chore: update lance dependency to v1.0.0-beta.13

.bumpversion.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.22.4-beta.3"
+current_version = "0.22.4-beta.2"
 parse = """(?x)
     (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
     (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.

.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml

@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         settings:
+          - target: x86_64-apple-darwin
+            host: macos-latest
+            features: ","
+            pre_build: |-
+                brew install protobuf
+                rustup target add x86_64-apple-darwin
           - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
             host: macos-latest
             features: fp16kernels

.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml

@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         config:
+          - target: x86_64-apple-darwin
+            runner: macos-15-large
           - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
             runner: warp-macos-14-arm64-6x
     env:

.github/workflows/python.yml

@@ -143,9 +143,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Delete wheels
         run: rm -rf target/wheels
   platform:
-    name: "Mac"
+    name: "Mac: ${{ matrix.config.name }}"
     timeout-minutes: 30
-    runs-on: macos-14
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        config:
+          - name: x86
+            runner: macos-15-large
+          - name: Arm
+            runner: macos-14
+    runs-on: "${{ matrix.config.runner }}"
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash

Cargo.lock

@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "addr2line"
+version = "0.25.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b5d307320b3181d6d7954e663bd7c774a838b8220fe0593c86d9fb09f498b4b"
+dependencies = [
+ "gimli",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "adler2"
 version = "2.0.1"
@@ -1057,15 +1066,30 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "backon"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cffb0e931875b666fc4fcb20fee52e9bbd1ef836fd9e9e04ec21555f9f85f7ef"
+checksum = "592277618714fbcecda9a02ba7a8781f319d26532a88553bbacc77ba5d2b3a8d"
 dependencies = [
  "fastrand",
  "gloo-timers",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "backtrace"
+version = "0.3.76"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bb531853791a215d7c62a30daf0dde835f381ab5de4589cfe7c649d2cbe92bd6"
+dependencies = [
+ "addr2line",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+ "object",
+ "rustc-demangle",
+ "windows-link 0.2.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base16ct"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -1963,9 +1987,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "datafusion"
-version = "50.2.0"
+version = "50.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fc6759cf9ef57c5c469e4027ac4b4cfa746e06a0f5472c2b922b6a403c2a64c4"
+checksum = "2af15bb3c6ffa33011ef579f6b0bcbe7c26584688bd6c994f548e44df67f011a"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-ipc",
@@ -3102,8 +3126,8 @@ checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fsst"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.16"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.16#ff89675ebaca362412c3ec9d62d2de3885a57727"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.13"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.13#e09f99948820a56851873672fe88417d88ea8fca"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "rand 0.9.2",
@@ -3629,6 +3653,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gimli"
+version = "0.32.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e629b9b98ef3dd8afe6ca2bd0f89306cec16d43d907889945bc5d6687f2f13c7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "glob"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -4221,7 +4251,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4b0f83760fb341a774ed326568e19f5a863af4a952def8c39f9ab92fd95b88e5"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
- "hashbrown 0.15.5",
+ "hashbrown 0.16.0",
  "serde",
  "serde_core",
 ]
@@ -4270,6 +4300,17 @@ version = "3.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8bb03732005da905c88227371639bf1ad885cc712789c011c31c5fb3ab3ccf02"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "io-uring"
+version = "0.7.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "046fa2d4d00aea763528b4950358d0ead425372445dc8ff86312b3c69ff7727b"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.9.4",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ipnet"
 version = "2.11.0"
@@ -4460,8 +4501,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.16"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.16#ff89675ebaca362412c3ec9d62d2de3885a57727"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.13"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.13#e09f99948820a56851873672fe88417d88ea8fca"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-arith",
@@ -4526,8 +4567,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.16"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.16#ff89675ebaca362412c3ec9d62d2de3885a57727"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.13"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.13#e09f99948820a56851873672fe88417d88ea8fca"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4545,8 +4586,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-bitpacking"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.16"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.16#ff89675ebaca362412c3ec9d62d2de3885a57727"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.13"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.13#e09f99948820a56851873672fe88417d88ea8fca"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayref",
  "paste",
@@ -4555,8 +4596,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-core"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.16"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.16#ff89675ebaca362412c3ec9d62d2de3885a57727"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.13"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.13#e09f99948820a56851873672fe88417d88ea8fca"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4592,8 +4633,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datafusion"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.16"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.16#ff89675ebaca362412c3ec9d62d2de3885a57727"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.13"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.13#e09f99948820a56851873672fe88417d88ea8fca"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4623,8 +4664,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datagen"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.16"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.16#ff89675ebaca362412c3ec9d62d2de3885a57727"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.13"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.13#e09f99948820a56851873672fe88417d88ea8fca"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4641,8 +4682,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-encoding"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.16"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.16#ff89675ebaca362412c3ec9d62d2de3885a57727"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.13"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.13#e09f99948820a56851873672fe88417d88ea8fca"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-arith",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4679,8 +4720,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-file"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.16"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.16#ff89675ebaca362412c3ec9d62d2de3885a57727"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.13"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.13#e09f99948820a56851873672fe88417d88ea8fca"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-arith",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4712,8 +4753,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-geo"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.16"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.16#ff89675ebaca362412c3ec9d62d2de3885a57727"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.13"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.13#e09f99948820a56851873672fe88417d88ea8fca"
 dependencies = [
  "datafusion",
  "geo-types",
@@ -4724,8 +4765,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-index"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.16"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.16#ff89675ebaca362412c3ec9d62d2de3885a57727"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.13"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.13#e09f99948820a56851873672fe88417d88ea8fca"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-arith",
@@ -4786,8 +4827,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-io"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.16"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.16#ff89675ebaca362412c3ec9d62d2de3885a57727"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.13"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.13#e09f99948820a56851873672fe88417d88ea8fca"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-arith",
@@ -4827,8 +4868,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-linalg"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.16"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.16#ff89675ebaca362412c3ec9d62d2de3885a57727"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.13"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.13#e09f99948820a56851873672fe88417d88ea8fca"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4844,8 +4885,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.16"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.16#ff89675ebaca362412c3ec9d62d2de3885a57727"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.13"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.13#e09f99948820a56851873672fe88417d88ea8fca"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4857,8 +4898,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace-impls"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.16"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.16#ff89675ebaca362412c3ec9d62d2de3885a57727"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.13"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.13#e09f99948820a56851873672fe88417d88ea8fca"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-ipc",
@@ -4896,8 +4937,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-table"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.16"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.16#ff89675ebaca362412c3ec9d62d2de3885a57727"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.13"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.13#e09f99948820a56851873672fe88417d88ea8fca"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4936,8 +4977,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-testing"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.16"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.16#ff89675ebaca362412c3ec9d62d2de3885a57727"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.13"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.13#e09f99948820a56851873672fe88417d88ea8fca"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-schema",
@@ -4948,7 +4989,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.22.4-beta.3"
+version = "0.22.4-beta.2"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "anyhow",
@@ -5043,7 +5084,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
-version = "0.22.4-beta.3"
+version = "0.22.4-beta.2"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-ipc",
@@ -5063,7 +5104,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.25.4-beta.3"
+version = "0.25.4-beta.2"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -5071,7 +5112,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "lance-core",
  "lance-io",
- "lance-namespace",
  "lancedb",
  "pin-project",
  "pyo3",
@@ -5778,6 +5818,15 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "830b246a0e5f20af87141b25c173cd1b609bd7779a4617d6ec582abaf90870f3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "object"
+version = "0.37.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ff76201f031d8863c38aa7f905eca4f53abbfa15f609db4277d44cd8938f33fe"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "object_store"
 version = "0.12.4"
@@ -5818,13 +5867,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "object_store_opendal"
-version = "0.55.0"
+version = "0.54.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "113ab0769e972eee585e57407b98de08bda5354fa28e8ba4d89038d6cb6a8991"
+checksum = "5ce697ee723fdc3eaf6c457abf4059034be15167022b18b619993802cd1443d5"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
- "chrono",
  "futures",
  "object_store",
  "opendal",
@@ -5874,31 +5922,30 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opendal"
-version = "0.55.0"
+version = "0.54.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d075ab8a203a6ab4bc1bce0a4b9fe486a72bf8b939037f4b78d95386384bc80a"
+checksum = "ffb9838d0575c6dbaf3fcec7255af8d5771996d4af900bbb6fa9a314dec00a1a"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "backon",
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bytes",
+ "chrono",
  "crc32c",
  "futures",
  "getrandom 0.2.16",
  "http 1.3.1",
  "http-body 1.0.1",
- "jiff",
  "log",
  "md-5",
  "percent-encoding",
- "quick-xml 0.38.3",
+ "quick-xml 0.37.5",
  "reqsign",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
  "tokio",
- "url",
  "uuid",
 ]
 
@@ -6713,8 +6760,8 @@ version = "0.13.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "be769465445e8c1474e9c5dac2018218498557af32d9ed057325ec9a41ae81bf"
 dependencies = [
- "heck 0.4.1",
- "itertools 0.12.1",
+ "heck 0.5.0",
+ "itertools 0.14.0",
  "log",
  "multimap",
  "once_cell",
@@ -6734,7 +6781,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8a56d757972c98b346a9b766e3f02746cde6dd1cd1d1d563472929fdd74bec4d"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "itertools 0.12.1",
+ "itertools 0.14.0",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.106",
@@ -7284,9 +7331,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "reqwest"
-version = "0.12.24"
+version = "0.12.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9d0946410b9f7b082a427e4ef5c8ff541a88b357bc6c637c40db3a68ac70a36f"
+checksum = "d429f34c8092b2d42c7c93cec323bb4adeb7c67698f70839adec842ec10c7ceb"
 dependencies = [
  "async-compression",
  "base64 0.22.1",
@@ -7468,6 +7515,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-demangle"
+version = "0.1.26"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "56f7d92ca342cea22a06f2121d944b4fd82af56988c270852495420f961d4ace"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-hash"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -8053,7 +8106,7 @@ version = "0.8.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c1c97747dbf44bb1ca44a561ece23508e99cb592e862f22222dcf42f51d1e451"
 dependencies = [
- "heck 0.4.1",
+ "heck 0.5.0",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.106",
@@ -8760,26 +8813,29 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.48.0"
+version = "1.47.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ff360e02eab121e0bc37a2d3b4d4dc622e6eda3a8e5253d5435ecf5bd4c68408"
+checksum = "89e49afdadebb872d3145a5638b59eb0691ea23e46ca484037cfab3b76b95038"
 dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
  "bytes",
+ "io-uring",
  "libc",
  "mio",
  "parking_lot",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "signal-hook-registry",
+ "slab",
  "socket2 0.6.0",
  "tokio-macros",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-macros"
-version = "2.6.0"
+version = "2.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "af407857209536a95c8e56f8231ef2c2e2aff839b22e07a1ffcbc617e9db9fa5"
+checksum = "6e06d43f1345a3bcd39f6a56dbb7dcab2ba47e68e8ac134855e7e2bdbaf8cab8"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",

Cargo.toml

@@ -15,20 +15,20 @@ categories = ["database-implementations"]
 rust-version = "1.78.0"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-lance = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.16", default-features = false, "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-core = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datagen = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-file = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-io = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.16", default-features = false, "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-index = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-linalg = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.16", default-features = false, "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-table = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-testing = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-encoding = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-arrow = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.13", default-features = false, "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-core = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datagen = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-file = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-io = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.13", default-features = false, "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-index = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-linalg = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.13", "features" = ["dir-aws", "dir-gcp", "dir-azure", "dir-oss", "rest"], "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-table = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-testing = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-encoding = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-arrow = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
 ahash = "0.8"
 # Note that this one does not include pyarrow
 arrow = { version = "56.2", optional = false }
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ arrow-schema = "56.2"
 arrow-select = "56.2"
 arrow-cast = "56.2"
 async-trait = "0"
-datafusion = { version = "50.1", default-features = false }
-datafusion-catalog = "50.1"
-datafusion-common = { version = "50.1", default-features = false }
-datafusion-execution = "50.1"
-datafusion-expr = "50.1"
-datafusion-physical-plan = "50.1"
+datafusion = { version = "50.3", default-features = false }
+datafusion-catalog = "50.3"
+datafusion-common = { version = "50.3", default-features = false }
+datafusion-execution = "50.3"
+datafusion-expr = "50.3"
+datafusion-physical-plan = "50.3"
 env_logger = "0.11"
 half = { "version" = "2.6.0", default-features = false, features = [
     "num-traits",

java/core/pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
         <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.22.4-beta.3</version>
+        <version>0.22.4-beta.2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 

java/lance-namespace/pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
         <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.22.4-beta.3</version>
+        <version>0.22.4-beta.2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 

java/pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
     <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.22.4-beta.3</version>
+    <version>0.22.4-beta.2</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
     <description>LanceDB Java SDK Parent POM</description>

nodejs/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
 edition.workspace = true
-version = "0.22.4-beta.3"
+version = "0.22.4-beta.2"
 license.workspace = true
 description.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true

nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-darwin-arm64",
-	"version": "0.22.4-beta.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
 	"os": ["darwin"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.darwin-arm64.node",

nodejs/npm/darwin-x64/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-darwin-x64",
-	"version": "0.22.4-beta.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
 	"os": ["darwin"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.darwin-x64.node",

nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-gnu/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.22.4-beta.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-gnu.node",

nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-musl/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-musl",
-	"version": "0.22.4-beta.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-musl.node",

nodejs/npm/linux-x64-gnu/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.22.4-beta.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-gnu.node",

nodejs/npm/linux-x64-musl/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-musl",
-	"version": "0.22.4-beta.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-musl.node",

nodejs/npm/win32-arm64-msvc/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-arm64-msvc",
-  "version": "0.22.4-beta.3",
+  "version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
   "os": [
     "win32"
   ],

nodejs/npm/win32-x64-msvc/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-x64-msvc",
-	"version": "0.22.4-beta.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
 	"os": ["win32"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.win32-x64-msvc.node",

nodejs/package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-  "version": "0.22.4-beta.3",
+  "version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-      "version": "0.22.4-beta.3",
+      "version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
       "cpu": [
         "x64",
         "arm64"

nodejs/package.json

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "ann"
   ],
   "private": false,
-  "version": "0.22.4-beta.3",
+  "version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "exports": {
     ".": "./dist/index.js",

python/.bumpversion.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.25.4-beta.3"
+current_version = "0.25.4-beta.2"
 parse = """(?x)
     (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
     (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.

python/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.25.4-beta.3"
+version = "0.25.4-beta.2"
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "Python bindings for LanceDB"
 license.workspace = true
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ arrow = { version = "56.2", features = ["pyarrow"] }
 async-trait = "0.1"
 lancedb = { path = "../rust/lancedb", default-features = false }
 lance-core.workspace = true
-lance-namespace.workspace = true
 lance-io.workspace = true
 env_logger.workspace = true
 pyo3 = { version = "0.25", features = ["extension-module", "abi3-py39"] }

python/pyproject.toml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyarrow>=16",
     "pydantic>=1.10",
     "tqdm>=4.27.0",
-    "lance-namespace>=0.2.1"
+    "lance-namespace>=0.0.21"
 ]
 description = "lancedb"
 authors = [{ name = "LanceDB Devs", email = "dev@lancedb.com" }]
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 pylance = [
-    "pylance>=1.0.0b14",
+    "pylance>=0.25",
 ]
 tests = [
     "aiohttp",
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ tests = [
     "polars>=0.19, <=1.3.0",
     "tantivy",
     "pyarrow-stubs",
-    "pylance>=1.0.0b14",
+    "pylance>=1.0.0b4",
     "requests",
     "datafusion",
 ]

python/python/lancedb/_lancedb.pyi

@@ -5,13 +5,6 @@ import pyarrow as pa
 
 from .index import BTree, IvfFlat, IvfPq, Bitmap, LabelList, HnswPq, HnswSq, FTS
 from .io import StorageOptionsProvider
-from lance_namespace import (
-    ListNamespacesResponse,
-    CreateNamespaceResponse,
-    DropNamespaceResponse,
-    DescribeNamespaceResponse,
-    ListTablesResponse,
-)
 from .remote import ClientConfig
 
 class Session:
@@ -33,38 +26,18 @@ class Connection(object):
     async def close(self): ...
     async def list_namespaces(
         self,
-        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
-        limit: Optional[int] = None,
-    ) -> ListNamespacesResponse: ...
-    async def create_namespace(
-        self,
-        namespace: List[str],
-        mode: Optional[str] = None,
-        properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-    ) -> CreateNamespaceResponse: ...
-    async def drop_namespace(
-        self,
-        namespace: List[str],
-        mode: Optional[str] = None,
-        behavior: Optional[str] = None,
-    ) -> DropNamespaceResponse: ...
-    async def describe_namespace(
-        self,
-        namespace: List[str],
-    ) -> DescribeNamespaceResponse: ...
-    async def list_tables(
-        self,
-        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
-        limit: Optional[int] = None,
-    ) -> ListTablesResponse: ...
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]],
+        page_token: Optional[str],
+        limit: Optional[int],
+    ) -> List[str]: ...
+    async def create_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> None: ...
+    async def drop_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> None: ...
     async def table_names(
         self,
         namespace: Optional[List[str]],
         start_after: Optional[str],
         limit: Optional[int],
-    ) -> list[str]: ...  # Deprecated: Use list_tables instead
+    ) -> list[str]: ...
     async def create_table(
         self,
         name: str,

python/python/lancedb/db.py

@@ -22,13 +22,6 @@ from lancedb.embeddings.registry import EmbeddingFunctionRegistry
 
 from lancedb.common import data_to_reader, sanitize_uri, validate_schema
 from lancedb.background_loop import LOOP
-from lance_namespace import (
-    ListNamespacesResponse,
-    CreateNamespaceResponse,
-    DropNamespaceResponse,
-    DescribeNamespaceResponse,
-    ListTablesResponse,
-)
 
 from . import __version__
 from ._lancedb import connect as lancedb_connect  # type: ignore
@@ -55,12 +48,6 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .io import StorageOptionsProvider
     from ._lancedb import Session
 
-from .namespace_utils import (
-    _normalize_create_namespace_mode,
-    _normalize_drop_namespace_mode,
-    _normalize_drop_namespace_behavior,
-)
-
 
 class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
     """An active LanceDB connection interface."""
@@ -69,8 +56,8 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
         self,
         namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         page_token: Optional[str] = None,
-        limit: Optional[int] = None,
-    ) -> ListNamespacesResponse:
+        limit: int = 10,
+    ) -> Iterable[str]:
         """List immediate child namespace names in the given namespace.
 
