feat: support remote ivf rq (#2863 )

fix(python): require explicit region for S3 buckets with dots (#2892 )
When region is not specific in the s3 path, `resolve_s3_region` from "lance-format" project (see [here][1]) will resolve the region by calling `resolve_bucket_region`, which is a function from the "arrow-rs-object-store" project expecting [virtual-hosted-style URLs][1]. When there are dot (".") in the virtual-hosted-style URLs, it breaks automatic region detection. See more details in the issue description: https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/issues/1898#issuecomment-3690142427 This PR add early validation in connect() and connect_async() to raise a clear error with instructions when the region is not specified for such buckets. [1]: https://github.com/lance-format/lance/blob/v2.0.0-beta.4/rust/lance-io/src/object_store/providers/aws.rs#L197 [2]: eedbf3d7d8/src/aws/resolve.rs (L52C5-L52C65) [3]: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/VirtualHosting.html#virtual-hosted-style-access Fixes #1898
2026-01-04 10:52:56 +00:00 · 2026-01-02 15:35:33 -08:00 · 2026-01-02 15:35:22 -08:00 · 2026-01-02 15:15:35 -08:00 · 2026-01-02 15:14:52 -08:00 · 2026-01-02 15:08:44 -08:00
47 changed files with 1534 additions and 346 deletions
--- a/.bumpversion.toml
+++ b/.bumpversion.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.23.0-beta.0"
+current_version = "0.23.1"
 parse = """(?x)
    (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
    (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
--- a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
        npm install -g @napi-rs/cli
    - name: Build
      run: |
-        npm ci
+        npm ci --include=optional
        npm run build:debug -- --profile ci
        npm run tsc
    - name: Setup localstack
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ jobs:
        npm install -g @napi-rs/cli
    - name: Build
      run: |
-        npm ci
+        npm ci --include=optional
        npm run build:debug -- --profile ci
        npm run tsc
    - name: Test
--- a/.github/workflows/python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python.yml
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ jobs:

  type-check:
    name: "Type Check"
-    timeout-minutes: 30
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    runs-on: ubuntu-2404-8x-x64
    defaults:
      run:
        shell: bash
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:

  doctest:
    name: "Doctest"
-    timeout-minutes: 30
+    timeout-minutes: 60
    runs-on: ubuntu-2404-8x-x64
    defaults:
      run:
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1041,6 +1041,61 @@ dependencies = [
 "tracing",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "axum"
+version = "0.7.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "edca88bc138befd0323b20752846e6587272d3b03b0343c8ea28a6f819e6e71f"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "axum-core",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.3.1",
+ "http-body 1.0.1",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper 1.7.0",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "itoa",
+ "matchit",
+ "memchr",
+ "mime",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustversion",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_path_to_error",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "axum-core"
+version = "0.4.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09f2bd6146b97ae3359fa0cc6d6b376d9539582c7b4220f041a33ec24c226199"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.3.1",
+ "http-body 1.0.1",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "mime",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustversion",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "backoff"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -3086,8 +3141,9 @@ checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"

 [[package]]
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-version = "1.1.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.1.0-beta.1#ddea38f049e64df8b893e1c8ecca7878ea373d1e"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5ffdff7a2d68d22afc0657eddde3e946371ce7cfe730a3f78a5ed44ea5b1cb2e"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "rand 0.9.2",
@@ -3930,6 +3986,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "http 1.3.1",
 "http-body 1.0.1",
 "httparse",
+ "httpdate",
 "itoa",
 "pin-project-lite",
 "pin-utils",
@@ -4205,7 +4262,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4b0f83760fb341a774ed326568e19f5a863af4a952def8c39f9ab92fd95b88e5"
 dependencies = [
 "equivalent",
- "hashbrown 0.15.5",
+ "hashbrown 0.16.0",
 "serde",
 "serde_core",
 ]
@@ -4422,8 +4479,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance"
-version = "1.1.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.1.0-beta.1#ddea38f049e64df8b893e1c8ecca7878ea373d1e"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e8c439decbc304e180748e34bb6d3df729069a222e83e74e2185c38f107136e9"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-arith",
@@ -4488,8 +4546,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow"
-version = "1.1.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.1.0-beta.1#ddea38f049e64df8b893e1c8ecca7878ea373d1e"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f4ee5508b225456d3d56998eaeef0d8fbce5ea93856df47b12a94d2e74153210"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4507,8 +4566,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-bitpacking"
-version = "1.1.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.1.0-beta.1#ddea38f049e64df8b893e1c8ecca7878ea373d1e"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d1c065fb3bd4a8cc4f78428443e990d4921aa08f707b676753db740e0b402a21"
 dependencies = [
 "arrayref",
 "paste",
@@ -4517,8 +4577,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-core"
-version = "1.1.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.1.0-beta.1#ddea38f049e64df8b893e1c8ecca7878ea373d1e"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e8856abad92e624b75cd57a04703f6441948a239463bdf973f2ac1924b0bcdbe"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4554,8 +4615,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datafusion"
-version = "1.1.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.1.0-beta.1#ddea38f049e64df8b893e1c8ecca7878ea373d1e"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4c8835308044cef5467d7751be87fcbefc2db01c22370726a8704bd62991693f"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4585,8 +4647,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datagen"
-version = "1.1.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.1.0-beta.1#ddea38f049e64df8b893e1c8ecca7878ea373d1e"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "612de1e888bb36f6bf51196a6eb9574587fdf256b1759a4c50e643e00d5f96d0"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4603,8 +4666,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-encoding"
-version = "1.1.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.1.0-beta.1#ddea38f049e64df8b893e1c8ecca7878ea373d1e"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b456b29b135d3c7192602e516ccade38b5483986e121895fa43cf1fdb38bf60"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-arith",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4641,8 +4705,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-file"
-version = "1.1.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.1.0-beta.1#ddea38f049e64df8b893e1c8ecca7878ea373d1e"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ab1538d14d5bb3735b4222b3f5aff83cfa59cc6ef7cdd3dd9139e4c77193c80b"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-arith",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4674,8 +4739,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-geo"
-version = "1.1.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.1.0-beta.1#ddea38f049e64df8b893e1c8ecca7878ea373d1e"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a5a69a2f3b55703d9c240ad7c5ffa2c755db69e9cf8aa05efe274a212910472d"
 dependencies = [
 "datafusion",
 "geo-types",
@@ -4686,8 +4752,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-index"
-version = "1.1.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.1.0-beta.1#ddea38f049e64df8b893e1c8ecca7878ea373d1e"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0ea84613df6fa6b9168a1f056ba4f9cb73b90a1b452814c6fd4b3529bcdbfc78"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-arith",
@@ -4748,8 +4815,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-io"
-version = "1.1.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.1.0-beta.1#ddea38f049e64df8b893e1c8ecca7878ea373d1e"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6b3fc4c1d941fceef40a0edbd664dbef108acfc5d559bb9e7f588d0c733cbc35"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-arith",
@@ -4789,8 +4857,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-linalg"
-version = "1.1.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.1.0-beta.1#ddea38f049e64df8b893e1c8ecca7878ea373d1e"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b62ffbc5ce367fbf700a69de3fe0612ee1a11191a64a632888610b6bacfa0f63"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4806,8 +4875,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace"
-version = "1.1.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.1.0-beta.1#ddea38f049e64df8b893e1c8ecca7878ea373d1e"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "791bbcd868ee758123a34e07d320a1fb99379432b5ecc0e78d6b4686e999b629"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "async-trait",
@@ -4819,13 +4889,15 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace-impls"
-version = "1.1.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.1.0-beta.1#ddea38f049e64df8b893e1c8ecca7878ea373d1e"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee713505576f6b1988a491f77c7ca8b0cf7090a393598e63c85079fa70a53ebf"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-ipc",
 "arrow-schema",
 "async-trait",
+ "axum",
 "bytes",
 "futures",
 "lance",
@@ -4837,9 +4909,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "object_store",
 "rand 0.9.2",
 "reqwest",
+ "serde",
 "serde_json",
 "snafu",
 "tokio",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-http 0.5.2",
 "url",
 ]

@@ -4858,8 +4933,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-table"
-version = "1.1.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.1.0-beta.1#ddea38f049e64df8b893e1c8ecca7878ea373d1e"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6fdb2d56bfa4d1511c765fa0cc00fdaa37e5d2d1cd2f57b3c6355d9072177052"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4898,8 +4974,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-testing"
-version = "1.1.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v1.1.0-beta.1#ddea38f049e64df8b893e1c8ecca7878ea373d1e"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d8ccb1a4a9284435c6a8c02c8c06e7e041bece0d7f722152159353cf55dc51e3"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-schema",
@@ -4910,7 +4987,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.23.0-beta.0"
+version = "0.23.1"
 dependencies = [
 "ahash",
 "anyhow",
@@ -4989,7 +5066,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
-version = "0.23.0-beta.0"
+version = "0.23.1"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-ipc",
@@ -5009,7 +5086,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.26.0-beta.0"
+version = "0.26.1"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "async-trait",
@@ -5277,6 +5354,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "regex-automata",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "matchit"
+version = "0.7.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0e7465ac9959cc2b1404e8e2367b43684a6d13790fe23056cc8c6c5a6b7bcb94"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "matrixmultiply"
 version = "0.3.10"
@@ -6659,8 +6742,8 @@ version = "0.13.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "be769465445e8c1474e9c5dac2018218498557af32d9ed057325ec9a41ae81bf"
 dependencies = [
- "heck 0.4.1",
- "itertools 0.12.1",
+ "heck 0.5.0",
+ "itertools 0.14.0",
 "log",
 "multimap",
 "once_cell",
@@ -6680,7 +6763,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8a56d757972c98b346a9b766e3f02746cde6dd1cd1d1d563472929fdd74bec4d"
 dependencies = [
 "anyhow",
- "itertools 0.12.1",
+ "itertools 0.14.0",
 "proc-macro2",
 "quote",
 "syn 2.0.106",
@@ -7265,7 +7348,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "tokio-rustls 0.26.4",
 "tokio-util",
 "tower",
- "tower-http",
+ "tower-http 0.6.6",
 "tower-service",
 "url",
 "wasm-bindgen",
@@ -7784,6 +7867,17 @@ dependencies = [
 "serde_core",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "serde_path_to_error"
+version = "0.1.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "10a9ff822e371bb5403e391ecd83e182e0e77ba7f6fe0160b795797109d1b457"
+dependencies = [
+ "itoa",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_plain"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -7999,7 +8093,7 @@ version = "0.8.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c1c97747dbf44bb1ca44a561ece23508e99cb592e862f22222dcf42f51d1e451"
 dependencies = [
- "heck 0.4.1",
+ "heck 0.5.0",
 "proc-macro2",
 "quote",
 "syn 2.0.106",
@@ -8819,6 +8913,24 @@ dependencies = [
 "tokio",
 "tower-layer",
 "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-http"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e9cd434a998747dd2c4276bc96ee2e0c7a2eadf3cae88e52be55a05fa9053f5"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.9.4",
+ "bytes",
+ "http 1.3.1",
+ "http-body 1.0.1",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -8857,6 +8969,7 @@ version = "0.1.41"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "784e0ac535deb450455cbfa28a6f0df145ea1bb7ae51b821cf5e7927fdcfbdd0"
 dependencies = [
+ "log",
 "pin-project-lite",
 "tracing-attributes",
 "tracing-core",
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,20 +15,20 @@ categories = ["database-implementations"]
 rust-version = "1.78.0"

