diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/AbstractHoodieWriteClient.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/AbstractHoodieWriteClient.java
index 699f739ba..444eae62b 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/AbstractHoodieWriteClient.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/AbstractHoodieWriteClient.java
@@ -184,11 +184,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractHoodieWriteClient<T extends HoodieRecordPayload, I
     HoodieTable table = createTable(config, hadoopConf);
     HoodieCommitMetadata metadata = CommitUtils.buildMetadata(stats, partitionToReplaceFileIds,
         extraMetadata, operationType, config.getWriteSchema(), commitActionType);
+    HoodieInstant inflightInstant = new HoodieInstant(State.INFLIGHT, table.getMetaClient().getCommitActionType(), instantTime);
     HeartbeatUtils.abortIfHeartbeatExpired(instantTime, table, heartbeatClient, config);
-    this.txnManager.beginTransaction(Option.of(new HoodieInstant(State.INFLIGHT, table.getMetaClient().getCommitActionType(), instantTime)),
+    this.txnManager.beginTransaction(Option.of(inflightInstant),
         lastCompletedTxnAndMetadata.isPresent() ? Option.of(lastCompletedTxnAndMetadata.get().getLeft()) : Option.empty());
     try {
-      preCommit(instantTime, metadata);
+      preCommit(inflightInstant, metadata);
       commit(table, commitActionType, instantTime, metadata, stats);
       postCommit(table, metadata, instantTime, extraMetadata);
       LOG.info("Committed " + instantTime);
@@ -244,14 +245,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractHoodieWriteClient<T extends HoodieRecordPayload, I
 
   /**
    * Any pre-commit actions like conflict resolution or updating metadata table goes here.
-   * @param instantTime commit instant time.
+   * @param inflightInstant instant of inflight operation.
    * @param metadata commit metadata for which pre commit is being invoked.
    */
-  protected void preCommit(String instantTime, HoodieCommitMetadata metadata) {
+  protected void preCommit(HoodieInstant inflightInstant, HoodieCommitMetadata metadata) {
     // Create a Hoodie table after starting the transaction which encapsulated the commits and files visible.
     // Important to create this after the lock to ensure latest commits show up in the timeline without need for reload
     HoodieTable table = createTable(config, hadoopConf);
-    table.getMetadataWriter().ifPresent(w -> ((HoodieTableMetadataWriter)w).update(metadata, instantTime));
+    table.getMetadataWriter().ifPresent(w -> ((HoodieTableMetadataWriter)w).update(metadata, inflightInstant.getTimestamp(),
+        table.isTableServiceAction(inflightInstant.getAction())));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/HoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/HoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java
index eb0c6ea89..48d6b948c 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/HoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/HoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ public abstract class HoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter implements HoodieTableMeta
     });
 
     LOG.info("Committing " + partitionToFileStatus.size() + " partitions and " + stats[0] + " files to metadata");
-    update(commitMetadata, createInstantTime);
+    update(commitMetadata, createInstantTime, false);
     return true;
   }
 
@@ -523,23 +523,24 @@ public abstract class HoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter implements HoodieTableMeta
    * @param instantTime instant time of interest.
    * @param convertMetadataFunction converter function to convert the respective metadata to List of HoodieRecords to be written to metadata table.
    * @param <T> type of commit metadata.
+   * @param canTriggerTableService true if table services can be triggered. false otherwise.
    */
-  private <T> void processAndCommit(String instantTime, ConvertMetadataFunction convertMetadataFunction) {
+  private <T> void processAndCommit(String instantTime, ConvertMetadataFunction convertMetadataFunction, boolean canTriggerTableService) {
     if (enabled && metadata != null) {
       List<HoodieRecord> records = convertMetadataFunction.convertMetadata();
-      commit(records, MetadataPartitionType.FILES.partitionPath(), instantTime);
+      commit(records, MetadataPartitionType.FILES.partitionPath(), instantTime, canTriggerTableService);
     }
   }
 