         Parameters
@@ -79,119 +66,43 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
             The parent namespace to list namespaces in.
             Empty list represents root namespace.
         page_token: str, optional
-            Token for pagination. Use the token from a previous response
-            to get the next page of results.
-        limit: int, optional
-            The maximum number of results to return.
+            The token to use for pagination. If not present, start from the beginning.
+        limit: int, default 10
+            The size of the page to return.
 
         Returns
         -------
-        ListNamespacesResponse
-            Response containing namespace names and optional page_token for pagination.
+        Iterable of str
+            List of immediate child namespace names
         """
         if namespace is None:
             namespace = []
-        return ListNamespacesResponse(namespaces=[], page_token=None)
+        return []
 
-    def create_namespace(
-        self,
-        namespace: List[str],
-        mode: Optional[str] = None,
-        properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-    ) -> CreateNamespaceResponse:
+    def create_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> None:
         """Create a new namespace.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         namespace: List[str]
             The namespace identifier to create.
-        mode: str, optional
-            Creation mode - "create" (fail if exists), "exist_ok" (skip if exists),
-            or "overwrite" (replace if exists). Case insensitive.
-        properties: Dict[str, str], optional
-            Properties to set on the namespace.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        CreateNamespaceResponse
-            Response containing the properties of the created namespace.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError(
             "Namespace operations are not supported for this connection type"
         )
 
-    def drop_namespace(
-        self,
-        namespace: List[str],
-        mode: Optional[str] = None,
-        behavior: Optional[str] = None,
-    ) -> DropNamespaceResponse:
+    def drop_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> None:
         """Drop a namespace.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         namespace: List[str]
             The namespace identifier to drop.
-        mode: str, optional
-            Whether to skip if not exists ("SKIP") or fail ("FAIL"). Case insensitive.
-        behavior: str, optional
-            Whether to restrict drop if not empty ("RESTRICT") or cascade ("CASCADE").
-            Case insensitive.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        DropNamespaceResponse
-            Response containing properties and transaction_id if applicable.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError(
             "Namespace operations are not supported for this connection type"
         )
 
-    def describe_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> DescribeNamespaceResponse:
-        """Describe a namespace.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        namespace: List[str]
-            The namespace identifier to describe.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        DescribeNamespaceResponse
-            Response containing the namespace properties.
-        """
-        raise NotImplementedError(
-            "Namespace operations are not supported for this connection type"
-        )
-
-    def list_tables(
-        self,
-        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
-        limit: Optional[int] = None,
-    ) -> ListTablesResponse:
-        """List all tables in this database with pagination support.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        namespace: List[str], optional
-            The namespace to list tables in.
-            None or empty list represents root namespace.
-        page_token: str, optional
-            Token for pagination. Use the token from a previous response
-            to get the next page of results.
-        limit: int, optional
-            The maximum number of results to return.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        ListTablesResponse
-            Response containing table names and optional page_token for pagination.
-        """
-        raise NotImplementedError(
-            "list_tables is not supported for this connection type"
-        )
-
     @abstractmethod
     def table_names(
         self,
@@ -283,10 +194,6 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
             connection will be inherited by the table, but can be overridden here.
             See available options at
             <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
-
-            To enable stable row IDs (row IDs remain stable after compaction,
-            update, delete, and merges), set `new_table_enable_stable_row_ids`
-            to `"true"` in storage_options when connecting to the database.
         data_storage_version: optional, str, default "stable"
             Deprecated.  Set `storage_options` when connecting to the database and set
             `new_table_data_storage_version` in the options.
@@ -646,8 +553,8 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         self,
         namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         page_token: Optional[str] = None,
-        limit: Optional[int] = None,
-    ) -> ListNamespacesResponse:
+        limit: int = 10,
+    ) -> Iterable[str]:
         """List immediate child namespace names in the given namespace.
 
         Parameters
@@ -656,15 +563,14 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
             The parent namespace to list namespaces in.
             None or empty list represents root namespace.
         page_token: str, optional
-            Token for pagination. Use the token from a previous response
-            to get the next page of results.
-        limit: int, optional
-            The maximum number of results to return.
+            The token to use for pagination. If not present, start from the beginning.
+        limit: int, default 10
+            The size of the page to return.
 
         Returns
         -------
-        ListNamespacesResponse
-            Response containing namespace names and optional page_token for pagination.
+        Iterable of str
+            List of immediate child namespace names
         """
         if namespace is None:
             namespace = []
@@ -675,111 +581,26 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         )
 
     @override
-    def create_namespace(
-        self,
-        namespace: List[str],
-        mode: Optional[str] = None,
-        properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-    ) -> CreateNamespaceResponse:
+    def create_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> None:
         """Create a new namespace.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         namespace: List[str]
             The namespace identifier to create.
-        mode: str, optional
-            Creation mode - "create" (fail if exists), "exist_ok" (skip if exists),
-            or "overwrite" (replace if exists). Case insensitive.
-        properties: Dict[str, str], optional
-            Properties to set on the namespace.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        CreateNamespaceResponse
-            Response containing the properties of the created namespace.
         """
-        return LOOP.run(
-            self._conn.create_namespace(
-                namespace=namespace, mode=mode, properties=properties
-            )
-        )
+        LOOP.run(self._conn.create_namespace(namespace=namespace))
 
     @override
-    def drop_namespace(
-        self,
-        namespace: List[str],
-        mode: Optional[str] = None,
-        behavior: Optional[str] = None,
-    ) -> DropNamespaceResponse:
+    def drop_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> None:
         """Drop a namespace.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         namespace: List[str]
             The namespace identifier to drop.
-        mode: str, optional
-            Whether to skip if not exists ("SKIP") or fail ("FAIL"). Case insensitive.
-        behavior: str, optional
-            Whether to restrict drop if not empty ("RESTRICT") or cascade ("CASCADE").
-            Case insensitive.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        DropNamespaceResponse
-            Response containing properties and transaction_id if applicable.
         """
-        return LOOP.run(
-            self._conn.drop_namespace(namespace=namespace, mode=mode, behavior=behavior)
-        )
-
-    @override
-    def describe_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> DescribeNamespaceResponse:
-        """Describe a namespace.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        namespace: List[str]
-            The namespace identifier to describe.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        DescribeNamespaceResponse
-            Response containing the namespace properties.
-        """
-        return LOOP.run(self._conn.describe_namespace(namespace=namespace))
-
-    @override
-    def list_tables(
-        self,
-        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
-        limit: Optional[int] = None,
-    ) -> ListTablesResponse:
-        """List all tables in this database with pagination support.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        namespace: List[str], optional
-            The namespace to list tables in.
-            None or empty list represents root namespace.
-        page_token: str, optional
-            Token for pagination. Use the token from a previous response
-            to get the next page of results.
-        limit: int, optional
-            The maximum number of results to return.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        ListTablesResponse
-            Response containing table names and optional page_token for pagination.
-        """
-        if namespace is None:
-            namespace = []
-        return LOOP.run(
-            self._conn.list_tables(
-                namespace=namespace, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
-            )
-        )
+        return LOOP.run(self._conn.drop_namespace(namespace=namespace))
 
     @override
     def table_names(
@@ -791,9 +612,6 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
     ) -> Iterable[str]:
         """Get the names of all tables in the database. The names are sorted.
 
-        .. deprecated::
-            Use :meth:`list_tables` instead, which provides proper pagination support.
-
         Parameters
         ----------
         namespace: List[str], optional
@@ -808,13 +626,6 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         Iterator of str.
             A list of table names.
         """
-        import warnings
-
-        warnings.warn(
-            "table_names() is deprecated, use list_tables() instead",
-            DeprecationWarning,
-            stacklevel=2,
-        )
         if namespace is None:
             namespace = []
         return LOOP.run(
@@ -1129,8 +940,8 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
         self,
         namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         page_token: Optional[str] = None,
-        limit: Optional[int] = None,
-    ) -> ListNamespacesResponse:
+        limit: int = 10,
+    ) -> Iterable[str]:
         """List immediate child namespace names in the given namespace.
 
         Parameters
@@ -1140,128 +951,39 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
             None or empty list represents root namespace.
         page_token: str, optional
             The token to use for pagination. If not present, start from the beginning.
-        limit: int, optional
-            The maximum number of results to return.
+        limit: int, default 10
+            The size of the page to return.
 
         Returns
         -------
-        ListNamespacesResponse
-            Response containing namespace names and optional pagination token
+        Iterable of str
+            List of immediate child namespace names (not full paths)
         """
         if namespace is None:
             namespace = []
-        result = await self._inner.list_namespaces(
+        return await self._inner.list_namespaces(
             namespace=namespace, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
         )
-        return ListNamespacesResponse(**result)
 
-    async def create_namespace(
-        self,
-        namespace: List[str],
-        mode: Optional[str] = None,
-        properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-    ) -> CreateNamespaceResponse:
+    async def create_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> None:
         """Create a new namespace.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         namespace: List[str]
             The namespace identifier to create.
-        mode: str, optional
-            Creation mode - "create", "exist_ok", or "overwrite". Case insensitive.
-        properties: Dict[str, str], optional
-            Properties to associate with the namespace
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        CreateNamespaceResponse
-            Response containing namespace properties
         """
-        result = await self._inner.create_namespace(
-            namespace,
-            mode=_normalize_create_namespace_mode(mode),
-            properties=properties,
-        )
-        return CreateNamespaceResponse(**result)
+        await self._inner.create_namespace(namespace)
 
-    async def drop_namespace(
-        self,
-        namespace: List[str],
-        mode: Optional[str] = None,
-        behavior: Optional[str] = None,
-    ) -> DropNamespaceResponse:
+    async def drop_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> None:
         """Drop a namespace.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         namespace: List[str]
             The namespace identifier to drop.
-        mode: str, optional
-            Whether to skip if not exists ("SKIP") or fail ("FAIL"). Case insensitive.
-        behavior: str, optional
-            Whether to restrict drop if not empty ("RESTRICT") or cascade ("CASCADE").
-            Case insensitive.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        DropNamespaceResponse
-            Response containing properties and transaction_id if applicable.
         """
-        result = await self._inner.drop_namespace(
-            namespace,
-            mode=_normalize_drop_namespace_mode(mode),
-            behavior=_normalize_drop_namespace_behavior(behavior),
-        )
-        return DropNamespaceResponse(**result)
-
-    async def describe_namespace(
-        self, namespace: List[str]
-    ) -> DescribeNamespaceResponse:
-        """Describe a namespace.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        namespace: List[str]
-            The namespace identifier to describe.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        DescribeNamespaceResponse
-            Response containing the namespace properties.
-        """
-        result = await self._inner.describe_namespace(namespace)
-        return DescribeNamespaceResponse(**result)
-
-    async def list_tables(
-        self,
-        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
-        limit: Optional[int] = None,
-    ) -> ListTablesResponse:
-        """List all tables in this database with pagination support.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        namespace: List[str], optional
-            The namespace to list tables in.
-            None or empty list represents root namespace.
-        page_token: str, optional
-            Token for pagination. Use the token from a previous response
-            to get the next page of results.
-        limit: int, optional
-            The maximum number of results to return.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        ListTablesResponse
-            Response containing table names and optional page_token for pagination.
-        """
-        if namespace is None:
-            namespace = []
-        result = await self._inner.list_tables(
-            namespace=namespace, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
-        )
-        return ListTablesResponse(**result)
+        await self._inner.drop_namespace(namespace)
 
     async def table_names(
         self,
@@ -1272,9 +994,6 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
     ) -> Iterable[str]:
         """List all tables in this database, in sorted order
 
-        .. deprecated::
-            Use :meth:`list_tables` instead, which provides proper pagination support.
-
         Parameters
         ----------
         namespace: List[str], optional
@@ -1293,13 +1012,6 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
         -------
         Iterable of str
         """
-        import warnings
-
-        warnings.warn(
-            "table_names() is deprecated, use list_tables() instead",
-            DeprecationWarning,
-            stacklevel=2,
-        )
         if namespace is None:
             namespace = []
         return await self._inner.table_names(
@@ -1367,10 +1079,6 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
             See available options at
             <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
 
-            To enable stable row IDs (row IDs remain stable after compaction,
-            update, delete, and merges), set `new_table_enable_stable_row_ids`
-            to `"true"` in storage_options when connecting to the database.
-
         Returns
         -------
         AsyncTable

python/python/lancedb/namespace.py

@@ -23,29 +23,7 @@ from datetime import timedelta
 import pyarrow as pa
 
 from lancedb.db import DBConnection, LanceDBConnection
-from lancedb.namespace_utils import (
-    _normalize_create_namespace_mode,
-    _normalize_drop_namespace_mode,
-    _normalize_drop_namespace_behavior,
-)
 from lancedb.io import StorageOptionsProvider
-from lance_namespace import (
-    LanceNamespace,
-    connect as namespace_connect,
-    CreateNamespaceResponse,
-    DescribeNamespaceResponse,
-    DropNamespaceResponse,
-    ListNamespacesResponse,
-    ListTablesResponse,
-    ListTablesRequest,
-    DescribeTableRequest,
-    DescribeNamespaceRequest,
-    DropTableRequest,
-    ListNamespacesRequest,
-    CreateNamespaceRequest,
-    DropNamespaceRequest,
-    CreateEmptyTableRequest,
-)
 from lancedb.table import AsyncTable, LanceTable, Table
 from lancedb.util import validate_table_name
 from lancedb.common import DATA
@@ -53,9 +31,19 @@ from lancedb.pydantic import LanceModel
 from lancedb.embeddings import EmbeddingFunctionConfig
 from ._lancedb import Session
 
-from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.json_arrow_schema import JsonArrowSchema
-from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.json_arrow_field import JsonArrowField
-from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.json_arrow_data_type import JsonArrowDataType
+from lance_namespace import LanceNamespace, connect as namespace_connect
+from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models import (
+    ListTablesRequest,
+    DescribeTableRequest,
+    DropTableRequest,
+    ListNamespacesRequest,
+    CreateNamespaceRequest,
+    DropNamespaceRequest,
+    CreateEmptyTableRequest,
+    JsonArrowSchema,
+    JsonArrowField,
+    JsonArrowDataType,
+)
 
 
 def _convert_pyarrow_type_to_json(arrow_type: pa.DataType) -> JsonArrowDataType:
@@ -253,19 +241,6 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         *,
         namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
     ) -> Iterable[str]:
-        """
-        List table names in the database.
-
-        .. deprecated::
-            Use :meth:`list_tables` instead, which provides proper pagination support.
-        """
-        import warnings
-
-        warnings.warn(
-            "table_names() is deprecated, use list_tables() instead",
-            DeprecationWarning,
-            stacklevel=2,
-        )
         if namespace is None:
             namespace = []
         request = ListTablesRequest(id=namespace, page_token=page_token, limit=limit)
@@ -458,8 +433,8 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         self,
         namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         page_token: Optional[str] = None,
-        limit: Optional[int] = None,
-    ) -> ListNamespacesResponse:
+        limit: int = 10,
+    ) -> Iterable[str]:
         """
         List child namespaces under the given namespace.
 
@@ -469,15 +444,14 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
             The parent namespace to list children from.
             If None, lists root-level namespaces.
         page_token : Optional[str]
-            Token for pagination. Use the token from a previous response
-            to get the next page of results.
-        limit : int, optional
+            Pagination token for listing results.
+        limit : int
             Maximum number of namespaces to return.
 
         Returns
         -------
-        ListNamespacesResponse
-            Response containing namespace names and optional page_token for pagination.
+        Iterable[str]
+            Names of child namespaces.
         """
         if namespace is None:
             namespace = []
@@ -485,18 +459,10 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
             id=namespace, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
         )
         response = self._ns.list_namespaces(request)
-        return ListNamespacesResponse(
-            namespaces=response.namespaces if response.namespaces else [],
-            page_token=response.page_token,
-        )
+        return response.namespaces if response.namespaces else []
 
     @override
-    def create_namespace(
-        self,
-        namespace: List[str],
-        mode: Optional[str] = None,
-        properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-    ) -> CreateNamespaceResponse:
+    def create_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> None:
         """
         Create a new namespace.
 
