Bump version: 0.28.0-beta.0 → 0.28.0-beta.1

Bump version: 0.31.0-beta.0 → 0.31.0-beta.1
chore: update lance dependency to v5.0.0-beta.5 (#3237 )
2026-04-05 15:30:41 +00:00 · 2026-04-05 02:51:09 +00:00 · 2026-04-05 02:50:52 +00:00 · 2026-04-04 19:49:51 -07:00 · 2026-04-03 10:40:49 -07:00
35 changed files with 352 additions and 197 deletions
--- a/.bumpversion.toml
+++ b/.bumpversion.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.28.0-beta.0"
+current_version = "0.28.0-beta.1"
 parse = """(?x)
    (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
    (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3072,8 +3072,8 @@ checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"

 [[package]]
 name = "fsst"
-version = "5.0.0-beta.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.4#d9068e76a301df9e21d7282419f24f61a11375ac"
+version = "5.0.0-beta.5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.5#d630106da5a238b3adfb8c5dea3b3921f3519945"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "rand 0.9.2",
@@ -4134,8 +4134,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance"
-version = "5.0.0-beta.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.4#d9068e76a301df9e21d7282419f24f61a11375ac"
+version = "5.0.0-beta.5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.5#d630106da5a238b3adfb8c5dea3b3921f3519945"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-arith",
@@ -4201,8 +4201,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow"
-version = "5.0.0-beta.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.4#d9068e76a301df9e21d7282419f24f61a11375ac"
+version = "5.0.0-beta.5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.5#d630106da5a238b3adfb8c5dea3b3921f3519945"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4222,8 +4222,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-bitpacking"
-version = "5.0.0-beta.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.4#d9068e76a301df9e21d7282419f24f61a11375ac"
+version = "5.0.0-beta.5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.5#d630106da5a238b3adfb8c5dea3b3921f3519945"
 dependencies = [
 "arrayref",
 "paste",
@@ -4232,8 +4232,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-core"
-version = "5.0.0-beta.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.4#d9068e76a301df9e21d7282419f24f61a11375ac"
+version = "5.0.0-beta.5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.5#d630106da5a238b3adfb8c5dea3b3921f3519945"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4270,8 +4270,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datafusion"
-version = "5.0.0-beta.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.4#d9068e76a301df9e21d7282419f24f61a11375ac"
+version = "5.0.0-beta.5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.5#d630106da5a238b3adfb8c5dea3b3921f3519945"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4301,8 +4301,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datagen"
-version = "5.0.0-beta.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.4#d9068e76a301df9e21d7282419f24f61a11375ac"
+version = "5.0.0-beta.5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.5#d630106da5a238b3adfb8c5dea3b3921f3519945"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4320,8 +4320,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-encoding"
-version = "5.0.0-beta.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.4#d9068e76a301df9e21d7282419f24f61a11375ac"
+version = "5.0.0-beta.5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.5#d630106da5a238b3adfb8c5dea3b3921f3519945"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-arith",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4358,8 +4358,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-file"
-version = "5.0.0-beta.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.4#d9068e76a301df9e21d7282419f24f61a11375ac"
+version = "5.0.0-beta.5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.5#d630106da5a238b3adfb8c5dea3b3921f3519945"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-arith",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4391,8 +4391,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-index"
-version = "5.0.0-beta.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.4#d9068e76a301df9e21d7282419f24f61a11375ac"
+version = "5.0.0-beta.5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.5#d630106da5a238b3adfb8c5dea3b3921f3519945"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-arith",
@@ -4456,8 +4456,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-io"
-version = "5.0.0-beta.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.4#d9068e76a301df9e21d7282419f24f61a11375ac"
+version = "5.0.0-beta.5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.5#d630106da5a238b3adfb8c5dea3b3921f3519945"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-arith",
@@ -4501,8 +4501,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-linalg"
-version = "5.0.0-beta.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.4#d9068e76a301df9e21d7282419f24f61a11375ac"
+version = "5.0.0-beta.5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.5#d630106da5a238b3adfb8c5dea3b3921f3519945"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4518,8 +4518,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace"
-version = "5.0.0-beta.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.4#d9068e76a301df9e21d7282419f24f61a11375ac"
+version = "5.0.0-beta.5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.5#d630106da5a238b3adfb8c5dea3b3921f3519945"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "async-trait",
@@ -4532,8 +4532,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace-impls"
-version = "5.0.0-beta.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.4#d9068e76a301df9e21d7282419f24f61a11375ac"
+version = "5.0.0-beta.5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.5#d630106da5a238b3adfb8c5dea3b3921f3519945"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-ipc",
@@ -4578,8 +4578,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-table"
-version = "5.0.0-beta.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.4#d9068e76a301df9e21d7282419f24f61a11375ac"
+version = "5.0.0-beta.5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.5#d630106da5a238b3adfb8c5dea3b3921f3519945"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4618,8 +4618,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-testing"
-version = "5.0.0-beta.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.4#d9068e76a301df9e21d7282419f24f61a11375ac"
+version = "5.0.0-beta.5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.0.0-beta.5#d630106da5a238b3adfb8c5dea3b3921f3519945"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-schema",
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,20 +15,20 @@ categories = ["database-implementations"]
 rust-version = "1.91.0"

