLogicalNode};
 use datafusion::physical_planner::PhysicalPlanner;
 use datafusion::{
     execution::{context::QueryPlanner, session_state::SessionState},
@@ -34,28 +34,81 @@ use datafusion::{
 };
 
 use crate::delta_datafusion::DataFusionResult;
+use crate::operations::delete::DeleteMetricExtensionPlanner;
+use crate::operations::merge::MergeMetricExtensionPlanner;
+use crate::operations::update::UpdateMetricExtensionPlanner;
+use crate::operations::write::metrics::WriteMetricExtensionPlanner;
+
+const DELTA_EXTENSION_PLANNERS: LazyLock<Vec<Arc<dyn ExtensionPlanner + Send + Sync>>> =
+    LazyLock::new(|| {
+        vec![
+            MergeMetricExtensionPlanner::new(),
+            WriteMetricExtensionPlanner::new(),
+            DeleteMetricExtensionPlanner::new(),
+            UpdateMetricExtensionPlanner::new(),
+        ]
+    });
+
+const DELTA_PLANNER: LazyLock<Arc<DeltaPlanner>> = LazyLock::new(|| Arc::new(DeltaPlanner));
 
 /// Deltaplanner
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct DeltaPlanner<T: ExtensionPlanner> {
-    /// custom extension planner
-    pub extension_planner: T,
+pub struct DeltaPlanner;
+
+impl DeltaPlanner {
+    pub fn new() -> Arc<Self> {
+        DELTA_PLANNER.clone()
+    }
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
-impl<T: ExtensionPlanner + Send + Sync + 'static + Clone + std::fmt::Debug> QueryPlanner
-    for DeltaPlanner<T>
-{
+impl QueryPlanner for DeltaPlanner {
     async fn create_physical_plan(
         &self,
         logical_plan: &LogicalPlan,
         session_state: &SessionState,
     ) -> DataFusionResult<Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>> {
         let planner = Arc::new(Box::new(DefaultPhysicalPlanner::with_extension_planners(
-            vec![Arc::new(self.extension_planner.clone())],
+            vec![DeltaExtensionPlanner::new()],
         )));
         planner
             .create_physical_plan(logical_plan, session_state)
             .await
     }
 }
+
+pub struct DeltaExtensionPlanner;
+
+impl DeltaExtensionPlanner {
+    pub fn new() -> Arc<Self> {
+        Arc::new(Self {})
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl ExtensionPlanner for DeltaExtensionPlanner {
+    async fn plan_extension(
+        &self,
+        planner: &dyn PhysicalPlanner,
+        node: &dyn UserDefinedLogicalNode,
+        logical_inputs: &[&LogicalPlan],
+        physical_inputs: &[Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>],
+        session_state: &SessionState,
+    ) -> DataFusionResult<Option<Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>>> {
+        for ext_planner in DELTA_EXTENSION_PLANNERS.iter() {
+            if let Some(plan) = ext_planner
+                .plan_extension(
+                    planner,
+                    node,
+                    logical_inputs,
+                    physical_inputs,
+                    session_state,
+                )
+                .await?
+            {
+                return Ok(Some(plan));
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(None)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/core/src/operations/delete.rs b/crates/core/src/operations/delete.rs
index 07123d43de..41cdad2f63 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/operations/delete.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/operations/delete.rs
@@ -158,7 +158,13 @@ impl DeleteBuilder {
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-struct DeleteMetricExtensionPlanner {}
+pub(crate) struct DeleteMetricExtensionPlanner {}
+
+impl DeleteMetricExtensionPlanner {
+    pub fn new() -> Arc<Self> {
+        Arc::new(Self {})
+    }
+}
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl ExtensionPlanner for DeleteMetricExtensionPlanner {
@@ -204,12 +210,10 @@ async fn execute_non_empty_expr(
     let mut actions: Vec<Action> = Vec::new();
     let table_partition_cols = snapshot.metadata().partition_columns().clone();
 
-    let delete_planner = DeltaPlanner::<DeleteMetricExtensionPlanner> {
-        extension_planner: DeleteMetricExtensionPlanner {},
-    };
+    let delete_planner = DeltaPlanner::new();
 
     let state = SessionStateBuilder::new_from_existing(state.clone())
-        .with_query_planner(Arc::new(delete_planner))
+        .with_query_planner(delete_planner)
         .build();
 
     let scan_config = DeltaScanConfigBuilder::default()
diff --git a/crates/core/src/operations/merge/mod.rs b/crates/core/src/operations/merge/mod.rs
index f32f39ad6e..a8bf241927 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/operations/merge/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/operations/merge/mod.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ use std::time::Instant;
 use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field, SchemaBuilder};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use datafusion::common::tree_node::{Transformed, TreeNode};
-use datafusion::common::{Column, DFSchema, ExprSchema, ScalarValue, TableReference};
+use datafusion::common::{plan_err, Column, DFSchema, ExprSchema, ScalarValue, TableReference};
 use datafusion::datasource::provider_as_source;
 use datafusion::error::Result as DataFusionResult;
 use datafusion::execution::context::SessionConfig;
@@ -631,7 +631,13 @@ pub struct MergeMetrics {
     pub rewrite_time_ms: u64,
 }
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-struct MergeMetricExtensionPlanner {}
+pub(crate) struct MergeMetricExtensionPlanner {}
+
+impl MergeMetricExtensionPlanner {
+    pub fn new() -> Arc<Self> {
+        Arc::new(Self {})
+    }
+}
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl ExtensionPlanner for MergeMetricExtensionPlanner {
@@ -711,6 +717,9 @@ impl ExtensionPlanner for MergeMetricExtensionPlanner {
         }
 