@@ -504,34 +470,12 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         ----------
         namespace : List[str]
             The namespace path to create.
-        mode : str, optional
-            Creation mode - "create" (fail if exists), "exist_ok" (skip if exists),
-            or "overwrite" (replace if exists). Case insensitive.
-        properties : Dict[str, str], optional
-            Properties to set on the namespace.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        CreateNamespaceResponse
-            Response containing the properties of the created namespace.
         """
-        request = CreateNamespaceRequest(
-            id=namespace,
-            mode=_normalize_create_namespace_mode(mode),
-            properties=properties,
-        )
-        response = self._ns.create_namespace(request)
-        return CreateNamespaceResponse(
-            properties=response.properties if hasattr(response, "properties") else None
-        )
+        request = CreateNamespaceRequest(id=namespace)
+        self._ns.create_namespace(request)
 
     @override
-    def drop_namespace(
-        self,
-        namespace: List[str],
-        mode: Optional[str] = None,
-        behavior: Optional[str] = None,
-    ) -> DropNamespaceResponse:
+    def drop_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> None:
         """
         Drop a namespace.
 
@@ -539,87 +483,9 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         ----------
         namespace : List[str]
             The namespace path to drop.
-        mode : str, optional
-            Whether to skip if not exists ("SKIP") or fail ("FAIL"). Case insensitive.
-        behavior : str, optional
-            Whether to restrict drop if not empty ("RESTRICT") or cascade ("CASCADE").
-            Case insensitive.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        DropNamespaceResponse
-            Response containing properties and transaction_id if applicable.
         """
-        request = DropNamespaceRequest(
-            id=namespace,
-            mode=_normalize_drop_namespace_mode(mode),
-            behavior=_normalize_drop_namespace_behavior(behavior),
-        )
-        response = self._ns.drop_namespace(request)
-        return DropNamespaceResponse(
-            properties=(
-                response.properties if hasattr(response, "properties") else None
-            ),
-            transaction_id=(
-                response.transaction_id if hasattr(response, "transaction_id") else None
-            ),
-        )
-
-    @override
-    def describe_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> DescribeNamespaceResponse:
-        """
-        Describe a namespace.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        namespace : List[str]
-            The namespace identifier to describe.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        DescribeNamespaceResponse
-            Response containing the namespace properties.
-        """
-        request = DescribeNamespaceRequest(id=namespace)
-        response = self._ns.describe_namespace(request)
-        return DescribeNamespaceResponse(
-            properties=response.properties if hasattr(response, "properties") else None
-        )
-
-    @override
-    def list_tables(
-        self,
-        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
-        limit: Optional[int] = None,
-    ) -> ListTablesResponse:
-        """
-        List all tables in this database with pagination support.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        namespace : List[str], optional
-            The namespace to list tables in.
-            None or empty list represents root namespace.
-        page_token : str, optional
-            Token for pagination. Use the token from a previous response
-            to get the next page of results.
-        limit : int, optional
-            The maximum number of results to return.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        ListTablesResponse
-            Response containing table names and optional page_token for pagination.
-        """
-        if namespace is None:
-            namespace = []
-        request = ListTablesRequest(id=namespace, page_token=page_token, limit=limit)
-        response = self._ns.list_tables(request)
-        return ListTablesResponse(
-            tables=response.tables if response.tables else [],
-            page_token=response.page_token,
-        )
+        request = DropNamespaceRequest(id=namespace)
+        self._ns.drop_namespace(request)
 
     def _lance_table_from_uri(
         self,
@@ -697,19 +563,7 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
         *,
         namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
     ) -> Iterable[str]:
-        """
-        List table names in the namespace.
-
-        .. deprecated::
-            Use :meth:`list_tables` instead, which provides proper pagination support.
-        """
-        import warnings
-
-        warnings.warn(
-            "table_names() is deprecated, use list_tables() instead",
-            DeprecationWarning,
-            stacklevel=2,
-        )
+        """List table names in the namespace."""
         if namespace is None:
             namespace = []
         request = ListTablesRequest(id=namespace, page_token=page_token, limit=limit)
@@ -917,8 +771,8 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
         self,
         namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         page_token: Optional[str] = None,
-        limit: Optional[int] = None,
-    ) -> ListNamespacesResponse:
+        limit: int = 10,
+    ) -> Iterable[str]:
         """
         List child namespaces under the given namespace.
 
@@ -928,15 +782,14 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
             The parent namespace to list children from.
             If None, lists root-level namespaces.
         page_token : Optional[str]
-            Token for pagination. Use the token from a previous response
-            to get the next page of results.
-        limit : int, optional
+            Pagination token for listing results.
+        limit : int
             Maximum number of namespaces to return.
 
         Returns
         -------
-        ListNamespacesResponse
-            Response containing namespace names and optional page_token for pagination.
+        Iterable[str]
+            Names of child namespaces.
         """
         if namespace is None:
             namespace = []
@@ -944,17 +797,9 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
             id=namespace, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
         )
         response = self._ns.list_namespaces(request)
-        return ListNamespacesResponse(
-            namespaces=response.namespaces if response.namespaces else [],
-            page_token=response.page_token,
-        )
+        return response.namespaces if response.namespaces else []
 
-    async def create_namespace(
-        self,
-        namespace: List[str],
-        mode: Optional[str] = None,
-        properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-    ) -> CreateNamespaceResponse:
+    async def create_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> None:
         """
         Create a new namespace.
 
@@ -962,33 +807,11 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
         ----------
         namespace : List[str]
             The namespace path to create.
-        mode : str, optional
-            Creation mode - "create" (fail if exists), "exist_ok" (skip if exists),
-            or "overwrite" (replace if exists). Case insensitive.
-        properties : Dict[str, str], optional
-            Properties to set on the namespace.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        CreateNamespaceResponse
-            Response containing the properties of the created namespace.
         """
-        request = CreateNamespaceRequest(
-            id=namespace,
-            mode=_normalize_create_namespace_mode(mode),
-            properties=properties,
-        )
-        response = self._ns.create_namespace(request)
-        return CreateNamespaceResponse(
-            properties=response.properties if hasattr(response, "properties") else None
-        )
+        request = CreateNamespaceRequest(id=namespace)
+        self._ns.create_namespace(request)
 
-    async def drop_namespace(
-        self,
-        namespace: List[str],
-        mode: Optional[str] = None,
-        behavior: Optional[str] = None,
-    ) -> DropNamespaceResponse:
+    async def drop_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> None:
         """
         Drop a namespace.
 
@@ -996,87 +819,9 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
         ----------
         namespace : List[str]
             The namespace path to drop.
-        mode : str, optional
-            Whether to skip if not exists ("SKIP") or fail ("FAIL"). Case insensitive.
-        behavior : str, optional
-            Whether to restrict drop if not empty ("RESTRICT") or cascade ("CASCADE").
-            Case insensitive.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        DropNamespaceResponse
-            Response containing properties and transaction_id if applicable.
         """
-        request = DropNamespaceRequest(
-            id=namespace,
-            mode=_normalize_drop_namespace_mode(mode),
-            behavior=_normalize_drop_namespace_behavior(behavior),
-        )
-        response = self._ns.drop_namespace(request)
-        return DropNamespaceResponse(
-            properties=(
-                response.properties if hasattr(response, "properties") else None
-            ),
-            transaction_id=(
-                response.transaction_id if hasattr(response, "transaction_id") else None
-            ),
-        )
-
-    async def describe_namespace(
-        self, namespace: List[str]
-    ) -> DescribeNamespaceResponse:
-        """
-        Describe a namespace.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        namespace : List[str]
-            The namespace identifier to describe.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        DescribeNamespaceResponse
-            Response containing the namespace properties.
-        """
-        request = DescribeNamespaceRequest(id=namespace)
-        response = self._ns.describe_namespace(request)
-        return DescribeNamespaceResponse(
-            properties=response.properties if hasattr(response, "properties") else None
-        )
-
-    async def list_tables(
-        self,
-        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
-        limit: Optional[int] = None,
-    ) -> ListTablesResponse:
-        """
-        List all tables in this database with pagination support.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        namespace : List[str], optional
-            The namespace to list tables in.
-            None or empty list represents root namespace.
-        page_token : str, optional
-            Token for pagination. Use the token from a previous response
-            to get the next page of results.
-        limit : int, optional
-            The maximum number of results to return.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        ListTablesResponse
-            Response containing table names and optional page_token for pagination.
-        """
-        if namespace is None:
-            namespace = []
-        request = ListTablesRequest(id=namespace, page_token=page_token, limit=limit)
-        response = self._ns.list_tables(request)
-        return ListTablesResponse(
-            tables=response.tables if response.tables else [],
-            page_token=response.page_token,
-        )
+        request = DropNamespaceRequest(id=namespace)
+        self._ns.drop_namespace(request)
 
 
 def connect_namespace(

python/python/lancedb/namespace_utils.py

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
-
-"""Utility functions for namespace operations."""
-
-from typing import Optional
-
-
-def _normalize_create_namespace_mode(mode: Optional[str]) -> Optional[str]:
-    """Normalize create namespace mode to lowercase (API expects lowercase)."""
-    if mode is None:
-        return None
-    return mode.lower()
-
-
-def _normalize_drop_namespace_mode(mode: Optional[str]) -> Optional[str]:
-    """Normalize drop namespace mode to uppercase (API expects uppercase)."""
-    if mode is None:
-        return None
-    return mode.upper()
-
-
-def _normalize_drop_namespace_behavior(behavior: Optional[str]) -> Optional[str]:
-    """Normalize drop namespace behavior to uppercase (API expects uppercase)."""
-    if behavior is None:
-        return None
-    return behavior.upper()

python/python/lancedb/query.py

@@ -2429,8 +2429,9 @@ class AsyncQueryBase(object):
         >>> from lancedb import connect_async
         >>> async def doctest_example():
         ...     conn = await connect_async("./.lancedb")
-        ...     table = await conn.create_table("my_table", [{"vector": [99.0, 99.0]}])
-        ...     plan = await table.query().nearest_to([1.0, 2.0]).explain_plan(True)
+        ...     table = await conn.create_table("my_table", [{"vector": [99, 99]}])
+        ...     query = [100, 100]
+        ...     plan = await table.query().nearest_to([1, 2]).explain_plan(True)
         ...     print(plan)
         >>> asyncio.run(doctest_example()) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS, +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
         ProjectionExec: expr=[vector@0 as vector, _distance@2 as _distance]
@@ -2439,7 +2440,6 @@ class AsyncQueryBase(object):
               SortExec: TopK(fetch=10), expr=[_distance@2 ASC NULLS LAST, _rowid@1 ASC NULLS LAST], preserve_partitioning=[false]
                 KNNVectorDistance: metric=l2
                   LanceRead: uri=..., projection=[vector], ...
-        <BLANKLINE>
 
         Parameters
         ----------
@@ -3141,9 +3141,10 @@ class AsyncHybridQuery(AsyncStandardQuery, AsyncVectorQueryBase):
         >>> from lancedb.index import FTS
         >>> async def doctest_example():
         ...     conn = await connect_async("./.lancedb")
-        ...     table = await conn.create_table("my_table", [{"vector": [99.0, 99.0], "text": "hello world"}])
+        ...     table = await conn.create_table("my_table", [{"vector": [99, 99], "text": "hello world"}])
         ...     await table.create_index("text", config=FTS(with_position=False))
-        ...     plan = await table.query().nearest_to([1.0, 2.0]).nearest_to_text("hello").explain_plan(True)
+        ...     query = [100, 100]
+        ...     plan = await table.query().nearest_to([1, 2]).nearest_to_text("hello").explain_plan(True)
         ...     print(plan)
         >>> asyncio.run(doctest_example()) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS, +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
         Vector Search Plan:
@@ -3417,8 +3418,9 @@ class BaseQueryBuilder(object):
         >>> from lancedb import connect_async
         >>> async def doctest_example():
         ...     conn = await connect_async("./.lancedb")
-        ...     table = await conn.create_table("my_table", [{"vector": [99.0, 99.0]}])
-        ...     plan = await table.query().nearest_to([1.0, 2.0]).explain_plan(True)
+        ...     table = await conn.create_table("my_table", [{"vector": [99, 99]}])
+        ...     query = [100, 100]
+        ...     plan = await table.query().nearest_to([1, 2]).explain_plan(True)
         ...     print(plan)
         >>> asyncio.run(doctest_example()) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS, +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
         ProjectionExec: expr=[vector@0 as vector, _distance@2 as _distance]
@@ -3427,7 +3429,6 @@ class BaseQueryBuilder(object):
               SortExec: TopK(fetch=10), expr=[_distance@2 ASC NULLS LAST, _rowid@1 ASC NULLS LAST], preserve_partitioning=[false]
                 KNNVectorDistance: metric=l2
                   LanceRead: uri=..., projection=[vector], ...
-        <BLANKLINE>
 
         Parameters
         ----------

python/python/lancedb/remote/db.py

@@ -23,13 +23,6 @@ import pyarrow as pa
 from ..common import DATA
 from ..db import DBConnection, LOOP
 from ..embeddings import EmbeddingFunctionConfig
-from lance_namespace import (
-    CreateNamespaceResponse,
-    DescribeNamespaceResponse,
-    DropNamespaceResponse,
-    ListNamespacesResponse,
-    ListTablesResponse,
-)
 from ..pydantic import LanceModel
 from ..table import Table
 from ..util import validate_table_name
@@ -113,8 +106,8 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
         self,
         namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         page_token: Optional[str] = None,
-        limit: Optional[int] = None,
-    ) -> ListNamespacesResponse:
+        limit: int = 10,
+    ) -> Iterable[str]:
         """List immediate child namespace names in the given namespace.
 
         Parameters
@@ -123,15 +116,14 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
             The parent namespace to list namespaces in.
             None or empty list represents root namespace.
         page_token: str, optional
-            Token for pagination. Use the token from a previous response
-            to get the next page of results.
-        limit: int, optional
-            The maximum number of results to return.
+            The token to use for pagination. If not present, start from the beginning.
+        limit: int, default 10
+            The size of the page to return.
 
         Returns
         -------
-        ListNamespacesResponse
-            Response containing namespace names and optional page_token for pagination.
+        Iterable of str
+            List of immediate child namespace names
         """
         if namespace is None:
             namespace = []
@@ -142,111 +134,26 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
         )
 
     @override
-    def create_namespace(
-        self,
-        namespace: List[str],
-        mode: Optional[str] = None,
-        properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-    ) -> CreateNamespaceResponse:
+    def create_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> None:
         """Create a new namespace.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         namespace: List[str]
             The namespace identifier to create.
-        mode: str, optional
-            Creation mode - "create" (fail if exists), "exist_ok" (skip if exists),
-            or "overwrite" (replace if exists). Case insensitive.
-        properties: Dict[str, str], optional
-            Properties to set on the namespace.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        CreateNamespaceResponse
-            Response containing the properties of the created namespace.
         """
-        return LOOP.run(
-            self._conn.create_namespace(
-                namespace=namespace, mode=mode, properties=properties
-            )
-        )
+        LOOP.run(self._conn.create_namespace(namespace=namespace))
 
     @override
-    def drop_namespace(
-        self,
-        namespace: List[str],
-        mode: Optional[str] = None,
-        behavior: Optional[str] = None,
-    ) -> DropNamespaceResponse:
+    def drop_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> None:
         """Drop a namespace.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         namespace: List[str]
             The namespace identifier to drop.
-        mode: str, optional
-            Whether to skip if not exists ("SKIP") or fail ("FAIL"). Case insensitive.
-        behavior: str, optional
-            Whether to restrict drop if not empty ("RESTRICT") or cascade ("CASCADE").
-            Case insensitive.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        DropNamespaceResponse
-            Response containing properties and transaction_id if applicable.
         """
-        return LOOP.run(
-            self._conn.drop_namespace(namespace=namespace, mode=mode, behavior=behavior)
-        )
-
-    @override
-    def describe_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> DescribeNamespaceResponse:
-        """Describe a namespace.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        namespace: List[str]
-            The namespace identifier to describe.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        DescribeNamespaceResponse
-            Response containing the namespace properties.
-        """
-        return LOOP.run(self._conn.describe_namespace(namespace=namespace))
-
-    @override
-    def list_tables(
-        self,
-        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
-        limit: Optional[int] = None,
-    ) -> ListTablesResponse:
-        """List all tables in this database with pagination support.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        namespace: List[str], optional
-            The namespace to list tables in.
-            None or empty list represents root namespace.
-        page_token: str, optional
-            Token for pagination. Use the token from a previous response
-            to get the next page of results.
-        limit: int, optional
-            The maximum number of results to return.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        ListTablesResponse
-            Response containing table names and optional page_token for pagination.
-        """
-        if namespace is None:
-            namespace = []
-        return LOOP.run(
-            self._conn.list_tables(
-                namespace=namespace, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
-            )
-        )
+        return LOOP.run(self._conn.drop_namespace(namespace=namespace))
 
     @override
     def table_names(
@@ -258,9 +165,6 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
     ) -> Iterable[str]:
         """List the names of all tables in the database.
 
