chore: update lance dependency to v1.0.0-beta.6

docs: 404 and outdated URLs should now work (#2800 )
Did a full scan of all URLs that used to point to the old mkdocs pages, and now links to the appropriate pages on lancedb.com/docs or lance.org docs. --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
2025-12-26 06:39:57 +00:00 · 2025-11-20 21:12:01 +00:00 · 2025-11-20 11:14:20 -08:00 · 2025-11-20 11:04:16 -08:00 · 2025-11-20 10:32:37 -08:00 · 2025-11-20 10:23:41 -08:00
64 changed files with 1366 additions and 255 deletions
--- a/.bumpversion.toml
+++ b/.bumpversion.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.22.3"
+current_version = "0.22.4-beta.2"
 parse = """(?x)
    (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
    (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ body:
      label: Link
      description: >
        Provide a link to the existing documentation, if applicable.
-      placeholder: ex. https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/tables/...
+      placeholder: ex. https://lancedb.com/docs/tables/...
    validations:
      required: false
--- a/.github/workflows/codex-update-lance-dependency.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codex-update-lance-dependency.yml
@@ -63,27 +63,18 @@ jobs:
          git config user.name "lancedb automation"
          git config user.email "robot@lancedb.com"

-      - name: Configure Codex authentication
-        env:
-          CODEX_TOKEN_B64: ${{ secrets.CODEX_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [ -z "${CODEX_TOKEN_B64}" ]; then
-            echo "Repository secret CODEX_TOKEN is not defined; skipping Codex execution."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          mkdir -p ~/.codex
-          echo "${CODEX_TOKEN_B64}" | base64 --decode > ~/.codex/auth.json
-
      - name: Run Codex to update Lance dependency
        env:
          TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ROBOT_TOKEN }}
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ROBOT_TOKEN }}
+          OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.CODEX_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
          VERSION="${TAG#refs/tags/}"
          VERSION="${VERSION#v}"
          BRANCH_NAME="codex/update-lance-${VERSION//[^a-zA-Z0-9]/-}"
+
          cat <<EOF >/tmp/codex-prompt.txt
          You are running inside the lancedb repository on a GitHub Actions runner. Update the Lance dependency to version ${VERSION} and prepare a pull request for maintainers to review.

@@ -104,4 +95,6 @@ jobs:
          - Do not merge the PR.
          - If any command fails, diagnose and fix the issue instead of aborting.
          EOF
+
+          printenv OPENAI_API_KEY | codex login --with-api-key
          codex --config shell_environment_policy.ignore_default_excludes=true exec --dangerously-bypass-approvals-and-sandbox "$(cat /tmp/codex-prompt.txt)"
--- a/.github/workflows/lance-release-timer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lance-release-timer.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+name: Lance Release Timer
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "*/10 * * * *"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  actions: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: lance-release-timer
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  trigger-update:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Check for new Lance tag
+        id: check
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ROBOT_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          python3 ci/check_lance_release.py --github-output "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Look for existing PR
+        if: steps.check.outputs.needs_update == 'true'
+        id: pr
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ROBOT_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          TITLE="chore: update lance dependency to v${{ steps.check.outputs.latest_version }}"
+          COUNT=$(gh pr list --search "\"$TITLE\" in:title" --state open --limit 1 --json number --jq 'length')
+          if [ "$COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
+            echo "Open PR already exists for $TITLE"
+            echo "pr_exists=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "No existing PR for $TITLE"
+            echo "pr_exists=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Trigger codex update workflow
+        if: steps.check.outputs.needs_update == 'true' && steps.pr.outputs.pr_exists != 'true'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ROBOT_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          TAG=${{ steps.check.outputs.latest_tag }}
+          gh workflow run codex-update-lance-dependency.yml -f tag=refs/tags/$TAG
+
+      - name: Show latest codex workflow run
+        if: steps.check.outputs.needs_update == 'true' && steps.pr.outputs.pr_exists != 'true'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ROBOT_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          gh run list --workflow codex-update-lance-dependency.yml --limit 1 --json databaseId,htmlUrl,displayTitle
--- a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ concurrency:
  cancel-in-progress: true

 env:
-  # Disable full debug symbol generation to speed up CI build and keep memory down
-  # "1" means line tables only, which is useful for panic tracebacks.
-  RUSTFLAGS: "-C debuginfo=1"
  RUST_BACKTRACE: "1"

 jobs:
@@ -43,18 +40,20 @@ jobs:
        node-version: 20
        cache: 'npm'
        cache-dependency-path: nodejs/package-lock.json
-    - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+    - uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
+      with:
+        components: rustfmt, clippy
    - name: Install dependencies
      run: |
        sudo apt update
        sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler libssl-dev
-    - uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
-      with:
-        components: rustfmt, clippy
-    - name: Lint
+    - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+    - name: Format Rust
+      run: cargo fmt --all -- --check
+    - name: Lint Rust
+      run: cargo clippy --profile ci --all --all-features -- -D warnings
+    - name: Lint Typescript
      run: |
-        cargo fmt --all -- --check
-        cargo clippy --all --all-features -- -D warnings
        npm ci
        npm run lint-ci
    - name: Lint examples
@@ -90,7 +89,8 @@ jobs:
    - name: Build
      run: |
        npm ci
-        npm run build
+        npm run build:debug -- --profile ci
+        npm run tsc
    - name: Setup localstack
      working-directory: .
      run: docker compose up --detach --wait
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ jobs:
    - name: Build
      run: |
        npm ci
-        npm run build
+        npm run build:debug -- --profile ci
+        npm run tsc
    - name: Test
      run: |
        npm run test
--- a/.github/workflows/python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ env:
  PYTEST_ADDOPTS: "--color=yes"
  FORCE_COLOR: "1"
  PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL: "https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/"
+  RUST_BACKTRACE: "1"

 jobs:
  lint:
@@ -97,9 +98,6 @@ jobs:
        run: |
          sudo apt update
          sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          workspaces: python
      - name: Install
        run: |
          pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/ -e .[tests,dev,embeddings]
@@ -131,10 +129,9 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: 3.${{ matrix.python-minor-version }}
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          workspaces: python
      - uses: ./.github/workflows/build_linux_wheel
+        with:
+          args: --profile ci
      - uses: ./.github/workflows/run_tests
        with:
          integration: true
@@ -169,10 +166,9 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: "3.12"
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          workspaces: python
      - uses: ./.github/workflows/build_mac_wheel
+        with:
+          args: --profile ci
      - uses: ./.github/workflows/run_tests
      # Make sure wheels are not included in the Rust cache
      - name: Delete wheels
@@ -199,10 +195,9 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: "3.12"
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          workspaces: python
      - uses: ./.github/workflows/build_windows_wheel
+        with:
+          args: --profile ci
      - uses: ./.github/workflows/run_tests
      # Make sure wheels are not included in the Rust cache
      - name: Delete wheels
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@ env:
  # This env var is used by Swatinem/rust-cache@v2 for the cache
  # key, so we set it to make sure it is always consistent.
  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
-  # Disable full debug symbol generation to speed up CI build and keep memory down
-  # "1" means line tables only, which is useful for panic tracebacks.
-  RUSTFLAGS: "-C debuginfo=1"
  RUST_BACKTRACE: "1"
-  CARGO_INCREMENTAL: 0

 jobs:
  lint:
@@ -44,8 +40,6 @@ jobs:
        with:
          components: rustfmt, clippy
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          workspaces: rust
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: |
          sudo apt update
@@ -53,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Run format
        run: cargo fmt --all -- --check
      - name: Run clippy
-        run: cargo clippy --workspace --tests --all-features -- -D warnings
+        run: cargo clippy --profile ci --workspace --tests --all-features -- -D warnings

  build-no-lock:
    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
@@ -80,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
          sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler libssl-dev
      - name: Build all
        run: |
-          cargo build --benches --all-features --tests
+          cargo build --profile ci --benches --all-features --tests

  linux:
    timeout-minutes: 30
@@ -103,14 +97,8 @@ jobs:
          fetch-depth: 0
          lfs: true
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          workspaces: rust
      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          # This shaves 2 minutes off this step in CI. This doesn't seem to be
-          # necessary in standard runners, but it is in the 4x runners.
-          sudo rm /var/lib/man-db/auto-update
-          sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler libssl-dev
+        run: sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler libssl-dev
      - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
      - name: Make Swap
        run: |
@@ -119,16 +107,16 @@ jobs:
          sudo mkswap /swapfile
          sudo swapon /swapfile
      - name: Build
-        run: cargo build --all-features --tests --locked --examples
+        run: cargo build --profile ci --all-features --tests --locked --examples
      - name: Run feature tests
-        run: make -C ./lancedb feature-tests
+        run: CARGO_ARGS="--profile ci" make -C ./lancedb feature-tests
      - name: Run examples
-        run: cargo run --example simple --locked
+        run: cargo run  --profile ci --example simple --locked
      - name: Run remote tests
        # Running this requires access to secrets, so skip if this is
        # a PR from a fork.
        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork
-        run: make -C ./lancedb remote-tests
+        run: CARGO_ARGS="--profile ci" make -C ./lancedb remote-tests

  macos:
    timeout-minutes: 30
@@ -148,8 +136,6 @@ jobs:
      - name: CPU features
        run: sysctl -a | grep cpu
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          workspaces: rust
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: brew install protobuf
      - name: Run tests
@@ -159,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
          ALL_FEATURES=`cargo metadata --format-version=1 --no-deps \
            | jq -r '.packages[] | .features | keys | .[]' \
            | grep -v s3-test | sort | uniq | paste -s -d "," -`
-          cargo test --features $ALL_FEATURES --locked
+          cargo test --profile ci --features $ALL_FEATURES --locked

  windows:
    runs-on: windows-2022
@@ -173,22 +159,21 @@ jobs:
        working-directory: rust/lancedb
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set target
+        run: rustup target add ${{ matrix.target }}
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          workspaces: rust
      - name: Install Protoc v21.12
        run: choco install --no-progress protoc
      - name: Build
        run: |
-          rustup target add ${{ matrix.target }}
          $env:VCPKG_ROOT = $env:VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT
-          cargo build --features remote --tests --locked --target ${{ matrix.target }}
+          cargo build --profile ci --features 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
-          cargo test --features remote --locked
+          cargo test --profile ci --features remote --locked

  msrv:
    # Check the minimum supported Rust version
@@ -213,6 +198,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
        with:
          toolchain: ${{ matrix.msrv }}
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
      - name: Downgrade  dependencies
        # These packages have newer requirements for MSRV
        run: |
@@ -226,4 +212,4 @@ jobs:
          cargo update -p aws-sdk-sts --precise 1.51.0
          cargo update -p home --precise 0.5.9
      - name: cargo +${{ matrix.msrv }} check
-        run: cargo check --workspace --tests --benches --all-features
+        run: cargo check --profile ci --workspace --tests --benches --all-features
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3032,8 +3032,8 @@ checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"

