Bump version: 0.28.0-beta.3 → 0.28.0-beta.4

.bumpversion.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.28.0-beta.11"
+current_version = "0.28.0-beta.4"
 parse = """(?x)
     (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
     (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation.yml

@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ body:
       label: Link
       description: >
         Provide a link to the existing documentation, if applicable.
-      placeholder: ex. https://docs.lancedb.com/tables/...
+      placeholder: ex. https://lancedb.com/docs/tables/...
     validations:
       required: false

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-version: 2
-
-# Scope: the root Cargo workspace, which produces the Rust binaries we
-# ship to users (the Node.js and Python native extensions). The
-# `rust/lancedb` library crate shares the same lockfile; its consumers
-# pick their own dependency versions, but bumping transitive deps here
-# keeps the binaries we ship current.
-updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: cargo
-    directory: /
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
-    groups:
-      rust-minor-patch:
-        update-types:
-          - minor
-          - patch

.github/workflows/build_windows_wheel/action.yml

@@ -29,3 +29,7 @@ runs:
         args: ${{ inputs.args }}
         docker-options: "-e PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL='https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/'"
         working-directory: python
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: windows-wheels
+        path: python\target\wheels

.github/workflows/dev.yml

@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
 jobs:
   labeler:
     permissions:

.github/workflows/java-publish.yml

@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ on:
     paths:
       - .github/workflows/java-publish.yml
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
 jobs:
   publish:
     name: Build and Publish
@@ -43,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           server-username: SONATYPE_USER
           server-password: SONATYPE_TOKEN
           gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
+          gpg-passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
       - name: Set git config
         run: |
           git config --global user.email "dev+gha@lancedb.com"
@@ -58,11 +55,10 @@ jobs:
           echo "use-agent" >> ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf
           echo "pinentry-mode loopback" >> ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf
           export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
-          ./mvnw --batch-mode -DskipTests -DpushChanges=false deploy -pl lancedb-core -am -P deploy-to-ossrh
+          ./mvnw --batch-mode -DskipTests -DpushChanges=false -Dgpg.passphrase=${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }} deploy -pl lancedb-core -am -P deploy-to-ossrh
         env:
           SONATYPE_USER: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USER }}
           SONATYPE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_TOKEN }}
-          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
 
   report-failure:
     name: Report Workflow Failure

.github/workflows/java.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-      - release/**
     paths:
       - java/**
       - .github/workflows/java.yml
@@ -25,9 +24,6 @@ on:
       - java/**
       - .github/workflows/java.yml
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
 jobs:
   build-java:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04

.github/workflows/license-header-check.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-      - release/**
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - rust/**
@@ -11,10 +10,6 @@ on:
       - nodejs/**
       - java/**
       - .github/workflows/license-header-check.yml
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
 jobs:
   check-licenses:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

.github/workflows/nodejs.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-      - release/**
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - Cargo.toml
@@ -16,9 +15,6 @@ on:
       - .github/workflows/nodejs.yml
       - docker-compose.yml
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true

.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml

@@ -8,18 +8,12 @@ on:
     # This should trigger a dry run (we skip the final publish step)
     paths:
       - .github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
-      - .github/workflows/build_linux_wheel/action.yml
-      - .github/workflows/build_mac_wheel/action.yml
-      - .github/workflows/build_windows_wheel/action.yml
       - Cargo.toml # Change in dependency frequently breaks builds
       - Cargo.lock
 