-        .. deprecated::
-            Use :meth:`list_tables` instead, which provides proper pagination support.
-
         Parameters
         ----------
         namespace: List[str], default []
@@ -275,13 +179,6 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
         -------
         An iterator of table names.
         """
-        import warnings
-
-        warnings.warn(
-            "table_names() is deprecated, use list_tables() instead",
-            DeprecationWarning,
-            stacklevel=2,
-        )
         if namespace is None:
             namespace = []
         return LOOP.run(

python/python/tests/test_db.py

@@ -441,150 +441,6 @@ async def test_create_table_v2_manifest_paths_async(tmp_path):
         assert re.match(r"\d{20}\.manifest", manifest)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_create_table_stable_row_ids_via_storage_options(tmp_path):
-    """Test stable_row_ids via storage_options at connect time."""
-    import lance
-
-    # Connect with stable row IDs enabled as default for new tables
-    db_with = await lancedb.connect_async(
-        tmp_path, storage_options={"new_table_enable_stable_row_ids": "true"}
-    )
-    # Connect without stable row IDs (default)
-    db_without = await lancedb.connect_async(
-        tmp_path, storage_options={"new_table_enable_stable_row_ids": "false"}
-    )
-
-    # Create table using connection with stable row IDs enabled
-    await db_with.create_table(
-        "with_stable_via_opts",
-        data=[{"id": i} for i in range(10)],
-    )
-    lance_ds_with = lance.dataset(tmp_path / "with_stable_via_opts.lance")
-    fragments_with = lance_ds_with.get_fragments()
-    assert len(fragments_with) > 0
-    assert fragments_with[0].metadata.row_id_meta is not None
-
-    # Create table using connection without stable row IDs
-    await db_without.create_table(
-        "without_stable_via_opts",
-        data=[{"id": i} for i in range(10)],
-    )
-    lance_ds_without = lance.dataset(tmp_path / "without_stable_via_opts.lance")
-    fragments_without = lance_ds_without.get_fragments()
-    assert len(fragments_without) > 0
-    assert fragments_without[0].metadata.row_id_meta is None
-
-
-def test_create_table_stable_row_ids_via_storage_options_sync(tmp_path):
-    """Test that enable_stable_row_ids can be set via storage_options (sync API)."""
-    # Connect with stable row IDs enabled as default for new tables
-    db_with = lancedb.connect(
-        tmp_path, storage_options={"new_table_enable_stable_row_ids": "true"}
-    )
-    # Connect without stable row IDs (default)
-    db_without = lancedb.connect(
-        tmp_path, storage_options={"new_table_enable_stable_row_ids": "false"}
-    )
-
-    # Create table using connection with stable row IDs enabled
-    tbl_with = db_with.create_table(
-        "with_stable_sync",
-        data=[{"id": i} for i in range(10)],
-    )
-    lance_ds_with = tbl_with.to_lance()
-    fragments_with = lance_ds_with.get_fragments()
-    assert len(fragments_with) > 0
-    assert fragments_with[0].metadata.row_id_meta is not None
-
-    # Create table using connection without stable row IDs
-    tbl_without = db_without.create_table(
-        "without_stable_sync",
-        data=[{"id": i} for i in range(10)],
-    )
-    lance_ds_without = tbl_without.to_lance()
-    fragments_without = lance_ds_without.get_fragments()
-    assert len(fragments_without) > 0
-    assert fragments_without[0].metadata.row_id_meta is None
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_create_table_stable_row_ids_table_level_override(tmp_path):
-    """Test that stable_row_ids can be enabled/disabled at create_table level."""
-    import lance
-
-    # Connect without any stable row ID setting
-    db_default = await lancedb.connect_async(tmp_path)
-
-    # Connect with stable row IDs enabled at connection level
-    db_with_stable = await lancedb.connect_async(
-        tmp_path, storage_options={"new_table_enable_stable_row_ids": "true"}
-    )
-
-    # Case 1: No connection setting, enable at table level
-    await db_default.create_table(
-        "table_level_enabled",
-        data=[{"id": i} for i in range(10)],
-        storage_options={"new_table_enable_stable_row_ids": "true"},
-    )
-    lance_ds = lance.dataset(tmp_path / "table_level_enabled.lance")
-    fragments = lance_ds.get_fragments()
-    assert len(fragments) > 0
-    assert fragments[0].metadata.row_id_meta is not None, (
-        "Table should have stable row IDs when enabled at table level"
-    )
-
-    # Case 2: Connection has stable row IDs, override with false at table level
-    await db_with_stable.create_table(
-        "table_level_disabled",
-        data=[{"id": i} for i in range(10)],
-        storage_options={"new_table_enable_stable_row_ids": "false"},
-    )
-    lance_ds = lance.dataset(tmp_path / "table_level_disabled.lance")
-    fragments = lance_ds.get_fragments()
-    assert len(fragments) > 0
-    assert fragments[0].metadata.row_id_meta is None, (
-        "Table should NOT have stable row IDs when disabled at table level"
-    )
-
-
-def test_create_table_stable_row_ids_table_level_override_sync(tmp_path):
-    """Test that stable_row_ids can be enabled/disabled at create_table level (sync)."""
-    # Connect without any stable row ID setting
-    db_default = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
-
-    # Connect with stable row IDs enabled at connection level
-    db_with_stable = lancedb.connect(
-        tmp_path, storage_options={"new_table_enable_stable_row_ids": "true"}
-    )
-
-    # Case 1: No connection setting, enable at table level
-    tbl = db_default.create_table(
-        "table_level_enabled_sync",
-        data=[{"id": i} for i in range(10)],
-        storage_options={"new_table_enable_stable_row_ids": "true"},
-    )
-    lance_ds = tbl.to_lance()
-    fragments = lance_ds.get_fragments()
-    assert len(fragments) > 0
-    assert fragments[0].metadata.row_id_meta is not None, (
-        "Table should have stable row IDs when enabled at table level"
-    )
-
-    # Case 2: Connection has stable row IDs, override with false at table level
-    tbl = db_with_stable.create_table(
-        "table_level_disabled_sync",
-        data=[{"id": i} for i in range(10)],
-        storage_options={"new_table_enable_stable_row_ids": "false"},
-    )
-    lance_ds = tbl.to_lance()
-    fragments = lance_ds.get_fragments()
-    assert len(fragments) > 0
-    assert fragments[0].metadata.row_id_meta is None, (
-        "Table should NOT have stable row IDs when disabled at table level"
-    )
-
-
 def test_open_table_sync(tmp_db: lancedb.DBConnection):
     tmp_db.create_table("test", data=[{"id": 0}])
     assert tmp_db.open_table("test").count_rows() == 1
@@ -892,7 +748,7 @@ def test_local_namespace_operations(tmp_path):
     db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
 
     # Test list_namespaces returns empty list for root namespace
-    namespaces = db.list_namespaces().namespaces
+    namespaces = list(db.list_namespaces())
     assert namespaces == []
 
     # Test list_namespaces with non-empty namespace raises NotImplementedError
@@ -900,7 +756,7 @@ def test_local_namespace_operations(tmp_path):
         NotImplementedError,
         match="Namespace operations are not supported for listing database",
     ):
-        db.list_namespaces(namespace=["test"])
+        list(db.list_namespaces(namespace=["test"]))
 
 
 def test_local_create_namespace_not_supported(tmp_path):

python/python/tests/test_namespace.py

@@ -279,13 +279,13 @@ class TestNamespaceConnection:
         db = lancedb.connect_namespace("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
 
         # Initially no namespaces
-        assert len(db.list_namespaces().namespaces) == 0
+        assert len(list(db.list_namespaces())) == 0
 
         # Create a namespace
         db.create_namespace(["test_namespace"])
 
         # Verify namespace exists
-        namespaces = db.list_namespaces().namespaces
+        namespaces = list(db.list_namespaces())
         assert "test_namespace" in namespaces
         assert len(namespaces) == 1
 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ class TestNamespaceConnection:
         db.drop_namespace(["test_namespace"])
 
         # Verify namespace no longer exists
-        namespaces = db.list_namespaces().namespaces
+        namespaces = list(db.list_namespaces())
         assert len(namespaces) == 0
 
     def test_namespace_with_tables_cannot_be_dropped(self):
@@ -570,13 +570,13 @@ class TestAsyncNamespaceConnection:
 
         # Initially no namespaces
         namespaces = await db.list_namespaces()
-        assert len(namespaces.namespaces) == 0
+        assert len(list(namespaces)) == 0
 
         # Create a namespace
         await db.create_namespace(["test_namespace"])
 
         # Verify namespace exists
-        namespaces = (await db.list_namespaces()).namespaces
+        namespaces = list(await db.list_namespaces())
         assert "test_namespace" in namespaces
         assert len(namespaces) == 1
 
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ class TestAsyncNamespaceConnection:
         await db.drop_namespace(["test_namespace"])
 
         # Verify namespace no longer exists
-        namespaces = (await db.list_namespaces()).namespaces
+        namespaces = list(await db.list_namespaces())
         assert len(namespaces) == 0
 
     async def test_drop_all_tables_async(self):

python/src/connection.rs

@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ use lancedb::{
 };
 use pyo3::{
     exceptions::{PyRuntimeError, PyValueError},
-    pyclass, pyfunction, pymethods,
-    types::{PyDict, PyDictMethods},
-    Bound, FromPyObject, Py, PyAny, PyObject, PyRef, PyResult, Python,
+    pyclass, pyfunction, pymethods, Bound, FromPyObject, Py, PyAny, PyObject, PyRef, PyResult,
+    Python,
 };
 use pyo3_async_runtimes::tokio::future_into_py;
 
@@ -293,155 +292,40 @@ impl Connection {
         limit: Option<u32>,
     ) -> PyResult<Bound<'_, PyAny>> {
         let inner = self_.get_inner()?.clone();
-        let py = self_.py();
-        future_into_py(py, async move {
-            use lance_namespace::models::ListNamespacesRequest;
+        future_into_py(self_.py(), async move {
+            use lancedb::database::ListNamespacesRequest;
             let request = ListNamespacesRequest {
-                id: if namespace.is_empty() {
-                    None
-                } else {
-                    Some(namespace)
-                },
+                namespace,
                 page_token,
-                limit: limit.map(|l| l as i32),
+                limit,
             };
-            let response = inner.list_namespaces(request).await.infer_error()?;
-            Python::with_gil(|py| -> PyResult<Py<PyDict>> {
-                let dict = PyDict::new(py);
-                dict.set_item("namespaces", response.namespaces)?;
-                dict.set_item("page_token", response.page_token)?;
-                Ok(dict.unbind())
-            })
-        })
-    }
-
-    #[pyo3(signature = (namespace, mode=None, properties=None))]
-    pub fn create_namespace(
-        self_: PyRef<'_, Self>,
-        namespace: Vec<String>,
-        mode: Option<String>,
-        properties: Option<std::collections::HashMap<String, String>>,
-    ) -> PyResult<Bound<'_, PyAny>> {
-        let inner = self_.get_inner()?.clone();
-        let py = self_.py();
-        future_into_py(py, async move {
-            use lance_namespace::models::{create_namespace_request, CreateNamespaceRequest};
-            let mode_enum = mode.and_then(|m| match m.to_lowercase().as_str() {
-                "create" => Some(create_namespace_request::Mode::Create),
-                "exist_ok" => Some(create_namespace_request::Mode::ExistOk),
-                "overwrite" => Some(create_namespace_request::Mode::Overwrite),
-                _ => None,
-            });
-            let request = CreateNamespaceRequest {
-                id: if namespace.is_empty() {
-                    None
-                } else {
-                    Some(namespace)
-                },
-                mode: mode_enum,
-                properties,
-            };
-            let response = inner.create_namespace(request).await.infer_error()?;
-            Python::with_gil(|py| -> PyResult<Py<PyDict>> {
-                let dict = PyDict::new(py);
-                dict.set_item("properties", response.properties)?;
-                Ok(dict.unbind())
-            })
-        })
-    }
-
-    #[pyo3(signature = (namespace, mode=None, behavior=None))]
-    pub fn drop_namespace(
-        self_: PyRef<'_, Self>,
-        namespace: Vec<String>,
-        mode: Option<String>,
-        behavior: Option<String>,
-    ) -> PyResult<Bound<'_, PyAny>> {
-        let inner = self_.get_inner()?.clone();
-        let py = self_.py();
-        future_into_py(py, async move {
-            use lance_namespace::models::{drop_namespace_request, DropNamespaceRequest};
-            let mode_enum = mode.and_then(|m| match m.to_uppercase().as_str() {
-                "SKIP" => Some(drop_namespace_request::Mode::Skip),
-                "FAIL" => Some(drop_namespace_request::Mode::Fail),
-                _ => None,
-            });
-            let behavior_enum = behavior.and_then(|b| match b.to_uppercase().as_str() {
-                "RESTRICT" => Some(drop_namespace_request::Behavior::Restrict),
-                "CASCADE" => Some(drop_namespace_request::Behavior::Cascade),
-                _ => None,
-            });
-            let request = DropNamespaceRequest {
-                id: if namespace.is_empty() {
-                    None
-                } else {
-                    Some(namespace)
-                },
-                mode: mode_enum,
-                behavior: behavior_enum,
-            };
-            let response = inner.drop_namespace(request).await.infer_error()?;
-            Python::with_gil(|py| -> PyResult<Py<PyDict>> {
-                let dict = PyDict::new(py);
-                dict.set_item("properties", response.properties)?;
-                dict.set_item("transaction_id", response.transaction_id)?;
-                Ok(dict.unbind())
-            })
+            inner.list_namespaces(request).await.infer_error()
         })
     }
 
     #[pyo3(signature = (namespace,))]
-    pub fn describe_namespace(
+    pub fn create_namespace(
         self_: PyRef<'_, Self>,
         namespace: Vec<String>,
     ) -> PyResult<Bound<'_, PyAny>> {
         let inner = self_.get_inner()?.clone();
-        let py = self_.py();
-        future_into_py(py, async move {
-            use lance_namespace::models::DescribeNamespaceRequest;
-            let request = DescribeNamespaceRequest {
-                id: if namespace.is_empty() {
-                    None
-                } else {
-                    Some(namespace)
-                },
-            };
-            let response = inner.describe_namespace(request).await.infer_error()?;
-            Python::with_gil(|py| -> PyResult<Py<PyDict>> {
-                let dict = PyDict::new(py);
-                dict.set_item("properties", response.properties)?;
-                Ok(dict.unbind())
-            })
+        future_into_py(self_.py(), async move {
+            use lancedb::database::CreateNamespaceRequest;
+            let request = CreateNamespaceRequest { namespace };
+            inner.create_namespace(request).await.infer_error()
         })
     }
 
-    #[pyo3(signature = (namespace=vec![], page_token=None, limit=None))]
-    pub fn list_tables(
+    #[pyo3(signature = (namespace,))]
+    pub fn drop_namespace(
         self_: PyRef<'_, Self>,
         namespace: Vec<String>,
-        page_token: Option<String>,
-        limit: Option<u32>,
     ) -> PyResult<Bound<'_, PyAny>> {
         let inner = self_.get_inner()?.clone();
-        let py = self_.py();
-        future_into_py(py, async move {
-            use lance_namespace::models::ListTablesRequest;
-            let request = ListTablesRequest {
-                id: if namespace.is_empty() {
-                    None
-                } else {
-                    Some(namespace)
-                },
-                page_token,
-                limit: limit.map(|l| l as i32),
-            };
-            let response = inner.list_tables(request).await.infer_error()?;
-            Python::with_gil(|py| -> PyResult<Py<PyDict>> {
-                let dict = PyDict::new(py);
-                dict.set_item("tables", response.tables)?;
-                dict.set_item("page_token", response.page_token)?;
-                Ok(dict.unbind())
-            })
+        future_into_py(self_.py(), async move {
+            use lancedb::database::DropNamespaceRequest;
+            let request = DropNamespaceRequest { namespace };
+            inner.drop_namespace(request).await.infer_error()
         })
     }
 }

rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.22.4-beta.3"
+version = "0.22.4-beta.2"
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "LanceDB: A serverless, low-latency vector database for AI applications"
 license.workspace = true
@@ -105,12 +105,12 @@ test-log = "0.2"
 
 [features]
 default = ["aws", "gcs", "azure", "dynamodb", "oss"]
-aws = ["lance/aws", "lance-io/aws", "lance-namespace-impls/dir-aws"]
-oss = ["lance/oss", "lance-io/oss", "lance-namespace-impls/dir-oss"]
-gcs = ["lance/gcp", "lance-io/gcp", "lance-namespace-impls/dir-gcp"]
-azure = ["lance/azure", "lance-io/azure", "lance-namespace-impls/dir-azure"]
+aws = ["lance/aws", "lance-io/aws"]
+oss = ["lance/oss", "lance-io/oss"]
+gcs = ["lance/gcp", "lance-io/gcp"]
+azure = ["lance/azure", "lance-io/azure"]
 dynamodb = ["lance/dynamodb", "aws"]
-remote = ["dep:reqwest", "dep:http", "lance-namespace-impls/rest"]
+remote = ["dep:reqwest", "dep:http"]
 fp16kernels = ["lance-linalg/fp16kernels"]
 s3-test = []
 bedrock = ["dep:aws-sdk-bedrockruntime"]

rust/lancedb/src/connection.rs

@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use arrow_array::RecordBatchReader;
 use arrow_schema::{Field, SchemaRef};
 use lance::dataset::ReadParams;
-use lance_namespace::models::{
-    CreateNamespaceRequest, CreateNamespaceResponse, DescribeNamespaceRequest,
-    DescribeNamespaceResponse, DropNamespaceRequest, DropNamespaceResponse, ListNamespacesRequest,
-    ListNamespacesResponse, ListTablesRequest, ListTablesResponse,
-};
 #[cfg(feature = "aws")]
 use object_store::aws::AwsCredential;
 