   /**
    * Update from {@code HoodieCommitMetadata}.
-   *
    * @param commitMetadata {@code HoodieCommitMetadata}
    * @param instantTime Timestamp at which the commit was performed
+   * @param isTableServiceAction {@code true} if commit metadata is pertaining to a table service. {@code false} otherwise.
    */
   @Override
-  public void update(HoodieCommitMetadata commitMetadata, String instantTime) {
-    processAndCommit(instantTime, () -> HoodieTableMetadataUtil.convertMetadataToRecords(commitMetadata, instantTime));
+  public void update(HoodieCommitMetadata commitMetadata, String instantTime, boolean isTableServiceAction) {
+    processAndCommit(instantTime, () -> HoodieTableMetadataUtil.convertMetadataToRecords(commitMetadata, instantTime), !isTableServiceAction);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -550,7 +551,8 @@ public abstract class HoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter implements HoodieTableMeta
    */
   @Override
   public void update(HoodieCleanMetadata cleanMetadata, String instantTime) {
-    processAndCommit(instantTime, () -> HoodieTableMetadataUtil.convertMetadataToRecords(cleanMetadata, instantTime));
+    processAndCommit(instantTime, () -> HoodieTableMetadataUtil.convertMetadataToRecords(cleanMetadata, instantTime),
+        false);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -562,7 +564,7 @@ public abstract class HoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter implements HoodieTableMeta
   @Override
   public void update(HoodieRestoreMetadata restoreMetadata, String instantTime) {
     processAndCommit(instantTime, () -> HoodieTableMetadataUtil.convertMetadataToRecords(metadataMetaClient.getActiveTimeline(),
-        restoreMetadata, instantTime, metadata.getSyncedInstantTime()));
+        restoreMetadata, instantTime, metadata.getSyncedInstantTime()), false);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -588,7 +590,7 @@ public abstract class HoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter implements HoodieTableMeta
 
       List<HoodieRecord> records = HoodieTableMetadataUtil.convertMetadataToRecords(metadataMetaClient.getActiveTimeline(), rollbackMetadata, instantTime,
           metadata.getSyncedInstantTime(), wasSynced);
-      commit(records, MetadataPartitionType.FILES.partitionPath(), instantTime);
+      commit(records, MetadataPartitionType.FILES.partitionPath(), instantTime, false);
     }
   }
 
@@ -601,12 +603,12 @@ public abstract class HoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter implements HoodieTableMeta
 
   /**
    * Commit the {@code HoodieRecord}s to Metadata Table as a new delta-commit.
-   *
-   * @param records The list of records to be written.
+   *  @param records The list of records to be written.
    * @param partitionName The partition to which the records are to be written.
    * @param instantTime The timestamp to use for the deltacommit.
+   * @param canTriggerTableService true if table services can be scheduled and executed. false otherwise.
    */
-  protected abstract void commit(List<HoodieRecord> records, String partitionName, String instantTime);
+  protected abstract void commit(List<HoodieRecord> records, String partitionName, String instantTime, boolean canTriggerTableService);
 
   /**
    *  Perform a compaction on the Metadata Table.
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/HoodieTableMetadataWriter.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/HoodieTableMetadataWriter.java
index f5c4d26d0..4f5ac027c 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/HoodieTableMetadataWriter.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/HoodieTableMetadataWriter.java
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ public interface HoodieTableMetadataWriter extends Serializable, AutoCloseable {
    * Update the metadata table due to a COMMIT operation.
    * @param commitMetadata commit metadata of the operation of interest.
    * @param instantTime instant time of the commit.
+   * @param isTableServiceAction true if caller is a table service. false otherwise. Only regular write operations can trigger metadata table services and this argument
+   *                       will assist in this.
    */
-  void update(HoodieCommitMetadata commitMetadata, String instantTime);
+  void update(HoodieCommitMetadata commitMetadata, String instantTime, boolean isTableServiceAction);
 