 env:
   PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL: "https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/"
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
 jobs:
   linux:
     name: Python ${{ matrix.config.platform }} manylinux${{ matrix.config.manylinux }}
@@ -46,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
             runner: ubuntu-2404-8x-arm64
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.runner }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           lfs: true
@@ -60,12 +54,11 @@ jobs:
           args: "--release --strip ${{ matrix.config.extra_args }}"
           arm-build: ${{ matrix.config.platform == 'aarch64' }}
           manylinux: ${{ matrix.config.manylinux }}
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+      - uses: ./.github/workflows/upload_wheel
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/python-v')
         with:
-          name: wheels-linux-${{ matrix.config.platform }}-${{ matrix.config.manylinux }}
-          path: target/wheels/lancedb-*.whl
-          if-no-files-found: error
+          pypi_token: ${{ secrets.LANCEDB_PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+          fury_token: ${{ secrets.FURY_TOKEN }}
   mac:
     timeout-minutes: 90
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.runner }}
@@ -77,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.15
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           lfs: true
@@ -89,21 +82,16 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-minor-version: 10
           args: "--release --strip --target ${{ matrix.config.target }} --features fp16kernels"
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+      - uses: ./.github/workflows/upload_wheel
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/python-v')
         with:
-          name: wheels-mac-${{ matrix.config.target }}
-          path: target/wheels/lancedb-*.whl
-          if-no-files-found: error
+          pypi_token: ${{ secrets.LANCEDB_PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+          fury_token: ${{ secrets.FURY_TOKEN }}
   windows:
-    timeout-minutes: 90
+    timeout-minutes: 60
     runs-on: windows-latest
-    env:
-      # link.exe is single-threaded and the long pole on Windows builds. Use
-      # rustc's bundled lld-link instead.
-      CARGO_TARGET_X86_64_PC_WINDOWS_MSVC_LINKER: rust-lld
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           lfs: true
@@ -115,70 +103,19 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-minor-version: 10
           args: "--release --strip"
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+          vcpkg_token: ${{ secrets.VCPKG_GITHUB_PACKAGES }}
+      - uses: ./.github/workflows/upload_wheel
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/python-v')
         with:
-          name: wheels-windows
-          path: target/wheels/lancedb-*.whl
-          if-no-files-found: error
-  publish:
-    name: Publish wheels
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/python-v')
-    needs: [linux, mac, windows]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write
-      contents: read
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - name: Download wheel artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-        with:
-          pattern: wheels-*
-          path: target/wheels
-          merge-multiple: true
-      - name: List wheels
-        run: ls -la target/wheels
-      - name: Choose repo
-        id: choose_repo
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} == *beta* ]]; then
-            echo "repo=fury" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "repo=pypi" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-      - name: Publish to Fury
-        if: steps.choose_repo.outputs.repo == 'fury'
-        env:
-          FURY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.FURY_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          shopt -s nullglob
-          WHEELS=(target/wheels/lancedb-*.whl)
-          if [[ ${#WHEELS[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
-            echo "No wheels found in target/wheels/" >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          for WHEEL in "${WHEELS[@]}"; do
-            echo "Uploading $WHEEL to Fury"
-            curl -f -F package=@"$WHEEL" "https://$FURY_TOKEN@push.fury.io/lancedb/"
-          done
-      # NOTE: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish must be invoked directly from a
-      # workflow file, not from inside a composite action. When called from a
-      # composite, `github.action_repository` is empty (actions/runner#2473)
-      # and the action falls back to `github.repository`, producing a bogus
-      # `docker://ghcr.io/<repo>:<ref>` image reference that GHA tries to pull.
-      - name: Publish to PyPI
-        if: steps.choose_repo.outputs.repo == 'pypi'
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-        with:
-          packages-dir: target/wheels/
+          pypi_token: ${{ secrets.LANCEDB_PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+          fury_token: ${{ secrets.FURY_TOKEN }}
   gh-release:
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/python-v')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           lfs: true
@@ -241,13 +178,13 @@ jobs:
   report-failure:
     name: Report Workflow Failure
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [linux, mac, windows, publish]
+    needs: [linux, mac, windows]
     permissions:
       contents: read
       issues: write
     if: always() && failure() && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/python-v')
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: ./.github/actions/create-failure-issue
         with:
           job-results: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}

.github/workflows/python.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-      - release/**
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - Cargo.toml
@@ -18,9 +17,6 @@ on:
       - .github/workflows/build_windows_wheel/**
       - .github/workflows/run_tests/**
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
@@ -112,6 +108,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install
         run: |
           pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/ -e .[tests,dev,embeddings]
+          pip install tantivy
           pip install mlx
       - name: Doctest
         run: pytest --doctest-modules python/lancedb
@@ -230,5 +227,6 @@ jobs:
           pip install "pydantic<2"
           pip install pyarrow==16
           pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/ -e .[tests]
+          pip install tantivy
       - name: Run tests
         run: pytest -m "not slow and not s3_test" -x -v --durations=30 python/tests

.github/workflows/rust.yml

@@ -4,21 +4,14 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-      - release/**
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - Cargo.toml
       - Cargo.lock
       - rust-toolchain.toml
-      - deny.toml
       - rust/**
-      - nodejs/Cargo.toml
-      - python/Cargo.toml
       - .github/workflows/rust.yml
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
@@ -60,17 +53,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run clippy (without remote feature)
         run: cargo clippy --profile ci --workspace --tests -- -D warnings
 
-  deny:
-    # Supply-chain checks: advisories, licenses, banned crates, and source
-    # restrictions. Configuration lives in `deny.toml` at the workspace root.
-    timeout-minutes: 10
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: EmbarkStudios/cargo-deny-action@v2
-        with:
-          command: check advisories bans licenses sources
-
   build-no-lock:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     timeout-minutes: 30