 [[package]]
 name = "fsst"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.2#254a8217ac26666585983aa7ec8c4234f4c3f99f"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.6#706189e92a5e8e2299bf0b9170c5d7dc5ea63189"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "rand 0.9.2",
@@ -4217,8 +4217,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.2#254a8217ac26666585983aa7ec8c4234f4c3f99f"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.6#706189e92a5e8e2299bf0b9170c5d7dc5ea63189"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-arith",
@@ -4282,8 +4282,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.2#254a8217ac26666585983aa7ec8c4234f4c3f99f"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.6#706189e92a5e8e2299bf0b9170c5d7dc5ea63189"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4301,8 +4301,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-bitpacking"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.2#254a8217ac26666585983aa7ec8c4234f4c3f99f"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.6#706189e92a5e8e2299bf0b9170c5d7dc5ea63189"
 dependencies = [
 "arrayref",
 "paste",
@@ -4311,8 +4311,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-core"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.2#254a8217ac26666585983aa7ec8c4234f4c3f99f"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.6#706189e92a5e8e2299bf0b9170c5d7dc5ea63189"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4348,8 +4348,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datafusion"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.2#254a8217ac26666585983aa7ec8c4234f4c3f99f"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.6#706189e92a5e8e2299bf0b9170c5d7dc5ea63189"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4378,8 +4378,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datagen"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.2#254a8217ac26666585983aa7ec8c4234f4c3f99f"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.6#706189e92a5e8e2299bf0b9170c5d7dc5ea63189"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4396,8 +4396,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-encoding"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.2#254a8217ac26666585983aa7ec8c4234f4c3f99f"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.6#706189e92a5e8e2299bf0b9170c5d7dc5ea63189"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-arith",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4434,8 +4434,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-file"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.2#254a8217ac26666585983aa7ec8c4234f4c3f99f"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.6#706189e92a5e8e2299bf0b9170c5d7dc5ea63189"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-arith",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4467,8 +4467,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-index"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.2#254a8217ac26666585983aa7ec8c4234f4c3f99f"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.6#706189e92a5e8e2299bf0b9170c5d7dc5ea63189"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-arith",
@@ -4529,8 +4529,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-io"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.2#254a8217ac26666585983aa7ec8c4234f4c3f99f"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.6#706189e92a5e8e2299bf0b9170c5d7dc5ea63189"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-arith",
@@ -4570,8 +4570,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-linalg"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.2#254a8217ac26666585983aa7ec8c4234f4c3f99f"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.6#706189e92a5e8e2299bf0b9170c5d7dc5ea63189"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4587,8 +4587,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.2#254a8217ac26666585983aa7ec8c4234f4c3f99f"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.6#706189e92a5e8e2299bf0b9170c5d7dc5ea63189"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "async-trait",
@@ -4600,8 +4600,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace-impls"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.2#254a8217ac26666585983aa7ec8c4234f4c3f99f"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.6#706189e92a5e8e2299bf0b9170c5d7dc5ea63189"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-ipc",
@@ -4639,8 +4639,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-table"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.2#254a8217ac26666585983aa7ec8c4234f4c3f99f"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.6#706189e92a5e8e2299bf0b9170c5d7dc5ea63189"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4679,8 +4679,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-testing"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.2#254a8217ac26666585983aa7ec8c4234f4c3f99f"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.6#706189e92a5e8e2299bf0b9170c5d7dc5ea63189"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-schema",
@@ -4691,7 +4691,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.22.3"
+version = "0.22.4-beta.2"
 dependencies = [
 "ahash",
 "anyhow",
@@ -4786,7 +4786,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
-version = "0.22.3"
+version = "0.22.4-beta.2"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-ipc",
@@ -4806,7 +4806,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.25.3"
+version = "0.25.4-beta.2"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "async-trait",
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,20 +15,20 @@ categories = ["database-implementations"]
 rust-version = "1.78.0"

 [workspace.dependencies]
-lance = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.2", default-features = false, "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.2", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-core = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.2", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.2", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-datagen = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.2", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.2", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-file = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.2", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.2", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-io = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.2", default-features = false, "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.2", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-index = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.2", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.2", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-linalg = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.2", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.2", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.2", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.2", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.2", "features" = ["dir-aws", "dir-gcp", "dir-azure", "dir-oss", "rest"], "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.2", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-table = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.2", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.2", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-testing = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.2", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.2", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.2", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.2", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-encoding = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.2", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.2", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-lance-arrow = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.2", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.2", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
+lance = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.6", default-features = false, "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.6", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-core = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.6", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.6", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datagen = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.6", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.6", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-file = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.6", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.6", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-io = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.6", default-features = false, "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.6", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-index = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.6", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.6", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-linalg = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.6", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.6", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.6", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.6", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.6", "features" = ["dir-aws", "dir-gcp", "dir-azure", "dir-oss", "rest"], "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.6", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-table = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.6", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.6", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-testing = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.6", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.6", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.6", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.6", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-encoding = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.6", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.6", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-arrow = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.6", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.6", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
 ahash = "0.8"
 # Note that this one does not include pyarrow
 arrow = { version = "56.2", optional = false }
@@ -63,3 +63,17 @@ regex = "1.10"
 lazy_static = "1"
 semver = "1.0.25"
 chrono = "0.4"
+
+[profile.ci]
+debug = "line-tables-only"
+inherits = "dev"
+incremental = false
+
+# This rule applies to every package except workspace members (dependencies
+# such as `arrow` and `tokio`). It disables debug info and related features on
+# dependencies so their binaries stay smaller, improving cache reuse.
+[profile.ci.package."*"]
+debug = false
+debug-assertions = false
+strip = "debuginfo"
+incremental = false
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@

 # **The Multimodal AI Lakehouse**

-[**How to Install** ](#how-to-install) ✦ [**Detailed Documentation**](https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/) ✦ [**Tutorials and Recipes**](https://github.com/lancedb/vectordb-recipes/tree/main) ✦  [**Contributors**](#contributors) 
+[**How to Install** ](#how-to-install) ✦ [**Detailed Documentation**](https://lancedb.com/docs) ✦ [**Tutorials and Recipes**](https://github.com/lancedb/vectordb-recipes/tree/main) ✦  [**Contributors**](#contributors) 

 **The ultimate multimodal data platform for AI/ML applications.** 

--- a/ci/check_lance_release.py
+++ b/ci/check_lance_release.py
@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Determine whether a newer Lance tag exists and expose results for CI."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Iterable, List, Sequence, Tuple, Union
+
+try:  # Python >=3.11
+    import tomllib  # type: ignore
+except ModuleNotFoundError:  # pragma: no cover - fallback for older Python
+    import tomli as tomllib  # type: ignore
+
+LANCE_REPO = "lance-format/lance"
+
+SEMVER_RE = re.compile(
+    r"^\s*(?P<major>0|[1-9]\d*)\.(?P<minor>0|[1-9]\d*)\.(?P<patch>0|[1-9]\d*)"
+    r"(?:-(?P<prerelease>[0-9A-Za-z.-]+))?"
+    r"(?:\+[0-9A-Za-z.-]+)?\s*$"
+)
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class SemVer:
+    major: int
+    minor: int
+    patch: int
+    prerelease: Tuple[Union[int, str], ...]
+
+    def __lt__(self, other: "SemVer") -> bool:  # pragma: no cover - simple comparison
+        if (self.major, self.minor, self.patch) != (other.major, other.minor, other.patch):
+            return (self.major, self.minor, self.patch) < (other.major, other.minor, other.patch)
+        if self.prerelease == other.prerelease:
+            return False
+        if not self.prerelease:
+            return False  # release > anything else
+        if not other.prerelease:
+            return True
+        for left, right in zip(self.prerelease, other.prerelease):
+            if left == right:
+                continue
+            if isinstance(left, int) and isinstance(right, int):
+                return left < right
+            if isinstance(left, int):
+                return True
+            if isinstance(right, int):
+                return False
+            return str(left) < str(right)
+        return len(self.prerelease) < len(other.prerelease)
+
+    def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:  # pragma: no cover - trivial
+        if not isinstance(other, SemVer):
+            return NotImplemented
+        return (
+            self.major == other.major
+            and self.minor == other.minor
+            and self.patch == other.patch
+            and self.prerelease == other.prerelease
+        )
+
+
+def parse_semver(raw: str) -> SemVer:
+    match = SEMVER_RE.match(raw)
+    if not match:
+        raise ValueError(f"Unsupported version format: {raw}")
+    prerelease = match.group("prerelease")
+    parts: Tuple[Union[int, str], ...] = ()
+    if prerelease:
+        parsed: List[Union[int, str]] = []
+        for piece in prerelease.split("."):
+            if piece.isdigit():
+                parsed.append(int(piece))
+            else:
+                parsed.append(piece)
+        parts = tuple(parsed)
+    return SemVer(
+        major=int(match.group("major")),
+        minor=int(match.group("minor")),
+        patch=int(match.group("patch")),
+        prerelease=parts,
+    )
+
+
+@dataclass
+class TagInfo:
+    tag: str  # e.g. v1.0.0-beta.2
+    version: str  # e.g. 1.0.0-beta.2
+    semver: SemVer
+
+
+def run_command(cmd: Sequence[str]) -> str:
+    result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, check=False)
+    if result.returncode != 0:
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            f"Command {' '.join(cmd)} failed with {result.returncode}: {result.stderr.strip()}"
+        )
+    return result.stdout.strip()
+
+
+def fetch_remote_tags() -> List[TagInfo]:
+    output = run_command(
+        [
+            "gh",
+            "api",
+            "-X",
+            "GET",
+            f"repos/{LANCE_REPO}/git/refs/tags",
+            "--paginate",
+            "--jq",
+            ".[].ref",
+        ]
+    )
+    tags: List[TagInfo] = []
+    for line in output.splitlines():
+        ref = line.strip()
+        if not ref.startswith("refs/tags/v"):
+            continue
+        tag = ref.split("refs/tags/")[-1]
+        version = tag.lstrip("v")
+        try:
+            tags.append(TagInfo(tag=tag, version=version, semver=parse_semver(version)))
+        except ValueError:
+            continue
+    if not tags:
+        raise RuntimeError("No Lance tags could be parsed from GitHub API output")
+    return tags
+
+
+def read_current_version(repo_root: Path) -> str:
+    cargo_path = repo_root / "Cargo.toml"
+    with cargo_path.open("rb") as fh:
+        data = tomllib.load(fh)
+    try:
+        deps = data["workspace"]["dependencies"]
+        entry = deps["lance"]
+    except KeyError as exc:  # pragma: no cover - configuration guard
+        raise RuntimeError("Failed to locate workspace.dependencies.lance in Cargo.toml") from exc
+
+    if isinstance(entry, str):
+        raw_version = entry
+    elif isinstance(entry, dict):
+        raw_version = entry.get("version", "")
+    else:  # pragma: no cover - defensive
+        raise RuntimeError("Unexpected lance dependency format")
+
+    raw_version = raw_version.strip()
+    if not raw_version:
+        raise RuntimeError("lance dependency does not declare a version")
+    return raw_version.lstrip("=")
+
+
+def determine_latest_tag(tags: Iterable[TagInfo]) -> TagInfo:
+    return max(tags, key=lambda tag: tag.semver)
+
+
+def write_outputs(args: argparse.Namespace, payload: dict) -> None:
+    target = getattr(args, "github_output", None)
+    if not target:
+        return
+    with open(target, "a", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+        for key, value in payload.items():
+            handle.write(f"{key}={value}\n")
+
+
+def main(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--repo-root",
+        default=Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1],
+        type=Path,
+        help="Path to the lancedb repository root",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--github-output",
+        default=os.environ.get("GITHUB_OUTPUT"),
+        help="Optional file path for writing GitHub Action outputs",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args(argv)
+
+    repo_root = Path(args.repo_root)
+    current_version = read_current_version(repo_root)
+    current_semver = parse_semver(current_version)
+
+    tags = fetch_remote_tags()
+    latest = determine_latest_tag(tags)
+    needs_update = latest.semver > current_semver
+
+    payload = {
+        "current_version": current_version,
+        "current_tag": f"v{current_version}",
+        "latest_version": latest.version,
+        "latest_tag": latest.tag,
+        "needs_update": "true" if needs_update else "false",
+    }
+
+    print(json.dumps(payload))
+    write_outputs(args, payload)
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
--- a/ci/set_lance_version.py
+++ b/ci/set_lance_version.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import re
 import sys
 import json

+LANCE_GIT_URL = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git"
+

 def run_command(command: str) -> str:
    """
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ def get_latest_stable_version() -> str:

 def get_latest_preview_version() -> str:
    lance_tags = run_command(
-        "git ls-remote --tags https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git | grep 'refs/tags/v[0-9beta.-]\\+$'"
+        f"git ls-remote --tags {LANCE_GIT_URL} | grep 'refs/tags/v[0-9beta.-]\\+$'"
    ).splitlines()
    lance_tags = (
        tag.split("refs/tags/")[1]
@@ -176,8 +178,8 @@ def set_stable_version(version: str):
 def set_preview_version(version: str):
    """
    Sets lines to
-    lance = { "version" = "=0.29.0", default-features = false, "features" = ["dynamodb"], "tag" = "v0.29.0-beta.2", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
-    lance-io = { "version" = "=0.29.0", default-features = false, "tag" = "v0.29.0-beta.2", "git" = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git" }
+    lance = { "version" = "=0.29.0", default-features = false, "features" = ["dynamodb"], "tag" = "v0.29.0-beta.2", "git" = LANCE_GIT_URL }
+    lance-io = { "version" = "=0.29.0", default-features = false, "tag" = "v0.29.0-beta.2", "git" = LANCE_GIT_URL }
    ...
    """

@@ -194,7 +196,7 @@ def set_preview_version(version: str):
            config["features"] = features

        config["tag"] = f"v{version}"
-        config["git"] = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git"
+        config["git"] = LANCE_GIT_URL

        return dict_to_toml_line(package_name, config)

--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # LanceDB Documentation

-LanceDB docs are deployed to https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/.
+LanceDB docs are available at [lancedb.com/docs](https://lancedb.com/docs).