 [workspace.dependencies]
-lance = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.4", default-features = false, "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.4", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-core = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.4", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.4", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datagen = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.4", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.4", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-file = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.4", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.4", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-io = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.4", default-features = false, "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.4", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-index = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.4", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.4", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-linalg = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.4", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.4", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.4", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.4", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.4", default-features = false, "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.4", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-table = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.4", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.4", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-testing = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.4", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.4", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.4", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.4", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-encoding = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.4", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.4", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-arrow = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.4", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.4", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.5", default-features = false, "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-core = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datagen = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-file = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-io = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.5", default-features = false, "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-index = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-linalg = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.5", default-features = false, "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-table = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-testing = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-encoding = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-arrow = { "version" = "=5.0.0-beta.5", "tag" = "v5.0.0-beta.5", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
 ahash = "0.8"
 # Note that this one does not include pyarrow
 arrow = { version = "57.2", optional = false }
--- a/docs/src/java/java.md
+++ b/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>0.28.0-beta.0</version>
+    <version>0.28.0-beta.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```

--- a/java/lancedb-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/lancedb-core/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    <parent>
      <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
      <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>0.28.0-beta.0</version>
+      <version>0.28.0-beta.1</version>
      <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>

--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@

    <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
    <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.28.0-beta.0</version>
+    <version>0.28.0-beta.1</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>5.0.0-beta.4</lance-core.version>
+        <lance-core.version>5.0.0-beta.5</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>
--- a/nodejs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nodejs/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
 edition.workspace = true
-version = "0.28.0-beta.0"
+version = "0.28.0-beta.1"
 license.workspace = true
 description.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
--- a/nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-darwin-arm64",
-	"version": "0.28.0-beta.0",
+	"version": "0.28.0-beta.1",
 	"os": ["darwin"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.darwin-arm64.node",
--- a/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-gnu/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-gnu/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.28.0-beta.0",
+	"version": "0.28.0-beta.1",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-gnu.node",
--- a/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-musl/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-musl/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-musl",
-	"version": "0.28.0-beta.0",
+	"version": "0.28.0-beta.1",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-musl.node",
--- a/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-gnu/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-gnu/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.28.0-beta.0",
+	"version": "0.28.0-beta.1",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-gnu.node",
--- a/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-musl/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-musl/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-musl",
-	"version": "0.28.0-beta.0",
+	"version": "0.28.0-beta.1",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-musl.node",
--- a/nodejs/npm/win32-arm64-msvc/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/win32-arm64-msvc/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-arm64-msvc",
-  "version": "0.28.0-beta.0",
+  "version": "0.28.0-beta.1",
  "os": [
    "win32"
  ],
--- a/nodejs/npm/win32-x64-msvc/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/win32-x64-msvc/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-x64-msvc",
-	"version": "0.28.0-beta.0",
+	"version": "0.28.0-beta.1",
 	"os": ["win32"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.win32-x64-msvc.node",
--- a/nodejs/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
    "ann"
  ],
  "private": false,
-  "version": "0.28.0-beta.0",
+  "version": "0.28.0-beta.1",
  "main": "dist/index.js",
  "exports": {
    ".": "./dist/index.js",
--- a/python/.bumpversion.toml
+++ b/python/.bumpversion.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.31.0-beta.0"
+current_version = "0.31.0-beta.1"
 parse = """(?x)
    (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
    (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
--- a/python/Cargo.toml
+++ b/python/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.31.0-beta.0"
+version = "0.31.0-beta.1"
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "Python bindings for LanceDB"
 license.workspace = true
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb"

 [project.optional-dependencies]
 pylance = [
-    "pylance>=5.0.0b3",
+    "pylance>=5.0.0b5",
 ]
 tests = [
    "aiohttp>=3.9.0",
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ tests = [
    "polars>=0.19, <=1.3.0",
    "tantivy>=0.20.0",
    "pyarrow-stubs>=16.0",
-    "pylance>=5.0.0b3",
+    "pylance>=5.0.0b5",
    "requests>=2.31.0",
    "datafusion>=52,<53",
 ]
--- a/python/python/lancedb/_lancedb.pyi
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/_lancedb.pyi
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ class Connection(object):
    async def drop_all_tables(
        self, namespace_path: Optional[List[str]] = None
    ) -> None: ...
+    async def namespace_client_config(
+        self,
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]: ...

 class Table:
    def name(self) -> str: ...
--- a/python/python/lancedb/db.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/db.py
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@ from lancedb.embeddings.registry import EmbeddingFunctionRegistry
 from lancedb.common import data_to_reader, sanitize_uri, validate_schema
 from lancedb.background_loop import LOOP
 from lance_namespace import (
+    LanceNamespace,
    ListNamespacesResponse,
    CreateNamespaceResponse,
    DropNamespaceResponse,
    DescribeNamespaceResponse,
    ListTablesResponse,
+    connect as namespace_connect,
 )

 from . import __version__
@@ -507,6 +509,26 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
    def uri(self) -> str:
        return self._uri