 [workspace.dependencies]
-lance = { "version" = "=1.1.0-beta.1", default-features = false, "tag" = "v1.1.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-core = { "version" = "=1.1.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v1.1.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datagen = { "version" = "=1.1.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v1.1.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-file = { "version" = "=1.1.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v1.1.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-io = { "version" = "=1.1.0-beta.1", default-features = false, "tag" = "v1.1.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-index = { "version" = "=1.1.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v1.1.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-linalg = { "version" = "=1.1.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v1.1.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace = { "version" = "=1.1.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v1.1.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=1.1.0-beta.1", default-features = false, "tag" = "v1.1.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-table = { "version" = "=1.1.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v1.1.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-testing = { "version" = "=1.1.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v1.1.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=1.1.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v1.1.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-encoding = { "version" = "=1.1.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v1.1.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-arrow = { "version" = "=1.1.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v1.1.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance = { "version" = "=1.0.1", default-features = false }
+lance-core = "=1.0.1"
+lance-datagen = "=1.0.1"
+lance-file = "=1.0.1"
+lance-io = { "version" = "=1.0.1", default-features = false }
+lance-index = "=1.0.1"
+lance-linalg = "=1.0.1"
+lance-namespace = "=1.0.1"
+lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=1.0.1", default-features = false }
+lance-table = "=1.0.1"
+lance-testing = "=1.0.1"
+lance-datafusion = "=1.0.1"
+lance-encoding = "=1.0.1"
+lance-arrow = "=1.0.1"
 ahash = "0.8"
 # Note that this one does not include pyarrow
 arrow = { version = "56.2", optional = false }
--- a/ci/run_with_test_connection.sh
+++ b/ci/run_with_test_connection.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ check_command_exists() {
 }

 if [[ ! -e ./lancedb ]]; then
-    if [[ -v SOPHON_READ_TOKEN ]]; then
+    if [[ x${SOPHON_READ_TOKEN} != "x" ]]; then
        INPUT="lancedb-linux-x64"
        gh release \
            --repo lancedb/lancedb \
--- a/ci/set_lance_version.py
+++ b/ci/set_lance_version.py
@@ -229,6 +229,29 @@ def set_local_version():
    update_cargo_toml(line_updater)


+def update_lockfiles(version: str, fallback_to_git: bool = False):
+    """
+    Update Cargo metadata and optionally fall back to using the git tag if the
+    requested crates.io version is unavailable.
+    """
+    try:
+        print("Updating lockfiles...", file=sys.stderr, end="")
+        run_command("cargo metadata > /dev/null")
+        print(" done.", file=sys.stderr)
+    except Exception as e:
+        if fallback_to_git and "failed to select a version" in str(e):
+            print(
+                f" failed for crates.io v{version}, retrying with git tag...",
+                file=sys.stderr,
+            )
+            set_preview_version(version)
+            print("Updating lockfiles...", file=sys.stderr, end="")
+            run_command("cargo metadata > /dev/null")
+            print(" done.", file=sys.stderr)
+        else:
+            raise
+
+
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Set the version of the Lance package.")
 parser.add_argument(
    "version",
@@ -244,6 +267,7 @@ if args.version == "stable":
        file=sys.stderr,
    )
    set_stable_version(latest_stable_version)
+    update_lockfiles(latest_stable_version)
 elif args.version == "preview":
    latest_preview_version = get_latest_preview_version()
    print(
@@ -251,8 +275,10 @@ elif args.version == "preview":
        file=sys.stderr,
    )
    set_preview_version(latest_preview_version)
+    update_lockfiles(latest_preview_version)
 elif args.version == "local":
    set_local_version()
+    update_lockfiles("local")
 else:
    # Parse the version number.
    version = args.version
@@ -262,9 +288,7 @@ else:

    if "beta" in version:
        set_preview_version(version)
+        update_lockfiles(version)
    else:
        set_stable_version(version)
-
-print("Updating lockfiles...", file=sys.stderr, end="")
-run_command("cargo metadata > /dev/null")
-print(" done.", file=sys.stderr)
+        update_lockfiles(version, fallback_to_git=True)
--- a/docs/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/docs/mkdocs.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ watch:
 theme:
  name: "material"
  logo: assets/logo.png
-  favicon: assets/logo.png
+  favicon: assets/favicon.ico
  palette:
    # Palette toggle for light mode
    - scheme: lancedb
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ theme:
    - content.tooltips
    - toc.follow
    - navigation.top
-    - navigation.tabs
-    - navigation.tabs.sticky
    - navigation.footer
    - navigation.tracking
    - navigation.instant
@@ -115,12 +113,13 @@ markdown_extensions:
      emoji_index: !!python/name:material.extensions.emoji.twemoji
      emoji_generator: !!python/name:material.extensions.emoji.to_svg
  - markdown.extensions.toc:
-      baselevel: 1
-      permalink: ""
+      toc_depth: 3
+      permalink: true
+      permalink_title: Anchor link to this section

 nav:
-  - API reference:
-      - Overview: index.md
+  - Documentation:
+      - SDK Reference: index.md
      - Python: python/python.md
      - Javascript/TypeScript: js/globals.md
      - Java: java/java.md
--- a/docs/src/assets/favicon.ico
+++ b/docs/src/assets/favicon.ico
--- a/docs/src/embeddings/available_embedding_models/multimodal_embedding_functions/voyageai_multimodal_embedding.md
+++ b/docs/src/embeddings/available_embedding_models/multimodal_embedding_functions/voyageai_multimodal_embedding.md
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+# VoyageAI Embeddings : Multimodal
+
+VoyageAI embeddings can also be used to embed both text and image data, only some of the models support image data and you can check the list
+under [https://docs.voyageai.com/docs/multimodal-embeddings](https://docs.voyageai.com/docs/multimodal-embeddings)
+
+Supported multimodal models:
+
+- `voyage-multimodal-3` - 1024 dimensions (text + images)
+- `voyage-multimodal-3.5` - Flexible dimensions (256, 512, 1024 default, 2048). Supports text, images, and video.
+
+### Video Support (voyage-multimodal-3.5)
+
+The `voyage-multimodal-3.5` model supports video input through:
+- Video URLs (`.mp4`, `.webm`, `.mov`, `.avi`, `.mkv`, `.m4v`, `.gif`)
+- Video file paths
+
+Constraints: Max 20MB video size.
+
+Supported parameters (to be passed in `create` method) are:
+
+| Parameter | Type | Default Value           | Description                               |
+|---|---|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
+| `name` | `str` | `"voyage-multimodal-3"` | The model ID of the VoyageAI model to use |
+| `output_dimension` | `int` | `None` | Output dimension for voyage-multimodal-3.5. Valid: 256, 512, 1024, 2048 |
+
+Usage Example:
+
+```python
+import base64
+import os
+from io import BytesIO
+
+import requests
+import lancedb
+from lancedb.pydantic import LanceModel, Vector
+from lancedb.embeddings import get_registry
+import pandas as pd
+
+os.environ['VOYAGE_API_KEY'] = 'YOUR_VOYAGE_API_KEY'
+
+db = lancedb.connect(".lancedb")
+func = get_registry().get("voyageai").create(name="voyage-multimodal-3")
+
+
+def image_to_base64(image_bytes: bytes):
+    buffered = BytesIO(image_bytes)
+    img_str = base64.b64encode(buffered.getvalue())
+    return img_str.decode("utf-8")
+
+
+class Images(LanceModel):
+    label: str
+    image_uri: str = func.SourceField()  # image uri as the source
+    image_bytes: str = func.SourceField()  # image bytes base64 encoded as the source
+    vector: Vector(func.ndims()) = func.VectorField()  # vector column
+    vec_from_bytes: Vector(func.ndims()) = func.VectorField()  # Another vector column
+
+
+if "images" in db.table_names():
+    db.drop_table("images")
+table = db.create_table("images", schema=Images)
+labels = ["cat", "cat", "dog", "dog", "horse", "horse"]
+uris = [
+    "http://farm1.staticflickr.com/53/167798175_7c7845bbbd_z.jpg",
+    "http://farm1.staticflickr.com/134/332220238_da527d8140_z.jpg",
+    "http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8387/8602747737_2e5c2a45d4_z.jpg",
+    "http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4092/5017326486_1f46057f5f_z.jpg",
+    "http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8216/8434969557_d37882c42d_z.jpg",
+    "http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5142/5835678453_4f3a4edb45_z.jpg",
+]
+# get each uri as bytes
+images_bytes = [image_to_base64(requests.get(uri).content) for uri in uris]
+table.add(
+    pd.DataFrame({"label": labels, "image_uri": uris, "image_bytes": images_bytes})
+)
+```
+Now we can search using text from both the default vector column and the custom vector column
+```python
+
+# text search
+actual = table.search("man's best friend", "vec_from_bytes").limit(1).to_pydantic(Images)[0]
+print(actual.label) # prints "dog"
+
+frombytes = (
+    table.search("man's best friend", vector_column_name="vec_from_bytes")
+    .limit(1)
+    .to_pydantic(Images)[0]
+)
+print(frombytes.label)
+
+```
+
+Because we're using a multi-modal embedding function, we can also search using images
+
+```python
+# image search
+query_image_uri = "http://farm1.staticflickr.com/200/467715466_ed4a31801f_z.jpg"
+image_bytes = requests.get(query_image_uri).content
+query_image = Image.open(BytesIO(image_bytes))
+actual = table.search(query_image, "vec_from_bytes").limit(1).to_pydantic(Images)[0]
+print(actual.label == "dog")
+
+# image search using a custom vector column
+other = (
+    table.search(query_image, vector_column_name="vec_from_bytes")
+    .limit(1)
+    .to_pydantic(Images)[0]
+)
+print(actual.label)
+
+```
--- a/docs/src/index.md
+++ b/docs/src/index.md
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-# API Reference
+# SDK Reference

-This page contains the API reference for the SDKs supported by the LanceDB team.
+This site contains the API reference for the client SDKs supported by [LanceDB](https://lancedb.com).

 - [Python](python/python.md)
 - [JavaScript/TypeScript](js/globals.md)
 - [Java](java/java.md)
- [Rust](https://docs.rs/lancedb/latest/lancedb/index.html)
+- [Rust](https://docs.rs/lancedb/latest/lancedb/index.html)
+
+!!! info "LanceDB Documentation"
+
+    If you're looking for the full documentation of LanceDB, visit [docs.lancedb.com](https://docs.lancedb.com).
--- a/docs/src/java/java.md
+++ b/docs/src/java/java.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Add the following dependency to your `pom.xml`:
 <dependency>
    <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
    <artifactId>lancedb-core</artifactId>
-    <version>0.23.0-beta.0</version>
+    <version>0.23.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```

--- a/docs/src/styles/extra.css
+++ b/docs/src/styles/extra.css
@@ -85,17 +85,26 @@

 /* Header gradient (only header area) */
 .md-header {
-  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #3B2E58 0%, #F0B7C1 45%, #E55A2B 100%);
+  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e4d8f8 0%, #F0B7C1 45%, #E55A2B 100%);
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.08), 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.08);
 }

+/* Improve brand title contrast on the lavender side */
+.md-header__title,
+.md-header__topic,
+.md-header__title .md-ellipsis,
+.md-header__topic .md-ellipsis {
+  color: #2b1b3a;
+  text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25);
+}
+
 /* Same colors as header for tabs (that hold the text) */
 .md-tabs {
-  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #3B2E58 0%, #F0B7C1 45%, #E55A2B 100%);
+  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e4d8f8 0%, #F0B7C1 45%, #E55A2B 100%);
 }

