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A data engineer configures Auto Loader with cloudFiles.schemaEvolutionMode set to addNewColumns. A new field discount_pct appears in incoming JSON files that was not present in the original schema. What happens?

AThe pipeline stops with a schema mismatch error until the schema is manually updated
BThe discount_pct field is written to a _rescued_data column and not added to the target schema
CThe discount_pct field is automatically added to the target table schema and populated in new records
DAll records containing discount_pct are dropped and logged as schema violations

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