+    def namespace_client(self) -> LanceNamespace:
+        """Get the equivalent namespace client for this connection.
+
+        For native storage connections, this returns a DirectoryNamespace
+        pointing to the same root with the same storage options.
+
+        For namespace connections, this returns the backing namespace client.
+
+        For enterprise (remote) connections, this returns a RestNamespace
+        with the same URI and authentication headers.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        LanceNamespace
+            The namespace client for this connection.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "namespace_client is not supported for this connection type"
+        )
+

 class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
    """
@@ -1044,6 +1066,20 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
            )
        )

+    @override
+    def namespace_client(self) -> LanceNamespace:
+        """Get the equivalent namespace client for this connection.
+
+        Returns a DirectoryNamespace pointing to the same root with the
+        same storage options.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        LanceNamespace
+            The namespace client for this connection.
+        """
+        return LOOP.run(self._conn.namespace_client())
+
    @deprecation.deprecated(
        deprecated_in="0.15.1",
        removed_in="0.17",
@@ -1716,6 +1752,25 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
            namespace_path = []
        await self._inner.drop_all_tables(namespace_path=namespace_path)

+    async def namespace_client(self) -> LanceNamespace:
+        """Get the equivalent namespace client for this connection.
+
+        For native storage connections, this returns a DirectoryNamespace
+        pointing to the same root with the same storage options.
+
+        For namespace connections, this returns the backing namespace client.
+
+        For enterprise (remote) connections, this returns a RestNamespace
+        with the same URI and authentication headers.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        LanceNamespace
+            The namespace client for this connection.
+        """
+        config = await self._inner.namespace_client_config()
+        return namespace_connect(config["impl"], config["properties"])
+
    @deprecation.deprecated(
        deprecated_in="0.15.1",
        removed_in="0.17",
--- a/python/python/lancedb/namespace.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/namespace.py
@@ -890,6 +890,20 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
            pushdown_operations=self._pushdown_operations,
        )

+    @override
+    def namespace_client(self) -> LanceNamespace:
+        """Get the namespace client for this connection.
+
+        For namespace connections, this returns the backing namespace client
+        that was provided during construction.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        LanceNamespace
+            The namespace client for this connection.
+        """
+        return self._namespace_client
+

 class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
    """
@@ -1387,6 +1401,19 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
            page_token=response.page_token,
        )

+    async def namespace_client(self) -> LanceNamespace:
+        """Get the namespace client for this connection.
+
+        For namespace connections, this returns the backing namespace client
+        that was provided during construction.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        LanceNamespace
+            The namespace client for this connection.
+        """
+        return self._namespace_client
+

 def connect_namespace(
    namespace_client_impl: str,
--- a/python/python/lancedb/pydantic.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/pydantic.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import sys
 import types
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from datetime import date, datetime
+from enum import Enum
 from typing import (
    TYPE_CHECKING,
    Any,
@@ -314,6 +315,19 @@ def _pydantic_type_to_arrow_type(tp: Any, field: FieldInfo) -> pa.DataType:
                return pa.list_(pa.list_(tp.value_arrow_type(), tp.dim()))
            # For regular Vector
            return pa.list_(tp.value_arrow_type(), tp.dim())
+        if _safe_issubclass(tp, Enum):
+            # Map Enum to the Arrow type of its value.
+            # For string-valued enums, use dictionary encoding for efficiency.
+            # For integer enums, use the native type.
+            # Fall back to utf8 for mixed-type or empty enums.
+            value_types = {type(m.value) for m in tp}
+            if len(value_types) == 1:
+                value_type = value_types.pop()
+                if value_type is str:
+                    # Use dictionary encoding for string enums
+                    return pa.dictionary(pa.int32(), pa.utf8())
+                return _py_type_to_arrow_type(value_type, field)
+            return pa.utf8()
    return _py_type_to_arrow_type(tp, field)


--- a/python/python/lancedb/remote/db.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/remote/db.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from ..common import DATA
 from ..db import DBConnection, LOOP
 from ..embeddings import EmbeddingFunctionConfig
 from lance_namespace import (
+    LanceNamespace,
    CreateNamespaceResponse,
    DescribeNamespaceResponse,
    DropNamespaceResponse,
@@ -570,6 +571,19 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
            )
        )