 /* Dark scheme variant */
 [data-md-color-scheme="slate"] .md-header,
 [data-md-color-scheme="slate"] .md-tabs {
-  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #3B2E58 0%, #F0B7C1 45%, #E55A2B 100%);
+  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e4d8f8 0%, #F0B7C1 45%, #E55A2B 100%);
 }
--- a/java/lancedb-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/lancedb-core/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    <parent>
      <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
      <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>0.23.0-beta.0</version>
+      <version>0.23.1-final.0</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>0.23.0-beta.0</version>
+    <version>0.23.1-final.0</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 = "0.23.0-beta.0"
+version = "0.23.1"
 license.workspace = true
 description.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
--- a/nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-darwin-arm64",
-	"version": "0.23.0-beta.0",
+	"version": "0.23.1",
 	"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": "0.23.0-beta.0",
+	"version": "0.23.1",
 	"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": "0.23.0-beta.0",
+	"version": "0.23.1",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-gnu.node",
--- a/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-musl/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-musl/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-musl",
-	"version": "0.23.0-beta.0",
+	"version": "0.23.1",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-musl.node",
--- a/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-gnu/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-gnu/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.23.0-beta.0",
+	"version": "0.23.1",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-gnu.node",
--- a/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-musl/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-musl/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-musl",
-	"version": "0.23.0-beta.0",
+	"version": "0.23.1",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-musl.node",
--- a/nodejs/npm/win32-arm64-msvc/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/win32-arm64-msvc/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-arm64-msvc",
-  "version": "0.23.0-beta.0",
+  "version": "0.23.1",
  "os": [
    "win32"
  ],
--- a/nodejs/npm/win32-x64-msvc/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/win32-x64-msvc/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-x64-msvc",
-	"version": "0.23.0-beta.0",
+	"version": "0.23.1",
 	"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": "0.23.0-beta.0",
+  "version": "0.23.1",
  "lockfileVersion": 3,
  "requires": true,
  "packages": {
    "": {
      "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-      "version": "0.23.0-beta.0",
+      "version": "0.23.1",
      "cpu": [
        "x64",
        "arm64"
--- a/nodejs/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
    "ann"
  ],
  "private": false,
-  "version": "0.23.0-beta.0",
+  "version": "0.23.1",
  "main": "dist/index.js",
  "exports": {
    ".": "./dist/index.js",
--- a/python/.bumpversion.toml
+++ b/python/.bumpversion.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.26.0-beta.1"
+current_version = "0.26.1"
 parse = """(?x)
    (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
    (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
--- a/python/Cargo.toml
+++ b/python/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.26.0-beta.1"
+version = "0.26.1"
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "Python bindings for LanceDB"
 license.workspace = true
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dependencies = [
    "pyarrow>=16",
    "pydantic>=1.10",
    "tqdm>=4.27.0",
-    "lance-namespace>=0.2.1"
+    "lance-namespace>=0.3.2"
 ]
 description = "lancedb"
 authors = [{ name = "LanceDB Devs", email = "dev@lancedb.com" }]
--- a/python/python/lancedb/init.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/init.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ __version__ = importlib.metadata.version("lancedb")

 from ._lancedb import connect as lancedb_connect
 from .common import URI, sanitize_uri
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 from .db import AsyncConnection, DBConnection, LanceDBConnection
 from .io import StorageOptionsProvider
 from .remote import ClientConfig
@@ -28,6 +29,39 @@ from .namespace import (
 )


+def _check_s3_bucket_with_dots(
+    uri: str, storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]]
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Check if an S3 URI has a bucket name containing dots and warn if no region
+    is specified. S3 buckets with dots cannot use virtual-hosted-style URLs,
+    which breaks automatic region detection.
+
+    See: https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/issues/1898
+    """
+    if not isinstance(uri, str) or not uri.startswith("s3://"):
+        return
+
+    parsed = urlparse(uri)
+    bucket = parsed.netloc
+
+    if "." not in bucket:
+        return
+
+    # Check if region is provided in storage_options
+    region_keys = {"region", "aws_region"}
+    has_region = storage_options and any(k in storage_options for k in region_keys)
+
+    if not has_region:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"S3 bucket name '{bucket}' contains dots, which prevents automatic "
+            f"region detection. Please specify the region explicitly via "
+            f"storage_options={{'region': '<your-region>'}} or "
+            f"storage_options={{'aws_region': '<your-region>'}}. "
+            f"See https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/issues/1898 for details."
+        )
+
+
 def connect(
    uri: URI,
    *,
@@ -121,9 +155,11 @@ def connect(
            storage_options=storage_options,
            **kwargs,
        )
+    _check_s3_bucket_with_dots(str(uri), storage_options)

    if kwargs:
        raise ValueError(f"Unknown keyword arguments: {kwargs}")
+
    return LanceDBConnection(
        uri,
        read_consistency_interval=read_consistency_interval,
@@ -211,6 +247,8 @@ async def connect_async(
    if isinstance(client_config, dict):
        client_config = ClientConfig(**client_config)

+    _check_s3_bucket_with_dots(str(uri), storage_options)
+
    return AsyncConnection(
        await lancedb_connect(
            sanitize_uri(uri),
--- a/python/python/lancedb/db.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/db.py
@@ -210,10 +210,8 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
        page_token: str, optional
            The token to use for pagination. If not present, start from the beginning.
            Typically, this token is last table name from the previous page.
-            Only supported by LanceDb Cloud.
        limit: int, default 10
            The size of the page to return.
-            Only supported by LanceDb Cloud.

        Returns
        -------
--- a/python/python/lancedb/embeddings/voyageai.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/embeddings/voyageai.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
 import base64
 import os
-from typing import ClassVar, TYPE_CHECKING, List, Union, Any, Generator
+from typing import ClassVar, TYPE_CHECKING, List, Union, Any, Generator, Optional

 from pathlib import Path
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
@@ -45,11 +45,29 @@ def is_valid_url(text):
        return False


+VIDEO_EXTENSIONS = {".mp4", ".webm", ".mov", ".avi", ".mkv", ".m4v", ".gif"}
+
+
+def is_video_url(url: str) -> bool:
+    """Check if URL points to a video file based on extension."""
+    parsed = urlparse(url)
+    path = parsed.path.lower()
+    return any(path.endswith(ext) for ext in VIDEO_EXTENSIONS)
+
+
+def is_video_path(path: Path) -> bool:
+    """Check if file path is a video file based on extension."""
+    return path.suffix.lower() in VIDEO_EXTENSIONS
+
+
 def transform_input(input_data: Union[str, bytes, Path]):
    PIL = attempt_import_or_raise("PIL", "pillow")
    if isinstance(input_data, str):
        if is_valid_url(input_data):
-            content = {"type": "image_url", "image_url": input_data}
+            if is_video_url(input_data):
+                content = {"type": "video_url", "video_url": input_data}
+            else:
+                content = {"type": "image_url", "image_url": input_data}
        else:
            content = {"type": "text", "text": input_data}
    elif isinstance(input_data, PIL.Image.Image):
@@ -70,14 +88,24 @@ def transform_input(input_data: Union[str, bytes, Path]):
            "image_base64": "data:image/jpeg;base64," + img_str,
        }
    elif isinstance(input_data, Path):
-        img = PIL.Image.open(input_data)
-        buffered = BytesIO()
-        img.save(buffered, format="JPEG")
-        img_str = base64.b64encode(buffered.getvalue()).decode("utf-8")
-        content = {
-            "type": "image_base64",
-            "image_base64": "data:image/jpeg;base64," + img_str,
-        }
+        if is_video_path(input_data):
+            # Read video file and encode as base64
+            with open(input_data, "rb") as f:
+                video_bytes = f.read()
+            video_str = base64.b64encode(video_bytes).decode("utf-8")
+            content = {
+                "type": "video_base64",
+                "video_base64": video_str,
+            }
+        else:
+            img = PIL.Image.open(input_data)
+            buffered = BytesIO()
+            img.save(buffered, format="JPEG")
+            img_str = base64.b64encode(buffered.getvalue()).decode("utf-8")
+            content = {
+                "type": "image_base64",
+                "image_base64": "data:image/jpeg;base64," + img_str,
+            }
    else:
        raise ValueError("Each input should be either str, bytes, Path or Image.")

@@ -91,6 +119,8 @@ def sanitize_multimodal_input(inputs: Union[TEXT, IMAGES]) -> List[Any]:
    PIL = attempt_import_or_raise("PIL", "pillow")
    if isinstance(inputs, (str, bytes, Path, PIL.Image.Image)):
        inputs = [inputs]
+    elif isinstance(inputs, list):
+        pass  # Already a list, use as-is
    elif isinstance(inputs, pa.Array):
        inputs = inputs.to_pylist()
    elif isinstance(inputs, pa.ChunkedArray):
@@ -143,11 +173,16 @@ class VoyageAIEmbeddingFunction(EmbeddingFunction):
            * voyage-3
            * voyage-3-lite
            * voyage-multimodal-3
+            * voyage-multimodal-3.5
            * voyage-finance-2
            * voyage-multilingual-2
            * voyage-law-2
            * voyage-code-2

+    output_dimension: int, optional
+        The output dimension for models that support flexible dimensions.
+        Currently only voyage-multimodal-3.5 supports this feature.
+        Valid options: 256, 512, 1024 (default), 2048.

    Examples
    --------
@@ -175,7 +210,10 @@ class VoyageAIEmbeddingFunction(EmbeddingFunction):
    """

    name: str
+    output_dimension: Optional[int] = None
    client: ClassVar = None
+    _FLEXIBLE_DIM_MODELS: ClassVar[list] = ["voyage-multimodal-3.5"]
+    _VALID_DIMENSIONS: ClassVar[list] = [256, 512, 1024, 2048]
    text_embedding_models: list = [
        "voyage-3.5",
        "voyage-3.5-lite",
@@ -186,7 +224,7 @@ class VoyageAIEmbeddingFunction(EmbeddingFunction):
        "voyage-law-2",
        "voyage-code-2",
    ]
-    multimodal_embedding_models: list = ["voyage-multimodal-3"]
+    multimodal_embedding_models: list = ["voyage-multimodal-3", "voyage-multimodal-3.5"]
    contextual_embedding_models: list = ["voyage-context-3"]

    def _is_multimodal_model(self, model_name: str):
@@ -198,6 +236,17 @@ class VoyageAIEmbeddingFunction(EmbeddingFunction):
        return model_name in self.contextual_embedding_models or "context" in model_name

    def ndims(self):
+        # Handle flexible dimension models
+        if self.name in self._FLEXIBLE_DIM_MODELS:
+            if self.output_dimension is not None:
+                if self.output_dimension not in self._VALID_DIMENSIONS:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"Invalid output_dimension {self.output_dimension} "
+                        f"for {self.name}. Valid options: {self._VALID_DIMENSIONS}"
+                    )
+                return self.output_dimension
+            return 1024  # default dimension
+
        if self.name == "voyage-3-lite":
            return 512
        elif self.name == "voyage-code-2":
@@ -211,12 +260,17 @@ class VoyageAIEmbeddingFunction(EmbeddingFunction):
            "voyage-finance-2",
            "voyage-multilingual-2",
            "voyage-law-2",
-            "voyage-multimodal-3",
        ]:
            return 1024
        else:
            raise ValueError(f"Model {self.name} not supported")

+    def _get_multimodal_kwargs(self, **kwargs):
+        """Get kwargs for multimodal embed call, including output_dimension if set."""
+        if self.name in self._FLEXIBLE_DIM_MODELS and self.output_dimension is not None:
+            kwargs["output_dimension"] = self.output_dimension
+        return kwargs
+
    def compute_query_embeddings(
        self, query: Union[str, "PIL.Image.Image"], *args, **kwargs
    ) -> List[np.ndarray]:
@@ -234,6 +288,7 @@ class VoyageAIEmbeddingFunction(EmbeddingFunction):
        """
        client = VoyageAIEmbeddingFunction._get_client()
        if self._is_multimodal_model(self.name):
+            kwargs = self._get_multimodal_kwargs(**kwargs)
            result = client.multimodal_embed(
                inputs=[[query]], model=self.name, input_type="query", **kwargs
            )
@@ -275,6 +330,7 @@ class VoyageAIEmbeddingFunction(EmbeddingFunction):
            )
            if has_images:
                # Use non-batched API for images
+                kwargs = self._get_multimodal_kwargs(**kwargs)
                result = client.multimodal_embed(
                    inputs=sanitized, model=self.name, input_type="document", **kwargs
                )
@@ -357,6 +413,7 @@ class VoyageAIEmbeddingFunction(EmbeddingFunction):
            callable: A function that takes a batch of texts and returns embeddings.
        """
        if self._is_multimodal_model(self.name):
+            multimodal_kwargs = self._get_multimodal_kwargs(**kwargs)

            def embed_batch(batch: List[str]) -> List[np.array]:
                batch_inputs = sanitize_multimodal_input(batch)
@@ -364,7 +421,7 @@ class VoyageAIEmbeddingFunction(EmbeddingFunction):
                    inputs=batch_inputs,
                    model=self.name,
                    input_type=input_type,
-                    **kwargs,
+                    **multimodal_kwargs,
                )
                return result.embeddings

--- a/python/python/lancedb/remote/table.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/remote/table.py
@@ -18,7 +18,17 @@ from lancedb._lancedb import (
    UpdateResult,
 )
 from lancedb.embeddings.base import EmbeddingFunctionConfig
-from lancedb.index import FTS, BTree, Bitmap, HnswSq, IvfFlat, IvfPq, IvfSq, LabelList
+from lancedb.index import (
+    FTS,
+    BTree,
+    Bitmap,
+    HnswSq,
+    IvfFlat,
+    IvfPq,
+    IvfRq,
+    IvfSq,
+    LabelList,
+)
 from lancedb.remote.db import LOOP
 import pyarrow as pa