@@ -22,8 +17,9 @@ use crate::database::listing::{
     ListingDatabase, OPT_NEW_TABLE_STORAGE_VERSION, OPT_NEW_TABLE_V2_MANIFEST_PATHS,
 };
 use crate::database::{
-    CloneTableRequest, CreateTableData, CreateTableMode, CreateTableRequest, Database,
-    DatabaseOptions, OpenTableRequest, ReadConsistency, TableNamesRequest,
+    CloneTableRequest, CreateNamespaceRequest, CreateTableData, CreateTableMode,
+    CreateTableRequest, Database, DatabaseOptions, DropNamespaceRequest, ListNamespacesRequest,
+    OpenTableRequest, ReadConsistency, TableNamesRequest,
 };
 use crate::embeddings::{
     EmbeddingDefinition, EmbeddingFunction, EmbeddingRegistry, MemoryRegistry, WithEmbeddings,
@@ -78,7 +74,6 @@ impl TableNamesBuilder {
     }
 
     /// Execute the table names operation
-    #[allow(deprecated)]
     pub async fn execute(self) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
         self.parent.clone().table_names(self.request).await
     }
@@ -413,7 +408,6 @@ impl OpenTableBuilder {
                 index_cache_size: None,
                 lance_read_params: None,
                 location: None,
-                namespace_client: None,
             },
             embedding_registry,
         }
@@ -773,42 +767,20 @@ impl Connection {
     }
 
     /// List immediate child namespace names in the given namespace
-    pub async fn list_namespaces(
-        &self,
-        request: ListNamespacesRequest,
-    ) -> Result<ListNamespacesResponse> {
+    pub async fn list_namespaces(&self, request: ListNamespacesRequest) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
         self.internal.list_namespaces(request).await
     }
 
     /// Create a new namespace
-    pub async fn create_namespace(
-        &self,
-        request: CreateNamespaceRequest,
-    ) -> Result<CreateNamespaceResponse> {
+    pub async fn create_namespace(&self, request: CreateNamespaceRequest) -> Result<()> {
         self.internal.create_namespace(request).await
     }
 
     /// Drop a namespace
-    pub async fn drop_namespace(
-        &self,
-        request: DropNamespaceRequest,
-    ) -> Result<DropNamespaceResponse> {
+    pub async fn drop_namespace(&self, request: DropNamespaceRequest) -> Result<()> {
         self.internal.drop_namespace(request).await
     }
 
-    /// Describe a namespace
-    pub async fn describe_namespace(
-        &self,
-        request: DescribeNamespaceRequest,
-    ) -> Result<DescribeNamespaceResponse> {
-        self.internal.describe_namespace(request).await
-    }
-
-    /// List tables with pagination support
-    pub async fn list_tables(&self, request: ListTablesRequest) -> Result<ListTablesResponse> {
-        self.internal.list_tables(request).await
-    }
-
     /// Get the in-memory embedding registry.
     /// It's important to note that the embedding registry is not persisted across connections.
     /// So if a table contains embeddings, you will need to make sure that you are using a connection that has the same embedding functions registered
@@ -1114,7 +1086,6 @@ pub struct ConnectNamespaceBuilder {
     read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
     embedding_registry: Option<Arc<dyn EmbeddingRegistry>>,
     session: Option<Arc<lance::session::Session>>,
-    server_side_query_enabled: bool,
 }
 
 impl ConnectNamespaceBuilder {
@@ -1126,7 +1097,6 @@ impl ConnectNamespaceBuilder {
             read_consistency_interval: None,
             embedding_registry: None,
             session: None,
-            server_side_query_enabled: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -1181,18 +1151,6 @@ impl ConnectNamespaceBuilder {
         self
     }
 
-    /// Enable server-side query execution.
-    ///
-    /// When enabled, queries will be executed on the namespace server instead of
-    /// locally. This can improve performance by reducing data transfer and
-    /// leveraging server-side compute resources.
-    ///
-    /// Default is `false` (queries executed locally).
-    pub fn server_side_query(mut self, enabled: bool) -> Self {
-        self.server_side_query_enabled = enabled;
-        self
-    }
-
     /// Execute the connection
     pub async fn execute(self) -> Result<Connection> {
         use crate::database::namespace::LanceNamespaceDatabase;
@@ -1204,7 +1162,6 @@ impl ConnectNamespaceBuilder {
                 self.storage_options,
                 self.read_consistency_interval,
                 self.session,
-                self.server_side_query_enabled,
             )
             .await?,
         );

rust/lancedb/src/database.rs

@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ use datafusion_physical_plan::stream::RecordBatchStreamAdapter;
 use futures::stream;
 use lance::dataset::ReadParams;
 use lance_datafusion::utils::StreamingWriteSource;
-use lance_namespace::models::{
-    CreateNamespaceRequest, CreateNamespaceResponse, DescribeNamespaceRequest,
-    DescribeNamespaceResponse, DropNamespaceRequest, DropNamespaceResponse, ListNamespacesRequest,
-    ListNamespacesResponse, ListTablesRequest, ListTablesResponse,
-};
-use lance_namespace::LanceNamespace;
 
 use crate::arrow::{SendableRecordBatchStream, SendableRecordBatchStreamExt};
 use crate::error::Result;
@@ -42,7 +36,32 @@ pub trait DatabaseOptions {
     fn serialize_into_map(&self, map: &mut HashMap<String, String>);
 }
 
-/// A request to list names of tables in the database (deprecated, use ListTablesRequest)
+/// A request to list namespaces in the database
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
+pub struct ListNamespacesRequest {
+    /// The parent namespace to list namespaces in. Empty list represents root namespace.
+    pub namespace: Vec<String>,
+    /// If present, only return names that come lexicographically after the supplied value.
+    pub page_token: Option<String>,
+    /// The maximum number of namespace names to return
+    pub limit: Option<u32>,
+}
+
+/// A request to create a namespace
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct CreateNamespaceRequest {
+    /// The namespace identifier to create
+    pub namespace: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+/// A request to drop a namespace
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct DropNamespaceRequest {
+    /// The namespace identifier to drop
+    pub namespace: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+/// A request to list names of tables in the database
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
 pub struct TableNamesRequest {
     /// The namespace to list tables in. Empty list represents root namespace.
@@ -58,7 +77,7 @@ pub struct TableNamesRequest {
 }
 
 /// A request to open a table
-#[derive(Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct OpenTableRequest {
     pub name: String,
     /// The namespace to open the table from. Empty list represents root namespace.
@@ -68,22 +87,6 @@ pub struct OpenTableRequest {
     /// Optional custom location for the table. If not provided, the database will
     /// derive a location based on its URI and the table name.
     pub location: Option<String>,
-    /// Optional namespace client for server-side query execution.
-    /// When set, queries will be executed on the namespace server instead of locally.
-    pub namespace_client: Option<Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>>,
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Debug for OpenTableRequest {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        f.debug_struct("OpenTableRequest")
-            .field("name", &self.name)
-            .field("namespace", &self.namespace)
-            .field("index_cache_size", &self.index_cache_size)
-            .field("lance_read_params", &self.lance_read_params)
-            .field("location", &self.location)
-            .field("namespace_client", &self.namespace_client)
-            .finish()
-    }
 }
 
 pub type TableBuilderCallback = Box<dyn FnOnce(OpenTableRequest) -> OpenTableRequest + Send>;
@@ -167,9 +170,6 @@ pub struct CreateTableRequest {
     /// Optional custom location for the table. If not provided, the database will
     /// derive a location based on its URI and the table name.
     pub location: Option<String>,
-    /// Optional namespace client for server-side query execution.
-    /// When set, queries will be executed on the namespace server instead of locally.
-    pub namespace_client: Option<Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>>,
 }
 
 impl CreateTableRequest {
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ impl CreateTableRequest {
             mode: CreateTableMode::default(),
             write_options: WriteOptions::default(),
             location: None,
-            namespace_client: None,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -248,30 +247,13 @@ pub trait Database:
     /// Get the read consistency of the database
     async fn read_consistency(&self) -> Result<ReadConsistency>;
     /// List immediate child namespace names in the given namespace
-    async fn list_namespaces(
-        &self,
-        request: ListNamespacesRequest,
-    ) -> Result<ListNamespacesResponse>;
+    async fn list_namespaces(&self, request: ListNamespacesRequest) -> Result<Vec<String>>;
     /// Create a new namespace
-    async fn create_namespace(
-        &self,
-        request: CreateNamespaceRequest,
-    ) -> Result<CreateNamespaceResponse>;
+    async fn create_namespace(&self, request: CreateNamespaceRequest) -> Result<()>;
     /// Drop a namespace
-    async fn drop_namespace(&self, request: DropNamespaceRequest) -> Result<DropNamespaceResponse>;
-    /// Describe a namespace (get its properties)
-    async fn describe_namespace(
-        &self,
-        request: DescribeNamespaceRequest,
-    ) -> Result<DescribeNamespaceResponse>;
+    async fn drop_namespace(&self, request: DropNamespaceRequest) -> Result<()>;
     /// List the names of tables in the database
-    ///
-    /// # Deprecated
-    /// Use `list_tables` instead for pagination support
-    #[deprecated(note = "Use list_tables instead")]
     async fn table_names(&self, request: TableNamesRequest) -> Result<Vec<String>>;
-    /// List tables in the database with pagination support
-    async fn list_tables(&self, request: ListTablesRequest) -> Result<ListTablesResponse>;
     /// Create a table in the database
     async fn create_table(&self, request: CreateTableRequest) -> Result<Arc<dyn BaseTable>>;
     /// Clone a table in the database.

rust/lancedb/src/database/listing.rs

@@ -24,15 +24,10 @@ use crate::io::object_store::MirroringObjectStoreWrapper;
 use crate::table::NativeTable;
 use crate::utils::validate_table_name;
 
-use lance_namespace::models::{
-    CreateNamespaceRequest, CreateNamespaceResponse, DescribeNamespaceRequest,
-    DescribeNamespaceResponse, DropNamespaceRequest, DropNamespaceResponse, ListNamespacesRequest,
-    ListNamespacesResponse, ListTablesRequest, ListTablesResponse,
-};
-
 use super::{
-    BaseTable, CloneTableRequest, CreateTableMode, CreateTableRequest, Database, DatabaseOptions,
-    OpenTableRequest, TableNamesRequest,
+    BaseTable, CloneTableRequest, CreateNamespaceRequest, CreateTableMode, CreateTableRequest,
+    Database, DatabaseOptions, DropNamespaceRequest, ListNamespacesRequest, OpenTableRequest,
+    TableNamesRequest,
 };
 
 /// File extension to indicate a lance table
@@ -40,7 +35,6 @@ pub const LANCE_FILE_EXTENSION: &str = "lance";
 
 pub const OPT_NEW_TABLE_STORAGE_VERSION: &str = "new_table_data_storage_version";
 pub const OPT_NEW_TABLE_V2_MANIFEST_PATHS: &str = "new_table_enable_v2_manifest_paths";
-pub const OPT_NEW_TABLE_ENABLE_STABLE_ROW_IDS: &str = "new_table_enable_stable_row_ids";
 
 /// Controls how new tables should be created
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
@@ -54,12 +48,6 @@ pub struct NewTableConfig {
     /// V2 manifest paths are more efficient than V2 manifest paths but are not
     /// supported by old clients.
     pub enable_v2_manifest_paths: Option<bool>,
-    /// Whether to enable stable row IDs for new tables
-    ///
-    /// When enabled, row IDs remain stable after compaction, update, delete,
-    /// and merges. This is useful for materialized views and other use cases
-    /// that need to track source rows across these operations.
-    pub enable_stable_row_ids: Option<bool>,
 }
 
 /// Options specific to the listing database
@@ -99,14 +87,6 @@ impl ListingDatabaseOptions {
                     })
                 })
                 .transpose()?,
-            enable_stable_row_ids: map
-                .get(OPT_NEW_TABLE_ENABLE_STABLE_ROW_IDS)
-                .map(|s| {
-                    s.parse::<bool>().map_err(|_| Error::InvalidInput {
-                        message: format!("enable_stable_row_ids must be a boolean, received {}", s),
-                    })
-                })
-                .transpose()?,
         };
         // We just assume that any options that are not new table config options are storage options
         let storage_options = map
@@ -114,7 +94,6 @@ impl ListingDatabaseOptions {
             .filter(|(key, _)| {
                 key.as_str() != OPT_NEW_TABLE_STORAGE_VERSION
                     && key.as_str() != OPT_NEW_TABLE_V2_MANIFEST_PATHS
-                    && key.as_str() != OPT_NEW_TABLE_ENABLE_STABLE_ROW_IDS
             })
             .map(|(key, value)| (key.clone(), value.clone()))
             .collect();
@@ -139,12 +118,6 @@ impl DatabaseOptions for ListingDatabaseOptions {
                 enable_v2_manifest_paths.to_string(),
             );
         }
-        if let Some(enable_stable_row_ids) = self.new_table_config.enable_stable_row_ids {
-            map.insert(
-                OPT_NEW_TABLE_ENABLE_STABLE_ROW_IDS.to_string(),
-                enable_stable_row_ids.to_string(),
-            );
-        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -524,7 +497,7 @@ impl ListingDatabase {
     fn extract_storage_overrides(
         &self,
         request: &CreateTableRequest,
-    ) -> Result<(Option<LanceFileVersion>, Option<bool>, Option<bool>)> {
+    ) -> Result<(Option<LanceFileVersion>, Option<bool>)> {
         let storage_options = request
             .write_options
             .lance_write_params
@@ -545,19 +518,7 @@ impl ListingDatabase {
                 message: "enable_v2_manifest_paths must be a boolean".to_string(),
             })?;
 
-        let stable_row_ids_override = storage_options
-            .and_then(|opts| opts.get(OPT_NEW_TABLE_ENABLE_STABLE_ROW_IDS))
-            .map(|s| s.parse::<bool>())
-            .transpose()
-            .map_err(|_| Error::InvalidInput {
-                message: "enable_stable_row_ids must be a boolean".to_string(),
-            })?;
-
-        Ok((
-            storage_version_override,
-            v2_manifest_override,
-            stable_row_ids_override,
-        ))
+        Ok((storage_version_override, v2_manifest_override))
     }
 
     /// Prepare write parameters for table creation
@@ -566,7 +527,6 @@ impl ListingDatabase {
         request: &CreateTableRequest,
         storage_version_override: Option<LanceFileVersion>,
         v2_manifest_override: Option<bool>,
-        stable_row_ids_override: Option<bool>,
     ) -> lance::dataset::WriteParams {
         let mut write_params = request
             .write_options
@@ -611,13 +571,6 @@ impl ListingDatabase {
             write_params.enable_v2_manifest_paths = enable_v2_manifest_paths;
         }
 
-        // Apply enable_stable_row_ids: table-level override takes precedence over connection config
-        if let Some(enable_stable_row_ids) =
-            stable_row_ids_override.or(self.new_table_config.enable_stable_row_ids)
-        {
-            write_params.enable_stable_row_ids = enable_stable_row_ids;
-        }
-
         if matches!(&request.mode, CreateTableMode::Overwrite) {
             write_params.mode = WriteMode::Overwrite;
         }
@@ -646,7 +599,6 @@ impl ListingDatabase {
                     index_cache_size: None,
                     lance_read_params: None,
                     location: None,
-                    namespace_client: None,
                 };
                 let req = (callback)(req);
                 let table = self.open_table(req).await?;
@@ -668,20 +620,14 @@ impl ListingDatabase {
 
 #[async_trait::async_trait]
 impl Database for ListingDatabase {
-    async fn list_namespaces(
-        &self,
-        request: ListNamespacesRequest,
-    ) -> Result<ListNamespacesResponse> {
-        if request.id.as_ref().map(|v| !v.is_empty()).unwrap_or(false) {
+    async fn list_namespaces(&self, request: ListNamespacesRequest) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
+        if !request.namespace.is_empty() {
             return Err(Error::NotSupported {
                 message: "Namespace operations are not supported for listing database".into(),
             });
         }
 
-        Ok(ListNamespacesResponse {
-            namespaces: Vec::new(),
-            page_token: None,
-        })
+        Ok(Vec::new())
     }
 
     fn uri(&self) -> &str {
@@ -700,28 +646,13 @@ impl Database for ListingDatabase {
         }
     }
 
-    async fn create_namespace(
-        &self,
-        _request: CreateNamespaceRequest,
-    ) -> Result<CreateNamespaceResponse> {
+    async fn create_namespace(&self, _request: CreateNamespaceRequest) -> Result<()> {
         Err(Error::NotSupported {
             message: "Namespace operations are not supported for listing database".into(),
         })
     }
 
-    async fn drop_namespace(
-        &self,
-        _request: DropNamespaceRequest,
-    ) -> Result<DropNamespaceResponse> {
-        Err(Error::NotSupported {
-            message: "Namespace operations are not supported for listing database".into(),
-        })
-    }
-
-    async fn describe_namespace(
-        &self,
-        _request: DescribeNamespaceRequest,
-    ) -> Result<DescribeNamespaceResponse> {
+    async fn drop_namespace(&self, _request: DropNamespaceRequest) -> Result<()> {
         Err(Error::NotSupported {
             message: "Namespace operations are not supported for listing database".into(),
         })
@@ -762,57 +693,6 @@ impl Database for ListingDatabase {
         Ok(f)
     }
 
