diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4e8187cd..4e452a72 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3044,8 +3044,8 @@ checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fsst"
-version = "0.38.3-beta.9"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.9#5f603515786cdc3b5aadb3313131bf686d5e932b"
+version = "0.38.3-beta.11"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.11#db497cb2373156679aa0d6a1f2087880a8579bc6"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "rand 0.9.2",
@@ -4229,8 +4229,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance"
-version = "0.38.3-beta.9"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.9#5f603515786cdc3b5aadb3313131bf686d5e932b"
+version = "0.38.3-beta.11"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.11#db497cb2373156679aa0d6a1f2087880a8579bc6"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-arith",
@@ -4293,8 +4293,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow"
-version = "0.38.3-beta.9"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.9#5f603515786cdc3b5aadb3313131bf686d5e932b"
+version = "0.38.3-beta.11"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.11#db497cb2373156679aa0d6a1f2087880a8579bc6"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4312,8 +4312,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-bitpacking"
-version = "0.38.3-beta.9"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.9#5f603515786cdc3b5aadb3313131bf686d5e932b"
+version = "0.38.3-beta.11"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.11#db497cb2373156679aa0d6a1f2087880a8579bc6"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayref",
  "paste",
@@ -4322,8 +4322,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-core"
-version = "0.38.3-beta.9"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.9#5f603515786cdc3b5aadb3313131bf686d5e932b"
+version = "0.38.3-beta.11"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.11#db497cb2373156679aa0d6a1f2087880a8579bc6"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4359,8 +4359,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datafusion"
-version = "0.38.3-beta.9"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.9#5f603515786cdc3b5aadb3313131bf686d5e932b"
+version = "0.38.3-beta.11"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.11#db497cb2373156679aa0d6a1f2087880a8579bc6"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4389,8 +4389,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datagen"
-version = "0.38.3-beta.9"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.9#5f603515786cdc3b5aadb3313131bf686d5e932b"
+version = "0.38.3-beta.11"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.11#db497cb2373156679aa0d6a1f2087880a8579bc6"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4407,8 +4407,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-encoding"
-version = "0.38.3-beta.9"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.9#5f603515786cdc3b5aadb3313131bf686d5e932b"
+version = "0.38.3-beta.11"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.11#db497cb2373156679aa0d6a1f2087880a8579bc6"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-arith",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4445,8 +4445,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-file"
-version = "0.38.3-beta.9"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.9#5f603515786cdc3b5aadb3313131bf686d5e932b"
+version = "0.38.3-beta.11"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.11#db497cb2373156679aa0d6a1f2087880a8579bc6"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-arith",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4479,8 +4479,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-index"
-version = "0.38.3-beta.9"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.9#5f603515786cdc3b5aadb3313131bf686d5e932b"
+version = "0.38.3-beta.11"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.11#db497cb2373156679aa0d6a1f2087880a8579bc6"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-arith",
@@ -4542,8 +4542,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-io"
-version = "0.38.3-beta.9"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.9#5f603515786cdc3b5aadb3313131bf686d5e932b"
+version = "0.38.3-beta.11"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.11#db497cb2373156679aa0d6a1f2087880a8579bc6"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-arith",
@@ -4583,8 +4583,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-linalg"
-version = "0.38.3-beta.9"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.9#5f603515786cdc3b5aadb3313131bf686d5e932b"
+version = "0.38.3-beta.11"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.11#db497cb2373156679aa0d6a1f2087880a8579bc6"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4607,8 +4607,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace"
-version = "0.38.3-beta.9"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.9#5f603515786cdc3b5aadb3313131bf686d5e932b"
+version = "0.38.3-beta.11"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.11#db497cb2373156679aa0d6a1f2087880a8579bc6"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4620,8 +4620,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace-impls"
-version = "0.38.3-beta.9"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.9#5f603515786cdc3b5aadb3313131bf686d5e932b"
+version = "0.38.3-beta.11"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.11#db497cb2373156679aa0d6a1f2087880a8579bc6"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-ipc",
@@ -4630,8 +4630,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "lance",
  "lance-core",
+ "lance-io",
  "lance-namespace",
- "opendal",
+ "object_store",
  "reqwest",
  "serde_json",
  "snafu",
@@ -4653,8 +4654,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-table"
-version = "0.38.3-beta.9"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.9#5f603515786cdc3b5aadb3313131bf686d5e932b"
+version = "0.38.3-beta.11"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.11#db497cb2373156679aa0d6a1f2087880a8579bc6"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4692,8 +4693,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-testing"
-version = "0.38.3-beta.9"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.9#5f603515786cdc3b5aadb3313131bf686d5e932b"
+version = "0.38.3-beta.11"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.38.3-beta.11#db497cb2373156679aa0d6a1f2087880a8579bc6"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-schema",
@@ -5181,12 +5182,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mock_instant"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9366861eb2a2c436c20b12c8dbec5f798cea6b47ad99216be0282942e2c81ea0"
-dependencies = [
- "once_cell",
-]
+checksum = "dce6dd36094cac388f119d2e9dc82dc730ef91c32a6222170d630e5414b956e6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "moka"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5152f340..827436d1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,20 +15,20 @@ categories = ["database-implementations"]
 rust-version = "1.78.0"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-lance = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.9", default-features = false, "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-core = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.9", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-datagen = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.9", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-file = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.9", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-io = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.9", default-features = false, "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-index = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.9", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-linalg = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.9", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.9", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.9", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-table = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.9", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-testing = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.9", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.9", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-encoding = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.9", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-arrow = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.9", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
+lance = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.11", default-features = false, "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.11", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
+lance-core = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.11", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.11", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
+lance-datagen = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.11", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.11", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
+lance-file = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.11", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.11", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
+lance-io = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.11", default-features = false, "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.11", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
+lance-index = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.11", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.11", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
+lance-linalg = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.11", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.11", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.11", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.11", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.11", "features" = ["dir-aws", "dir-gcp", "dir-azure", "dir-oss", "rest"], "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.11", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
+lance-table = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.11", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.11", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
+lance-testing = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.11", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.11", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
+lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.11", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.11", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
+lance-encoding = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.11", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.11", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
+lance-arrow = { "version" = "=0.38.3-beta.11", "tag" = "v0.38.3-beta.11", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
 ahash = "0.8"
 # Note that this one does not include pyarrow
 arrow = { version = "56.2", optional = false }
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ semver = "1.0.25"
 crunchy = "0.2.4"
 chrono = "0.4"
 # Workaround for: https://github.com/Lokathor/bytemuck/issues/306
-bytemuck_derive = ">=1.8.1, <1.9.0"
\ No newline at end of file
+bytemuck_derive = ">=1.8.1, <1.9.0"
diff --git a/python/python/tests/test_namespace.py b/python/python/tests/test_namespace.py
index c5ebecfc..f7bb83c1 100644
--- a/python/python/tests/test_namespace.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_namespace.py
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ class TempNamespace(LanceNamespace):
             root
         ]  # Reference to shared namespaces
 