@@ -265,6 +275,12 @@ class RemoteTable(Table):
                num_sub_vectors=num_sub_vectors,
                num_bits=num_bits,
            )
+        elif index_type == "IVF_RQ":
+            config = IvfRq(
+                distance_type=metric,
+                num_partitions=num_partitions,
+                num_bits=num_bits,
+            )
        elif index_type == "IVF_SQ":
            config = IvfSq(distance_type=metric, num_partitions=num_partitions)
        elif index_type == "IVF_HNSW_PQ":
@@ -279,7 +295,8 @@ class RemoteTable(Table):
        else:
            raise ValueError(
                f"Unknown vector index type: {index_type}. Valid options are"
-                " 'IVF_FLAT', 'IVF_SQ', 'IVF_PQ', 'IVF_HNSW_PQ', 'IVF_HNSW_SQ'"
+                " 'IVF_FLAT', 'IVF_PQ', 'IVF_RQ', 'IVF_SQ',"
+                " 'IVF_HNSW_PQ', 'IVF_HNSW_SQ'"
            )

        LOOP.run(
--- a/python/python/lancedb/table.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/table.py
@@ -684,6 +684,24 @@ class Table(ABC):
        """
        raise NotImplementedError

+    def to_lance(self, **kwargs) -> lance.LanceDataset:
+        """Return the table as a lance.LanceDataset.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        lance.LanceDataset
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def to_polars(self, **kwargs) -> "pl.DataFrame":
+        """Return the table as a polars.DataFrame.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        polars.DataFrame
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
    def create_index(
        self,
        metric="l2",
@@ -3208,7 +3226,27 @@ def _infer_target_schema(
            if pa.types.is_floating(field.type.value_type):
                target_type = pa.list_(pa.float32(), dim)
            elif pa.types.is_integer(field.type.value_type):
-                target_type = pa.list_(pa.uint8(), dim)
+                values = peeked.column(i)
+
+                if isinstance(values, pa.ChunkedArray):
+                    values = values.combine_chunks()
+
+                flattened = values.flatten()
+                valid_count = pc.count(flattened, mode="only_valid").as_py()
+
+                if valid_count == 0:
+                    target_type = pa.list_(pa.uint8(), dim)
+                else:
+                    min_max = pc.min_max(flattened)
+                    min_value = min_max["min"].as_py()
+                    max_value = min_max["max"].as_py()
+
+                    if (min_value is not None and min_value < 0) or (
+                        max_value is not None and max_value > 255
+                    ):
+                        target_type = pa.list_(pa.float32(), dim)
+                    else:
+                        target_type = pa.list_(pa.uint8(), dim)
            else:
                continue  # Skip non-numeric types

--- a/python/python/tests/test_embeddings_slow.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_embeddings_slow.py
@@ -613,6 +613,133 @@ def test_voyageai_multimodal_embedding_text_function():
    assert len(tbl.to_pandas()["vector"][0]) == voyageai.ndims()


+@pytest.mark.slow
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    os.environ.get("VOYAGE_API_KEY") is None, reason="VOYAGE_API_KEY not set"
+)
+def test_voyageai_multimodal_35_embedding_function():
+    """Test voyage-multimodal-3.5 model with text input."""
+    voyageai = (
+        get_registry()
+        .get("voyageai")
+        .create(name="voyage-multimodal-3.5", max_retries=0)
+    )
+
+    class TextModel(LanceModel):
+        text: str = voyageai.SourceField()
+        vector: Vector(voyageai.ndims()) = voyageai.VectorField()
+
+    df = pd.DataFrame({"text": ["hello world", "goodbye world"]})
+    db = lancedb.connect("~/lancedb")
+    tbl = db.create_table("test_multimodal_35", schema=TextModel, mode="overwrite")
+
+    tbl.add(df)
+    assert len(tbl.to_pandas()["vector"][0]) == voyageai.ndims()
+    assert voyageai.ndims() == 1024
+
+
+@pytest.mark.slow
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    os.environ.get("VOYAGE_API_KEY") is None, reason="VOYAGE_API_KEY not set"
+)
+def test_voyageai_multimodal_35_flexible_dimensions():
+    """Test voyage-multimodal-3.5 model with custom output dimension."""
+    voyageai = (
+        get_registry()
+        .get("voyageai")
+        .create(name="voyage-multimodal-3.5", output_dimension=512, max_retries=0)
+    )
+
+    class TextModel(LanceModel):
+        text: str = voyageai.SourceField()
+        vector: Vector(voyageai.ndims()) = voyageai.VectorField()
+
+    assert voyageai.ndims() == 512
+
+    df = pd.DataFrame({"text": ["hello world", "goodbye world"]})
+    db = lancedb.connect("~/lancedb")
+    tbl = db.create_table("test_multimodal_35_dim", schema=TextModel, mode="overwrite")
+
+    tbl.add(df)
+    assert len(tbl.to_pandas()["vector"][0]) == 512
+
+
+@pytest.mark.slow
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    os.environ.get("VOYAGE_API_KEY") is None, reason="VOYAGE_API_KEY not set"
+)
+def test_voyageai_multimodal_35_image_embedding():
+    """Test voyage-multimodal-3.5 model with image input."""
+    voyageai = (
+        get_registry()
+        .get("voyageai")
+        .create(name="voyage-multimodal-3.5", max_retries=0)
+    )
+
+    class Images(LanceModel):
+        label: str
+        image_uri: str = voyageai.SourceField()
+        vector: Vector(voyageai.ndims()) = voyageai.VectorField()
+
+    db = lancedb.connect("~/lancedb")
+    table = db.create_table(
+        "test_multimodal_35_images", schema=Images, mode="overwrite"
+    )
+    labels = ["cat", "dog"]
+    uris = [
+        "http://farm1.staticflickr.com/53/167798175_7c7845bbbd_z.jpg",
+        "http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8387/8602747737_2e5c2a45d4_z.jpg",
+    ]
+    table.add(pd.DataFrame({"label": labels, "image_uri": uris}))
+    assert len(table.to_pandas()["vector"][0]) == voyageai.ndims()
+    assert voyageai.ndims() == 1024
+
+
+@pytest.mark.slow
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    os.environ.get("VOYAGE_API_KEY") is None, reason="VOYAGE_API_KEY not set"
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("dimension", [256, 512, 1024, 2048])
+def test_voyageai_multimodal_35_all_dimensions(dimension):
+    """Test voyage-multimodal-3.5 model with all valid output dimensions."""
+    voyageai = (
+        get_registry()
+        .get("voyageai")
+        .create(name="voyage-multimodal-3.5", output_dimension=dimension, max_retries=0)
+    )
+
+    assert voyageai.ndims() == dimension
+
+    class TextModel(LanceModel):
+        text: str = voyageai.SourceField()
+        vector: Vector(voyageai.ndims()) = voyageai.VectorField()
+
+    df = pd.DataFrame({"text": ["hello world"]})
+    db = lancedb.connect("~/lancedb")
+    tbl = db.create_table(
+        f"test_multimodal_35_dim_{dimension}", schema=TextModel, mode="overwrite"
+    )
+
+    tbl.add(df)
+    assert len(tbl.to_pandas()["vector"][0]) == dimension
+
+
+@pytest.mark.slow
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    os.environ.get("VOYAGE_API_KEY") is None, reason="VOYAGE_API_KEY not set"
+)
+def test_voyageai_multimodal_35_invalid_dimension():
+    """Test voyage-multimodal-3.5 model raises error for invalid output dimension."""
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Invalid output_dimension"):
+        voyageai = (
+            get_registry()
+            .get("voyageai")
+            .create(name="voyage-multimodal-3.5", output_dimension=999, max_retries=0)
+        )
+        # ndims() is where the validation happens
+        voyageai.ndims()
+
+
@pytest.mark.slow
@pytest.mark.skipif(
    importlib.util.find_spec("colpali_engine") is None,
--- a/python/python/tests/test_s3_bucket_dots.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_s3_bucket_dots.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
+
+"""
+Tests for S3 bucket names containing dots.
+
+Related issue: https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/issues/1898
+
+These tests validate the early error checking for S3 bucket names with dots.
+No actual S3 connection is made - validation happens before connection.
+"""
+
+import pytest
+import lancedb
+
+# Test URIs
+BUCKET_WITH_DOTS = "s3://my.bucket.name/path"
+BUCKET_WITH_DOTS_AND_REGION = ("s3://my.bucket.name", {"region": "us-east-1"})
+BUCKET_WITH_DOTS_AND_AWS_REGION = ("s3://my.bucket.name", {"aws_region": "us-east-1"})
+BUCKET_WITHOUT_DOTS = "s3://my-bucket/path"
+
+
+class TestS3BucketWithDotsSync:
+    """Tests for connect()."""
+
+    def test_bucket_with_dots_requires_region(self):
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="contains dots"):
+            lancedb.connect(BUCKET_WITH_DOTS)
+
+    def test_bucket_with_dots_and_region_passes(self):
+        uri, opts = BUCKET_WITH_DOTS_AND_REGION
+        db = lancedb.connect(uri, storage_options=opts)
+        assert db is not None
+
+    def test_bucket_with_dots_and_aws_region_passes(self):
+        uri, opts = BUCKET_WITH_DOTS_AND_AWS_REGION
+        db = lancedb.connect(uri, storage_options=opts)
+        assert db is not None
+
+    def test_bucket_without_dots_passes(self):
+        db = lancedb.connect(BUCKET_WITHOUT_DOTS)
+        assert db is not None
+
+
+class TestS3BucketWithDotsAsync:
+    """Tests for connect_async()."""
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_bucket_with_dots_requires_region(self):
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="contains dots"):
+            await lancedb.connect_async(BUCKET_WITH_DOTS)
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_bucket_with_dots_and_region_passes(self):
+        uri, opts = BUCKET_WITH_DOTS_AND_REGION
+        db = await lancedb.connect_async(uri, storage_options=opts)
+        assert db is not None
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_bucket_with_dots_and_aws_region_passes(self):
+        uri, opts = BUCKET_WITH_DOTS_AND_AWS_REGION
+        db = await lancedb.connect_async(uri, storage_options=opts)
+        assert db is not None
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_bucket_without_dots_passes(self):
+        db = await lancedb.connect_async(BUCKET_WITHOUT_DOTS)
+        assert db is not None
--- a/python/python/tests/test_table.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_table.py
@@ -46,6 +46,39 @@ def test_basic(mem_db: DBConnection):
    assert table.to_arrow() == expected_data


+def test_create_table_infers_large_int_vectors(mem_db: DBConnection):
+    data = [{"vector": [0, 300]}]
+
+    table = mem_db.create_table(
+        "int_vector_overflow", data=data, mode="overwrite", exist_ok=True
+    )
+
+    vector_field = table.schema.field("vector")
+    assert vector_field.type == pa.list_(pa.float32(), 2)
+
+    vector_column = table.to_arrow().column("vector")
+    assert vector_column.type == pa.list_(pa.float32(), 2)
+    assert vector_column.to_pylist() == [[0.0, 300.0]]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_create_table_async_infers_large_int_vectors(
+    mem_db_async: AsyncConnection,
+):
+    data = [{"vector": [256, 257]}]
+
+    table = await mem_db_async.create_table(
+        "int_vector_overflow_async", data=data, mode="overwrite", exist_ok=True
+    )
+
+    schema = await table.schema()
+    assert schema.field("vector").type == pa.list_(pa.float32(), 2)
+
+    vector_column = (await table.to_arrow()).column("vector")
+    assert vector_column.type == pa.list_(pa.float32(), 2)
+    assert vector_column.to_pylist() == [[256.0, 257.0]]
+
+
 def test_input_data_type(mem_db: DBConnection, tmp_path):
    schema = pa.schema(
        {
--- a/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.23.0-beta.0"
+version = "0.23.1"
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "LanceDB: A serverless, low-latency vector database for AI applications"
 license.workspace = true
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ oss = ["lance/oss", "lance-io/oss", "lance-namespace-impls/dir-oss"]
 gcs = ["lance/gcp", "lance-io/gcp", "lance-namespace-impls/dir-gcp"]
 azure = ["lance/azure", "lance-io/azure", "lance-namespace-impls/dir-azure"]
 dynamodb = ["lance/dynamodb", "aws"]
-remote = ["dep:reqwest", "dep:http", "lance-namespace-impls/rest"]
+remote = ["dep:reqwest", "dep:http", "lance-namespace-impls/rest", "lance-namespace-impls/rest-adapter"]
 fp16kernels = ["lance-linalg/fp16kernels"]
 s3-test = []
 bedrock = ["dep:aws-sdk-bedrockruntime"]
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/connection.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/connection.rs
@@ -804,6 +804,14 @@ impl Connection {
        self.internal.describe_namespace(request).await
    }