-Docs is built and deployed automatically by [Github Actions](../.github/workflows/docs.yml)
+The SDK docs are built and deployed automatically by [Github Actions](../.github/workflows/docs.yml)
 whenever a commit is pushed to the `main` branch. So it is possible for the docs to show
 unreleased features.

--- a/docs/src/js/README.md
+++ b/docs/src/js/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const results = await table.vectorSearch([0.1, 0.3]).limit(20).toArray();
 console.log(results);
 ```

-The [quickstart](https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/basic/) contains a more complete example.
+The [quickstart](https://lancedb.com/docs/quickstart/basic-usage/) contains a more complete example.

 ## Development

--- a/docs/src/js/_media/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/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](../../../../CONTRIBUTING.md).
+For general contribution guidelines, see [CONTRIBUTING.md](../CONTRIBUTING.md).

 ## Project layout

--- a/docs/src/js/interfaces/ConnectionOptions.md
+++ b/docs/src/js/interfaces/ConnectionOptions.md
@@ -89,4 +89,4 @@ optional storageOptions: Record<string, string>;

 (For LanceDB OSS only): configuration for object storage.

-The available options are described at https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/
+The available options are described at https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/
--- a/docs/src/js/interfaces/CreateTableOptions.md
+++ b/docs/src/js/interfaces/CreateTableOptions.md
@@ -97,4 +97,4 @@ Configuration for object storage.
 Options already set on the connection will be inherited by the table,
 but can be overridden here.

-The available options are described at https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/
+The available options are described at https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/
--- a/docs/src/js/interfaces/MergeResult.md
+++ b/docs/src/js/interfaces/MergeResult.md
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@

 ## Properties

+### numAttempts
+
+```ts
+numAttempts: number;
+```
+
+***
+
 ### numDeletedRows

 ```ts
--- a/docs/src/js/interfaces/OpenTableOptions.md
+++ b/docs/src/js/interfaces/OpenTableOptions.md
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ Configuration for object storage.
 Options already set on the connection will be inherited by the table,
 but can be overridden here.

-The available options are described at https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/
+The available options are described at https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/
--- a/docs/src/python/python.md
+++ b/docs/src/python/python.md
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ is also an [asynchronous API client](#connections-asynchronous).

 ::: lancedb.table.Table

+::: lancedb.table.FragmentStatistics
+
+::: lancedb.table.FragmentSummaryStats
+
+::: lancedb.table.Tags
+
 ## Querying (Synchronous)

 ::: lancedb.query.Query
@@ -58,6 +64,14 @@ is also an [asynchronous API client](#connections-asynchronous).

 ::: lancedb.embeddings.open_clip.OpenClipEmbeddings

+## Remote configuration
+
+::: lancedb.remote.ClientConfig
+
+::: lancedb.remote.TimeoutConfig
+
+::: lancedb.remote.RetryConfig
+
 ## Context

 ::: lancedb.context.contextualize
@@ -115,6 +129,8 @@ Table hold your actual data as a collection of records / rows.

 ::: lancedb.table.AsyncTable

+::: lancedb.table.AsyncTags
+
 ## Indices (Asynchronous)

 Indices can be created on a table to speed up queries. This section
@@ -136,6 +152,8 @@ lists the indices that LanceDb supports.

 ::: lancedb.index.IvfFlat

+::: lancedb.table.IndexStatistics
+
 ## Querying (Asynchronous)

 Queries allow you to return data from your database. Basic queries can be
--- a/java/core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/core/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    <parent>
        <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
        <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.22.3-final.0</version>
+        <version>0.22.4-beta.2</version>
        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>

