Merge main into blob concurrency repair

docs/src/js/classes/Connection.md

@@ -557,9 +557,10 @@ on the returned job to know when cleanup has finished.
 abstract dropView(name, namespacePath?): Promise<void>
 ```
 
-Drop the view named `name`.
+Drop the view named `name` and wait for its definition to be deleted.
 
-The tables it reads are untouched: a view holds no rows of its own.
+The tables it reads are untouched: a view holds no rows of its own. Use
+[dropViewAsync](Connection.md#dropviewasync) to retain the cleanup job instead of waiting on it.
 
 #### Parameters
 
@@ -573,6 +574,30 @@ The tables it reads are untouched: a view holds no rows of its own.
 
 ***
 
+### dropViewAsync()
+
+```ts
+abstract dropViewAsync(name, namespacePath?): Promise<Job>
+```
+
+Start dropping the view named `name` and return the job deleting its
+definition, without waiting for completion.
+
+The name is free before this resolves. When nothing was bound to it, the
+returned job is already finished and has no id.
+
+#### Parameters
+
+* **name**: `string`
+
+* **namespacePath?**: `string`[]
+
+#### Returns
+
+`Promise`&lt;[`Job`](Job.md)&gt;
+
+***
+
 ### isOpen()
 
 ```ts
@@ -798,6 +823,28 @@ abstract openTable(
 
 ***
 
+### pauseJob()
+
+```ts
+abstract pauseJob(jobId): Promise<string>
+```
+
+Pause a server-side job by id.
+
+The job's workers drain and it stays parked until resumed. Resolves to
+"pausing", "already_paused", or "committing" -- a job finalizing its
+results cannot be parked; retry shortly.
+
+#### Parameters
+
+* **jobId**: `string`
+
+#### Returns
+
+`Promise`&lt;`string`&gt;
+
+***
+
 ### renameTable()
 
 ```ts
@@ -831,6 +878,28 @@ a "not supported" error.
 
 ***
 
+### resumeJob()
+
+```ts
+abstract resumeJob(jobId): Promise<string>
+```
+
+Resume a paused server-side job by id.
+
+Its workers pick their work back up from checkpoints. Resolves to
+"resumed", "still_pausing" -- the pause's worker drain is not confirmed
+yet; retry shortly -- or "not_paused".
+
+#### Parameters
+
+* **jobId**: `string`
+
+#### Returns
+
+`Promise`&lt;`string`&gt;
+
+***
+
 ### ~~tableNames()~~
 
 #### tableNames(options)

docs/src/js/classes/Table.md

@@ -548,6 +548,10 @@ Bytes for `column` at row IDs from [Query.withRowId](Query.md#withrowid).
 Reads the table's current checkout. IDs from another version can fail after
 compaction unless stable row ids are enabled. Results keep input order and
 duplicates. Null blobs are `null`. Empty blobs are empty buffers.
+Remote servers limit each request to 1024 row IDs and 64 MiB of blob bytes.
+The client splits requests automatically and reads an individual larger
+blob through the Range route. This method still materializes all bytes in
+memory; use [Table.fetchBlobFiles](Table.md#fetchblobfiles) for large values.
 
 #### Parameters
 

docs/src/js/interfaces/AddDataOptions.md

@@ -10,6 +10,22 @@ Options for adding data to a table.
 
 ## Properties
 
+### allowExternalBlobOutsideBases?
+
+```ts
+optional allowExternalBlobOutsideBases: boolean;
+```
+
+Whether blob URIs outside registered external bases may be written.
+
+Defaults to `false`. This option is supported only for local/native
+tables; remote tables return an error when it is enabled. An enabled write
+stores the absolute URI reference without registering a base or copying
+the external object into the database. The object must remain accessible
+when the blob is read later.
+
+***
+
 ### mode
 
 ```ts