-    async fn list_tables(&self, request: ListTablesRequest) -> Result<ListTablesResponse> {
-        if request.id.as_ref().map(|v| !v.is_empty()).unwrap_or(false) {
-            return Err(Error::NotSupported {
-                message: "Namespace parameter is not supported for listing database. Only root namespace is supported.".into(),
-            });
-        }
-        let mut f = self
-            .object_store
-            .read_dir(self.base_path.clone())
-            .await?
-            .iter()
-            .map(Path::new)
-            .filter(|path| {
-                let is_lance = path
-                    .extension()
-                    .and_then(|e| e.to_str())
-                    .map(|e| e == LANCE_EXTENSION);
-                is_lance.unwrap_or(false)
-            })
-            .filter_map(|p| p.file_stem().and_then(|s| s.to_str().map(String::from)))
-            .collect::<Vec<String>>();
-        f.sort();
-
-        // Handle pagination with page_token
-        if let Some(ref page_token) = request.page_token {
-            let index = f
-                .iter()
-                .position(|name| name.as_str() > page_token.as_str())
-                .unwrap_or(f.len());
-            f.drain(0..index);
-        }
-
-        // Determine if there's a next page
-        let next_page_token = if let Some(limit) = request.limit {
-            if f.len() > limit as usize {
-                let token = f[limit as usize].clone();
-                f.truncate(limit as usize);
-                Some(token)
-            } else {
-                None
-            }
-        } else {
-            None
-        };
-
-        Ok(ListTablesResponse {
-            tables: f,
-            page_token: next_page_token,
-        })
-    }
-
     async fn create_table(&self, request: CreateTableRequest) -> Result<Arc<dyn BaseTable>> {
         // When namespace is not empty, location must be provided
         if !request.namespace.is_empty() && request.location.is_none() {
@@ -826,15 +706,11 @@ impl Database for ListingDatabase {
             .clone()
             .unwrap_or_else(|| self.table_uri(&request.name).unwrap());
 
-        let (storage_version_override, v2_manifest_override, stable_row_ids_override) =
+        let (storage_version_override, v2_manifest_override) =
             self.extract_storage_overrides(&request)?;
 
-        let write_params = self.prepare_write_params(
-            &request,
-            storage_version_override,
-            v2_manifest_override,
-            stable_row_ids_override,
-        );
+        let write_params =
+            self.prepare_write_params(&request, storage_version_override, v2_manifest_override);
 
         let data_schema = request.data.arrow_schema();
 
@@ -846,7 +722,6 @@ impl Database for ListingDatabase {
             self.store_wrapper.clone(),
             Some(write_params),
             self.read_consistency_interval,
-            request.namespace_client,
         )
         .await
         {
@@ -918,7 +793,6 @@ impl Database for ListingDatabase {
             self.store_wrapper.clone(),
             None,
             self.read_consistency_interval,
-            None,
         )
         .await?;
 
@@ -990,7 +864,6 @@ impl Database for ListingDatabase {
                 self.store_wrapper.clone(),
                 Some(read_params),
                 self.read_consistency_interval,
-                request.namespace_client,
             )
             .await?,
         );
@@ -1028,7 +901,6 @@ impl Database for ListingDatabase {
         self.drop_tables(vec![name.to_string()]).await
     }
 
-    #[allow(deprecated)]
     async fn drop_all_tables(&self, namespace: &[String]) -> Result<()> {
         // Check if namespace parameter is provided
         if !namespace.is_empty() {
@@ -1049,7 +921,7 @@ impl Database for ListingDatabase {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::connection::ConnectRequest;
-    use crate::database::{CreateTableData, CreateTableMode, CreateTableRequest, WriteOptions};
+    use crate::database::{CreateTableData, CreateTableMode, CreateTableRequest};
     use crate::table::{Table, TableDefinition};
     use arrow_array::{Int32Array, RecordBatch, StringArray};
     use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field, Schema};
@@ -1093,7 +965,6 @@ mod tests {
                 mode: CreateTableMode::Create,
                 write_options: Default::default(),
                 location: None,
-                namespace_client: None,
             })
             .await
             .unwrap();
@@ -1115,7 +986,6 @@ mod tests {
             .unwrap();
 
         // Verify both tables exist
-        #[allow(deprecated)]
         let table_names = db.table_names(TableNamesRequest::default()).await.unwrap();
         assert!(table_names.contains(&"source_table".to_string()));
         assert!(table_names.contains(&"cloned_table".to_string()));
@@ -1159,7 +1029,6 @@ mod tests {
                 mode: CreateTableMode::Create,
                 write_options: Default::default(),
                 location: None,
-                namespace_client: None,
             })
             .await
             .unwrap();
@@ -1218,7 +1087,6 @@ mod tests {
             mode: CreateTableMode::Create,
             write_options: Default::default(),
             location: None,
-            namespace_client: None,
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();
@@ -1254,7 +1122,6 @@ mod tests {
             mode: CreateTableMode::Create,
             write_options: Default::default(),
             location: None,
-            namespace_client: None,
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();
@@ -1294,7 +1161,6 @@ mod tests {
             mode: CreateTableMode::Create,
             write_options: Default::default(),
             location: None,
-            namespace_client: None,
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();
@@ -1334,7 +1200,6 @@ mod tests {
             mode: CreateTableMode::Create,
             write_options: Default::default(),
             location: None,
-            namespace_client: None,
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();
@@ -1389,7 +1254,6 @@ mod tests {
             mode: CreateTableMode::Create,
             write_options: Default::default(),
             location: None,
-            namespace_client: None,
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();
@@ -1447,7 +1311,6 @@ mod tests {
                 mode: CreateTableMode::Create,
                 write_options: Default::default(),
                 location: None,
-                namespace_client: None,
             })
             .await
             .unwrap();
@@ -1533,7 +1396,6 @@ mod tests {
                 mode: CreateTableMode::Create,
                 write_options: Default::default(),
                 location: None,
-                namespace_client: None,
             })
             .await
             .unwrap();
@@ -1620,7 +1482,6 @@ mod tests {
                 mode: CreateTableMode::Create,
                 write_options: Default::default(),
                 location: None,
-                namespace_client: None,
             })
             .await
             .unwrap();
@@ -1714,7 +1575,6 @@ mod tests {
                 mode: CreateTableMode::Create,
                 write_options: Default::default(),
                 location: None,
-                namespace_client: None,
             })
             .await
             .unwrap();
@@ -1761,270 +1621,4 @@ mod tests {
         // Cloned table should have all 8 rows from the latest version
         assert_eq!(cloned_table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap(), 8);
     }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_create_table_with_stable_row_ids_connection_level() {
-        let tempdir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        let uri = tempdir.path().to_str().unwrap();
-
-        // Create database with stable row IDs enabled at connection level
-        let mut options = HashMap::new();
-        options.insert(
-            OPT_NEW_TABLE_ENABLE_STABLE_ROW_IDS.to_string(),
-            "true".to_string(),
-        );
-
-        let request = ConnectRequest {
-            uri: uri.to_string(),
-            #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
-            client_config: Default::default(),
-            options,
-            read_consistency_interval: None,
-            session: None,
-        };
-
-        let db = ListingDatabase::connect_with_options(&request)
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-
-        // Verify the config was parsed correctly
-        assert_eq!(db.new_table_config.enable_stable_row_ids, Some(true));
-
-        // Create a table - it should inherit the stable row IDs setting
-        let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("id", DataType::Int32, false)]));
-
-        let batch = RecordBatch::try_new(
-            schema.clone(),
-            vec![Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![1, 2, 3]))],
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-
-        let reader = Box::new(arrow_array::RecordBatchIterator::new(
-            vec![Ok(batch)],
-            schema.clone(),
-        ));
-
-        let table = db
-            .create_table(CreateTableRequest {
-                name: "test_stable".to_string(),
-                namespace: vec![],
-                data: CreateTableData::Data(reader),
-                mode: CreateTableMode::Create,
-                write_options: Default::default(),
-                location: None,
-                namespace_client: None,
-            })
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-
-        // Verify table was created successfully
-        assert_eq!(table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap(), 3);
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_create_table_with_stable_row_ids_table_level() {
-        let (_tempdir, db) = setup_database().await;
-
-        // Verify connection has no stable row IDs config
-        assert_eq!(db.new_table_config.enable_stable_row_ids, None);
-
-        // Create a table with stable row IDs enabled at table level via storage_options
-        let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("id", DataType::Int32, false)]));
-
-        let batch = RecordBatch::try_new(
-            schema.clone(),
-            vec![Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![1, 2, 3]))],
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-
-        let reader = Box::new(arrow_array::RecordBatchIterator::new(
-            vec![Ok(batch)],
-            schema.clone(),
-        ));
-
-        let mut storage_options = HashMap::new();
-        storage_options.insert(
-            OPT_NEW_TABLE_ENABLE_STABLE_ROW_IDS.to_string(),
-            "true".to_string(),
-        );
-
-        let write_options = WriteOptions {
-            lance_write_params: Some(lance::dataset::WriteParams {
-                store_params: Some(lance::io::ObjectStoreParams {
-                    storage_options: Some(storage_options),
-                    ..Default::default()
-                }),
-                ..Default::default()
-            }),
-        };
-
-        let table = db
-            .create_table(CreateTableRequest {
-                name: "test_stable_table_level".to_string(),
-                namespace: vec![],
-                data: CreateTableData::Data(reader),
-                mode: CreateTableMode::Create,
-                write_options,
-                location: None,
-                namespace_client: None,
-            })
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-
-        // Verify table was created successfully
-        assert_eq!(table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap(), 3);
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_create_table_stable_row_ids_table_overrides_connection() {
-        let tempdir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        let uri = tempdir.path().to_str().unwrap();
-
-        // Create database with stable row IDs enabled at connection level
-        let mut options = HashMap::new();
-        options.insert(
-            OPT_NEW_TABLE_ENABLE_STABLE_ROW_IDS.to_string(),
-            "true".to_string(),
-        );
-
-        let request = ConnectRequest {
-            uri: uri.to_string(),
-            #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
-            client_config: Default::default(),
-            options,
-            read_consistency_interval: None,
-            session: None,
-        };
-
-        let db = ListingDatabase::connect_with_options(&request)
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-
-        assert_eq!(db.new_table_config.enable_stable_row_ids, Some(true));
-
-        // Create table with stable row IDs disabled at table level (overrides connection)
-        let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("id", DataType::Int32, false)]));
-
-        let batch = RecordBatch::try_new(
-            schema.clone(),
-            vec![Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![1, 2, 3]))],
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-
-        let reader = Box::new(arrow_array::RecordBatchIterator::new(
-            vec![Ok(batch)],
-            schema.clone(),
-        ));
-
-        let mut storage_options = HashMap::new();
-        storage_options.insert(
-            OPT_NEW_TABLE_ENABLE_STABLE_ROW_IDS.to_string(),
-            "false".to_string(),
-        );
-
-        let write_options = WriteOptions {
-            lance_write_params: Some(lance::dataset::WriteParams {
-                store_params: Some(lance::io::ObjectStoreParams {
-                    storage_options: Some(storage_options),
-                    ..Default::default()
-                }),
-                ..Default::default()
-            }),
-        };
-
-        let table = db
-            .create_table(CreateTableRequest {
-                name: "test_override".to_string(),
-                namespace: vec![],
-                data: CreateTableData::Data(reader),
-                mode: CreateTableMode::Create,
-                write_options,
-                location: None,
-                namespace_client: None,
-            })
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-
-        // Verify table was created successfully
-        assert_eq!(table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap(), 3);
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_stable_row_ids_invalid_value() {
-        let tempdir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        let uri = tempdir.path().to_str().unwrap();
-
-        // Try to create database with invalid stable row IDs value
-        let mut options = HashMap::new();
-        options.insert(
-            OPT_NEW_TABLE_ENABLE_STABLE_ROW_IDS.to_string(),
-            "not_a_boolean".to_string(),
-        );
-
-        let request = ConnectRequest {
-            uri: uri.to_string(),
-            #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
-            client_config: Default::default(),
-            options,
-            read_consistency_interval: None,
-            session: None,
-        };
-
-        let result = ListingDatabase::connect_with_options(&request).await;
-
-        assert!(result.is_err());
-        assert!(matches!(
-            result.unwrap_err(),
-            Error::InvalidInput { message } if message.contains("enable_stable_row_ids must be a boolean")
-        ));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_stable_row_ids_config_serialization() {
-        // Test that ListingDatabaseOptions correctly serializes stable_row_ids
-        let mut options = HashMap::new();
-        options.insert(
-            OPT_NEW_TABLE_ENABLE_STABLE_ROW_IDS.to_string(),
-            "true".to_string(),
-        );
-
-        // Parse the options
-        let db_options = ListingDatabaseOptions::parse_from_map(&options).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(
-            db_options.new_table_config.enable_stable_row_ids,
-            Some(true)
-        );
-
-        // Serialize back to map
-        let mut serialized = HashMap::new();
-        db_options.serialize_into_map(&mut serialized);
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            serialized.get(OPT_NEW_TABLE_ENABLE_STABLE_ROW_IDS),
-            Some(&"true".to_string())
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_stable_row_ids_config_parse_false() {
-        let mut options = HashMap::new();
-        options.insert(
-            OPT_NEW_TABLE_ENABLE_STABLE_ROW_IDS.to_string(),
-            "false".to_string(),
-        );
-
-        let db_options = ListingDatabaseOptions::parse_from_map(&options).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(
-            db_options.new_table_config.enable_stable_row_ids,
-            Some(false)
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_stable_row_ids_config_not_set() {
-        let options = HashMap::new();
-
-        let db_options = ListingDatabaseOptions::parse_from_map(&options).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(db_options.new_table_config.enable_stable_row_ids, None);
-    }
 }

rust/lancedb/src/database/namespace.rs

@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@ use async_trait::async_trait;
 use lance_io::object_store::{LanceNamespaceStorageOptionsProvider, StorageOptionsProvider};
 use lance_namespace::{
     models::{
-        CreateEmptyTableRequest, CreateNamespaceRequest, CreateNamespaceResponse,
-        DescribeNamespaceRequest, DescribeNamespaceResponse, DescribeTableRequest,
-        DropNamespaceRequest, DropNamespaceResponse, DropTableRequest, ListNamespacesRequest,
-        ListNamespacesResponse, ListTablesRequest, ListTablesResponse,
+        CreateEmptyTableRequest, CreateNamespaceRequest, DescribeTableRequest,
+        DropNamespaceRequest, DropTableRequest, ListNamespacesRequest, ListTablesRequest,
     },
     LanceNamespace,
 };
@@ -24,8 +22,11 @@ use crate::database::ReadConsistency;
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
 
 use super::{
-    listing::ListingDatabase, BaseTable, CloneTableRequest, CreateTableMode,
-    CreateTableRequest as DbCreateTableRequest, Database, OpenTableRequest, TableNamesRequest,
+    listing::ListingDatabase, BaseTable, CloneTableRequest,
+    CreateNamespaceRequest as DbCreateNamespaceRequest, CreateTableMode,
+    CreateTableRequest as DbCreateTableRequest, Database,
+    DropNamespaceRequest as DbDropNamespaceRequest,
+    ListNamespacesRequest as DbListNamespacesRequest, OpenTableRequest, TableNamesRequest,
 };
 
 /// A database implementation that uses lance-namespace for table management
@@ -39,8 +40,6 @@ pub struct LanceNamespaceDatabase {
     session: Option<Arc<lance::session::Session>>,
     // database URI
     uri: String,
-    // Whether to enable server-side query execution
-    server_side_query_enabled: bool,
 }
 
 impl LanceNamespaceDatabase {
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ impl LanceNamespaceDatabase {
         storage_options: HashMap<String, String>,
         read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
         session: Option<Arc<lance::session::Session>>,
-        server_side_query_enabled: bool,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         let mut builder = ConnectBuilder::new(ns_impl);
         for (key, value) in ns_properties.clone() {
@@ -69,7 +67,6 @@ impl LanceNamespaceDatabase {
             read_consistency_interval,
             session,
             uri: format!("namespace://{}", ns_impl),
-            server_side_query_enabled,
         })
     }
 }
@@ -79,7 +76,6 @@ impl std::fmt::Debug for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
         f.debug_struct("LanceNamespaceDatabase")
             .field("storage_options", &self.storage_options)
             .field("read_consistency_interval", &self.read_consistency_interval)
-            .field("server_side_query_enabled", &self.server_side_query_enabled)
             .finish()
     }
 }
@@ -153,47 +149,92 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
         }
     }
 
-    async fn list_namespaces(
-        &self,
-        request: ListNamespacesRequest,
-    ) -> Result<ListNamespacesResponse> {
-        Ok(self.namespace.list_namespaces(request).await?)
+    async fn list_namespaces(&self, request: DbListNamespacesRequest) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
+        let ns_request = ListNamespacesRequest {
+            id: if request.namespace.is_empty() {
+                None
+            } else {
+                Some(request.namespace)
+            },
+            page_token: request.page_token,
+            limit: request.limit.map(|l| l as i32),
+        };
+
+        let response = self
+            .namespace
+            .list_namespaces(ns_request)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
+                message: format!("Failed to list namespaces: {}", e),
+            })?;
+
+        Ok(response.namespaces)
     }
 
-    async fn create_namespace(
-        &self,
-        request: CreateNamespaceRequest,
-    ) -> Result<CreateNamespaceResponse> {
-        Ok(self.namespace.create_namespace(request).await?)
+    async fn create_namespace(&self, request: DbCreateNamespaceRequest) -> Result<()> {
+        let ns_request = CreateNamespaceRequest {
+            id: if request.namespace.is_empty() {
+                None
+            } else {
+                Some(request.namespace)
+            },
+            mode: None,
+            properties: None,
+        };
+
+        self.namespace
+            .create_namespace(ns_request)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
+                message: format!("Failed to create namespace: {}", e),
+            })?;
+
+        Ok(())
     }
 