   /**
    * Update the metadata table due to a CLEAN operation.
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieTable.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieTable.java
index 4b582b1d5..6046374ba 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieTable.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieTable.java
@@ -738,6 +738,13 @@ public abstract class HoodieTable<T extends HoodieRecordPayload, I, K, O> implem
     return getMetadataWriter(Option.empty());
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Check if action type is a table service.
+   * @param actionType action type of interest.
+   * @return true if action represents a table service. false otherwise.
+   */
+  public abstract boolean isTableServiceAction(String actionType);
+
   /**
    * Get Table metadata writer.
    *
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/BaseActionExecutor.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/BaseActionExecutor.java
index cd32a5bc8..a22479b6b 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/BaseActionExecutor.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/BaseActionExecutor.java
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ public abstract class BaseActionExecutor<T extends HoodieRecordPayload, I, K, O,
    * Writes commits metadata to table metadata.
    * @param metadata commit metadata of interest.
    */
-  protected final void writeTableMetadata(HoodieCommitMetadata metadata) {
-    table.getMetadataWriter().ifPresent(w -> w.update(metadata, instantTime));
+  protected final void writeTableMetadata(HoodieCommitMetadata metadata, String actionType) {
+    table.getMetadataWriter().ifPresent(w -> w.update(metadata, instantTime, table.isTableServiceAction(actionType)));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/common/testutils/HoodieMetadataTestTable.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/common/testutils/HoodieMetadataTestTable.java
index bbaf07374..fa0f5df61 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/common/testutils/HoodieMetadataTestTable.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/common/testutils/HoodieMetadataTestTable.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class HoodieMetadataTestTable extends HoodieTestTable {
     HoodieCommitMetadata commitMetadata = super.doWriteOperation(commitTime, operationType, newPartitionsToAdd,
         partitionToFilesNameLengthMap, bootstrap, createInflightCommit);
     if (writer != null && !createInflightCommit) {
-      writer.update(commitMetadata, commitTime);
+      writer.update(commitMetadata, commitTime, false);
     }
     return commitMetadata;
   }
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class HoodieMetadataTestTable extends HoodieTestTable {
   public HoodieTestTable moveInflightCommitToComplete(String instantTime, HoodieCommitMetadata metadata) throws IOException {
     super.moveInflightCommitToComplete(instantTime, metadata);
     if (writer != null) {
-      writer.update(metadata, instantTime);
+      writer.update(metadata, instantTime, false);
     }
     return this;
   }
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class HoodieMetadataTestTable extends HoodieTestTable {
   public HoodieTestTable moveInflightCommitToComplete(String instantTime, HoodieCommitMetadata metadata, boolean ignoreWriter) throws IOException {
     super.moveInflightCommitToComplete(instantTime, metadata);
     if (!ignoreWriter && writer != null) {
-      writer.update(metadata, instantTime);
+      writer.update(metadata, instantTime, false);
     }
     return this;
   }
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class HoodieMetadataTestTable extends HoodieTestTable {
   public HoodieTestTable moveInflightCompactionToComplete(String instantTime, HoodieCommitMetadata metadata) throws IOException {
     super.moveInflightCompactionToComplete(instantTime, metadata);
     if (writer != null) {
-      writer.update(metadata, instantTime);
+      writer.update(metadata, instantTime, true);
     }
     return this;
   }
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class HoodieMetadataTestTable extends HoodieTestTable {
   public HoodieTestTable addCompaction(String instantTime, HoodieCommitMetadata commitMetadata) throws Exception {
     super.addCompaction(instantTime, commitMetadata);
     if (writer != null) {
-      writer.update(commitMetadata, instantTime);
+      writer.update(commitMetadata, instantTime, true);
     }
     return this;
   }
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class HoodieMetadataTestTable extends HoodieTestTable {
       HoodieReplaceCommitMetadata completeReplaceMetadata) throws Exception {
     super.addReplaceCommit(instantTime, requestedReplaceMetadata, inflightReplaceMetadata, completeReplaceMetadata);
     if (writer != null) {
-      writer.update(completeReplaceMetadata, instantTime);
+      writer.update(completeReplaceMetadata, instantTime, true);
     }
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/HoodieFlinkWriteClient.java b/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/HoodieFlinkWriteClient.java
index 349d47de4..3d44a2432 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/HoodieFlinkWriteClient.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/HoodieFlinkWriteClient.java
@@ -258,10 +258,10 @@ public class HoodieFlinkWriteClient<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends
   }
 
   @Override
-  protected void preCommit(String instantTime, HoodieCommitMetadata metadata) {
+  protected void preCommit(HoodieInstant inflightInstant, HoodieCommitMetadata metadata) {
     this.metadataWriterOption.ifPresent(w -> {
       w.initTableMetadata(); // refresh the timeline
-      w.update(metadata, instantTime);
+      w.update(metadata, inflightInstant.getTimestamp(), getHoodieTable().isTableServiceAction(inflightInstant.getAction()));
     });
   }
 
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ public class HoodieFlinkWriteClient<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends
       this.txnManager.beginTransaction(Option.of(hoodieInstant), Option.empty());
       // Do not do any conflict resolution here as we do with regular writes. We take the lock here to ensure all writes to metadata table happens within a
       // single lock (single writer). Because more than one write to metadata table will result in conflicts since all of them updates the same partition.
-      table.getMetadataWriter().ifPresent(w -> w.update(commitMetadata, hoodieInstant.getTimestamp()));
+      table.getMetadataWriter().ifPresent(w -> w.update(commitMetadata, hoodieInstant.getTimestamp(), table.isTableServiceAction(hoodieInstant.getAction())));
     } finally {
       this.txnManager.endTransaction();
     }
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/FlinkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java b/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/FlinkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java
index 9ae3e622d..8254d0b88 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/FlinkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/FlinkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class FlinkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter extends HoodieBackedTableMetad
   }
 
   @Override
-  protected void commit(List<HoodieRecord> records, String partitionName, String instantTime) {
+  protected void commit(List<HoodieRecord> records, String partitionName, String instantTime, boolean canTriggerTableService) {
     ValidationUtils.checkState(enabled, "Metadata table cannot be committed to as it is not enabled");
     List<HoodieRecord> recordList = prepRecords(records, partitionName, 1);
 