.github/workflows/update_package_lock_run.yml

@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ name: Update package-lock.json
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
 jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

.github/workflows/update_package_lock_run_nodejs.yml

@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ name: Update NodeJs package-lock.json
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
 jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

.github/workflows/upload_wheel/action.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+name: upload-wheel
+
+description: "Upload wheels to Pypi"
+inputs:
+  pypi_token:
+    required: true
+    description: "release token for the repo"
+  fury_token:
+    required: true
+    description: "release token for the fury repo"
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+  - name: Install dependencies
+    shell: bash
+    run: |
+      python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+      pip install twine
+      python3 -m pip install --upgrade pkginfo
+  - name: Choose repo
+    shell: bash
+    id: choose_repo
+    run: |
+      if [[ ${{ github.ref }} == *beta* ]]; then
+        echo "repo=fury" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      else
+        echo "repo=pypi" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      fi
+  - name: Publish to PyPI
+    shell: bash
+    env:
+      FURY_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.fury_token }}
+      PYPI_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.pypi_token }}
+    run: |
+      if [[ ${{ steps.choose_repo.outputs.repo }} == fury ]]; then
+        WHEEL=$(ls target/wheels/lancedb-*.whl 2> /dev/null | head -n 1)
+        echo "Uploading $WHEEL to Fury"
+        curl -f -F package=@$WHEEL https://$FURY_TOKEN@push.fury.io/lancedb/
+      else
+        twine upload --repository ${{ steps.choose_repo.outputs.repo }} \
+          --username __token__ \
+          --password $PYPI_TOKEN \
+          target/wheels/lancedb-*.whl
+      fi

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 [workspace]
 members = ["rust/lancedb", "nodejs", "python"]
+# Python package needs to be built by maturin.
+exclude = ["python"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
@@ -13,40 +15,40 @@ categories = ["database-implementations"]
 rust-version = "1.91.0"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-lance = { "version" = "=6.0.0", default-features = false }
-lance-core = "=6.0.0"
-lance-datagen = "=6.0.0"
-lance-file = "=6.0.0"
-lance-io = { "version" = "=6.0.0", default-features = false }
-lance-index = "=6.0.0"
-lance-linalg = "=6.0.0"
-lance-namespace = "=6.0.0"
-lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=6.0.0", default-features = false }
-lance-table = "=6.0.0"
-lance-testing = "=6.0.0"
-lance-datafusion = "=6.0.0"
-lance-encoding = "=6.0.0"
-lance-arrow = "=6.0.0"
+lance = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", default-features = false, "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-core = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datagen = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-file = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-io = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", default-features = false, "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-index = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-linalg = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", default-features = false, "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-table = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-testing = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-encoding = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-arrow = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
 ahash = "0.8"
 # Note that this one does not include pyarrow
-arrow = { version = "58.0.0", optional = false }
-arrow-array = "58.0.0"
-arrow-data = "58.0.0"
-arrow-ipc = "58.0.0"
-arrow-ord = "58.0.0"
-arrow-schema = "58.0.0"
-arrow-select = "58.0.0"
-arrow-cast = "58.0.0"
+arrow = { version = "57.2", optional = false }
+arrow-array = "57.2"
+arrow-data = "57.2"
+arrow-ipc = "57.2"
+arrow-ord = "57.2"
+arrow-schema = "57.2"
+arrow-select = "57.2"
+arrow-cast = "57.2"
 async-trait = "0"
-datafusion = { version = "53.0.0", default-features = false }
-datafusion-catalog = "53.0.0"
-datafusion-common = { version = "53.0.0", default-features = false }
-datafusion-execution = "53.0.0"
-datafusion-expr = "53.0.0"
-datafusion-functions = "53.0.0"
-datafusion-physical-plan = "53.0.0"
-datafusion-physical-expr = "53.0.0"
-datafusion-sql = "53.0.0"
+datafusion = { version = "52.1", default-features = false }
+datafusion-catalog = "52.1"
+datafusion-common = { version = "52.1", default-features = false }
+datafusion-execution = "52.1"
+datafusion-expr = "52.1"
+datafusion-functions = "52.1"
+datafusion-physical-plan = "52.1"
+datafusion-physical-expr = "52.1"
+datafusion-sql = "52.1"
 env_logger = "0.11"
 half = { "version" = "2.7.1", default-features = false, features = [
     "num-traits",

README.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 # **The Multimodal AI Lakehouse**
 