+    /// Get the equivalent namespace client in the database of this connection.
+    /// For LanceNamespaceDatabase, it is the underlying LanceNamespace.
+    /// For ListingDatabase, it is the equivalent DirectoryNamespace.
+    /// For RemoteDatabase, it is the equivalent RestNamespace.
+    pub async fn namespace_client(&self) -> Result<Arc<dyn lance_namespace::LanceNamespace>> {
+        self.internal.namespace_client().await
+    }
+
    /// List tables with pagination support
    pub async fn list_tables(&self, request: ListTablesRequest) -> Result<ListTablesResponse> {
        self.internal.list_tables(request).await
@@ -1317,25 +1325,27 @@ mod tests {

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn test_table_names() {
-        let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let tc = new_test_connection().await.unwrap();
+        let db = tc.connection;
+        let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("x", DataType::Int32, false)]));
        let mut names = Vec::with_capacity(100);
        for _ in 0..100 {
-            let mut name = uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+            let name = uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
            names.push(name.clone());
-            name.push_str(".lance");
-            create_dir_all(tmp_dir.path().join(&name)).unwrap();
+            db.create_empty_table(name, schema.clone())
+                .execute()
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
        }
        names.sort();
-
-        let uri = tmp_dir.path().to_str().unwrap();
-        let db = connect(uri).execute().await.unwrap();
-        let tables = db.table_names().execute().await.unwrap();
+        let tables = db.table_names().limit(100).execute().await.unwrap();

        assert_eq!(tables, names);

        let tables = db
            .table_names()
            .start_after(&names[30])
+            .limit(100)
            .execute()
            .await
            .unwrap();
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/database.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/database.rs
@@ -296,4 +296,10 @@ pub trait Database:
    /// Drop all tables in the database
    async fn drop_all_tables(&self, namespace: &[String]) -> Result<()>;
    fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn std::any::Any;
+
+    /// Get the equivalent namespace client of this database
+    /// For LanceNamespaceDatabase, it is the underlying LanceNamespace.
+    /// For ListingDatabase, it is the equivalent DirectoryNamespace.
+    /// For RemoteDatabase, it is the equivalent RestNamespace.
+    async fn namespace_client(&self) -> Result<Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>>;
 }
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/database/listing.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/database/listing.rs
@@ -1043,6 +1043,24 @@ impl Database for ListingDatabase {
    fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn std::any::Any {
        self
    }
+
+    async fn namespace_client(&self) -> Result<Arc<dyn lance_namespace::LanceNamespace>> {
+        // Create a DirectoryNamespace pointing to the same root with the same storage options
+        let mut builder = lance_namespace_impls::DirectoryNamespaceBuilder::new(&self.uri);
+
+        // Add storage options
+        if !self.storage_options.is_empty() {
+            builder = builder.storage_options(self.storage_options.clone());
+        }
+
+        // Use the same session
+        builder = builder.session(self.session.clone());
+
+        let namespace = builder.build().await.map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
+            message: format!("Failed to create namespace client: {}", e),
+        })?;
+        Ok(Arc::new(namespace) as Arc<dyn lance_namespace::LanceNamespace>)
+    }
 }

 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -2027,4 +2045,63 @@ mod tests {
        let db_options = ListingDatabaseOptions::parse_from_map(&options).unwrap();
        assert_eq!(db_options.new_table_config.enable_stable_row_ids, None);
    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_namespace_client() {
+        let (_tempdir, db) = setup_database().await;
+
+        // Create some tables first
+        let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![
+            Field::new("id", DataType::Int32, false),
+            Field::new("name", DataType::Utf8, false),
+        ]));
+
+        db.create_table(CreateTableRequest {
+            name: "table1".to_string(),
+            namespace: vec![],
+            data: CreateTableData::Empty(TableDefinition::new_from_schema(schema.clone())),
+            mode: CreateTableMode::Create,
+            write_options: Default::default(),
+            location: None,
+            namespace_client: None,
+        })
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+        db.create_table(CreateTableRequest {
+            name: "table2".to_string(),
+            namespace: vec![],
+            data: CreateTableData::Empty(TableDefinition::new_from_schema(schema)),
+            mode: CreateTableMode::Create,
+            write_options: Default::default(),
+            location: None,
+            namespace_client: None,
+        })
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+        // Get the namespace client
+        let namespace_client = db.namespace_client().await;
+        assert!(namespace_client.is_ok());
+        let namespace_client = namespace_client.unwrap();
+
+        // Verify the namespace client can list the tables we created
+        // Use empty vec for root namespace
+        let list_result = namespace_client
+            .list_tables(lance_namespace::models::ListTablesRequest {
+                id: Some(vec![]),
+                ..Default::default()
+            })
+            .await;
+        assert!(
+            list_result.is_ok(),
+            "list_tables failed: {:?}",
+            list_result.err()
+        );
+
+        let tables = list_result.unwrap().tables;
+        assert_eq!(tables.len(), 2);
+        assert!(tables.contains(&"table1".to_string()));
+        assert!(tables.contains(&"table2".to_string()));
+    }
 }
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/database/namespace.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/database/namespace.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;

 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use lance_io::object_store::{LanceNamespaceStorageOptionsProvider, StorageOptionsProvider};
 use lance_namespace::{
    models::{
        CreateEmptyTableRequest, CreateNamespaceRequest, CreateNamespaceResponse,
@@ -19,13 +18,13 @@ use lance_namespace::{
 };
 use lance_namespace_impls::ConnectBuilder;

-use crate::connection::ConnectRequest;
 use crate::database::ReadConsistency;
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
+use crate::table::NativeTable;

 use super::{
-    listing::ListingDatabase, BaseTable, CloneTableRequest, CreateTableMode,
-    CreateTableRequest as DbCreateTableRequest, Database, OpenTableRequest, TableNamesRequest,
+    BaseTable, CloneTableRequest, CreateTableMode, CreateTableRequest as DbCreateTableRequest,
+    Database, OpenTableRequest, TableNamesRequest,
 };

 /// A database implementation that uses lance-namespace for table management
@@ -90,51 +89,6 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
    }
 }

-impl LanceNamespaceDatabase {
-    /// Create a temporary listing database for the given location
-    ///
-    /// Merges storage options with priority: connection < user < namespace
-    async fn create_listing_database(
-        &self,
-        location: &str,
-        table_id: Vec<String>,
-        user_storage_options: Option<&HashMap<String, String>>,
-        response_storage_options: Option<&HashMap<String, String>>,
-    ) -> Result<ListingDatabase> {
-        // Merge storage options: connection < user < namespace
-        let mut merged_storage_options = self.storage_options.clone();
-        if let Some(opts) = user_storage_options {
-            merged_storage_options.extend(opts.clone());
-        }
-        if let Some(opts) = response_storage_options {
-            merged_storage_options.extend(opts.clone());
-        }
-
-        let request = ConnectRequest {
-            uri: location.to_string(),
-            #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
-            client_config: Default::default(),
-            options: merged_storage_options,
-            read_consistency_interval: self.read_consistency_interval,
-            session: self.session.clone(),
-        };
-
-        let mut listing_db = ListingDatabase::connect_with_options(&request).await?;
-
-        // Create storage options provider only if namespace returned storage options
-        // (not just user-provided options)
-        if response_storage_options.is_some() {
-            let provider = Arc::new(LanceNamespaceStorageOptionsProvider::new(
-                self.namespace.clone(),
-                table_id,
-            )) as Arc<dyn StorageOptionsProvider>;
-            listing_db.storage_options_provider = Some(provider);
-        }
-
-        Ok(listing_db)
-    }
-}
-
 #[async_trait]
 impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
    fn uri(&self) -> &str {
@@ -195,14 +149,6 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
    }

    async fn create_table(&self, request: DbCreateTableRequest) -> Result<Arc<dyn BaseTable>> {
-        // Extract user-provided storage options from request
-        let user_storage_options = request
-            .write_options
-            .lance_write_params
-            .as_ref()
-            .and_then(|lwp| lwp.store_params.as_ref())
-            .and_then(|sp| sp.storage_options.as_ref());
-
        let mut table_id = request.namespace.clone();
        table_id.push(request.name.clone());
        let describe_request = DescribeTableRequest {
@@ -235,34 +181,20 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
                }
            }
            CreateTableMode::ExistOk(_) => {
-                if let Ok(response) = describe_result {
-                    let location = response.location.ok_or_else(|| Error::Runtime {
-                        message: "Table location is missing from namespace response".to_string(),
-                    })?;
+                if describe_result.is_ok() {
+                    let native_table = NativeTable::open_from_namespace(
+                        self.namespace.clone(),
+                        &request.name,
+                        request.namespace.clone(),
+                        None,
+                        None,
+                        self.read_consistency_interval,
+                        self.server_side_query_enabled,
+                        self.session.clone(),
+                    )
+                    .await?;

-                    let listing_db = self
-                        .create_listing_database(
-                            &location,
-                            table_id.clone(),
-                            user_storage_options,
-                            response.storage_options.as_ref(),
-                        )
-                        .await?;
-
-                    let namespace_client = self
-                        .server_side_query_enabled
-                        .then(|| self.namespace.clone());
-
-                    return listing_db
-                        .open_table(OpenTableRequest {
-                            name: request.name.clone(),
-                            namespace: request.namespace.clone(),
-                            index_cache_size: None,
-                            lance_read_params: None,
-                            location: Some(location),
-                            namespace_client,
-                        })
-                        .await;
+                    return Ok(Arc::new(native_table));
                }
            }
        }
@@ -294,82 +226,37 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
                message: "Table location is missing from create_empty_table response".to_string(),
            })?;

-        let listing_db = self
-            .create_listing_database(
-                &location,
-                table_id.clone(),
-                user_storage_options,
-                create_empty_response.storage_options.as_ref(),
-            )
-            .await?;
+        let native_table = NativeTable::create_from_namespace(
+            self.namespace.clone(),
+            &location,
+            &request.name,
+            request.namespace.clone(),
+            request.data,
+            None, // write_store_wrapper not used for namespace connections
+            request.write_options.lance_write_params,
+            self.read_consistency_interval,
+            self.server_side_query_enabled,
+            self.session.clone(),
+        )
+        .await?;

-        let namespace_client = self
-            .server_side_query_enabled
-            .then(|| self.namespace.clone());
-
-        let create_request = DbCreateTableRequest {
-            name: request.name,
-            namespace: request.namespace,
-            data: request.data,
-            mode: request.mode,
-            write_options: request.write_options,
-            location: Some(location),
-            namespace_client,
-        };
-
-        listing_db.create_table(create_request).await
+        Ok(Arc::new(native_table))
    }

    async fn open_table(&self, request: OpenTableRequest) -> Result<Arc<dyn BaseTable>> {
-        // Extract user-provided storage options from request
-        let user_storage_options = request
-            .lance_read_params
-            .as_ref()
-            .and_then(|lrp| lrp.store_options.as_ref())
-            .and_then(|so| so.storage_options.as_ref());
+        let native_table = NativeTable::open_from_namespace(
+            self.namespace.clone(),
+            &request.name,
+            request.namespace.clone(),
+            None, // write_store_wrapper not used for namespace connections
+            request.lance_read_params,
+            self.read_consistency_interval,
+            self.server_side_query_enabled,
+            self.session.clone(),
+        )
+        .await?;

-        let mut table_id = request.namespace.clone();
-        table_id.push(request.name.clone());
-
-        let describe_request = DescribeTableRequest {
-            id: Some(table_id.clone()),
-            version: None,
-        };
-        let response = self
-            .namespace
-            .describe_table(describe_request)
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("Failed to describe table: {}", e),
-            })?;
-
-        let location = response.location.ok_or_else(|| Error::Runtime {
-            message: "Table location is missing from namespace response".to_string(),
-        })?;
-
-        let listing_db = self
-            .create_listing_database(
-                &location,
-                table_id.clone(),
-                user_storage_options,
-                response.storage_options.as_ref(),
-            )
-            .await?;
-
-        let namespace_client = self
-            .server_side_query_enabled
-            .then(|| self.namespace.clone());
-
-        let open_request = OpenTableRequest {
-            name: request.name.clone(),
-            namespace: request.namespace.clone(),
-            index_cache_size: request.index_cache_size,
-            lance_read_params: request.lance_read_params,
-            location: Some(location),
-            namespace_client,
-        };
-
-        listing_db.open_table(open_request).await
+        Ok(Arc::new(native_table))
    }

    async fn clone_table(&self, _request: CloneTableRequest) -> Result<Arc<dyn BaseTable>> {
@@ -425,6 +312,10 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
    fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn std::any::Any {
        self
    }
+
+    async fn namespace_client(&self) -> Result<Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>> {
+        Ok(self.namespace.clone())
+    }
 }