@@ -125,8 +125,10 @@ public class FlinkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter extends HoodieBackedTableMetad
 
       // reload timeline
       metadataMetaClient.reloadActiveTimeline();
-      compactIfNecessary(writeClient, instantTime);
-      doClean(writeClient, instantTime);
+      if (canTriggerTableService) {
+        compactIfNecessary(writeClient, instantTime);
+        doClean(writeClient, instantTime);
+      }
     }
 
     // Update total size of the metadata and count of base/log files
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieFlinkCopyOnWriteTable.java b/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieFlinkCopyOnWriteTable.java
index 8c2089963..85ad1364d 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieFlinkCopyOnWriteTable.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieFlinkCopyOnWriteTable.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieRecordPayload;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieWriteStat;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.table.HoodieTableMetaClient;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.table.timeline.HoodieInstant;
+import org.apache.hudi.common.table.timeline.HoodieTimeline;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.Option;
 import org.apache.hudi.config.HoodieWriteConfig;
 import org.apache.hudi.exception.HoodieNotSupportedException;
@@ -84,6 +85,11 @@ public class HoodieFlinkCopyOnWriteTable<T extends HoodieRecordPayload>
     super(config, context, metaClient);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isTableServiceAction(String actionType) {
+    return !actionType.equals(HoodieTimeline.COMMIT_ACTION);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Upsert a batch of new records into Hoodie table at the supplied instantTime.
    *
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieFlinkMergeOnReadTable.java b/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieFlinkMergeOnReadTable.java
index 56a14da4c..5ad87e083 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieFlinkMergeOnReadTable.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieFlinkMergeOnReadTable.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieRecord;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieRecordPayload;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.table.HoodieTableMetaClient;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.table.timeline.HoodieInstant;
+import org.apache.hudi.common.table.timeline.HoodieTimeline;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.Option;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.ValidationUtils;
 import org.apache.hudi.config.HoodieWriteConfig;
@@ -54,6 +55,11 @@ public class HoodieFlinkMergeOnReadTable<T extends HoodieRecordPayload>
     super(config, context, metaClient);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isTableServiceAction(String actionType) {
+    return !actionType.equals(HoodieTimeline.DELTA_COMMIT_ACTION);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public HoodieWriteMetadata<List<WriteStatus>> upsert(
       HoodieEngineContext context,
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/commit/BaseFlinkCommitActionExecutor.java b/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/commit/BaseFlinkCommitActionExecutor.java
index fce159ec8..5dfa511a8 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/commit/BaseFlinkCommitActionExecutor.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-flink-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/commit/BaseFlinkCommitActionExecutor.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public abstract class BaseFlinkCommitActionExecutor<T extends HoodieRecordPayloa
       HoodieCommitMetadata metadata = CommitUtils.buildMetadata(writeStats, result.getPartitionToReplaceFileIds(),
           extraMetadata, operationType, getSchemaToStoreInCommit(), getCommitActionType());
 
-      writeTableMetadata(metadata);
+      writeTableMetadata(metadata, actionType);
 
       activeTimeline.saveAsComplete(new HoodieInstant(true, getCommitActionType(), instantTime),
           Option.of(metadata.toJsonString().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-java-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieJavaCopyOnWriteTable.java b/hudi-client/hudi-java-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieJavaCopyOnWriteTable.java
index ba3af8941..a9e582110 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-java-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieJavaCopyOnWriteTable.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-java-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieJavaCopyOnWriteTable.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieRecordPayload;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieWriteStat;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.table.HoodieTableMetaClient;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.table.timeline.HoodieInstant;
+import org.apache.hudi.common.table.timeline.HoodieTimeline;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.Option;
 import org.apache.hudi.config.HoodieWriteConfig;
 import org.apache.hudi.exception.HoodieNotSupportedException;
@@ -66,6 +67,11 @@ public class HoodieJavaCopyOnWriteTable<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends H
     super(config, context, metaClient);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isTableServiceAction(String actionType) {
+    return !actionType.equals(HoodieTimeline.COMMIT_ACTION);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public HoodieWriteMetadata<List<WriteStatus>> upsert(HoodieEngineContext context,
                                                        String instantTime,
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-java-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieJavaMergeOnReadTable.java b/hudi-client/hudi-java-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieJavaMergeOnReadTable.java
index a78b71b24..b219ba1a9 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-java-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieJavaMergeOnReadTable.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-java-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieJavaMergeOnReadTable.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.apache.hudi.common.engine.HoodieEngineContext;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieRecord;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieRecordPayload;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.table.HoodieTableMetaClient;
+import org.apache.hudi.common.table.timeline.HoodieTimeline;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.Option;
 import org.apache.hudi.config.HoodieWriteConfig;
 import org.apache.hudi.table.action.HoodieWriteMetadata;
@@ -37,6 +38,11 @@ public class HoodieJavaMergeOnReadTable<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends H
     super(config, context, metaClient);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isTableServiceAction(String actionType) {
+    return !actionType.equals(HoodieTimeline.DELTA_COMMIT_ACTION);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public HoodieWriteMetadata<List<WriteStatus>> upsertPrepped(HoodieEngineContext context,
                                                               String instantTime,
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-java-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/commit/BaseJavaCommitActionExecutor.java b/hudi-client/hudi-java-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/commit/BaseJavaCommitActionExecutor.java
index 79aad595f..66cb40758 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-java-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/commit/BaseJavaCommitActionExecutor.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-java-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/commit/BaseJavaCommitActionExecutor.java
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public abstract class BaseJavaCommitActionExecutor<T extends HoodieRecordPayload
       HoodieCommitMetadata metadata = CommitUtils.buildMetadata(writeStats, result.getPartitionToReplaceFileIds(),
           extraMetadata, operationType, getSchemaToStoreInCommit(), getCommitActionType());
 
