fix comment

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
```

.bumpversion.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.22.3"
+current_version = "0.22.4-beta.0"
 parse = """(?x)
     (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
     (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.

.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)"

Cargo.lock

@@ -4691,7 +4691,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.22.3"
+version = "0.22.4-beta.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "anyhow",
@@ -4786,7 +4786,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
-version = "0.22.3"
+version = "0.22.4-beta.0"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-ipc",
@@ -4806,7 +4806,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.25.3"
+version = "0.25.4-beta.0"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "async-trait",

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.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 

java/lance-namespace/pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
         <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.22.3-final.0</version>
+        <version>0.22.4-beta.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 

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.0</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
     <description>LanceDB Java SDK Parent POM</description>

nodejs/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
 edition.workspace = true
-version = "0.22.3"
+version = "0.22.4-beta.0"
 license.workspace = true
 description.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true

nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-darwin-arm64",
-	"version": "0.22.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4-beta.0",
 	"os": ["darwin"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.darwin-arm64.node",

nodejs/npm/darwin-x64/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-darwin-x64",
-	"version": "0.22.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4-beta.0",
 	"os": ["darwin"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.darwin-x64.node",

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.22.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4-beta.0",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-gnu.node",

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-musl",
-	"version": "0.22.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4-beta.0",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-musl.node",

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.22.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4-beta.0",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-gnu.node",

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-musl",
-	"version": "0.22.3",
+	"version": "0.22.4-beta.0",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-musl.node",

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-arm64-msvc",
-  "version": "0.22.3",
+  "version": "0.22.4-beta.0",
   "os": [
     "win32"
   ],

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.0",
 	"os": ["win32"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.win32-x64-msvc.node",

nodejs/package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-  "version": "0.22.3",
+  "version": "0.22.4-beta.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-      "version": "0.22.3",
+      "version": "0.22.4-beta.0",
       "cpu": [
         "x64",
         "arm64"

nodejs/package.json

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "ann"
   ],
   "private": false,
-  "version": "0.22.3",
+  "version": "0.22.4-beta.0",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "exports": {
     ".": "./dist/index.js",

python/python/lancedb/namespace.py

@@ -99,7 +99,14 @@ 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):
@@ -469,10 +476,16 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         storage_options_provider: Optional[StorageOptionsProvider] = None,
         index_cache_size: Optional[int] = None,
     ) -> LanceTable:
+        # parse the DB location from the table URI
+        if table_uri.endswith(f"/{name}.lance"):
+            db_uri = table_uri[: -len(f"/{name}.lance")]
+        else:
+            db_uri = table_uri
+
         # Open a table directly from a URI using the location parameter
         # Note: storage_options should already be merged by the caller
         temp_conn = LanceDBConnection(
-            table_uri,  # Use the table location as the connection URI
+            db_uri,
             read_consistency_interval=self.read_consistency_interval,
             storage_options=storage_options if storage_options is not None else {},
             session=self.session,
@@ -489,7 +502,6 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
             location=table_uri,
         )
 
-
 def connect_namespace(
     impl: str,
     properties: Dict[str, str],

rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.22.3"
+version = "0.22.4-beta.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "LanceDB: A serverless, low-latency vector database for AI applications"
 license.workspace = true