Bump version: 0.31.0-beta.7 → 0.31.0

.agents/plugins/marketplace.json

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "lancedb",
-  "interface": {
-    "displayName": "LanceDB"
-  },
-  "plugins": [
-    {
-      "name": "lancedb",
-      "source": {
-        "source": "local",
-        "path": "./plugins/lancedb"
-      },
-      "policy": {
-        "installation": "AVAILABLE",
-        "authentication": "ON_INSTALL"
-      },
-      "category": "Developer Tools"
-    }
-  ]
-}

.agents/skills/README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,3 @@ This directory contains repo-scoped code agent skills for the LanceDB project.
 Each skill is a folder that contains a required `SKILL.md` and optional bundled resources.
 
 Codex discovers skills from `.agents/skills` in the current working directory and parent directories.
-
-The `lancedb` skill lives in the `plugins/lancedb` plugin (see `plugins/lancedb/skills/lancedb`)
-so it can be installed via the plugin marketplaces (`.claude-plugin/marketplace.json` and
-`.agents/plugins/marketplace.json`); the `lancedb` entry here is a symlink into that plugin.

.agents/skills/lancedb

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../plugins/lancedb/skills/lancedb

.agents/skills/lancedb-branch-ops/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+---
+name: lancedb-branch-ops
+description: Branch management for LanceDB tables via the REST API. Use this skill whenever someone wants to create, delete, list, or switch branches on a LanceDB table — or needs to make sure a write (metadata update, index build, etc.) lands on a specific branch instead of main. Invoke it even without the word "branch" if context makes clear they want an experimental copy of a table, want to isolate changes, or want to confirm a mutation didn't touch main. Covers: branches/list, branches/create, branches/delete, and passing "branch" in describe/update_field_metadata/create_index to target a non-main version.
+---
+
+## Goal
+
+Manage branches on a LanceDB table: list what exists, create new ones, delete stale ones, and direct read/write operations at a specific branch without touching main.
+
+## Step 0: Establish the connection
+
+Use the `lancedb-connect` skill to resolve the base URL and auth headers (`x-api-key`, `x-lancedb-database`). Skip this only if the connection is already known from the current conversation.
+
+All examples below use `{base_url}` — substitute the resolved endpoint and include the auth headers on every request.
+
+## The branch model (important)
+
+LanceDB branches are named snapshots that diverge from the table's current state at creation time. There is **no checkout command** — you never switch the whole table to a branch. Instead, you **pass `"branch": "<name>"` in the request body** of any operation to target that branch. Omitting the key (or sending an empty body) always targets main.
+
+`branches/list` returns only non-main branches. Main always exists and is not listed.
+
+## List branches
+
+```http
+POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/branches/list
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{}
+```
+
+Response:
+```json
+{
+  "branches": {
+    "experiment-reindex": {"parentVersion": 1, "createAt": 1782506085, "manifestSize": 1029}
+  }
+}
+```
+
+If `branches` is `{}`, the table has no branches besides main.
+
+## Create a branch
+
+```http
+POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/branches/create
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{"name": "experiment-reindex"}
+```
+
+HTTP 200 with `{}` body = success. The branch is created off the table's current state on main.
+
+Verify by calling `branches/list` and confirming the new name appears.
+
+## Delete a branch
+
+```http
+POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/branches/delete
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{"name": "stale-2024"}
+```
+
+HTTP 200 with `{}` body = success. Only the branch pointer is removed — main and all row data remain intact.
+
+Verify by calling `branches/list` (name gone) and `describe` with no branch param (main still responds).
+
+## Operate on a specific branch
+
+Pass `"branch": "<name>"` in the body of any operation to scope it to that branch:
+
+**Read schema on a branch:**
+```http
+POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/describe
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{"branch": "wip-branch"}
+```
+
+**Write metadata to a branch (not main):**
+```http
+POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/update_field_metadata
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "branch": "wip-branch",
+  "updates": [
+    {
+      "path": "category",
+      "metadata": {"lancedb:description": "Product category label."},
+      "replace": false
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+**Build an index on a branch:**
+```http
+POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/create_index
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "branch": "wip-branch",
+  "column": "category",
+  "index_type": "BTREE"
+}
+```
+
+## Verifying isolation
+
+After writing to a branch, always confirm the change did NOT land on main:
+
+```bash
+# Should show the new metadata
+curl -s -X POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/describe \
+  -H "x-api-key: <key>" -H "x-lancedb-database: <db>" \
+  -H "content-type: application/json" \
+  -d '{"branch": "wip-branch"}'
+
+# Should NOT show the new metadata
+curl -s -X POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/describe \
+  -H "x-api-key: <key>" -H "x-lancedb-database: <db>" \
+  -H "content-type: application/json" \
+  -d '{}'
+```
+
+## Quick reference
+
+| Goal | Endpoint | Body |
+|------|----------|------|
+| List all branches | `branches/list` | `{}` |
+| Create a branch | `branches/create` | `{"name": "..."}` |
+| Delete a branch | `branches/delete` | `{"name": "..."}` |
+| Read schema on branch | `describe` | `{"branch": "..."}` |
+| Write metadata on branch | `update_field_metadata` | `{"branch": "...", "updates": [...]}` |
+| Build index on branch | `create_index` | `{"branch": "...", "column": ..., "index_type": ...}` |
+| Target main (default) | any endpoint | omit `"branch"` key |

.agents/skills/lancedb-column-metadata/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+---
+name: lancedb-column-metadata
+description: Column metadata authoring for LanceDB tables via the REST API. This skill is required for tasks like writing field descriptions, setting tags on columns (field_type, model, project_id, version), classifying columns as embeddings vs labels vs eval metrics, or grouping versioned columns into logical families — because it has the API integration needed to read the schema and persist metadata back. Invoke whenever someone wants to document, annotate, tag, or classify what their table columns ARE. Trigger even without an explicit "LanceDB" mention, as long as the context is column-level documentation or tagging for an ML or vector database table.
+metadata:
+  short-description: Write column descriptions, tags, and logical groupings to a LanceDB table
+---
+
+## Overview
+
+This skill authors column-level metadata for a LanceDB table. It connects to a LanceDB deployment over its REST API, inspects the table schema, generates appropriate metadata, and writes it back.
+
+## Step 0: Establish the connection
+
+Use the `lancedb-connect` skill (invoke it via the Skill tool) to resolve the base URL and auth headers (`x-api-key`, `x-lancedb-database`) for whichever deployment the user is working against — enterprise/self-hosted or a local dev server. Skip it only if the connection details are already established in the conversation.
+
+All examples below use `{base_url}` — substitute the resolved endpoint and include the resolved headers on every request.
+
+## Metadata keys
+
+All metadata uses namespaced keys:
+
+| Key | Purpose | Example value |
+|-----|---------|---------------|
+| `lancedb:description` | Human-readable explanation of what the column contains | `"CLIP ViT-L/14 image embedding, L2-normalized (768-dim)"` |
+| `lancedb:tag:<name>` | Flexible key-value tag; the suffix names the tag category | `lancedb:tag:field_type: "embedding"`, `lancedb:tag:model: "clip"`, `lancedb:tag:project_id: "foo"` |
+| `lancedb:logical-column` | Logical group/family this column belongs to | `"clip_features"` |
+
+Tags are open-ended — use whatever key suffix and value make sense given the user's intent. The tag suffix should describe *what is being classified* (e.g., `field_type`, `model`, `project_id`) and the value describes *how*.
+
+## Step 1: Resolve the table identifier
+
+You need:
+- **Table name** (required) — e.g., `my_table` or `my_namespace.my_table`
+- **Database name** — ask if not provided and not inferable from context; it goes in the `x-lancedb-database` header, never in the URL path
+
+The table identifier in the URL path is typically `table_name` for a top-level table, or `namespace$table_name` if the table lives in a namespace. The API accepts a `delimiter` query parameter to parse compound identifiers (default `$`).
+
+## Step 2: Describe the table
+
+```http
+POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/describe
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{}
+```
+
+The response contains `schema.fields` — an array of field objects:
+
+```json
+{
+  "schema": {
+    "fields": [
+      {
+        "name": "clip_embedding_v3",
+        "type": { "type": "FixedSizeList", "fields": [...], "listSize": 768 },
+        "nullable": true,
+        "metadata": { "lancedb:description": "..." }
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Each field has:
+- `name` — field name
+- `type` — Arrow data type (check `type.type` for the type string)
+- `nullable` — boolean
+- `metadata` — existing key-value metadata (read this before writing to avoid redundant updates)
+
+For struct/nested fields, recurse into `type.fields` and represent them as dot-notation paths (e.g., `parent.child`).
+
+If the user hasn't specified which columns to update, work with all columns.
+
+## Step 3: Generate metadata
+
+Decide what to generate based on the user's request.
+
+### Writing descriptions (`lancedb:description`)
+
+Base descriptions on:
+- The column name and Arrow type (e.g., `FixedSizeList` of floats → likely an embedding)
+- User-supplied context (upstream pipeline, sample values, domain knowledge)
+- Name patterns: `_embedding`/`_vec`/`_embed` → vector; `_label`/`_class` → label; `_score`/`_eval`/`_metric` → evaluation metric
+
+Be specific and concise. Good: `"Sentence-BERT embedding of the query text (768-dim)."` Not: `"An embedding column."`
+
+### Tagging columns (`lancedb:tag:<name>`)
+
+Choose tag key names that match what the user asked to annotate. Common patterns:
+
+- Semantic field type → `lancedb:tag:field_type: "embedding"` / `"text"` / `"image"` / `"label"` / `"eval"` / `"id"` / `"metadata"`
+- Model or source → `lancedb:tag:model: "clip"` / `"bert"` / `"vit"`
+- Project affiliation → `lancedb:tag:project_id: "<name>"`
+- Version → `lancedb:tag:version: "v3"` (and `lancedb:tag:latest: "true"` for the newest)
+
+Use Arrow type as a hint: `FixedSizeList` + float → embedding; `Utf8`/`LargeUtf8` → text; `Binary` → image or blob.
+
+Multiple tags on the same column are fine — each is a separate key.
+
+### Grouping into logical columns (`lancedb:logical-column`)
+
+Look for naming patterns across columns:
+- `clip_v1`, `clip_v2`, `clip_v3` → logical column `"clip"`, latest is `v3`
+- `text_embed_20240101`, `text_embed_20240601` → logical column `"text_embed"`, latest is the most recent date suffix
+
+Write `lancedb:logical-column` on all members of a group. Mark the newest with `lancedb:tag:latest: "true"` (in addition to its version tag).
+
+## Step 4: Write the metadata
+
+```http
+POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/update_field_metadata
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "updates": [
+    {
+      "path": "clip_v3",
+      "metadata": {
+        "lancedb:description": "CLIP ViT-L/14 image embedding, L2-normalized (1024-dim).",
+        "lancedb:tag:field_type": "embedding",
+        "lancedb:tag:model": "clip",
+        "lancedb:tag:version": "v3",
+        "lancedb:tag:latest": "true",
+        "lancedb:logical-column": "clip"
+      },
+      "replace": false
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "clip_v2",
+      "metadata": {
+        "lancedb:description": "CLIP ViT-B/32 image embedding (768-dim), superseded by v3.",
+        "lancedb:tag:field_type": "embedding",
+        "lancedb:tag:model": "clip",
+        "lancedb:tag:version": "v2",
+        "lancedb:logical-column": "clip"
+      },
+      "replace": false
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+Rules:
+- **Use `"replace": false`** (merge) by default — this preserves existing metadata the user didn't ask to change
+- Use `"replace": true` only if the user explicitly asks to overwrite all existing metadata on a column
+- Set a value to `null` to delete a specific key
+- Batch all updates in a single request when possible
+
+The response includes `version` (new table version) and `fields` (the updated metadata per field).
+
+## Step 5: Confirm
+
+Report back:
+- Which columns were updated and what was written
+- The new table version number
+- Any columns skipped (e.g., already had up-to-date metadata)
+
+---
+
+## Quick examples
+
+**"Write descriptions for all columns in the `product_embeddings` table"**
+1. POST `/v1/table/product_embeddings/describe` → get all fields
+2. Generate a `lancedb:description` for each column based on name + type
+3. POST `update_field_metadata` with descriptions
+4. Report
+
+**"Tag the columns in `model_outputs` with their field type and model"**
+1. Describe `model_outputs`
+2. For each field, classify by name + Arrow type → set `lancedb:tag:field_type` and `lancedb:tag:model` where applicable
+3. POST `update_field_metadata`
+4. Report
+
+**"Group the feature columns in `training_features` into logical families and mark the latest version"**
+1. Describe the table
+2. Find version patterns → assign `lancedb:logical-column` and `lancedb:tag:version`; mark newest with `lancedb:tag:latest: "true"`
+3. POST `update_field_metadata`
+4. Show the grouping

.agents/skills/lancedb-connect/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+---
+name: lancedb-connect
+description: Resolve how to connect to a LanceDB deployment over the REST API — figure out the base URL, API key, and database header. Use this before making any REST requests to a LanceDB table, whenever the endpoint or auth setup is not already known. Also useful on its own when someone asks how to connect, authenticate, or curl their LanceDB instance.
+metadata:
+  short-description: Resolve the base URL and auth headers for a LanceDB deployment
+---
+
+## Goal
+
+Produce two things every REST request needs:
+
+1. **Base URL** — the endpoint
+2. **Headers** — `x-api-key`, and usually `x-lancedb-database`
+
+## Resolution steps
+
+1. If the user already gave a URL and API key (or said which environment they're working against), use that.
+2. Otherwise, look for credentials already available in the environment:
+   - Env vars like `LANCEDB_URI` / `LANCEDB_HOST` / `LANCEDB_API_KEY`
+   - A LanceDB endpoint already running or port-forwarded locally (the REST default port is 2333, i.e. `http://localhost:2333`)
+3. If you didn't find both pieces, ask the user directly: **"What's your LanceDB endpoint's URL, and what's your API key?"** Also ask which database to use if it isn't obvious. Don't guess or probe further — the user knows their deployment.
+
+## Validating the connection
+
+Make a cheap authenticated request and check the status:
+
+```bash
+curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" "{base_url}/v1/table/?limit=1" \
+  -H "x-api-key: <key>" \
+  -H "x-lancedb-database: <database>"
+```
+
+- `200` — connection, key, and database header all good
+- `401` — API key missing or wrong
+- `400` mentioning a database header — this deployment expects `x-lancedb-database`
+
+## Non-REST equivalents
+
+If the caller would rather use the SDK or CLI than raw REST, the same credentials work:
+
+- Python SDK: `lancedb.connect("db://<database>", api_key="<key>", host_override="<base_url>")`
+- `lancedb` CLI: a `[profiles.<name>]` entry in `~/.lancedb/config.toml` with `http_server_url`, `api_key`, `database`

.bumpversion.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.37.1-beta.0"
+current_version = "0.31.0"
 parse = """(?x)
     (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
     (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
@@ -75,13 +75,6 @@ filename = "nodejs/Cargo.toml"
 replace = "\nversion = \"{new_version}\""
 search = "\nversion = \"{current_version}\""
 
-# The Python package takes its version from here (pyproject.toml declares
-# `dynamic = ["version"]`, so maturin reads it out of the crate manifest).
-[[tool.bumpversion.files]]
-filename = "python/Cargo.toml"
-replace = "\nversion = \"{new_version}\""
-search = "\nversion = \"{current_version}\""
-
 # Java documentation
 [[tool.bumpversion.files]]
 filename = "docs/src/java/java.md"

.claude-plugin/marketplace.json

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "lancedb",
-  "owner": {
-    "name": "LanceDB"
-  },
-  "description": "LanceDB plugins for Claude Code.",
-  "plugins": [
-    {
-      "name": "lancedb",
-      "source": "./plugins/lancedb",
-      "description": "Write, review, debug, and document LanceDB pipelines in Python and TypeScript that work across local LanceDB OSS tables and remote LanceDB Enterprise/Cloud tables.",
-      "version": "0.1.0",
-      "author": {
-        "name": "LanceDB"
-      },
-      "category": "development"
-    }
-  ]
-}

.github/actions/create-failure-issue/action.yml

@@ -27,31 +27,19 @@ runs:
           # Extract failed job names
           FAILED_JOBS=$(echo "$JOB_RESULTS" | jq -r 'to_entries | map(select(.value.result == "failure")) | map(.key) | join(", ")')
 
-          TITLE="$WORKFLOW_NAME Failed ($FAILED_JOBS)"
-
-          # This action now also runs on nightly schedules, so a breakage that
-          # persists for a few days would otherwise file one issue per night.
-          # Comment on the open report instead when one already exists.
-          EXISTING=$(gh issue list --state open --label ci --limit 100 --json number,title \
-            | jq -r --arg title "$TITLE" 'map(select(.title == $title)) | .[0].number // empty')
-
-          if [ -n "$EXISTING" ]; then
-            gh issue comment "$EXISTING" --body "Failed again: $RUN_URL"
-            echo "Commented on existing issue #$EXISTING"
-          else
-            gh issue create \
-              --title "$TITLE" \
-              --body "The workflow **$WORKFLOW_NAME** failed during execution.
+          # Create issue with workflow name, failed jobs, and run URL
+          gh issue create \
+            --title "$WORKFLOW_NAME Failed ($FAILED_JOBS)" \
+            --body "The workflow **$WORKFLOW_NAME** failed during execution.
 
         **Failed jobs:** $FAILED_JOBS
 
         **Run URL:** $RUN_URL
 
         Please investigate the failed jobs and address any issues." \
-              --label "ci"
+            --label "ci"
 
-            echo "Issue created successfully"
-          fi
+          echo "Issue created successfully"
         else
           echo "No job failures detected, skipping issue creation"
         fi

.github/workflows/build_linux_wheel/action.yml

@@ -18,14 +18,6 @@ inputs:
     description: "The manylinux version to build for"
     required: false
     default: "2_17"
-  package-name:
-    description: "Override [project] name in python/pyproject.toml (e.g. 'lancedb-compat'). Default keeps 'lancedb'."
-    required: false
-    default: "lancedb"
-  rustflags:
-    description: "RUSTFLAGS for the build container, as a single whitespace-free token (e.g. '-Ctarget-cpu=x86-64-v2'). Empty leaves RUSTFLAGS unset, keeping the defaults from .cargo/config.toml."
-    required: false
-    default: ""
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -35,18 +27,6 @@ runs:
         ARM_BUILD: ${{ inputs.arm-build }}
       run: |
         echo "ARM BUILD: $ARM_BUILD"
-    - name: Patch package name for variant build
-      if: ${{ inputs.package-name != 'lancedb' }}
-      shell: bash
-      env:
-        PACKAGE_NAME: ${{ inputs.package-name }}
-      run: |
-        # Swap the [project] name so this build produces e.g. lancedb-compat
-        # wheels. The package still installs files under the lancedb/
-        # namespace -- import lancedb still works after pip install.
-        sed -i.bak 's/^name = "lancedb"$/name = "'"$PACKAGE_NAME"'"/' python/pyproject.toml
-        rm -f python/pyproject.toml.bak
-        grep '^name = ' python/pyproject.toml
     - name: Build x86_64 Manylinux wheel
       if: ${{ inputs.arm-build == 'false' }}
       uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
@@ -54,16 +34,15 @@ runs:
         maturin-version: "1.12.4"
         command: build
         working-directory: python
-        docker-options: "-e PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL='https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/' -e PROTOC=/usr/local/bin/protoc ${{ inputs.rustflags != '' && format('-e RUSTFLAGS={0}', inputs.rustflags) || '' }}"
+        docker-options: "-e PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL='https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/'"
         target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
         manylinux: ${{ inputs.manylinux }}
         args: ${{ inputs.args }}
         before-script-linux: |
           set -e
-          curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v24.4/protoc-24.4-linux-x86_64.zip -o /tmp/protoc.zip
-          unzip /tmp/protoc.zip -d /usr/local
-          rm /tmp/protoc.zip
-          /usr/local/bin/protoc --version
+          curl -L https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v24.4/protoc-24.4-linux-$(uname -m).zip > /tmp/protoc.zip \
+            && unzip /tmp/protoc.zip -d /usr/local \
+            && rm /tmp/protoc.zip
     - name: Build Arm Manylinux Wheel
       if: ${{ inputs.arm-build == 'true' }}
       uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
@@ -71,14 +50,13 @@ runs:
         maturin-version: "1.12.4"
         command: build
         working-directory: python
-        docker-options: "-e PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL='https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/' -e PROTOC=/usr/local/bin/protoc ${{ inputs.rustflags != '' && format('-e RUSTFLAGS={0}', inputs.rustflags) || '' }}"
+        docker-options: "-e PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL='https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/'"
         target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
         manylinux: ${{ inputs.manylinux }}
         args: ${{ inputs.args }}
         before-script-linux: |
           set -e
-          yum install -y clang
-          curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v24.4/protoc-24.4-linux-aarch_64.zip -o /tmp/protoc.zip
-          unzip /tmp/protoc.zip -d /usr/local
-          rm /tmp/protoc.zip
-          /usr/local/bin/protoc --version
+          yum install -y clang \
+            && curl -L https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v24.4/protoc-24.4-linux-aarch_64.zip > /tmp/protoc.zip \
+            && unzip /tmp/protoc.zip -d /usr/local \
+            && rm /tmp/protoc.zip

.github/workflows/cargo-publish.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
       # We don't publish pre-releases for Rust. Crates.io is just a source
       # distribution, so we don't need to publish pre-releases.
       - "v*-beta*"
+      - "*-v*" # for example, python-vX.Y.Z
 
 env:
   # This env var is used by Swatinem/rust-cache@v2 for the cache

.github/workflows/gh-release.yml

@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-name: GitHub Release
-
-# All SDKs share one version, so a single `vX.Y.Z` tag produces a single GitHub
-# release covering all of them. The per-package publish workflows (PyPI, NPM,
-# Cargo, Maven) trigger off the same tag independently.
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - "v*"
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  gh-release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          lfs: true
-      - name: Extract version
-        id: extract_version
-        env:
-          GITHUB_REF: ${{ github.ref }}
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          echo "Extracting tag and version from $GITHUB_REF"
-          if [[ $GITHUB_REF =~ refs/tags/v(.*) ]]; then
-            VERSION=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
-            TAG=v$VERSION
-            echo "tag=$TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "Failed to extract version from $GITHUB_REF"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "Extracted version $VERSION from $GITHUB_REF"
-          if [[ $VERSION =~ beta ]]; then
-            echo "This is a beta release"
-            echo "prerelease=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-            # Get last release (that is not this one)
-            FROM_TAG=$(git tag --sort='version:refname' \
-              | grep ^v \
-              | grep -vF "$TAG" \
-              | python ci/semver_sort.py v \
-              | tail -n 1)
-          else
-            echo "This is a stable release"
-            echo "prerelease=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            # Get last stable tag (ignore betas)
-            FROM_TAG=$(git tag --sort='version:refname' \
-              | grep ^v \
-              | grep -vF "$TAG" \
-              | grep -v beta \
-              | python ci/semver_sort.py v \
-              | tail -n 1)
-          fi
-          echo "Found from tag $FROM_TAG"
-          echo "from_tag=$FROM_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - name: Create Release Notes
-        id: release_notes
-        uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v4
-        with:
-          configuration: .github/release_notes.json
-          toTag: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.tag }}
-          fromTag: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.from_tag }}
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Create GH release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
-        with:
-          # Marking betas as pre-releases keeps them from taking the "Latest"
-          # badge on the releases page.
-          prerelease: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.prerelease }}
-          make_latest: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.prerelease == 'false' }}
-          tag_name: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.tag }}
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          generate_release_notes: false
-          name: LanceDB v${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.version }}
-          body: ${{ steps.release_notes.outputs.changelog }}

.github/workflows/make-release-commit.yml

@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 name: Create release commit
 
-# This workflow increments the version, tags it, and pushes it. All SDKs share
-# a single version, so one tag releases all of them.
+# This workflow increments versions, tags the version, and pushes it.
 # When a tag is pushed, another workflow is triggered that creates a GH release
 # and uploads the binaries. This workflow is only for creating the tag.
 