--- a/java/lance-namespace/pom.xml
+++ b/java/lance-namespace/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    <parent>
        <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
        <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.22.3-final.0</version>
+        <version>0.22.4-beta.2</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>0.22.3-final.0</version>
+    <version>0.22.4-beta.2</version>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>
    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
    <description>LanceDB Java SDK Parent POM</description>
--- a/nodejs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nodejs/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
 edition.workspace = true
-version = "0.22.3"
+version = "0.22.4-beta.2"
 license.workspace = true
 description.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
--- a/nodejs/README.md
+++ b/nodejs/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const results = await table.vectorSearch([0.1, 0.3]).limit(20).toArray();
 console.log(results);
 ```

-The [quickstart](https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/basic/) contains a more complete example.
+The [quickstart](https://lancedb.com/docs/quickstart/basic-usage/) contains more complete examples.

 ## Development

--- a/nodejs/lancedb/connection.ts
+++ b/nodejs/lancedb/connection.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export interface CreateTableOptions {
   * Options already set on the connection will be inherited by the table,
   * but can be overridden here.
   *
-   * The available options are described at https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/
+   * The available options are described at https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/
   */
  storageOptions?: Record<string, string>;

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export interface OpenTableOptions {
   * Options already set on the connection will be inherited by the table,
   * but can be overridden here.
   *
-   * The available options are described at https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/
+   * The available options are described at https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/
   */
  storageOptions?: Record<string, string>;
  /**
--- a/nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-darwin-arm64",
-	"version": "0.22.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
 	"os": ["darwin"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.darwin-arm64.node",
--- a/nodejs/npm/darwin-x64/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/darwin-x64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-darwin-x64",
-	"version": "0.22.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
 	"os": ["darwin"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.darwin-x64.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": "0.22.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
 	"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": "0.22.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
 	"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": "0.22.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
 	"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": "0.22.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
 	"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": "0.22.3",
+  "version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
  "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": "0.22.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
 	"os": ["win32"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.win32-x64-msvc.node",
--- a/nodejs/package-lock.json
+++ b/nodejs/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
  "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-  "version": "0.22.3",
+  "version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
  "lockfileVersion": 3,
  "requires": true,
  "packages": {
    "": {
      "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-      "version": "0.22.3",
+      "version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
      "cpu": [
        "x64",
        "arm64"
--- a/nodejs/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
    "ann"
  ],
  "private": false,
-  "version": "0.22.3",
+  "version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
  "main": "dist/index.js",
  "exports": {
    ".": "./dist/index.js",
@@ -73,8 +73,10 @@
  "scripts": {
    "artifacts": "napi artifacts",
    "build:debug": "napi build --platform --no-const-enum --dts ../lancedb/native.d.ts --js ../lancedb/native.js lancedb",
+    "postbuild:debug": "shx mkdir -p dist && shx cp lancedb/*.node dist/",
    "build:release": "napi build --platform --no-const-enum --release --dts ../lancedb/native.d.ts --js ../lancedb/native.js dist/",
-    "build": "npm run build:debug && npm run tsc && shx cp lancedb/*.node dist/",
+    "postbuild:release": "shx mkdir -p dist && shx cp lancedb/*.node dist/",
+    "build": "npm run build:debug && npm run tsc",
    "build-release": "npm run build:release && npm run tsc",
    "tsc": "tsc -b",
    "posttsc": "shx cp lancedb/native.d.ts dist/native.d.ts",
--- a/nodejs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nodejs/src/lib.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ pub struct ConnectionOptions {
    pub read_consistency_interval: Option<f64>,
    /// (For LanceDB OSS only): configuration for object storage.
    ///
-    /// The available options are described at https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/
+    /// The available options are described at https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/
    pub storage_options: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
    /// (For LanceDB OSS only): the session to use for this connection. Holds
    /// shared caches and other session-specific state.
--- a/nodejs/src/table.rs
+++ b/nodejs/src/table.rs
@@ -740,6 +740,7 @@ pub struct MergeResult {
    pub num_inserted_rows: i64,
    pub num_updated_rows: i64,
    pub num_deleted_rows: i64,
+    pub num_attempts: i64,
 }

 impl From<lancedb::table::MergeResult> for MergeResult {
@@ -749,6 +750,7 @@ impl From<lancedb::table::MergeResult> for MergeResult {
            num_inserted_rows: value.num_inserted_rows as i64,
            num_updated_rows: value.num_updated_rows as i64,
            num_deleted_rows: value.num_deleted_rows as i64,
+            num_attempts: value.num_attempts as i64,
        }
    }
 }
--- a/python/.bumpversion.toml
+++ b/python/.bumpversion.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.25.4-beta.0"
+current_version = "0.25.4-beta.2"
 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 = "0.25.4-beta.0"
+version = "0.25.4-beta.2"
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "Python bindings for LanceDB"
 license.workspace = true
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ tests = [
    "polars>=0.19, <=1.3.0",
    "tantivy",
    "pyarrow-stubs",
-    "pylance>=1.0.0b2",
+    "pylance>=1.0.0b4",
    "requests",
    "datafusion",
 ]
--- a/python/python/lancedb/init.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/init.py
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ from .remote.db import RemoteDBConnection
 from .schema import vector
 from .table import AsyncTable, Table
 from ._lancedb import Session
-from .namespace import connect_namespace, LanceNamespaceDBConnection
+from .namespace import (
+    connect_namespace,
+    connect_namespace_async,
+    LanceNamespaceDBConnection,
+    AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection,
+)


 def connect(
@@ -36,7 +41,7 @@ def connect(
    session: Optional[Session] = None,
    **kwargs: Any,
 ) -> DBConnection:
-    """Connect to a LanceDB database. YAY!
+    """Connect to a LanceDB database.

    Parameters
    ----------
@@ -67,7 +72,7 @@ def connect(
        default configuration is used.
    storage_options: dict, optional
        Additional options for the storage backend. See available options at
-        <https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/>
+        <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
    session: Session, optional
        (For LanceDB OSS only)
        A session to use for this connection. Sessions allow you to configure
@@ -169,7 +174,7 @@ async def connect_async(
        default configuration is used.
    storage_options: dict, optional
        Additional options for the storage backend. See available options at
-        <https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/>
+        <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
    session: Session, optional
        (For LanceDB OSS only)
        A session to use for this connection. Sessions allow you to configure
@@ -224,7 +229,9 @@ __all__ = [
    "connect",
    "connect_async",
    "connect_namespace",
+    "connect_namespace_async",
    "AsyncConnection",
+    "AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection",
    "AsyncTable",
    "URI",
    "sanitize_uri",
--- a/python/python/lancedb/_lancedb.pyi
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/_lancedb.pyi
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Connection(object):
    async def close(self): ...
    async def list_namespaces(
        self,
-        namespace: List[str],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]],
        page_token: Optional[str],
        limit: Optional[int],
    ) -> List[str]: ...
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Connection(object):
    async def drop_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> None: ...
    async def table_names(
        self,
-        namespace: List[str],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]],
        start_after: Optional[str],
        limit: Optional[int],
    ) -> list[str]: ...
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class Connection(object):
        name: str,
        mode: str,
        data: pa.RecordBatchReader,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
        storage_options_provider: Optional[StorageOptionsProvider] = None,
        location: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Connection(object):
        name: str,
        mode: str,
        schema: pa.Schema,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
        storage_options_provider: Optional[StorageOptionsProvider] = None,
        location: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Connection(object):
    async def open_table(
        self,
        name: str,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
        storage_options_provider: Optional[StorageOptionsProvider] = None,
        index_cache_size: Optional[int] = None,
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class Connection(object):
        self,
        target_table_name: str,
        source_uri: str,
-        target_namespace: List[str] = [],
+        target_namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        source_version: Optional[int] = None,
        source_tag: Optional[str] = None,
        is_shallow: bool = True,
@@ -80,11 +80,13 @@ class Connection(object):
        self,
        cur_name: str,
        new_name: str,
-        cur_namespace: List[str] = [],
-        new_namespace: List[str] = [],
+        cur_namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        new_namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
    ) -> None: ...
-    async def drop_table(self, name: str, namespace: List[str] = []) -> None: ...
-    async def drop_all_tables(self, namespace: List[str] = []) -> None: ...
+    async def drop_table(
+        self, name: str, namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None
+    ) -> None: ...
+    async def drop_all_tables(self, namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> None: ...

 class Table:
    def name(self) -> str: ...
@@ -306,6 +308,7 @@ class MergeResult:
    num_updated_rows: int
    num_inserted_rows: int
    num_deleted_rows: int
+    num_attempts: int

 class AddColumnsResult:
    version: int
--- a/python/python/lancedb/common.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/common.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def data_to_reader(
            f"Unknown data type {type(data)}. "
            "Supported types: list of dicts, pandas DataFrame, polars DataFrame, "
            "pyarrow Table/RecordBatch, or Pydantic models. "
-            "See https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/tables/ for examples."
+            "See https://lancedb.com/docs/tables/ for examples."
        )


--- a/python/python/lancedb/db.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/db.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):

    def list_namespaces(
        self,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
        limit: int = 10,
    ) -> Iterable[str]:
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
        Iterable of str
            List of immediate child namespace names
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        return []

    def create_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> None:
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
        limit: int = 10,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
    ) -> Iterable[str]:
        """List all tables in this database, in sorted order

@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
        fill_value: float = 0.0,
        embedding_functions: Optional[List[EmbeddingFunctionConfig]] = None,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
        storage_options_provider: Optional["StorageOptionsProvider"] = None,
        data_storage_version: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
            Additional options for the storage backend. Options already set on the
            connection will be inherited by the table, but can be overridden here.
            See available options at
-            <https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/>
+            <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
        data_storage_version: optional, str, default "stable"
            Deprecated.  Set `storage_options` when connecting to the database and set
            `new_table_data_storage_version` in the options.
@@ -308,7 +310,7 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
        self,
        name: str,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
        storage_options_provider: Optional["StorageOptionsProvider"] = None,
        index_cache_size: Optional[int] = None,
@@ -339,7 +341,7 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
            Additional options for the storage backend. Options already set on the
            connection will be inherited by the table, but can be overridden here.
            See available options at
-            <https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/>
+            <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>

        Returns
        -------
@@ -347,7 +349,7 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
        """
        raise NotImplementedError

-    def drop_table(self, name: str, namespace: List[str] = []):
+    def drop_table(self, name: str, namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None):
        """Drop a table from the database.

        Parameters
@@ -358,14 +360,16 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
            The namespace to drop the table from.
            Empty list represents root namespace.
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        raise NotImplementedError

    def rename_table(
        self,
        cur_name: str,
        new_name: str,
-        cur_namespace: List[str] = [],
-        new_namespace: List[str] = [],
+        cur_namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        new_namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
    ):
        """Rename a table in the database.

@@ -382,6 +386,10 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
            The namespace to move the table to.
            If not specified, defaults to the same as cur_namespace.
        """
+        if cur_namespace is None:
+            cur_namespace = []
+        if new_namespace is None:
+            new_namespace = []
        raise NotImplementedError

    def drop_database(self):
@@ -391,7 +399,7 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
        """
        raise NotImplementedError

-    def drop_all_tables(self, namespace: List[str] = []):
+    def drop_all_tables(self, namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None):
        """
        Drop all tables from the database

@@ -401,6 +409,8 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
            The namespace to drop all tables from.
            None or empty list represents root namespace.
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        raise NotImplementedError

    @property
@@ -472,6 +482,12 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
                    uri = uri[7:]  # Remove "file://"
                elif uri.startswith("file:/"):
                    uri = uri[5:]  # Remove "file:"
+
+                if sys.platform == "win32":
+                    # On Windows, a path like /C:/path should become C:/path
+                    if len(uri) >= 3 and uri[0] == "/" and uri[2] == ":":
+                        uri = uri[1:]
+
                uri = Path(uri)
            uri = uri.expanduser().absolute()
            Path(uri).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
@@ -535,7 +551,7 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
    @override
    def list_namespaces(
        self,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
        limit: int = 10,
    ) -> Iterable[str]:
@@ -556,6 +572,8 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        Iterable of str
            List of immediate child namespace names
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        return LOOP.run(
            self._conn.list_namespaces(
                namespace=namespace, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
@@ -590,7 +608,7 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
        limit: int = 10,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
    ) -> Iterable[str]:
        """Get the names of all tables in the database. The names are sorted.

@@ -608,6 +626,8 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        Iterator of str.
            A list of table names.
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        return LOOP.run(
            self._conn.table_names(
