diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/diff/table_deltas.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/diff/table_deltas.go
index 93de7eff0e7..e91b7d3023a 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/diff/table_deltas.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/diff/table_deltas.go
@@ -404,6 +404,81 @@ func (td TableDelta) HasSchemaChanged(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 	return !fromSchemaHash.Equal(toSchemaHash), nil
 }
 
+func (td TableDelta) HasChangesIgnoringColumnTags(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+
+	if td.FromTable == nil && td.ToTable == nil {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
+	if td.IsAdd() || td.IsDrop() {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
+	if td.IsRename() {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
+	if td.HasFKChanges() {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
+	fromRowDataHash, err := td.FromTable.GetRowDataHash(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	toRowDataHash, err := td.ToTable.GetRowDataHash(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	// Any change to the table data counts as a change
+	if !fromRowDataHash.Equal(toRowDataHash) {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
+	fromTableHash, err := td.FromTable.HashOf()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	toTableHash, err := td.FromTable.HashOf()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	// If the data hashes have changed, the table has obviously changed.
+	if !fromTableHash.Equal(toTableHash) {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
+	fromSchemaHash, err := td.FromTable.GetSchemaHash(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	toSchemaHash, err := td.ToTable.GetSchemaHash(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	// If neither data nor schema hashes have changed, the table is obviously the same.
+	if fromSchemaHash.Equal(toSchemaHash) {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	// The schema hash has changed but the data has remained the same. We must inspect the schema to determine
+	// whether the change is observable or if only column tags have changed.
+
+	fromSchema, toSchema, err := td.GetSchemas(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	// SchemasAreEqual correctly accounts for tags
+	return !schema.SchemasAreEqual(fromSchema, toSchema), nil
+}
+
 func (td TableDelta) HasDataChanged(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 	// Database collation change is not a data change
 	if td.FromTable == nil && td.ToTable == nil {
@@ -445,6 +520,9 @@ func (td TableDelta) HasPrimaryKeySetChanged() bool {
 }
 
 func (td TableDelta) HasChanges() (bool, error) {
+	fromString := td.FromTable.DebugString(context.Background(), td.FromTable.NodeStore())
+	toString := td.ToTable.DebugString(context.Background(), td.ToTable.NodeStore())
+	_, _ = fromString, toString
 	hashChanged, err := td.HasHashChanged()
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dtables/status_table.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dtables/status_table.go
index b383c1ec195..8550bdfb2b3 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dtables/status_table.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dtables/status_table.go
@@ -124,6 +124,20 @@ func newStatusItr(ctx *sql.Context, st *StatusTable) (*StatusItr, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// Some tables may differ only in column tags and/or recorded conflicts.
+	// We try to make such changes invisible to users and shouldn't display them for unstaged tables.
+	changedUnstagedTables := make([]diff.TableDelta, 0, len(unstagedTables))
+	for _, unstagedTableDiff := range unstagedTables {
+		changed, err := unstagedTableDiff.HasChangesIgnoringColumnTags(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if changed {
+			changedUnstagedTables = append(changedUnstagedTables, unstagedTableDiff)
+		}
+	}
+	unstagedTables = changedUnstagedTables
+
 	stagedSchemas, unstagedSchemas, err := diff.GetStagedUnstagedDatabaseSchemaDeltas(ctx, roots)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/sql-status.bats b/integration-tests/bats/sql-status.bats
index fdbf58f418f..9a8823c208d 100644
--- a/integration-tests/bats/sql-status.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/sql-status.bats
@@ -150,5 +150,32 @@ teardown() {
      run dolt sql -r csv -q "select * from dolt_status ORDER BY status"
      [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
      [[ "$output" =~ 'dolt_docs,false,conflict' ]] || false
-     [[ "$output" =~ 'dolt_docs,false,modified' ]] || false
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+@test "sql-status: tables with no observable changes don't show in status but can be staged" {
+dolt sql <<SQL
+create table t1 (id int primary key);
+insert into t1 values (1);
+SQL
+    dolt add -A && dolt commit -m "create table t1"
+    dolt sql <<SQL
+create table temp__t1 (id int primary key);
+insert into temp__t1 values (1);
+drop table t1;
+rename table temp__t1 to t1;
+SQL
+    dolt sql -q "select * from dolt_status;"
+    run dolt sql -q "select * from dolt_status;"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "${#lines[@]}" -eq 0 ]
+
+    run dolt diff t1
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "${#lines[@]}" -eq 0 ]
+
+    dolt add t1
+
+    run dolt sql -r csv -q "select * from dolt_status;"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" =~ "t1,true,modified" ]] || false
+}
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/status.bats b/integration-tests/bats/status.bats
index e80200794e2..149fa9049c4 100644
--- a/integration-tests/bats/status.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/status.bats
@@ -552,3 +552,31 @@ SQL
     [[ "${lines[1]}" = "Your branch is ahead of 'origin/main' by 1 commit." ]] || false
     [[ "${lines[2]}" = "  (use \"dolt push\" to publish your local commits)" ]] || false
 }
+
+@test "status: tables with no observable changes don't show in status but can be staged" {
+dolt sql <<SQL
+create table t1 (id int primary key);
+insert into t1 values (1);
+SQL
+    dolt add -A && dolt commit -m "create table t1"
+    dolt sql <<SQL
+create table temp__t1 (id int primary key);
+insert into temp__t1 values (1);
+drop table t1;
+rename table temp__t1 to t1;
+SQL
+    run dolt status
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" =~ "nothing to commit, working tree clean" ]] || false
+    [[ ! $output =~ "t1" ]] || false
+
+    run dolt diff t1
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "${#lines[@]}" -eq 0 ]
+
+    dolt add t1
+
+    run dolt status
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" =~ "modified:         t1" ]] || false
+}