 # This script will enforce that a minor version is incremented if there are any
-# breaking changes since the last minor increment. A breaking change in any SDK
-# bumps the minor version for all of them. If you wish to bypass this check, you
-# can manually increment the version and push the tag.
+# breaking changes since the last minor increment. However, it isn't able to
+# differentiate between breaking changes in Node versus Python. If you wish to
+# bypass this check, you can manually increment the version and push the tag.
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
@@ -25,6 +24,16 @@ on:
         options:
           - preview
           - stable
+      python:
+        description: 'Make a Python release'
+        required: true
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      other:
+        description: 'Make a Node/Rust/Java release'
+        required: true
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
       bump-minor:
         description: 'Bump minor version'
         required: true
@@ -56,16 +65,29 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git config user.name 'Lance Release'
           git config user.email 'lance-dev@lancedb.com'
-      - name: Bump version
+      - name: Bump Python version
+        if: ${{ inputs.python }}
+        working-directory: python
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          # Need to get the commit before bumping the version, so we can
+          # determine if there are breaking changes in the next step as well.
+          echo "COMMIT_BEFORE_BUMP=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+          pip install bump-my-version PyGithub packaging
+          bash ../ci/bump_version.sh ${{ inputs.type }} ${{ inputs.bump-minor }} python-v
+      - name: Bump Node/Rust version
+        if: ${{ inputs.other }}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           pip install bump-my-version PyGithub packaging
-          bash ci/bump_version.sh ${{ inputs.type }} ${{ inputs.bump-minor }}
+          bash ci/bump_version.sh ${{ inputs.type }} ${{ inputs.bump-minor }} v $COMMIT_BEFORE_BUMP
           bash ci/update_lockfiles.sh --amend
       - name: Push new version tag
         if: ${{ !inputs.dry_run }}
-        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@881a6320fdb16eb5318c5054f31c218aec2b324c # v1.3.0
+        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
         with:
           # Need to use PAT here too to trigger next workflow. See comment above.
           github_token: ${{ secrets.LANCEDB_RELEASE_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/nodejs.yml

@@ -61,11 +61,6 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt update
         sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler libssl-dev
     - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-      with:
-        # Restore everywhere, but only save from main. Per-PR saves are
-        # unreadable outside their own branch anyway, since GitHub scopes
-        # caches to the creating ref.
-        save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
     - name: Format Rust
       run: cargo fmt --all -- --check
     - name: Lint Rust
@@ -108,11 +103,6 @@ jobs:
         cache: 'pnpm'
         cache-dependency-path: nodejs/pnpm-lock.yaml
     - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-      with:
-        # Restore everywhere, but only save from main. Per-PR saves are
-        # unreadable outside their own branch anyway, since GitHub scopes
-        # caches to the creating ref.
-        save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         sudo apt update
@@ -192,11 +182,6 @@ jobs:
         cache-dependency-path: nodejs/pnpm-lock.yaml
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
     - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-      with:
-        # Restore everywhere, but only save from main. Per-PR saves are
-        # unreadable outside their own branch anyway, since GitHub scopes
-        # caches to the creating ref.
-        save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         brew install protobuf

.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml

@@ -10,16 +10,10 @@ permissions:
 
 on:
   push:
+    branches:
+      - main
     tags:
       - "v*"
-  # The cross-compiled targets (musl especially) break from toolchain and
-  # dependency changes that nothing else in CI catches, and discovering that
-  # mid-release is expensive. A nightly run keeps that signal while dropping
-  # the full 8-target release matrix from all ~90 pushes to main each month.
-  # `report-failure` files an issue when a nightly breaks.
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 8 * * *"
-  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
     # This should trigger a dry run (we skip the final publish step)
     paths:
@@ -32,6 +26,73 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  gh-release:
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          lfs: true
+      - name: Extract version
+        id: extract_version
+        env:
+          GITHUB_REF: ${{ github.ref }}
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          echo "Extracting tag and version from $GITHUB_REF"
+          if [[ $GITHUB_REF =~ refs/tags/v(.*) ]]; then
+            VERSION=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+            TAG=v$VERSION
+            echo "tag=$TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "Failed to extract version from $GITHUB_REF"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "Extracted version $VERSION from $GITHUB_REF"
+          if [[ $VERSION =~ beta ]]; then
+            echo "This is a beta release"
+
+            # Get last release (that is not this one)
+            FROM_TAG=$(git tag --sort='version:refname' \
+              | grep ^v \
+              | grep -vF "$TAG" \
+              | python ci/semver_sort.py v \
+              | tail -n 1)
+          else
+            echo "This is a stable release"
+            # Get last stable tag (ignore betas)
+            FROM_TAG=$(git tag --sort='version:refname' \
+              | grep ^v \
+              | grep -vF "$TAG" \
+              | grep -v beta \
+              | python ci/semver_sort.py v \
+              | tail -n 1)
+          fi
+          echo "Found from tag $FROM_TAG"
+          echo "from_tag=$FROM_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Create Release Notes
+        id: release_notes
+        uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v4
+        with:
+          configuration: .github/release_notes.json
+          toTag: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.tag }}
+          fromTag: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.from_tag }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Create GH release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          prerelease: ${{ contains('beta', github.ref) }}
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.tag }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          generate_release_notes: false
+          name: Node/Rust LanceDB v${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.version }}
+          body: ${{ steps.release_notes.outputs.changelog }}
+
   build-lancedb:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -40,18 +101,9 @@ jobs:
           - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
             host: macos-latest
             features: fp16kernels
-            pre_build: |-
-              brew install protobuf
-              # Fat LTO (the workspace default in .cargo/config.toml) is
-              # single-threaded and is the peak-memory step of the build. On
-              # this runner it accounted for ~111 of the job's ~113 minutes,
-              # making it the critical path of the entire publish pipeline.
-              # ThinLTO parallelizes it across the runner's cores, for a few
-              # percent of runtime performance.
-              export CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO=thin
-              export CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_CODEGEN_UNITS=16
+            pre_build: brew install protobuf
           - target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
-            host: windows-2025
+            host: windows-latest
             features: ","
             pre_build: |-
               choco install --no-progress protoc ninja nasm
@@ -59,21 +111,12 @@ jobs:
               # There is an issue where choco doesn't add nasm to the path
               export PATH="$PATH:/c/Program Files/NASM"
               nasm -v
-              # See the ThinLTO note on aarch64-apple-darwin above. Keeping
-              # peak memory down is also what lets this run on the standard
-              # 4-core runner: the 8-core larger runner was only needed to
-              # stop fat LTO from OOMing rustc-LLVM.
-              export CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO=thin
-              export CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_CODEGEN_UNITS=16
           - target: aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
-            host: windows-2025
+            host: windows-latest
             features: ","
             pre_build: |-
                 choco install --no-progress protoc
                 rustup target add aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
-                # See the ThinLTO note on aarch64-apple-darwin above.
-                export CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO=thin
-                export CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_CODEGEN_UNITS=16
           - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
             host: ubuntu-latest
             features: fp16kernels
@@ -146,49 +189,16 @@ jobs:
         with:
           toolchain: stable
           targets: ${{ matrix.settings.target }}
-      # These builds were entirely uncached: the old key was static, so
-      # `actions/cache` (which only writes on a miss) could never refresh it,
-      # and the multi-GB whole-`target/` copy it tried to store never fit the
-      # repo's cache budget, so no entry was ever saved. rust-cache prunes
-      # `target/` to dependency artifacts and keys on Cargo.lock plus the rustc
-      # version, which both fixes the key and keeps entries a sane size.
-      #
-      # This caches dependency *compilation* only. The LTO link of the cdylib
-      # re-runs regardless, since the local crate changes every time, so the
-      # win is larger on the non-LTO jobs than here.
-      - name: Cache cargo (native builds)
-        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        if: ${{ !matrix.settings.docker }}
+      - name: Cache cargo
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
-          # The release profile and per-target dirs differ from what the test
-          # workflows cache, so these need to be separate entries.
-          key: release-${{ matrix.settings.target }}
-          # Only the nightly run on main writes, so tag and PR runs restore a
-          # warm entry without every dependabot PR writing its own (which would
-          # be unreadable elsewhere anyway, since GitHub scopes caches to the
-          # creating ref). The nightly cadence also keeps entries inside
-          # GitHub's 7-day eviction window, which a tag-only trigger would not.
-          save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
-      # Docker builds can use rust-cache too. `target/` already lives on the
-      # host because the whole workspace is bind-mounted into the container, and
-      # rust-cache's prune and save run host-side, so they can manage it -- which
-      # is what keeps the entry to dependency artifacts rather than a multi-GB
-      # copy of everything.
-      #
-      # Two differences from the native builds. The container's CARGO_HOME is
-      # bind-mounted from `.cargo-cache` rather than the host's ~/.cargo, so that
-      # has to be cached explicitly. And the key is derived from the *host* rustc
-      # version, which is not the compiler that produced these artifacts; that is
-      # safe because cargo fingerprints the real compiler and rebuilds on a
-      # mismatch, it just means a base-image toolchain bump costs one cold build
-      # instead of invalidating the key.
-      - name: Cache cargo (docker builds)
-        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        if: ${{ matrix.settings.docker }}
-        with:
-          key: docker-${{ matrix.settings.target }}
-          cache-directories: .cargo-cache
-          save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
+          path: |
+            ~/.cargo/registry/index/
+            ~/.cargo/registry/cache/
+            ~/.cargo/git/db/
+            .cargo-cache
+            target/
+          key: nodejs-${{ matrix.settings.target }}-cargo-${{ matrix.settings.host }}
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
       - name: Install Zig
@@ -206,13 +216,9 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ matrix.settings.docker }}
         with:
           image: ${{ matrix.settings.docker }}
-          # All three mounts must live under `.cargo-cache`, which is what the
-          # cache step above saves. Previously the registry mounts pointed at
-          # `.cargo/...`, a path nothing cached, so the container re-downloaded
-          # the whole crate registry on every run.
           options: "--user 0:0 -v ${{ github.workspace }}/.cargo-cache/git/db:/usr/local/cargo/git/db \
-                    -v ${{ github.workspace }}/.cargo-cache/registry/cache:/usr/local/cargo/registry/cache \
-                    -v ${{ github.workspace }}/.cargo-cache/registry/index:/usr/local/cargo/registry/index \
+                    -v ${{ github.workspace }}/.cargo/registry/cache:/usr/local/cargo/registry/cache \
+                    -v ${{ github.workspace }}/.cargo/registry/index:/usr/local/cargo/registry/index \
                     -v ${{ github.workspace }}:/build -w /build/nodejs"
           run: |
             set -e
@@ -224,16 +230,6 @@ jobs:
               --js ../lancedb/native.js \
               --strip \
               --output-dir dist/
-      # The container runs as root (`--user 0:0`), so everything it wrote to the
-      # mounted cache dirs is root-owned. rust-cache's post step runs as the
-      # runner user and has to both read these and delete from them while
-      # pruning, so hand them back before it runs.
-      - name: Take ownership of docker build output
-        if: ${{ matrix.settings.docker }}
-        run: |
-          sudo chown -R "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
-            "${{ github.workspace }}/.cargo-cache" \
-            "${{ github.workspace }}/target"
       - name: Build
         run: |
           ${{ matrix.settings.pre_build }}
@@ -247,15 +243,6 @@ jobs:
               --output-dir dist/
         if: ${{ !matrix.settings.docker }}
         shell: bash
-      # The standard Windows runners have ~14 GB free, and a release `target/`
-      # for this workspace is a large fraction of that. Report the remaining
-      # headroom so a build that only just fits is visible before a dependency
-      # bump turns it into a failed release. `always()` so the numbers are
-      # still there when the build is what ran out of space.
-      - name: Report disk headroom
-        if: always()
-        run: df -h
-        shell: bash
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
@@ -406,9 +393,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Report Workflow Failure
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [build-lancedb, test-lancedb, publish]
-    # Nightly runs are the only thing watching the cross-compiled targets now,
-    # so they have to report failures too or the signal is silently lost.
-    if: always() && failure() && (startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') || github.event_name == 'schedule')
+    if: always() && failure() && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
     permissions:
       contents: read
       issues: write

.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: PyPI Publish
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - 'v*'
+      - 'python-v*'
   pull_request:
     # This should trigger a dry run (we skip the final publish step)
     paths:
@@ -20,15 +20,9 @@ env:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
-# Without this, a force-push to a PR leaves the previous run going -- including
-# a ~74 minute Windows job and a billed arm64 wheel build.
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
 jobs:
   linux:
-    name: Python ${{ matrix.config.package_name }} ${{ matrix.config.platform }} manylinux${{ matrix.config.manylinux }}
+    name: Python ${{ matrix.config.platform }} manylinux${{ matrix.config.manylinux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -37,28 +31,11 @@ jobs:
             manylinux: "2_28"
             extra_args: "--features fp16kernels"
             runner: ubuntu-22.04
-            package_name: "lancedb"
-            rustflags: ""
           # For successful fat LTO builds, we need a large runner to avoid OOM errors.
           - platform: aarch64
             manylinux: "2_28"
             extra_args: "--features fp16kernels"
             runner: ubuntu-2404-8x-arm64
-            package_name: "lancedb"
-            rustflags: ""
-          # `lancedb-compat`: pre-Haswell-friendly variant for x86_64 hosts
-          # without AVX2 (Sandy Bridge / Ivy Bridge / Westmere on Intel,
-          # Bulldozer / Piledriver / Steamroller on AMD). Compiled at the
-          # `x86-64-v2` baseline; runtime SIMD dispatch in lance-linalg
-          # picks the appropriate tier (scalar / AVX / AVX+FMA / AVX2+FMA
-          # / AVX-512) at load time. Same import as `lancedb` -- conflicts
-          # at install time, so users pick one.
-          - platform: x86_64
-            manylinux: "2_28"
-            extra_args: ""
-            runner: ubuntu-22.04
-            package_name: "lancedb-compat"
-            rustflags: "-Ctarget-cpu=x86-64-v2"
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.runner }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -75,13 +52,11 @@ jobs:
           args: "--release --strip ${{ matrix.config.extra_args }}"
           arm-build: ${{ matrix.config.platform == 'aarch64' }}
           manylinux: ${{ matrix.config.manylinux }}
-          package-name: ${{ matrix.config.package_name }}
-          rustflags: ${{ matrix.config.rustflags }}
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/python-v')
         with:
-          name: wheels-linux-${{ matrix.config.package_name }}-${{ matrix.config.platform }}-${{ matrix.config.manylinux }}
-          path: target/wheels/*.whl
+          name: wheels-linux-${{ matrix.config.platform }}-${{ matrix.config.manylinux }}
+          path: target/wheels/lancedb-*.whl
           if-no-files-found: error
   mac:
     timeout-minutes: 90
@@ -107,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
           python-minor-version: 10
           args: "--release --strip --target ${{ matrix.config.target }} --features fp16kernels"
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/python-v')
         with:
           name: wheels-mac-${{ matrix.config.target }}
           path: target/wheels/lancedb-*.whl
@@ -128,26 +103,19 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: "3.13"
-      # NOTE: caching cargo here would be a no-op. This workflow only runs on
-      # tags and PRs, and GitHub only lets a run restore caches from its own ref
-      # or the default branch -- so with no run on main there is nothing that
-      # can populate an entry the release build would be allowed to read. Fixing
-      # this needs a main/nightly trigger (which would also catch wheel-build
-      # breakage before a release); the ~74 minutes here is otherwise dominated
-      # by the fat-LTO link, which no cache avoids.
       - uses: ./.github/workflows/build_windows_wheel
         with:
           python-minor-version: 10
           args: "--release --strip"
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/python-v')
         with:
           name: wheels-windows
           path: target/wheels/lancedb-*.whl
           if-no-files-found: error
   publish:
     name: Publish wheels
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/python-v')
     needs: [linux, mac, windows]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
@@ -177,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
           FURY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.FURY_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           shopt -s nullglob
-          WHEELS=(target/wheels/*.whl)
+          WHEELS=(target/wheels/lancedb-*.whl)
           if [[ ${#WHEELS[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
             echo "No wheels found in target/wheels/" >&2
             exit 1
@@ -196,6 +164,72 @@ jobs:
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           packages-dir: target/wheels/
+  gh-release:
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/python-v')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          lfs: true
+      - name: Extract version
+        id: extract_version
+        env:
+          GITHUB_REF: ${{ github.ref }}
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          echo "Extracting tag and version from $GITHUB_REF"
+          if [[ $GITHUB_REF =~ refs/tags/python-v(.*) ]]; then
+            VERSION=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+            TAG=python-v$VERSION
+            echo "tag=$TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "Failed to extract version from $GITHUB_REF"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "Extracted version $VERSION from $GITHUB_REF"
+          if [[ $VERSION =~ beta ]]; then
+            echo "This is a beta release"
+
+            # Get last release (that is not this one)
+            FROM_TAG=$(git tag --sort='version:refname' \
+              | grep ^python-v \
+              | grep -vF "$TAG" \
+              | python ci/semver_sort.py python-v \
+              | tail -n 1)
+          else
+            echo "This is a stable release"
+            # Get last stable tag (ignore betas)
+            FROM_TAG=$(git tag --sort='version:refname' \
+              | grep ^python-v \
+              | grep -vF "$TAG" \
+              | grep -v beta \
+              | python ci/semver_sort.py python-v \
+              | tail -n 1)
+          fi
+          echo "Found from tag $FROM_TAG"
+          echo "from_tag=$FROM_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Create Python Release Notes
+        id: python_release_notes
+        uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v4
+        with:
+          configuration: .github/release_notes.json
+          toTag: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.tag }}
+          fromTag: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.from_tag }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Create Python GH release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          prerelease: ${{ contains('beta', github.ref) }}
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.tag }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          generate_release_notes: false
+          name: Python LanceDB v${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.version }}
+          body: ${{ steps.python_release_notes.outputs.changelog }}
   report-failure:
     name: Report Workflow Failure
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -203,7 +237,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       issues: write
-    if: always() && failure() && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    if: always() && failure() && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/python-v')
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: ./.github/actions/create-failure-issue

.github/workflows/python.yml

@@ -108,15 +108,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt update
           sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler
-      # `pip install -e .` builds the extension with maturin, which is most of
-      # this job's ~33 minutes. It had no Rust cache, so every dependency was
-      # recompiled from scratch on every run.
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          # Restore everywhere, but only save from main. Per-PR saves are
-          # unreadable outside their own branch anyway, since GitHub scopes
-          # caches to the creating ref.
-          save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
       - name: Install
         run: |
           pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/ -e .[tests,dev,embeddings]
@@ -177,14 +168,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: "3.13"
-      # maturin runs cargo natively on macOS (docker is Linux-only), so the host
-      # target dir is cacheable. This job had no Rust cache.
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          # Restore everywhere, but only save from main. Per-PR saves are
-          # unreadable outside their own branch anyway, since GitHub scopes
-          # caches to the creating ref.
-          save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
       - uses: ./.github/workflows/build_mac_wheel
         with:
           args: --profile ci
@@ -214,14 +197,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: "3.13"
-      # maturin runs cargo natively on Windows (docker is Linux-only), so the
-      # host target dir is cacheable. This job had no Rust cache at all and so
-      # rebuilt every dependency from scratch on every run.
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          # Restore everywhere, but only save from main. The repo sits at
-          # GitHub's cache cap, so per-PR saves just evict main's entries.
-          save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
       - uses: ./.github/workflows/build_windows_wheel
         with:
           args: --profile ci
@@ -249,14 +224,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
-      # As with Doctest, `pip install -e .` compiles the extension and this job
-      # had no Rust cache, which is most of its ~37 minutes.
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          # Restore everywhere, but only save from main. Per-PR saves are
-          # unreadable outside their own branch anyway, since GitHub scopes
-          # caches to the creating ref.
-          save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
       - name: Install lancedb
         run: |
           pip install "pydantic<2"

.github/workflows/rust.yml

@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           components: rustfmt, clippy
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          # Restore everywhere, but only save from main. Per-PR saves are
-          # unreadable outside their own branch anyway, since GitHub scopes
-          # caches to the creating ref.
-          save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           sudo apt update
@@ -94,11 +89,6 @@ jobs:
         run: rm -f Cargo.lock
       - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          # Restore everywhere, but only save from main. Per-PR saves are
-          # unreadable outside their own branch anyway, since GitHub scopes
-          # caches to the creating ref.
-          save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           sudo apt update
@@ -108,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
           cargo build --profile ci --benches --all-features --tests
 
   linux:
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 30
     # To build all features, we need more disk space than is available
     # on the free OSS github runner. This is mostly due to the the
     # sentence-transformers feature.
@@ -128,11 +118,6 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           lfs: true
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          # Restore everywhere, but only save from main. Per-PR saves are
-          # unreadable outside their own branch anyway, since GitHub scopes
-          # caches to the creating ref.
-          save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           sudo apt update
@@ -140,26 +125,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
       - name: Make Swap
         run: |
-          swapfile=/swapfile
-          min_swap_bytes=$((15 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024))
-          active_swap_bytes="$(sudo swapon --show=NAME,SIZE --bytes --noheadings | awk '$1 == "/swapfile" { print $2 }')"
-          if [ -n "$active_swap_bytes" ]; then
-            if [ "$active_swap_bytes" -ge "$min_swap_bytes" ]; then
-              echo "/swapfile is already active with enough space; skipping swap creation"
-              exit 0
-            fi
-            echo "/swapfile is already active but smaller than 16G; using /mnt/lancedb-swapfile"
-            swapfile=/mnt/lancedb-swapfile
-          fi
-          if sudo swapon --show=NAME --noheadings | grep -Fxq "$swapfile"; then
-            echo "$swapfile is already active; skipping swap creation"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          sudo rm -f "$swapfile"
-          sudo fallocate -l 16G "$swapfile"
-          sudo chmod 600 "$swapfile"
-          sudo mkswap "$swapfile"
-          sudo swapon "$swapfile"
+          sudo fallocate -l 16G /swapfile
+          sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
+          sudo mkswap /swapfile
+          sudo swapon /swapfile
       - name: Build
         run: cargo build --profile ci --all-features --tests --locked --examples
       - name: Run feature tests
@@ -173,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
         run: CARGO_ARGS="--profile ci" make -C ./lancedb remote-tests
 
   macos:
-    timeout-minutes: 60
+    timeout-minutes: 30
     strategy:
       matrix:
         mac-runner: ["macos-14", "macos-15"]
@@ -190,11 +159,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: CPU features
         run: sysctl -a | grep cpu
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          # Restore everywhere, but only save from main. Per-PR saves are
-          # unreadable outside their own branch anyway, since GitHub scopes
-          # caches to the creating ref.
-          save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: brew install protobuf
       - name: Run tests
@@ -207,19 +171,12 @@ jobs:
           cargo test --profile ci --features $ALL_FEATURES --locked
 
   windows:
+    runs-on: windows-2022
     strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        include:
-          - target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
-            runner: windows-2022
-          # windows-11-arm is a standard runner, so it is free on public repos.
-          # Running natively lets the aarch64 tests actually execute -- this
-          # job used to cross-compile them and then skip the test step, paying
-          # full codegen and link cost for a compile check.
-          - target: aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
-            runner: windows-11-arm
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
+        target:
+          - x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+          - aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
     defaults:
       run:
         working-directory: rust/lancedb
@@ -228,11 +185,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set target
         run: rustup target add ${{ matrix.target }}
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          # Restore everywhere, but only save from main. Per-PR saves are
-          # unreadable outside their own branch anyway, since GitHub scopes
-          # caches to the creating ref.
-          save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
       - name: Install Protoc v21.12
         run: choco install --no-progress protoc
       - name: Build
@@ -240,12 +192,11 @@ jobs:
           $env:VCPKG_ROOT = $env:VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT
           cargo build --profile ci --features aws,remote --tests --locked --target ${{ matrix.target }}
       - name: Run tests
+        # Can only run tests when target matches host
+        if: ${{ matrix.target == 'x86_64-pc-windows-msvc' }}
         run: |
           $env:VCPKG_ROOT = $env:VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT
-          # `--target` has to match the build step above. Without it cargo uses
-          # target/ci/ rather than target/<triple>/ci/ and rebuilds the entire
-          # dependency graph a second time.
-          cargo test --profile ci --features aws,remote --locked --target ${{ matrix.target }}
+          cargo test --profile ci --features aws,remote --locked
 
   msrv:
     # Check the minimum supported Rust version
@@ -271,11 +222,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           toolchain: ${{ matrix.msrv }}
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          # Restore everywhere, but only save from main. Per-PR saves are
-          # unreadable outside their own branch anyway, since GitHub scopes
-          # caches to the creating ref.
-          save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
       - name: Downgrade  dependencies
         # These packages have newer requirements for MSRV
         run: |

AGENTS.md

@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ Python bindings changes:
     * Should use `LOOP.run()` to call the corresponding `AsyncTable` method.
 6. Add concrete sync method to `RemoteTable` class in `python/python/lancedb/remote/table.py`.
 7. Add unit test in `python/tests/test_table.py`.
-8. If you added a new public class or module-level function (not just a method on an
-   existing class), expose it in the API reference. See "Python API reference" below.
 
 TypeScript bindings changes:
 
@@ -105,33 +103,6 @@ TypeScript bindings changes:
 5. Add test in `nodejs/__test__/table.test.ts`.
 6. Run `npm run docs` to generate TypeScript documentation.
 
-## Python API reference
-
-`docs/src/python/python.md` is the entire Python API reference. It is maintained by
-hand, and anything not listed there is not rendered at all, so new public classes and
-module-level functions have to be added explicitly. How depends on the module:
-
-* `lancedb.index`, `lancedb.embeddings`, `lancedb.remote`, and `lancedb.rerankers` are
-  rendered by a single directive each, driven by the module's `__all__`. Add the new
-  name to `__all__` and it appears; forget, and it is silently omitted.
-* Everything else (`lancedb`, `lancedb.table`, `lancedb.query`, `lancedb.db`, ...) is
-  listed symbol by symbol. Add a `::: lancedb.<module>.<Name>` line to the matching
-  section, and remember that the page separates synchronous and asynchronous APIs.
-
-Deliberately undocumented: concrete implementations reached through an abstract base
-(`LanceTable`, `LanceDBConnection`, `RemoteDBConnection`), query base classes already
-covered by `inherited_members`, and internal helpers.
-
-Cross-references in docstrings use mkdocstrings syntax, `[text][lancedb.table.Table]`.
-Plain relative links such as `[Table](Table)` do not resolve. To check your work:
-
-```shell
-pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
-cd docs && PYTHONPATH=. mkdocs build
-```
-
-The docs site only builds on pushes to `main`, so this is not covered by PR CI.
-
 ## Review Guidelines
 
 Please consider the following when reviewing code contributions.

Cargo.toml

@@ -13,20 +13,20 @@ categories = ["database-implementations"]
 rust-version = "1.91.0"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-lance = { "version" = "=10.0.0-beta.5", default-features = false, "tag" = "v10.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-core = { "version" = "=10.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v10.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datagen = { "version" = "=10.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v10.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-file = { "version" = "=10.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v10.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-io = { "version" = "=10.0.0-beta.5", default-features = false, "tag" = "v10.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-index = { "version" = "=10.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v10.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-linalg = { "version" = "=10.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v10.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace = { "version" = "=10.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v10.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=10.0.0-beta.5", default-features = false, "tag" = "v10.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-table = { "version" = "=10.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v10.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-testing = { "version" = "=10.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v10.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=10.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v10.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-encoding = { "version" = "=10.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v10.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-arrow = { "version" = "=10.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v10.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance = { "version" = "=8.0.0", default-features = false }
+lance-core = "=8.0.0"
+lance-datagen = "=8.0.0"
+lance-file = "=8.0.0"
+lance-io = { "version" = "=8.0.0", default-features = false }
+lance-index = "=8.0.0"
+lance-linalg = "=8.0.0"
+lance-namespace = "=8.0.0"
+lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=8.0.0", default-features = false }
+lance-table = "=8.0.0"
+lance-testing = "=8.0.0"
+lance-datafusion = "=8.0.0"
+lance-encoding = "=8.0.0"
+lance-arrow = "=8.0.0"
 ahash = "0.8"
 # Note that this one does not include pyarrow
 arrow = { version = "58.0.0", optional = false }
@@ -39,23 +39,21 @@ arrow-schema = "58.0.0"
 arrow-select = "58.0.0"
 arrow-cast = "58.0.0"
 async-trait = "0"
-datafusion = { version = "54.0.0", default-features = false }
-datafusion-catalog = "54.0.0"
-datafusion-common = { version = "54.0.0", default-features = false }
-datafusion-execution = "54.0.0"
-datafusion-expr = "54.0.0"
-datafusion-functions = "54.0.0"
-datafusion-physical-plan = "54.0.0"
-datafusion-physical-expr = "54.0.0"
-datafusion-sql = "54.0.0"
+datafusion = { version = "53.0.0", default-features = false }
+datafusion-catalog = "53.0.0"
+datafusion-common = { version = "53.0.0", default-features = false }
+datafusion-execution = "53.0.0"
+datafusion-expr = "53.0.0"
+datafusion-functions = "53.0.0"
+datafusion-physical-plan = "53.0.0"
+datafusion-physical-expr = "53.0.0"
+datafusion-sql = "53.0.0"
 env_logger = "0.11"
 half = { "version" = "2.7.1", default-features = false, features = [
     "num-traits",
 ] }
 futures = "0"
 log = "0.4"
-metrics = "0.24"
-metrics-util = "0.19"
 moka = { version = "0.12", features = ["future"] }
 object_store = "0.13.2"
 pin-project = "1.0.7"
@@ -64,6 +62,7 @@ snafu = "0.8"
 url = "2"
 num-traits = "0.2"
 regex = "1.10"
+lazy_static = "1"
 semver = "1.0.25"
 chrono = "0.4"
 

ci/bump_version.sh

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ set -e
 
 RELEASE_TYPE=${1:-"stable"}
 BUMP_MINOR=${2:-false}
-HEAD_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+TAG_PREFIX=${3:-"v"} # Such as "python-v"
+HEAD_SHA=${4:-$(git rev-parse HEAD)}
 
-readonly TAG_PREFIX="v"
 readonly SELF_DIR=$(cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
 
 PREV_TAG=$(git tag --sort='version:refname' | grep ^$TAG_PREFIX | python $SELF_DIR/semver_sort.py $TAG_PREFIX | tail -n 1)
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ echo "Found previous tag $PREV_TAG"
 
 # Initially, we don't want to tag if we are doing stable, because we will bump
 # again later. See comment at end for why.
-if [[ "$RELEASE_TYPE" == 'stable' ]]; then
+if [[ "$RELEASE_TYPE" == 'stable' ]]; then 
   BUMP_ARGS="--no-tag"
 fi
 

deny.toml

@@ -51,6 +51,18 @@ ignore = [
     # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2024-0436
     { id = "RUSTSEC-2024-0436", reason = "transitive via datafusion; awaiting ecosystem migration" },
 
+    # encoding: unmaintained. Reached through lindera-dictionary, which is
+    # required by the native Lindera tokenizer path. Lindera has not migrated
+    # off this crate yet.
+    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0153
+    { id = "RUSTSEC-2021-0153", reason = "transitive via lindera-dictionary for native Lindera tokenizer" },
+
+    # fast-float: unsound and unmaintained. Reached only through polars-arrow
+    # from the optional Polars integration; replacement requires a Polars
+    # dependency upgrade.
+    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2024-0379
+    { id = "RUSTSEC-2024-0379", reason = "transitive via polars-arrow; waiting on Polars migration" },
+
     # tantivy: segfault on malformed input due to missing bounds check.
     # Pulled in via lance for full-text search. We only feed tantivy
     # documents we construct ourselves, not attacker-controlled bytes.
@@ -68,6 +80,18 @@ ignore = [
     # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0119
     { id = "RUSTSEC-2025-0119", reason = "transitive via hf-hub/indicatif; cosmetic formatting crate" },
 