-[**How to Install** ](#how-to-install) ✦ [**Detailed Documentation**](https://docs.lancedb.com) ✦ [**Tutorials and Recipes**](https://github.com/lancedb/vectordb-recipes/tree/main) ✦  [**Contributors**](#contributors) 
+[**How to Install** ](#how-to-install) ✦ [**Detailed Documentation**](https://lancedb.com/docs) ✦ [**Tutorials and Recipes**](https://github.com/lancedb/vectordb-recipes/tree/main) ✦  [**Contributors**](#contributors) 
 
 **The ultimate multimodal data platform for AI/ML applications.** 
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ LanceDB is a central location where developers can build, train and analyze thei
 
 ## **How to Install**:
 
-Follow the [Quickstart](https://docs.lancedb.com/quickstart) doc to set up LanceDB locally. 
+Follow the [Quickstart](https://lancedb.com/docs/quickstart/) doc to set up LanceDB locally. 
 
 **API & SDK:** We also support Python, Typescript and Rust SDKs
 

deny.toml

@@ -1,196 +0,0 @@
-# cargo-deny configuration for LanceDB.
-#
-# Run locally with `cargo deny check`. See
-# https://embarkstudios.github.io/cargo-deny/ for the full reference.
-
-# The set of target triples we care about. cargo-deny will only consider
-# dependencies that are used on at least one of these targets. Keeping this
-# explicit avoids noise from platform-specific crates (e.g. wasm, android,
-# ios) that we never actually ship.
-[graph]
-targets = [
-    "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
-    "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu",
-    "x86_64-apple-darwin",
-    "aarch64-apple-darwin",
-    "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc",
-    "aarch64-pc-windows-msvc",
-]
-all-features = true
-
-[output]
-feature-depth = 1
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Advisories: security vulnerabilities and yanked crates.
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-[advisories]
-version = 2
-# Fail the check if any crate in the lockfile has been yanked from crates.io.
-# Yanked crates are a signal the author retracted the release (often due to
-# bugs or security issues) and should not be depended on.
-yanked = "deny"
-# Advisory IDs we have explicitly reviewed and chosen to accept. Every
-# entry must include a rationale and, where possible, an upstream issue
-# pointing to a fix. Revisit this list whenever dependencies are updated.
-ignore = [
-    # rsa: Marvin Attack timing side-channel in PKCS#1 v1.5 decryption.
-    # Reached only through opendal → reqsign → rsa. We do not use RSA
-    # decryption in LanceDB ourselves; this is dormant in the signing path.
-    # No fixed release exists upstream as of this writing.
-    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0071
-    { id = "RUSTSEC-2023-0071", reason = "rsa crate via opendal/reqsign; no fixed upstream release" },
-
-    # instant: unmaintained. Pulled in via backoff → instant. Upstream
-    # recommends switching to `web-time`; fix has to come from backoff.
-    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2024-0384
-    { id = "RUSTSEC-2024-0384", reason = "transitive via backoff; waiting on backoff replacement" },
-
-    # paste: unmaintained (author archived the repo). Used transitively by
-    # datafusion and the arrow ecosystem; widespread, no drop-in replacement.
-    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2024-0436
-    { id = "RUSTSEC-2024-0436", reason = "transitive via datafusion; awaiting ecosystem migration" },
-
-    # encoding: unmaintained. Reached through lindera-dictionary, which is
-    # required by the native Lindera tokenizer path. Lindera has not migrated
-    # off this crate yet.
-    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0153
-    { id = "RUSTSEC-2021-0153", reason = "transitive via lindera-dictionary for native Lindera tokenizer" },
-
-    # fast-float: unsound and unmaintained. Reached only through polars-arrow
-    # from the optional Polars integration; replacement requires a Polars
-    # dependency upgrade.
-    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2024-0379
-    { id = "RUSTSEC-2024-0379", reason = "transitive via polars-arrow; waiting on Polars migration" },
-
-    # tantivy: segfault on malformed input due to missing bounds check.
-    # Pulled in via lance for full-text search. We only feed tantivy
-    # documents we construct ourselves, not attacker-controlled bytes.
-    # Tracked for a lance dependency bump.
-    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0003
-    { id = "RUSTSEC-2025-0003", reason = "tantivy via lance; inputs are internally produced, not user-supplied bytes" },
-
-    # backoff: unmaintained. Reached only via async-openai. Replacement
-    # requires async-openai to migrate (or us to drop async-openai).