-    async fn drop_namespace(&self, request: DropNamespaceRequest) -> Result<DropNamespaceResponse> {
-        Ok(self.namespace.drop_namespace(request).await?)
-    }
+    async fn drop_namespace(&self, request: DbDropNamespaceRequest) -> Result<()> {
+        let ns_request = DropNamespaceRequest {
+            id: if request.namespace.is_empty() {
+                None
+            } else {
+                Some(request.namespace)
+            },
+            mode: None,
+            behavior: None,
+        };
 
-    async fn describe_namespace(
-        &self,
-        request: DescribeNamespaceRequest,
-    ) -> Result<DescribeNamespaceResponse> {
-        Ok(self.namespace.describe_namespace(request).await?)
+        self.namespace
+            .drop_namespace(ns_request)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
+                message: format!("Failed to drop namespace: {}", e),
+            })?;
+
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     async fn table_names(&self, request: TableNamesRequest) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
         let ns_request = ListTablesRequest {
-            id: Some(request.namespace),
+            id: if request.namespace.is_empty() {
+                None
+            } else {
+                Some(request.namespace)
+            },
             page_token: request.start_after,
             limit: request.limit.map(|l| l as i32),
         };
 
-        let response = self.namespace.list_tables(ns_request).await?;
+        let response =
+            self.namespace
+                .list_tables(ns_request)
+                .await
+                .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
+                    message: format!("Failed to list tables: {}", e),
+                })?;
 
         Ok(response.tables)
     }
 
-    async fn list_tables(&self, request: ListTablesRequest) -> Result<ListTablesResponse> {
-        Ok(self.namespace.list_tables(request).await?)
-    }
-
     async fn create_table(&self, request: DbCreateTableRequest) -> Result<Arc<dyn BaseTable>> {
         // Extract user-provided storage options from request
         let user_storage_options = request
@@ -249,10 +290,6 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
                         )
                         .await?;
 
-                    let namespace_client = self
-                        .server_side_query_enabled
-                        .then(|| self.namespace.clone());
-
                     return listing_db
                         .open_table(OpenTableRequest {
                             name: request.name.clone(),
@@ -260,7 +297,6 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
                             index_cache_size: None,
                             lance_read_params: None,
                             location: Some(location),
-                            namespace_client,
                         })
                         .await;
                 }
@@ -297,16 +333,12 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
         let listing_db = self
             .create_listing_database(
                 &location,
-                table_id.clone(),
+                table_id,
                 user_storage_options,
                 create_empty_response.storage_options.as_ref(),
             )
             .await?;
 
-        let namespace_client = self
-            .server_side_query_enabled
-            .then(|| self.namespace.clone());
-
         let create_request = DbCreateTableRequest {
             name: request.name,
             namespace: request.namespace,
@@ -314,9 +346,7 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
             mode: request.mode,
             write_options: request.write_options,
             location: Some(location),
-            namespace_client,
         };
-
         listing_db.create_table(create_request).await
     }
 
@@ -350,25 +380,19 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
         let listing_db = self
             .create_listing_database(
                 &location,
-                table_id.clone(),
+                table_id,
                 user_storage_options,
                 response.storage_options.as_ref(),
             )
             .await?;
 
-        let namespace_client = self
-            .server_side_query_enabled
-            .then(|| self.namespace.clone());
-
         let open_request = OpenTableRequest {
             name: request.name.clone(),
             namespace: request.namespace.clone(),
             index_cache_size: request.index_cache_size,
             lance_read_params: request.lance_read_params,
             location: Some(location),
-            namespace_client,
         };
-
         listing_db.open_table(open_request).await
     }
 
@@ -405,7 +429,6 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    #[allow(deprecated)]
     async fn drop_all_tables(&self, namespace: &[String]) -> Result<()> {
         let tables = self
             .table_names(TableNamesRequest {
@@ -432,6 +455,7 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::connect_namespace;
+    use crate::database::CreateNamespaceRequest;
     use crate::query::ExecutableQuery;
     use arrow_array::{Int32Array, RecordBatch, RecordBatchIterator, StringArray};
     use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field, Schema};
@@ -544,9 +568,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         // Create a child namespace first
         conn.create_namespace(CreateNamespaceRequest {
-            id: Some(vec!["test_ns".into()]),
-            mode: None,
-            properties: None,
+            namespace: vec!["test_ns".into()],
         })
         .await
         .expect("Failed to create namespace");
@@ -605,9 +627,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         // Create a child namespace first
         conn.create_namespace(CreateNamespaceRequest {
-            id: Some(vec!["test_ns".into()]),
-            mode: None,
-            properties: None,
+            namespace: vec!["test_ns".into()],
         })
         .await
         .expect("Failed to create namespace");
@@ -669,9 +689,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         // Create a child namespace first
         conn.create_namespace(CreateNamespaceRequest {
-            id: Some(vec!["test_ns".into()]),
-            mode: None,
-            properties: None,
+            namespace: vec!["test_ns".into()],
         })
         .await
         .expect("Failed to create namespace");
@@ -753,9 +771,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         // Create a child namespace first
         conn.create_namespace(CreateNamespaceRequest {
-            id: Some(vec!["test_ns".into()]),
-            mode: None,
-            properties: None,
+            namespace: vec!["test_ns".into()],
         })
         .await
         .expect("Failed to create namespace");
@@ -809,9 +825,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         // Create a child namespace first
         conn.create_namespace(CreateNamespaceRequest {
-            id: Some(vec!["test_ns".into()]),
-            mode: None,
-            properties: None,
+            namespace: vec!["test_ns".into()],
         })
         .await
         .expect("Failed to create namespace");
@@ -890,9 +904,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         // Create a child namespace first
         conn.create_namespace(CreateNamespaceRequest {
-            id: Some(vec!["test_ns".into()]),
-            mode: None,
-            properties: None,
+            namespace: vec!["test_ns".into()],
         })
         .await
         .expect("Failed to create namespace");
@@ -924,9 +936,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         // Create a child namespace first
         conn.create_namespace(CreateNamespaceRequest {
-            id: Some(vec!["test_ns".into()]),
-            mode: None,
-            properties: None,
+            namespace: vec!["test_ns".into()],
         })
         .await
         .expect("Failed to create namespace");
@@ -967,46 +977,4 @@ mod tests {
         let open_result = conn.open_table("drop_test").execute().await;
         assert!(open_result.is_err());
     }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_table_names_at_root() {
-        // Test that table_names at root (empty namespace) works correctly
-        // This is a regression test for a bug where empty namespace was converted to None
-        let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        let root_path = tmp_dir.path().to_str().unwrap().to_string();
-
-        let mut properties = HashMap::new();
-        properties.insert("root".to_string(), root_path);
-
-        let conn = connect_namespace("dir", properties)
-            .execute()
-            .await
-            .expect("Failed to connect to namespace");
-
-        // Create multiple tables at root namespace
-        let test_data1 = create_test_data();
-        let _table1 = conn
-            .create_table("table1", test_data1)
-            .execute()
-            .await
-            .expect("Failed to create table1 at root");
-
-        let test_data2 = create_test_data();
-        let _table2 = conn
-            .create_table("table2", test_data2)
-            .execute()
-            .await
-            .expect("Failed to create table2 at root");
-
-        // List tables at root using table_names (empty namespace means root)
-        let table_names = conn
-            .table_names()
-            .execute()
-            .await
-            .expect("Failed to list tables at root");
-
-        assert!(table_names.contains(&"table1".to_string()));
-        assert!(table_names.contains(&"table2".to_string()));
-        assert_eq!(table_names.len(), 2);
-    }
 }

rust/lancedb/src/remote/db.rs

@@ -10,17 +10,13 @@ use http::StatusCode;
 use lance_io::object_store::StorageOptions;
 use moka::future::Cache;
 use reqwest::header::CONTENT_TYPE;
+use serde::Deserialize;
 use tokio::task::spawn_blocking;
 
-use lance_namespace::models::{
-    CreateNamespaceRequest, CreateNamespaceResponse, DescribeNamespaceRequest,
-    DescribeNamespaceResponse, DropNamespaceRequest, DropNamespaceResponse, ListNamespacesRequest,
-    ListNamespacesResponse, ListTablesRequest, ListTablesResponse,
-};
-
 use crate::database::{
-    CloneTableRequest, CreateTableData, CreateTableMode, CreateTableRequest, Database,
-    DatabaseOptions, OpenTableRequest, ReadConsistency, TableNamesRequest,
+    CloneTableRequest, CreateNamespaceRequest, CreateTableData, CreateTableMode,
+    CreateTableRequest, Database, DatabaseOptions, DropNamespaceRequest, ListNamespacesRequest,
+    OpenTableRequest, ReadConsistency, TableNamesRequest,
 };
 use crate::error::Result;
 use crate::table::BaseTable;
@@ -184,6 +180,11 @@ impl RemoteDatabaseOptionsBuilder {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct ListTablesResponse {
+    tables: Vec<String>,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct RemoteDatabase<S: HttpSend = Sender> {
     client: RestfulLanceDbClient<S>,
@@ -336,6 +337,7 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> Database for RemoteDatabase<S> {
             self.client
                 .get(&format!("/v1/namespace/{}/table/list", namespace_id))
         } else {
+            // TODO: use new API for all listing operations once stable
             self.client.get("/v1/table/")
         };
 
@@ -369,44 +371,6 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> Database for RemoteDatabase<S> {
         Ok(tables)
     }
 
-    async fn list_tables(&self, request: ListTablesRequest) -> Result<ListTablesResponse> {
-        let namespace_parts = request.id.as_deref().unwrap_or(&[]);
-        let namespace_id = build_namespace_identifier(namespace_parts, &self.client.id_delimiter);
-        let mut req = self
-            .client
-            .get(&format!("/v1/namespace/{}/table/list", namespace_id));
-
-        if let Some(limit) = request.limit {
-            req = req.query(&[("limit", limit)]);
-        }
-        if let Some(ref page_token) = request.page_token {
-            req = req.query(&[("page_token", page_token)]);
-        }
-
-        let (request_id, rsp) = self.client.send_with_retry(req, None, true).await?;
-        let rsp = self.client.check_response(&request_id, rsp).await?;
-        let version = parse_server_version(&request_id, &rsp)?;
-        let response: ListTablesResponse = rsp.json().await.err_to_http(request_id)?;
-
-        // Cache the tables for future use
-        let namespace_vec = namespace_parts.to_vec();
-        for table in &response.tables {
-            let table_identifier =
-                build_table_identifier(table, &namespace_vec, &self.client.id_delimiter);
-            let cache_key = build_cache_key(table, &namespace_vec);
-            let remote_table = Arc::new(RemoteTable::new(
-                self.client.clone(),
-                table.clone(),
-                namespace_vec.clone(),
-                table_identifier.clone(),
-                version.clone(),
-            ));
-            self.table_cache.insert(cache_key, remote_table).await;
-        }
-
-        Ok(response)
-    }
-
     async fn create_table(&self, request: CreateTableRequest) -> Result<Arc<dyn BaseTable>> {
         let data = match request.data {
             CreateTableData::Data(data) => data,
@@ -453,7 +417,6 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> Database for RemoteDatabase<S> {
                             index_cache_size: None,
                             lance_read_params: None,
                             location: None,
-                            namespace_client: None,
                         };
                         let req = (callback)(req);
                         self.open_table(req).await
@@ -627,101 +590,53 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> Database for RemoteDatabase<S> {
         })
     }
 
-    async fn list_namespaces(
-        &self,
-        request: ListNamespacesRequest,
-    ) -> Result<ListNamespacesResponse> {
-        let namespace_parts = request.id.as_deref().unwrap_or(&[]);
-        let namespace_id = build_namespace_identifier(namespace_parts, &self.client.id_delimiter);
+    async fn list_namespaces(&self, request: ListNamespacesRequest) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
+        let namespace_id =
+            build_namespace_identifier(request.namespace.as_slice(), &self.client.id_delimiter);
         let mut req = self
             .client
             .get(&format!("/v1/namespace/{}/list", namespace_id));
         if let Some(limit) = request.limit {
             req = req.query(&[("limit", limit)]);
         }
-        if let Some(ref page_token) = request.page_token {
+        if let Some(page_token) = request.page_token {
             req = req.query(&[("page_token", page_token)]);
         }
 
         let (request_id, resp) = self.client.send(req).await?;
         let resp = self.client.check_response(&request_id, resp).await?;
 
-        resp.json().await.err_to_http(request_id)
-    }
-
-    async fn create_namespace(
-        &self,
-        request: CreateNamespaceRequest,
-    ) -> Result<CreateNamespaceResponse> {
-        let namespace_parts = request.id.as_deref().unwrap_or(&[]);
-        let namespace_id = build_namespace_identifier(namespace_parts, &self.client.id_delimiter);
-        let mut req = self
-            .client
-            .post(&format!("/v1/namespace/{}/create", namespace_id));
-
-        // Build request body with mode and properties if present
-        #[derive(serde::Serialize)]
-        struct CreateNamespaceRequestBody {
-            #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-            mode: Option<String>,
-            #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-            properties: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
+        #[derive(Deserialize)]
+        struct ListNamespacesResponse {
+            namespaces: Vec<String>,
         }
 
-        let body = CreateNamespaceRequestBody {
-            mode: request.mode.as_ref().map(|m| format!("{:?}", m)),
-            properties: request.properties,
-        };
-
-        req = req.json(&body);
-        let (request_id, resp) = self.client.send(req).await?;
-        let resp = self.client.check_response(&request_id, resp).await?;
-
-        resp.json().await.err_to_http(request_id)
+        let parsed: ListNamespacesResponse = resp.json().await.map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
+            message: format!("Failed to parse namespace response: {}", e),
+        })?;
+        Ok(parsed.namespaces)
     }
 
-    async fn drop_namespace(&self, request: DropNamespaceRequest) -> Result<DropNamespaceResponse> {
-        let namespace_parts = request.id.as_deref().unwrap_or(&[]);
-        let namespace_id = build_namespace_identifier(namespace_parts, &self.client.id_delimiter);
-        let mut req = self
-            .client
-            .post(&format!("/v1/namespace/{}/drop", namespace_id));
-
-        // Build request body with mode and behavior if present
-        #[derive(serde::Serialize)]
-        struct DropNamespaceRequestBody {
-            #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-            mode: Option<String>,
-            #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-            behavior: Option<String>,
-        }
-
-        let body = DropNamespaceRequestBody {
-            mode: request.mode.as_ref().map(|m| format!("{:?}", m)),
-            behavior: request.behavior.as_ref().map(|b| format!("{:?}", b)),
-        };
-
-        req = req.json(&body);
-        let (request_id, resp) = self.client.send(req).await?;
-        let resp = self.client.check_response(&request_id, resp).await?;
-
-        resp.json().await.err_to_http(request_id)
-    }
-
-    async fn describe_namespace(
-        &self,
-        request: DescribeNamespaceRequest,
-    ) -> Result<DescribeNamespaceResponse> {
-        let namespace_parts = request.id.as_deref().unwrap_or(&[]);
-        let namespace_id = build_namespace_identifier(namespace_parts, &self.client.id_delimiter);
+    async fn create_namespace(&self, request: CreateNamespaceRequest) -> Result<()> {
+        let namespace_id =
+            build_namespace_identifier(request.namespace.as_slice(), &self.client.id_delimiter);
         let req = self
             .client
-            .get(&format!("/v1/namespace/{}/describe", namespace_id));
-
+            .post(&format!("/v1/namespace/{}/create", namespace_id));
         let (request_id, resp) = self.client.send(req).await?;
-        let resp = self.client.check_response(&request_id, resp).await?;
+        self.client.check_response(&request_id, resp).await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
 
-        resp.json().await.err_to_http(request_id)
+    async fn drop_namespace(&self, request: DropNamespaceRequest) -> Result<()> {
+        let namespace_id =
+            build_namespace_identifier(request.namespace.as_slice(), &self.client.id_delimiter);
+        let req = self
+            .client
+            .post(&format!("/v1/namespace/{}/drop", namespace_id));
+        let (request_id, resp) = self.client.send(req).await?;
+        self.client.check_response(&request_id, resp).await?;
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn std::any::Any {

rust/lancedb/src/table.rs

@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@ use lance_index::vector::pq::PQBuildParams;
 use lance_index::vector::sq::builder::SQBuildParams;
 use lance_index::DatasetIndexExt;
 use lance_index::IndexType;
-use lance_namespace::models::{
-    QueryTableRequest as NsQueryTableRequest, QueryTableRequestFullTextQuery,
-    QueryTableRequestVector, StringFtsQuery,
-};
-use lance_namespace::LanceNamespace;
 use lance_table::format::Manifest;
 use lance_table::io::commit::ManifestNamingScheme;
 use log::info;
@@ -1485,7 +1480,7 @@ impl NativeTableExt for Arc<dyn BaseTable> {
 }
 
