chore: update lance dependency to v1.0.0-beta.9

chore: update lance dependency to v1.0.0-beta.8 (#2813 )
## Summary - bump all Lance crates to v1.0.0-beta.8 via ci/set_lance_version.py - verified - ran Trigger: refs/tags/v1.0.0-beta.8
2025-12-26 06:39:57 +00:00 · 2025-11-25 05:13:12 +00:00 · 2025-11-24 14:58:42 -08:00 · 2025-11-24 13:13:18 -08:00 · 2025-11-24 13:35:19 +08:00 · 2025-11-21 21:42:09 -08:00
58 changed files with 396 additions and 199 deletions
--- a/.bumpversion.toml
+++ b/.bumpversion.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.22.4-beta.1"
+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/build_linux_wheel/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_linux_wheel/action.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ runs:
      with:
        command: build
        working-directory: python
-        docker-options: "-e PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL=https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/"
+        docker-options: "-e PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL='https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/'"
        target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
        manylinux: ${{ inputs.manylinux }}
        args: ${{ inputs.args }}
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ runs:
      with:
        command: build
        working-directory: python
-        docker-options: "-e PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL=https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/"
+        docker-options: "-e PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL='https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/'"
        target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
        manylinux: ${{ inputs.manylinux }}
        args: ${{ inputs.args }}
--- a/.github/workflows/build_mac_wheel/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_mac_wheel/action.yml
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ runs:
        command: build
        # TODO: pass through interpreter
        args: ${{ inputs.args }}
-        docker-options: "-e PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL=https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/"
+        docker-options: "-e PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL='https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/'"
        working-directory: python
--- a/.github/workflows/build_windows_wheel/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_windows_wheel/action.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ runs:
      with:
        command: build
        args: ${{ inputs.args }}
-        docker-options: "-e PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL=https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/"
+        docker-options: "-e PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL='https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/'"
        working-directory: python
    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
      with:
--- a/.github/workflows/codex-update-lance-dependency.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codex-update-lance-dependency.yml
@@ -98,3 +98,30 @@ jobs:

          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)"
+
+      - name: Trigger sophon dependency update
+        env:
+          TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ROBOT_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          VERSION="${TAG#refs/tags/}"
+          VERSION="${VERSION#v}"
+          LANCEDB_BRANCH="codex/update-lance-${VERSION//[^a-zA-Z0-9]/-}"
+
+          echo "Triggering sophon workflow with:"
+          echo "  lance_ref: ${TAG#refs/tags/}"
+          echo "  lancedb_ref: ${LANCEDB_BRANCH}"
+
+          gh workflow run codex-bump-lancedb-lance.yml \
+            --repo lancedb/sophon \
+            -f lance_ref="${TAG#refs/tags/}" \
+            -f lancedb_ref="${LANCEDB_BRANCH}"
+
+      - name: Show latest sophon workflow run
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ROBOT_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          echo "Latest sophon workflow run:"
+          gh run list --repo lancedb/sophon --workflow codex-bump-lancedb-lance.yml --limit 1 --json databaseId,url,displayTitle
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ env:
  # according to: https://matklad.github.io/2021/09/04/fast-rust-builds.html
  # CI builds are faster with incremental disabled.
  CARGO_INCREMENTAL: "0"
-  PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL: "https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/"
+  PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL: "https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/"

 jobs:
  # Single deploy job since we're just deploying
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ jobs:
      - name: Build Python
        working-directory: python
        run: |
-          python -m pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/ -e .
-          python -m pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/ -r ../docs/requirements.txt
+          python -m pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/ -e .
+          python -m pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/ -r ../docs/requirements.txt
      - name: Set up node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
--- a/.github/workflows/lance-release-timer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lance-release-timer.yml
@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ jobs:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ROBOT_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
-          gh run list --workflow codex-update-lance-dependency.yml --limit 1 --json databaseId,htmlUrl,displayTitle
+          gh run list --workflow codex-update-lance-dependency.yml --limit 1 --json databaseId,url,displayTitle
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
      - Cargo.toml # Change in dependency frequently breaks builds

 env:
-  PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL: "https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/"
+  PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL: "https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/"

 jobs:
  linux:
--- a/.github/workflows/python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ env:
  # Color output for pytest is off by default.
  PYTEST_ADDOPTS: "--color=yes"
  FORCE_COLOR: "1"
-  PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL: "https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/"
+  PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL: "https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/"
  RUST_BACKTRACE: "1"

