diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/formatting_preserved/databricks.yml.tmpl b/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/formatting_preserved/databricks.yml.tmpl
index 22fa31dd68..f35086833f 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/formatting_preserved/databricks.yml.tmpl
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/formatting_preserved/databricks.yml.tmpl
@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@ resources:
       tags:
         env: dev # environment tag
         team: data-eng
+
+      # Flow-style formatting (should be preserved)
+      parameters:
+        - {name: catalog, default: main}
+        - {name: schema, default: dev}
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/formatting_preserved/output.txt b/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/formatting_preserved/output.txt
index 524b261d24..7cb9de25a6 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/formatting_preserved/output.txt
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/formatting_preserved/output.txt
@@ -31,9 +31,14 @@ Resource: resources.jobs.my_job
 +      max_concurrent_runs: 5
        # Task configuration
        tasks:
-@@ -19,5 +17,4 @@
+@@ -19,10 +17,8 @@
              node_type_id: [NODE_TYPE_ID]
              num_workers: 1 # inline comment about workers
 -
        # Tags for categorization
        tags:
+         env: dev # environment tag
+         team: data-eng
+-
+       # Flow-style formatting (should be preserved)
+       parameters:
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/job_fields/out.test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/job_fields/out.test.toml
index 382d99ed10..152a1f10a9 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/job_fields/out.test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/job_fields/out.test.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Local = true
 Cloud = true
+RequiresUnityCatalog = true
 
 [GOOS]
   windows = false
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/job_fields/output.txt b/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/job_fields/output.txt
index a434e8c53c..e117ad9d1c 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/job_fields/output.txt
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/job_fields/output.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Resource: resources.jobs.my_job
   email_notifications.on_failure: add
   parameters: replace
   tags['team']: add
-  trigger.periodic.interval: replace
+  trigger.pause_status: add
+  trigger.periodic: remove
+  trigger.table_update: add
 
 
 
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ Resource: resources.jobs.my_job
 -
  resources:
    jobs:
-@@ -8,12 +7,17 @@
+@@ -8,13 +7,19 @@
          on_success:
            - success@example.com
 +        no_alert_for_skipped_runs: true
@@ -47,12 +49,16 @@ Resource: resources.jobs.my_job
 +        - default: us-east-1
 +          name: region
        trigger:
-         periodic:
+-        periodic:
 -          interval: 1
-+          interval: 2
-           unit: DAYS
+-          unit: DAYS
++        pause_status: UNPAUSED
++        table_update:
++          table_names:
++            - samples.nyctaxi.trips
        environments:
-@@ -31,5 +35,6 @@
+         - environment_key: default
+@@ -31,5 +36,6 @@
              node_type_id: [NODE_TYPE_ID]
              num_workers: 1
 -
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/job_fields/script b/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/job_fields/script
index 29dd2d3104..d09c724e3c 100755
--- a/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/job_fields/script
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/job_fields/script
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ edit_resource.py jobs $job_id <<EOF
 r["email_notifications"]["on_failure"] = ["failure@example.com"]
 r["email_notifications"]["no_alert_for_skipped_runs"] = True
 r["parameters"].append({"name": "region", "default": "us-east-1"})
-r["trigger"]["periodic"]["interval"] = 2
+r["trigger"] = {"pause_status": "UNPAUSED", "table_update": {"table_names": ["samples.nyctaxi.trips"]}}
+
 if "tags" not in r:
     r["tags"] = {}
 r["tags"]["team"] = "data"
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/job_fields/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/job_fields/test.toml
index 3894d66826..625c660c61 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/job_fields/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/config-remote-sync/job_fields/test.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Cloud = true
+RequiresUnityCatalog = true
 
 RecordRequests = false
 Ignore = [".databricks", "dummy.whl", "databricks.yml", "databricks.yml.backup"]
diff --git a/bundle/configsync/patch.go b/bundle/configsync/patch.go
index 3a1ae110f8..e7a321816a 100644
--- a/bundle/configsync/patch.go
+++ b/bundle/configsync/patch.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package configsync
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -14,12 +15,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/structs/structpath"
 	"github.com/palantir/pkg/yamlpatch/gopkgv3yamlpatcher"
 	"github.com/palantir/pkg/yamlpatch/yamlpatch"
+	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v3"
 )
 