+    # bincode: unmaintained. Reached through lindera and lindera-dictionary,
+    # which are required by the native Lindera tokenizer path. Lindera has not
+    # migrated to another serialization format yet.
+    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0141
+    { id = "RUSTSEC-2025-0141", reason = "transitive via lindera/lindera-dictionary for native Lindera tokenizer" },
+
+    # lru: soundness issue in IterMut. Reached only through aws-sdk-s3 in
+    # LanceDB's dev-dependency graph; LanceDB does not use that iterator
+    # directly. Clearing this requires the AWS SDK chain to update lru.
+    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0002
+    { id = "RUSTSEC-2026-0002", reason = "transitive via aws-sdk-s3 dev-dependency; waiting on AWS SDK lru upgrade" },
+
     # rustls-webpki 0.101.7 (old major line): name-constraint checks for
     # URI / wildcard names. Pulled in only via the legacy rustls 0.21 chain
     # from aws-smithy-http-client. The 0.103 line we actively use is patched.
@@ -84,23 +108,17 @@ ignore = [
     # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0104
     { id = "RUSTSEC-2026-0104", reason = "only affects rustls-webpki 0.101 from legacy aws-smithy/rustls 0.21 chain" },
 
+    # rand 0.8.5: soundness issue only when ThreadRng reseeds inside a custom
+    # logger. Reached through several transitive chains. LanceDB does not use
+    # rand from a custom logger; upgrade once all pinned chains accept 0.8.6+.
+    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0097
+    { id = "RUSTSEC-2026-0097", reason = "transitive rand 0.8.5; LanceDB does not call ThreadRng from custom logging" },
+
     # pyo3 advisories in the Python bindings; tracked pending a patched pyo3 release.
     # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0176
     # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0177
     { id = "RUSTSEC-2026-0176", reason = "pyo3 in Python bindings; awaiting patched pyo3 release" },
     { id = "RUSTSEC-2026-0177", reason = "pyo3 in Python bindings; awaiting patched pyo3 release" },
-
-    # quick-xml < 0.41.0: quadratic runtime on duplicate attribute names (DoS).
-    # quick-xml < 0.41.0: unbounded namespace-declaration allocation in NsReader (DoS).
-    # Pulled in transitively by inferno (dev-only flame-graph dep), lance-namespace-impls
-    # (git dep from lance), and opendal/reqsign (cloud storage XML parsing). The XML
-    # parsed by opendal/reqsign comes from trusted cloud-storage endpoints (S3, GCS,
-    # Azure), not attacker-controlled input. Clearing requires upstream crates to migrate
-    # to quick-xml >= 0.41.0.
-    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0194
-    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0195
-    { id = "RUSTSEC-2026-0194", reason = "transitive via inferno/lance/opendal; XML from trusted cloud endpoints, not attacker-controlled" },
-    { id = "RUSTSEC-2026-0195", reason = "transitive via inferno/lance/opendal; XML from trusted cloud endpoints, not attacker-controlled" },
 ]
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

docs/mkdocs.yml

@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@ plugins:
           paths: [../python/python]
           options:
             docstring_style: numpy
-            docstring_options:
-              # Attributes documented in a `Parameters` section, and pydantic
-              # dataclasses whose `__init__` griffe cannot see statically, both
-              # trip this check. It reports nothing actionable here.
-              warn_unknown_params: false
             heading_level: 3
             show_signature_annotations: true
             show_root_heading: true

docs/openapi.yml

@@ -453,16 +453,6 @@ paths:
                     The metric type to use for the index. l2, Cosine, Dot are supported.
                 index_type:
                   type: string
-                custom_stop_words:
-                  type: [array, "null"]
-                  items:
-                    type: string
-                  description: |
-                    The custom stop-word list for an FTS index. A non-null
-                    array replaces the language's built-in stop-word list and is only
-                    applied when remove_stop_words is enabled. Null uses the built-in
-                    language list, while an empty array explicitly replaces it with no
-                    stop words.
       responses:
         "200":
           description: Index successfully created
@@ -520,4 +510,4 @@ paths:
         "401":
           $ref: "#/components/responses/unauthorized"
         "404":
-          $ref: "#/components/responses/not_found"
+          $ref: "#/components/responses/not_found"

docs/src/java/java.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Add the following dependency to your `pom.xml`:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
     <artifactId>lancedb-core</artifactId>
-    <version>0.37.1-beta.0</version>
+    <version>0.31.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -249,57 +249,6 @@ try (BufferAllocator allocator = new RootAllocator();
 }
 ```
 
-### Creating an Empty Table
-
-To create an empty table, send an Arrow IPC stream that contains the table schema and no record batches.
-The schema in the IPC stream becomes the table schema, and rows can be inserted later.
-
-```java
-import org.lance.namespace.model.CreateTableRequest;
-import org.lance.namespace.model.CreateTableResponse;
-import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
-import org.apache.arrow.memory.RootAllocator;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.VectorSchemaRoot;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.ipc.ArrowStreamWriter;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.FloatingPointPrecision;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.ArrowType;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Field;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.FieldType;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Schema;
-
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.nio.channels.Channels;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-
-Schema schema = new Schema(Arrays.asList(
-    new Field("id", FieldType.nullable(new ArrowType.Int(32, true)), null),
-    new Field("name", FieldType.nullable(new ArrowType.Utf8()), null),
-    new Field("embedding",
-        FieldType.nullable(new ArrowType.FixedSizeList(128)),
-        Arrays.asList(new Field("item",
-            FieldType.nullable(new ArrowType.FloatingPoint(FloatingPointPrecision.SINGLE)),
-            null)))
-));
-
-byte[] emptyTableData;
-try (BufferAllocator allocator = new RootAllocator();
-     VectorSchemaRoot root = VectorSchemaRoot.create(schema, allocator)) {
-    root.setRowCount(0);
-
-    ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-    try (ArrowStreamWriter writer = new ArrowStreamWriter(root, null, Channels.newChannel(out))) {
-        writer.start();
-        writer.end();
-    }
-    emptyTableData = out.toByteArray();
-}
-
-CreateTableRequest request = new CreateTableRequest();
-request.setId(Arrays.asList("my_namespace", "empty_table"));
-
-CreateTableResponse response = namespaceClient.createTable(request, emptyTableData);
-```
-
 ### Insert
 
 ```java
@@ -482,88 +431,9 @@ query.setVector(vector);
 byte[] result = namespaceClient.queryTable(query);
 ```
 
-## Indexing
+### Reading Query Results
 
-The Java SDK exposes the REST namespace index operations through the same `LanceNamespace` client.
-Index creation runs asynchronously, so use `listTableIndices` or `describeTableIndexStats` to check progress.
-
-### Creating a Vector Index
-
-```java
-import org.lance.namespace.model.CreateTableIndexRequest;
-import org.lance.namespace.model.CreateTableIndexResponse;
-
-CreateTableIndexRequest request = new CreateTableIndexRequest();
-request.setId(Arrays.asList("my_namespace", "my_table"));
-request.setColumn("embedding");
-request.setIndexType("IVF_PQ");
-request.setDistanceType("cosine");
-request.setName("embedding_idx");
-
-CreateTableIndexResponse response = namespaceClient.createTableIndex(request);
-System.out.println("Index transaction: " + response.getTransactionId());
-```
-
-### Creating a Scalar Index
-
-```java
-import org.lance.namespace.model.CreateTableIndexRequest;
-import org.lance.namespace.model.CreateTableScalarIndexResponse;
-
-CreateTableIndexRequest request = new CreateTableIndexRequest();
-request.setId(Arrays.asList("my_namespace", "my_table"));
-request.setColumn("category");
-request.setIndexType("BTREE");
-request.setName("category_idx");
-
-CreateTableScalarIndexResponse response = namespaceClient.createTableScalarIndex(request);
-System.out.println("Index transaction: " + response.getTransactionId());
-```
-
-### Creating a Full Text Search Index
-
-```java
-import org.lance.namespace.model.CreateTableIndexRequest;
-import org.lance.namespace.model.CreateTableScalarIndexResponse;
-
-CreateTableIndexRequest request = new CreateTableIndexRequest();
-request.setId(Arrays.asList("my_namespace", "my_table"));
-request.setColumn("text_column");
-request.setIndexType("FTS");
-request.setName("text_idx");
-request.setBaseTokenizer("simple");
-request.setLowerCase(true);
-request.setWithPosition(true);
-
-CreateTableScalarIndexResponse response = namespaceClient.createTableScalarIndex(request);
-System.out.println("Index transaction: " + response.getTransactionId());
-```
-
-### Listing Indexes
-
-```java
-import org.lance.namespace.model.IndexContent;
-import org.lance.namespace.model.ListTableIndicesRequest;
-import org.lance.namespace.model.ListTableIndicesResponse;
-
-ListTableIndicesRequest request = new ListTableIndicesRequest();
-request.setId(Arrays.asList("my_namespace", "my_table"));
-
-ListTableIndicesResponse response = namespaceClient.listTableIndices(request);
-for (IndexContent index : response.getIndexes()) {
-    System.out.println(index.getIndexName() + ": " + index.getStatus());
-}
-```
-
-!!! note
-    The current Java namespace API exposes index type, index name, distance type, and full text search tokenizer options.
-    IVF training parameters such as `num_partitions` are not exposed by `CreateTableIndexRequest` yet.
-    To make those configurable from Java, the namespace API must add those fields first.
-
-## Reading Query Results
-
-Query results are returned as bytes in Apache Arrow IPC file format. Put the byte-channel
-adapter behind a small helper so query code can work with `ArrowFileReader` directly:
+Query results are returned in Apache Arrow IPC file format. Here's how to read them:
 
 ```java
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.ipc.ArrowFileReader;
@@ -571,50 +441,45 @@ import org.apache.arrow.vector.VectorSchemaRoot;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.RootAllocator;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.channels.SeekableByteChannel;
 
-final class ArrowIpc {
-    static ArrowFileReader openFileReader(byte[] data, BufferAllocator allocator) throws IOException {
-        return new ArrowFileReader(new ByteArraySeekableByteChannel(data), allocator);
+// Helper class to read Arrow data from byte array
+class ByteArraySeekableByteChannel implements SeekableByteChannel {
+    private final byte[] data;
+    private long position = 0;
+    private boolean isOpen = true;
+
+    public ByteArraySeekableByteChannel(byte[] data) {
+        this.data = data;
     }
 
-    private static final class ByteArraySeekableByteChannel implements SeekableByteChannel {
-        private final byte[] data;
-        private long position = 0;
-        private boolean isOpen = true;
-
-        private ByteArraySeekableByteChannel(byte[] data) {
-            this.data = data;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public int read(ByteBuffer dst) {
-            int remaining = dst.remaining();
-            int available = (int) (data.length - position);
-            if (available <= 0) return -1;
-            int toRead = Math.min(remaining, available);
-            dst.put(data, (int) position, toRead);
-            position += toRead;
-            return toRead;
-        }
-
-        @Override public long position() { return position; }
-        @Override public SeekableByteChannel position(long newPosition) { position = newPosition; return this; }
-        @Override public long size() { return data.length; }
-        @Override public boolean isOpen() { return isOpen; }
-        @Override public void close() { isOpen = false; }
-        @Override public int write(ByteBuffer src) { throw new UnsupportedOperationException(); }
-        @Override public SeekableByteChannel truncate(long size) { throw new UnsupportedOperationException(); }
+    @Override
+    public int read(ByteBuffer dst) {
+        int remaining = dst.remaining();
+        int available = (int) (data.length - position);
+        if (available <= 0) return -1;
+        int toRead = Math.min(remaining, available);
+        dst.put(data, (int) position, toRead);
+        position += toRead;
+        return toRead;
     }
+
+    @Override public long position() { return position; }
+    @Override public SeekableByteChannel position(long newPosition) { position = newPosition; return this; }
+    @Override public long size() { return data.length; }
+    @Override public boolean isOpen() { return isOpen; }
+    @Override public void close() { isOpen = false; }
+    @Override public int write(ByteBuffer src) { throw new UnsupportedOperationException(); }
+    @Override public SeekableByteChannel truncate(long size) { throw new UnsupportedOperationException(); }
 }
 
 // Read query results
 byte[] queryResult = namespaceClient.queryTable(query);
 
 try (BufferAllocator allocator = new RootAllocator();
-     ArrowFileReader reader = ArrowIpc.openFileReader(queryResult, allocator)) {
+     ArrowFileReader reader = new ArrowFileReader(
+         new ByteArraySeekableByteChannel(queryResult), allocator)) {
 
     for (int i = 0; i < reader.getRecordBlocks().size(); i++) {
         reader.loadRecordBatch(reader.getRecordBlocks().get(i));

docs/src/js/_media/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Contributing to LanceDB Typescript
 
 This document outlines the process for contributing to LanceDB Typescript.
-For general contribution guidelines, see [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+For general contribution guidelines, see [CONTRIBUTING.md](../CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ## Project layout
 

docs/src/js/classes/Branches.md

@@ -83,24 +83,6 @@ Delete a branch.
 
 ***
 
-### diff()
-
-```ts
-diff(fromBranch): Promise<BranchDiff>
-```
-
-Compare a branch against main without modifying either branch.
-
-#### Parameters
-
-* **fromBranch**: `string`
-
-#### Returns
-
-`Promise`&lt;[`BranchDiff`](../interfaces/BranchDiff.md)&gt;
-
-***
-
 ### list()
 
 ```ts
@@ -112,28 +94,3 @@ List all branches, mapping name to branch metadata.
 #### Returns
 
 `Promise`&lt;`Record`&lt;`string`, [`BranchContents`](BranchContents.md)&gt;&gt;
-
-***
-
-### merge()
-
-```ts
-merge(fromBranch, dryRun): Promise<MergeBranchResult>
-```
-
-Merge a branch into main.
-
-Set `dryRun` to `true` to preview the merge. A rejected merge resolves
-with `status: "rejected"` instead of throwing.
-
-#### Parameters
-
-* **fromBranch**: `string`
-    Branch to merge from.
-
-* **dryRun**: `boolean` = `false`
-    When true, only preview the merge. Defaults to false.
-
-#### Returns
-
-`Promise`&lt;[`MergeBranchResult`](../interfaces/MergeBranchResult.md)&gt;

docs/src/js/classes/MergeInsertBuilder.md

@@ -76,23 +76,24 @@ the query optimizer chooses a suboptimal path.
 
 ***
 
-### useLsm()
+### useLsmWrite()
 
 ```ts
-useLsm(enable): MergeInsertBuilder
+useLsmWrite(useLsmWrite): MergeInsertBuilder
 ```
 
-Control MemWAL routing for this merge.
+Controls whether the merge uses the MemWAL LSM write path.
 
 By default (unset), a `mergeInsert` on a table with an LSM write spec is
-routed through Lance's MemWAL shard writer, and a table without one uses the
-standard path.
+routed through Lance's MemWAL shard writer, and a table without one uses
+the standard path. Pass `false` to force the standard path even when a
+spec is set. Pass `true` to require a spec — `mergeInsert` rejects if none
+is installed.
 
 #### Parameters
 
-* **enable**: `boolean`
-    `true` forces MemWAL routing and errors if the table has no
-    LSM write spec. `false` forces the standard write path even when a spec is set.
+* **useLsmWrite**: `boolean`
+    Whether to use the LSM write path.
 
 #### Returns
 

docs/src/js/classes/Query.md

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ protected inner: Query | Promise<Query>;
 ### analyzePlan()
 
 ```ts
-analyzePlan(distributedMetrics?): Promise<string>
+analyzePlan(): Promise<string>
 ```
 
 Executes the query and returns the physical query plan annotated with runtime metrics.
@@ -41,12 +41,6 @@ Executes the query and returns the physical query plan annotated with runtime me
 This is useful for debugging and performance analysis, as it shows how the query was executed
 and includes metrics such as elapsed time, rows processed, and I/O statistics.
 
-#### Parameters
-
-* **distributedMetrics?**: [`AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics`](../type-aliases/AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics.md)
-    How distributed worker metrics are displayed for remote query plans.
-    Defaults to `"aggregate"`.
-
 #### Returns
 
 `Promise`&lt;`string`&gt;
@@ -497,42 +491,6 @@ ArrowTable.
 
 ***
 
-### useLsm()
-
-```ts
-useLsm(enable): this
-```
-
-Control MemWAL read routing for this query.
-
-By default (unset), when the table carries a MemWAL write spec (see
-[Table#setLsmWriteSpec](Table.md#setlsmwritespec)), reads are routed through the LSM scanner so
-they also return data written via the `mergeInsert` LSM path that has not yet
-been compacted into the base table (the active/frozen in-memory memtables and
-the flushed generations), deduplicated by primary key; a table without a spec
-reads the base table.
-
-#### Parameters
-
-* **enable**: `boolean`
-    `true` forces the LSM scanner and errors if the table has no
-    MemWAL write spec. `false` bypasses the MemWAL and reads the base table only,
-    even when a spec is present.
-    Note: the LSM scanner does not support every query shape (e.g. reranking,
-    hybrid search, `orderBy`). On a MemWAL table those shapes error unless
-    `useLsm(false)` is set, because a base-only read would silently exclude
-    un-compacted MemWAL data.
-
-#### Returns
-
-`this`
-
-#### Inherited from
-
-`StandardQueryBase.useLsm`
-
-***
-
 ### where()
 
 ```ts

docs/src/js/classes/QueryBase.md

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ protected inner: NativeQueryType | Promise<NativeQueryType>;
 ### analyzePlan()
 
 ```ts
-analyzePlan(distributedMetrics?): Promise<string>
+analyzePlan(): Promise<string>
 ```
 
 Executes the query and returns the physical query plan annotated with runtime metrics.
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ Executes the query and returns the physical query plan annotated with runtime me
 This is useful for debugging and performance analysis, as it shows how the query was executed
 and includes metrics such as elapsed time, rows processed, and I/O statistics.
 
-#### Parameters
-
-* **distributedMetrics?**: [`AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics`](../type-aliases/AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics.md)
-    How distributed worker metrics are displayed for remote query plans.
-    Defaults to `"aggregate"`.
-
 #### Returns
 
 `Promise`&lt;`string`&gt;

docs/src/js/classes/Table.md

@@ -398,26 +398,6 @@ Drop an index from the table.
 
 ***
 
-### getLsmWriteSpec()
-
-```ts
-abstract getLsmWriteSpec(): Promise<undefined | LsmWriteSpec>
-```
-
-Read the [LsmWriteSpec](../interfaces/LsmWriteSpec.md) currently installed on this table.
-
-Resolves to `undefined` when the MemWAL LSM write path is not enabled (no
-spec has been set, or it was removed with [Table#unsetLsmWriteSpec](Table.md#unsetlsmwritespec)).
-The returned spec — including its `maintainedIndexes` and
-`writerConfigDefaults` — mirrors what was passed to
-[Table#setLsmWriteSpec](Table.md#setlsmwritespec).
-
-#### Returns
-
-`Promise`&lt;`undefined` \| [`LsmWriteSpec`](../interfaces/LsmWriteSpec.md)&gt;
-
-***
-
 ### indexStats()
 
 ```ts
@@ -934,32 +914,6 @@ Return the table as an arrow table
 
 ***
 
-### tokenize()
-
-```ts
-abstract tokenize(query, options): Promise<FtsToken[]>
-```
-
-Tokenize a full-text search query using the tokenizer configured on an FTS index.
-
-Specify exactly one of `column` or `indexName`.
-
-Model-backed tokenizers such as `jieba/*` and `lindera/*` are rebuilt in
-the client process from index metadata. For remote tables, this means the
-same tokenizer model files must also exist locally.
-
-#### Parameters
-
-* **query**: `string`
-
-* **options**: [`TokenizeTableOptions`](../type-aliases/TokenizeTableOptions.md)
-
-#### Returns
-
-`Promise`&lt;[`FtsToken`](../interfaces/FtsToken.md)[]&gt;
-
-***
-
 ### unsetLsmWriteSpec()
 
 ```ts

docs/src/js/classes/TakeQuery.md

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ protected inner: TakeQuery | Promise<TakeQuery>;
 ### analyzePlan()
 
 ```ts
-analyzePlan(distributedMetrics?): Promise<string>
+analyzePlan(): Promise<string>
 ```
 
 Executes the query and returns the physical query plan annotated with runtime metrics.
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ Executes the query and returns the physical query plan annotated with runtime me
 This is useful for debugging and performance analysis, as it shows how the query was executed
 and includes metrics such as elapsed time, rows processed, and I/O statistics.
 
-#### Parameters
-
-* **distributedMetrics?**: [`AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics`](../type-aliases/AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics.md)
-    How distributed worker metrics are displayed for remote query plans.
-    Defaults to `"aggregate"`.
-
 #### Returns
 
 `Promise`&lt;`string`&gt;
@@ -273,29 +267,6 @@ ArrowTable.
 
 ***
 
-### useLsm()
-
-```ts
-useLsm(enable): this
-```
-
-Control MemWAL read routing for this take query.
-
-`false` bypasses the MemWAL and reads the base table only — the escape hatch,
-since take-by-row-id/offset is not supported on the LSM scanner and, on a
-MemWAL table, auto-routes to it and errors otherwise.
-
-#### Parameters
-
-* **enable**: `boolean`
-    `false` reads the base table only.
-
-#### Returns
-
-`this`
-
-***
-
 ### withRowId()
 
 ```ts

docs/src/js/classes/VectorQuery.md

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ addQueryVector(vector): VectorQuery
 ### analyzePlan()
 
 ```ts
-analyzePlan(distributedMetrics?): Promise<string>
+analyzePlan(): Promise<string>
 ```
 
 Executes the query and returns the physical query plan annotated with runtime metrics.
@@ -59,12 +59,6 @@ Executes the query and returns the physical query plan annotated with runtime me
 This is useful for debugging and performance analysis, as it shows how the query was executed
 and includes metrics such as elapsed time, rows processed, and I/O statistics.
 
-#### Parameters
-
-* **distributedMetrics?**: [`AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics`](../type-aliases/AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics.md)
-    How distributed worker metrics are displayed for remote query plans.
-    Defaults to `"aggregate"`.
-
 #### Returns
 
 `Promise`&lt;`string`&gt;
@@ -746,42 +740,6 @@ ArrowTable.
 
 ***
 
-### useLsm()
-
-```ts
-useLsm(enable): this
-```
-
-Control MemWAL read routing for this query.
-
-By default (unset), when the table carries a MemWAL write spec (see
-[Table#setLsmWriteSpec](Table.md#setlsmwritespec)), reads are routed through the LSM scanner so
-they also return data written via the `mergeInsert` LSM path that has not yet
-been compacted into the base table (the active/frozen in-memory memtables and
-the flushed generations), deduplicated by primary key; a table without a spec
-reads the base table.
-
-#### Parameters
-
-* **enable**: `boolean`
-    `true` forces the LSM scanner and errors if the table has no
-    MemWAL write spec. `false` bypasses the MemWAL and reads the base table only,
-    even when a spec is present.
-    Note: the LSM scanner does not support every query shape (e.g. reranking,
-    hybrid search, `orderBy`). On a MemWAL table those shapes error unless
-    `useLsm(false)` is set, because a base-only read would silently exclude
-    un-compacted MemWAL data.
-
-#### Returns
-
-`this`
-
-#### Inherited from
-
-`StandardQueryBase.useLsm`
-
-***
-
 ### where()
 
 ```ts

docs/src/js/functions/instrumentLanceDbMetrics.md

@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
-
-***
-
-[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / instrumentLanceDbMetrics
-
-# Function: instrumentLanceDbMetrics()
-
-```ts
-function instrumentLanceDbMetrics(meterProvider?): boolean
-```
-
-Register LanceDB metrics as OpenTelemetry observable instruments.
-
-Installs a process-global metrics recorder and creates one observable
-instrument per LanceDB metric (currently object store request counts, bytes,
-latency, errors, and throttles) on the given (or global) `MeterProvider`. The
-configured `MetricReader` then collects them on its own schedule.
-
-Counters and gauges map directly to observable counters/gauges. Because
-OpenTelemetry has no asynchronous histogram instrument, each histogram is
-exported Prometheus-style as cumulative `le` bucket counts (`<name>_bucket`,
-with an `le` attribute) plus `<name>_count` and `<name>_sum`.
-
-Requires `@opentelemetry/api` (a dependency) and, to actually export, an
-OpenTelemetry SDK such as `@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics`.
-
-## Parameters
-
-* **meterProvider?**: `MeterProvider`
-    The provider to register instruments on. Defaults to the
-    global provider from `@opentelemetry/api`.
-
-## Returns
-
-`boolean`
-
-`true` if the recorder is installed and instruments are registered.
-  `false` if a different `metrics` recorder is already installed in this
-  process (only one global recorder is permitted), in which case a warning is
-  emitted and no instruments are created. Calling this more than once is safe;
-  instruments are created only on the first successful call.

docs/src/js/functions/tokenize.md

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
-
-***
-
-[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / tokenize
-
-# Function: tokenize()
-
-```ts
-function tokenize(query, options?): Promise<FtsToken[]>
-```
-
-Tokenize a full-text search query using an explicit tokenizer.
-
-This does not require a table or FTS index. The tokenizer options match
-[Index.fts](../classes/Index.md#fts).
-
-## Parameters
-
-* **query**: `string`
-
-* **options?**: `Partial`&lt;[`TokenizeOptions`](../interfaces/TokenizeOptions.md)&gt;
-
-## Returns
-
-`Promise`&lt;[`FtsToken`](../interfaces/FtsToken.md)[]&gt;

docs/src/js/globals.md

@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@
 - [AddDataOptions](interfaces/AddDataOptions.md)
 - [AddResult](interfaces/AddResult.md)
 - [AlterColumnsResult](interfaces/AlterColumnsResult.md)
-- [BranchColumnChange](interfaces/BranchColumnChange.md)
-- [BranchColumnSummary](interfaces/BranchColumnSummary.md)
-- [BranchDiff](interfaces/BranchDiff.md)
-- [BranchIndexSummary](interfaces/BranchIndexSummary.md)
-- [BranchRowCountSummary](interfaces/BranchRowCountSummary.md)
 - [ClientConfig](interfaces/ClientConfig.md)
 - [ColumnAlteration](interfaces/ColumnAlteration.md)
 - [ColumnOrdering](interfaces/ColumnOrdering.md)
@@ -77,7 +72,6 @@
 - [FragmentStatistics](interfaces/FragmentStatistics.md)
 - [FragmentSummaryStats](interfaces/FragmentSummaryStats.md)
 - [FtsOptions](interfaces/FtsOptions.md)
-- [FtsToken](interfaces/FtsToken.md)
 - [FullTextQuery](interfaces/FullTextQuery.md)
 - [FullTextSearchOptions](interfaces/FullTextSearchOptions.md)
 - [HnswPqOptions](interfaces/HnswPqOptions.md)
@@ -91,9 +85,6 @@
 - [ListNamespacesOptions](interfaces/ListNamespacesOptions.md)
 - [ListNamespacesResponse](interfaces/ListNamespacesResponse.md)
 - [LsmWriteSpec](interfaces/LsmWriteSpec.md)
-- [MergeBlocker](interfaces/MergeBlocker.md)
-- [MergeBranchResult](interfaces/MergeBranchResult.md)
-- [MergePreview](interfaces/MergePreview.md)
 - [MergeResult](interfaces/MergeResult.md)
 - [NativeOAuthConfig](interfaces/NativeOAuthConfig.md)
 - [OAuthConfig](interfaces/OAuthConfig.md)
@@ -116,7 +107,6 @@
 - [TimeoutConfig](interfaces/TimeoutConfig.md)
 - [TlsConfig](interfaces/TlsConfig.md)
 - [TokenResponse](interfaces/TokenResponse.md)
-- [TokenizeOptions](interfaces/TokenizeOptions.md)
 - [UpdateFieldMetadataResult](interfaces/UpdateFieldMetadataResult.md)
 - [UpdateOptions](interfaces/UpdateOptions.md)
 - [UpdateResult](interfaces/UpdateResult.md)
@@ -126,8 +116,6 @@
 
 ## Type Aliases
 
-- [AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics](type-aliases/AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics.md)
-- [BaseTokenizer](type-aliases/BaseTokenizer.md)
 - [Data](type-aliases/Data.md)
 - [DataLike](type-aliases/DataLike.md)
 - [FieldLike](type-aliases/FieldLike.md)
@@ -137,15 +125,12 @@
 - [RecordBatchLike](type-aliases/RecordBatchLike.md)
 - [SchemaLike](type-aliases/SchemaLike.md)
 - [TableLike](type-aliases/TableLike.md)
-- [TokenizeTableOptions](type-aliases/TokenizeTableOptions.md)
 