         if let Some(barrier) = node.as_any().downcast_ref::<MergeBarrier>() {
+            if physical_inputs.len() != 1 {
+                return plan_err!("MergeBarrierExec expects exactly one input");
+            }
             let schema = barrier.input.schema();
             return Ok(Some(Arc::new(MergeBarrierExec::new(
                 physical_inputs.first().unwrap().clone(),
@@ -755,12 +764,10 @@ async fn execute(
     }
 
     let current_metadata = snapshot.metadata();
-    let merge_planner = DeltaPlanner::<MergeMetricExtensionPlanner> {
-        extension_planner: MergeMetricExtensionPlanner {},
-    };
+    let merge_planner = DeltaPlanner::new();
 
     let state = SessionStateBuilder::new_from_existing(state)
-        .with_query_planner(Arc::new(merge_planner))
+        .with_query_planner(merge_planner)
         .build();
 
     // TODO: Given the join predicate, remove any expression that involve the
diff --git a/crates/core/src/operations/update.rs b/crates/core/src/operations/update.rs
index bf95949ba4..d7ac1ec098 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/operations/update.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/operations/update.rs
@@ -201,7 +201,13 @@ impl UpdateBuilder {
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-struct UpdateMetricExtensionPlanner {}
+pub(crate) struct UpdateMetricExtensionPlanner {}
+
+impl UpdateMetricExtensionPlanner {
+    pub fn new() -> Arc<Self> {
+        Arc::new(Self {})
+    }
+}
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl ExtensionPlanner for UpdateMetricExtensionPlanner {
@@ -276,12 +282,10 @@ async fn execute(
         .with_optimizer_rules(rules)
         .build();
 
-    let update_planner = DeltaPlanner::<UpdateMetricExtensionPlanner> {
-        extension_planner: UpdateMetricExtensionPlanner {},
-    };
+    let update_planner = DeltaPlanner::new();
 
     let state = SessionStateBuilder::new_from_existing(state)
-        .with_query_planner(Arc::new(update_planner))
+        .with_query_planner(update_planner)
         .build();
 
     let exec_start = Instant::now();
diff --git a/crates/core/src/operations/write/metrics.rs b/crates/core/src/operations/write/metrics.rs
index 1f265234e7..bedd26b47c 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/operations/write/metrics.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/operations/write/metrics.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ pub(crate) const SOURCE_COUNT_METRIC: &str = "num_source_rows";
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct WriteMetricExtensionPlanner {}
 
+impl WriteMetricExtensionPlanner {
+    pub fn new() -> Arc<Self> {
+        Arc::new(Self {})
+    }
+}
+
 #[async_trait]
 impl ExtensionPlanner for WriteMetricExtensionPlanner {
     async fn plan_extension(
diff --git a/crates/core/src/operations/write/mod.rs b/crates/core/src/operations/write/mod.rs
index 52625bed94..910a12ca4d 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/operations/write/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/operations/write/mod.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub use configs::WriterStatsConfig;
 use datafusion::execution::SessionStateBuilder;
 use delta_kernel::engine::arrow_conversion::TryIntoKernel as _;
 use generated_columns::{able_to_gc, add_generated_columns, add_missing_generated_columns};
-use metrics::{WriteMetricExtensionPlanner, SOURCE_COUNT_ID, SOURCE_COUNT_METRIC};
+use metrics::{SOURCE_COUNT_ID, SOURCE_COUNT_METRIC};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -425,9 +425,7 @@ impl std::future::IntoFuture for WriteBuilder {
             let mut metrics = WriteMetrics::default();
             let exec_start = Instant::now();
 
-            let write_planner = DeltaPlanner::<WriteMetricExtensionPlanner> {
-                extension_planner: WriteMetricExtensionPlanner {},
-            };
+            let write_planner = DeltaPlanner::new();
 
             // Create table actions to initialize table in case it does not yet exist
             // and should be created
@@ -437,12 +435,12 @@ impl std::future::IntoFuture for WriteBuilder {
 
             let state = match this.state {
                 Some(state) => SessionStateBuilder::new_from_existing(state.clone())
-                    .with_query_planner(Arc::new(write_planner))
+                    .with_query_planner(write_planner.clone())
                     .build(),
                 None => {
                     let state = SessionStateBuilder::new()
                         .with_default_features()
-                        .with_query_planner(Arc::new(write_planner))
+                        .with_query_planner(write_planner)
                         .build();
                     register_store(this.log_store.clone(), state.runtime_env().clone());
                     state