 // ApplyChangesToYAML generates YAML files for the given field changes.
 func ApplyChangesToYAML(ctx context.Context, b *bundle.Bundle, fieldChanges []FieldChange) ([]FileChange, error) {
 	originalFiles := make(map[string][]byte)
 	modifiedFiles := make(map[string][]byte)
+	fileFieldChanges := make(map[string][]FieldChange)
 
 	for _, fieldChange := range fieldChanges {
 		filePath := fieldChange.FilePath
@@ -39,14 +42,19 @@ func ApplyChangesToYAML(ctx context.Context, b *bundle.Bundle, fieldChanges []Fi
 		}
 
 		modifiedFiles[filePath] = modifiedContent
+		fileFieldChanges[filePath] = append(fileFieldChanges[filePath], fieldChange)
 	}
 
 	var result []FileChange
 	for filePath := range modifiedFiles {
+		normalized, err := clearAddedFlowStyle(modifiedFiles[filePath], fileFieldChanges[filePath])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to normalize YAML style in %s: %w", filePath, err)
+		}
 		result = append(result, FileChange{
 			Path:            filePath,
 			OriginalContent: string(originalFiles[filePath]),
-			ModifiedContent: string(modifiedFiles[filePath]),
+			ModifiedContent: string(normalized),
 		})
 	}
 
@@ -262,3 +270,81 @@ func strPathToJSONPointer(pathStr string) (string, error) {
 	}
 	return "/" + strings.Join(parts, "/"), nil
 }
+
+// clearAddedFlowStyle clears FlowStyle on YAML nodes along the changed field paths.
+// This prevents flow-style formatting (e.g. {key: value}) that yaml.v3 introduces
+// when empty mappings are serialized as "{}" during patch operations
+func clearAddedFlowStyle(content []byte, fieldChanges []FieldChange) ([]byte, error) {
+	var doc yaml.Node
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(content, &doc); err != nil {
+		return content, nil
+	}
+	for _, fc := range fieldChanges {
+		for _, candidate := range fc.FieldCandidates {
+			clearFlowStyleAlongPath(&doc, candidate)
+		}
+	}
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	enc := yaml.NewEncoder(&buf)
+	enc.SetIndent(2)
+	if err := enc.Encode(&doc); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return buf.Bytes(), enc.Close()
+}
+
+// clearFlowStyleAlongPath navigates the YAML tree along the given structpath,
+// clearing FlowStyle on every node from root to leaf (inclusive).
+func clearFlowStyleAlongPath(doc *yaml.Node, pathStr string) {
+	node, err := structpath.ParsePath(pathStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	current := doc
+	if current.Kind == yaml.DocumentNode && len(current.Content) > 0 {
+		current = current.Content[0]
+	}
+
+	for _, n := range node.AsSlice() {
+		current.Style &^= yaml.FlowStyle
+
+		if key, ok := n.StringKey(); ok {
+			if current.Kind != yaml.MappingNode {
+				return
+			}
+			found := false
+			// current.Content: [key1, val1, key2, val2, ...]
+			for i := 0; i+1 < len(current.Content); i += 2 {
+				if current.Content[i].Value == key {
+					current = current.Content[i+1]
+					found = true
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if !found {
+				return
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if idx, ok := n.Index(); ok {
+			if current.Kind != yaml.SequenceNode || idx < 0 || idx >= len(current.Content) {
+				return
+			}
+			current = current.Content[idx]
+			continue
+		}
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	clearFlowStyleNodes(current)
+}
+
+func clearFlowStyleNodes(node *yaml.Node) {
+	node.Style &^= yaml.FlowStyle
+	for _, child := range node.Content {
+		clearFlowStyleNodes(child)
+	}
+}