 /// A table in a LanceDB database.
-#[derive(Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct NativeTable {
     name: String,
     namespace: Vec<String>,
@@ -1495,22 +1490,6 @@ pub struct NativeTable {
     // This comes from the connection options. We store here so we can pass down
     // to the dataset when we recreate it (for example, in checkout_latest).
     read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
-    // Optional namespace client for server-side query execution.
-    // When set, queries will be executed on the namespace server instead of locally.
-    namespace_client: Option<Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>>,
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Debug for NativeTable {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        f.debug_struct("NativeTable")
-            .field("name", &self.name)
-            .field("namespace", &self.namespace)
-            .field("id", &self.id)
-            .field("uri", &self.uri)
-            .field("read_consistency_interval", &self.read_consistency_interval)
-            .field("namespace_client", &self.namespace_client)
-            .finish()
-    }
 }
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for NativeTable {
@@ -1545,7 +1524,7 @@ impl NativeTable {
     /// * A [NativeTable] object.
     pub async fn open(uri: &str) -> Result<Self> {
         let name = Self::get_table_name(uri)?;
-        Self::open_with_params(uri, &name, vec![], None, None, None, None).await
+        Self::open_with_params(uri, &name, vec![], None, None, None).await
     }
 
     /// Opens an existing Table
@@ -1555,12 +1534,10 @@ impl NativeTable {
     /// * `base_path` - The base path where the table is located
     /// * `name` The Table name
     /// * `params` The [ReadParams] to use when opening the table
-    /// * `namespace_client` - Optional namespace client for server-side query execution
     ///
     /// # Returns
     ///
     /// * A [NativeTable] object.
-    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
     pub async fn open_with_params(
         uri: &str,
         name: &str,
@@ -1568,7 +1545,6 @@ impl NativeTable {
         write_store_wrapper: Option<Arc<dyn WrappingObjectStore>>,
         params: Option<ReadParams>,
         read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
-        namespace_client: Option<Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>>,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         let params = params.unwrap_or_default();
         // patch the params if we have a write store wrapper
@@ -1599,18 +1575,9 @@ impl NativeTable {
             uri: uri.to_string(),
             dataset,
             read_consistency_interval,
-            namespace_client,
         })
     }
 
-    /// Set the namespace client for server-side query execution.
-    ///
-    /// When set, queries will be executed on the namespace server instead of locally.
-    pub fn with_namespace_client(mut self, namespace_client: Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>) -> Self {
-        self.namespace_client = Some(namespace_client);
-        self
-    }
-
     fn get_table_name(uri: &str) -> Result<String> {
         let path = Path::new(uri);
         let name = path
@@ -1647,12 +1614,10 @@ impl NativeTable {
     /// * `namespace` - The namespace path. When non-empty, an explicit URI must be provided.
     /// * `batches` RecordBatch to be saved in the database.
     /// * `params` - Write parameters.
-    /// * `namespace_client` - Optional namespace client for server-side query execution
     ///
     /// # Returns
     ///
     /// * A [TableImpl] object.
-    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
     pub async fn create(
         uri: &str,
         name: &str,
@@ -1661,7 +1626,6 @@ impl NativeTable {
         write_store_wrapper: Option<Arc<dyn WrappingObjectStore>>,
         params: Option<WriteParams>,
         read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
-        namespace_client: Option<Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>>,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         // Default params uses format v1.
         let params = params.unwrap_or(WriteParams {
@@ -1693,11 +1657,9 @@ impl NativeTable {
             uri: uri.to_string(),
             dataset: DatasetConsistencyWrapper::new_latest(dataset, read_consistency_interval),
             read_consistency_interval,
-            namespace_client,
         })
     }
 
-    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
     pub async fn create_empty(
         uri: &str,
         name: &str,
@@ -1706,7 +1668,6 @@ impl NativeTable {
         write_store_wrapper: Option<Arc<dyn WrappingObjectStore>>,
         params: Option<WriteParams>,
         read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
-        namespace_client: Option<Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>>,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         let batches = RecordBatchIterator::new(vec![], schema);
         Self::create(
@@ -1717,7 +1678,6 @@ impl NativeTable {
             write_store_wrapper,
             params,
             read_consistency_interval,
-            namespace_client,
         )
         .await
     }
@@ -2075,278 +2035,6 @@ impl NativeTable {
         Ok(DatasetRecordBatchStream::new(inner))
     }
 
-    /// Execute a query on the namespace server instead of locally.
-    async fn namespace_query(
-        &self,
-        namespace_client: Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>,
-        query: &AnyQuery,
-        _options: QueryExecutionOptions,
-    ) -> Result<DatasetRecordBatchStream> {
-        // Build table_id from namespace + table name
-        let mut table_id = self.namespace.clone();
-        table_id.push(self.name.clone());
-
-        // Convert AnyQuery to namespace QueryTableRequest
-        let mut ns_request = self.convert_to_namespace_query(query)?;
-        // Set the table ID on the request
-        ns_request.id = Some(table_id);
-
-        // Call the namespace query_table API
-        let response_bytes = namespace_client
-            .query_table(ns_request)
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("Failed to execute server-side query: {}", e),
-            })?;
-
-        // Parse the Arrow IPC response into a RecordBatchStream
-        self.parse_arrow_ipc_response(response_bytes).await
-    }
-
-    /// Convert a QueryFilter to a SQL string for the namespace API.
-    fn filter_to_sql(&self, filter: &QueryFilter) -> Result<String> {
-        match filter {
-            QueryFilter::Sql(sql) => Ok(sql.clone()),
-            QueryFilter::Substrait(_) => Err(Error::NotSupported {
-                message: "Substrait filters are not supported for server-side queries".to_string(),
-            }),
-            QueryFilter::Datafusion(_) => Err(Error::NotSupported {
-                message: "Datafusion expression filters are not supported for server-side queries. Use SQL filter instead.".to_string(),
-            }),
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Convert an AnyQuery to the namespace QueryTableRequest format.
-    fn convert_to_namespace_query(&self, query: &AnyQuery) -> Result<NsQueryTableRequest> {
-        match query {
-            AnyQuery::VectorQuery(vq) => {
-                // Extract the query vector(s)
-                let vector = self.extract_query_vector(&vq.query_vector)?;
-
-                // Convert filter to SQL string
-                let filter = match &vq.base.filter {
-                    Some(f) => Some(self.filter_to_sql(f)?),
-                    None => None,
-                };
-
-                // Convert select to columns list
-                let columns = match &vq.base.select {
-                    Select::All => None,
-                    Select::Columns(cols) => Some(cols.clone()),
-                    Select::Dynamic(_) => {
-                        return Err(Error::NotSupported {
-                            message:
-                                "Dynamic column selection is not supported for server-side queries"
-                                    .to_string(),
-                        });
-                    }
-                };
-
-                // Check for unsupported features
-                if vq.base.reranker.is_some() {
-                    return Err(Error::NotSupported {
-                        message: "Reranker is not supported for server-side queries".to_string(),
-                    });
-                }
-
-                // Convert FTS query if present
-                let full_text_query = vq.base.full_text_search.as_ref().map(|fts| {
-                    let columns = fts.columns();
-                    let columns_vec = if columns.is_empty() {
-                        None
-                    } else {
-                        Some(columns.into_iter().collect())
-                    };
-                    Box::new(QueryTableRequestFullTextQuery {
-                        string_query: Some(Box::new(StringFtsQuery {
-                            query: fts.query.to_string(),
-                            columns: columns_vec,
-                        })),
-                        structured_query: None,
-                    })
-                });
-
-                Ok(NsQueryTableRequest {
-                    id: None, // Will be set in namespace_query
-                    k: vq.base.limit.unwrap_or(10) as i32,
-                    vector: Box::new(vector),
-                    vector_column: vq.column.clone(),
-                    filter,
-                    columns,
-                    offset: vq.base.offset.map(|o| o as i32),
-                    distance_type: vq.distance_type.map(|dt| dt.to_string()),
-                    nprobes: Some(vq.minimum_nprobes as i32),
-                    ef: vq.ef.map(|e| e as i32),
-                    refine_factor: vq.refine_factor.map(|r| r as i32),
-                    lower_bound: vq.lower_bound,
-                    upper_bound: vq.upper_bound,
-                    prefilter: Some(vq.base.prefilter),
-                    fast_search: Some(vq.base.fast_search),
-                    with_row_id: Some(vq.base.with_row_id),
-                    bypass_vector_index: Some(!vq.use_index),
-                    full_text_query,
-                    version: None,
-                })
-            }
-            AnyQuery::Query(q) => {
-                // For non-vector queries, pass an empty vector (similar to remote table implementation)
-                if q.reranker.is_some() {
-                    return Err(Error::NotSupported {
-                        message: "Reranker is not supported for server-side query execution"
-                            .to_string(),
-                    });
-                }
-
-                let filter = q
-                    .filter
-                    .as_ref()
-                    .map(|f| self.filter_to_sql(f))
-                    .transpose()?;
-
-                let columns = match &q.select {
-                    Select::All => None,
-                    Select::Columns(cols) => Some(cols.clone()),
-                    Select::Dynamic(_) => {
-                        return Err(Error::NotSupported {
-                            message: "Dynamic columns are not supported for server-side query"
-                                .to_string(),
-                        });
-                    }
-                };
-
-                // Handle full text search if present
-                let full_text_query = q.full_text_search.as_ref().map(|fts| {
-                    let columns_vec = if fts.columns().is_empty() {
-                        None
-                    } else {
-                        Some(fts.columns().iter().cloned().collect())
-                    };
-                    Box::new(QueryTableRequestFullTextQuery {
-                        string_query: Some(Box::new(StringFtsQuery {
-                            query: fts.query.to_string(),
-                            columns: columns_vec,
-                        })),
-                        structured_query: None,
-                    })
-                });
-
-                // Empty vector for non-vector queries
-                let vector = Box::new(QueryTableRequestVector {
-                    single_vector: Some(vec![]),
-                    multi_vector: None,
-                });
-
-                Ok(NsQueryTableRequest {
-                    id: None, // Will be set by caller
-                    vector,
-                    k: q.limit.unwrap_or(10) as i32,
-                    filter,
-                    columns,
-                    prefilter: Some(q.prefilter),
-                    offset: q.offset.map(|o| o as i32),
-                    ef: None,
-                    refine_factor: None,
-                    distance_type: None,
-                    nprobes: None,
-                    vector_column: None, // No vector column for plain queries
-                    with_row_id: Some(q.with_row_id),
-                    bypass_vector_index: Some(true), // No vector index for plain queries
-                    full_text_query,
-                    version: None,
-                    fast_search: None,
-                    lower_bound: None,
-                    upper_bound: None,
-                })
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Extract query vector(s) from Arrow arrays into the namespace format.
-    fn extract_query_vector(
-        &self,
-        query_vectors: &[Arc<dyn arrow_array::Array>],
-    ) -> Result<QueryTableRequestVector> {
-        if query_vectors.is_empty() {
-            return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                message: "Query vector is required for vector search".to_string(),
-            });
-        }
-
-        // Handle single vector case
-        if query_vectors.len() == 1 {
-            let arr = &query_vectors[0];
-            let single_vector = self.array_to_f32_vec(arr)?;
-            Ok(QueryTableRequestVector {
-                single_vector: Some(single_vector),
-                multi_vector: None,
-            })
-        } else {
-            // Handle multi-vector case
-            let multi_vector: Result<Vec<Vec<f32>>> = query_vectors
-                .iter()
-                .map(|arr| self.array_to_f32_vec(arr))
-                .collect();
-            Ok(QueryTableRequestVector {
-                single_vector: None,
-                multi_vector: Some(multi_vector?),
-            })
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Convert an Arrow array to a Vec<f32>.
-    fn array_to_f32_vec(&self, arr: &Arc<dyn arrow_array::Array>) -> Result<Vec<f32>> {
-        // Handle FixedSizeList (common for vectors)
-        if let Some(fsl) = arr
-            .as_any()
-            .downcast_ref::<arrow_array::FixedSizeListArray>()
-        {
-            let values = fsl.values();
-            if let Some(f32_arr) = values.as_any().downcast_ref::<arrow_array::Float32Array>() {
-                return Ok(f32_arr.values().to_vec());
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Handle direct Float32Array
-        if let Some(f32_arr) = arr.as_any().downcast_ref::<arrow_array::Float32Array>() {
-            return Ok(f32_arr.values().to_vec());
-        }
-
-        Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-            message: "Query vector must be Float32 type".to_string(),
-        })
-    }
-
-    /// Parse Arrow IPC response from the namespace server.
-    async fn parse_arrow_ipc_response(
-        &self,
-        bytes: bytes::Bytes,
-    ) -> Result<DatasetRecordBatchStream> {
-        use arrow_ipc::reader::StreamReader;
-        use std::io::Cursor;
-
-        let cursor = Cursor::new(bytes);
-        let reader = StreamReader::try_new(cursor, None).map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-            message: format!("Failed to parse Arrow IPC response: {}", e),
-        })?;
-
-        // Collect all record batches
-        let schema = reader.schema();
-        let batches: Vec<_> = reader
-            .into_iter()
-            .collect::<std::result::Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
-            .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("Failed to read Arrow IPC batches: {}", e),
-            })?;
-
-        // Create a stream from the batches
-        let stream = futures::stream::iter(batches.into_iter().map(Ok));
-        let record_batch_stream = Box::pin(
-            datafusion_physical_plan::stream::RecordBatchStreamAdapter::new(schema, stream),
-        );
-
-        Ok(DatasetRecordBatchStream::new(record_batch_stream))
-    }
-
     /// Check whether the table uses V2 manifest paths.
     ///
     /// See [Self::migrate_manifest_paths_v2] and [ManifestNamingScheme] for
@@ -2778,12 +2466,6 @@ impl BaseTable for NativeTable {
         query: &AnyQuery,
         options: QueryExecutionOptions,
     ) -> Result<DatasetRecordBatchStream> {
-        // If namespace client is configured, use server-side query execution
-        if let Some(ref namespace_client) = self.namespace_client {
-            return self
-                .namespace_query(namespace_client.clone(), query, options)
-                .await;
-        }
         self.generic_query(query, options).await
     }
 
@@ -3252,7 +2934,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let batches = make_test_batches();
         let batches = Box::new(batches) as Box<dyn RecordBatchReader + Send>;
-        let table = NativeTable::create(uri, "test", vec![], batches, None, None, None, None)
+        let table = NativeTable::create(uri, "test", vec![], batches, None, None, None)
             .await
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -4892,91 +4574,4 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(result.len(), 1);
         assert_eq!(result[0].index_type, crate::index::IndexType::Bitmap);
     }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_convert_to_namespace_query_vector() {
-        let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        let dataset_path = tmp_dir.path().join("test_ns_query.lance");
-
-        let batches = make_test_batches();
-        Dataset::write(batches, dataset_path.to_str().unwrap(), None)
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-
-        let table = NativeTable::open(dataset_path.to_str().unwrap())
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-
-        // Create a vector query
-        let query_vector = Arc::new(Float32Array::from(vec![1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0]));
-        let vq = VectorQueryRequest {
-            base: QueryRequest {
-                limit: Some(10),
-                offset: Some(5),
-                filter: Some(QueryFilter::Sql("id > 0".to_string())),
-                select: Select::Columns(vec!["id".to_string()]),
-                ..Default::default()
-            },
-            column: Some("vector".to_string()),
-            query_vector: vec![query_vector as Arc<dyn Array>],
-            minimum_nprobes: 20,
-            distance_type: Some(crate::DistanceType::L2),
-            ..Default::default()
-        };
-
-        let any_query = AnyQuery::VectorQuery(vq);
-        let ns_request = table.convert_to_namespace_query(&any_query).unwrap();
-
-        assert_eq!(ns_request.k, 10);
-        assert_eq!(ns_request.offset, Some(5));
-        assert_eq!(ns_request.filter, Some("id > 0".to_string()));
-        assert_eq!(ns_request.columns, Some(vec!["id".to_string()]));
-        assert_eq!(ns_request.vector_column, Some("vector".to_string()));
-        assert_eq!(ns_request.distance_type, Some("l2".to_string()));
-        assert!(ns_request.vector.single_vector.is_some());
-        assert_eq!(
-            ns_request.vector.single_vector.as_ref().unwrap(),
-            &vec![1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0]
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_convert_to_namespace_query_plain_query() {
-        let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        let dataset_path = tmp_dir.path().join("test_ns_plain.lance");
-
-        let batches = make_test_batches();
-        Dataset::write(batches, dataset_path.to_str().unwrap(), None)
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-
-        let table = NativeTable::open(dataset_path.to_str().unwrap())
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-
-        // Create a plain (non-vector) query with filter and select
-        let q = QueryRequest {
-            limit: Some(20),
-            offset: Some(5),
-            filter: Some(QueryFilter::Sql("id > 5".to_string())),
-            select: Select::Columns(vec!["id".to_string()]),
-            with_row_id: true,
-            ..Default::default()
-        };
-
-        let any_query = AnyQuery::Query(q);
-        let ns_request = table.convert_to_namespace_query(&any_query).unwrap();
-
-        // Plain queries should pass an empty vector
-        assert_eq!(ns_request.k, 20);
-        assert_eq!(ns_request.offset, Some(5));
-        assert_eq!(ns_request.filter, Some("id > 5".to_string()));
-        assert_eq!(ns_request.columns, Some(vec!["id".to_string()]));
-        assert_eq!(ns_request.with_row_id, Some(true));
-        assert_eq!(ns_request.bypass_vector_index, Some(true));
-        assert!(ns_request.vector_column.is_none()); // No vector column for plain queries
-
-        // Should have an empty vector
-        assert!(ns_request.vector.single_vector.as_ref().unwrap().is_empty());
-    }
 }