 ## Functions
 
 - [RecordBatchIterator](functions/RecordBatchIterator.md)
 - [connect](functions/connect.md)
 - [connectNamespace](functions/connectNamespace.md)
-- [instrumentLanceDbMetrics](functions/instrumentLanceDbMetrics.md)
 - [makeArrowTable](functions/makeArrowTable.md)
 - [packBits](functions/packBits.md)
 - [permutationBuilder](functions/permutationBuilder.md)
-- [tokenize](functions/tokenize.md)

docs/src/js/interfaces/BranchColumnChange.md

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
-
-***
-
-[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / BranchColumnChange
-
-# Interface: BranchColumnChange
-
-A column whose definition differs between main and the branch.
-
-## Properties
-
-### branch
-
-```ts
-branch: BranchColumnSummary;
-```
-
-***
-
-### main
-
-```ts
-main: BranchColumnSummary;
-```
-
-***
-
-### name
-
-```ts
-name: string;
-```

docs/src/js/interfaces/BranchColumnSummary.md

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
-
-***
-
-[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / BranchColumnSummary
-
-# Interface: BranchColumnSummary
-
-Summary of a column in a branch diff.
-
-## Properties
-
-### dataType
-
-```ts
-dataType: string;
-```
-
-***
-
-### name
-
-```ts
-name: string;
-```
-
-***
-
-### nullable
-
-```ts
-nullable: boolean;
-```

docs/src/js/interfaces/BranchDiff.md

@@ -1,129 +0,0 @@
-[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
-
-***
-
-[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / BranchDiff
-
-# Interface: BranchDiff
-
-Read-only comparison of a branch against main.
-
-## Properties
-
-### addedColumns
-
-```ts
-addedColumns: BranchColumnSummary[];
-```
-
-***
-
-### addedIndexes
-
-```ts
-addedIndexes: BranchIndexSummary[];
-```
-
-***
-
-### baseMoved
-
-```ts
-baseMoved: boolean;
-```
-
-***
-
-### branchVersion
-
-```ts
-branchVersion: number;
-```
-
-***
-
-### changedColumns
-
-```ts
-changedColumns: BranchColumnChange[];
-```
-
-***
-
-### fromBranch
-
-```ts
-fromBranch: string;
-```
-
-***
-
-### mainVersion
-
-```ts
-mainVersion: number;
-```
-
-***
-
-### mergeBlockers
-
-```ts
-mergeBlockers: MergeBlocker[];
-```
-
-***
-
-### mergeable
-
-```ts
-mergeable: boolean;
-```
-
-***
-
-### parentVersion
-
-```ts
-parentVersion: number;
-```
-
-***
-
-### removedColumns
-
-```ts
-removedColumns: BranchColumnSummary[];
-```
-
-***
-
-### removedIndexes
-
-```ts
-removedIndexes: BranchIndexSummary[];
-```
-
-***
-
-### rowCountBranch
-
-```ts
-rowCountBranch: number;
-```
-
-***
-
-### rowCountMain
-
-```ts
-rowCountMain: number;
-```
-
-***
-
-### rowSummary
-
-```ts
-rowSummary: BranchRowCountSummary;
-```

docs/src/js/interfaces/BranchIndexSummary.md

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
-
-***
-
-[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / BranchIndexSummary
-
-# Interface: BranchIndexSummary
-
-Summary of an index in a branch diff.
-
-## Properties
-
-### columns
-
-```ts
-columns: string[];
-```
-
-***
-
-### indexName
-
-```ts
-indexName: string;
-```
-
-***
-
-### indexType?
-
-```ts
-optional indexType: string;
-```
-
-***
-
-### status
-
-```ts
-status: string;
-```

docs/src/js/interfaces/BranchRowCountSummary.md

@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
-
-***
-
-[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / BranchRowCountSummary
-
-# Interface: BranchRowCountSummary
-
-Row-level comparison between main and the branch.
-
-## Properties
-
-### deltaAvailable
-
-```ts
-deltaAvailable: boolean;
-```
-
-***
-
-### inputsChanged
-
-```ts
-inputsChanged: number;
-```
-
-***
-
-### newOnBase
-
-```ts
-newOnBase: number;
-```
-
-***
-
-### newOnBranch
-
-```ts
-newOnBranch: number;
-```
-
-***
-
-### staleRecompute
-
-```ts
-staleRecompute: number;
-```
-
-***
-
-### unchanged
-
-```ts
-unchanged: number;
-```

docs/src/js/interfaces/FtsOptions.md

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ whether to remove punctuation
 ### baseTokenizer?
 
 ```ts
-optional baseTokenizer: BaseTokenizer;
+optional baseTokenizer: "raw" | "simple" | "whitespace" | "ngram";
 ```
 
 The tokenizer to use when building the index.
@@ -37,38 +37,6 @@ The following tokenizers are available:
 
 "raw" - Raw tokenizer. This tokenizer does not split the text into tokens and indexes the entire text as a single token.
 
-"icu" - ICU dictionary-based word segmentation.
-
-"icu/split" - ICU segmentation with simple-style delimiter splitting.
-
-***
-
-### blockSize?
-
-```ts
-optional blockSize: 128 | 256;
-```
-
-Number of documents per compressed posting block.
-
-The default is 128. Supported values are 128 and 256. A value of 256 uses
-the experimental FTS V3 format and may introduce breaking changes.
-
-***
-
-### customStopWords?
-
-```ts
-optional customStopWords: string[];
-```
-
-Custom stop words that replace the built-in list for `language`.
-
-This option only affects tokenization when `removeStopWords` is true.
-
-`undefined` keeps the built-in language list. An empty array explicitly
-replaces it with no stop words.
-
 ***
 
 ### language?

docs/src/js/interfaces/FtsToken.md

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
-
-***
-
-[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / FtsToken
-
-# Interface: FtsToken
-
-Token produced by the tokenizer configured on a full-text search index.
-
-## Properties
-
-### position
-
-```ts
-position: number;
-```
-
-Token position used by full-text query matching.
-
-***
-
-### text
-
-```ts
-text: string;
-```
-
-Token text after tokenizer filters have been applied.

docs/src/js/interfaces/MergeBlocker.md

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
-
-***
-
-[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / MergeBlocker
-
-# Interface: MergeBlocker
-
-A reason why a branch cannot currently be merged.
-
-## Properties
-
-### code
-
-```ts
-code: string;
-```
-
-***
-
-### message
-
-```ts
-message: string;
-```

docs/src/js/interfaces/MergeBranchResult.md

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
-
-***
-
-[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / MergeBranchResult
-
-# Interface: MergeBranchResult
-
-Result of previewing or attempting a branch merge.
-
-## Properties
-
-### diff
-
-```ts
-diff: BranchDiff;
-```
-
-***
-
-### mainVersionAfter?
-
-```ts
-optional mainVersionAfter: number;
-```
-
-***
-
-### preview
-
-```ts
-preview: MergePreview;
-```
-
-***
-
-### status
-
-```ts
-status:
-  | "unknown"
-  | "rejected"
-  | "ready"
-  | "notImplemented"
-  | "merged";
-```

docs/src/js/interfaces/MergePreview.md

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
-
-***
-
-[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / MergePreview
-
-# Interface: MergePreview
-
-Changes that would be, or were, promoted by a branch merge.
-
-## Properties
-
-### promotedColumns
-
-```ts
-promotedColumns: string[];
-```