+    def namespace_id(self) -> str:
+        """Return a human-readable unique identifier for this namespace instance.
+
+        Returns:
+            A unique identifier string based on the root directory
+        """
+        return f"TempNamespace {{ root: '{self.config.root}' }}"
+
     def list_tables(self, request: ListTablesRequest) -> ListTablesResponse:
         """List all tables in the namespace."""
         if not request.id:
diff --git a/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml b/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
index 98bf3e19..ab5328ab 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ lance-testing = { workspace = true }
 lance-encoding = { workspace = true }
 lance-arrow = { workspace = true }
 lance-namespace = { workspace = true }
-lance-namespace-impls = { workspace = true, features = ["dir", "rest"] }
+lance-namespace-impls = { workspace = true }
 moka = { workspace = true }
 pin-project = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.23", features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
diff --git a/rust/lancedb/src/database/namespace.rs b/rust/lancedb/src/database/namespace.rs
index e8c5c3a5..ac1ee897 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/database/namespace.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/database/namespace.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use lance_namespace::{
     },
     LanceNamespace,
 };
-use lance_namespace_impls::connect::connect as connect_namespace;
+use lance_namespace_impls::ConnectBuilder;
 
 use crate::database::listing::ListingDatabase;
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
@@ -48,11 +48,16 @@ impl LanceNamespaceDatabase {
         read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
         session: Option<Arc<lance::session::Session>>,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
-        let namespace = connect_namespace(ns_impl, ns_properties.clone())
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| Error::InvalidInput {
-                message: format!("Failed to connect to namespace: {:?}", e),
-            })?;
+        let mut builder = ConnectBuilder::new(ns_impl);
+        for (key, value) in ns_properties.clone() {
+            builder = builder.property(key, value);
+        }
+        if let Some(ref sess) = session {
+            builder = builder.session(sess.clone());
+        }
+        let namespace = builder.connect().await.map_err(|e| Error::InvalidInput {
+            message: format!("Failed to connect to namespace: {:?}", e),
+        })?;
 
         Ok(Self {
             namespace,