-      writeTableMetadata(metadata);
+      writeTableMetadata(metadata, actionType);
 
       activeTimeline.saveAsComplete(new HoodieInstant(true, getCommitActionType(), instantTime),
           Option.of(metadata.toJsonString().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/SparkRDDWriteClient.java b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/SparkRDDWriteClient.java
index b8437d39f..4154dc152 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/SparkRDDWriteClient.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/SparkRDDWriteClient.java
@@ -410,9 +410,10 @@ public class SparkRDDWriteClient<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends
                                   HoodieInstant hoodieInstant) {
     try {
       this.txnManager.beginTransaction(Option.of(hoodieInstant), Option.empty());
+      boolean isTableServiceAction = table.isTableServiceAction(hoodieInstant.getAction());
       // Do not do any conflict resolution here as we do with regular writes. We take the lock here to ensure all writes to metadata table happens within a
       // single lock (single writer). Because more than one write to metadata table will result in conflicts since all of them updates the same partition.
-      table.getMetadataWriter().ifPresent(w -> w.update(commitMetadata, hoodieInstant.getTimestamp()));
+      table.getMetadataWriter().ifPresent(w -> w.update(commitMetadata, hoodieInstant.getTimestamp(), isTableServiceAction));
     } finally {
       this.txnManager.endTransaction();
     }
@@ -478,13 +479,14 @@ public class SparkRDDWriteClient<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends
   }
 
   @Override
-  protected void preCommit(String instantTime, HoodieCommitMetadata metadata) {
+  protected void preCommit(HoodieInstant inflightInstant, HoodieCommitMetadata metadata) {
     // Create a Hoodie table after startTxn which encapsulated the commits and files visible.
     // Important to create this after the lock to ensure latest commits show up in the timeline without need for reload
     HoodieTable table = createTable(config, hadoopConf);
     TransactionUtils.resolveWriteConflictIfAny(table, this.txnManager.getCurrentTransactionOwner(),
         Option.of(metadata), config, txnManager.getLastCompletedTransactionOwner());
-    table.getMetadataWriter().ifPresent(w -> ((HoodieTableMetadataWriter)w).update(metadata, instantTime));
+    table.getMetadataWriter().ifPresent(w -> ((HoodieTableMetadataWriter)w).update(metadata, inflightInstant.getTimestamp(),
+        table.isTableServiceAction(inflightInstant.getAction())));
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/SparkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/SparkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java
index e59e19583..95ab7dc79 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/SparkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/SparkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class SparkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter extends HoodieBackedTableMetad
   }
 
   @Override
-  protected void commit(List<HoodieRecord> records, String partitionName, String instantTime) {
+  protected void commit(List<HoodieRecord> records, String partitionName, String instantTime, boolean canTriggerTableService) {
     ValidationUtils.checkState(enabled, "Metadata table cannot be committed to as it is not enabled");
     JavaRDD<HoodieRecord> recordRDD = prepRecords(records, partitionName, 1);
 
@@ -132,8 +132,10 @@ public class SparkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter extends HoodieBackedTableMetad
 
       // reload timeline
       metadataMetaClient.reloadActiveTimeline();
-      compactIfNecessary(writeClient, instantTime);
-      doClean(writeClient, instantTime);
+      if (canTriggerTableService) {
+        compactIfNecessary(writeClient, instantTime);
+        doClean(writeClient, instantTime);
+      }
     }
 