 jobs:
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
  doctest:
    name: "Doctest"
    timeout-minutes: 30
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-24.04"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-2404-8x-x64
    defaults:
      run:
        shell: bash
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
          sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler
      - name: Install
        run: |
-          pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/ -e .[tests,dev,embeddings]
+          pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/ -e .[tests,dev,embeddings]
          pip install tantivy
          pip install mlx
      - name: Doctest
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ jobs:
        run: |
          pip install "pydantic<2"
          pip install pyarrow==16
-          pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/ -e .[tests]
+          pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/ -e .[tests]
          pip install tantivy
      - name: Run tests
        run: pytest -m "not slow and not s3_test" -x -v --durations=30 python/tests
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests/action.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ runs:
    - name: Install lancedb
      shell: bash
      run: |
-        pip3 install --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/ $(ls target/wheels/lancedb-*.whl)[tests,dev]
+        pip3 install --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/ $(ls target/wheels/lancedb-*.whl)[tests,dev]
    - name: Setup localstack for integration tests
      if: ${{ inputs.integration == 'true' }}
      shell: bash
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3032,8 +3032,8 @@ checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"

 [[package]]
 name = "fsst"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.3#95ff7f6e684c1911fc00c9c2811cce1a61c06ff5"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.9"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.9#40dd02c7ab04e82ac774cefa337db3f2626dead7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "rand 0.9.2",
@@ -4217,8 +4217,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.3#95ff7f6e684c1911fc00c9c2811cce1a61c06ff5"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.9"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.9#40dd02c7ab04e82ac774cefa337db3f2626dead7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-arith",
@@ -4282,8 +4282,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.3#95ff7f6e684c1911fc00c9c2811cce1a61c06ff5"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.9"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.9#40dd02c7ab04e82ac774cefa337db3f2626dead7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4301,8 +4301,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-bitpacking"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.3#95ff7f6e684c1911fc00c9c2811cce1a61c06ff5"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.9"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.9#40dd02c7ab04e82ac774cefa337db3f2626dead7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrayref",
 "paste",
@@ -4311,8 +4311,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-core"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.3#95ff7f6e684c1911fc00c9c2811cce1a61c06ff5"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.9"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.9#40dd02c7ab04e82ac774cefa337db3f2626dead7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4348,8 +4348,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datafusion"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.3#95ff7f6e684c1911fc00c9c2811cce1a61c06ff5"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.9"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.9#40dd02c7ab04e82ac774cefa337db3f2626dead7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4378,8 +4378,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datagen"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.3#95ff7f6e684c1911fc00c9c2811cce1a61c06ff5"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.9"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.9#40dd02c7ab04e82ac774cefa337db3f2626dead7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4396,8 +4396,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-encoding"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.3#95ff7f6e684c1911fc00c9c2811cce1a61c06ff5"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.9"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.9#40dd02c7ab04e82ac774cefa337db3f2626dead7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-arith",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4434,8 +4434,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-file"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.3#95ff7f6e684c1911fc00c9c2811cce1a61c06ff5"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.9"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.9#40dd02c7ab04e82ac774cefa337db3f2626dead7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-arith",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4467,8 +4467,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-index"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.3#95ff7f6e684c1911fc00c9c2811cce1a61c06ff5"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.9"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.9#40dd02c7ab04e82ac774cefa337db3f2626dead7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-arith",
@@ -4529,8 +4529,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-io"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.3#95ff7f6e684c1911fc00c9c2811cce1a61c06ff5"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.9"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.9#40dd02c7ab04e82ac774cefa337db3f2626dead7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-arith",
@@ -4570,8 +4570,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-linalg"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.3#95ff7f6e684c1911fc00c9c2811cce1a61c06ff5"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.9"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.9#40dd02c7ab04e82ac774cefa337db3f2626dead7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4587,8 +4587,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.3#95ff7f6e684c1911fc00c9c2811cce1a61c06ff5"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.9"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.9#40dd02c7ab04e82ac774cefa337db3f2626dead7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "async-trait",
@@ -4600,8 +4600,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace-impls"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.3#95ff7f6e684c1911fc00c9c2811cce1a61c06ff5"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.9"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.9#40dd02c7ab04e82ac774cefa337db3f2626dead7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-ipc",
@@ -4639,8 +4639,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-table"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.3#95ff7f6e684c1911fc00c9c2811cce1a61c06ff5"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.9"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.9#40dd02c7ab04e82ac774cefa337db3f2626dead7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4679,8 +4679,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-testing"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.3#95ff7f6e684c1911fc00c9c2811cce1a61c06ff5"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.9"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.0.0-beta.9#40dd02c7ab04e82ac774cefa337db3f2626dead7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-schema",
@@ -4691,7 +4691,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.22.4-beta.1"
+version = "0.22.4-beta.2"
 dependencies = [
 "ahash",
 "anyhow",
@@ -4786,7 +4786,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
-version = "0.22.4-beta.1"
+version = "0.22.4-beta.2"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-ipc",
@@ -4806,7 +4806,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.25.4-beta.1"
+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.3", default-features = false, "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-core = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datagen = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-file = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-io = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.3", default-features = false, "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-index = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-linalg = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.3", "features" = ["dir-aws", "dir-gcp", "dir-azure", "dir-oss", "rest"], "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-table = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-testing = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-encoding = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-arrow = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.9", default-features = false, "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-core = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.9", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datagen = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.9", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-file = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.9", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-io = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.9", default-features = false, "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-index = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.9", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-linalg = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.9", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.9", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.9", "features" = ["dir-aws", "dir-gcp", "dir-azure", "dir-oss", "rest"], "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-table = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.9", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-testing = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.9", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.9", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-encoding = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.9", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.9", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-arrow = { "version" = "=1.0.0-beta.9", "tag" = "v1.0.0-beta.9", "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 }
--- 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/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 more complete examples.