                namespace=namespace, start_after=page_token, limit=limit
@@ -632,7 +652,7 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        fill_value: float = 0.0,
        embedding_functions: Optional[List[EmbeddingFunctionConfig]] = None,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
        storage_options_provider: Optional["StorageOptionsProvider"] = None,
        data_storage_version: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -649,6 +669,8 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        ---
        DBConnection.create_table
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        if mode.lower() not in ["create", "overwrite"]:
            raise ValueError("mode must be either 'create' or 'overwrite'")
        validate_table_name(name)
@@ -674,7 +696,7 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        self,
        name: str,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
        storage_options_provider: Optional["StorageOptionsProvider"] = None,
        index_cache_size: Optional[int] = None,
@@ -692,6 +714,8 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        -------
        A LanceTable object representing the table.
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        if index_cache_size is not None:
            import warnings

@@ -717,7 +741,7 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        target_table_name: str,
        source_uri: str,
        *,
-        target_namespace: List[str] = [],
+        target_namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        source_version: Optional[int] = None,
        source_tag: Optional[str] = None,
        is_shallow: bool = True,
@@ -750,6 +774,8 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        -------
        A LanceTable object representing the cloned table.
        """
+        if target_namespace is None:
+            target_namespace = []
        LOOP.run(
            self._conn.clone_table(
                target_table_name,
@@ -770,7 +796,7 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
    def drop_table(
        self,
        name: str,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        ignore_missing: bool = False,
    ):
        """Drop a table from the database.
@@ -784,6 +810,8 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        ignore_missing: bool, default False
            If True, ignore if the table does not exist.
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        LOOP.run(
            self._conn.drop_table(
                name, namespace=namespace, ignore_missing=ignore_missing
@@ -791,7 +819,9 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        )

    @override
-    def drop_all_tables(self, namespace: List[str] = []):
+    def drop_all_tables(self, namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None):
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        LOOP.run(self._conn.drop_all_tables(namespace=namespace))

    @override
@@ -799,8 +829,8 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        self,
        cur_name: str,
        new_name: str,
-        cur_namespace: List[str] = [],
-        new_namespace: List[str] = [],
+        cur_namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        new_namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
    ):
        """Rename a table in the database.

@@ -815,6 +845,10 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        new_namespace: List[str], optional
            The namespace to move the table to.
        """
+        if cur_namespace is None:
+            cur_namespace = []
+        if new_namespace is None:
+            new_namespace = []
        LOOP.run(
            self._conn.rename_table(
                cur_name,
@@ -904,7 +938,7 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):

    async def list_namespaces(
        self,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
        limit: int = 10,
    ) -> Iterable[str]:
@@ -925,6 +959,8 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
        Iterable of str
            List of immediate child namespace names (not full paths)
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        return await self._inner.list_namespaces(
            namespace=namespace, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
        )
@@ -952,7 +988,7 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
    async def table_names(
        self,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        start_after: Optional[str] = None,
        limit: Optional[int] = None,
    ) -> Iterable[str]:
@@ -976,6 +1012,8 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
        -------
        Iterable of str
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        return await self._inner.table_names(
            namespace=namespace, start_after=start_after, limit=limit
        )
@@ -992,7 +1030,7 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
        storage_options_provider: Optional["StorageOptionsProvider"] = None,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        embedding_functions: Optional[List[EmbeddingFunctionConfig]] = None,
        location: Optional[str] = None,
    ) -> AsyncTable:
@@ -1039,7 +1077,7 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
            Additional options for the storage backend. Options already set on the
            connection will be inherited by the table, but can be overridden here.
            See available options at
-            <https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/>
+            <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>

        Returns
        -------
@@ -1149,6 +1187,8 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
        ...     await db.create_table("table4", make_batches(), schema=schema)
        >>> asyncio.run(iterable_example())
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        metadata = None

        if embedding_functions is not None:
@@ -1206,7 +1246,7 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
        self,
        name: str,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
        storage_options_provider: Optional["StorageOptionsProvider"] = None,
        index_cache_size: Optional[int] = None,
@@ -1225,7 +1265,7 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
            Additional options for the storage backend. Options already set on the
            connection will be inherited by the table, but can be overridden here.
            See available options at
-            <https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/>
+            <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
        index_cache_size: int, default 256
            **Deprecated**: Use session-level cache configuration instead.
            Create a Session with custom cache sizes and pass it to lancedb.connect().
@@ -1248,6 +1288,8 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
        -------
        A LanceTable object representing the table.
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        table = await self._inner.open_table(
            name,
            namespace=namespace,
@@ -1263,7 +1305,7 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
        target_table_name: str,
        source_uri: str,
        *,
-        target_namespace: List[str] = [],
+        target_namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        source_version: Optional[int] = None,
        source_tag: Optional[str] = None,
        is_shallow: bool = True,
@@ -1296,6 +1338,8 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
        -------
        An AsyncTable object representing the cloned table.
        """
+        if target_namespace is None:
+            target_namespace = []
        table = await self._inner.clone_table(
            target_table_name,
            source_uri,
@@ -1310,8 +1354,8 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
        self,
        cur_name: str,
        new_name: str,
-        cur_namespace: List[str] = [],
-        new_namespace: List[str] = [],
+        cur_namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        new_namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
    ):
        """Rename a table in the database.

@@ -1328,6 +1372,10 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
            The namespace to move the table to.
            If not specified, defaults to the same as cur_namespace.
        """
+        if cur_namespace is None:
+            cur_namespace = []
+        if new_namespace is None:
+            new_namespace = []
        await self._inner.rename_table(
            cur_name, new_name, cur_namespace=cur_namespace, new_namespace=new_namespace
        )
@@ -1336,7 +1384,7 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
        self,
        name: str,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        ignore_missing: bool = False,
    ):
        """Drop a table from the database.
@@ -1351,6 +1399,8 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
        ignore_missing: bool, default False
            If True, ignore if the table does not exist.
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        try:
            await self._inner.drop_table(name, namespace=namespace)
        except ValueError as e:
@@ -1359,7 +1409,7 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
            if f"Table '{name}' was not found" not in str(e):
                raise e

-    async def drop_all_tables(self, namespace: List[str] = []):
+    async def drop_all_tables(self, namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None):
        """Drop all tables from the database.

        Parameters
@@ -1368,6 +1418,8 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
            The namespace to drop all tables from.
            None or empty list represents root namespace.
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        await self._inner.drop_all_tables(namespace=namespace)

    @deprecation.deprecated(
--- a/python/python/lancedb/namespace.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/namespace.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ through a namespace abstraction.

 from __future__ import annotations

+import asyncio
 import sys
 from typing import Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Union

@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ import pyarrow as pa

 from lancedb.db import DBConnection, LanceDBConnection
 from lancedb.io import StorageOptionsProvider
-from lancedb.table import LanceTable, Table
+from lancedb.table import AsyncTable, LanceTable, Table
 from lancedb.util import validate_table_name
 from lancedb.common import DATA
 from lancedb.pydantic import LanceModel
@@ -99,7 +100,14 @@ def _convert_pyarrow_schema_to_json(schema: pa.Schema) -> JsonArrowSchema:
        )
        fields.append(json_field)

-    return JsonArrowSchema(fields=fields, metadata=schema.metadata)
+    # decode binary metadata to strings for JSON
+    meta = None
+    if schema.metadata:
+        meta = {
+            k.decode("utf-8"): v.decode("utf-8") for k, v in schema.metadata.items()
+        }
+
+    return JsonArrowSchema(fields=fields, metadata=meta)


 class LanceNamespaceStorageOptionsProvider(StorageOptionsProvider):
@@ -227,8 +235,10 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
        limit: int = 10,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
    ) -> Iterable[str]:
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        request = ListTablesRequest(id=namespace, page_token=page_token, limit=limit)
        response = self._ns.list_tables(request)
        return response.tables if response.tables else []
@@ -245,12 +255,14 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        fill_value: float = 0.0,
        embedding_functions: Optional[List[EmbeddingFunctionConfig]] = None,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
        storage_options_provider: Optional[StorageOptionsProvider] = None,
        data_storage_version: Optional[str] = None,
        enable_v2_manifest_paths: Optional[bool] = None,
    ) -> Table:
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        if mode.lower() not in ["create", "overwrite"]:
            raise ValueError("mode must be either 'create' or 'overwrite'")
        validate_table_name(name)
@@ -339,11 +351,13 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        self,
        name: str,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
        storage_options_provider: Optional[StorageOptionsProvider] = None,
        index_cache_size: Optional[int] = None,
    ) -> Table:
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        table_id = namespace + [name]
        request = DescribeTableRequest(id=table_id)
        response = self._ns.describe_table(request)
@@ -373,8 +387,10 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        )

    @override
-    def drop_table(self, name: str, namespace: List[str] = []):
+    def drop_table(self, name: str, namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None):
        # Use namespace drop_table directly
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        table_id = namespace + [name]
        request = DropTableRequest(id=table_id)
        self._ns.drop_table(request)
@@ -384,9 +400,13 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        self,
        cur_name: str,
        new_name: str,
-        cur_namespace: List[str] = [],
-        new_namespace: List[str] = [],
+        cur_namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        new_namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
    ):
+        if cur_namespace is None:
+            cur_namespace = []
+        if new_namespace is None:
+            new_namespace = []
        raise NotImplementedError(
            "rename_table is not supported for namespace connections"
        )
@@ -398,14 +418,16 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        )

    @override
-    def drop_all_tables(self, namespace: List[str] = []):
+    def drop_all_tables(self, namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None):
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        for table_name in self.table_names(namespace=namespace):
            self.drop_table(table_name, namespace=namespace)

    @override
    def list_namespaces(
        self,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
        limit: int = 10,
    ) -> Iterable[str]:
@@ -427,6 +449,8 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        Iterable[str]
            Names of child namespaces.
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        request = ListNamespacesRequest(
            id=namespace, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
        )
@@ -464,13 +488,15 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        name: str,
        table_uri: str,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
        storage_options_provider: Optional[StorageOptionsProvider] = None,
        index_cache_size: Optional[int] = None,
    ) -> LanceTable:
        # Open a table directly from a URI using the location parameter
        # Note: storage_options should already be merged by the caller
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        temp_conn = LanceDBConnection(
            table_uri,  # Use the table location as the connection URI
            read_consistency_interval=self.read_consistency_interval,
@@ -490,6 +516,310 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        )


+class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
+    """
+    An async LanceDB connection that uses a namespace for table management.
+
+    This connection delegates table URI resolution to a lance_namespace instance,
+    while providing async methods for all operations.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        namespace: LanceNamespace,
+        *,
+        read_consistency_interval: Optional[timedelta] = None,
+        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+        session: Optional[Session] = None,
+    ):
+        """
+        Initialize an async namespace-based LanceDB connection.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        namespace : LanceNamespace
+            The namespace instance to use for table management
+        read_consistency_interval : Optional[timedelta]
+            The interval at which to check for updates to the table from other
+            processes. If None, then consistency is not checked.
+        storage_options : Optional[Dict[str, str]]
+            Additional options for the storage backend
+        session : Optional[Session]
+            A session to use for this connection
+        """
+        self._ns = namespace
+        self.read_consistency_interval = read_consistency_interval
+        self.storage_options = storage_options or {}
+        self.session = session
+
+    async def table_names(
+        self,
+        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
+        limit: int = 10,
+        *,
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+    ) -> Iterable[str]:
+        """List table names in the namespace."""
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
+        request = ListTablesRequest(id=namespace, page_token=page_token, limit=limit)
+        response = self._ns.list_tables(request)
+        return response.tables if response.tables else []
+
+    async def create_table(
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        data: Optional[DATA] = None,
+        schema: Optional[Union[pa.Schema, LanceModel]] = None,
+        mode: str = "create",
+        exist_ok: bool = False,
+        on_bad_vectors: str = "error",
+        fill_value: float = 0.0,
+        embedding_functions: Optional[List[EmbeddingFunctionConfig]] = None,
+        *,
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+        storage_options_provider: Optional[StorageOptionsProvider] = None,
+        data_storage_version: Optional[str] = None,
+        enable_v2_manifest_paths: Optional[bool] = None,
+    ) -> AsyncTable:
+        """Create a new table in the namespace."""
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
+        if mode.lower() not in ["create", "overwrite"]:
+            raise ValueError("mode must be either 'create' or 'overwrite'")
+        validate_table_name(name)
+
+        # Get location from namespace
+        table_id = namespace + [name]
+
+        # Step 1: Get the table location and storage options from namespace
+        location = None