 #[cfg(test)]
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/remote/client.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/remote/client.rs
@@ -232,6 +232,38 @@ impl HttpSend for Sender {
    }
 }

+/// Parsed components from a database URL (db://...)
+pub struct ParsedDbUrl {
+    pub db_name: String,
+    pub db_prefix: Option<String>,
+}
+
+/// Parse a database URL and extract the database name and optional prefix.
+///
+/// Expected format: `db://db_name` or `db://db_name/prefix`
+pub fn parse_db_url(db_url: &str) -> Result<ParsedDbUrl> {
+    let parsed_url = url::Url::parse(db_url).map_err(|err| Error::InvalidInput {
+        message: format!("db_url is not a valid URL. '{db_url}'. Error: {err}"),
+    })?;
+    debug_assert_eq!(parsed_url.scheme(), "db");
+    if !parsed_url.has_host() {
+        return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
+            message: format!("Invalid database URL (missing host) '{}'", db_url),
+        });
+    }
+    let db_name = parsed_url.host_str().unwrap().to_string();
+    let db_prefix = {
+        let prefix = parsed_url.path().trim_start_matches('/');
+        if prefix.is_empty() {
+            None
+        } else {
+            Some(prefix.to_string())
+        }
+    };
+
+    Ok(ParsedDbUrl { db_name, db_prefix })
+}
+
 impl RestfulLanceDbClient<Sender> {
    fn get_timeout(passed: Option<Duration>, env_var: &str) -> Result<Option<Duration>> {
        if let Some(passed) = passed {
@@ -250,32 +282,12 @@ impl RestfulLanceDbClient<Sender> {
    }

    pub fn try_new(
-        db_url: &str,
-        api_key: &str,
+        parsed_url: &ParsedDbUrl,
        region: &str,
        host_override: Option<String>,
+        default_headers: HeaderMap,
        client_config: ClientConfig,
-        options: &RemoteOptions,
    ) -> Result<Self> {
-        let parsed_url = url::Url::parse(db_url).map_err(|err| Error::InvalidInput {
-            message: format!("db_url is not a valid URL. '{db_url}'. Error: {err}"),
-        })?;
-        debug_assert_eq!(parsed_url.scheme(), "db");
-        if !parsed_url.has_host() {
-            return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                message: format!("Invalid database URL (missing host) '{}'", db_url),
-            });
-        }
-        let db_name = parsed_url.host_str().unwrap();
-        let db_prefix = {
-            let prefix = parsed_url.path().trim_start_matches('/');
-            if prefix.is_empty() {
-                None
-            } else {
-                Some(prefix)
-            }
-        };
-
        // Get the timeouts
        let timeout =
            Self::get_timeout(client_config.timeout_config.timeout, "LANCE_CLIENT_TIMEOUT")?;
@@ -348,15 +360,7 @@ impl RestfulLanceDbClient<Sender> {
        }

        let client = client_builder
-            .default_headers(Self::default_headers(
-                api_key,
-                region,
-                db_name,
-                host_override.is_some(),
-                options,
-                db_prefix,
-                &client_config,
-            )?)
+            .default_headers(default_headers)
            .user_agent(client_config.user_agent)
            .build()
            .map_err(|err| Error::Other {
@@ -366,7 +370,7 @@ impl RestfulLanceDbClient<Sender> {

        let host = match host_override {
            Some(host_override) => host_override,
-            None => format!("https://{}.{}.api.lancedb.com", db_name, region),
+            None => format!("https://{}.{}.api.lancedb.com", parsed_url.db_name, region),
        };
        debug!("Created client for host: {}", host);
        let retry_config = client_config.retry_config.clone().try_into()?;
@@ -389,7 +393,7 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> RestfulLanceDbClient<S> {
        &self.host
    }

-    fn default_headers(
+    pub fn default_headers(
        api_key: &str,
        region: &str,
        db_name: &str,
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/remote/db.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/remote/db.rs
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ pub struct RemoteDatabase<S: HttpSend = Sender> {
    client: RestfulLanceDbClient<S>,
    table_cache: Cache<String, Arc<RemoteTable<S>>>,
    uri: String,
+    /// Headers to pass to the namespace client for authentication
+    namespace_headers: HashMap<String, String>,
+    /// TLS configuration for mTLS support
+    tls_config: Option<super::client::TlsConfig>,
 }

 impl RemoteDatabase {
@@ -200,13 +204,32 @@ impl RemoteDatabase {
        client_config: ClientConfig,
        options: RemoteOptions,
    ) -> Result<Self> {
-        let client = RestfulLanceDbClient::try_new(
-            uri,
+        let parsed = super::client::parse_db_url(uri)?;
+        let header_map = RestfulLanceDbClient::<Sender>::default_headers(
            api_key,
            region,
-            host_override,
-            client_config,
+            &parsed.db_name,
+            host_override.is_some(),
            &options,
+            parsed.db_prefix.as_deref(),
+            &client_config,
+        )?;
+
+        let namespace_headers: HashMap<String, String> = header_map
+            .iter()
+            .filter_map(|(k, v)| {
+                v.to_str()
+                    .ok()
+                    .map(|val| (k.as_str().to_string(), val.to_string()))
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        let client = RestfulLanceDbClient::try_new(
+            &parsed,
+            region,
+            host_override,
+            header_map,
+            client_config.clone(),
        )?;

        let table_cache = Cache::builder()
@@ -218,6 +241,8 @@ impl RemoteDatabase {
            client,
            table_cache,
            uri: uri.to_owned(),
+            namespace_headers,
+            tls_config: client_config.tls_config,
        })
    }
 }
@@ -240,6 +265,8 @@ mod test_utils {
                client,
                table_cache: Cache::new(0),
                uri: "http://localhost".to_string(),
+                namespace_headers: HashMap::new(),
+                tls_config: None,
            }
        }

@@ -248,11 +275,13 @@ mod test_utils {
            F: Fn(reqwest::Request) -> http::Response<T> + Send + Sync + 'static,
            T: Into<reqwest::Body>,
        {
-            let client = client_with_handler_and_config(handler, config);
+            let client = client_with_handler_and_config(handler, config.clone());
            Self {
                client,
                table_cache: Cache::new(0),
                uri: "http://localhost".to_string(),
+                namespace_headers: config.extra_headers.clone(),
+                tls_config: config.tls_config.clone(),
            }
        }
    }
@@ -716,7 +745,8 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> Database for RemoteDatabase<S> {
        let namespace_id = build_namespace_identifier(namespace_parts, &self.client.id_delimiter);
        let req = self
            .client
-            .get(&format!("/v1/namespace/{}/describe", namespace_id));
+            .post(&format!("/v1/namespace/{}/describe", namespace_id))
+            .json(&DescribeNamespaceRequest::default());

        let (request_id, resp) = self.client.send(req).await?;
        let resp = self.client.check_response(&request_id, resp).await?;
@@ -727,6 +757,31 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> Database for RemoteDatabase<S> {
    fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn std::any::Any {
        self
    }
+
+    async fn namespace_client(&self) -> Result<Arc<dyn lance_namespace::LanceNamespace>> {
+        // Create a RestNamespace pointing to the same remote host with the same authentication headers
+        let mut builder = lance_namespace_impls::RestNamespaceBuilder::new(self.client.host())
+            .delimiter(&self.client.id_delimiter)
+            // TODO: support header provider
+            .headers(self.namespace_headers.clone());
+
+        // Apply mTLS configuration if present
+        if let Some(tls_config) = &self.tls_config {
+            if let Some(cert_file) = &tls_config.cert_file {
+                builder = builder.cert_file(cert_file);
+            }
+            if let Some(key_file) = &tls_config.key_file {
+                builder = builder.key_file(key_file);
+            }
+            if let Some(ssl_ca_cert) = &tls_config.ssl_ca_cert {
+                builder = builder.ssl_ca_cert(ssl_ca_cert);
+            }
+            builder = builder.assert_hostname(tls_config.assert_hostname);
+        }
+
+        let namespace = builder.build();
+        Ok(Arc::new(namespace) as Arc<dyn lance_namespace::LanceNamespace>)
+    }
 }