+    @override
+    def namespace_client(self) -> LanceNamespace:
+        """Get the equivalent namespace client for this connection.
+
+        Returns a RestNamespace with the same URI and authentication headers.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        LanceNamespace
+            The namespace client for this connection.
+        """
+        return LOOP.run(self._conn.namespace_client())
+
    async def close(self):
        """Close the connection to the database."""
        self._conn.close()
--- a/python/python/tests/test_db.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_db.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@


 import re
+import sys
 from datetime import timedelta
 import os

@@ -1048,3 +1049,59 @@ def test_clone_table_deep_clone_fails(tmp_path):
    source_uri = os.path.join(tmp_path, "source.lance")
    with pytest.raises(Exception, match="Deep clone is not yet implemented"):
        db.clone_table("cloned", source_uri, is_shallow=False)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == "win32", reason="Namespace client issues")
+def test_namespace_client_native_storage(tmp_path):
+    """Test namespace_client() returns DirectoryNamespace for native storage."""
+    from lance.namespace import DirectoryNamespace
+
+    db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
+    ns_client = db.namespace_client()
+
+    assert isinstance(ns_client, DirectoryNamespace)
+    assert str(tmp_path) in ns_client.namespace_id()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == "win32", reason="Namespace client issues")
+def test_namespace_client_with_storage_options(tmp_path):
+    """Test namespace_client() preserves storage options."""
+    from lance.namespace import DirectoryNamespace
+
+    storage_options = {"timeout": "10s"}
+    db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path, storage_options=storage_options)
+    ns_client = db.namespace_client()
+
+    assert isinstance(ns_client, DirectoryNamespace)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == "win32", reason="Namespace client issues")
+def test_namespace_client_operations(tmp_path):
+    """Test that namespace_client() returns a functional namespace client."""
+    db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
+    ns_client = db.namespace_client()
+
+    # Create a table through the main db connection
+    data = [{"id": 1, "text": "hello", "vector": [1.0, 2.0]}]
+    db.create_table("test_table", data=data)
+
+    # Verify the namespace client can see the table
+    from lance_namespace import ListTablesRequest
+
+    # id=[] means root namespace
+    response = ns_client.list_tables(ListTablesRequest(id=[]))
+    # Tables can be strings or objects with name attribute
+    table_names = [t.name if hasattr(t, "name") else t for t in response.tables]
+    assert "test_table" in table_names
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == "win32", reason="Namespace client issues")
+def test_namespace_client_namespace_connection(tmp_path):
+    """Test namespace_client() returns the backing client for namespace connections."""
+    from lance.namespace import DirectoryNamespace
+
+    db = lancedb.connect_namespace("dir", {"root": str(tmp_path)})
+    ns_client = db.namespace_client()
+
+    assert isinstance(ns_client, DirectoryNamespace)
+    assert str(tmp_path) in ns_client.namespace_id()
--- a/python/python/tests/test_pydantic.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_pydantic.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@

 import json
 from datetime import date, datetime
+from enum import Enum
 from typing import List, Optional, Tuple

 import pyarrow as pa
@@ -673,3 +674,29 @@ async def test_aliases_in_lance_model_async(mem_db_async):
    assert hasattr(model, "name")
    assert hasattr(model, "distance")
    assert model.distance < 0.01
+
+
+def test_enum_types():
+    """Enum fields should map to the Arrow type of their value (issue #1846)."""
+
+    class StrStatus(str, Enum):
+        PENDING = "pending"
+        RUNNING = "running"
+        DONE = "done"
+
+    class IntPriority(int, Enum):
+        LOW = 1
+        MEDIUM = 2
+        HIGH = 3
+
+    class TestModel(pydantic.BaseModel):
+        status: StrStatus
+        priority: IntPriority
+        opt_status: Optional[StrStatus] = None
+
+    schema = pydantic_to_schema(TestModel)
+
+    assert schema.field("status").type == pa.dictionary(pa.int32(), pa.utf8())
+    assert schema.field("priority").type == pa.int64()
+    assert schema.field("opt_status").type == pa.dictionary(pa.int32(), pa.utf8())
+    assert schema.field("opt_status").nullable
--- a/python/src/connection.rs
+++ b/python/src/connection.rs
@@ -474,6 +474,25 @@ impl Connection {
            })
        })
    }
+
+    /// Get the configuration for constructing an equivalent namespace client.
+    /// Returns a dict with:
+    /// - "impl": "dir" for DirectoryNamespace, "rest" for RestNamespace
+    /// - "properties": configuration properties for the namespace
+    #[pyo3(signature = ())]
+    pub fn namespace_client_config(self_: PyRef<'_, Self>) -> PyResult<Bound<'_, PyAny>> {
+        let inner = self_.get_inner()?.clone();
+        let py = self_.py();
+        future_into_py(py, async move {
+            let (impl_type, properties) = inner.namespace_client_config().await.infer_error()?;
+            Python::attach(|py| -> PyResult<Py<PyDict>> {
+                let dict = PyDict::new(py);
+                dict.set_item("impl", impl_type)?;
+                dict.set_item("properties", properties)?;
+                Ok(dict.unbind())
+            })
+        })
+    }
 }