+        namespace_storage_options = None
+        if mode.lower() == "overwrite":
+            # Try to describe the table first to see if it exists
+            try:
+                describe_request = DescribeTableRequest(id=table_id)
+                describe_response = self._ns.describe_table(describe_request)
+                location = describe_response.location
+                namespace_storage_options = describe_response.storage_options
+            except Exception:
+                # Table doesn't exist, will create a new one below
+                pass
+
+        if location is None:
+            # Table doesn't exist or mode is "create", reserve a new location
+            create_empty_request = CreateEmptyTableRequest(
+                id=table_id,
+                location=None,
+                properties=self.storage_options if self.storage_options else None,
+            )
+            create_empty_response = self._ns.create_empty_table(create_empty_request)
+
+            if not create_empty_response.location:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "Table location is missing from create_empty_table response"
+                )
+
+            location = create_empty_response.location
+            namespace_storage_options = create_empty_response.storage_options
+
+        # Merge storage options: self.storage_options < user options < namespace options
+        merged_storage_options = dict(self.storage_options)
+        if storage_options:
+            merged_storage_options.update(storage_options)
+        if namespace_storage_options:
+            merged_storage_options.update(namespace_storage_options)
+
+        # Step 2: Create table using LanceTable.create with the location
+        # Run the sync operation in a thread
+        def _create_table():
+            temp_conn = LanceDBConnection(
+                location,
+                read_consistency_interval=self.read_consistency_interval,
+                storage_options=merged_storage_options,
+                session=self.session,
+            )
+
+            # Create a storage options provider if not provided by user
+            if (
+                storage_options_provider is None
+                and namespace_storage_options is not None
+            ):
+                provider = LanceNamespaceStorageOptionsProvider(
+                    namespace=self._ns,
+                    table_id=table_id,
+                )
+            else:
+                provider = storage_options_provider
+
+            return LanceTable.create(
+                temp_conn,
+                name,
+                data,
+                schema,
+                mode=mode,
+                exist_ok=exist_ok,
+                on_bad_vectors=on_bad_vectors,
+                fill_value=fill_value,
+                embedding_functions=embedding_functions,
+                namespace=namespace,
+                storage_options=merged_storage_options,
+                storage_options_provider=provider,
+                location=location,
+            )
+
+        lance_table = await asyncio.to_thread(_create_table)
+        # Get the underlying async table from LanceTable
+        return lance_table._table
+
+    async def open_table(
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        *,
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+        storage_options_provider: Optional[StorageOptionsProvider] = None,
+        index_cache_size: Optional[int] = None,
+    ) -> AsyncTable:
+        """Open an existing table from the namespace."""
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
+        table_id = namespace + [name]
+        request = DescribeTableRequest(id=table_id)
+        response = self._ns.describe_table(request)
+
+        # Merge storage options: self.storage_options < user options < namespace options
+        merged_storage_options = dict(self.storage_options)
+        if storage_options:
+            merged_storage_options.update(storage_options)
+        if response.storage_options:
+            merged_storage_options.update(response.storage_options)
+
+        # Create a storage options provider if not provided by user
+        if storage_options_provider is None and response.storage_options is not None:
+            storage_options_provider = LanceNamespaceStorageOptionsProvider(
+                namespace=self._ns,
+                table_id=table_id,
+            )
+
+        # Open table in a thread
+        def _open_table():
+            temp_conn = LanceDBConnection(
+                response.location,
+                read_consistency_interval=self.read_consistency_interval,
+                storage_options=merged_storage_options,
+                session=self.session,
+            )
+
+            return LanceTable.open(
+                temp_conn,
+                name,
+                namespace=namespace,
+                storage_options=merged_storage_options,
+                storage_options_provider=storage_options_provider,
+                index_cache_size=index_cache_size,
+                location=response.location,
+            )
+
+        lance_table = await asyncio.to_thread(_open_table)
+        return lance_table._table
+
+    async def drop_table(self, name: str, namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None):
+        """Drop a table from the namespace."""
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
+        table_id = namespace + [name]
+        request = DropTableRequest(id=table_id)
+        self._ns.drop_table(request)
+
+    async def rename_table(
+        self,
+        cur_name: str,
+        new_name: str,
+        cur_namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        new_namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+    ):
+        """Rename is not supported for namespace connections."""
+        if cur_namespace is None:
+            cur_namespace = []
+        if new_namespace is None:
+            new_namespace = []
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "rename_table is not supported for namespace connections"
+        )
+
+    async def drop_database(self):
+        """Deprecated method."""
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "drop_database is deprecated, use drop_all_tables instead"
+        )
+
+    async def drop_all_tables(self, namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None):
+        """Drop all tables in the namespace."""
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
+        table_names = await self.table_names(namespace=namespace)
+        for table_name in table_names:
+            await self.drop_table(table_name, namespace=namespace)
+
+    async def list_namespaces(
+        self,
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
+        limit: int = 10,
+    ) -> Iterable[str]:
+        """
+        List child namespaces under the given namespace.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        namespace : Optional[List[str]]
+            The parent namespace to list children from.
+            If None, lists root-level namespaces.
+        page_token : Optional[str]
+            Pagination token for listing results.
+        limit : int
+            Maximum number of namespaces to return.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        Iterable[str]
+            Names of child namespaces.
+        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
+        request = ListNamespacesRequest(
+            id=namespace, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
+        )
+        response = self._ns.list_namespaces(request)
+        return response.namespaces if response.namespaces else []
+
+    async def create_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> None:
+        """
+        Create a new namespace.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        namespace : List[str]
+            The namespace path to create.
+        """
+        request = CreateNamespaceRequest(id=namespace)
+        self._ns.create_namespace(request)
+
+    async def drop_namespace(self, namespace: List[str]) -> None:
+        """
+        Drop a namespace.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        namespace : List[str]
+            The namespace path to drop.
+        """
+        request = DropNamespaceRequest(id=namespace)
+        self._ns.drop_namespace(request)
+
+
 def connect_namespace(
    impl: str,
    properties: Dict[str, str],
@@ -534,3 +864,62 @@ def connect_namespace(
        storage_options=storage_options,
        session=session,
    )
+
+
+def connect_namespace_async(
+    impl: str,
+    properties: Dict[str, str],
+    *,
+    read_consistency_interval: Optional[timedelta] = None,
+    storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+    session: Optional[Session] = None,
+) -> AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
+    """
+    Connect to a LanceDB database through a namespace (returns async connection).
+
+    This function is synchronous but returns an AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection
+    that provides async methods for all database operations.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    impl : str
+        The namespace implementation to use. For examples:
+        - "dir" for DirectoryNamespace
+        - "rest" for REST-based namespace
+        - Full module path for custom implementations
+    properties : Dict[str, str]
+        Configuration properties for the namespace implementation.
+        Different namespace implemenation has different config properties.
+        For example, use DirectoryNamespace with {"root": "/path/to/directory"}
+    read_consistency_interval : Optional[timedelta]
+        The interval at which to check for updates to the table from other
+        processes. If None, then consistency is not checked.
+    storage_options : Optional[Dict[str, str]]
+        Additional options for the storage backend
+    session : Optional[Session]
+        A session to use for this connection
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection
+        An async namespace-based connection to LanceDB
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> import lancedb
+    >>> # This function is sync, but returns an async connection
+    >>> db = lancedb.connect_namespace_async("dir", {"root": "/path/to/db"})
+    >>> # Use async methods on the connection
+    >>> async def use_db():
+    ...     tables = await db.table_names()
+    ...     table = await db.create_table("my_table", schema=schema)
+    """
+    namespace = namespace_connect(impl, properties)
+
+    # Return the async namespace-based connection
+    return AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection(
+        namespace,
+        read_consistency_interval=read_consistency_interval,
+        storage_options=storage_options,
+        session=session,
+    )
--- a/python/python/lancedb/query.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/query.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from typing import (
    Literal,
    Optional,
    Tuple,
+    Type,
    TypeVar,
    Union,
    Any,
@@ -786,10 +787,7 @@ class LanceQueryBuilder(ABC):
        -------
        List[LanceModel]
        """
-        return [
-            model(**{k: v for k, v in row.items() if k in model.field_names()})
-            for row in self.to_arrow(timeout=timeout).to_pylist()
-        ]
+        return [model(**row) for row in self.to_arrow(timeout=timeout).to_pylist()]

    def to_polars(self, *, timeout: Optional[timedelta] = None) -> "pl.DataFrame":
        """
@@ -885,7 +883,7 @@ class LanceQueryBuilder(ABC):
        ----------
        where: str
            The where clause which is a valid SQL where clause. See
-            `Lance filter pushdown <https://lancedb.github.io/lance/read_and_write.html#filter-push-down>`_
+            `Lance filter pushdown <https://lance.org/guide/read_and_write#filter-push-down>`_
            for valid SQL expressions.
        prefilter: bool, default True
            If True, apply the filter before vector search, otherwise the
@@ -1358,7 +1356,7 @@ class LanceVectorQueryBuilder(LanceQueryBuilder):
        ----------
        where: str
            The where clause which is a valid SQL where clause. See
-            `Lance filter pushdown <https://lancedb.github.io/lance/read_and_write.html#filter-push-down>`_
+            `Lance filter pushdown <https://lance.org/guide/read_and_write#filter-push-down>`_
            for valid SQL expressions.
        prefilter: bool, default True
            If True, apply the filter before vector search, otherwise the
@@ -1497,7 +1495,7 @@ class LanceFtsQueryBuilder(LanceQueryBuilder):
        if self._phrase_query:
            if isinstance(query, str):
                if not query.startswith('"') or not query.endswith('"'):
-                    query = f'"{query}"'
+                    self._query = f'"{query}"'
            elif isinstance(query, FullTextQuery) and not isinstance(
                query, PhraseQuery
            ):
@@ -2400,6 +2398,28 @@ class AsyncQueryBase(object):

        return pl.from_arrow(await self.to_arrow(timeout=timeout))

+    async def to_pydantic(
+        self, model: Type[LanceModel], *, timeout: Optional[timedelta] = None
+    ) -> List[LanceModel]:
+        """
+        Convert results to a list of pydantic models.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        model : Type[LanceModel]
+            The pydantic model to use.
+        timeout : timedelta, optional
+            The maximum time to wait for the query to complete.
+            If None, wait indefinitely.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        list[LanceModel]
+        """
+        return [
+            model(**row) for row in (await self.to_arrow(timeout=timeout)).to_pylist()
+        ]
+
    async def explain_plan(self, verbose: Optional[bool] = False):
        """Return the execution plan for this query.

--- a/python/python/lancedb/remote/db.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/remote/db.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
    @override
    def list_namespaces(
        self,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
        limit: int = 10,
    ) -> Iterable[str]:
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
        Iterable of str
            List of immediate child namespace names
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        return LOOP.run(
            self._conn.list_namespaces(
                namespace=namespace, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
@@ -159,7 +161,7 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
        limit: int = 10,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
    ) -> Iterable[str]:
        """List the names of all tables in the database.

@@ -177,6 +179,8 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
        -------
        An iterator of table names.
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        return LOOP.run(
            self._conn.table_names(
                namespace=namespace, start_after=page_token, limit=limit
@@ -188,7 +192,7 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
        self,
        name: str,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
        index_cache_size: Optional[int] = None,
    ) -> Table:
@@ -208,6 +212,8 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
        """
        from .table import RemoteTable

+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        if index_cache_size is not None:
            logging.info(
                "index_cache_size is ignored in LanceDb Cloud"
@@ -222,7 +228,7 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
        target_table_name: str,
        source_uri: str,
        *,
-        target_namespace: List[str] = [],
+        target_namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        source_version: Optional[int] = None,
        source_tag: Optional[str] = None,
        is_shallow: bool = True,
@@ -252,6 +258,8 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
        """
        from .table import RemoteTable

+        if target_namespace is None:
+            target_namespace = []
        table = LOOP.run(
            self._conn.clone_table(
                target_table_name,
@@ -275,7 +283,7 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
        mode: Optional[str] = None,
        embedding_functions: Optional[List[EmbeddingFunctionConfig]] = None,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
    ) -> Table:
        """Create a [Table][lancedb.table.Table] in the database.

@@ -372,6 +380,8 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
        LanceTable(table4)

        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        validate_table_name(name)
        if embedding_functions is not None:
            logging.warning(
@@ -396,7 +406,7 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
        return RemoteTable(table, self.db_name)

    @override
-    def drop_table(self, name: str, namespace: List[str] = []):
+    def drop_table(self, name: str, namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None):
        """Drop a table from the database.

        Parameters
@@ -407,6 +417,8 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
            The namespace to drop the table from.
            None or empty list represents root namespace.
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        LOOP.run(self._conn.drop_table(name, namespace=namespace))

    @override
@@ -414,8 +426,8 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
        self,
        cur_name: str,
        new_name: str,
-        cur_namespace: List[str] = [],
-        new_namespace: List[str] = [],
+        cur_namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        new_namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
    ):
        """Rename a table in the database.

@@ -426,6 +438,10 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
        new_name: str
            The new name of the table.
        """
+        if cur_namespace is None:
+            cur_namespace = []
+        if new_namespace is None:
+            new_namespace = []
        LOOP.run(
            self._conn.rename_table(
                cur_name,
--- a/python/python/lancedb/remote/table.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/remote/table.py
@@ -652,6 +652,17 @@ class RemoteTable(Table):
            "migrate_v2_manifest_paths() is not supported on the LanceDB Cloud"
        )

+    def head(self, n=5) -> pa.Table:
+        """
