See relevant comments here: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/8898#issuecomment-3562631348 There are tests that use hard-coded expected memory sizes (eg [here](https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/blob/1c90efe717c1a2f99a0a97d6e9c93cd913eaca3c/parquet/src/file/metadata/mod.rs#L1815)), but these expected sizes could become incorrect if the metadata layout changes.