 #[pyfunction]
--- a/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.28.0-beta.0"
+version = "0.28.0-beta.1"
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "LanceDB: A serverless, low-latency vector database for AI applications"
 license.workspace = true
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/connection.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/connection.rs
@@ -30,10 +30,7 @@ use crate::error::{Error, Result};
 #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
 use crate::remote::{
    client::ClientConfig,
-    db::{
-        OPT_REMOTE_API_KEY, OPT_REMOTE_HOST_OVERRIDE, OPT_REMOTE_REGION,
-        OPT_REMOTE_WAL_HOST_OVERRIDE,
-    },
+    db::{OPT_REMOTE_API_KEY, OPT_REMOTE_HOST_OVERRIDE, OPT_REMOTE_REGION},
 };
 use lance::io::ObjectStoreParams;
 pub use lance_encoding::version::LanceFileVersion;
@@ -544,6 +541,16 @@ impl Connection {
        self.internal.namespace_client().await
    }

+    /// Get the configuration for constructing an equivalent namespace client.
+    /// Returns (impl_type, properties) where:
+    /// - impl_type: "dir" for DirectoryNamespace, "rest" for RestNamespace
+    /// - properties: configuration properties for the namespace
+    pub async fn namespace_client_config(
+        &self,
+    ) -> Result<(String, std::collections::HashMap<String, String>)> {
+        self.internal.namespace_client_config().await
+    }
+
    /// List tables with pagination support
    pub async fn list_tables(&self, request: ListTablesRequest) -> Result<ListTablesResponse> {
        self.internal.list_tables(request).await
@@ -669,24 +676,6 @@ impl ConnectBuilder {
        self
    }

-    /// Set the WAL host override for routing merge_insert requests
-    /// to a separate WAL/ingest service.
-    ///
-    /// This option is only used when connecting to LanceDB Cloud (db:// URIs)
-    /// and will be ignored for other URIs.
-    ///
-    /// # Arguments
-    ///
-    /// * `wal_host_override` - The WAL host override to use for the connection
-    #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
-    pub fn wal_host_override(mut self, wal_host_override: &str) -> Self {
-        self.request.options.insert(
-            OPT_REMOTE_WAL_HOST_OVERRIDE.to_string(),
-            wal_host_override.to_string(),
-        );
-        self
-    }
-
    /// Set the database specific options
    ///
    /// See [crate::database::listing::ListingDatabaseOptions] for the options available for
@@ -840,7 +829,6 @@ impl ConnectBuilder {
            &api_key,
            &region,
            options.host_override,
-            options.wal_host_override,
            self.request.client_config,
            storage_options.into(),
        )?);
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/database.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/database.rs
@@ -265,4 +265,13 @@ pub trait Database:
    /// For ListingDatabase, it is the equivalent DirectoryNamespace.
    /// For RemoteDatabase, it is the equivalent RestNamespace.
    async fn namespace_client(&self) -> Result<Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>>;
+
+    /// Get the configuration for constructing an equivalent namespace client.
+    /// Returns (impl_type, properties) where:
+    /// - impl_type: "dir" for DirectoryNamespace, "rest" for RestNamespace
+    /// - properties: configuration properties for the namespace
+    ///
+    /// This is useful for Python bindings where we want to return a Python
+    /// namespace object rather than a Rust trait object.
+    async fn namespace_client_config(&self) -> Result<(String, HashMap<String, String>)>;
 }
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/database/listing.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/database/listing.rs
@@ -1099,6 +1099,15 @@ impl Database for ListingDatabase {
        })?;
        Ok(Arc::new(namespace) as Arc<dyn lance_namespace::LanceNamespace>)
    }
+
+    async fn namespace_client_config(&self) -> Result<(String, HashMap<String, String>)> {
+        let mut properties = HashMap::new();
+        properties.insert("root".to_string(), self.uri.clone());
+        for (key, value) in &self.storage_options {
+            properties.insert(format!("storage.{}", key), value.clone());
+        }
+        Ok(("dir".to_string(), properties))
+    }
 }

 #[cfg(test)]
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/database/namespace.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/database/namespace.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ pub struct LanceNamespaceDatabase {
    uri: String,
    // Operations to push down to the namespace server
    pushdown_operations: HashSet<PushdownOperation>,
+    // Namespace implementation type (e.g., "dir", "rest")
+    ns_impl: String,
+    // Namespace properties used to construct the namespace client
+    ns_properties: HashMap<String, String>,
 }

 impl LanceNamespaceDatabase {
@@ -74,6 +78,8 @@ impl LanceNamespaceDatabase {
            session,
            uri: format!("namespace://{}", ns_impl),
            pushdown_operations,
+            ns_impl: ns_impl.to_string(),
+            ns_properties,
        })
    }
 }
@@ -345,6 +351,10 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
    async fn namespace_client(&self) -> Result<Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>> {
        Ok(self.namespace.clone())
    }
+
+    async fn namespace_client_config(&self) -> Result<(String, HashMap<String, String>)> {
+        Ok((self.ns_impl.clone(), self.ns_properties.clone()))
+    }
 }