docs/src/js/interfaces/SplitRandomOptions.md

@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@
 
 ## Properties
 
-### clumpSize?
-
-```ts
-optional clumpSize: number;
-```
-
-***
-
 ### counts?
 
 ```ts

docs/src/js/interfaces/TokenizeOptions.md

@@ -1,124 +0,0 @@
-[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
-
-***
-
-[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / TokenizeOptions
-
-# Interface: TokenizeOptions
-
-Options for tokenizing a full-text search query without a table index.
-
-## Properties
-
-### asciiFolding?
-
-```ts
-optional asciiFolding: boolean;
-```
-
-Whether to fold ASCII characters.
-
-***
-
-### baseTokenizer?
-
-```ts
-optional baseTokenizer: BaseTokenizer;
-```
-
-The tokenizer to use. The default is "simple".
-
-***
-
-### customStopWords?
-
-```ts
-optional customStopWords: string[];
-```
-
-Custom stop words that replace the built-in list for `language`.
-
-This option only affects tokenization when `removeStopWords` is true.
-
-`undefined` keeps the built-in language list. An empty array explicitly
-replaces it with no stop words.
-
-***
-
-### language?
-
-```ts
-optional language: string;
-```
-
-Language for stemming and stop words.
-
-***
-
-### lowercase?
-
-```ts
-optional lowercase: boolean;
-```
-
-Whether to lowercase tokens.
-
-***
-
-### maxTokenLength?
-
-```ts
-optional maxTokenLength: number;
-```
-
-Maximum token length; tokens longer than this are ignored.
-
-***
-
-### ngramMaxLength?
-
-```ts
-optional ngramMaxLength: number;
-```
-
-N-gram maximum length.
-
-***
-
-### ngramMinLength?
-
-```ts
-optional ngramMinLength: number;
-```
-
-N-gram minimum length.
-
-***
-
-### prefixOnly?
-
-```ts
-optional prefixOnly: boolean;
-```
-
-Whether to only emit token prefixes for the n-gram tokenizer.
-
-***
-
-### removeStopWords?
-
-```ts
-optional removeStopWords: boolean;
-```
-
-Whether to remove stop words.
-
-***
-
-### stem?
-
-```ts
-optional stem: boolean;
-```
-
-Whether to stem tokens.

docs/src/js/type-aliases/AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics.md

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
-
-***
-
-[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics
-
-# Type Alias: AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics
-
-```ts
-type AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics: "aggregate" | "per_worker" | "full";
-```

docs/src/js/type-aliases/BaseTokenizer.md

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
-
-***
-
-[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / BaseTokenizer
-
-# Type Alias: BaseTokenizer
-
-```ts
-type BaseTokenizer:
-  | "simple"
-  | "whitespace"
-  | "raw"
-  | "ngram"
-  | "icu"
-  | "icu/split"
-  | `jieba/${string}`
-  | `lindera/${string}`;
-```

docs/src/js/type-aliases/TokenizeTableOptions.md

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
-
-***
-
-[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / TokenizeTableOptions
-
-# Type Alias: TokenizeTableOptions
-
-```ts
-type TokenizeTableOptions: object | object;
-```

docs/src/python/python.md

@@ -26,18 +26,6 @@ is also an [asynchronous API client](#connections-asynchronous).
 
 ::: lancedb.db.DBConnection
 
-::: lancedb.Session
-
-## Namespaces (Synchronous)
-
-A namespace-backed connection resolves tables through a
-[Lance namespace](https://lancedb.github.io/lance-namespace/) service instead of
-listing a storage directory.
-
-::: lancedb.connect_namespace
-
-::: lancedb.namespace.LanceNamespaceDBConnection
-
 ## Tables (Synchronous)
 
 ::: lancedb.table.Table
@@ -46,12 +34,8 @@ listing a storage directory.
 
 ::: lancedb.table.FragmentSummaryStats
 
-::: lancedb.table.TableStatistics
-
 ::: lancedb.table.Tags
 
-::: lancedb.table.Branches
-
 ## Expressions
 
 Type-safe expression builder for filters and projections. Use these instead
@@ -78,46 +62,29 @@ of raw SQL strings with [where][lancedb.query.LanceQueryBuilder.where] and
 
 ::: lancedb.query.LanceHybridQueryBuilder
 
-::: lancedb.query.LanceEmptyQueryBuilder
-
-::: lancedb.query.LanceTakeQueryBuilder
-
-## Full text queries
-
-Structured full text queries can be passed to
-[Table.search][lancedb.table.Table.search] or
-[AsyncTable.search][lancedb.table.AsyncTable.search] in place of a query string,
-and combined with [BooleanQuery][lancedb.query.BooleanQuery].
-
-::: lancedb.query.FullTextQuery
-
-::: lancedb.query.MatchQuery
-
-::: lancedb.query.PhraseQuery
-
-::: lancedb.query.BoostQuery
-
-::: lancedb.query.MultiMatchQuery
-
-::: lancedb.query.BooleanQuery
-
-::: lancedb.query.FullTextOperator
-
-::: lancedb.query.Occur
-
 ## Embeddings
 
-::: lancedb.embeddings
-    options:
-      show_root_heading: false
-      show_root_toc_entry: false
+::: lancedb.embeddings.registry.EmbeddingFunctionRegistry
+
+::: lancedb.embeddings.base.EmbeddingFunctionConfig
+
+::: lancedb.embeddings.base.EmbeddingFunction
+
+::: lancedb.embeddings.base.TextEmbeddingFunction
+
+::: lancedb.embeddings.sentence_transformers.SentenceTransformerEmbeddings
+
+::: lancedb.embeddings.openai.OpenAIEmbeddings
+
+::: lancedb.embeddings.open_clip.OpenClipEmbeddings
 
 ## Remote configuration
 
-::: lancedb.remote
-    options:
-      show_root_heading: false
-      show_root_toc_entry: false
+::: lancedb.remote.ClientConfig
+
+::: lancedb.remote.TimeoutConfig
+
+::: lancedb.remote.RetryConfig
 
 ## Context
 
@@ -127,50 +94,11 @@ and combined with [BooleanQuery][lancedb.query.BooleanQuery].
 
 ## Full text search
 
-Pass `custom_stop_words` to [lancedb.index.FTS][]:
+Use [lancedb.table.Table.create_fts_index][] for the synchronous API or
+[lancedb.table.AsyncTable.create_index][] with [lancedb.index.FTS][] for the
+asynchronous API.
 
-```python
-from lancedb.index import FTS
-
-table.create_index(
-    "text",
-    config=FTS(remove_stop_words=True, custom_stop_words=["acme", "internal"]),
-)
-```
-
-The list replaces the built-in stop words and is used only when
-`remove_stop_words=True`:
-
-- `custom_stop_words=None` uses the built-in list for `language`.
-- `custom_stop_words=[]` removes no words.
-- Values are passed through without trimming, lowercasing, or other rewriting.
-
-The same option is available on `lancedb.tokenize(...)` and the deprecated
-[lancedb.table.Table.create_fts_index][] compatibility helper:
-
-```python
-import lancedb
-
-tokens = list(lancedb.tokenize("acme makes searchable data",
-                               custom_stop_words=["acme"]))
-```
-
-::: lancedb.tokenize
-
-::: lancedb.FtsToken
-
-## Blobs
-
-Blob columns store large binary values out of line so they can be read lazily
-instead of being materialized with the rest of the row.
-
-::: lancedb.blob
-
-::: lancedb.BlobType
-
-::: lancedb._blob.BlobFile
-    options:
-      show_root_full_path: false
+::: lancedb.index.FTS
 
 ## Utilities
 
@@ -178,14 +106,6 @@ instead of being materialized with the rest of the row.
 
 ::: lancedb.merge.LanceMergeInsertBuilder
 
-::: lancedb.otel.instrument_lancedb_metrics
-
-## Exceptions
-
-::: lancedb.exceptions.MissingValueError
-
-::: lancedb.exceptions.MissingColumnError
-
 ## Integrations
 
 ## Pydantic
@@ -194,30 +114,19 @@ instead of being materialized with the rest of the row.
 
 ::: lancedb.pydantic.vector
 
-::: lancedb.pydantic.Vector
-
-::: lancedb.pydantic.MultiVector
-
 ::: lancedb.pydantic.LanceModel
 
-## PyTorch
-
-::: lancedb.streaming.StreamingDataset
-
-::: lancedb.permutation.permutation_builder
-
-::: lancedb.permutation.PermutationBuilder
-
-::: lancedb.permutation.Permutation
-
-::: lancedb.permutation.Transforms
-
 ## Reranking
 
-::: lancedb.rerankers
-    options:
-      show_root_heading: false
-      show_root_toc_entry: false
+::: lancedb.rerankers.linear_combination.LinearCombinationReranker
+
+::: lancedb.rerankers.cohere.CohereReranker
+
+::: lancedb.rerankers.colbert.ColbertReranker
+
+::: lancedb.rerankers.cross_encoder.CrossEncoderReranker
+
+::: lancedb.rerankers.openai.OpenaiReranker
 
 ## Connections (Asynchronous)
 
@@ -228,12 +137,6 @@ can be used to create, list, or open tables.
 
 ::: lancedb.db.AsyncConnection
 
-## Namespaces (Asynchronous)
-
-::: lancedb.connect_namespace_async
-
-::: lancedb.namespace.AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection
-
 ## Tables (Asynchronous)
 
 Table hold your actual data as a collection of records / rows.
@@ -242,20 +145,32 @@ Table hold your actual data as a collection of records / rows.
 
 ::: lancedb.table.AsyncTags
 
-::: lancedb.table.AsyncBranches
-
 ## Indices (Asynchronous)
 
 Indices can be created on a table to speed up queries. This section
 lists the indices that LanceDb supports.
 
-::: lancedb.index
-    options:
-      show_root_heading: false
-      show_root_toc_entry: false
-      # `lang_mapping` is defined in the module rather than imported, so it is
-      # picked up despite not being in `__all__`. It is an internal lookup table.
-      filters: ["!^_", "!^lang_mapping$"]
+::: lancedb.index.BTree
+
+::: lancedb.index.Bitmap
+
+::: lancedb.index.LabelList
+
+::: lancedb.index.FTS
+
+::: lancedb.index.IvfPq
+
+::: lancedb.index.HnswPq
+
+::: lancedb.index.HnswSq
+
+::: lancedb.index.IvfFlat
+
+::: lancedb.index.IvfSq
+
+::: lancedb.index.IvfRq
+
+::: lancedb.index.HnswFlat
 
 ::: lancedb.table.IndexStatistics
 
@@ -283,7 +198,3 @@ rows nearest to a query vector and can be created with the
 ::: lancedb.query.AsyncHybridQuery
     options:
       inherited_members: true
-
-::: lancedb.query.AsyncTakeQuery
-    options:
-      inherited_members: true

java/lancedb-core/pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
       <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
       <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>0.37.1-beta.0</version>
+      <version>0.31.0-final.0</version>
       <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 

java/pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
     <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.37.1-beta.0</version>
+    <version>0.31.0-final.0</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
     <description>LanceDB Java SDK Parent POM</description>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <arrow.version>15.0.0</arrow.version>
-        <lance-core.version>10.0.0-beta.5</lance-core.version>
+        <lance-core.version>8.0.0</lance-core.version>
         <spotless.skip>false</spotless.skip>
         <spotless.version>2.30.0</spotless.version>
         <spotless.java.googlejavaformat.version>1.7</spotless.java.googlejavaformat.version>

nodejs/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Contributing to LanceDB Typescript
 
 This document outlines the process for contributing to LanceDB Typescript.
-For general contribution guidelines, see [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+For general contribution guidelines, see [CONTRIBUTING.md](../CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ## Project layout
 

nodejs/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
 edition.workspace = true
-version = "0.37.1-beta.0"
+version = "0.31.0"
 publish = false
 license.workspace = true
 description.workspace = true
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ aws-lc-rs = "=1.16.3"
 napi-build = "2.3.1"
 
 [features]
-default = ["remote", "lancedb/aws", "lancedb/gcs", "lancedb/azure", "lancedb/dynamodb", "lancedb/oss", "lancedb/huggingface", "lancedb/goosefs", "lancedb/metrics-otel"]
+default = ["remote", "lancedb/aws", "lancedb/gcs", "lancedb/azure", "lancedb/dynamodb", "lancedb/oss", "lancedb/huggingface"]
 fp16kernels = ["lancedb/fp16kernels"]
 remote = ["lancedb/remote"]

nodejs/__test__/arrow.test.ts

@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ describe.each([arrow15, arrow16, arrow17, arrow18])(
       Float64,
       Struct,
       List,
-      Map_,
       Int16,
       Int32,
       Int64,
@@ -70,30 +69,6 @@ describe.each([arrow15, arrow16, arrow17, arrow18])(
     type Schema = ApacheArrow["Schema"];
     type Table = ApacheArrow["Table"];
 
-    function expectValidMapField(
-      // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: Arrow Field types vary across supported versions
-      field: any,
-    ): void {
-      expect(DataType.isMap(field.type)).toBe(true);
-      expect(field.type.keysSorted).toBe(true);
-      expect(field.type.children).toHaveLength(1);
-
-      const entries = field.type.children[0];
-      expect(entries.name).toBe("entries");
-      expect(entries.nullable).toBe(false);
-      expect(DataType.isStruct(entries.type)).toBe(true);
-      expect(entries.type.children).toHaveLength(2);
-
-      const [key, value] = entries.type.children;
-      expect([key.name, value.name]).toEqual(["key", "value"]);
-      expect(key.nullable).toBe(false);
-      expect(DataType.isUtf8(key.type)).toBe(true);
-      expect(value.nullable).toBe(true);
-      expect(DataType.isInt(value.type)).toBe(true);
-      expect(value.type.bitWidth).toBe(32);
-      expect(value.type.isSigned).toBe(true);
-    }
-
     // Helper method to verify various ways to create a table
     async function checkTableCreation(
       tableCreationMethod: (
@@ -963,65 +938,6 @@ describe.each([arrow15, arrow16, arrow17, arrow18])(
           false,
         );
       });
-
-      it("will make an empty table with a Map field", async function () {
-        const schema = new Schema([
-          new Field(
-            "attributes",
-            new Map_(
-              new Field(
-                "entries",
-                new Struct([
-                  new Field("key", new Utf8(), false),
-                  new Field("value", new Int32(), true),
-                ]),
-                false,
-              ),
-              true,
-            ),
-          ),
-        ]);
-
-        const table = makeEmptyTable(schema);
-
-        expectValidMapField(table.schema.fields[0]);
-
-        const buffer = await fromTableToBuffer(table);
-        const roundTripped = tableFromIPC(buffer);
-
-        expectValidMapField(roundTripped.schema.fields[0]);
-      });
-
-      it("preserves string schema metadata", function () {
-        const metadata = new Map([["source", "fixture"]]);
-        const schema = new Schema(
-          [new Field("value", new Int32(), true)],
-          metadata,
-        );
-
-        expect(makeEmptyTable(schema).schema.metadata.get("source")).toBe(
-          "fixture",
-        );
-      });
-
-      it.each([
-        ["non-string keys", new Map<unknown, unknown>([[42, "fixture"]])],
-        ["non-string values", new Map<unknown, unknown>([["source", 42]])],
-        [
-          "non-string keys and values",
-          new Map<unknown, unknown>([[42, false]]),
-        ],
-      ])("rejects schema metadata with %s", function (_, metadataLike) {
-        const metadata = metadataLike as unknown as Map<string, string>;
-        const schema = new Schema(
-          [new Field("value", new Int32(), true)],
-          metadata,
-        );
-
-        expect(() => makeEmptyTable(schema)).toThrow(
-          "Expected metadata, if present, to be a Map<string, string> but it had non-string keys or values",
-        );
-      });
     });
 
     describe("when using two versions of arrow", function () {

nodejs/__test__/otel.test.ts

@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
-
-import {
-  MeterProvider,
-  type MetricData,
-  MetricReader,
-} from "@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics";
-import * as tmp from "tmp";
-import { connect, instrumentLanceDbMetrics } from "../lancedb";
-// snapshotLancedbMetrics is internal plumbing (not part of the public API), so
-// it is imported from the native module rather than the package entry point.
-import { snapshotLancedbMetrics } from "../lancedb/native";
-
-// The metrics recorder is process-global and installed once, so the whole
-// bridge is exercised in a single test to avoid cross-test global-state coupling.
-
-// A minimal pull-based reader whose `collect()` we drive directly, invoking the
-// observable-instrument callbacks. `@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics` ships no
-// in-memory reader, so we subclass the abstract base.
-class TestMetricReader extends MetricReader {
-  protected async onForceFlush(): Promise<void> {
-    // no-op: collection is driven directly via collect()
-  }
-  protected async onShutdown(): Promise<void> {
-    // no-op: nothing to release
-  }
-}
-
-async function metricsByName(
-  reader: TestMetricReader,
-): Promise<Map<string, MetricData>> {
-  const collected = await reader.collect();
-  const result = new Map<string, MetricData>();
-  for (const scope of collected.resourceMetrics.scopeMetrics) {
-    for (const metric of scope.metrics) {
-      result.set(metric.descriptor.name, metric);
-    }
-  }
-  return result;
-}
-
-describe("OpenTelemetry metrics bridge", () => {
-  let tmpDir: tmp.DirResult;
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    tmpDir = tmp.dirSync({ unsafeCleanup: true });
-  });
-  afterEach(() => tmpDir.removeCallback());
-
-  it("snapshot is safe to call regardless of install state", () => {
-    expect(Array.isArray(snapshotLancedbMetrics())).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it("exports object store metrics via observable instruments", async () => {
-    const reader = new TestMetricReader();
-    const provider = new MeterProvider({ readers: [reader] });
-    expect(instrumentLanceDbMetrics(provider)).toBe(true);
-
-    // Generate object store activity on the local filesystem (scheme "file").
-    const db = await connect(tmpDir.name);
-    const data = Array.from({ length: 256 }, (_, i) => ({ id: i }));
-    const table = await db.createTable("t", data);
-    expect(await table.countRows()).toBe(256);
-
-    const metrics = await metricsByName(reader);
-
-    const requests = metrics.get("lance_object_store_requests_total");
-    expect(requests).toBeDefined();
-    // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: SDK point shape
-    const requestPoints = (requests!.dataPoints as any[]) ?? [];
-    expect(requestPoints.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-    for (const p of requestPoints) {
-      // Labelled by `operation` and `base` (the store scheme by default).
-      expect(p.attributes).toHaveProperty("base");
-      expect(p.attributes).toHaveProperty("operation");
-    }
-    const totalRequests = requestPoints.reduce((acc, p) => acc + p.value, 0);
-    expect(totalRequests).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-
-    // Histograms are decomposed into bucket / count / sum observable counters.
-    const bucket = metrics.get(
-      "lance_object_store_request_duration_seconds_bucket",
-    );
-    expect(bucket).toBeDefined();
-    // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: SDK point shape
-    const bucketPoints = (bucket!.dataPoints as any[]) ?? [];
-    expect(bucketPoints.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-    expect(bucketPoints.every((p) => "le" in p.attributes)).toBe(true);
-    // The implicit +Inf bucket must be present.
-    expect(bucketPoints.some((p) => p.attributes.le === "+Inf")).toBe(true);
-
-    const count = metrics.get(
-      "lance_object_store_request_duration_seconds_count",
-    );
-    expect(count).toBeDefined();
-    // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: SDK point shape
-    const countPoints = (count!.dataPoints as any[]) ?? [];
-    expect(countPoints.reduce((acc, p) => acc + p.value, 0)).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-
-    const sum = metrics.get("lance_object_store_request_duration_seconds_sum");
-    expect(sum).toBeDefined();
-    // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: SDK point shape
-    const sumPoints = (sum!.dataPoints as any[]) ?? [];
-    expect(sumPoints.reduce((acc, p) => acc + p.value, 0)).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-
-    // Unit handling: only `_sum` keeps the histogram's unit (seconds); `_bucket`
-    // and `_count` observe cumulative counts and are unitless.
-    expect(sum!.descriptor.unit).toBe("s");
-    expect(bucket!.descriptor.unit).toBe("");
-    expect(count!.descriptor.unit).toBe("");
-
-    await provider.shutdown();
-  });
-});

nodejs/__test__/remote.test.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {
   OAuthHeaderProvider,
   StaticHeaderProvider,
 } from "../lancedb/header";
-import { Index } from "../lancedb/indices";
 
 // Test-only header providers
 class CustomProvider extends HeaderProvider {
@@ -226,166 +225,6 @@ describe("remote connection", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("sends FTS options to remote tables", async () => {
-    let createIndexBody: Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
-
-    await withMockDatabase(
-      (req, res) => {
-        const path = req.url ?? "";
-        if (path.endsWith("/describe/")) {
-          res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "application/json" }).end(
-            JSON.stringify({
-              name: "t",
-              version: 1,
-              schema: {
-                fields: [
-                  { name: "text", type: { type: "string" }, nullable: false },
-                ],
-              },
-            }),
-          );
-          return;
-        }
-
-        if (path.endsWith("/create_index/")) {
-          let raw = "";
-          req.on("data", (chunk) => {
-            raw += chunk;
-          });
-          req.on("end", () => {
-            createIndexBody = JSON.parse(raw);
-            res.writeHead(200).end();
-          });
-          return;
-        }
-
-        res.writeHead(404).end();
-      },
-      async (db) => {
-        const table = await db.openTable("t");
-        await table.createIndex("text", {
-          config: Index.fts({
-            blockSize: 256,
-            removeStopWords: true,
-            customStopWords: ["the"],
-          }),
-        });
-      },
-    );
-
-    expect(createIndexBody?.["column"]).toBe("text");
-    expect(createIndexBody?.["index_type"]).toBe("FTS");
-    expect(createIndexBody?.["block_size"]).toBe(256);
-    expect(createIndexBody?.["custom_stop_words"]).toEqual(["the"]);
-  });
-
-  it("diffs and merges remote branches", async () => {
-    const sampleDiff = {
-      fromBranch: "exp",
-      parentVersion: 1,
-      mainVersion: 2,
-      branchVersion: 3,
-      baseMoved: false,
-      rowCountMain: 3,
-      rowCountBranch: 3,
-      rowSummary: {
-        unchanged: 3,
-        newOnBase: 0,
-        newOnBranch: 0,
-        staleRecompute: 0,
-        inputsChanged: 0,
-        deltaAvailable: false,
-      },
-      addedColumns: [{ name: "tag", dataType: "utf8", nullable: true }],
-      removedColumns: [],
-      changedColumns: [],
-      addedIndexes: [],
-      removedIndexes: [],
-      mergeable: true,
-      mergeBlockers: [],
-    };
-    const mergeBodies: Record<string, unknown>[] = [];
-
-    await withMockDatabase(
-      (req, res) => {
-        const path = req.url ?? "";
-        if (path.endsWith("/describe/")) {
-          res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "application/json" }).end(
-            JSON.stringify({
-              name: "t",
-              version: 2,
-              schema: { fields: [] },
-            }),
-          );
-          return;
-        }
-
-        let raw = "";
-        req.on("data", (chunk) => {
-          raw += chunk;
-        });
-        req.on("end", () => {
-          const body = raw ? JSON.parse(raw) : {};
-          if (path.endsWith("/branches/diff/")) {
-            // biome-ignore lint/style/useNamingConvention: snake_case mandated by the server wire format
-            expect(body).toEqual({ from_branch: "exp" });
-            res
-              .writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "application/json" })
-              .end(JSON.stringify(sampleDiff));
-            return;
-          }
-          if (path.endsWith("/branches/merge/")) {
-            mergeBodies.push(body);
-            const dryRun = body["dry_run"] === true;
-            const response = {
-              status: dryRun ? "ready" : "rejected",
-              diff: dryRun
-                ? sampleDiff
-                : {
-                    ...sampleDiff,
-                    mergeable: false,
-                    mergeBlockers: [
-                      { code: "baseMoved", message: "main has advanced" },
-                    ],
-                  },
-              preview: { promotedColumns: dryRun ? ["tag"] : [] },
-            };
-            res
-              .writeHead(dryRun ? 200 : 409, {
-                "Content-Type": "application/json",
-              })
-              .end(JSON.stringify(response));
-            return;
-          }
-          res.writeHead(404).end();
-        });
-      },
-      async (db) => {
-        const table = await db.openTable("t");
-        const branches = await table.branches();
-
-        await expect(branches.diff("exp")).resolves.toEqual(sampleDiff);
-
-        const rejected = await branches.merge("exp");
-        expect(rejected.status).toBe("rejected");
-        expect(rejected.diff.mergeBlockers).toEqual([
-          { code: "baseMoved", message: "main has advanced" },
-        ]);
-
-        const preview = await branches.merge("exp", true);
-        expect(preview.status).toBe("ready");
-        expect(preview.preview.promotedColumns).toEqual(["tag"]);
-      },
-    );
-
-    expect(mergeBodies).toEqual([
-      // biome-ignore lint/style/useNamingConvention: snake_case mandated by the server wire format
-      { from_branch: "exp", dry_run: false },
-      // biome-ignore lint/style/useNamingConvention: snake_case mandated by the server wire format
-      { from_branch: "exp", dry_run: true },
-    ]);
-  });
-
   describe("TlsConfig", () => {
     it("should create TlsConfig with all fields", () => {
       const tlsConfig: TlsConfig = {

nodejs/__test__/sanitize.test.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
 
 import * as arrow from "../lancedb/arrow";
-import { sanitizeField, sanitizeMap, sanitizeType } from "../lancedb/sanitize";
+import { sanitizeField, sanitizeType } from "../lancedb/sanitize";
 
 describe("sanitize", function () {
   describe("sanitizeType function", function () {
@@ -181,15 +181,4 @@ describe("sanitize", function () {
       );
     });
   });
-
-  describe("sanitizeMap function", function () {
-    it.each([
-      ["no children", []],
-      ["two children", [{}, {}]],
-    ])("should reject a Map type with %s", function (_, children) {
-      expect(() => sanitizeMap({ children, keysSorted: false })).toThrow(
-        "Expected a Map type to have exactly one child",
-      );
-    });
-  });
 });

nodejs/__test__/table.test.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import {
   PhraseQuery,
   Table,
   connect,
-  tokenize,
 } from "../lancedb";
 import {
   Table as ArrowTable,
@@ -527,14 +526,6 @@ describe.each([arrow15, arrow16, arrow17, arrow18])(
       );
     });
 
-    it("should expose useLsm on takeRowIds as the base-only escape hatch", async () => {
-      await table.add([{ id: 1 }, { id: 2 }, { id: 3 }]);
-      // useLsm(false) is reachable on TakeQuery (the escape hatch for MemWAL tables,
-      // where take-by-row-id auto-routes to the LSM scanner and is rejected).
-      const res = await table.takeRowIds([0, 2]).useLsm(false).toArray();
-      expect(res.map((r) => r.id)).toEqual([1, 3]);
-    });
-
     it("should throw for negative number in takeRowIds", () => {
       expect(() => table.takeRowIds([-1])).toThrow("Row id cannot be negative");
       expect(() => table.takeRowIds([0, -5, 2])).toThrow(
@@ -2316,75 +2307,6 @@ describe.each([arrow15, arrow16, arrow17, arrow18])(
       expect(results2[0].text).toBe(data[1].text);
     });
 
-    test("tokenizes FTS queries by column or index name", async () => {
-      const db = await connect(tmpDir.name);
-      const data = [
-        {
-          text: "Running in cafés",
-          japanese: "Hello, こんにちは世界!",
-          vector: [0.1, 0.2, 0.3],
-        },
-      ];
-      const table = await db.createTable("test", data);
-      await table.createIndex("text", {
-        config: Index.fts({ baseTokenizer: "simple" }),
-      });
-      await table.createIndex("japanese", {
-        config: Index.fts({
-          baseTokenizer: "icu",
-          stem: false,
-          removeStopWords: false,
-        }),
-        name: "japanese_icu_idx",
-      });
-
-      await expect(table.tokenize("hello", {} as never)).rejects.toThrow(
-        "Specify exactly one",
-      );
-      await expect(
-        table.tokenize("hello", {
-          column: "text",
-          indexName: "text_idx",
-        } as never),
-      ).rejects.toThrow("Specify exactly one");
-
-      const simpleTokens = await table.tokenize("Running in cafés", {
-        column: "text",
-      });
-      expect(simpleTokens).toEqual([
-        { text: "run", position: 0 },
-        { text: "cafe", position: 2 },
-      ]);
-
-      const icuTokens = await table.tokenize("Hello, こんにちは世界!", {
-        indexName: "japanese_icu_idx",
-      });
-      expect(icuTokens).toEqual([
-        { text: "hello", position: 0 },
-        { text: "こんにちは", position: 1 },
-        { text: "世界", position: 2 },
-      ]);
-
-      const directSimpleTokens = await tokenize("Running in cafés", {
-        baseTokenizer: "simple",
-      });
-      expect(directSimpleTokens).toEqual([
-        { text: "run", position: 0 },
-        { text: "cafe", position: 2 },
-      ]);
-
-      const directIcuTokens = await tokenize("Hello, こんにちは世界!", {
-        baseTokenizer: "icu",
-        stem: false,
-        removeStopWords: false,
-      });
-      expect(directIcuTokens).toEqual([
-        { text: "hello", position: 0 },
-        { text: "こんにちは", position: 1 },
-        { text: "世界", position: 2 },
-      ]);
-    });
-
     test("full text search fast search", async () => {
       const db = await connect(tmpDir.name);
       const data = [{ text: "hello world", vector: [0.1, 0.2, 0.3], id: 1 }];
@@ -2535,35 +2457,6 @@ describe.each([arrow15, arrow16, arrow17, arrow18])(
       expect(results3.length).toBe(1);
     });
 
-    test("full text search with custom posting block size", async () => {
-      const db = await connect(tmpDir.name);
-      const data = [
-        { text: "hello world", vector: [0.1, 0.2, 0.3] },
-        { text: "goodbye world", vector: [0.4, 0.5, 0.6] },
-      ];
-      const table = await db.createTable("test", data);
-      await table.createIndex("text", {
-        config: Index.fts({ blockSize: 256 }),
-      });
-
-      const index = (await table.listIndices()).find(
-        (index) => index.indexType === "FTS",
-      );
-      expect(index?.indexVersion).toBe(3);
-      expect(
-        (index?.indexDetails as Record<string, unknown>)["block_size"],
-      ).toBe(256);
-
-      const results = await table.search("hello").toArray();
-      expect(results[0].text).toBe(data[0].text);
-    });
-
-    test("rejects invalid full text posting block size", () => {
-      expect(() => Index.fts({ blockSize: 129 as 128 | 256 })).toThrow(
-        "128 or 256",
-      );
-    });
-
     test("full text search without lowercase", async () => {
       const db = await connect(tmpDir.name);
       const data = [
@@ -2769,15 +2662,6 @@ describe.each([arrow15, arrow16, arrow17, arrow18])(
   },
 );
 
-test("tokenize supports custom stop words", async () => {
-  const tokens = await tokenize("the lance data", {
-    stem: false,
-    removeStopWords: true,
-    customStopWords: ["lance"],
-  });
-  expect(tokens.map((token) => token.text)).toEqual(["the", "data"]);
-});
-
 describe("when calling explainPlan", () => {
   let tmpDir: tmp.DirResult;
   let table: Table;
@@ -2821,13 +2705,8 @@ describe("when calling analyzePlan", () => {
       .fill(1)
       .map(() => Math.random());
     const plan = await table.query().nearestTo(queryVec).analyzePlan();
+    console.log("Query Plan:\n", plan); // <--- Print the plan
     expect(plan).toMatch("AnalyzeExec");
-
-    const fullPlan = await table
-      .query()
-      .nearestTo(queryVec)
-      .analyzePlan("full");
-    expect(fullPlan).toMatch("AnalyzeExec");
   });
 });
 
@@ -3113,56 +2992,6 @@ describe("setLsmWriteSpec / unsetLsmWriteSpec", () => {
       }),
     ).rejects.toThrow();
   });
-
-  it("reads back the installed spec via getLsmWriteSpec", async () => {
-    const conn = await connect(tmpDir.name);
-    const table = await makeTable(conn);
-    await table.setUnenforcedPrimaryKey("id");
-
-    // Nothing installed yet.
-    expect(await table.getLsmWriteSpec()).toBeUndefined();
-
-    // A real scalar index is needed to name it as a maintained index.
-    await table.add([{ id: 1 }, { id: 2 }, { id: 3 }]);
-    await table.createIndex("id");
-    const indexName = (await table.listIndices())[0].name;
-
-    // Bucket spec round-trips, including maintained indexes and writer config
-    // defaults. Lance writer-config keys are canonically snake_case.
-    // biome-ignore lint/style/useNamingConvention: Lance writer-config keys are snake_case
-    const writerConfigDefaults = { durable_write: "false" };
-    await table.setLsmWriteSpec({
-      specType: "bucket",
-      column: "id",
-      numBuckets: 4,
-      maintainedIndexes: [indexName],
-      writerConfigDefaults,
-    });
-    const spec = await table.getLsmWriteSpec();
-    expect(spec).toBeDefined();
-    expect(spec?.specType).toBe("bucket");
-    expect(spec?.column).toBe("id");
-    expect(spec?.numBuckets).toBe(4);
-    expect(spec?.maintainedIndexes).toEqual([indexName]);
-    expect(spec?.writerConfigDefaults).toEqual(writerConfigDefaults);
-
-    // After unset, undefined again.
-    await table.unsetLsmWriteSpec();
-    expect(await table.getLsmWriteSpec()).toBeUndefined();
-
-    // Identity round-trips (column recovered from the schema).
-    await table.setLsmWriteSpec({ specType: "identity", column: "id" });
-    const identity = await table.getLsmWriteSpec();
-    expect(identity?.specType).toBe("identity");
-    expect(identity?.column).toBe("id");
-    await table.unsetLsmWriteSpec();
-
-    // Unsharded round-trips (no routing column).
-    await table.setLsmWriteSpec({ specType: "unsharded" });
-    const unsharded = await table.getLsmWriteSpec();