+        Return the first `n` rows of the table.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        n: int, default 5
+            The number of rows to return.
+        """
+        return LOOP.run(self._table.query().limit(n).to_arrow())
+

 def add_index(tbl: pa.Table, i: int) -> pa.Table:
    return tbl.add_column(
--- a/python/python/lancedb/table.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/table.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ def _into_pyarrow_reader(
            f"Unknown data type {type(data)}. "
            "Supported types: list of dicts, pandas DataFrame, polars DataFrame, "
            "pyarrow Table/RecordBatch, or Pydantic models. "
-            "See https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/tables/ for examples."
+            "See https://lancedb.com/docs/tables/ for examples."
        )


@@ -1708,15 +1708,18 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
        connection: "LanceDBConnection",
        name: str,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
        storage_options_provider: Optional["StorageOptionsProvider"] = None,
        index_cache_size: Optional[int] = None,
        location: Optional[str] = None,
        _async: AsyncTable = None,
    ):
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        self._conn = connection
        self._namespace = namespace
+        self._location = location  # Store location for use in _dataset_path
        if _async is not None:
            self._table = _async
        else:
@@ -1765,12 +1768,14 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
        db,
        name,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
        storage_options_provider: Optional["StorageOptionsProvider"] = None,
        index_cache_size: Optional[int] = None,
        location: Optional[str] = None,
    ):
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        tbl = cls(
            db,
            name,
@@ -1794,6 +1799,10 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
    @cached_property
    def _dataset_path(self) -> str:
        # Cacheable since it's deterministic
+        # If table was opened with explicit location (e.g., from namespace),
+        # use that location directly instead of constructing from base URI
+        if self._location is not None:
+            return self._location
        return _table_path(self._conn.uri, self.name)

    def to_lance(self, **kwargs) -> lance.LanceDataset:
@@ -2618,7 +2627,7 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
        fill_value: float = 0.0,
        embedding_functions: Optional[List[EmbeddingFunctionConfig]] = None,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str | bool]] = None,
        storage_options_provider: Optional["StorageOptionsProvider"] = None,
        data_storage_version: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -2678,9 +2687,12 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
            Deprecated.  Set `storage_options` when connecting to the database and set
            `new_table_enable_v2_manifest_paths` in the options.
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        self = cls.__new__(cls)
        self._conn = db
        self._namespace = namespace
+        self._location = location

        if data_storage_version is not None:
            warnings.warn(
--- a/python/python/tests/test_fts.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_fts.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import numpy as np
 import pyarrow as pa
 import pandas as pd
 import pytest
+import pytest_asyncio
 from utils import exception_output

 pytest.importorskip("lancedb.fts")
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ def table(tmp_path) -> ldb.table.LanceTable:
    return table


-@pytest.fixture
+@pytest_asyncio.fixture
 async def async_table(tmp_path) -> ldb.table.AsyncTable:
    # Use local random state to avoid affecting other tests
    rng = np.random.RandomState(42)
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ def test_search_fts(table, use_tantivy):

@pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_fts_select_async(async_table):
-    tbl = await async_table
+    tbl = async_table
    await tbl.create_index("text", config=FTS())
    await tbl.create_index("text2", config=FTS())
    results = (
@@ -324,11 +325,18 @@ def test_search_fts_phrase_query(table):
        pass
    table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=False, with_position=True, replace=True)
    results = table.search("puppy").limit(100).to_list()
+
+    # Test with quotation marks
    phrase_results = table.search('"puppy runs"').limit(100).to_list()
    assert len(results) > len(phrase_results)
    assert len(phrase_results) > 0

-    # Test with a query
+    # Test with .phrase_query()
+    phrase_results = table.search("puppy runs").phrase_query().limit(100).to_list()
+    assert len(results) > len(phrase_results)
+    assert len(phrase_results) > 0
+
+    # Test with PhraseQuery()
    phrase_results = (
        table.search(PhraseQuery("puppy runs", "text")).limit(100).to_list()
    )
@@ -338,7 +346,6 @@ def test_search_fts_phrase_query(table):

@pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_search_fts_phrase_query_async(async_table):
-    async_table = await async_table
    await async_table.create_index("text", config=FTS(with_position=False))
    try:
        phrase_results = (
@@ -393,7 +400,6 @@ def test_search_fts_specify_column(table):

@pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_search_fts_async(async_table):
-    async_table = await async_table
    await async_table.create_index("text", config=FTS())
    results = await async_table.query().nearest_to_text("puppy").limit(5).to_list()
    assert len(results) == 5
@@ -424,7 +430,6 @@ async def test_search_fts_async(async_table):

@pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_search_fts_specify_column_async(async_table):
-    async_table = await async_table
    await async_table.create_index("text", config=FTS())
    await async_table.create_index("text2", config=FTS())

--- a/python/python/tests/test_namespace.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_namespace.py
@@ -423,3 +423,218 @@ class TestNamespaceConnection:
        db.drop_table("same_name_table", namespace=["namespace_b"])
        db.drop_namespace(["namespace_a"])
        db.drop_namespace(["namespace_b"])
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+class TestAsyncNamespaceConnection:
+    """Test async namespace-based LanceDB connection using DirectoryNamespace."""
+
+    def setup_method(self):
+        """Set up test fixtures."""
+        self.temp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+
+    def teardown_method(self):
+        """Clean up test fixtures."""
+        shutil.rmtree(self.temp_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+
+    async def test_connect_namespace_async(self):
+        """Test connecting to LanceDB through DirectoryNamespace asynchronously."""
+        db = lancedb.connect_namespace_async("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
+
+        # Should be an AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection
+        assert isinstance(db, lancedb.AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection)
+
+        # Initially no tables in root
+        table_names = await db.table_names()
+        assert len(list(table_names)) == 0
+
+    async def test_create_table_async(self):
+        """Test creating a table asynchronously through namespace."""
+        db = lancedb.connect_namespace_async("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
+
+        # Create a child namespace first
+        await db.create_namespace(["test_ns"])
+
+        # Define schema for empty table
+        schema = pa.schema(
+            [
+                pa.field("id", pa.int64()),
+                pa.field("vector", pa.list_(pa.float32(), 2)),
+                pa.field("text", pa.string()),
+            ]
+        )
+
+        # Create empty table in child namespace
+        table = await db.create_table(
+            "test_table", schema=schema, namespace=["test_ns"]
+        )
+        assert table is not None
+        assert isinstance(table, lancedb.AsyncTable)
+
+        # Table should appear in child namespace
+        table_names = await db.table_names(namespace=["test_ns"])
+        assert "test_table" in list(table_names)
+
+    async def test_open_table_async(self):
+        """Test opening an existing table asynchronously through namespace."""
+        db = lancedb.connect_namespace_async("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
+
+        # Create a child namespace first
+        await db.create_namespace(["test_ns"])
+
+        # Create a table with schema in child namespace
+        schema = pa.schema(
+            [
+                pa.field("id", pa.int64()),
+                pa.field("vector", pa.list_(pa.float32(), 2)),
+            ]
+        )
+        await db.create_table("test_table", schema=schema, namespace=["test_ns"])
+
+        # Open the table
+        table = await db.open_table("test_table", namespace=["test_ns"])
+        assert table is not None
+        assert isinstance(table, lancedb.AsyncTable)
+
+        # Test write operation - add data to the table
+        test_data = [
+            {"id": 1, "vector": [1.0, 2.0]},
+            {"id": 2, "vector": [3.0, 4.0]},
+            {"id": 3, "vector": [5.0, 6.0]},
+        ]
+        await table.add(test_data)
+
+        # Test read operation - query the table
+        result = await table.to_arrow()
+        assert len(result) == 3
+        assert result.schema.field("id").type == pa.int64()
+        assert result.schema.field("vector").type == pa.list_(pa.float32(), 2)
+
+        # Verify data content
+        result_df = result.to_pandas()
+        assert result_df["id"].tolist() == [1, 2, 3]
+        assert [v.tolist() for v in result_df["vector"]] == [
+            [1.0, 2.0],
+            [3.0, 4.0],
+            [5.0, 6.0],
+        ]
+
+        # Test update operation
+        await table.update({"id": 20}, where="id = 2")
+        result = await table.to_arrow()
+        result_df = result.to_pandas().sort_values("id").reset_index(drop=True)
+        assert result_df["id"].tolist() == [1, 3, 20]
+
+        # Test delete operation
+        await table.delete("id = 1")
+        result = await table.to_arrow()
+        assert len(result) == 2
+        result_df = result.to_pandas().sort_values("id").reset_index(drop=True)
+        assert result_df["id"].tolist() == [3, 20]
+
+    async def test_drop_table_async(self):
+        """Test dropping a table asynchronously through namespace."""
+        db = lancedb.connect_namespace_async("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
+
+        # Create a child namespace first
+        await db.create_namespace(["test_ns"])
+
+        # Create tables in child namespace
+        schema = pa.schema(
+            [
+                pa.field("id", pa.int64()),
+                pa.field("vector", pa.list_(pa.float32(), 2)),
+            ]
+        )
+        await db.create_table("table1", schema=schema, namespace=["test_ns"])
+        await db.create_table("table2", schema=schema, namespace=["test_ns"])
+
+        # Verify both tables exist in child namespace
+        table_names = list(await db.table_names(namespace=["test_ns"]))
+        assert "table1" in table_names
+        assert "table2" in table_names
+        assert len(table_names) == 2
+
+        # Drop one table
+        await db.drop_table("table1", namespace=["test_ns"])
+
+        # Verify only table2 remains
+        table_names = list(await db.table_names(namespace=["test_ns"]))
+        assert "table1" not in table_names
+        assert "table2" in table_names
+        assert len(table_names) == 1
+
+    async def test_namespace_operations_async(self):
+        """Test namespace management operations asynchronously."""
+        db = lancedb.connect_namespace_async("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
+
+        # Initially no namespaces
+        namespaces = await db.list_namespaces()
+        assert len(list(namespaces)) == 0
+
+        # Create a namespace
+        await db.create_namespace(["test_namespace"])
+
+        # Verify namespace exists
+        namespaces = list(await db.list_namespaces())
+        assert "test_namespace" in namespaces
+        assert len(namespaces) == 1
+
+        # Create table in namespace
+        schema = pa.schema(
+            [
+                pa.field("id", pa.int64()),
+                pa.field("vector", pa.list_(pa.float32(), 2)),
+            ]
+        )
+        table = await db.create_table(
+            "test_table", schema=schema, namespace=["test_namespace"]
+        )
+        assert table is not None
+
+        # Verify table exists in namespace
+        tables_in_namespace = list(await db.table_names(namespace=["test_namespace"]))
+        assert "test_table" in tables_in_namespace
+        assert len(tables_in_namespace) == 1
+
+        # Drop table from namespace
+        await db.drop_table("test_table", namespace=["test_namespace"])
+
+        # Verify table no longer exists in namespace
+        tables_in_namespace = list(await db.table_names(namespace=["test_namespace"]))
+        assert len(tables_in_namespace) == 0
+
+        # Drop namespace
+        await db.drop_namespace(["test_namespace"])
+
+        # Verify namespace no longer exists
+        namespaces = list(await db.list_namespaces())
+        assert len(namespaces) == 0
+
+    async def test_drop_all_tables_async(self):
+        """Test dropping all tables asynchronously through namespace."""
+        db = lancedb.connect_namespace_async("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
+
+        # Create a child namespace first
+        await db.create_namespace(["test_ns"])
+
+        # Create multiple tables in child namespace
+        schema = pa.schema(
+            [
+                pa.field("id", pa.int64()),
+                pa.field("vector", pa.list_(pa.float32(), 2)),
+            ]
+        )
+        for i in range(3):
+            await db.create_table(f"table{i}", schema=schema, namespace=["test_ns"])
+
+        # Verify tables exist in child namespace
+        table_names = await db.table_names(namespace=["test_ns"])
+        assert len(list(table_names)) == 3
+
+        # Drop all tables in child namespace
+        await db.drop_all_tables(namespace=["test_ns"])
+
+        # Verify all tables are gone from child namespace
+        table_names = await db.table_names(namespace=["test_ns"])
+        assert len(list(table_names)) == 0
--- a/python/python/tests/test_pydantic.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_pydantic.py
@@ -412,3 +412,50 @@ def test_multi_vector_in_lance_model():

    t = TestModel(id=1)
    assert t.vectors == [[0.0] * 16]
+
+
+def test_aliases_in_lance_model(mem_db):
+    data = [
+        {"vector": [3.1, 4.1], "item": "foo", "price": 10.0},
+        {"vector": [5.9, 6.5], "item": "bar", "price": 20.0},
+    ]
+    tbl = mem_db.create_table("items", data=data)
+
+    class TestModel(LanceModel):
+        name: str = Field(alias="item")
+        price: float
+        distance: float = Field(alias="_distance")
+
+    model = (
+        tbl.search([5.9, 6.5])
+        .distance_type("cosine")
+        .limit(1)
+        .to_pydantic(TestModel)[0]
+    )
+    assert hasattr(model, "name")
+    assert hasattr(model, "distance")
+    assert model.distance < 0.01
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_aliases_in_lance_model_async(mem_db_async):
+    data = [
+        {"vector": [8.3, 2.5], "item": "foo", "price": 12.0},
+        {"vector": [7.7, 3.9], "item": "bar", "price": 11.2},
+    ]
+    tbl = await mem_db_async.create_table("items", data=data)
+
+    class TestModel(LanceModel):
+        name: str = Field(alias="item")
+        price: float
+        distance: float = Field(alias="_distance")
+
+    model = (
+        await tbl.vector_search([7.7, 3.9])
+        .distance_type("cosine")
+        .limit(1)
+        .to_pydantic(TestModel)
+    )[0]
+    assert hasattr(model, "name")
+    assert hasattr(model, "distance")
+    assert model.distance < 0.01
--- a/python/python/tests/test_remote_db.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_remote_db.py
@@ -546,6 +546,22 @@ def query_test_table(query_handler, *, server_version=Version("0.1.0")):
        yield table


+def test_head():
+    def handler(body):
+        assert body == {
+            "k": 5,
+            "prefilter": True,
+            "vector": [],
+            "version": None,
+        }
+
+        return pa.table({"id": [1, 2, 3]})
+
+    with query_test_table(handler) as table:
+        data = table.head(5)
+        assert data == pa.table({"id": [1, 2, 3]})
+
+
 def test_query_sync_minimal():
    def handler(body):
        assert body == {
--- a/python/python/tests/test_table.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_table.py
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ def setup_hybrid_search_table(db: DBConnection, embedding_func):
    table.add([{"text": p} for p in phrases])

    # Create a fts index
-    table.create_fts_index("text")
+    table.create_fts_index("text", with_position=True)

    return table, MyTable, emb

--- a/python/src/table.rs
+++ b/python/src/table.rs
@@ -134,17 +134,19 @@ pub struct MergeResult {
    pub num_updated_rows: u64,
    pub num_inserted_rows: u64,
    pub num_deleted_rows: u64,
+    pub num_attempts: u32,
 }

 #[pymethods]
 impl MergeResult {
    pub fn __repr__(&self) -> String {
        format!(
-            "MergeResult(version={}, num_updated_rows={}, num_inserted_rows={}, num_deleted_rows={})",
+            "MergeResult(version={}, num_updated_rows={}, num_inserted_rows={}, num_deleted_rows={}, num_attempts={})",
            self.version,
            self.num_updated_rows,
            self.num_inserted_rows,
-            self.num_deleted_rows
+            self.num_deleted_rows,
+            self.num_attempts
        )
    }
 }
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@ impl From<lancedb::table::MergeResult> for MergeResult {
            num_updated_rows: result.num_updated_rows,
            num_inserted_rows: result.num_inserted_rows,
            num_deleted_rows: result.num_deleted_rows,
+            num_attempts: result.num_attempts,
        }
    }
 }
--- a/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.22.3"
+version = "0.22.4-beta.2"
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "LanceDB: A serverless, low-latency vector database for AI applications"
 license.workspace = true
--- a/rust/lancedb/Makefile