     // Update total size of the metadata and count of base/log files
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieSparkCopyOnWriteTable.java b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieSparkCopyOnWriteTable.java
index 8e4471010..0971b87c4 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieSparkCopyOnWriteTable.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieSparkCopyOnWriteTable.java
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ public class HoodieSparkCopyOnWriteTable<T extends HoodieRecordPayload>
     super(config, context, metaClient);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isTableServiceAction(String actionType) {
+    return !actionType.equals(HoodieTimeline.COMMIT_ACTION);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public HoodieWriteMetadata<JavaRDD<WriteStatus>> upsert(HoodieEngineContext context, String instantTime, JavaRDD<HoodieRecord<T>> records) {
     return new SparkUpsertCommitActionExecutor<>((HoodieSparkEngineContext) context, config, this, instantTime, records).execute();
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieSparkMergeOnReadTable.java b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieSparkMergeOnReadTable.java
index d0bc96924..9e053aaa0 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieSparkMergeOnReadTable.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieSparkMergeOnReadTable.java
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ public class HoodieSparkMergeOnReadTable<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends
     super(config, context, metaClient);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isTableServiceAction(String actionType) {
+    return !actionType.equals(HoodieTimeline.DELTA_COMMIT_ACTION);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public HoodieWriteMetadata<JavaRDD<WriteStatus>> upsert(HoodieEngineContext context, String instantTime, JavaRDD<HoodieRecord<T>> records) {
     return new SparkUpsertDeltaCommitActionExecutor<>((HoodieSparkEngineContext) context, config, this, instantTime, records).execute();
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/bootstrap/SparkBootstrapCommitActionExecutor.java b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/bootstrap/SparkBootstrapCommitActionExecutor.java
index 7486d07e1..8b353d64c 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/bootstrap/SparkBootstrapCommitActionExecutor.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/bootstrap/SparkBootstrapCommitActionExecutor.java
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ public class SparkBootstrapCommitActionExecutor<T extends HoodieRecordPayload<T>
     metadata.addMetadata(HoodieCommitMetadata.SCHEMA_KEY, getSchemaToStoreInCommit());
     metadata.setOperationType(operationType);
 
-    writeTableMetadata(metadata);
+    writeTableMetadata(metadata, actionType);
 
     try {
       activeTimeline.saveAsComplete(new HoodieInstant(true, actionType, instantTime),
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/commit/BaseSparkCommitActionExecutor.java b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/commit/BaseSparkCommitActionExecutor.java
index 0b673b890..2bcd6d787 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/commit/BaseSparkCommitActionExecutor.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/commit/BaseSparkCommitActionExecutor.java
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ public abstract class BaseSparkCommitActionExecutor<T extends HoodieRecordPayloa
       HoodieActiveTimeline activeTimeline = table.getActiveTimeline();
       HoodieCommitMetadata metadata = CommitUtils.buildMetadata(writeStats, result.getPartitionToReplaceFileIds(),
           extraMetadata, operationType, getSchemaToStoreInCommit(), getCommitActionType());
-      writeTableMetadata(metadata);
+      writeTableMetadata(metadata, actionType);
       activeTimeline.saveAsComplete(new HoodieInstant(true, getCommitActionType(), instantTime),
           Option.of(metadata.toJsonString().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
       LOG.info("Committed " + instantTime);
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/client/functional/TestHoodieBackedMetadata.java b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/client/functional/TestHoodieBackedMetadata.java
index de757a080..f8c1dfc87 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/client/functional/TestHoodieBackedMetadata.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/client/functional/TestHoodieBackedMetadata.java
@@ -273,6 +273,37 @@ public class TestHoodieBackedMetadata extends TestHoodieMetadataBase {
     validateMetadata(testTable, emptyList(), true);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Tests that table services in data table won't trigger table services in metadata table.
+   * @throws Exception
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testMetadataTableServices() throws Exception {
+    HoodieTableType tableType = COPY_ON_WRITE;
+    init(tableType, false);
+    writeConfig = getWriteConfigBuilder(true, true, false)
+        .withMetadataConfig(HoodieMetadataConfig.newBuilder()
+            .enable(true)
+            .enableFullScan(true)
+            .enableMetrics(false)
+            .withMaxNumDeltaCommitsBeforeCompaction(3) // after 3 delta commits for regular writer operations, compaction should kick in.
+            .build()).build();
+    initWriteConfigAndMetatableWriter(writeConfig, true);
+
+    doWriteOperation(testTable, "0000001", INSERT);
+    doCleanAndValidate(testTable, "0000003", Arrays.asList("0000001"));
+
+    HoodieTableMetadata tableMetadata = metadata(writeConfig, context);
+    // since clean was the last commit, table servives should not get triggered in metadata table.
+    assertFalse(tableMetadata.getLatestCompactionTime().isPresent());
+
+    doWriteOperation(testTable, "0000004", UPSERT);
+    // this should have triggered compaction in metadata table
+    tableMetadata = metadata(writeConfig, context);
+    assertTrue(tableMetadata.getLatestCompactionTime().isPresent());
+    assertEquals(tableMetadata.getLatestCompactionTime().get(), "0000004001");
+  }
+
   /**
    * Test rollback of various table operations sync to Metadata Table correctly.
    */
@@ -467,7 +498,8 @@ public class TestHoodieBackedMetadata extends TestHoodieMetadataBase {
     init(tableType);
     HoodieSparkEngineContext engineContext = new HoodieSparkEngineContext(jsc);
 