 #[cfg(test)]
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/remote/client.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/remote/client.rs
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ pub struct RetryConfig {
 pub struct RestfulLanceDbClient<S: HttpSend = Sender> {
    client: reqwest::Client,
    host: String,
-    wal_host: String,
    pub(crate) retry_config: ResolvedRetryConfig,
    pub(crate) sender: S,
    pub(crate) id_delimiter: String,
@@ -201,7 +200,6 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> std::fmt::Debug for RestfulLanceDbClient<S> {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
        f.debug_struct("RestfulLanceDbClient")
            .field("host", &self.host)
-            .field("wal_host", &self.wal_host)
            .field("retry_config", &self.retry_config)
            .field("sender", &self.sender)
            .field("id_delimiter", &self.id_delimiter)
@@ -287,7 +285,6 @@ impl RestfulLanceDbClient<Sender> {
        parsed_url: &ParsedDbUrl,
        region: &str,
        host_override: Option<String>,
-        wal_host_override: Option<String>,
        default_headers: HeaderMap,
        client_config: ClientConfig,
    ) -> Result<Self> {
@@ -375,16 +372,11 @@ impl RestfulLanceDbClient<Sender> {
            Some(host_override) => host_override,
            None => format!("https://{}.{}.api.lancedb.com", parsed_url.db_name, region),
        };
-        let wal_host = match wal_host_override {
-            Some(wal_host_override) => wal_host_override,
-            None => format!("https://{}.{}.wal.lancedb.com", parsed_url.db_name, region),
-        };
-        debug!("Created client for host: {}, wal_host: {}", host, wal_host);
+        debug!("Created client for host: {}", host);
        let retry_config = client_config.retry_config.clone().try_into()?;
        Ok(Self {
            client,
            host,
-            wal_host,
            retry_config,
            sender: Sender,
            id_delimiter: client_config
@@ -487,12 +479,6 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> RestfulLanceDbClient<S> {
        self.add_id_delimiter_query_param(builder)
    }

-    pub fn post_wal(&self, uri: &str) -> RequestBuilder {
-        let full_uri = format!("{}{}", self.wal_host, uri);
-        let builder = self.client.post(full_uri);
-        self.add_id_delimiter_query_param(builder)
-    }
-
    fn add_id_delimiter_query_param(&self, req: RequestBuilder) -> RequestBuilder {
        if self.id_delimiter != "$" {
            req.query(&[("delimiter", self.id_delimiter.clone())])
@@ -805,7 +791,6 @@ pub mod test_utils {
        RestfulLanceDbClient {
            client: reqwest::Client::new(),
            host: "http://localhost".to_string(),
-            wal_host: "http://localhost-wal".to_string(),
            retry_config: RetryConfig::default().try_into().unwrap(),
            sender: MockSender {
                f: Arc::new(wrapper),
@@ -830,7 +815,6 @@ pub mod test_utils {
        RestfulLanceDbClient {
            client: reqwest::Client::new(),
            host: "http://localhost".to_string(),
-            wal_host: "http://localhost-wal".to_string(),
            retry_config: config.retry_config.try_into().unwrap(),
            sender: MockSender {
                f: Arc::new(wrapper),
@@ -998,7 +982,6 @@ mod tests {
        let client = RestfulLanceDbClient {
            client: reqwest::Client::new(),
            host: "https://example.com".to_string(),
-            wal_host: "https://example.com".to_string(),
            retry_config: RetryConfig::default().try_into().unwrap(),
            sender: Sender,
            id_delimiter: "+".to_string(),
@@ -1034,7 +1017,6 @@ mod tests {
        let client = RestfulLanceDbClient {
            client: reqwest::Client::new(),
            host: "https://example.com".to_string(),
-            wal_host: "https://example.com".to_string(),
            retry_config: RetryConfig::default().try_into().unwrap(),
            sender: Sender,
            id_delimiter: "+".to_string(),
@@ -1072,7 +1054,6 @@ mod tests {
        let client = RestfulLanceDbClient {
            client: reqwest::Client::new(),
            host: "https://example.com".to_string(),
-            wal_host: "https://example.com".to_string(),
            retry_config: RetryConfig::default().try_into().unwrap(),
            sender: Sender,
            id_delimiter: "+".to_string(),
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/remote/db.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/remote/db.rs
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ pub const OPT_REMOTE_PREFIX: &str = "remote_database_";
 pub const OPT_REMOTE_API_KEY: &str = "remote_database_api_key";
 pub const OPT_REMOTE_REGION: &str = "remote_database_region";
 pub const OPT_REMOTE_HOST_OVERRIDE: &str = "remote_database_host_override";
-pub const OPT_REMOTE_WAL_HOST_OVERRIDE: &str = "remote_database_wal_host_override";
 // TODO: add support for configuring client config via key/value options