 ## Development

--- a/docs/src/js/classes/PermutationBuilder.md
+++ b/docs/src/js/classes/PermutationBuilder.md
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ A new PermutationBuilder instance
 #### Example

 ```ts
-builder.splitCalculated("user_id % 3");
+builder.splitCalculated({ calculation: "user_id % 3" });
 ```

 ***
--- 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/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>0.22.4-beta.1</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>0.22.4-beta.1</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>0.22.4-beta.1</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 = "0.22.4-beta.1"
+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/lancedb/permutation.ts
+++ b/nodejs/lancedb/permutation.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export class PermutationBuilder {
   * @returns A new PermutationBuilder instance
   * @example
   * ```ts
-   * builder.splitCalculated("user_id % 3");
+   * builder.splitCalculated({ calculation: "user_id % 3" });
   * ```
   */
  splitCalculated(options: SplitCalculatedOptions): PermutationBuilder {
--- a/nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-darwin-arm64",
-	"version": "0.22.4-beta.1",
+	"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": "0.22.4-beta.1",
+	"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": "0.22.4-beta.1",
+	"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": "0.22.4-beta.1",
+	"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": "0.22.4-beta.1",
+	"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": "0.22.4-beta.1",
+	"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": "0.22.4-beta.1",
+  "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": "0.22.4-beta.1",
+	"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": "0.22.4-beta.1",
+  "version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
  "lockfileVersion": 3,
  "requires": true,
  "packages": {
    "": {
      "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-      "version": "0.22.4-beta.1",
+      "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": "0.22.4-beta.1",
+  "version": "0.22.4-beta.2",
  "main": "dist/index.js",
  "exports": {
    ".": "./dist/index.js",
--- 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/python/Makefile
+++ b/python/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL ?= https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/
+PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL ?= https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/

 help:		## Show this help.
 	@sed -ne '/@sed/!s/## //p' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)

 .PHONY: develop
 develop:	## Install the package in development mode.
-	PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL=$(PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL) maturin develop --extras tests,dev,embeddings
+	PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL="$(PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL)" maturin develop --extras tests,dev,embeddings

 .PHONY: format
 format:		## Format the code.
--- a/python/python/lancedb/init.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/init.py
@@ -72,7 +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
@@ -174,7 +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
--- 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: ...
--- 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
@@ -541,7 +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]:
@@ -562,6 +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
@@ -596,7 +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.

@@ -614,6 +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
@@ -638,7 +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,
@@ -655,6 +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)
@@ -680,7 +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,
@@ -698,6 +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

@@ -723,7 +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,
@@ -756,6 +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,
@@ -776,7 +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.
@@ -790,6 +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
@@ -797,7 +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
@@ -805,8 +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.

@@ -821,6 +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,
@@ -910,7 +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]:
@@ -931,6 +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
        )
@@ -958,7 +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]:
@@ -982,6 +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
        )
@@ -998,7 +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:
@@ -1045,7 +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
        -------
@@ -1155,6 +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:
@@ -1212,7 +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,
@@ -1231,7 +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().
@@ -1254,6 +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,
@@ -1269,7 +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,
@@ -1302,6 +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,
@@ -1316,8 +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.