-    try (SparkRDDWriteClient client = new SparkRDDWriteClient(engineContext, getWriteConfig(true, true))) {
+    try (SparkRDDWriteClient client = new SparkRDDWriteClient(engineContext,
+        getWriteConfigBuilder(true, true, false).withRollbackUsingMarkers(false).build())) {
 
       // Write 1
       String commitTime = "0000001";
@@ -501,7 +533,8 @@ public class TestHoodieBackedMetadata extends TestHoodieMetadataBase {
     init(tableType);
     HoodieSparkEngineContext engineContext = new HoodieSparkEngineContext(jsc);
 
-    try (SparkRDDWriteClient client = new SparkRDDWriteClient(engineContext, getWriteConfig(true, true))) {
+    try (SparkRDDWriteClient client = new SparkRDDWriteClient(engineContext,
+        getWriteConfigBuilder(true, true, false).withRollbackUsingMarkers(false).build())) {
 
       // Write 1 (Bulk insert)
       String newCommitTime = "0000001";
@@ -685,8 +718,8 @@ public class TestHoodieBackedMetadata extends TestHoodieMetadataBase {
 
   /**
    * Lets say clustering commit succeeded in metadata table, but failed before committing to datatable.
-   * Next time, when clustering kicks in, hudi will rollback pending clustering and re-attempt the clustering with same instant time.
-   * So, this test ensures the 2nd attempt succeeds with metadata enabled.
+   * Next time, when clustering kicks in, hudi will rollback pending clustering (in data table) and re-attempt the clustering with same
+   * instant time. So, this test ensures the 2nd attempt succeeds with metadata enabled.
    * This is applicable to any table service where instant time is fixed. So, how many ever times the operation fails, re attempt will
    * be made with same commit time.
    * Tests uses clustering to test out the scenario.
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/io/TestHoodieTimelineArchiveLog.java b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/io/TestHoodieTimelineArchiveLog.java
index 53f0cdde3..7cb9740a8 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/io/TestHoodieTimelineArchiveLog.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/io/TestHoodieTimelineArchiveLog.java
@@ -305,18 +305,20 @@ public class TestHoodieTimelineArchiveLog extends HoodieClientTestHarness {
       }
     }
 
-    // move inflight compaction to complete. archival should archive more commits.
-    // before this move, timeline 2_inflight_compaction, 3,4,5,6,7.
-    // after this move. 6,7. (2,3,4,5 will be archived)
+    // move inflight compaction to complete and add one regular write commit. archival should archive more commits.
+    // an extra one commit is required, bcoz compaction in data table will not trigger table services in metadata table.
+    // before this move, timeline : 2_inflight_compaction, 3,4,5,6,7.
+    // after this move: 6,7,8 (2,3,4,5 will be archived)
     testTable.moveInflightCompactionToComplete("00000002", inflightCompactionMetadata);
+    testTable.doWriteOperation("00000008", WriteOperationType.UPSERT, Arrays.asList("p1", "p2"), 2);
+
     Pair<List<HoodieInstant>, List<HoodieInstant>> commitsList = archiveAndGetCommitsList(writeConfig);
-    List<HoodieInstant> originalCommits = commitsList.getKey();
     List<HoodieInstant> commitsAfterArchival = commitsList.getValue();
 
-    List<HoodieInstant> archivedInstants = getAllArchivedCommitInstants(Arrays.asList("00000001", "00000003", "00000004", "00000005"), HoodieTimeline.DELTA_COMMIT_ACTION);
+    List<HoodieInstant> archivedInstants = getAllArchivedCommitInstants(Arrays.asList("00000001", "00000003", "00000004", "00000005", "00000006"), HoodieTimeline.DELTA_COMMIT_ACTION);
     archivedInstants.add(new HoodieInstant(State.REQUESTED, HoodieTimeline.COMPACTION_ACTION, "00000002"));
     archivedInstants.add(new HoodieInstant(State.COMPLETED, HoodieTimeline.COMMIT_ACTION, "00000002"));
-    verifyArchival(archivedInstants, getActiveCommitInstants(Arrays.asList("00000006", "00000007"), HoodieTimeline.DELTA_COMMIT_ACTION), commitsAfterArchival);
+    verifyArchival(archivedInstants, getActiveCommitInstants(Arrays.asList("00000007", "00000008"), HoodieTimeline.DELTA_COMMIT_ACTION), commitsAfterArchival);
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -379,7 +381,8 @@ public class TestHoodieTimelineArchiveLog extends HoodieClientTestHarness {
   public void testArchiveTableWithCleanCommits(boolean enableMetadata) throws Exception {
     HoodieWriteConfig writeConfig = initTestTableAndGetWriteConfig(enableMetadata, 2, 4, 2);
 
