docs: clarify read_consistency_interval scope and cost

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Brendan Clement
2026-05-22 20:40:33 -07:00
parent cbdad17f34
commit e363e1661f
3 changed files with 25 additions and 13 deletions

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@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ def connect(
host_override: str, optional
The override url for LanceDB Cloud.
read_consistency_interval: timedelta, default None
(For LanceDB OSS only)
The interval at which to check for updates to the table from other
processes. If None, then consistency is not checked. For performance
reasons, this is the default. For strong consistency, set this to
@@ -104,6 +103,10 @@ def connect(
the last check, then the table will be checked for updates. Note: this
consistency only applies to read operations. Write operations are
always consistent.
Stronger consistency is not free. The smaller the interval, the more
often each read pays the cost of checking for updates against object
storage, raising per-read latency and cost.
client_config: ClientConfig or dict, optional
Configuration options for the LanceDB Cloud HTTP client. If a dict, then
the keys are the attributes of the ClientConfig class. If None, then the
@@ -344,7 +347,6 @@ async def connect_async(
host_override: str, optional
The override url for LanceDB Cloud.
read_consistency_interval: timedelta, default None
(For LanceDB OSS only)
The interval at which to check for updates to the table from other
processes. If None, then consistency is not checked. For performance
reasons, this is the default. For strong consistency, set this to
@@ -354,6 +356,10 @@ async def connect_async(
the last check, then the table will be checked for updates. Note: this
consistency only applies to read operations. Write operations are
always consistent.
Stronger consistency is not free. The smaller the interval, the more
often each read pays the cost of checking for updates against object
storage, raising per-read latency and cost.
client_config: ClientConfig or dict, optional
Configuration options for the LanceDB Cloud HTTP client. If a dict, then
the keys are the attributes of the ClientConfig class. If None, then the