@@ -1334,6 +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
        )
@@ -1342,7 +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.
@@ -1357,6 +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:
@@ -1365,7 +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
@@ -1374,6 +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/index.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/index.py
@@ -609,9 +609,19 @@ class IvfPq:
 class IvfRq:
    """Describes an IVF RQ Index

-    IVF-RQ (Residual Quantization) stores a compressed copy of each vector using
-    residual quantization and organizes them into IVF partitions. Parameters
-    largely mirror IVF-PQ for consistency.
+    IVF-RQ (RabitQ Quantization) compresses vectors using RabitQ quantization
+    and organizes them into IVF partitions.
+
+    The compression scheme is called RabitQ quantization. Each dimension is
+    quantized into a small number of bits. The parameters `num_bits` and
+    `num_partitions` control this process, providing a tradeoff between
+    index size (and thus search speed) and index accuracy.
+
+    The partitioning process is called IVF and the `num_partitions` parameter
+    controls how many groups to create.
+
+    Note that training an IVF RQ index on a large dataset is a slow operation
+    and currently is also a memory intensive operation.

    Attributes
    ----------
@@ -628,7 +638,7 @@ class IvfRq:
        Number of IVF partitions to create.

    num_bits: int, default 1
-        Number of bits to encode each dimension.
+        Number of bits to encode each dimension in the RabitQ codebook.

    max_iterations: int, default 50
        Max iterations to train kmeans when computing IVF partitions.
--- a/python/python/lancedb/namespace.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/namespace.py
@@ -127,13 +127,17 @@ class LanceNamespaceStorageOptionsProvider(StorageOptionsProvider):

    Examples
    --------
-    >>> from lance_namespace import connect as namespace_connect
-    >>> namespace = namespace_connect("rest", {"url": "https://..."})
-    >>> provider = LanceNamespaceStorageOptionsProvider(
-    ...     namespace=namespace,
-    ...     table_id=["my_namespace", "my_table"]
-    ... )
-    >>> options = provider.fetch_storage_options()
+    Create a provider and fetch storage options::
+
+        from lance_namespace import connect as namespace_connect
+
+        # Connect to namespace (requires a running namespace server)
+        namespace = namespace_connect("rest", {"uri": "https://..."})
+        provider = LanceNamespaceStorageOptionsProvider(
+            namespace=namespace,
+            table_id=["my_namespace", "my_table"]
+        )
+        options = provider.fetch_storage_options()
    """

    def __init__(self, namespace: LanceNamespace, table_id: List[str]):
@@ -235,8 +239,10 @@ 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 []
@@ -253,12 +259,14 @@ 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)
@@ -347,11 +355,13 @@ 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)
@@ -381,8 +391,10 @@ 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)
@@ -392,9 +404,13 @@ 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"
        )
@@ -406,14 +422,16 @@ 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]:
@@ -435,6 +453,8 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        Iterable[str]
            Names of child namespaces.
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        request = ListNamespacesRequest(
            id=namespace, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
        )
@@ -472,13 +492,15 @@ 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,
@@ -539,9 +561,11 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
        limit: int = 10,
        *,
-        namespace: List[str] = [],
+        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 []
@@ -557,13 +581,15 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
        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,
    ) -> 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)
@@ -655,12 +681,14 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
        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,
    ) -> 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)
@@ -701,8 +729,10 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
        lance_table = await asyncio.to_thread(_open_table)
        return lance_table._table

-    async def drop_table(self, name: str, namespace: List[str] = []):
+    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)
@@ -711,10 +741,14 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
        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 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"
        )
@@ -725,15 +759,17 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
            "drop_database is deprecated, use drop_all_tables instead"
        )

-    async def drop_all_tables(self, namespace: List[str] = []):
+    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: List[str] = [],
+        namespace: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        page_token: Optional[str] = None,
        limit: int = 10,
    ) -> Iterable[str]:
@@ -755,6 +791,8 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
        Iterable[str]
            Names of child namespaces.
        """
+        if namespace is None:
+            namespace = []
        request = ListNamespacesRequest(
            id=namespace, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
        )
--- a/python/python/lancedb/query.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/query.py
@@ -883,7 +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
@@ -1356,7 +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
@@ -1495,7 +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
            ):
--- 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."
        )