-    expect(unsharded?.specType).toBe("unsharded");
-    expect(unsharded?.column).toBeFalsy();
-  });
 });
 
 describe("LSM merge insert", () => {
@@ -3216,14 +3045,14 @@ describe("LSM merge insert", () => {
     await table.closeLsmWriters();
   });
 
-  it("falls back to the standard path with useLsm(false)", async () => {
+  it("falls back to the standard path with useLsmWrite(false)", async () => {
     const conn = await connect(tmpDir.name);
     const table = await bucketTable(conn);
 
     const res = await table
       .mergeInsert("id")
       .whenNotMatchedInsertAll()
-      .useLsm(false)
+      .useLsmWrite(false)
       .execute([
         { id: "b", value: 9 },
         { id: "e", value: 5 },
@@ -3257,36 +3086,4 @@ describe("LSM merge insert", () => {
         .execute([{ id: "g", value: 7 }]),
     ).rejects.toThrow();
   });
-
-  it("auto-routes reads through the MemWAL scanner", async () => {
-    const conn = await connect(tmpDir.name);
-    const table = await bucketTable(conn); // base ids "a", "b"
-
-    await table
-      .mergeInsert("id")
-      .whenMatchedUpdateAll()
-      .whenNotMatchedInsertAll()
-      .execute([{ id: "c", value: 3 }]);
-
-    // Default read auto-routes and includes the active memtable row.
-    const lsm = await table.query().toArray();
-    expect(lsm.map((r) => r.id).sort()).toEqual(["a", "b", "c"]);
-
-    // useLsm(false) bypasses the MemWAL and reads the base table only.
-    const baseOnly = await table.query().useLsm(false).toArray();
-    expect(baseOnly.map((r) => r.id).sort()).toEqual(["a", "b"]);
-  });
-
-  it("reads the base table when no LSM spec is installed", async () => {
-    const conn = await connect(tmpDir.name);
-    const table = await conn.createEmptyTable(
-      "plain",
-      new arrow.Schema([new arrow.Field("id", new arrow.Utf8(), false)]),
-    );
-    // No spec: default read and useLsm(false) both succeed against the base table.
-    await expect(table.query().toArray()).resolves.toBeDefined();
-    await expect(table.query().useLsm(false).toArray()).resolves.toBeDefined();
-    // useLsm(true) demands MemWAL routing; without a spec it errors.
-    await expect(table.query().useLsm(true).toArray()).rejects.toThrow();
-  });
 });

nodejs/examples/full_text_search.test.ts

@@ -29,14 +29,8 @@ test("full text search", async () => {
     const tbl = await db.createTable("myVectors", data, { mode: "overwrite" });
 
     await tbl.createIndex("doc", {
-      config: lancedb.Index.fts({
-        stem: false,
-        removeStopWords: true,
-        customStopWords: ["banana"],
-      }),
+      config: lancedb.Index.fts(),
     });
-    const tokens = await tbl.tokenize("apple banana", { column: "doc" });
-    expect(tokens.map((token) => token.text)).toEqual(["apple"]);
 
     // --8<-- [start:full_text_search]
     const result = await tbl

nodejs/lancedb/index.ts

@@ -13,21 +13,13 @@ import {
   Connection as LanceDbConnection,
   JsHeaderProvider as NativeJsHeaderProvider,
   Session,
-  tokenize as nativeTokenize,
 } from "./native.js";
 
 import { HeaderProvider } from "./header";
-import type { BaseTokenizer } from "./indices";
-import type { FtsToken } from "./table";
 
 // Re-export native header provider for use with connectWithHeaderProvider
 export { JsHeaderProvider as NativeJsHeaderProvider } from "./native.js";
 
-// OpenTelemetry metrics bridge. Only the high-level entry point is public; the
-// underlying recorder/catalog/snapshot functions remain internal plumbing that
-// `otel.ts` consumes from the native module.
-export { instrumentLanceDbMetrics } from "./otel";
-
 export {
   AddColumnsSql,
   ConnectionOptions,
@@ -93,7 +85,6 @@ export {
   QueryBase,
   VectorQuery,
   TakeQuery,
-  AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics,
   QueryExecutionOptions,
   ColumnOrdering,
   FullTextSearchOptions,
@@ -118,27 +109,16 @@ export {
   HnswPqOptions,
   HnswSqOptions,
   FtsOptions,
-  BaseTokenizer,
 } from "./indices";
 
 export {
   Table,
   Branches,
-  BranchColumnSummary,
-  BranchColumnChange,
-  BranchIndexSummary,
-  BranchRowCountSummary,
-  MergeBlocker,
-  BranchDiff,
-  MergePreview,
-  MergeBranchResult,
   AddDataOptions,
   UpdateOptions,
   OptimizeOptions,
   Version,
   WriteProgress,
-  FtsToken,
-  TokenizeTableOptions,
   LsmWriteSpec,
   ColumnAlteration,
   FieldMetadataUpdate,
@@ -170,79 +150,6 @@ export {
 } from "./arrow";
 export { IntoSql, packBits } from "./util";
 
-/**
- * Options for tokenizing a full-text search query without a table index.
- */
-export interface TokenizeOptions {
-  /**
-   * The tokenizer to use. The default is "simple".
-   */
-  baseTokenizer?: BaseTokenizer;
-
-  /** Language for stemming and stop words. */
-  language?: string;
-
-  /** Maximum token length; tokens longer than this are ignored. */
-  maxTokenLength?: number;
-
-  /** Whether to lowercase tokens. */
-  lowercase?: boolean;
-
-  /** Whether to stem tokens. */
-  stem?: boolean;
-
-  /** Whether to remove stop words. */
-  removeStopWords?: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * Custom stop words that replace the built-in list for `language`.
-   *
-   * This option only affects tokenization when `removeStopWords` is true.
-   *
-   * `undefined` keeps the built-in language list. An empty array explicitly
-   * replaces it with no stop words.
-   */
-  customStopWords?: string[];
-
-  /** Whether to fold ASCII characters. */
-  asciiFolding?: boolean;
-
-  /** N-gram minimum length. */
-  ngramMinLength?: number;
-
-  /** N-gram maximum length. */
-  ngramMaxLength?: number;
-
-  /** Whether to only emit token prefixes for the n-gram tokenizer. */
-  prefixOnly?: boolean;
-}
-
-/**
- * Tokenize a full-text search query using an explicit tokenizer.
- *
- * This does not require a table or FTS index. The tokenizer options match
- * {@link Index.fts}.
- */
-export async function tokenize(
-  query: string,
-  options?: Partial<TokenizeOptions>,
-): Promise<FtsToken[]> {
-  return await nativeTokenize(
-    query,
-    options?.baseTokenizer,
-    options?.language,
-    options?.maxTokenLength,
-    options?.lowercase,
-    options?.stem,
-    options?.removeStopWords,
-    options?.customStopWords,
-    options?.asciiFolding,
-    options?.ngramMinLength,
-    options?.ngramMaxLength,
-    options?.prefixOnly,
-  );
-}
-
 /**
  * Connect to a LanceDB instance at the given URI.
  *

nodejs/lancedb/indices.ts

@@ -486,16 +486,6 @@ export interface IvfFlatOptions {
   sampleRate?: number;
 }
 
-export type BaseTokenizer =
-  | "simple"
-  | "whitespace"
-  | "raw"
-  | "ngram"
-  | "icu"
-  | "icu/split"
-  | `jieba/${string}`
-  | `lindera/${string}`;
-
 /**
  * Options to create a full text search index
  */
@@ -519,12 +509,8 @@ export interface FtsOptions {
    * "whitespace" - Whitespace tokenizer. This tokenizer splits the text into tokens using whitespace as a delimiter.
    *
    * "raw" - Raw tokenizer. This tokenizer does not split the text into tokens and indexes the entire text as a single token.
-   *
-   * "icu" - ICU dictionary-based word segmentation.
-   *
-   * "icu/split" - ICU segmentation with simple-style delimiter splitting.
    */
-  baseTokenizer?: BaseTokenizer;
+  baseTokenizer?: "simple" | "whitespace" | "raw" | "ngram";
 
   /**
    * language for stemming and stop words
@@ -553,16 +539,6 @@ export interface FtsOptions {
    */
   removeStopWords?: boolean;
 
-  /**
-   * Custom stop words that replace the built-in list for `language`.
-   *
-   * This option only affects tokenization when `removeStopWords` is true.
-   *
-   * `undefined` keeps the built-in language list. An empty array explicitly
-   * replaces it with no stop words.
-   */
-  customStopWords?: string[];
-
   /**
    * whether to remove punctuation
    */
@@ -582,14 +558,6 @@ export interface FtsOptions {
    * whether to only index the prefix of the token for ngram tokenizer
    */
   prefixOnly?: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * Number of documents per compressed posting block.
-   *
-   * The default is 128. Supported values are 128 and 256. A value of 256 uses
-   * the experimental FTS V3 format and may introduce breaking changes.
-   */
-  blockSize?: 128 | 256;
 }
 
 export class Index {
@@ -765,12 +733,10 @@ export class Index {
         options?.lowercase,
         options?.stem,
         options?.removeStopWords,
-        options?.customStopWords,
         options?.asciiFolding,
         options?.ngramMinLength,
         options?.ngramMaxLength,
         options?.prefixOnly,
-        options?.blockSize,
       ),
     );
   }

nodejs/lancedb/merge.ts

@@ -88,17 +88,21 @@ export class MergeInsertBuilder {
     );
   }
   /**
-   * Control MemWAL routing for this merge.
+   * Controls whether the merge uses the MemWAL LSM write path.
    *
    * By default (unset), a `mergeInsert` on a table with an LSM write spec is
-   * routed through Lance's MemWAL shard writer, and a table without one uses the
-   * standard path.
+   * routed through Lance's MemWAL shard writer, and a table without one uses
+   * the standard path. Pass `false` to force the standard path even when a
+   * spec is set. Pass `true` to require a spec — `mergeInsert` rejects if none
+   * is installed.
    *
-   * @param enable - `true` forces MemWAL routing and errors if the table has no
-   * LSM write spec. `false` forces the standard write path even when a spec is set.
+   * @param useLsmWrite - Whether to use the LSM write path.
    */
-  useLsm(enable: boolean): MergeInsertBuilder {
-    return new MergeInsertBuilder(this.#native.useLsm(enable), this.#schema);
+  useLsmWrite(useLsmWrite: boolean): MergeInsertBuilder {
+    return new MergeInsertBuilder(
+      this.#native.useLsmWrite(useLsmWrite),
+      this.#schema,
+    );
   }
   /**
    * Controls how an LSM merge checks that its input targets a single shard.

nodejs/lancedb/otel.ts

@@ -1,137 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
-
-import {
-  type Attributes,
-  type MeterProvider,
-  type ObservableResult,
-  metrics,
-} from "@opentelemetry/api";
-
-import {
-  lancedbMetricsCatalog,
-  registerLancedbMetricsRecorder,
-  snapshotLancedbMetrics,
-} from "./native";
-
-let instrumented = false;
-
-/**
- * Register LanceDB metrics as OpenTelemetry observable instruments.
- *
- * Installs a process-global metrics recorder and creates one observable
- * instrument per LanceDB metric (currently object store request counts, bytes,
- * latency, errors, and throttles) on the given (or global) `MeterProvider`. The
- * configured `MetricReader` then collects them on its own schedule.
- *
- * Counters and gauges map directly to observable counters/gauges. Because
- * OpenTelemetry has no asynchronous histogram instrument, each histogram is
- * exported Prometheus-style as cumulative `le` bucket counts (`<name>_bucket`,
- * with an `le` attribute) plus `<name>_count` and `<name>_sum`.
- *
- * Requires `@opentelemetry/api` (a dependency) and, to actually export, an
- * OpenTelemetry SDK such as `@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics`.
- *
- * @param meterProvider The provider to register instruments on. Defaults to the
- *   global provider from `@opentelemetry/api`.
- * @returns `true` if the recorder is installed and instruments are registered.
- *   `false` if a different `metrics` recorder is already installed in this
- *   process (only one global recorder is permitted), in which case a warning is
- *   emitted and no instruments are created. Calling this more than once is safe;
- *   instruments are created only on the first successful call.
- */
-export function instrumentLanceDbMetrics(
-  meterProvider?: MeterProvider,
-): boolean {
-  if (!registerLancedbMetricsRecorder()) {
-    console.warn(
-      "Could not install the LanceDB metrics recorder: another `metrics` " +
-        "recorder is already installed in this process. LanceDB metrics will " +
-        "not be exported via OpenTelemetry.",
-    );
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  if (instrumented) {
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  const provider = meterProvider ?? metrics.getMeterProvider();
-  const meter = provider.getMeter("lancedb");
-
-  const scalarCallback = (metricName: string) => (result: ObservableResult) => {
-    for (const point of snapshotLancedbMetrics()) {
-      if (point.name === metricName && point.value != null) {
-        result.observe(point.value, point.attributes);
-      }
-    }
-  };
-
-  const bucketCallback = (metricName: string) => (result: ObservableResult) => {
-    for (const point of snapshotLancedbMetrics()) {
-      if (point.name !== metricName || point.buckets == null) {
-        continue;
-      }
-      for (const bucket of point.buckets) {
-        const attributes: Attributes = {
-          ...point.attributes,
-          le: bucket.le,
-        };
-        result.observe(bucket.cumulativeCount, attributes);
-      }
-    }
-  };
-
-  const fieldCallback =
-    (metricName: string, field: "count" | "sum") =>
-    (result: ObservableResult) => {
-      for (const point of snapshotLancedbMetrics()) {
-        if (point.name !== metricName) {
-          continue;
-        }
-        const value = point[field];
-        if (value != null) {
-          result.observe(value, point.attributes);
-        }
-      }
-    };
-
-  for (const desc of lancedbMetricsCatalog()) {
-    const unit = desc.unit ?? "";
-    if (desc.kind === "counter") {
-      const counter = meter.createObservableCounter(desc.name, {
-        unit,
-        description: desc.description,
-      });
-      counter.addCallback(scalarCallback(desc.name));
-    } else if (desc.kind === "gauge") {
-      const gauge = meter.createObservableGauge(desc.name, {
-        unit,
-        description: desc.description,
-      });
-      gauge.addCallback(scalarCallback(desc.name));
-    } else if (desc.kind === "histogram") {
-      // `_bucket` and `_count` observe cumulative sample counts, not the
-      // histogram's measured quantity, so they are unitless; only `_sum`
-      // carries the histogram's unit.
-      const bucket = meter.createObservableCounter(`${desc.name}_bucket`, {
-        description: `${desc.description} (cumulative buckets)`,
-      });
-      bucket.addCallback(bucketCallback(desc.name));
-
-      const count = meter.createObservableCounter(`${desc.name}_count`, {
-        description: `${desc.description} (count)`,
-      });
-      count.addCallback(fieldCallback(desc.name, "count"));
-
-      const sum = meter.createObservableCounter(`${desc.name}_sum`, {
-        unit,
-        description: `${desc.description} (sum)`,
-      });
-      sum.addCallback(fieldCallback(desc.name, "sum"));
-    }
-  }
-
-  instrumented = true;
-  return true;
-}

nodejs/lancedb/query.ts

@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ export interface QueryExecutionOptions {
   timeoutMs?: number;
 }
 
-export type AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics = "aggregate" | "per_worker" | "full";
-
 export interface ColumnOrdering {
   columnName: string;
   ascending?: boolean;
@@ -313,20 +311,13 @@ export class QueryBase<
    *        KNNVectorDistance: metric=l2, metrics=[output_rows=1, elapsed_compute=114.333µs, output_batches=1]
    *         LanceScan: uri=/path/to/data, projection=[vector], row_id=true, row_addr=false, ordered=false, metrics=[output_rows=1, elapsed_compute=103.626µs, bytes_read=549, iops=2, requests=2]
    *
-   * @param distributedMetrics - How distributed worker metrics are displayed for remote query plans.
-   * Defaults to `"aggregate"`.
    * @returns A query execution plan with runtime metrics for each step.
    */
-  async analyzePlan(
-    distributedMetrics?: AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics,
-  ): Promise<string> {
-    const distributedMetricsMode = distributedMetrics ?? "aggregate";
+  async analyzePlan(): Promise<string> {
     if (this.inner instanceof Promise) {
-      return this.inner.then((inner) =>
-        inner.analyzePlan(distributedMetricsMode),
-      );
+      return this.inner.then((inner) => inner.analyzePlan());
     } else {
-      return this.inner.analyzePlan(distributedMetricsMode);
+      return this.inner.analyzePlan();
     }
   }
 
@@ -460,30 +451,6 @@ export class StandardQueryBase<
     this.doCall((inner: NativeQueryType) => inner.fastSearch());
     return this;
   }
-
-  /**
-   * Control MemWAL read routing for this query.
-   *
-   * By default (unset), when the table carries a MemWAL write spec (see
-   * {@link Table#setLsmWriteSpec}), reads are routed through the LSM scanner so
-   * they also return data written via the `mergeInsert` LSM path that has not yet
-   * been compacted into the base table (the active/frozen in-memory memtables and
-   * the flushed generations), deduplicated by primary key; a table without a spec
-   * reads the base table.
-   *
-   * @param enable - `true` forces the LSM scanner and errors if the table has no
-   * MemWAL write spec. `false` bypasses the MemWAL and reads the base table only,
-   * even when a spec is present.
-   *
-   * Note: the LSM scanner does not support every query shape (e.g. reranking,
-   * hybrid search, `orderBy`). On a MemWAL table those shapes error unless
-   * `useLsm(false)` is set, because a base-only read would silently exclude
-   * un-compacted MemWAL data.
-   */
-  useLsm(enable: boolean): this {
-    this.doCall((inner: NativeQueryType) => inner.useLsm(enable));
-    return this;
-  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -772,20 +739,6 @@ export class TakeQuery extends QueryBase<NativeTakeQuery> {
   constructor(inner: NativeTakeQuery) {
     super(inner);
   }
-
-  /**
-   * Control MemWAL read routing for this take query.
-   *
-   * `false` bypasses the MemWAL and reads the base table only — the escape hatch,
-   * since take-by-row-id/offset is not supported on the LSM scanner and, on a
-   * MemWAL table, auto-routes to it and errors otherwise.
-   *
-   * @param enable - `false` reads the base table only.
-   */
-  useLsm(enable: boolean): this {
-    this.doCall((inner: NativeTakeQuery) => inner.useLsm(enable));
-    return this;
-  }
 }
 
 /** A builder for LanceDB queries.

nodejs/lancedb/sanitize.ts

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export function sanitizeMetadata(
     throw Error("Expected metadata, if present, to be a Map<string, string>");
   }
   for (const item of metadataLike) {
-    if (typeof item[0] !== "string" || typeof item[1] !== "string") {
+    if (!(typeof item[0] === "string" || !(typeof item[1] === "string"))) {
       throw Error(
         "Expected metadata, if present, to be a Map<string, string> but it had non-string keys or values",
       );
@@ -288,11 +288,12 @@ export function sanitizeMap(typeLike: object) {
   if (!("keysSorted" in typeLike) || typeof typeLike.keysSorted !== "boolean") {
     throw Error("Expected a Map type to have a `keysSorted` property");
   }
-  if (typeLike.children.length !== 1) {
-    throw Error("Expected a Map type to have exactly one child");
-  }
 
-  return new Map_(sanitizeField(typeLike.children[0]), typeLike.keysSorted);
+  return new Map_(
+    // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: skip
+    typeLike.children.map((field) => sanitizeField(field)) as any,
+    typeLike.keysSorted,
+  );
 }
 
 export function sanitizeDuration(typeLike: object) {

nodejs/lancedb/table.ts

@@ -158,26 +158,6 @@ export interface Version {
   metadata: Record<string, string>;
 }
 
-/** Token produced by the tokenizer configured on a full-text search index. */
-export interface FtsToken {
-  /** Token text after tokenizer filters have been applied. */
-  text: string;
-  /** Token position used by full-text query matching. */
-  position: number;
-}
-
-export type TokenizeTableOptions =
-  | {
-      /** FTS-indexed column whose tokenizer should be used. */
-      column: string;
-      indexName?: never;
-    }
-  | {
-      /** Name of the FTS index whose tokenizer should be used. */
-      indexName: string;
-      column?: never;
-    };
-
 /**
  * Specification selecting Lance's MemWAL LSM-style write path for
  * `mergeInsert`.
@@ -605,17 +585,6 @@ export abstract class Table {
    * @returns {Promise<void>}
    */
   abstract unsetLsmWriteSpec(): Promise<void>;
-  /**
-   * Read the {@link LsmWriteSpec} currently installed on this table.
-   *
-   * Resolves to `undefined` when the MemWAL LSM write path is not enabled (no
-   * spec has been set, or it was removed with {@link Table#unsetLsmWriteSpec}).
-   * The returned spec — including its `maintainedIndexes` and
-   * `writerConfigDefaults` — mirrors what was passed to
-   * {@link Table#setLsmWriteSpec}.
-   * @returns {Promise<LsmWriteSpec | undefined>}
-   */
-  abstract getLsmWriteSpec(): Promise<LsmWriteSpec | undefined>;
   /**
    * Drain and close any cached MemWAL shard writers held for this table.
    *
@@ -736,19 +705,6 @@ export abstract class Table {
   abstract optimize(options?: Partial<OptimizeOptions>): Promise<OptimizeStats>;
   /** List all indices that have been created with {@link Table.createIndex} */
   abstract listIndices(): Promise<IndexConfig[]>;
-  /**
-   * Tokenize a full-text search query using the tokenizer configured on an FTS index.
-   *
-   * Specify exactly one of `column` or `indexName`.
-   *
-   * Model-backed tokenizers such as `jieba/*` and `lindera/*` are rebuilt in
-   * the client process from index metadata. For remote tables, this means the
-   * same tokenizer model files must also exist locally.
-   */
-  abstract tokenize(
-    query: string,
-    options: TokenizeTableOptions,
-  ): Promise<FtsToken[]>;
   /** Return the table as an arrow table */
   abstract toArrow(): Promise<ArrowTable>;
 
@@ -1135,15 +1091,6 @@ export class LocalTable extends Table {
     return await this.inner.unsetLsmWriteSpec();
   }
 
-  async getLsmWriteSpec(): Promise<LsmWriteSpec | undefined> {
-    // The native binding types `specType` as a plain `string`; narrow it back
-    // to the public union. The Rust `From` impl only ever emits one of the
-    // three valid values, so the cast is safe.
-    return ((await this.inner.getLsmWriteSpec()) ?? undefined) as
-      | LsmWriteSpec
-      | undefined;
-  }
-
   async closeLsmWriters(): Promise<void> {
     return await this.inner.closeLsmWriters();
   }
@@ -1206,17 +1153,6 @@ export class LocalTable extends Table {
     return await this.inner.listIndices();
   }
 
-  async tokenize(
-    query: string,
-    options: TokenizeTableOptions,
-  ): Promise<FtsToken[]> {
-    return await this.inner.tokenize(
-      query,
-      options?.column,
-      options?.indexName,
-    );
-  }
-
   async toArrow(): Promise<ArrowTable> {
     return await this.query().toArrow();
   }
@@ -1329,76 +1265,6 @@ export interface FieldMetadataUpdate {
   replace?: boolean;
 }
 
-/** Summary of a column in a branch diff. */
-export interface BranchColumnSummary {
-  name: string;
-  dataType: string;
-  nullable: boolean;
-}
-
-/** A column whose definition differs between main and the branch. */
-export interface BranchColumnChange {
-  name: string;
-  main: BranchColumnSummary;
-  branch: BranchColumnSummary;
-}
-
-/** Summary of an index in a branch diff. */
-export interface BranchIndexSummary {
-  indexName: string;
-  columns: string[];
-  indexType?: string;
-  status: string;
-}
-
-/** Row-level comparison between main and the branch. */
-export interface BranchRowCountSummary {
-  unchanged: number;
-  newOnBase: number;
-  newOnBranch: number;
-  staleRecompute: number;
-  inputsChanged: number;
-  deltaAvailable: boolean;
-}
-
-/** A reason why a branch cannot currently be merged. */
-export interface MergeBlocker {
-  code: string;
-  message: string;
-}
-
-/** Read-only comparison of a branch against main. */
-export interface BranchDiff {
-  fromBranch: string;
-  parentVersion: number;
-  mainVersion: number;
-  branchVersion: number;
-  baseMoved: boolean;
-  rowCountMain: number;
-  rowCountBranch: number;
-  rowSummary: BranchRowCountSummary;
-  addedColumns: BranchColumnSummary[];
-  removedColumns: BranchColumnSummary[];
-  changedColumns: BranchColumnChange[];
-  addedIndexes: BranchIndexSummary[];
-  removedIndexes: BranchIndexSummary[];
-  mergeable: boolean;
-  mergeBlockers: MergeBlocker[];
-}
-
-/** Changes that would be, or were, promoted by a branch merge. */
-export interface MergePreview {
-  promotedColumns: string[];
-}
-
-/** Result of previewing or attempting a branch merge. */
-export interface MergeBranchResult {
-  status: "ready" | "rejected" | "notImplemented" | "merged" | "unknown";
-  diff: BranchDiff;
-  preview: MergePreview;
-  mainVersionAfter?: number;
-}
-
 /**
  * Branch manager for a {@link Table}.
  *
@@ -1451,28 +1317,4 @@ export class Branches {
   async delete(name: string): Promise<void> {
     return await this.#inner.delete(name);
   }
-
-  /** Compare a branch against main without modifying either branch. */
-  async diff(fromBranch: string): Promise<BranchDiff> {
-    return (await this.#inner.diff(fromBranch)) as unknown as BranchDiff;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Merge a branch into main.
-   *
-   * Set `dryRun` to `true` to preview the merge. A rejected merge resolves
-   * with `status: "rejected"` instead of throwing.
-   *
-   * @param fromBranch Branch to merge from.
-   * @param dryRun When true, only preview the merge. Defaults to false.
-   */
-  async merge(
-    fromBranch: string,
-    dryRun: boolean = false,
-  ): Promise<MergeBranchResult> {
-    return (await this.#inner.merge(
-      fromBranch,
-      dryRun,
-    )) as unknown as MergeBranchResult;
-  }
 }

nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-darwin-arm64",
-	"version": "0.37.1-beta.0",
+	"version": "0.31.0",
 	"os": ["darwin"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.darwin-arm64.node",

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.37.1-beta.0",
+	"version": "0.31.0",
 	"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": "0.37.1-beta.0",
+	"version": "0.31.0",
 	"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": "0.37.1-beta.0",
+	"version": "0.31.0",
 	"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": "0.37.1-beta.0",
+	"version": "0.31.0",
 	"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": "0.37.1-beta.0",
+  "version": "0.31.0",
   "os": [
     "win32"
   ],

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-x64-msvc",
-	"version": "0.37.1-beta.0",
+	"version": "0.31.0",
 	"os": ["win32"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.win32-x64-msvc.node",

nodejs/package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-  "version": "0.37.1-beta.0",
+  "version": "0.31.0-beta.6",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-      "version": "0.37.1-beta.0",
+      "version": "0.31.0-beta.6",
       "cpu": [
         "x64",
         "arm64"
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
         "win32"
       ],
       "dependencies": {
-        "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.9.0",
         "reflect-metadata": "^0.2.2"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@
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         "@jest/globals": "^29.7.0",
         "@napi-rs/cli": "3.7.0",
-        "@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics": "^1.30.0",
         "@types/axios": "^0.14.0",
         "@types/jest": "^29.1.2",
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@@ -4150,75 +4148,6 @@
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       }
     },
-    "node_modules/@opentelemetry/api": {
-      "version": "1.9.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@opentelemetry/api/-/api-1.9.1.tgz",
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-      "license": "Apache-2.0",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=8.0.0"
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-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "Apache-2.0",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions": "1.28.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=14"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "@opentelemetry/api": ">=1.0.0 <1.10.0"
-      }
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-    "node_modules/@opentelemetry/resources": {
-      "version": "1.30.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@opentelemetry/resources/-/resources-1.30.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-5UxZqiAgLYGFjS4s9qm5mBVo433u+dSPUFWVWXmLAD4wB65oMCoXaJP1KJa9DIYYMeHu3z4BZcStG3LC593cWA==",
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-      "license": "Apache-2.0",
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-        "@opentelemetry/core": "1.30.1",
-        "@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions": "1.28.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=14"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "@opentelemetry/api": ">=1.0.0 <1.10.0"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics": {
-      "version": "1.30.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics/-/sdk-metrics-1.30.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-q9zcZ0Okl8jRgmy7eNW3Ku1XSgg3sDLa5evHZpCwjspw7E8Is4K/haRPDJrBcX3YSn/Y7gUvFnByNYEKQNbNog==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "Apache-2.0",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@opentelemetry/core": "1.30.1",
-        "@opentelemetry/resources": "1.30.1"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=14"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "@opentelemetry/api": ">=1.3.0 <1.10.0"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions": {
-      "version": "1.28.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions/-/semantic-conventions-1.28.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-lp4qAiMTD4sNWW4DbKLBkfiMZ4jbAboJIGOQr5DvciMRI494OapieI9qiODpOt0XBr1LjIDy1xAGAnVs5supTA==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "Apache-2.0",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=14"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/@protobufjs/aspromise": {
       "version": "1.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@protobufjs/aspromise/-/aspromise-1.1.2.tgz",

nodejs/package.json

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "ann"
   ],
   "private": false,
-  "version": "0.37.1-beta.0",
+  "version": "0.31.0",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "exports": {
     ".": "./dist/index.js",
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
     "@biomejs/biome": "^1.7.3",
     "@jest/globals": "^29.7.0",
     "@napi-rs/cli": "3.7.0",
-    "@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics": "^1.30.0",
     "@types/axios": "^0.14.0",
     "@types/jest": "^29.1.2",
     "@types/node": "22.7.4",
@@ -93,7 +92,6 @@
     "version": "napi version"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.9.0",
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.2.2"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {

nodejs/pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ importers:
 
   .:
     dependencies:
-      '@opentelemetry/api':
-        specifier: ^1.9.0
-        version: 1.9.1
       apache-arrow:
         specifier: '>=15.0.0 <=18.1.0'
         version: 18.1.0
@@ -36,9 +33,6 @@ importers:
       '@napi-rs/cli':
         specifier: 3.7.0
         version: 3.7.0(@emnapi/core@1.10.0)(@emnapi/runtime@1.10.0)(@types/node@22.7.4)
-      '@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics':
-        specifier: ^1.30.0
-        version: 1.30.1(@opentelemetry/api@1.9.1)
       '@types/axios':
         specifier: ^0.14.0
         version: 0.14.4
@@ -1313,32 +1307,6 @@ packages:
   '@octokit/types@16.0.0':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-sKq+9r1Mm4efXW1FCk7hFSeJo4QKreL/tTbR0rz/qx/r1Oa2VV83LTA/H/MuCOX7uCIJmQVRKBcbmWoySjAnSg==}
 
-  '@opentelemetry/api@1.9.1':
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-gLyJlPHPZYdAk1JENA9LeHejZe1Ti77/pTeFm/nMXmQH/HFZlcS/O2XJB+L8fkbrNSqhdtlvjBVjxwUYanNH5Q==}
-    engines: {node: '>=8.0.0'}
-
-  '@opentelemetry/core@1.30.1':
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-OOCM2C/QIURhJMuKaekP3TRBxBKxG/TWWA0TL2J6nXUtDnuCtccy49LUJF8xPFXMX+0LMcxFpCo8M9cGY1W6rQ==}
-    engines: {node: '>=14'}
-    peerDependencies:
-      '@opentelemetry/api': '>=1.0.0 <1.10.0'
-
-  '@opentelemetry/resources@1.30.1':
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-5UxZqiAgLYGFjS4s9qm5mBVo433u+dSPUFWVWXmLAD4wB65oMCoXaJP1KJa9DIYYMeHu3z4BZcStG3LC593cWA==}
-    engines: {node: '>=14'}
-    peerDependencies:
-      '@opentelemetry/api': '>=1.0.0 <1.10.0'
-
-  '@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics@1.30.1':
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-q9zcZ0Okl8jRgmy7eNW3Ku1XSgg3sDLa5evHZpCwjspw7E8Is4K/haRPDJrBcX3YSn/Y7gUvFnByNYEKQNbNog==}
-    engines: {node: '>=14'}
-    peerDependencies:
-      '@opentelemetry/api': '>=1.3.0 <1.10.0'
-
-  '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions@1.28.0':
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-lp4qAiMTD4sNWW4DbKLBkfiMZ4jbAboJIGOQr5DvciMRI494OapieI9qiODpOt0XBr1LjIDy1xAGAnVs5supTA==}
-    engines: {node: '>=14'}
-
   '@protobufjs/aspromise@1.1.2':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-j+gKExEuLmKwvz3OgROXtrJ2UG2x8Ch2YZUxahh+s1F2HZ+wAceUNLkvy6zKCPVRkU++ZWQrdxsUeQXmcg4uoQ==}
 
@@ -4957,27 +4925,6 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       '@octokit/openapi-types': 27.0.0
 
-  '@opentelemetry/api@1.9.1': {}
-
-  '@opentelemetry/core@1.30.1(@opentelemetry/api@1.9.1)':
-    dependencies:
-      '@opentelemetry/api': 1.9.1
-      '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions': 1.28.0
-
-  '@opentelemetry/resources@1.30.1(@opentelemetry/api@1.9.1)':
-    dependencies:
-      '@opentelemetry/api': 1.9.1
-      '@opentelemetry/core': 1.30.1(@opentelemetry/api@1.9.1)
-      '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions': 1.28.0
-
-  '@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics@1.30.1(@opentelemetry/api@1.9.1)':
-    dependencies:
-      '@opentelemetry/api': 1.9.1
-      '@opentelemetry/core': 1.30.1(@opentelemetry/api@1.9.1)
-      '@opentelemetry/resources': 1.30.1(@opentelemetry/api@1.9.1)
-