 /// RemoteOptions contains a subset of StorageOptions that are compatible with Remote LanceDB connections
@@ -1518,4 +1573,265 @@ mod tests {
            panic!("Expected HTTP error");
        }
    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_namespace_client() {
+        let conn = Connection::new_with_handler(|_| {
+            http::Response::builder()
+                .status(200)
+                .body(r#"{"tables": []}"#)
+                .unwrap()
+        });
+
+        // Get the namespace client from the connection's internal database
+        let namespace_client = conn.namespace_client().await;
+        assert!(namespace_client.is_ok());
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_namespace_client_with_tls_config() {
+        use crate::remote::client::TlsConfig;
+
+        let tls_config = TlsConfig {
+            cert_file: Some("/path/to/cert.pem".to_string()),
+            key_file: Some("/path/to/key.pem".to_string()),
+            ssl_ca_cert: Some("/path/to/ca.pem".to_string()),
+            assert_hostname: true,
+        };
+
+        let client_config = ClientConfig {
+            tls_config: Some(tls_config),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        let conn = Connection::new_with_handler_and_config(
+            |_| {
+                http::Response::builder()
+                    .status(200)
+                    .body(r#"{"tables": []}"#)
+                    .unwrap()
+            },
+            client_config,
+        );
+
+        // Get the namespace client - it should be created with the TLS config
+        let namespace_client = conn.namespace_client().await;
+        assert!(namespace_client.is_ok());
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_namespace_client_with_headers() {
+        let mut extra_headers = HashMap::new();
+        extra_headers.insert("X-Custom-Header".to_string(), "custom-value".to_string());
+
+        let client_config = ClientConfig {
+            extra_headers,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        let conn = Connection::new_with_handler_and_config(
+            |_| {
+                http::Response::builder()
+                    .status(200)
+                    .body(r#"{"tables": []}"#)
+                    .unwrap()
+            },
+            client_config,
+        );
+
+        // Get the namespace client - it should be created with the extra headers
+        let namespace_client = conn.namespace_client().await;
+        assert!(namespace_client.is_ok());
+    }
+
+    /// Integration tests using RestAdapter to run RemoteDatabase against a real namespace server
+    mod rest_adapter_integration {
+        use super::*;
+        use lance_namespace::models::ListTablesRequest;
+        use lance_namespace_impls::{DirectoryNamespaceBuilder, RestAdapter, RestAdapterConfig};
+        use std::sync::Arc;
+        use tempfile::TempDir;
+
+        /// Test fixture that manages a REST server backed by DirectoryNamespace
+        struct RestServerFixture {
+            _temp_dir: TempDir,
+            server_handle: lance_namespace_impls::RestAdapterHandle,
+            server_url: String,
+        }
+
+        impl RestServerFixture {
+            async fn new() -> Self {
+                let temp_dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+                let temp_path = temp_dir.path().to_str().unwrap().to_string();
+
+                // Create DirectoryNamespace backend
+                let backend = DirectoryNamespaceBuilder::new(&temp_path)
+                    .build()
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap();
+                let backend = Arc::new(backend);
+
+                // Start REST server with port 0 (OS assigns available port)
+                let config = RestAdapterConfig {
+                    port: 0,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                };
+
+                let server = RestAdapter::new(backend, config);
+                let server_handle = server.start().await.unwrap();
+
+                // Get the actual port assigned by OS
+                let actual_port = server_handle.port();
+                let server_url = format!("http://127.0.0.1:{}", actual_port);
+
+                Self {
+                    _temp_dir: temp_dir,
+                    server_handle,
+                    server_url,
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl Drop for RestServerFixture {
+            fn drop(&mut self) {
+                self.server_handle.shutdown();
+            }
+        }
+
+        #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+        async fn test_remote_database_with_rest_adapter() {
+            use lance_namespace::models::CreateNamespaceRequest;
+
+            let fixture = RestServerFixture::new().await;
+
+            // Connect to the REST server using lancedb Connection
+            // Use db://dummy as URI and set actual server URL via host_override
+            let conn = ConnectBuilder::new("db://dummy")
+                .api_key("test-api-key")
+                .region("us-east-1")
+                .host_override(&fixture.server_url)
+                .execute()
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+
+            // Create a child namespace first
+            let namespace = vec!["test_ns".to_string()];
+            conn.create_namespace(CreateNamespaceRequest {
+                id: Some(namespace.clone()),
+                mode: None,
+                properties: None,
+            })
+            .await
+            .expect("Failed to create namespace");
+
+            // Create a table in the child namespace
+            let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("a", DataType::Int32, false)]));
+            let data = RecordBatch::try_new(
+                schema.clone(),
+                vec![Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![1, 2, 3]))],
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+            let reader = RecordBatchIterator::new([Ok(data.clone())], schema.clone());
+
+            let table = conn
+                .create_table("test_table", reader)
+                .namespace(namespace.clone())
+                .execute()
+                .await;
+            assert!(table.is_ok(), "Failed to create table: {:?}", table.err());
+
+            // List tables in the child namespace
+            let list_response = conn
+                .list_tables(ListTablesRequest {
+                    id: Some(namespace.clone()),
+                    page_token: None,
+                    limit: None,
+                })
+                .await
+                .expect("Failed to list tables");
+            assert_eq!(list_response.tables, vec!["test_table"]);
+
+            // Get namespace client and verify it can also list tables
+            let namespace_client = conn.namespace_client().await.unwrap();
+            let list_response = namespace_client
+                .list_tables(ListTablesRequest {
+                    id: Some(namespace.clone()),
+                    page_token: None,
+                    limit: None,
+                })
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(list_response.tables, vec!["test_table"]);
+
+            // Open the table from the child namespace
+            let opened_table = conn
+                .open_table("test_table")
+                .namespace(namespace.clone())
+                .execute()
+                .await;
+            assert!(
+                opened_table.is_ok(),
+                "Failed to open table: {:?}",
+                opened_table.err()
+            );
+            assert_eq!(opened_table.unwrap().name(), "test_table");
+        }
+
+        #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+        async fn test_remote_database_with_multiple_tables() {
+            use lance_namespace::models::CreateNamespaceRequest;
+
+            let fixture = RestServerFixture::new().await;
+
+            // Connect to the REST server
+            // Use db://dummy as URI and set actual server URL via host_override
+            let conn = ConnectBuilder::new("db://dummy")
+                .api_key("test-api-key")
+                .region("us-east-1")
+                .host_override(&fixture.server_url)
+                .execute()
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+
+            // Create a child namespace first
+            let namespace = vec!["multi_table_ns".to_string()];
+            conn.create_namespace(CreateNamespaceRequest {
+                id: Some(namespace.clone()),
+                mode: None,
+                properties: None,
+            })
+            .await
+            .expect("Failed to create namespace");
+
+            // Create multiple tables in the child namespace
+            let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("id", DataType::Int32, false)]));
+
+            for i in 1..=3 {
+                let data =
+                    RecordBatch::try_new(schema.clone(), vec![Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![i]))])
+                        .unwrap();
+                let reader = RecordBatchIterator::new([Ok(data.clone())], schema.clone());
+
+                conn.create_table(format!("table{}", i), reader)
+                    .namespace(namespace.clone())
+                    .execute()
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("Failed to create table{}: {:?}", i, e));
+            }
+
+            // List tables in the child namespace
+            let list_response = conn
+                .list_tables(ListTablesRequest {
+                    id: Some(namespace.clone()),
+                    page_token: None,
+                    limit: None,
+                })
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(list_response.tables.len(), 3);
+            assert!(list_response.tables.contains(&"table1".to_string()));
+            assert!(list_response.tables.contains(&"table2".to_string()));
+            assert!(list_response.tables.contains(&"table3".to_string()));
+        }
+    }
 }
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/remote/table.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/remote/table.rs
@@ -1088,6 +1088,17 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> BaseTable for RemoteTable<S> {
                    body["num_partitions"] = serde_json::Value::Number(num_partitions.into());
                }
            }
+            Index::IvfRq(index) => {
+                body[INDEX_TYPE_KEY] = serde_json::Value::String("IVF_RQ".to_string());
+                body[METRIC_TYPE_KEY] =
+                    serde_json::Value::String(index.distance_type.to_string().to_lowercase());
+                if let Some(num_partitions) = index.num_partitions {
+                    body["num_partitions"] = serde_json::Value::Number(num_partitions.into());
+                }
+                if let Some(num_bits) = index.num_bits {
+                    body["num_bits"] = serde_json::Value::Number(num_bits.into());
+                }
+            }
            Index::BTree(_) => {
                body[INDEX_TYPE_KEY] = serde_json::Value::String("BTREE".to_string());
            }
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/table.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/table.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use lance::dataset::{
 use lance::dataset::{MergeInsertBuilder as LanceMergeInsertBuilder, WhenNotMatchedBySource};
 use lance::index::vector::utils::infer_vector_dim;
 use lance::index::vector::VectorIndexParams;
-use lance::io::WrappingObjectStore;
+use lance::io::{ObjectStoreParams, WrappingObjectStore};
 use lance_datafusion::exec::{analyze_plan as lance_analyze_plan, execute_plan};
 use lance_datafusion::utils::StreamingWriteSource;
 use lance_index::scalar::{BuiltinIndexType, ScalarIndexParams};
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ use lance_index::vector::pq::PQBuildParams;
 use lance_index::vector::sq::builder::SQBuildParams;
 use lance_index::DatasetIndexExt;
 use lance_index::IndexType;
+use lance_io::object_store::LanceNamespaceStorageOptionsProvider;
 use lance_namespace::models::{
    QueryTableRequest as NsQueryTableRequest, QueryTableRequestFullTextQuery,
    QueryTableRequestVector, StringFtsQuery,
@@ -1611,6 +1612,105 @@ impl NativeTable {
        self
    }

+    /// Opens an existing Table using a namespace client.
+    ///
+    /// This method uses `DatasetBuilder::from_namespace` to open the table, which
+    /// automatically fetches the table location and storage options from the namespace.
+    /// This eliminates the need to pre-fetch and merge storage options before opening.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// * `namespace_client` - The namespace client to use for fetching table metadata
+    /// * `name` - The table name
+    /// * `namespace` - The namespace path (e.g., vec!["parent", "child"])
+    /// * `write_store_wrapper` - Optional wrapper for the object store on write path
+    /// * `params` - Optional read parameters
+    /// * `read_consistency_interval` - Optional interval for read consistency
+    /// * `server_side_query_enabled` - Whether to enable server-side query execution.
+    ///   When true, the namespace_client will be stored and queries will be executed
+    ///   on the namespace server. When false, the namespace is only used for opening
+    ///   the table, and queries are executed locally.
+    /// * `session` - Optional session for object stores and caching
+    ///
+    /// # Returns
+    ///
+    /// * A [NativeTable] object.
+    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+    pub async fn open_from_namespace(
+        namespace_client: Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>,
+        name: &str,
+        namespace: Vec<String>,
+        write_store_wrapper: Option<Arc<dyn WrappingObjectStore>>,
+        params: Option<ReadParams>,
+        read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
+        server_side_query_enabled: bool,
+        session: Option<Arc<lance::session::Session>>,
+    ) -> Result<Self> {
+        let mut params = params.unwrap_or_default();
+
+        // Set the session in read params
+        if let Some(sess) = session {
+            params.session(sess);
+        }
+
+        // patch the params if we have a write store wrapper
+        let params = match write_store_wrapper.clone() {
+            Some(wrapper) => params.patch_with_store_wrapper(wrapper)?,
+            None => params,
+        };
+
+        // Build table_id from namespace + name
+        let mut table_id = namespace.clone();
+        table_id.push(name.to_string());
+
+        // Use DatasetBuilder::from_namespace which automatically fetches location
+        // and storage options from the namespace
+        let builder = DatasetBuilder::from_namespace(
+            namespace_client.clone(),
+            table_id,
+            false, // Don't ignore namespace storage options
+        )
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| match e {
+            lance::Error::Namespace { source, .. } => Error::Runtime {
+                message: format!("Failed to get table info from namespace: {:?}", source),
+            },
+            source => Error::Lance { source },
+        })?;
+
+        let dataset = builder
+            .with_read_params(params)
+            .load()
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| match e {
+                lance::Error::DatasetNotFound { .. } => Error::TableNotFound {
+                    name: name.to_string(),
+                    source: Box::new(e),
+                },
+                source => Error::Lance { source },
+            })?;
+
+        let uri = dataset.uri().to_string();
+        let dataset = DatasetConsistencyWrapper::new_latest(dataset, read_consistency_interval);
+        let id = Self::build_id(&namespace, name);
+
+        let stored_namespace_client = if server_side_query_enabled {
+            Some(namespace_client)
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            name: name.to_string(),
+            namespace,
+            id,
+            uri,
+            dataset,
+            read_consistency_interval,
+            namespace_client: stored_namespace_client,
+        })
+    }
+
    fn get_table_name(uri: &str) -> Result<String> {
        let path = Path::new(uri);
        let name = path
@@ -1722,6 +1822,102 @@ impl NativeTable {
        .await
    }

+    /// Creates a new Table using a namespace client for storage options.
+    ///
+    /// This method sets up a `StorageOptionsProvider` from the namespace client,
+    /// enabling automatic credential refresh for cloud storage. The namespace
+    /// is used for:
+    /// 1. Setting up storage options provider for credential vending
+    /// 2. Optionally enabling server-side query execution
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// * `namespace_client` - The namespace client to use for storage options
+    /// * `uri` - The URI to the table (obtained from create_empty_table response)
+    /// * `name` - The table name
+    /// * `namespace` - The namespace path (e.g., vec!["parent", "child"])
+    /// * `batches` - RecordBatch to be saved in the database
+    /// * `write_store_wrapper` - Optional wrapper for the object store on write path
+    /// * `params` - Optional write parameters
+    /// * `read_consistency_interval` - Optional interval for read consistency
+    /// * `server_side_query_enabled` - Whether to enable server-side query execution
+    ///
+    /// # Returns
+    ///
+    /// * A [NativeTable] object.
+    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+    pub async fn create_from_namespace(
+        namespace_client: Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>,
+        uri: &str,
+        name: &str,
+        namespace: Vec<String>,
+        batches: impl StreamingWriteSource,
+        write_store_wrapper: Option<Arc<dyn WrappingObjectStore>>,
+        params: Option<WriteParams>,
+        read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
+        server_side_query_enabled: bool,
+        session: Option<Arc<lance::session::Session>>,
+    ) -> Result<Self> {
+        // Build table_id from namespace + name for the storage options provider
+        let mut table_id = namespace.clone();
+        table_id.push(name.to_string());
+
+        // Set up storage options provider from namespace
+        let storage_options_provider = Arc::new(LanceNamespaceStorageOptionsProvider::new(
+            namespace_client.clone(),
+            table_id,
+        ));
+
+        // Start with provided params or defaults
+        let mut params = params.unwrap_or_default();
+
+        // Set the session in write params
+        if let Some(sess) = session {
+            params.session = Some(sess);
+        }
+
+        // Ensure store_params exists and set the storage options provider
+        let store_params = params
+            .store_params
+            .get_or_insert_with(ObjectStoreParams::default);
+        store_params.storage_options_provider = Some(storage_options_provider);
+
+        // Patch the params if we have a write store wrapper
+        let params = match write_store_wrapper.clone() {
+            Some(wrapper) => params.patch_with_store_wrapper(wrapper)?,
+            None => params,
+        };
+
+        let insert_builder = InsertBuilder::new(uri).with_params(&params);
+        let dataset = insert_builder
+            .execute_stream(batches)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| match e {
+                lance::Error::DatasetAlreadyExists { .. } => Error::TableAlreadyExists {
+                    name: name.to_string(),
+                },
+                source => Error::Lance { source },
+            })?;
+
+        let id = Self::build_id(&namespace, name);
+
+        let stored_namespace_client = if server_side_query_enabled {
+            Some(namespace_client)
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            name: name.to_string(),
+            namespace,
+            id,
+            uri: uri.to_string(),
+            dataset: DatasetConsistencyWrapper::new_latest(dataset, read_consistency_interval),
+            read_consistency_interval,
+            namespace_client: stored_namespace_client,
+        })
+    }
+
    async fn optimize_indices(&self, options: &OptimizeOptions) -> Result<()> {
        info!("LanceDB: optimizing indices: {:?}", options);
        self.dataset
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/test_utils/connection.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/test_utils/connection.rs
@@ -5,16 +5,19 @@

 use regex::Regex;
 use std::env;
-use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
-use std::process::{Child, ChildStdout, Command, Stdio};
+use std::process::Stdio;
+use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, BufReader};
+use tokio::process::{Child, ChildStdout, Command};
+use tokio::sync::mpsc;

 use crate::{connect, Connection};
-use anyhow::{bail, Result};
+use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Result};
 use tempfile::{tempdir, TempDir};

 pub struct TestConnection {
    pub uri: String,
    pub connection: Connection,
+    pub is_remote: bool,
    _temp_dir: Option<TempDir>,
    _process: Option<TestProcess>,
 }
@@ -37,6 +40,56 @@ pub async fn new_test_connection() -> Result<TestConnection> {
    }
 }