 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
@@ -96,11 +95,6 @@ pub struct RemoteDatabaseOptions {
    /// This is required when connecting to LanceDB Enterprise and should be
    /// provided if using an on-premises LanceDB Enterprise instance.
    pub host_override: Option<String>,
-    /// The WAL host override
-    ///
-    /// When set, merge_insert operations using WAL routing will be sent to
-    /// this host instead of the auto-derived WAL host.
-    pub wal_host_override: Option<String>,
    /// Storage options configure the storage layer (e.g. S3, GCS, Azure, etc.)
    ///
    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
@@ -119,7 +113,6 @@ impl RemoteDatabaseOptions {
        let api_key = map.get(OPT_REMOTE_API_KEY).cloned();
        let region = map.get(OPT_REMOTE_REGION).cloned();
        let host_override = map.get(OPT_REMOTE_HOST_OVERRIDE).cloned();
-        let wal_host_override = map.get(OPT_REMOTE_WAL_HOST_OVERRIDE).cloned();
        let storage_options = map
            .iter()
            .filter(|(key, _)| !key.starts_with(OPT_REMOTE_PREFIX))
@@ -129,7 +122,6 @@ impl RemoteDatabaseOptions {
            api_key,
            region,
            host_override,
-            wal_host_override,
            storage_options,
        })
    }
@@ -149,12 +141,6 @@ impl DatabaseOptions for RemoteDatabaseOptions {
        if let Some(host_override) = &self.host_override {
            map.insert(OPT_REMOTE_HOST_OVERRIDE.to_string(), host_override.clone());
        }
-        if let Some(wal_host_override) = &self.wal_host_override {
-            map.insert(
-                OPT_REMOTE_WAL_HOST_OVERRIDE.to_string(),
-                wal_host_override.clone(),
-            );
-        }
    }
 }

@@ -199,19 +185,6 @@ impl RemoteDatabaseOptionsBuilder {
        self.options.host_override = Some(host_override);
        self
    }
-
-    /// Set the WAL host override
-    ///
-    /// When set, merge_insert operations using WAL routing will be sent to
-    /// this host instead of the auto-derived WAL host.
-    ///
-    /// # Arguments
-    ///
-    /// * `wal_host_override` - The WAL host override
-    pub fn wal_host_override(mut self, wal_host_override: String) -> Self {
-        self.options.wal_host_override = Some(wal_host_override);
-        self
-    }
 }

 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -231,7 +204,6 @@ impl RemoteDatabase {
        api_key: &str,
        region: &str,
        host_override: Option<String>,
-        wal_host_override: Option<String>,
        client_config: ClientConfig,
        options: RemoteOptions,
    ) -> Result<Self> {
@@ -259,7 +231,6 @@ impl RemoteDatabase {
            &parsed,
            region,
            host_override,
-            wal_host_override,
            header_map,
            client_config.clone(),
        )?;
@@ -806,6 +777,32 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> Database for RemoteDatabase<S> {
        let namespace = builder.build();
        Ok(Arc::new(namespace) as Arc<dyn lance_namespace::LanceNamespace>)
    }
+
+    async fn namespace_client_config(&self) -> Result<(String, HashMap<String, String>)> {
+        let mut properties = HashMap::new();
+        properties.insert("uri".to_string(), self.client.host().to_string());
+        properties.insert("delimiter".to_string(), self.client.id_delimiter.clone());
+        for (key, value) in &self.namespace_headers {
+            properties.insert(format!("header.{}", key), value.clone());
+        }
+        // Add TLS configuration if present
+        if let Some(tls_config) = &self.tls_config {
+            if let Some(cert_file) = &tls_config.cert_file {
+                properties.insert("tls.cert_file".to_string(), cert_file.clone());
+            }
+            if let Some(key_file) = &tls_config.key_file {
+                properties.insert("tls.key_file".to_string(), key_file.clone());
+            }
+            if let Some(ssl_ca_cert) = &tls_config.ssl_ca_cert {
+                properties.insert("tls.ssl_ca_cert".to_string(), ssl_ca_cert.clone());
+            }
+            properties.insert(
+                "tls.assert_hostname".to_string(),
+                tls_config.assert_hostname.to_string(),
+            );
+        }
+        Ok(("rest".to_string(), properties))
+    }
 }

 /// RemoteOptions contains a subset of StorageOptions that are compatible with Remote LanceDB connections
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/remote/table.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/remote/table.rs
@@ -1610,17 +1610,13 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> BaseTable for RemoteTable<S> {
        self.check_mutable().await?;

        let timeout = params.timeout;
-        let use_wal = params.use_wal;

        let query = MergeInsertRequest::try_from(params)?;
-        let path = format!("/v1/table/{}/merge_insert/", self.identifier);
-        let mut request = if use_wal {
-            self.client.post_wal(&path)
-        } else {
-            self.client.post(&path)
-        }
-        .query(&query)
-        .header(CONTENT_TYPE, ARROW_STREAM_CONTENT_TYPE);
+        let mut request = self
+            .client
+            .post(&format!("/v1/table/{}/merge_insert/", self.identifier))
+            .query(&query)
+            .header(CONTENT_TYPE, ARROW_STREAM_CONTENT_TYPE);

        if let Some(timeout) = timeout {
            // (If it doesn't fit into u64, it's not worth sending anyways.)
@@ -2709,43 +2705,6 @@ mod tests {
        }
    }

