Merge main into gatekeeper/fix-4284-1

docs/src/js/classes/Table.md

@@ -552,6 +552,10 @@ compaction unless stable row ids are enabled. Results keep input order and
 duplicates. Null blobs are `null`. Empty blobs are empty buffers.
 One missing or deleted row ID rejects the entire batch, including on remote
 tables; no partial results are returned.
+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

docs/src/python/python.md

@@ -198,6 +198,33 @@ listing a storage directory.
 
 ::: lancedb.materialized_view.MaterializedViewDefinition
 
+::: lancedb.vector_dedup
+
+::: lancedb.materialized_view.VectorDedupSource
+
+For an existing indexed source, declare and materialize a dedup result without
+writing SQL. Creation captures the source version once and waits for the complete
+result; remote connections use the service's MV jobs.
+
+```python
+from lancedb import vector_dedup
+
+view = db.create_materialized_view(
+    "images_clean",
+    vector_dedup("images", column="phash", distance_threshold=4),
+)
+cleaned = view.table
+```
+
+To submit without waiting, call `db.create_materialized_view_async(...)` with the
+same source expression and wait on the returned job. To declare only, pass
+`with_no_data=True`, then use `view.refresh_async().wait()` when ready. Pass
+`dataset_version=...` to `vector_dedup` for an explicit snapshot. The default
+policy retains direct representatives (A-B-C without A-C keeps A and C), preserves
+the source, and materializes its original columns. Only within-segment/partition
+pairs are covered, using the index's distance representation.
+
+
 ## Views
 
 ::: lancedb.view.ViewDescription