+async fn spawn_stdout_reader(
+    mut stdout: BufReader<ChildStdout>,
+    port_sender: mpsc::Sender<anyhow::Result<String>>,
+) -> tokio::task::JoinHandle<()> {
+    let print_stdout = env::var("PRINT_LANCEDB_TEST_CONNECTION_SCRIPT_OUTPUT").is_ok();
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let mut line = String::new();
+        let re = Regex::new(r"Query node now listening on 0.0.0.0:(.*)").unwrap();
+        loop {
+            line.clear();
+            let result = stdout.read_line(&mut line).await;
+            if let Err(err) = result {
+                port_sender
+                    .send(Err(anyhow!(
+                        "error while reading from process output: {}",
+                        err
+                    )))
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap();
+                return;
+            } else if result.unwrap() == 0 {
+                port_sender
+                    .send(Err(anyhow!(
+                        " hit EOF before reading port from process output."
+                    )))
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap();
+                return;
+            }
+            if re.is_match(&line) {
+                let caps = re.captures(&line).unwrap();
+                port_sender.send(Ok(caps[1].to_string())).await.unwrap();
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        loop {
+            line.clear();
+            match stdout.read_line(&mut line).await {
+                Err(_) => return,
+                Ok(0) => return,
+                Ok(_size) => {
+                    if print_stdout {
+                        print!("{}", line);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    })
+}
+
 async fn new_remote_connection(script_path: &str) -> Result<TestConnection> {
    let temp_dir = tempdir()?;
    let data_path = temp_dir.path().to_str().unwrap().to_string();
@@ -57,38 +110,25 @@ async fn new_remote_connection(script_path: &str) -> Result<TestConnection> {
        child: child_result.unwrap(),
    };
    let stdout = BufReader::new(process.child.stdout.take().unwrap());
-    let port = read_process_port(stdout)?;
+    let (port_sender, mut port_receiver) = mpsc::channel(5);
+    let _reader = spawn_stdout_reader(stdout, port_sender).await;
+    let port = match port_receiver.recv().await {
+        None => bail!("Unable to determine the port number used by the phalanx process we spawned, because the reader thread was closed too soon."),
+        Some(Err(err)) => bail!("Unable to determine the port number used by the phalanx process we spawned, because of an error, {}", err),
+        Some(Ok(port)) => port,
+    };
    let uri = "db://test";
    let host_override = format!("http://localhost:{}", port);
    let connection = create_new_connection(uri, &host_override).await?;
    Ok(TestConnection {
        uri: uri.to_string(),
        connection,
+        is_remote: true,
        _temp_dir: Some(temp_dir),
        _process: Some(process),
    })
 }

-fn read_process_port(mut stdout: BufReader<ChildStdout>) -> Result<String> {
-    let mut line = String::new();
-    let re = Regex::new(r"Query node now listening on 0.0.0.0:(.*)").unwrap();
-    loop {
-        let result = stdout.read_line(&mut line);
-        if let Err(err) = result {
-            bail!(format!(
-                "read_process_port: error while reading from process output: {}",
-                err
-            ));
-        } else if result.unwrap() == 0 {
-            bail!("read_process_port: hit EOF before reading port from process output.");
-        }
-        if re.is_match(&line) {
-            let caps = re.captures(&line).unwrap();
-            return Ok(caps[1].to_string());
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
 async fn create_new_connection(uri: &str, host_override: &str) -> crate::error::Result<Connection> {
    connect(uri)
@@ -114,6 +154,7 @@ async fn new_local_connection() -> Result<TestConnection> {
    Ok(TestConnection {
        uri: uri.to_string(),
        connection,
+        is_remote: false,
        _temp_dir: Some(temp_dir),
        _process: None,
    })
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
LuQQiu	d67a8743ba	feat: support remote ivf rq (#2863 )	2026-01-02 15:35:33 -08:00
Chenghao Lyu	46fcbbc1e3	fix(python): require explicit region for S3 buckets with dots (#2892 ) When region is not specific in the s3 path, `resolve_s3_region` from "lance-format" project (see [here][1]) will resolve the region by calling `resolve_bucket_region`, which is a function from the "arrow-rs-object-store" project expecting [virtual-hosted-style URLs][1]. When there are dot (".") in the virtual-hosted-style URLs, it breaks automatic region detection. See more details in the issue description: https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/issues/1898#issuecomment-3690142427 This PR add early validation in connect() and connect_async() to raise a clear error with instructions when the region is not specified for such buckets. [1]: https://github.com/lance-format/lance/blob/v2.0.0-beta.4/rust/lance-io/src/object_store/providers/aws.rs#L197 [2]: `eedbf3d7d8/src/aws/resolve.rs (L52C5-L52C65)` [3]: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/VirtualHosting.html#virtual-hosted-style-access Fixes #1898	2026-01-02 15:35:22 -08:00
Prashanth Rao	ff53b76ac0	docs: address styling and aesthetics issues with banner and links (#2878 ) Aesthetic and styling fixes to the SDK reference docs: - [x] Improve readability of LanceDB in the header - [x] Make header more compact, and consistent in gradient color with the main website/docs - [x] Updated favicon to match with the docs page - [x] Enable permalink display to allow users to get anchor links to each function/method - [x] Point readers to the main docs at [docs.lancedb.com](https://docs.lancedb.com)	2026-01-02 15:15:35 -08:00
fzowl	2adb10e6a8	feat: voyage-multimodal-3.5 (#2887 ) voyage-multimodal-3.5 support (text, image and video embeddings)	2026-01-02 15:14:52 -08:00
Colin Patrick McCabe	ac164c352b	test: convert test_table_names to test both remote and local (#2888 ) Convert test_table_names to test both remote and local connections. This PR also includes some miscellaneous improvements in src/test_utils/connection.rs. It starts a thread to drain stdout from the server process. It adds the PRINT_LANCEDB_TEST_CONNECTION_SCRIPT_OUTPUT environment variable, which optionally displays server stdout. Fix a bash conditional in run_with_test_connection.sh.	2026-01-02 15:08:44 -08:00
Lance Release	8bcac7e372	Bump version: 0.23.1-beta.2 → 0.23.1	2026-01-02 17:39:19 +00:00
Lance Release	e496184ab2	Bump version: 0.23.1-beta.1 → 0.23.1-beta.2	2026-01-02 17:38:54 +00:00
Lance Release	d85d338a8e	Bump version: 0.26.1-beta.2 → 0.26.1	2026-01-02 17:38:22 +00:00
Lance Release	f0320725b6	Bump version: 0.26.1-beta.1 → 0.26.1-beta.2	2026-01-02 17:38:20 +00:00
Will Jones	dfbd3552bf	feat: update lance dependency to v1.0.1 (#2881 ) Co-authored-by: Jack Ye <yezhaoqin@gmail.com>	2026-01-02 09:23:46 -08:00
Jonathan Hsieh	1cf7b4b678	docs: remove incorrect "LanceDb Cloud only" from table_names params (#2893 ) The page_token and limit parameters for table_names() are supported by both local storage and LanceDB Cloud, not just Cloud as the docstring incorrectly stated. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>	2025-12-29 09:08:04 -08:00
Prashanth Rao	8ae4f42fbe	fix: add to_lance() and to_polars() stub methods for type-checkers (#2876 ) Adds `Table.to_lance()` and `Table.to_polars()` methods (non-abstract methods, defaulting to `NotImplementedError`) so type checkers like mypy, pyright and ty don’t flag them as unknown attributes on `Table`. Not making these abstract methods should keep existing remote/other `Table` implementations instantiable. This is non-breaking change to existing functionality and is purely for the purpose of pleasing static type-checkers like mypy, ty and pyright. <img width="626" height="134" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f4619bca-a882-432b-bd23-ae8f189ff9e3" />	2025-12-18 12:55:07 -05:00
Lance Release	0667fa38d4	Bump version: 0.23.1-beta.0 → 0.23.1-beta.1	2025-12-17 06:59:29 +00:00
Lance Release	30108c0b1f	Bump version: 0.26.1-beta.0 → 0.26.1-beta.1	2025-12-17 06:58:52 +00:00
Jack Ye	1628f7e3f3	fix: pass namespace storage options provider into native table (#2873 ) Previously the native table is created with static credentials and could not auto-refresh credentials when expired.	2025-12-16 22:58:04 -08:00
Lance Release	2fd712312f	Bump version: 0.23.0 → 0.23.1-beta.0	2025-12-17 03:30:51 +00:00
Lance Release	ba94e69d5d	Bump version: 0.26.0 → 0.26.1-beta.0	2025-12-17 03:30:18 +00:00
Jack Ye	9e60fda0ec	fix: use post for describe_namespace and allow access to underlying client (#2871 ) Issues found during integration tests: 1. describe_namespace should use POST 2. service needs to access the underlying namespace to be able to do operations like create_empty_table directly, or get credentials in isolated paths like a remote take	2025-12-16 19:29:27 -08:00
LanceDB Robot	3e0d451e9b	chore: update lance dependency to v1.0.1-beta.1 (#2872 ) bump Lance crates to v1.0.1-beta.1 Triggering tag: https://github.com/lance-format/lance/releases/tag/v1.0.1-beta.1	2025-12-16 17:44:32 -08:00
Lance Release	94bdffe13c	Bump version: 0.23.0-beta.2 → 0.23.0	2025-12-16 16:58:35 +00:00
Lance Release	b93ea3a388	Bump version: 0.23.0-beta.1 → 0.23.0-beta.2	2025-12-16 16:57:55 +00:00
Lance Release	ff20d12f20	Bump version: 0.26.0-beta.2 → 0.26.0	2025-12-16 16:57:09 +00:00
Lance Release	5f3e133470	Bump version: 0.26.0-beta.1 → 0.26.0-beta.2	2025-12-16 16:57:07 +00:00
Jack Ye	332e722a64	feat: upgrade lance-namespace python to 0.3.2 (#2868 ) Includes fix https://github.com/lance-format/lance-namespace/pull/281	2025-12-16 08:56:04 -08:00
LanceDB Robot	3f63c4f8d9	chore: update lance dependency to v1.0.0 (#2867 ) ## Summary - update all lance crates to v1.0.0 using the helper script (fallbacks to the v1.0.0 tag) - refresh Cargo.lock to pull the new release - add script fallback to retry with the git tag when a crates.io release is unavailable ## Testing - cargo clippy --workspace --tests --all-features -- -D warnings - cargo fmt --all Tag: https://github.com/lance-format/lance/releases/tag/v1.0.0 --------- Co-authored-by: Jack Ye <yezhaoqin@gmail.com>	2025-12-15 20:36:19 -08:00
BubbleCal	39a18baf59	feat: infer vector type to float32 if integers are out of uint8 range (#2856 ) ## Summary - infer integer vector columns as float32 when any value exceeds uint8 range or is negative - keep uint8 for integer vectors within range and nulls only - add sync/async tests covering large integer vector inference ## Testing - ./.venv/bin/pytest python/python/tests/test_table.py -k "large_int_vectors"	2025-12-08 17:10:25 +08:00
Lance Release	0960e19559	Bump version: 0.23.0-beta.0 → 0.23.0-beta.1	2025-12-05 00:36:39 +00:00