-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_merge_insert_use_wal() {
-        let batch = RecordBatch::try_new(
-            Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("a", DataType::Int32, false)])),
-            vec![Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![1, 2, 3]))],
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-        let data: Box<dyn RecordBatchReader + Send> = Box::new(RecordBatchIterator::new(
-            [Ok(batch.clone())],
-            batch.schema(),
-        ));
-
-        let table = Table::new_with_handler("my_table", move |request| {
-            if request.url().path() == "/v1/table/my_table/merge_insert/" {
-                // Verify the request was sent to the WAL host
-                assert_eq!(
-                    request.url().host_str().unwrap(),
-                    "localhost-wal",
-                    "merge_insert with use_wal should route to WAL host"
-                );
-
-                http::Response::builder()
-                    .status(200)
-                    .body(r#"{"version": 1, "num_deleted_rows": 0, "num_inserted_rows": 3, "num_updated_rows": 0}"#)
-                    .unwrap()
-            } else {
-                panic!("Unexpected request path: {}", request.url().path());
-            }
-        });
-
-        let mut builder = table.merge_insert(&["some_col"]);
-        builder.use_wal(true);
-        let result = builder.execute(data).await.unwrap();
-
-        assert_eq!(result.num_inserted_rows, 3);
-    }
-
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn test_merge_insert_retries_on_409() {
        let batch = RecordBatch::try_new(
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/table/merge.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/table/merge.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ pub struct MergeInsertBuilder {
    pub(crate) when_not_matched_by_source_delete_filt: Option<String>,
    pub(crate) timeout: Option<Duration>,
    pub(crate) use_index: bool,
-    pub(crate) use_wal: bool,
 }

 impl MergeInsertBuilder {
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ impl MergeInsertBuilder {
            when_not_matched_by_source_delete_filt: None,
            timeout: None,
            use_index: true,
-            use_wal: false,
        }
    }

@@ -150,18 +148,6 @@ impl MergeInsertBuilder {
        self
    }

-    /// Controls whether to route the merge insert operation through the WAL host.
-    ///
-    /// When set to `true`, the operation will be sent to the WAL host instead of
-    /// the main API host. The WAL host is auto-derived from the database connection
-    /// or can be explicitly set via [`crate::connection::ConnectBuilder::wal_host_override`].
-    ///
-    /// Defaults to `false`.
-    pub fn use_wal(&mut self, use_wal: bool) -> &mut Self {
-        self.use_wal = use_wal;
-        self
-    }
-
    /// Executes the merge insert operation
    ///
    /// Returns version and statistics about the merge operation including the number of rows
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Lance Release	93aa0df972	Bump version: 0.28.0-beta.0 → 0.28.0-beta.1	2026-04-05 02:51:09 +00:00
Lance Release	0ac59de5f1	Bump version: 0.31.0-beta.0 → 0.31.0-beta.1	2026-04-05 02:50:52 +00:00
LanceDB Robot	d082c2d2ac	chore: update lance dependency to v5.0.0-beta.5 (#3237 ) ## Summary - update Rust Lance workspace dependencies to `v5.0.0-beta.5` using `ci/set_lance_version.py` - update Java `lance-core` dependency property to `5.0.0-beta.5` - refresh Cargo lockfile to the new Lance tag ## Verification - `cargo clippy --workspace --tests --all-features -- -D warnings` - `cargo fmt --all` ## Upstream Tag - https://github.com/lance-format/lance/releases/tag/v5.0.0-beta.5 --------- Co-authored-by: Jack Ye <yezhaoqin@gmail.com>	2026-04-04 19:49:51 -07:00
Zelys	9d8699f99e	feat(python): support Enum types in Pydantic to Arrow schema conversion (#3232 ) ## Summary Fixes #1846. Python `Enum` fields raised `TypeError: Converting Pydantic type to Arrow Type: unsupported type <enum 'SomethingTypes'>` when converting a Pydantic model to an Arrow schema. The fix adds Enum detection in `_pydantic_type_to_arrow_type`. When an Enum subclass is encountered, the value type of its members is inspected and mapped to the appropriate Arrow type: - `str`-valued enums (e.g. `class Status(str, Enum)`) → `pa.utf8()` - `int`-valued enums (e.g. `class Priority(int, Enum)`) → `pa.int64()` - Other homogeneous value types → the Arrow type for that Python type - Mixed-value or empty enums → `pa.utf8()` (safe fallback) This covers the common `(str, Enum)` and `(int, Enum)` mixin patterns used in practice. ## Changes - `python/python/lancedb/pydantic.py`: add Enum branch in `_pydantic_type_to_arrow_type` - `python/python/tests/test_pydantic.py`: add `test_enum_types` covering `str`, `int`, and `Optional` Enum fields ## Note on #2395 PR #2395 handles `StrEnum` (Python 3.11+) specifically, using a dictionary-encoded type. This PR handles the broader `(str, Enum)` / `(int, Enum)` mixin pattern that works across all Python versions and stores values as their natural Arrow type. AI assistance was used in developing this fix.	2026-04-03 10:40:49 -07:00