diff --git a/plugins/destination/plugin.go b/plugins/destination/plugin.go
index 31ab725094..1d40f6af80 100644
--- a/plugins/destination/plugin.go
+++ b/plugins/destination/plugin.go
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ func (p *Plugin) Write(ctx context.Context, sourceSpec specs.Source, tables sche
 	if p.spec.WriteMode == specs.WriteModeOverwriteDeleteStale {
 		tablesToDelete := tables
 		if sourceSpec.Backend != specs.BackendNone {
+			tablesToDelete = make(schema.Tables, 0, len(tables))
 			for _, t := range tables {
 				if !t.IsIncremental {
 					tablesToDelete = append(tablesToDelete, t)
diff --git a/plugins/destination/plugin_testing_overwrite_delete_stale.go b/plugins/destination/plugin_testing_overwrite_delete_stale.go
index 06d92761fa..41b1dad121 100644
--- a/plugins/destination/plugin_testing_overwrite_delete_stale.go
+++ b/plugins/destination/plugin_testing_overwrite_delete_stale.go
@@ -89,10 +89,13 @@ func (*PluginTestSuite) destinationPluginTestWriteOverwriteDeleteStale(ctx conte
 		StableUUID: u,
 		MaxRows:    1,
 	}
-	updatedResources := schema.GenTestData(table, opts)[0]
+	updatedResources := schema.GenTestData(table, opts)
+	updatedIncResources := schema.GenTestData(incTable, opts)
+	allUpdatedResources := updatedResources
+	allUpdatedResources = append(allUpdatedResources, updatedIncResources...)
 
-	if err := p.writeOne(ctx, sourceSpec, secondSyncTime, updatedResources); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write one second time: %w", err)
+	if err := p.writeAll(ctx, sourceSpec, secondSyncTime, allUpdatedResources); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write all second time: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	resourcesRead, err = p.readAll(ctx, table, sourceName)
@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@ func (*PluginTestSuite) destinationPluginTestWriteOverwriteDeleteStale(ctx conte
 		return fmt.Errorf("after overwrite expected first resource to be different. diff: %s", diff)
 	}
 
-	resourcesRead, err = p.readAll(ctx, tables[0], sourceName)
+	resourcesRead, err = p.readAll(ctx, table, sourceName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read all second time: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -117,19 +120,19 @@ func (*PluginTestSuite) destinationPluginTestWriteOverwriteDeleteStale(ctx conte
 	}
 
 	// we expect the only resource returned to match the updated resource we wrote
-	if !array.RecordApproxEqual(updatedResources, resourcesRead[0]) {
-		diff := RecordDiff(updatedResources, resourcesRead[0])
+	if !array.RecordApproxEqual(updatedResources[0], resourcesRead[0]) {
+		diff := RecordDiff(updatedResources[0], resourcesRead[0])
 		return fmt.Errorf("after delete stale expected resource to be equal. diff: %s", diff)
 	}
 
-	// we expect the incremental table to still have 2 resources, because delete-stale should
+	// we expect the incremental table to still have 3 resources, because delete-stale should
 	// not apply there
-	resourcesRead, err = p.readAll(ctx, tables[1], sourceName)
+	resourcesRead, err = p.readAll(ctx, incTable, sourceName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read all from incremental table: %w", err)
 	}
-	if len(resourcesRead) != 2 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expected 2 resources in incremental table after delete-stale, got %d", len(resourcesRead))
+	if len(resourcesRead) != 3 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected 3 resources in incremental table after delete-stale, got %d", len(resourcesRead))
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/schema/table.go b/schema/table.go
index a0a0940f23..ed774f3b39 100644
--- a/schema/table.go
+++ b/schema/table.go
@@ -116,21 +116,20 @@ func NewTableFromArrowSchema(sc *arrow.Schema) (*Table, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing table name")
 	}
 	description, _ := tableMD.GetValue(MetadataTableDescription)
+	constraintName, _ := tableMD.GetValue(MetadataConstraintName)
 	fields := sc.Fields()
 	columns := make(ColumnList, len(fields))
 	for i, field := range fields {
 		columns[i] = NewColumnFromArrowField(field)
 	}
 	table := &Table{
-		Name:        name,
-		Description: description,
-		Columns:     columns,
+		Name:             name,
+		Description:      description,
+		PkConstraintName: constraintName,
+		Columns:          columns,
 	}
-	if constraintName, found := tableMD.GetValue(MetadataConstraintName); found {
-		table.PkConstraintName = constraintName
-	}
-	if title, found := tableMD.GetValue(MetadataIncremental); found {
-		table.Title = title
+	if isIncremental, found := tableMD.GetValue(MetadataIncremental); found {
+		table.IsIncremental = isIncremental == MetadataTrue
 	}
 	return table, nil
 }
@@ -369,9 +368,16 @@ func (t *Table) PrimaryKeysIndexes() []int {
 
 func (t *Table) ToArrowSchema() *arrow.Schema {
 	fields := make([]arrow.Field, len(t.Columns))
-	schemaMd := arrow.MetadataFrom(map[string]string{
-		MetadataTableName: t.Name,
-	})
+	md := map[string]string{
+		MetadataTableName:        t.Name,
+		MetadataTableDescription: t.Description,
+		MetadataConstraintName:   t.PkConstraintName,
+		MetadataIncremental:      MetadataFalse,
+	}
+	if t.IsIncremental {
+		md[MetadataIncremental] = MetadataTrue
+	}
+	schemaMd := arrow.MetadataFrom(md)
 	for i, c := range t.Columns {
 		fields[i] = c.ToArrowField()
 	}