-  '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions@1.28.0': {}
-
   '@protobufjs/aspromise@1.1.2':
     optional: true
 

nodejs/src/index.rs

@@ -9,11 +9,8 @@ use lancedb::index::vector::{
     IvfFlatIndexBuilder, IvfHnswPqIndexBuilder, IvfHnswSqIndexBuilder, IvfPqIndexBuilder,
     IvfRqIndexBuilder,
 };
-use lancedb::tokenize as lancedb_tokenize;
 use napi_derive::napi;
 
-use crate::error::NapiErrorExt;
-use crate::table::FtsToken;
 use crate::util::parse_distance_type;
 
 #[napi]
@@ -33,67 +30,6 @@ impl Index {
     }
 }
 
-#[napi(catch_unwind)]
-#[allow(dead_code, clippy::too_many_arguments)]
-pub fn tokenize(
-    query: String,
-    base_tokenizer: Option<String>,
-    language: Option<String>,
-    max_token_length: Option<u32>,
-    lower_case: Option<bool>,
-    stem: Option<bool>,
-    remove_stop_words: Option<bool>,
-    custom_stop_words: Option<Vec<String>>,
-    ascii_folding: Option<bool>,
-    ngram_min_length: Option<u32>,
-    ngram_max_length: Option<u32>,
-    prefix_only: Option<bool>,
-) -> napi::Result<Vec<FtsToken>> {
-    let mut opts = FtsIndexBuilder::default();
-    if let Some(base_tokenizer) = base_tokenizer {
-        opts = opts.base_tokenizer(base_tokenizer);
-    }
-    if let Some(language) = language {
-        opts = opts.language(&language).map_err(|_| {
-            napi::Error::from_reason(format!(
-                "LanceDB does not support the requested language: '{}'",
-                language
-            ))
-        })?;
-    }
-    if let Some(max_token_length) = max_token_length {
-        opts = opts.max_token_length(Some(max_token_length as usize));
-    }
-    if let Some(lower_case) = lower_case {
-        opts = opts.lower_case(lower_case);
-    }
-    if let Some(stem) = stem {
-        opts = opts.stem(stem);
-    }
-    if let Some(remove_stop_words) = remove_stop_words {
-        opts = opts.remove_stop_words(remove_stop_words);
-    }
-    opts = opts.custom_stop_words(custom_stop_words);
-    if let Some(ascii_folding) = ascii_folding {
-        opts = opts.ascii_folding(ascii_folding);
-    }
-    if let Some(ngram_min_length) = ngram_min_length {
-        opts = opts.ngram_min_length(ngram_min_length);
-    }
-    if let Some(ngram_max_length) = ngram_max_length {
-        opts = opts.ngram_max_length(ngram_max_length);
-    }
-    if let Some(prefix_only) = prefix_only {
-        opts = opts.ngram_prefix_only(prefix_only);
-    }
-
-    Ok(lancedb_tokenize(&query, &opts)
-        .default_error()?
-        .into_iter()
-        .map(FtsToken::from)
-        .collect())
-}
-
 #[napi]
 impl Index {
     #[napi(factory)]
@@ -224,13 +160,11 @@ impl Index {
         lower_case: Option<bool>,
         stem: Option<bool>,
         remove_stop_words: Option<bool>,
-        custom_stop_words: Option<Vec<String>>,
         ascii_folding: Option<bool>,
         ngram_min_length: Option<u32>,
         ngram_max_length: Option<u32>,
         prefix_only: Option<bool>,
-        block_size: Option<u32>,
-    ) -> napi::Result<Self> {
+    ) -> Self {
         let mut opts = FtsIndexBuilder::default();
         if let Some(with_position) = with_position {
             opts = opts.with_position(with_position);
@@ -253,7 +187,6 @@ impl Index {
         if let Some(remove_stop_words) = remove_stop_words {
             opts = opts.remove_stop_words(remove_stop_words);
         }
-        opts = opts.custom_stop_words(custom_stop_words);
         if let Some(ascii_folding) = ascii_folding {
             opts = opts.ascii_folding(ascii_folding);
         }
@@ -266,15 +199,10 @@ impl Index {
         if let Some(prefix_only) = prefix_only {
             opts = opts.ngram_prefix_only(prefix_only);
         }
-        if let Some(block_size) = block_size {
-            opts = opts
-                .block_size(block_size as usize)
-                .map_err(|err| napi::Error::from_reason(err.to_string()))?;
-        }
 
-        Ok(Self {
+        Self {
             inner: Mutex::new(Some(LanceDbIndex::FTS(opts))),
-        })
+        }
     }
 
     #[napi(factory)]

nodejs/src/lib.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ mod header;
 mod index;
 mod iterator;
 pub mod merge;
-pub mod otel;
 pub mod permutation;
 mod query;
 pub mod remote;

nodejs/src/merge.rs

@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ impl NativeMergeInsertBuilder {
     }
 
     #[napi]
-    pub fn use_lsm(&self, enable: bool) -> Self {
+    pub fn use_lsm_write(&self, use_lsm_write: bool) -> Self {
         let mut this = self.clone();
-        this.inner.use_lsm(enable);
+        this.inner.use_lsm_write(use_lsm_write);
         this
     }
 

nodejs/src/otel.rs

@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
-
-//! Node.js bindings over [`lancedb::metrics_otel`].
-//!
-//! The aggregation, catalog, and histogram bucketing all live in the LanceDB
-//! core crate; this module only converts the core snapshot types into napi
-//! objects and exposes the three entry points to JavaScript, where
-//! `lancedb/otel.ts` bridges them into the user's OpenTelemetry `MeterProvider`.
-
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-
-use lancedb::metrics_otel::{MetricPoint as CoreMetricPoint, MetricValue};
-use napi_derive::napi;
-
-/// One cumulative histogram bucket: all samples with value `<= le`.
-#[napi(object)]
-pub struct MetricBucket {
-    /// The inclusive upper bound of the bucket, or `"+Inf"` for the final bucket.
-    pub le: String,
-    /// Cumulative number of samples less than or equal to `le`.
-    pub cumulative_count: f64,
-}
-
-/// One aggregated metric data point. For counters and gauges only `value` is
-/// set; for histograms `buckets` (cumulative `le` counts), `count`, and `sum`
-/// are set.
-#[napi(object)]
-pub struct MetricPoint {
-    pub name: String,
-    pub kind: String,
-    pub attributes: HashMap<String, String>,
-    pub value: Option<f64>,
-    pub buckets: Option<Vec<MetricBucket>>,
-    pub count: Option<f64>,
-    pub sum: Option<f64>,
-}
-
-impl From<CoreMetricPoint> for MetricPoint {
-    fn from(point: CoreMetricPoint) -> Self {
-        let kind = point.kind.as_str().to_string();
-        let (value, buckets, count, sum) = match point.value {
-            MetricValue::Scalar(v) => (Some(v), None, None, None),
-            MetricValue::Histogram {
-                buckets,
-                count,
-                sum,
-            } => (
-                None,
-                Some(
-                    buckets
-                        .into_iter()
-                        // Counts stay well within the f64-exact integer range
-                        // (2^53), so this cast is lossless in practice and keeps
-                        // the values plain JS numbers for OpenTelemetry.
-                        .map(|(le, cumulative_count)| MetricBucket {
-                            le,
-                            cumulative_count: cumulative_count as f64,
-                        })
-                        .collect(),
-                ),
-                Some(count as f64),
-                Some(sum),
-            ),
-        };
-        Self {
-            name: point.name,
-            kind,
-            attributes: point.attributes,
-            value,
-            buckets,
-            count,
-            sum,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/// A described metric, used by the JavaScript layer to create instruments up front.
-#[napi(object)]
-pub struct MetricDescription {
-    pub name: String,
-    pub kind: String,
-    pub unit: Option<String>,
-    pub description: String,
-}
-
-/// Install the LanceDB metrics recorder as the process-global `metrics` recorder.
-///
-/// Returns `true` if the recorder is installed (now or previously). Returns
-/// `false` if a *different* recorder is already installed — `metrics` allows
-/// only one global recorder per process, so LanceDB cannot coexist with another.
-#[napi]
-pub fn register_lancedb_metrics_recorder() -> bool {
-    lancedb::metrics_otel::register_metrics_recorder()
-}
-
-/// The catalog of described LanceDB metrics. Empty until the recorder is installed.
-#[napi]
-pub fn lancedb_metrics_catalog() -> Vec<MetricDescription> {
-    lancedb::metrics_otel::metrics_catalog()
-        .into_iter()
-        .map(|desc| MetricDescription {
-            name: desc.name,
-            kind: desc.kind.as_str().to_string(),
-            unit: desc.unit,
-            description: desc.description,
-        })
-        .collect()
-}
-
-/// A point-in-time snapshot of every recorded metric. Empty until the recorder
-/// is installed.
-#[napi]
-pub fn snapshot_lancedb_metrics() -> Vec<MetricPoint> {
-    lancedb::metrics_otel::snapshot_metrics()
-        .into_iter()
-        .map(MetricPoint::from)
-        .collect()
-}

nodejs/src/permutation.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ pub struct SplitRandomOptions {
     pub counts: Option<Vec<i64>>,
     pub fixed: Option<i64>,
     pub seed: Option<i64>,
-    pub clump_size: Option<i64>,
     pub split_names: Option<Vec<String>>,
 }
 
@@ -126,15 +125,10 @@ impl PermutationBuilder {
         };
 
         let seed = options.seed.map(|s| s as u64);
-        let clump_size = options.clump_size.map(|c| c as u64);
 
         self.modify(|builder| {
             builder.with_split_strategy(
-                SplitStrategy::Random {
-                    seed,
-                    sizes,
-                    clump_size,
-                },
+                SplitStrategy::Random { seed, sizes },
                 options.split_names.clone(),
             )
         })

nodejs/src/query.rs

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ use lancedb::index::scalar::{
     BooleanQuery, BoostQuery, FtsQuery, FullTextSearchQuery, MatchQuery, MultiMatchQuery, Occur,
     Operator, PhraseQuery,
 };
-use lancedb::query::AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics;
 use lancedb::query::ExecutableQuery;
 use lancedb::query::Query as LanceDbQuery;
 use lancedb::query::QueryBase;
@@ -48,28 +47,6 @@ impl From<ColumnOrdering> for LanceDbColumnOrdering {
     }
 }
 
-fn analyze_plan_options(
-    distributed_metrics: Option<String>,
-) -> napi::Result<QueryExecutionOptions> {
-    let analyze_plan_distributed_metrics =
-        match distributed_metrics.as_deref().unwrap_or("aggregate") {
-            "aggregate" => AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics::Aggregate,
-            "per_worker" => AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics::PerWorker,
-            "full" => AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics::Full,
-            mode => {
-                return Err(napi::Error::from_reason(format!(
-                    "Invalid distributedMetrics value '{}'. Expected one of: \
-                 'aggregate', 'per_worker', 'full'",
-                    mode
-                )));
-            }
-        };
-
-    let mut options = QueryExecutionOptions::default();
-    options.analyze_plan_distributed_metrics = analyze_plan_distributed_metrics;
-    Ok(options)
-}
-
 fn bytes_to_arrow_array(data: Uint8Array, dtype: String) -> napi::Result<Arc<dyn Array>> {
     let buf = arrow_buffer::Buffer::from(data.to_vec());
     let num_bytes = buf.len();
@@ -168,11 +145,6 @@ impl Query {
         self.inner = self.inner.clone().with_row_id();
     }
 
-    #[napi]
-    pub fn use_lsm(&mut self, enable: bool) {
-        self.inner = self.inner.clone().use_lsm(enable);
-    }
-
     #[napi]
     pub fn order_by(&mut self, ordering: Option<Vec<ColumnOrdering>>) -> napi::Result<()> {
         let ordering = ordering.map(|ordering| {
@@ -228,17 +200,13 @@ impl Query {
     }
 
     #[napi(catch_unwind)]
-    pub async fn analyze_plan(&self, distributed_metrics: Option<String>) -> napi::Result<String> {
-        let options = analyze_plan_options(distributed_metrics)?;
-        self.inner
-            .analyze_plan_with_options(options)
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| {
-                napi::Error::from_reason(format!(
-                    "Failed to execute analyze plan: {}",
-                    convert_error(&e)
-                ))
-            })
+    pub async fn analyze_plan(&self) -> napi::Result<String> {
+        self.inner.analyze_plan().await.map_err(|e| {
+            napi::Error::from_reason(format!(
+                "Failed to execute analyze plan: {}",
+                convert_error(&e)
+            ))
+        })
     }
 }
 
@@ -379,11 +347,6 @@ impl VectorQuery {
         self.inner = self.inner.clone().with_row_id();
     }
 
-    #[napi]
-    pub fn use_lsm(&mut self, enable: bool) {
-        self.inner = self.inner.clone().use_lsm(enable);
-    }
-
     #[napi]
     pub fn rerank(
         &mut self,
@@ -449,17 +412,13 @@ impl VectorQuery {
     }
 
     #[napi(catch_unwind)]
-    pub async fn analyze_plan(&self, distributed_metrics: Option<String>) -> napi::Result<String> {
-        let options = analyze_plan_options(distributed_metrics)?;
-        self.inner
-            .analyze_plan_with_options(options)
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| {
-                napi::Error::from_reason(format!(
-                    "Failed to execute analyze plan: {}",
-                    convert_error(&e)
-                ))
-            })
+    pub async fn analyze_plan(&self) -> napi::Result<String> {
+        self.inner.analyze_plan().await.map_err(|e| {
+            napi::Error::from_reason(format!(
+                "Failed to execute analyze plan: {}",
+                convert_error(&e)
+            ))
+        })
     }
 }
 
@@ -489,11 +448,6 @@ impl TakeQuery {
         self.inner = self.inner.clone().with_row_id();
     }
 
-    #[napi]
-    pub fn use_lsm(&mut self, enable: bool) {
-        self.inner = self.inner.clone().use_lsm(enable);
-    }
-
     #[napi(catch_unwind)]
     pub async fn output_schema(&self) -> napi::Result<Buffer> {
         let schema = self.inner.output_schema().await.default_error()?;
@@ -537,17 +491,13 @@ impl TakeQuery {
     }
 
     #[napi(catch_unwind)]
-    pub async fn analyze_plan(&self, distributed_metrics: Option<String>) -> napi::Result<String> {
-        let options = analyze_plan_options(distributed_metrics)?;
-        self.inner
-            .analyze_plan_with_options(options)
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| {
-                napi::Error::from_reason(format!(
-                    "Failed to execute analyze plan: {}",
-                    convert_error(&e)
-                ))
-            })
+    pub async fn analyze_plan(&self) -> napi::Result<String> {
+        self.inner.analyze_plan().await.map_err(|e| {
+            napi::Error::from_reason(format!(
+                "Failed to execute analyze plan: {}",
+                convert_error(&e)
+            ))
+        })
     }
 }
 

nodejs/src/remote.rs

@@ -232,10 +232,6 @@ impl From<ClientConfig> for lancedb::remote::ClientConfig {
             tls_config: config.tls_config.map(Into::into),
             header_provider: None, // the header provider is set separately later
             user_id: config.user_id,
-            // Resolved from LANCE_CLIENT_MAX_BYTES_PER_REQUEST or the default.
-            max_bytes_per_request: None,
-            // Resolved from LANCE_CLIENT_MAX_REQUEST_DURATION or the read timeout.
-            max_request_duration: None,
         }
     }
 }

nodejs/src/table.rs

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use lancedb::ipc::{ipc_file_to_batches, ipc_file_to_schema};
 use lancedb::table::{
     AddDataMode, ColumnAlteration as LanceColumnAlteration, Duration,
-    FieldMetadataUpdate as LanceFieldMetadataUpdate, FtsToken as LanceDbFtsToken,
-    NewColumnTransform, OptimizeAction, OptimizeOptions, Ref, Table as LanceDbTable,
+    FieldMetadataUpdate as LanceFieldMetadataUpdate, NewColumnTransform, OptimizeAction,
+    OptimizeOptions, Ref, Table as LanceDbTable,
 };
 use napi::bindgen_prelude::*;
 use napi::threadsafe_function::{ThreadsafeFunction, ThreadsafeFunctionCallMode};
@@ -411,16 +411,6 @@ impl Table {
             .default_error()
     }
 
-    #[napi(catch_unwind)]
-    pub async fn get_lsm_write_spec(&self) -> napi::Result<Option<LsmWriteSpec>> {
-        let spec = self
-            .inner_ref()?
-            .get_lsm_write_spec()
-            .await
-            .default_error()?;
-        Ok(spec.map(LsmWriteSpec::from))
-    }
-
     #[napi(catch_unwind)]
     pub async fn close_lsm_writers(&self) -> napi::Result<()> {
         self.inner_ref()?.close_lsm_writers().await.default_error()
@@ -574,27 +564,6 @@ impl Table {
             .collect::<Vec<_>>())
     }
 
-    #[napi(catch_unwind)]
-    pub async fn tokenize(
-        &self,
-        query: String,
-        column: Option<String>,
-        index_name: Option<String>,
-    ) -> napi::Result<Vec<FtsToken>> {
-        let table = self.inner_ref()?;
-        let tokens = match (column.as_deref(), index_name.as_deref()) {
-            (Some(_), Some(_)) | (None, None) => {
-                return Err(napi::Error::from_reason(
-                    "Specify exactly one of 'column' or 'indexName'",
-                ));
-            }
-            (Some(column), None) => table.tokenize_with_column(&query, column).await,
-            (None, Some(index_name)) => table.tokenize(&query, index_name).await,
-        }
-        .default_error()?;
-        Ok(tokens.into_iter().map(FtsToken::from).collect())
-    }
-
     #[napi(catch_unwind)]
     pub async fn index_stats(&self, index_name: String) -> napi::Result<Option<IndexStatistics>> {
         let tbl = self.inner_ref()?;
@@ -702,24 +671,6 @@ impl From<lancedb::index::IndexConfig> for IndexConfig {
     }
 }
 
-#[napi(object)]
-/// A token produced by the tokenizer configured on a full-text search index.
-pub struct FtsToken {
-    /// The token text after the index tokenizer has applied its filters.
-    pub text: String,
-    /// The token position used by full-text query matching.
-    pub position: u32,
-}
-
-impl From<LanceDbFtsToken> for FtsToken {
-    fn from(token: LanceDbFtsToken) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            text: token.text,
-            position: token.position,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /// Specification selecting Lance's MemWAL LSM-style write path for
 /// `mergeInsert`.
 ///
@@ -777,47 +728,6 @@ impl TryFrom<LsmWriteSpec> for lancedb::table::LsmWriteSpec {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<lancedb::table::LsmWriteSpec> for LsmWriteSpec {
-    fn from(spec: lancedb::table::LsmWriteSpec) -> Self {
-        use lancedb::table::LsmWriteSpec as Native;
-        match spec {
-            Native::Bucket {
-                column,
-                num_buckets,
-                maintained_indexes,
-                writer_config_defaults,
-            } => Self {
-                spec_type: "bucket".to_string(),
-                column: Some(column),
-                num_buckets: Some(num_buckets),
-                maintained_indexes: Some(maintained_indexes),
-                writer_config_defaults: Some(writer_config_defaults),
-            },
-            Native::Identity {
-                column,
-                maintained_indexes,
-                writer_config_defaults,
-            } => Self {
-                spec_type: "identity".to_string(),
-                column: Some(column),
-                num_buckets: None,
-                maintained_indexes: Some(maintained_indexes),
-                writer_config_defaults: Some(writer_config_defaults),
-            },
-            Native::Unsharded {
-                maintained_indexes,
-                writer_config_defaults,
-            } => Self {
-                spec_type: "unsharded".to_string(),
-                column: None,
-                num_buckets: None,
-                maintained_indexes: Some(maintained_indexes),
-                writer_config_defaults: Some(writer_config_defaults),
-            },
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /// Statistics about a compaction operation.
 #[napi(object)]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
@@ -1355,28 +1265,4 @@ impl Branches {
     pub async fn delete(&self, name: String) -> napi::Result<()> {
         self.inner.delete_branch(&name).await.default_error()
     }
-
-    #[napi(ts_return_type = "Promise<Record<string, unknown>>")]
-    pub async fn diff(&self, from_branch: String) -> napi::Result<serde_json::Value> {
-        let diff = self.inner.diff_branch(&from_branch).await.default_error()?;
-        serde_json::to_value(diff).map_err(|err| {
-            napi::Error::from_reason(format!("failed to serialize branch diff: {err}"))
-        })
-    }
-
-    #[napi(ts_return_type = "Promise<Record<string, unknown>>")]
-    pub async fn merge(
-        &self,
-        from_branch: String,
-        dry_run: Option<bool>,
-    ) -> napi::Result<serde_json::Value> {
-        let result = self
-            .inner
-            .merge_branch(&from_branch, dry_run.unwrap_or(false))
-            .await
-            .default_error()?;
-        serde_json::to_value(result).map_err(|err| {
-            napi::Error::from_reason(format!("failed to serialize branch merge result: {err}"))
-        })
-    }
 }

plugins/lancedb/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "lancedb",
-  "description": "Write, review, debug, and document LanceDB pipelines in Python and TypeScript that work across local LanceDB OSS tables and remote LanceDB Enterprise/Cloud tables, with idiomatic query/search patterns and performance defaults for ingestion, indexing, filtering, and diagnostics.",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
-  "author": {
-    "name": "LanceDB"
-  },
-  "homepage": "https://www.lancedb.com",
-  "keywords": [
-    "lancedb",
-    "vector-search",
-    "full-text-search",
-    "hybrid-search",
-    "python",
-    "typescript",
-    "pipelines",
-    "ingestion",
-    "indexing",
-    "performance"
-  ]
-}

plugins/lancedb/.codex-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "lancedb",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
-  "description": "Codex plugin for building LanceDB pipelines in Python and TypeScript.",
-  "author": {
-    "name": "LanceDB"
-  },
-  "keywords": [
-    "lancedb",
-    "vector-search",
-    "full-text-search",
-    "hybrid-search",
-    "python",
-    "typescript",
-    "pipelines"
-  ],
-  "skills": "./skills/",
-  "interface": {
-    "displayName": "LanceDB",
-    "shortDescription": "Build LanceDB pipelines in Python and TypeScript.",
-    "longDescription": "Write, review, debug, and document LanceDB pipelines in Python and TypeScript that work across local LanceDB OSS tables and remote LanceDB Enterprise/Cloud tables, with idiomatic query/search patterns and performance defaults for ingestion, indexing, filtering, and diagnostics.",
-    "developerName": "LanceDB",
-    "websiteURL": "https://www.lancedb.com",
-    "category": "Developer Tools",
-    "capabilities": [
-      "Developer Tools"
-    ],
-    "defaultPrompt": "Create a LanceDB table, embed sample text, and run a vector search.",
-    "composerIcon": "./assets/logo.png",
-    "logo": "./assets/logo.png",
-    "logoDark": "./assets/logo-dark.png"
-  }
-}

plugins/lancedb/skills/lancedb/SKILL.md

@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
----
-name: lancedb
-description: Use when writing, reviewing, debugging, or documenting LanceDB pipelines in Python or TypeScript, especially code that should work across local LanceDB OSS tables and remote LanceDB Enterprise/Cloud tables. Helps avoid non-portable full-table materialization, choose idiomatic query/search patterns, apply LanceDB performance defaults for ingestion, indexing, filtering, and diagnostics, and resolve connections to the remote server for Enterprise-only operations such as jobs.
----
-
-# Building LanceDB Pipelines
-
-Use this skill to produce LanceDB pipelines that are portable between local and remote tables (for LanceDB Enterprise/Cloud) and idiomatic for the selected SDK.
-
-## LanceDB Table Modes
-
-LanceDB has two common execution modes:
-
-- **Local table**: embedded, open source, in-process LanceDB. The client opens data from a local path or object storage URI and executes queries in the application process.
-- **Remote table**: LanceDB Enterprise/Cloud table opened through a `db://...` URI. The data may be very large, commonly backed by object storage, and queried through a remote service.
-
-Do NOT assume local-only table helpers exist on remote tables. If the user asks for LanceDB Enterprise, Cloud, `db://...`, production remote access, or a remote table, focus on the remote table path: use `search()` / `query()`, keep reads bounded with `select()` and `limit()`, and avoid table-level full materialization APIs.
-
-## Workflow
-
-1. Identify the SDK: Python, TypeScript, or both.
-2. Identify the table mode: local/embedded OSS, remote Enterprise/Cloud, or portable across both. If the user says "LanceDB Enterprise", choose the remote table path. If the task involves jobs in any way (listing, inspecting, creating, or canceling jobs), it is always the remote path and requires a remote server connection — see "Connecting to the LanceDB remote server" below before doing anything else.
-3. Read the matching language branch before writing or changing code:
-   - Python patterns: `references/python/patterns.md`
-   - Python API quick reference: `references/python/api_reference.md`
-   - Python performance guidance: `references/python/performance.md`
-   - TypeScript patterns: `references/typescript/patterns.md`
-   - TypeScript API quick reference: `references/typescript/api_reference.md`
-   - TypeScript performance guidance: `references/typescript/performance.md`
-   - Column metadata authoring (both SDKs): `references/column_metadata.md`
-   - Branch operations (both SDKs): `references/branch_ops.md`
-   - Remote server connection resolution (jobs, raw REST): `references/remote_connect.md`
-   - Job operations REST API (list/describe/cancel/query_events): `references/remote_jobs.md`
-4. Start with `patterns.md` for the selected SDK. Read `api_reference.md` when choosing method names or return collectors. Read `performance.md` when the task involves ingestion, indexing, filtering, query tuning, diagnostics, or large datasets. Read `column_metadata.md` when the task is documenting, tagging, classifying, or grouping table columns (field descriptions, `lancedb:tag:*` tags, logical column families). Read `branch_ops.md` when the task involves branch lifecycle (list/create/delete), writing to a non-main branch, or verifying a change stayed off main. Read `remote_connect.md` when the task involves jobs or direct REST access to an Enterprise deployment, and `remote_jobs.md` for the job REST methods themselves (list, describe, cancel, query_events).
-5. For Python schemas, favor Pydantic models and validate records before writing. Use PyArrow schemas when Arrow-native, streaming, or highly dynamic data makes them materially better suited.
-6. Prefer `search()` or `query()` builders with explicit `select()` and `limit()` for reads.
-7. Avoid table-level full materialization in remote or portable code. This is the main local-vs-remote read pitfall.
-8. After a successful embedded OSS ingestion, call `table.optimize()`. Do not call it for Enterprise/Cloud; remote maintenance is automatic.
-9. For remote Enterprise/Cloud writes, never drop-then-reuse or `mode="overwrite"` the same table name — see "Enterprise: never drop-then-reuse the same table name" below. This is the main local-vs-remote write pitfall.
-10. If reviewing an existing file or repo, run `scripts/check_materialization.py` on the relevant paths and inspect each finding before editing.
-11. Cross-check unfamiliar or non-trivial API claims against the source tree instead of relying on memory.
-
-## Core Portability Rule
-
-Do not write code that assumes a local table API will exist on a remote table. Remote tables can be very large, so whole-table materialization helpers are intentionally unavailable or unsafe.
-
-This does **not** mean result conversion is forbidden. Bounded query/search result collection is normal:
-
-- Python: `table.search(...).select([...]).limit(10).to_pandas()`
-- TypeScript: `await table.search(...).select([...]).limit(10).toArray()`
-
-The unsafe pattern is table-level or unbounded collection, plus local-only dataset escape hatches in remote code:
-
-- Python: `table.to_pandas()`, `table.to_arrow()`, `table.to_polars()`; `table.to_lance()` is local/OSS-only dataset access, not materialization
-- TypeScript: `await table.toArrow()`, `await table.query().toArray()` without `limit()`
-
-## Enterprise: never drop-then-reuse the same table name
-
-LanceDB Enterprise/Cloud splits a **control plane** (DDL: create/drop/rename) from a **data plane** (query nodes that serve reads). Query nodes cache the resolved dataset for a table name for up to `table_cache_ttl` — **default 300 seconds (5 minutes)**. After you drop or overwrite a table, the control plane updates immediately but the data plane keeps serving the *old* dataset until that cache entry expires. During the window the two planes disagree.
-
-The failure this causes: you `drop_table("t")` then immediately `create_table("t", ...)` (or `create_table("t", ..., mode="overwrite")`). The DDL returns success, but every query against `t` returns **`500 Internal Server Error`** (the query node resolves the stale/deleted dataset), and a fresh `describe` may still show the *old* schema/version. It looks like your write silently failed; it didn't — the name is cached.
-
-**`mode="overwrite"` has the same problem** — it is a drop+create of the same name under the hood.
-
-Rules for portable Enterprise ingestion:
-
-1. **Never reuse a table name you just dropped/overwrote within the cache TTL.** Do not use `mode="overwrite"` to replace an existing Enterprise table in place.
-2. To (re)load data, **write to a fresh table name** (e.g. `<table>_v2`, or a run-stamped suffix). A brand-new name has no cached data-plane entry, so writes and reads work immediately.
-3. Before creating, `list_tables()` and **fail loudly if the name already exists** rather than overwriting — prompt for a new name.
-4. To land on a specific final name that is currently occupied by an old table: drop the old table, **wait out the TTL (~5 min), then `rename_table(fresh_name, final_name)`**. Renaming onto a name whose old dataset is still cached hits the same race, so the wait is mandatory. `rename_table` is a supported control-plane op.
-5. When you hand a table name back to a human, tell them which step still needs the propagation wait (usually: "the old `t` was dropped; run the rename in ~5 minutes").
-
-This is Enterprise/Cloud-specific. Local/OSS tables have no separate data plane, so `mode="overwrite"` and immediate same-name reuse are fine there.
-
-## Connecting to the LanceDB remote server
-
-LanceDB Enterprise/Cloud deployments are served by a server implementing the lance-namespace OpenAPI spec (<https://github.com/lance-format/lance-namespace/blob/main/docs/src/spec.yaml>). Every remote (`db://...`) connection talks to such a server, and some operations exist only there. In particular, **all operations around jobs (listing, inspecting, creating, or canceling jobs) run server-side** — there is no local/OSS equivalent. Before any job work, or any direct REST call to an Enterprise deployment, read `references/remote_connect.md` to resolve the base URL, credentials, and database header and to validate the connection. Then use the four job REST methods documented in `references/remote_jobs.md` (list, describe, cancel, query_events).
-
-## Script
-
-Run the scanner when reviewing or modifying an existing codebase:
-
-```bash
-python skills/lancedb/scripts/check_materialization.py path/to/file_or_dir
-```
-
-The script reports likely unsafe full-table materialization in Python and TypeScript. Treat results as review prompts, not automatic proof of a bug.

plugins/lancedb/skills/lancedb/agents/openai.yaml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-interface:
-  display_name: "LanceDB"
-  short_description: "Build LanceDB pipelines in Python and TypeScript"
-  default_prompt: "Use $lancedb to create a table, embed sample text, and run a vector search."
-  icon_small: "./assets/icon.png"
-  icon_large: "./assets/icon.png"

plugins/lancedb/skills/lancedb/references/branch_ops.md

@@ -1,182 +0,0 @@
-# Branch Operations
-
-Manage branches on a LanceDB table: list what exists, create new ones, delete stale ones, and direct read/write operations at a specific branch without touching main. Use for branch lifecycle tasks, experimental/isolated table versions, targeting an operation at a non-main branch, or confirming a mutation did not affect main.
-
-Works on local/OSS and remote Enterprise/Cloud tables, except merging a branch into main, which is Enterprise-only.
-
-## The branch model (important)
-
-Branches are isolated, writable lines of history forked from another branch (or a specific version). Writes on a branch never affect `main`.
-
-There is **no global "switch branch" state** — you never repoint the whole table at a branch. Instead, **operations are scoped by which table handle you use**:
-
-- The handle you got from `open_table(name)` / `openTable(name)` targets `main`.
-- `branches.create(...)` and `branches.checkout(...)` return a **new table handle scoped to that branch**. Every read/write on that handle (add, update, `update_field_metadata`, `create_index`, search, …) lands on the branch.
-- The original main handle is unaffected — keep it around to verify isolation.
-
-`branches.list()` returns only non-main branches. Main always exists and is not listed.
-
-## Python
-
-`table.branches` is a property returning the branch manager; `table.current_branch()` tells you what a handle is scoped to (`None` = main).
-
-```python
-table = db.open_table("products")            # scoped to main
-
-# list — dict of name -> metadata (parent_branch, parent_version, ...); {} = only main
-table.branches.list()
-
-# create: forks from main by default and returns a handle scoped to the new branch
-exp = table.branches.create("experiment-reindex")
-exp = table.branches.create("exp2", from_ref="main", from_version=None)  # optional fork point
