diff --git a/polaris-core/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/core/persistence/LocalPolarisMetaStoreManagerFactory.java b/polaris-core/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/core/persistence/LocalPolarisMetaStoreManagerFactory.java
index 8c7d3bb5a..cbaf9487a 100644
--- a/polaris-core/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/core/persistence/LocalPolarisMetaStoreManagerFactory.java
+++ b/polaris-core/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/core/persistence/LocalPolarisMetaStoreManagerFactory.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import jakarta.annotation.Nonnull;
 import jakarta.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import org.apache.polaris.core.PolarisCallContext;
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ private void initializeForRealm(
 
   @Override
   public synchronized Map<String, PrincipalSecretsResult> bootstrapRealms(
-      List<String> realms, RootCredentialsSet rootCredentialsSet) {
+      Iterable<String> realms, RootCredentialsSet rootCredentialsSet) {
     Map<String, PrincipalSecretsResult> results = new HashMap<>();
 
     for (String realm : realms) {
@@ -111,23 +110,28 @@ public synchronized Map<String, PrincipalSecretsResult> bootstrapRealms(
       }
     }
 
-    return results;
+    return Map.copyOf(results);
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void purgeRealms(List<String> realms) {
+  public Map<String, BaseResult> purgeRealms(Iterable<String> realms) {
+    Map<String, BaseResult> results = new HashMap<>();
+
     for (String realm : realms) {
       PolarisMetaStoreManager metaStoreManager = getOrCreateMetaStoreManager(() -> realm);
       PolarisMetaStoreSession session = getOrCreateSessionSupplier(() -> realm).get();
 
       PolarisCallContext callContext = new PolarisCallContext(session, diagServices);
-      metaStoreManager.purge(callContext);
+      BaseResult result = metaStoreManager.purge(callContext);
+      results.put(realm, result);
 
       storageCredentialCacheMap.remove(realm);
       backingStoreMap.remove(realm);
       sessionSupplierMap.remove(realm);
       metaStoreManagerMap.remove(realm);
     }
+
+    return Map.copyOf(results);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/polaris-core/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/core/persistence/MetaStoreManagerFactory.java b/polaris-core/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/core/persistence/MetaStoreManagerFactory.java
index 135571578..312ff46ee 100644
--- a/polaris-core/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/core/persistence/MetaStoreManagerFactory.java
+++ b/polaris-core/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/core/persistence/MetaStoreManagerFactory.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.polaris.core.persistence;
 
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import org.apache.polaris.core.auth.PolarisSecretsManager.PrincipalSecretsResult;
@@ -39,8 +38,8 @@ public interface MetaStoreManagerFactory {
   EntityCache getOrCreateEntityCache(RealmContext realmContext);
 
   Map<String, PrincipalSecretsResult> bootstrapRealms(
-      List<String> realms, RootCredentialsSet rootCredentialsSet);
+      Iterable<String> realms, RootCredentialsSet rootCredentialsSet);
 
   /** Purge all metadata for the realms provided */
-  void purgeRealms(List<String> realms);
+  Map<String, BaseResult> purgeRealms(Iterable<String> realms);
 }
diff --git a/quarkus/service/src/test/java/org/apache/polaris/service/quarkus/catalog/BasePolarisCatalogTest.java b/quarkus/service/src/test/java/org/apache/polaris/service/quarkus/catalog/BasePolarisCatalogTest.java
index 606f70afb..137f55d6c 100644
--- a/quarkus/service/src/test/java/org/apache/polaris/service/quarkus/catalog/BasePolarisCatalogTest.java
+++ b/quarkus/service/src/test/java/org/apache/polaris/service/quarkus/catalog/BasePolarisCatalogTest.java
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 import org.apache.polaris.core.entity.PolarisEntityType;
 import org.apache.polaris.core.entity.PrincipalEntity;
 import org.apache.polaris.core.entity.TaskEntity;
+import org.apache.polaris.core.persistence.BaseResult;
 import org.apache.polaris.core.persistence.MetaStoreManagerFactory;
 import org.apache.polaris.core.persistence.PolarisEntityManager;
 import org.apache.polaris.core.persistence.PolarisMetaStoreManager;
@@ -345,12 +346,12 @@ public EntityCache getOrCreateEntityCache(RealmContext realmContext) {
 
       @Override
       public Map<String, PrincipalSecretsResult> bootstrapRealms(
-          List<String> realms, RootCredentialsSet rootCredentialsSet) {
+          Iterable<String> realms, RootCredentialsSet rootCredentialsSet) {
         throw new NotImplementedException("Bootstrapping realms is not supported");
       }
 
       @Override
-      public void purgeRealms(List<String> realms) {
+      public Map<String, BaseResult> purgeRealms(Iterable<String> realms) {
         throw new NotImplementedException("Purging realms is not supported");
       }
     };