+++ b/rust/lancedb/Makefile
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ all-tests: feature-tests remote-tests
 # the environment.
 feature-tests:
 	../../ci/run_with_docker_compose.sh \
-		cargo test --all-features --tests --locked --examples
+		cargo test --all-features --tests --locked --examples $(CARGO_ARGS)
 .PHONY: feature-tests

 # Run tests against remote endpoints.
 remote-tests:
 	../../ci/run_with_test_connection.sh \
-		cargo test --features remote --locked
+		cargo test --features remote --locked $(CARGO_ARGS)
 .PHONY: remote-tests
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/connection.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/connection.rs
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ impl<const HAS_DATA: bool> CreateTableBuilder<HAS_DATA> {
    /// Options already set on the connection will be inherited by the table,
    /// but can be overridden here.
    ///
-    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/>
+    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
    pub fn storage_option(mut self, key: impl Into<String>, value: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
        let store_options = self
            .request
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ impl<const HAS_DATA: bool> CreateTableBuilder<HAS_DATA> {
    /// Options already set on the connection will be inherited by the table,
    /// but can be overridden here.
    ///
-    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/>
+    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
    pub fn storage_options(
        mut self,
        pairs: impl IntoIterator<Item = (impl Into<String>, impl Into<String>)>,
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ impl OpenTableBuilder {
    /// Options already set on the connection will be inherited by the table,
    /// but can be overridden here.
    ///
-    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/>
+    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
    pub fn storage_option(mut self, key: impl Into<String>, value: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
        let storage_options = self
            .request
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ impl OpenTableBuilder {
    /// Options already set on the connection will be inherited by the table,
    /// but can be overridden here.
    ///
-    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/>
+    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
    pub fn storage_options(
        mut self,
        pairs: impl IntoIterator<Item = (impl Into<String>, impl Into<String>)>,
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ impl ConnectBuilder {

    /// Set an option for the storage layer.
    ///
-    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/>
+    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
    pub fn storage_option(mut self, key: impl Into<String>, value: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
        self.request.options.insert(key.into(), value.into());
        self
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ impl ConnectBuilder {

    /// Set multiple options for the storage layer.
    ///
-    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/>
+    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
    pub fn storage_options(
        mut self,
        pairs: impl IntoIterator<Item = (impl Into<String>, impl Into<String>)>,
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ impl ConnectNamespaceBuilder {

    /// Set an option for the storage layer.
    ///
-    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/>
+    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
    pub fn storage_option(mut self, key: impl Into<String>, value: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
        self.storage_options.insert(key.into(), value.into());
        self
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ impl ConnectNamespaceBuilder {

    /// Set multiple options for the storage layer.
    ///
-    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/>
+    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
    pub fn storage_options(
        mut self,
        pairs: impl IntoIterator<Item = (impl Into<String>, impl Into<String>)>,
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/database/listing.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/database/listing.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pub struct ListingDatabaseOptions {
    /// These are used to create/list tables and they are inherited by all tables
    /// opened by this database.
    ///
-    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/>
+    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
    pub storage_options: HashMap<String, String>,
 }

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ impl ListingDatabaseOptionsBuilder {

    /// Set an option for the storage layer.
    ///
-    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/>
+    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
    pub fn storage_option(mut self, key: impl Into<String>, value: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
        self.options
            .storage_options
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ impl ListingDatabaseOptionsBuilder {

    /// Set multiple options for the storage layer.
    ///
-    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/>
+    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
    pub fn storage_options(
        mut self,
        pairs: impl IntoIterator<Item = (impl Into<String>, impl Into<String>)>,
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/lib.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 //! It treats [`FixedSizeList<Float16/Float32>`](https://docs.rs/arrow/latest/arrow/array/struct.FixedSizeListArray.html)
 //! columns as vector columns.
 //!
-//! For more details, please refer to [LanceDB documentation](https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/).
+//! For more details, please refer to the [LanceDB documentation](https://lancedb.com/docs).
 //!
 //! #### Create a table
 //!
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/remote/db.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/remote/db.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pub struct RemoteDatabaseOptions {
    pub host_override: Option<String>,
    /// Storage options configure the storage layer (e.g. S3, GCS, Azure, etc.)
    ///
-    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/>
+    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
    ///
    /// These options are only used for LanceDB Enterprise and only a subset of options
    /// are supported.
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/remote/table.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/remote/table.rs
@@ -1183,6 +1183,7 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> BaseTable for RemoteTable<S> {
                num_deleted_rows: 0,
                num_inserted_rows: 0,
                num_updated_rows: 0,
+                num_attempts: 0,
            });
        }

--- a/rust/lancedb/src/table.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/table.rs
@@ -467,6 +467,11 @@ pub struct MergeResult {
    /// However those rows are not shared with the user.
    #[serde(default)]
    pub num_deleted_rows: u64,
+    /// Number of attempts performed during the merge operation.
+    /// This includes the initial attempt plus any retries due to transaction conflicts.
+    /// A value of 1 means the operation succeeded on the first try.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub num_attempts: u32,
 }

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
@@ -1810,8 +1815,17 @@ impl NativeTable {
    }

    // Helper to get num_sub_vectors with default calculation
-    fn get_num_sub_vectors(provided: Option<u32>, dim: u32) -> u32 {
-        provided.unwrap_or_else(|| suggested_num_sub_vectors(dim))
+    fn get_num_sub_vectors(provided: Option<u32>, dim: u32, num_bits: Option<u32>) -> u32 {
+        if let Some(provided) = provided {
+            return provided;
+        }
+        let suggested = suggested_num_sub_vectors(dim);
+        if num_bits.is_some_and(|num_bits| num_bits == 4) && suggested % 2 != 0 {
+            // num_sub_vectors must be even when 4 bits are used
+            suggested + 1
+        } else {
+            suggested
+        }
    }

    // Helper to extract vector dimension from field
@@ -1834,7 +1848,7 @@ impl NativeTable {
                    // Use IvfPq as the default for auto vector indices
                    let dim = Self::get_vector_dimension(field)?;
                    let ivf_params = lance_index::vector::ivf::IvfBuildParams::default();
-                    let num_sub_vectors = Self::get_num_sub_vectors(None, dim);
+                    let num_sub_vectors = Self::get_num_sub_vectors(None, dim, None);
                    let pq_params =
                        lance_index::vector::pq::PQBuildParams::new(num_sub_vectors as usize, 8);
                    let lance_idx_params =
@@ -1901,7 +1915,8 @@ impl NativeTable {
                    index.sample_rate,
                    index.max_iterations,
                );
-                let num_sub_vectors = Self::get_num_sub_vectors(index.num_sub_vectors, dim);
+                let num_sub_vectors =
+                    Self::get_num_sub_vectors(index.num_sub_vectors, dim, index.num_bits);
                let num_bits = index.num_bits.unwrap_or(8) as usize;
                let mut pq_params = PQBuildParams::new(num_sub_vectors as usize, num_bits);
                pq_params.max_iters = index.max_iterations as usize;
@@ -1937,7 +1952,8 @@ impl NativeTable {
                    index.sample_rate,
                    index.max_iterations,
                );
-                let num_sub_vectors = Self::get_num_sub_vectors(index.num_sub_vectors, dim);
+                let num_sub_vectors =
+                    Self::get_num_sub_vectors(index.num_sub_vectors, dim, index.num_bits);
                let hnsw_params = HnswBuildParams::default()
                    .num_edges(index.m as usize)
                    .ef_construction(index.ef_construction as usize);
@@ -2520,6 +2536,7 @@ impl BaseTable for NativeTable {
            num_updated_rows: stats.num_updated_rows,
            num_inserted_rows: stats.num_inserted_rows,
            num_deleted_rows: stats.num_deleted_rows,
+            num_attempts: stats.num_attempts,
        })
    }

@@ -2979,9 +2996,13 @@ mod tests {
        // Perform a "insert if not exists"
        let mut merge_insert_builder = table.merge_insert(&["i"]);
        merge_insert_builder.when_not_matched_insert_all();
-        merge_insert_builder.execute(new_batches).await.unwrap();
+        let result = merge_insert_builder.execute(new_batches).await.unwrap();
        // Only 5 rows should actually be inserted
        assert_eq!(table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap(), 15);
+        assert_eq!(result.num_inserted_rows, 5);
+        assert_eq!(result.num_updated_rows, 0);
+        assert_eq!(result.num_deleted_rows, 0);
+        assert_eq!(result.num_attempts, 1);

        // Create new data with i=15..25 (no id matches)
        let new_batches = Box::new(merge_insert_test_batches(15, 2));
@@ -4122,6 +4143,8 @@ mod tests {
        table.prewarm_index("text_idx").await.unwrap();
    }

+    // Windows does not support precise sleep durations due to timer resolution limitations.
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn test_read_consistency_interval() {
        let intervals = vec![
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
lancedb automation	aa0da4f0f3	chore: update lance dependency to v1.0.0-beta.6	2025-11-20 21:12:01 +00:00
Prashanth Rao	135dfdc7ec	docs: 404 and outdated URLs should now work (#2800 ) Did a full scan of all URLs that used to point to the old mkdocs pages, and now links to the appropriate pages on lancedb.com/docs or lance.org docs. --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>	2025-11-20 11:14:20 -08:00
Will Jones	6f39108857	docs: add some missing classes (#2450 ) <!-- This is an auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai --> ## Summary by CodeRabbit - Documentation - Expanded Python API reference with new entries for table metadata, tagging, remote client configuration, and index statistics. - Added documentation for new classes and modules in both synchronous and asynchronous sections, including `FragmentStatistics`, `FragmentSummaryStats`, `Tags`, `AsyncTags`, `IndexStatistics`, and remote configuration options. <!-- end of auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai -->	2025-11-20 11:04:16 -08:00
Jackson Hew	bb6b0bea0c	fix: .phrase_query() not working (#2781 ) The `self._query` value was not set when wrapping its copy `query` with quotation marks. The test for phrase queries has been updated to test the `.phrase_query()` method as well, which will catch this bug. --------- Co-authored-by: Will Jones <willjones127@gmail.com>	2025-11-20 10:32:37 -08:00
Jack Ye	0084eb238b	fix: use None default for namespace (#2797 ) Realized that using [] is an anti-pattern in python for defaults: https://docs.python-guide.org/writing/gotchas/	2025-11-20 10:23:41 -08:00
LanceDB Robot	28ab29a3f0	chore: update lance dependency to v1.0.0-beta.5 (#2798 ) ## Summary - bump all Lance workspace dependencies to v1.0.0-beta.5 - verified `cargo clippy --workspace --tests --all-features -- -D warnings` - ran `cargo fmt --all` Triggered by refs/tags/v1.0.0-beta.5	2025-11-20 17:43:24 +08:00
Colin Patrick McCabe	7d3f5348a7	feat: implement head() for remote tables (#2793 ) Implemnent the head() function for RemoteTable.	2025-11-19 12:49:34 -08:00
Lance Release	3531393523	Bump version: 0.22.4-beta.1 → 0.22.4-beta.2	2025-11-19 20:25:41 +00:00
Lance Release	93b8ac8e3e	Bump version: 0.25.4-beta.1 → 0.25.4-beta.2	2025-11-19 20:24:46 +00:00
Jack Ye	1b78ccedaf	feat: support async namespace connection (#2788 ) Also fix 2 bugs: 1. make storage options provider serializable in ray 2. fix table.to_table() uri is wrong for namespace-backed tables	2025-11-19 12:23:50 -08:00
Mykola Skrynnyk	ca8d118f78	feat(python): support `to_pydantic` in async (#2438 ) This request improves support for `pydantic` integration by adding `to_pydantic` method to asynchronous queries and handling models that use `alias` in field definitions. Fixes #2436 and closes #2437 . <!-- This is an auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai --> ## Summary by CodeRabbit - New Features - Added support for converting asynchronous query results to Pydantic models. - Bug Fixes - Simplified conversion of query results to Pydantic models for improved reliability. - Improved handling of field aliases and computed fields when mapping query results to Pydantic models. - Tests - Added tests to verify correct mapping of aliased and computed fields in both synchronous and asynchronous scenarios. <!-- end of auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai -->	2025-11-19 11:20:14 -08:00
Wyatt Alt	386fc9e466	feat: add num_attempts to merge insert result (#2795 ) This pipes the num_attempts field from lance's merge insert result through lancedb. This allows callers of merge_insert to get a better idea of whether transaction conflicts are occurring.	2025-11-19 09:32:57 -08:00
Lance Release	ce1bafec1a	Bump version: 0.22.4-beta.0 → 0.22.4-beta.1	2025-11-19 12:58:59 +00:00
Lance Release	8f18a7feed	Bump version: 0.25.4-beta.0 → 0.25.4-beta.1	2025-11-19 12:58:16 +00:00
LanceDB Robot	e2be699544	chore: update lance dependency to v1.0.0-beta.3 (#2794 ) ## Summary - update Lance dependencies to v1.0.0-beta.3 using ci/set_lance_version.py - verified with `cargo clippy --workspace --tests --all-features -- -D warnings` - formatted with `cargo fmt --all` Refs: refs/tags/v1.0.0-beta.3	2025-11-19 09:25:45 -03:30
Xuanwo	f77b0ef37d	ci: add timely lance release check (#2790 ) This PR will add a timely lance release check for lancedb which will auto bump lance while new tags released. --- This PR was primarily authored with Codex using GPT-5-Codex and then hand-reviewed by me. I AM responsible for every change made in this PR. I aimed to keep it aligned with our goals, though I may have missed minor issues. Please flag anything that feels off, I'll fix it quickly. --------- Signed-off-by: Xuanwo <github@xuanwo.io>	2025-11-19 16:43:41 +08:00
Wyatt Alt	c41401f20f	chore: repath lance dependencies to lance-format (#2787 )	2025-11-18 12:25:58 -08:00
Will Jones	1cf3917a87	ci: make rust ci faster, get ci green (#2782 ) * Add `ci` profile for smaller build caches. This had a meaningful impact in Lance, and I expect a similar impact here. https://github.com/lancedb/lance/pull/5236 * Get caching working in Rust. Previously was not working due to `workspaces: rust`. * Get caching working in NodeJs lint job. Previously wasn't working because we installed the toolchain after we called `- uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2`, which invalidates the cache locally. * Fix broken pytest from async io transition (`pytest.PytestRemovedIn9Warning`) * Altered `get_num_sub_vectors` to handle bug in case of 4-bit PQ. This was cause of `rust future panicked: unknown error`. Raised an issue upstream to change panic to error: https://github.com/lancedb/lance/issues/5257 * Call `npm run docs` to fix doc issue. * Disable flakey Windows test for consistency. It's just an OS-specific timer issue, not our fault. * Fix Windows absolute path handling in namespaces. Was causing CI failure `OSError: [WinError 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect: `	2025-11-18 09:04:56 -08:00
Ryan Green	92dbec1f95	fix: convert schema metadata to strings for JsonArrowSchema (#2786 ) Fixes pydantic validation errors when creating materialized views with namespace. ``` > return JsonArrowSchema(fields=fields, metadata=schema.metadata) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ E pydantic_core._pydantic_core.ValidationError: 4 validation errors for JsonArrowSchema E metadata.b'geneva::view::query' E Input should be a valid string [type=string_type, input_value=b'{"base":{"vector_column...t-image:latest\\"}"}}]}', input_type=bytes] E For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.12/v/string_type ```	2025-11-17 13:18:20 -03:30
Xuanwo	bbd44e669d	ci: migrate codex to API key based (#2783 ) Removed Codex authentication steps and added OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable for Codex execution.	2025-11-17 19:40:31 +08:00
Lance Release	e2d7640021	Bump version: 0.22.3 → 0.22.4-beta.0	2025-11-17 08:43:51 +00:00