-
-# checkout an existing branch -> branch-scoped handle
-wip = table.branches.checkout("wip-branch")
-# with version= it pins to that version (read-only detached view); omit to track latest, writable
-
-# operate on the branch simply by using its handle
-wip.update_field_metadata(
-    {"path": "category", "metadata": {"lancedb:description": "Product category label."}}
-)
-wip.create_scalar_index("category")
-
-# delete: removes only the branch pointer; main and row data remain intact
-table.branches.delete("stale-2024")
-
-# alternatively, open a branch handle directly from the connection
-wip = db.open_table("products", branch="wip-branch")
-
-exp.current_branch()    # "experiment-reindex"
-table.current_branch()  # None (main)
-```
-
-Async: same shape — `table.branches` returns `AsyncBranches`; `await table.branches.create(...)` etc.
-
-## TypeScript
-
-`table.branches()` is an **async method** returning the `Branches` manager; `table.currentBranch()` returns the scoped branch or `null` for main.
-
-```typescript
-const table = await db.openTable("products"); // scoped to main
-const branches = await table.branches();
-
-// list — Record<string, BranchContents>; {} = only main
-await branches.list();
-
-// create: forks from main by default, returns a Table scoped to the new branch
-const exp = await branches.create("experiment-reindex");
-const exp2 = await branches.create("exp2", "main" /* fromRef */, undefined /* fromVersion */);
-
-// checkout an existing branch -> branch-scoped Table
-const wip = await branches.checkout("wip-branch");
-// with a version arg it pins (read-only detached view); omit to track latest, writable
-
-// operate on the branch simply by using its handle
-await wip.updateFieldMetadata([
-  { path: "category", metadata: { "lancedb:description": "Product category label." } },
-]);
-await wip.createIndex("category");
-
-// delete: removes only the branch pointer; main and row data remain intact
-await branches.delete("stale-2024");
-
-// alternatively, open a branch handle directly from the connection
-const wip2 = await db.openTable("products", { branch: "wip-branch" });
-
-exp.currentBranch();   // "experiment-reindex"
-table.currentBranch(); // null (main)
-```
-
-## Verifying isolation
-
-After writing to a branch, confirm the change did NOT land on main by reading through both handles:
-
-```python
-wip = table.branches.checkout("wip-branch")
-wip.update_field_metadata({"path": "category", "metadata": {"lancedb:description": "..."}})
-
-assert b"lancedb:description" in (wip.schema.field("category").metadata or {})
-assert b"lancedb:description" not in (table.schema.field("category").metadata or {})  # main untouched
-```
-
-Two handles on the same branch see each other's writes (e.g. `table.branches.create("exp")` and `db.open_table(name, branch="exp")`); main stays isolated.
-
-## Merging a branch into main (Enterprise only)
-
-Merge is available through the SDKs (`table.branches.merge(...)`) on **Enterprise tables only** — it is not supported on Cloud or local/OSS tables, which raise `NotSupported`.
-
-`merge` takes the branch to merge **from** and a `dry_run` flag. Both the SDK method and the underlying REST endpoint **actually merge by default** (`dry_run=False`); pass `dry_run=True` to only preview. A rejected merge is **not an exception** — it returns a result with `status="rejected"` rather than raising, so inspect the return value. Use `branches.diff(from_branch)` to inspect a branch's pending diff without attempting a merge.
-
-```python
-exp = "experiment-reindex"
-
-# preview only — returns status="ready" if it would merge cleanly
-preview = table.branches.merge(exp, dry_run=True)
-
-# actually merge (default)
-result = table.branches.merge(exp)
-if result["status"] == "merged":
-    print("landed at", result["mainVersionAfter"])
-elif result["status"] == "rejected":
-    print(result["diff"]["mergeBlockers"])   # why it was refused
-
-# inspect a branch's pending diff without merging
-diff = table.branches.diff(exp)
-```
-
-Async: `await table.branches.merge(exp)`, `await table.branches.diff(exp)`.
-
-```typescript
-const branches = await table.branches();
-const exp = "experiment-reindex";
-
-// preview only (second arg is dryRun)
-const preview = await branches.merge(exp, true);
-
-// actually merge (default)
-const result = await branches.merge(exp);
-if (result.status === "merged") {
-  console.log("landed at", result.mainVersionAfter);
-} else if (result.status === "rejected") {
-  console.log(result.diff.mergeBlockers);
-}
-
-const diff = await branches.diff(exp);
-```
-
-The result is the wire JSON, containing `status` (`ready` on a passing dry run, `merged` on success, `rejected` when refused — also `notImplemented`/`unknown`), the branch `diff` (including `mergeBlockers` explaining any rejection), a `preview` of the columns that would be promoted, and — after a real merge — `mainVersionAfter`.
-
-### Merge preconditions
-
-Merge only **promotes newly added columns** onto main; it does not replay arbitrary commits. Practically, a branch is mergeable only if it has **exactly one commit since it was created, and that commit added a column**. The merge is rejected (`status: "rejected"`, with `mergeBlockers` set) if:
-
-- the branch was forked from another branch rather than directly from main
-- main has advanced since the branch was forked
-- the branch's rows changed since the fork (row counts must match main exactly)
-- the branch removed columns or changed a column's type/nullability
-- the branch added no columns (index-only changes are not merged)
-
-### Adding a column in a single commit
-
-Because the branch must contain just one column-adding commit, add the column with its values in one operation rather than add-then-backfill:
-
-1. **SQL transformation** — `add_columns` with a SQL expression computed from existing columns, so the column lands populated in one commit.
-2. **Precompute the values** — compute the column's values externally, then add the fully-populated column in a single operation (e.g. via `merge_insert`/`add_columns` with the data ready).
-3. **Lance-format-level data evolution (pylance)** — use Lance's data evolution with backfill, documented at <https://lance.org/guide/data_evolution/#with-data-backfill>.
-
-## Quick reference
-
-| Goal | Python | TypeScript |
-|------|--------|------------|
-| List branches (non-main) | `table.branches.list()` | `await (await table.branches()).list()` |
-| Create branch (off main) | `table.branches.create(name)` → branch handle | `await branches.create(name)` → branch `Table` |
-| Create from a fork point | `table.branches.create(name, from_ref=..., from_version=...)` | `await branches.create(name, fromRef, fromVersion)` |
-| Get a branch handle | `table.branches.checkout(name)` or `db.open_table(t, branch=name)` | `await branches.checkout(name)` or `await db.openTable(t, { branch: name })` |
-| Pin to a branch version (read-only) | `table.branches.checkout(name, version=v)` | `await branches.checkout(name, v)` |
-| Delete branch | `table.branches.delete(name)` | `await branches.delete(name)` |
-| Which branch is this handle on? | `table.current_branch()` (`None` = main) | `table.currentBranch()` (`null` = main) |
-| Target main | use the original (non-branch) handle | use the original (non-branch) handle |
-| Merge branch into main (Enterprise only) | `table.branches.merge(from_branch, dry_run=False)` | `await branches.merge(fromBranch, dryRun)` |
-| Preview a branch's pending diff (Enterprise only) | `table.branches.diff(from_branch)` | `await branches.diff(fromBranch)` |
-
-Branch names must be non-empty; empty names raise a validation error.

plugins/lancedb/skills/lancedb/references/column_metadata.md

@@ -1,183 +0,0 @@
-# Column Metadata Authoring
-
-Write column-level descriptions, tags, and logical groupings onto a LanceDB table's schema. Use this when the user wants to document, annotate, tag, or classify what their table columns ARE (embeddings vs labels vs eval metrics, model provenance, version families, etc.).
-
-Works on local/OSS and remote Enterprise/Cloud tables alike — read the schema through the table handle, write through `update_field_metadata` (Python) / `updateFieldMetadata` (TypeScript).
-
-## Metadata key conventions
-
-All metadata uses namespaced keys:
-
-| Key | Purpose | Example value |
-|-----|---------|---------------|
-| `lancedb:description` | Human-readable explanation of what the column contains | `"CLIP ViT-L/14 image embedding, L2-normalized (768-dim)"` |
-| `lancedb:tag:<name>` | Flexible key-value tag; the suffix names the tag category | `lancedb:tag:field_type: "embedding"`, `lancedb:tag:model: "clip"`, `lancedb:tag:project_id: "foo"` |
-| `lancedb:logical-column` | Logical group/family this column belongs to | `"clip_features"` |
-
-Tags are open-ended — use whatever key suffix and value make sense given the user's intent. The tag suffix should describe *what is being classified* (e.g., `field_type`, `model`, `project_id`) and the value describes *how*. Multiple tags on the same column are fine — each is a separate key. All values are strings.
-
-## Step 1: Read the schema and existing metadata
-
-Read existing metadata before writing, to avoid redundant updates.
-
-Python — `table.schema` (sync property; async: `await table.schema()`) returns a `pyarrow.Schema`. **Arrow field metadata is bytes-keyed in Python**:
-
-```python
-schema = table.schema
-for field in schema:
-    meta = field.metadata or {}  # dict[bytes, bytes], e.g. {b"lancedb:description": b"..."}
-    print(field.name, field.type, field.nullable, meta)
-```
-
-TypeScript — `await table.schema()` returns an Arrow `Schema`; field metadata is a `Map<string, string>`:
-
-```typescript
-const schema = await table.schema();
-for (const field of schema.fields) {
-  console.log(field.name, field.type, field.nullable, field.metadata); // Map
-  // field.metadata.get("lancedb:description")
-}
-```
-
-For struct/nested fields, recurse into the field's children and address them as dot-paths (e.g., `parent.child`).
-
-If the user hasn't specified which columns to update, work with all columns.
-
-## Step 2: Generate metadata
-
-Decide what to generate based on the user's request.
-
-### Descriptions (`lancedb:description`)
-
-Base descriptions on:
-- The column name and Arrow type (e.g., `FixedSizeList` of floats → likely an embedding)
-- User-supplied context (upstream pipeline, sample values, domain knowledge)
-- Name patterns: `_embedding`/`_vec`/`_embed` → vector; `_label`/`_class` → label; `_score`/`_eval`/`_metric` → evaluation metric
-
-Be specific and concise. Good: `"Sentence-BERT embedding of the query text (768-dim)."` Not: `"An embedding column."`
-
-### Tags (`lancedb:tag:<name>`)
-
-Choose tag key names that match what the user asked to annotate. Common patterns:
-
-- Semantic field type → `lancedb:tag:field_type: "embedding"` / `"text"` / `"image"` / `"label"` / `"eval"` / `"id"` / `"metadata"`
-- Model or source → `lancedb:tag:model: "clip"` / `"bert"` / `"vit"`
-- Project affiliation → `lancedb:tag:project_id: "<name>"`
-- Version → `lancedb:tag:version: "v3"` (and `lancedb:tag:latest: "true"` for the newest)
-
-Use Arrow type as a hint: `FixedSizeList` + float → embedding; `Utf8`/`LargeUtf8` → text; `Binary` → image or blob.
-
-### Logical groupings (`lancedb:logical-column`)
-
-Look for naming patterns across columns:
-- `clip_v1`, `clip_v2`, `clip_v3` → logical column `"clip"`, latest is `v3`
-- `text_embed_20240101`, `text_embed_20240601` → logical column `"text_embed"`, latest is the most recent date suffix
-
-Write `lancedb:logical-column` on all members of a group. Mark the newest with `lancedb:tag:latest: "true"` (in addition to its version tag).
-
-## Step 3: Write the metadata
-
-Each update names a field by dot-path and carries a metadata map. Semantics (identical in both SDKs):
-
-- **Merge by default** (`replace` omitted/false) — preserves existing metadata the user didn't ask to change
-- `replace: true` swaps the field's entire metadata map — only if the user explicitly asks to overwrite
-- A value of `None`/`null` deletes that specific key
-- Batch all field updates into a single call when possible
-- Returns the new table version
-
-Python (sync and async take one dict per field, as varargs):
-
-```python
-res = table.update_field_metadata(
-    {
-        "path": "clip_v3",
-        "metadata": {
-            "lancedb:description": "CLIP ViT-L/14 image embedding, L2-normalized (1024-dim).",
-            "lancedb:tag:field_type": "embedding",
-            "lancedb:tag:model": "clip",
-            "lancedb:tag:version": "v3",
-            "lancedb:tag:latest": "true",
-            "lancedb:logical-column": "clip",
-        },
-    },
-    {
-        "path": "clip_v2",
-        "metadata": {
-            "lancedb:description": "CLIP ViT-B/32 image embedding (768-dim), superseded by v3.",
-            "lancedb:tag:field_type": "embedding",
-            "lancedb:tag:model": "clip",
-            "lancedb:tag:version": "v2",
-            "lancedb:logical-column": "clip",
-        },
-    },
-)
-print(res.version)  # new table version
-
-# merge semantics: add a key, delete one via None, keep the rest
-table.update_field_metadata(
-    {"path": "clip_v2", "metadata": {"lancedb:tag:archived": "true", "lancedb:tag:latest": None}}
-)
-```
-
-(`replace_field_metadata` is deprecated — use `update_field_metadata`.)
-
-TypeScript (takes an array of `FieldMetadataUpdate`):
-
-```typescript
-const res = await table.updateFieldMetadata([
-  {
-    path: "clip_v3",
-    metadata: {
-      "lancedb:description": "CLIP ViT-L/14 image embedding, L2-normalized (1024-dim).",
-      "lancedb:tag:field_type": "embedding",
-      "lancedb:tag:model": "clip",
-      "lancedb:tag:version": "v3",
-      "lancedb:tag:latest": "true",
-      "lancedb:logical-column": "clip",
-    },
-  },
-  {
-    path: "clip_v2",
-    metadata: {
-      "lancedb:description": "CLIP ViT-B/32 image embedding (768-dim), superseded by v3.",
-      "lancedb:tag:field_type": "embedding",
-      "lancedb:tag:model": "clip",
-      "lancedb:tag:version": "v2",
-      "lancedb:logical-column": "clip",
-    },
-  },
-]);
-console.log(res.version); // new table version
-
-// merge semantics: add a key, delete one via null, keep the rest
-await table.updateFieldMetadata([
-  { path: "clip_v2", metadata: { "lancedb:tag:archived": "true", "lancedb:tag:latest": null } },
-]);
-```
-
-## Step 4: Confirm
-
-Report back:
-- Which columns were updated and what was written
-- The new table version number (from the result)
-- Any columns skipped (e.g., already had up-to-date metadata)
-
-## Quick examples
-
-**"Write descriptions for all columns in the `product_embeddings` table"**
-1. Read `table.schema` → all fields + existing metadata
-2. Generate a `lancedb:description` for each column based on name + type
-3. One `update_field_metadata` call with all descriptions
-4. Report
-
-**"Tag the columns in `model_outputs` with their field type and model"**
-1. Read the schema
-2. For each field, classify by name + Arrow type → set `lancedb:tag:field_type` and `lancedb:tag:model` where applicable
-3. Write in one batched call
-4. Report
-
-**"Group the feature columns in `training_features` into logical families and mark the latest version"**
-1. Read the schema
-2. Find version patterns → assign `lancedb:logical-column` and `lancedb:tag:version`; mark newest with `lancedb:tag:latest: "true"`
-3. Write in one batched call
-4. Show the grouping

plugins/lancedb/skills/lancedb/references/python/api_reference.md

@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-# Python API Reference
-
-Quick method reference for Python LanceDB code. Cross-check source for non-trivial claims.
-
-## Connect
-
-If you're connecting to a remote database, use this:
-```python
-import lancedb
-
-db = lancedb.connect("db://my-db", api_key=api_key, host_override=host_override) # remote
-```
-(values may be found in LANCEDB_API_KEY and LANCEDB_HOST_OVERRIDE, either in env vars or a .env file)
-
-If you're connecting to a local table using OSS LanceDB, use this:
-```python
-db = lancedb.connect("./camelot-db") # local/OSS
-```
-If you're not sure which, or if you can't find the api_key or host_override params, ask the user.
-
-**Place the local database directory next to the script/entrypoint that opens it** (i.e. resolve the path relative to the script, `Path(__file__).parent / "camelot-db"`), not buried under a shared `data/` folder. The Lance dataset is the database, not a data file — keeping it beside its code makes ownership obvious and paths stable regardless of the working directory the script is launched from.
-
-**Do not name the directory `lancedb`** (e.g. `./lancedb`, `./data/lancedb`). It collides with the imported `lancedb` package name, which is confusing to read and easy to shadow in scripts. Give it a name derived from the repo or dataset with a clear prefix/suffix — for example `./<dataset>-db`, `./<repo>_lancedb`, or `./vectordb`.
-
-Async:
-
-```python
-db = await lancedb.connect_async("./camelot-db")
-```
-
-## Table Reads
-
-| Task | Preferred API |
-| --- | --- |
-| Vector search | `table.search(query_vector).limit(k)` |
-| Full scan with filters/projection (sync) | `table.search().where(...).select(...).limit(...)` |
-| Full scan with filters/projection (async) | `table.query().where(...).select(...).limit(...)` |
-| Filter | `.where("col > 10")` |
-| Projection | `.select(["id", "text"])` |
-| Bound result count | `.limit(20)` |
-| Collect bounded result as Python objects (default, no extra deps) | `.to_list()` on query/search result |
-| Collect bounded result as Arrow (default, `pyarrow` always available) | `.to_arrow()` on query/search result |
-| Collect bounded result as pandas (only if project uses pandas) | `.to_pandas()` on query/search result |
-| Collect bounded result as Polars (only if project uses polars) | `.to_polars()` on query/search result |
-
-## Sync vs Async Scan API
-
-The plain-scan entry point differs between the sync and async clients. **Verified against `lancedb` 0.34.0** — re-check if the pinned version changes:
-
-- **Sync** (`lancedb.connect(...)`): the table has **no `.query()` method**. Use `.search()` with no argument for a plain scan; it returns a query builder that supports `.where()`, `.select()`, `.limit()`, and the `.to_list()` / `.to_arrow()` / `.to_pandas()` / `.to_polars()` collectors.
-  ```python
-  rows = table.search().where("status = 'ready'").select(["id", "text"]).limit(20).to_list()
-  ```
-- **Async** (`lancedb.connect_async(...)`): the table has **both** `.query()` and `.search()`. Use `.query()` for a plain scan.
-  ```python
-  rows = await async_table.query().where("status = 'ready'").select(["id", "text"]).limit(20).to_list()
-  ```
-
-Do not call `table.query()` on a sync table — it raises `AttributeError`.
-
-## Local vs Remote Table Methods
-
-| API | Local table | Remote table | Agent guidance |
-| --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| `table.search(...)` | Yes | Yes | Preferred read path (sync + async) |
-| `table.query()` | Async only | Async only | Sync scan path is `table.search()`; `.query()` is the async scan builder |
-| `table.to_pandas()` | Yes | No / unsafe for portability | Avoid in portable code |
-| `table.to_arrow()` | Yes | No / unsafe for portability | Avoid in portable code |
-| `table.to_polars()` | Yes | No / unsafe for portability | Avoid in portable code |
-| `table.to_lance()` | Yes | No | Local/OSS escape hatch only |
-
-## Indexes
-
-Use `create_index(...)` for vector indexes and modern index configs. Use scalar indexes for filtered or merge keys.
-
-Common calls:
-
-```python
-table.create_index("vector")
-table.create_scalar_index("status")
-table.create_fts_index("text")
-```
-
-Check source docs before specifying advanced index config names or parameters.
-
-## Filtering And Recall Knobs
-
-```python
-table.search(query_vector).where("status = 'ready'")  # pre-filter by default
-table.search(query_vector).where("status = 'ready'", prefilter=False)
-table.search(query_vector).limit(10).refine_factor(20)
-table.search(query_vector).limit(10).nprobes(50)
-```
-
-Use post-filtering only when fewer than `limit` results are acceptable.
-
-## Diagnostics
-
-```python
-print(table.search(query_vector).where("year > 2000").limit(10).analyze_plan())
-print(table.index_stats("vector_idx"))
-```
-
-Use these before changing indexes or search tuning.
-
-## Column (Field) Metadata
-
-```python
-schema = table.schema                       # sync property; async: await table.schema()
-meta = schema.field("category").metadata    # dict[bytes, bytes] — Arrow metadata is bytes-keyed
-res = table.update_field_metadata(          # varargs: one dict per field; works local + remote
-    {"path": "category", "metadata": {"lancedb:description": "...", "lancedb:tag:field_type": "label"}}
-)
-res.version  # new table version
-```
-
-Merges by default; a `None` value deletes that key; `"replace": True` swaps the whole map. Nested fields use dot-paths (`"a.b.c"`). `replace_field_metadata` is deprecated. See `references/column_metadata.md` for key conventions (`lancedb:description`, `lancedb:tag:<name>`, `lancedb:logical-column`) and the authoring workflow.
-
-## Branches
-
-```python
-table.branches.list()                          # non-main branches; {} = only main
-exp = table.branches.create("exp")             # fork off main -> handle scoped to the branch
-wip = table.branches.checkout("wip")           # existing branch -> scoped handle (version= pins read-only)
-wip = db.open_table("t", branch="wip")         # or open scoped directly
-table.branches.delete("stale")                 # removes only the branch pointer
-table.current_branch()                         # None = main
-```
-
-There is no global switch — scoping is per table handle: any read/write on a branch handle lands on that branch; the original handle keeps targeting main. See `references/branch_ops.md` for the model and isolation checks.
-
-## Maintenance
-
-```python
-table.optimize()
-```
-
-Call this after every successful local/OSS ingestion. It handles compaction, cleanup of old versions according to retention, and index optimization. Do not add this for LanceDB Enterprise/Cloud remote tables; Enterprise handles compaction and cleanup automatically from cluster configuration.

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-# Python Patterns
-
-Use these patterns when writing Python code with `lancedb`.
-
-## Before Writing Code
-
-Choose the output type from what the project actually depends on. **Do not assume `pandas` or `polars` is installed** — they are heavy dependencies that many LanceDB projects do not use. `pyarrow`, by contrast, ships as a LanceDB dependency and is always available, so it is a safe default to lean on.
-
-Default output (after applying `select()` and `limit()`):
-
-- **Python objects**: `.to_list()` — a list of dicts, no extra dependencies. Prefer this for scripts, examples, and agent-generated code unless there is a reason to do otherwise.
-- **PyArrow**: `.to_arrow()` — a `pyarrow.Table`, when the surrounding code is Arrow-native or you need columnar/zero-copy handoff.
-
-Only reach for a DataFrame when the project *already* declares that dependency:
-
-- Pandas projects (pandas in `pyproject.toml`/requirements): `.to_pandas()`.
-- Polars projects (polars declared): `.to_polars()`.
-
-If unsure, check the dependency manifest or the imports in surrounding files. When in doubt, use `.to_list()` or `.to_arrow()`.
-
-## Schema Design and Validation
-
-Favor `LanceModel` and Pydantic validation for Python schemas. They keep field
-types readable, validate source records before a write, and map directly to a
-LanceDB schema. Use `Vector(dimension)` for fixed-size vectors:
-
-```python
-from lancedb.pydantic import LanceModel, Vector
-
-class Document(LanceModel):
-    id: int
-    text: str
-    vector: Vector(384, nullable=False)
-
-rows = [Document.model_validate(row) for row in source_rows]
-table = db.create_table("documents", schema=Document)
-table.add(rows)
-```
-
-Use PyArrow schemas instead when the pipeline is already Arrow-native, needs
-record-batch streaming, or has runtime schema requirements that would make a
-Pydantic model harder to understand. Declare Pydantic as a direct project
-dependency when application code imports it, even if LanceDB also depends on it.
-
-## Recommended Patterns
-
-### Bounded search or query
-
-Use this for application reads, examples, notebooks, and agent-generated scripts:
-
-```python
-results = (
-    table.search(query_vector)
-    .where("status = 'ready'")
-    .select(["id", "text"])
-    .limit(20)
-    .to_list()  # or .to_arrow(); .to_pandas()/.to_polars() only if the project uses them
-)
-```
-
-Why: `search()` works across local and remote tables and on both the sync and async clients. `select()` avoids fetching unused columns. `limit()` prevents accidental full-table reads. `.to_list()` and `.to_arrow()` avoid assuming pandas/polars is installed (see "Before Writing Code").
-
-For a **plain scan** (no query vector), the entry point differs by client:
-
-```python
-# Sync client: no .query() method — use .search() with no argument.
-rows = table.search().where("status = 'ready'").select(["id", "text"]).limit(20).to_list()
-
-# Async client: use .query().
-rows = await async_table.query().where("status = 'ready'").select(["id", "text"]).limit(20).to_list()
-```
-
-`table.query()` on a sync table raises `AttributeError` (verified on `lancedb` 0.34.0). See the "Sync vs Async Scan API" section in `api_reference.md`.
-
-### Bounded query result conversion
-
-It is fine to collect bounded query/search results:
-
-```python
-arrow_table = table.search().select(["id"]).limit(100).to_arrow()  # sync plain scan
-rows = table.search(query_vector).limit(10).to_list()
-df = table.search(query_vector).limit(10).to_pandas()  # only if pandas is a project dep
-```
-
-### Local-only Lance dataset API
-
-`table.to_lance()` does not itself materialize the full dataset. It returns the underlying `lance.LanceDataset`, making the table accessible through the PyLance dataset API. Use it when the task is explicitly local/OSS and needs Lance dataset methods not exposed by LanceDB:
-
-```python
-# Local/OSS only: RemoteTable does not expose table.to_lance().
-ds = table.to_lance()
-for batch in ds.to_batches(columns=["id", "text"], batch_size=10_000):
-    process(batch)
-```
-
-### Async Python
-
-Keep the same shape and bound the result before collecting:
-
-```python
-results = await (
-    async_table.query()
-    .where("status = 'ready'")
-    .select(["id", "text"])
-    .limit(20)
-    .to_list()  # or .to_arrow()
-)
-```
-
-## Anti-Patterns
-
-**Avoid the following anti-patterns in your code.**
-
-### Table-level full materialization
-
-Avoid whole-table collectors in portable or large-table code:
-
-```python
-df = table.to_pandas()
-arrow_table = table.to_arrow()
-polars_df = table.to_polars()
-```
-
-Why: local tables expose these whole-table collectors, but remote tables intentionally do not — a remote production table can be far larger than a local development table, so it is easy to accidentally pull the entire table into memory.
-
-`table.to_lance()` is different: it is not a full materialization call, but it is still local/OSS-only and should not appear in code meant to run against remote Enterprise tables.
-
-### Unbounded result collection
-
-Avoid query/search collection without a meaningful limit:
-
-```python
-rows = table.search().to_list()               # unbounded plain scan
-rows = table.search(query_vector).to_list()   # unbounded vector search
-```
-
-Prefer `select(...).limit(...)` before collecting; for large reads, stream in batches instead.
-
-### Per-row writes
-
-Avoid loops that write one row per call:
-
-```python
-for row in rows:
-    table.add([row])  # one commit + fragment per row
-```
-
-Each `add()` creates a new version and fragment. Pass the whole batch in a single call, or chunk very large inputs:
-
-```python
-table.add(rows)  # single commit
-# for very large inputs, add batches of several thousand rows
-```
-
-After the final successful write to an embedded OSS table, call
-`table.optimize()`. Skip this for Enterprise/Cloud tables because their
-maintenance is automatic.
-
-### Drop-then-reuse the same table name (Enterprise/Cloud)
-
-Avoid dropping or overwriting a remote table and then reusing that name right away:
-
-```python
-db.drop_table("my_table")
-table = db.create_table("my_table", data=rows)          # reads 500 for ~5 min
-table = db.create_table("my_table", data=rows, mode="overwrite")  # same problem
-```
-
-Why: Enterprise/Cloud splits DDL (control plane) from query serving (data plane). The data plane caches the dataset behind a table name for up to `table_cache_ttl` (default 300s / 5 min), so after a drop/overwrite the DDL succeeds but queries against the reused name return `500 Internal Server Error` until the cache expires — and a fresh `describe` may still show the old schema. Instead, write to a **fresh name**, use `list_tables()` and fail if it already exists, then `rename_table(fresh, final)` onto the final name only after the old table's drop has propagated (~5 min). See the "Enterprise: never drop-then-reuse the same table name" section in `SKILL.md`. Local/OSS tables have no separate data plane — overwrite freely there.
-
-### Guessing performance fixes
-
-Avoid changing `nprobes`, `refine_factor`, or index types before checking the query plan and index stats. Diagnose first, then tune one knob at a time.

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-# Python Performance Guidance
-
-Use this when writing Python code that ingests data, queries large tables, builds indexes, or investigates latency.
-
-## Ingestion
-
-### Recommended: validate schemas and records with Pydantic
-
-Favor `LanceModel` for readable Python schema definitions and validate source
-records before writing. Use PyArrow directly for Arrow-native or streaming
-pipelines where it is the clearer representation.
-
-```python
-from lancedb.pydantic import LanceModel, Vector
-
-class Document(LanceModel):
-    id: int
-    text: str
-    vector: Vector(384, nullable=False)
-
-rows = [Document.model_validate(row) for row in source_rows]
-table = db.create_table("documents", schema=Document)
-table.add(rows)
-```
-
-### Recommended: bulk ingestion for materialized data
-
-```python
-table.add(arrow_table)
-table.add(df)
-table.add(pa.dataset("data/", format="parquet"))
-```
-
-For very large initial loads, create the table empty first, then call `add(...)`. Passing data directly to `create_table(name, data)` can skip the auto-parallel write path.
-
-### Recommended: iterator ingestion for generated or streamed data
-
-```python
-def batches():
-    for raw in source:
-        vectors = model.encode(raw["text"])
-        yield pa.RecordBatch.from_pydict({**raw, "vector": vectors})
-
-table.add(batches())
-```
-
-Use chunks of several thousand rows or more when practical. Tiny batches and per-row writes create many small fragments.
-
-### Anti-pattern: per-row `add()`
-
-```python
-for row in rows:
-    table.add([row])
-```
-
-Each call creates a version and fragment. This slows ingestion and later queries.
-
-## Indexing
-
-- Build a vector index once brute-force vector search becomes too slow. As a rule of thumb, local brute force is fine below roughly 100K vectors; beyond that, build an index.
-- Use `IVF_PQ` as the general-purpose default. Enterprise builds this automatically.
-- Use scalar indexes for filtered columns and merge/upsert keys.
-- Use `BTREE` for mostly distinct numeric/string/temporal columns, `BITMAP` for booleans and low-cardinality columns, and `LABEL_LIST` for list membership queries.
-- Keep full-text defaults unless phrase queries require position data.
-
-## Querying
-
-Always be explicit:
-
-```python
-table.search(query_vector).select(["id", "title"]).limit(20)
-```
-
-- `select()` reduces bytes read and transferred.
-- `limit()` prevents accidental full-table materialization.
-- Pre-filtering is the default and guarantees returned rows satisfy the predicate.
-- Use post-filtering only when fewer than `limit` results are acceptable.
-
-## Recall Tuning
-
-Tune one knob at a time:
-
-- Quantized indexes: raise `refine_factor` to rescore more candidates on full vectors.
-- HNSW-backed indexes: raise `ef`; start around `1.5 * k`, increase toward `10 * k` if recall is short.
-- IVF candidate breadth: `nprobes` is auto-tuned; override only when a selective pre-filter leaves too few neighbors.
-
-## Maintenance
-
-After every successful embedded OSS/local ingestion, call `table.optimize()`.
-Do not add this to LanceDB Enterprise/Cloud remote table code; remote compaction
-and cleanup are handled automatically based on the Enterprise cluster
-configuration.
-
-Why local maintenance is needed:
-
-- Frequent writes can create many small fragments. Queries then need to scan across more files, which can increase latency.
-- Updates, deletes, and appends create new table versions. Old versions are retained for time travel and rollback, which can grow disk usage.
-- Indexes may have newly added rows that are not yet fully optimized into the index structure.
-
-For local/OSS tables, run `optimize()` after the final successful ingestion
-write. Also run it after later batches of update/delete operations or on a
-regular maintenance schedule:
-
-```python
-table.optimize()
-```
-
-If the user wants more aggressive local disk cleanup, pass a shorter cleanup retention window:
-
-```python
-from datetime import timedelta
-
-table.optimize(cleanup_older_than=timedelta(days=1))
-```
-
-Do not use very short cleanup windows when the application depends on time travel, rollback, or old versions.
-
-## Diagnostics
-
-Before changing code or indexes, inspect:
-
-```python
-print(table.search(query_vector).where("year > 2000").limit(10).analyze_plan())
-print(table.index_stats("vector_idx"))
-```
-
-Look for high scan bytes, missing indexes, fragmented data, and unindexed rows.
-
-## Python Multiprocessing
-
-When using multiprocessing, use `spawn` rather than `fork`. LanceDB is multi-threaded internally, and `fork` plus a multi-threaded process is unsafe.