-    // min archival commits is 2 and max archival commits is 4(either clean commits has to be > 4 or commits has to be greater than 4. and so, after 5th commit, 3 commits will be archived.
+    // min archival commits is 2 and max archival commits is 4(either clean commits has to be > 4 or commits has to be greater than 4.
+    // and so, after 5th commit, 3 commits will be archived.
     // 1,2,3,4,5,6 : after archival -> 1,5,6 (because, 2,3,4,5 and 6 are clean commits and are eligible for archival)
     // after 7th and 8th commit no-op wrt archival.
     Map<String, Integer> cleanStats = new HashMap<>();
@@ -400,13 +403,35 @@ public class TestHoodieTimelineArchiveLog extends HoodieClientTestHarness {
       if (i < 6) {
         assertEquals(originalCommits, commitsAfterArchival);
       } else if (i == 6) {
-        // 1,2,3,4,5,6 : after archival -> 1,5,6 (bcoz, 2,3,4,5 and 6 are clean commits and are eligible for archival)
-        List<HoodieInstant> expectedActiveInstants = new ArrayList<>();
-        expectedActiveInstants.addAll(getActiveCommitInstants(Arrays.asList("00000001")));
-        expectedActiveInstants.addAll(getActiveCommitInstants(Arrays.asList("00000005", "00000006"), HoodieTimeline.CLEAN_ACTION));
-        verifyArchival(getAllArchivedCommitInstants(Arrays.asList("00000002", "00000003", "00000004"), HoodieTimeline.CLEAN_ACTION), expectedActiveInstants, commitsAfterArchival);
+        if (!enableMetadata) {
+          // 1,2,3,4,5,6 : after archival -> 1,5,6 (bcoz, 2,3,4,5 and 6 are clean commits and are eligible for archival)
+          List<HoodieInstant> expectedActiveInstants = new ArrayList<>();
+          expectedActiveInstants.addAll(getActiveCommitInstants(Arrays.asList("00000001")));
+          expectedActiveInstants.addAll(getActiveCommitInstants(Arrays.asList("00000005", "00000006"), HoodieTimeline.CLEAN_ACTION));
+          verifyArchival(getAllArchivedCommitInstants(Arrays.asList("00000002", "00000003", "00000004"), HoodieTimeline.CLEAN_ACTION), expectedActiveInstants, commitsAfterArchival);
+        } else {
+          // with metadata enabled, archival in data table is fenced based on compaction in metadata table. Clean commits in data table will not trigger compaction in
+          // metadata table.
+          List<HoodieInstant> expectedActiveInstants = new ArrayList<>();
+          expectedActiveInstants.addAll(getActiveCommitInstants(Arrays.asList("00000001")));
+          expectedActiveInstants.addAll(getActiveCommitInstants(Arrays.asList("00000002", "00000003", "00000004", "00000005", "00000006"), HoodieTimeline.CLEAN_ACTION));
+          verifyArchival(getAllArchivedCommitInstants(Collections.emptyList(), HoodieTimeline.CLEAN_ACTION), expectedActiveInstants, commitsAfterArchival);
+        }
       } else {
-        assertEquals(originalCommits, commitsAfterArchival);
+        if (!enableMetadata) {
+          assertEquals(originalCommits, commitsAfterArchival);
+        } else {
+          if (i == 7) {
+            // when i == 7 compaction in metadata table will be triggered and hence archival in datatable will kick in.
+            // 1,2,3,4,5,6 : after archival -> 1,5,6 (bcoz, 2,3,4,5 and 6 are clean commits and are eligible for archival)
+            List<HoodieInstant> expectedActiveInstants = new ArrayList<>();
+            expectedActiveInstants.addAll(getActiveCommitInstants(Arrays.asList("00000001", "00000007")));
+            expectedActiveInstants.addAll(getActiveCommitInstants(Arrays.asList("00000005", "00000006"), HoodieTimeline.CLEAN_ACTION));
+            verifyArchival(getAllArchivedCommitInstants(Arrays.asList("00000002", "00000003", "00000004"), HoodieTimeline.CLEAN_ACTION), expectedActiveInstants, commitsAfterArchival);
+          } else {
+            assertEquals(originalCommits, commitsAfterArchival);
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
   }