@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ class Table(ABC):
        ...      .when_not_matched_insert_all() \\
        ...      .execute(new_data)
        >>> res
-        MergeResult(version=2, num_updated_rows=2, num_inserted_rows=1, num_deleted_rows=0)
+        MergeResult(version=2, num_updated_rows=2, num_inserted_rows=1, num_deleted_rows=0, num_attempts=1)
        >>> # The order of new rows is non-deterministic since we use
        >>> # a hash-join as part of this operation and so we sort here
        >>> table.to_arrow().sort_by("a").to_pandas()
@@ -1708,13 +1708,15 @@ 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
@@ -1766,12 +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,
@@ -2623,7 +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,
@@ -2683,6 +2687,8 @@ 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
@@ -3628,7 +3634,7 @@ class AsyncTable:
        ...      .when_not_matched_insert_all() \\
        ...      .execute(new_data)
        >>> res
-        MergeResult(version=2, num_updated_rows=2, num_inserted_rows=1, num_deleted_rows=0)
+        MergeResult(version=2, num_updated_rows=2, num_inserted_rows=1, num_deleted_rows=0, num_attempts=1)
        >>> # The order of new rows is non-deterministic since we use
        >>> # a hash-join as part of this operation and so we sort here
        >>> table.to_arrow().sort_by("a").to_pandas()
--- a/python/python/tests/test_fts.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_fts.py
@@ -325,11 +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()
    )
--- 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/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.22.4-beta.1"
+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/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.
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
lancedb automation	2ae26b4ad7	chore: update lance dependency to v1.0.0-beta.9	2025-11-25 05:13:12 +00:00
LanceDB Robot	d6daa08b54	chore: update lance dependency to v1.0.0-beta.8 (#2813 ) ## Summary - bump all Lance crates to v1.0.0-beta.8 via ci/set_lance_version.py - verified - ran Trigger: refs/tags/v1.0.0-beta.8	2025-11-24 14:58:42 -08:00
Wyatt Alt	17b71de22e	feat: update codex url key (#2812 ) This previously through unknown key for htmlUrl and indicated "url" is a valid field.	2025-11-24 13:13:18 -08:00
Prashanth Rao	a250d8e7df	docs: improve docstring for RabitQ in Python (#2808 ) This PR improves the docstring for `IVF_RQ` (RabitQ) in Python. The earlier version referred to it as "residual quantization", which is confusing to future readers of the code. In contrast, the TypeScript and Rust codebases defined `IVF_RQ` as RabitQ. So now the three languages use comments that are consistent with one another. --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>	2025-11-24 13:35:19 +08:00
LanceDB Robot	5a2b33581e	chore: update lance dependency to v1.0.0-beta.7 (#2807 ) ## Summary - bump Lance dependencies to v1.0.0-beta.7 via `ci/set_lance_version.py` - verified workspace with `cargo clippy --workspace --tests --all-features -- -D warnings` - formatted with `cargo fmt --all` Trigger: refs/tags/v1.0.0-beta.7	2025-11-21 21:42:09 -08:00
Jack Ye	3d254f61b0	ci: trigger downstream verification after version bump (#2809 )	2025-11-21 09:50:23 -08:00
Jack Ye	d15e380be1	ci: add support for lance-format fury index for downloading pylance (#2804 ) Set the lance-format fury repo for most places that are downloading. For uploading, it is kept unchanged since lancedb is published to lancedb fury.	2025-11-20 23:29:36 -08:00
Jack Ye	0baf807be0	ci: use larger runner for doctest and fix failing tests (#2801 ) Currently test would fail after installing to around pytorch	2025-11-20 19:44:31 -08:00
Prashanth Rao	76bcc78910	docs: nodejs failing CI is fixed (#2802 ) Fixes the breaking CI for nodejs, related to the documentation of the new Permutation API in typescript. - Expanded the generated typings in `nodejs/lancedb/native.d.ts` to include `SplitCalculatedOptions`, `splitNames` fields, and the persist/options-based `splitCalculated` methods so the permutation exports match the native API. - The previous block comment block had an inconsistency. `splitCalculated` takes an options object (`SplitCalculatedOptions`) in our bindings, not a bare string. The previous example showed `builder.splitCalculated("user_id % 3");`, which doesn’t match the actual signature and would fail TS typecheck. I updated the comment to `builder.splitCalculated({ calculation: "user_id % 3" });` so the example is now correct. - Updated the `splitCalculated` example in `nodejs/lancedb/permutation.ts` to use the options object. - Ran `npm docs` to ensure docs build correctly. > [!NOTE] > Disclaimer: I used GPT-5.1-Codex-Max to make these updates, but I have read the code and run `npm run docs` to verify that they work and are correct to the best of my knowledge.	2025-11-20 16:16:38 -08:00
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