DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t_update_empty_nested; CREATE TABLE t_update_empty_nested ( `id` UInt32, `nested.arr1` Array(UInt64), ) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY id SETTINGS min_bytes_for_wide_part = 0; SET mutations_sync = 2; INSERT INTO t_update_empty_nested SELECT 1, range(number % 10) FROM numbers(100000); ALTER TABLE t_update_empty_nested ADD COLUMN `nested.arr2` Array(UInt64); ALTER TABLE t_update_empty_nested UPDATE `nested.arr2` = `nested.arr1` WHERE 1; SELECT * FROM t_update_empty_nested FORMAT Null; SELECT sum(length(nested.arr1)), sum(length(nested.arr2)) FROM t_update_empty_nested; DROP TABLE t_update_empty_nested;