-    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0012
-    { id = "RUSTSEC-2025-0012", reason = "transitive via async-openai; waiting on upstream migration" },
-
-    # number_prefix: unmaintained. Transitive via indicatif → hf-hub.
-    # No security impact, just maintenance status.
-    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0119
-    { id = "RUSTSEC-2025-0119", reason = "transitive via hf-hub/indicatif; cosmetic formatting crate" },
-
-    # bincode: unmaintained. Reached through lindera and lindera-dictionary,
-    # which are required by the native Lindera tokenizer path. Lindera has not
-    # migrated to another serialization format yet.
-    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0141
-    { id = "RUSTSEC-2025-0141", reason = "transitive via lindera/lindera-dictionary for native Lindera tokenizer" },
-
-    # lru: soundness issue in IterMut. Reached only through aws-sdk-s3 in
-    # LanceDB's dev-dependency graph; LanceDB does not use that iterator
-    # directly. Clearing this requires the AWS SDK chain to update lru.
-    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0002
-    { id = "RUSTSEC-2026-0002", reason = "transitive via aws-sdk-s3 dev-dependency; waiting on AWS SDK lru upgrade" },
-
-    # rustls-webpki 0.101.7 (old major line): name-constraint checks for
-    # URI / wildcard names. Pulled in only via the legacy rustls 0.21 chain
-    # from aws-smithy-http-client. The 0.103 line we actively use is patched.
-    # Clearing the 0.101 copy requires the aws-sdk chain to migrate off
-    # rustls 0.21.
-    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0098
-    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0099
-    { id = "RUSTSEC-2026-0098", reason = "only affects rustls-webpki 0.101 from legacy aws-smithy/rustls 0.21 chain" },
-    { id = "RUSTSEC-2026-0099", reason = "only affects rustls-webpki 0.101 from legacy aws-smithy/rustls 0.21 chain" },
-
-    # rustls-webpki 0.101.7: reachable panic in CRL parsing. Same legacy
-    # rustls 0.21 chain from aws-smithy-http-client as above. The 0.103 line
-    # we actively use is upgraded to 0.103.13 which contains the fix.
-    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0104
-    { id = "RUSTSEC-2026-0104", reason = "only affects rustls-webpki 0.101 from legacy aws-smithy/rustls 0.21 chain" },
-
-    # rand 0.8.5: soundness issue only when ThreadRng reseeds inside a custom
-    # logger. Reached through several transitive chains. LanceDB does not use
-    # rand from a custom logger; upgrade once all pinned chains accept 0.8.6+.
-    # https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0097
-    { id = "RUSTSEC-2026-0097", reason = "transitive rand 0.8.5; LanceDB does not call ThreadRng from custom logging" },
-]
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Licenses: only allow licenses we've reviewed as compatible with Apache-2.0.
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-[licenses]
-version = 2
-# SPDX identifiers for licenses that are compatible with our Apache-2.0
-# distribution. Additions require legal review.
-allow = [
-    "Apache-2.0",
-    "Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception",
-    "MIT",
-    "BSD-2-Clause",
-    "BSD-3-Clause",
-    "ISC",
-    "Unicode-3.0",
-    "Unicode-DFS-2016",
-    "Zlib",
-    "CC0-1.0",
-    "MPL-2.0",
-    "BSL-1.0",
-    "OpenSSL",
-    # 0BSD ("BSD Zero Clause") is effectively public domain — no attribution
-    # required. Pulled in by `mock_instant`.
-    "0BSD",
-    # bzip2-1.0.6 is the permissive upstream bzip2 license (BSD-like). Pulled
-    # in by `libbz2-rs-sys`, the pure-Rust bzip2 implementation.
-    "bzip2-1.0.6",
-    # CDLA-Permissive-2.0 is a permissive data license used by `webpki-roots`
-    # for the Mozilla CA root bundle. Data-only, distribution-compatible.
-    "CDLA-Permissive-2.0",
-]
-confidence-threshold = 0.8
-# Crates whose license cannot be determined from Cargo metadata but whose
-# license we've manually confirmed from upstream. Keep this list minimal.
-[[licenses.clarify]]
-# polars-arrow-format omits the `license` field in its Cargo.toml, but the
-# upstream repo (pola-rs/polars-arrow-format) is dual-licensed Apache-2.0 OR
-# MIT. See https://github.com/pola-rs/polars-arrow-format/blob/main/LICENSE
-crate = "polars-arrow-format"
-expression = "Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
-license-files = []
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Bans: disallow specific crates and flag dependency hygiene issues.
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-[bans]
-# Warn (not deny) on duplicate versions of the same crate. In a large
-# workspace like this one, duplicates are common and often unavoidable
-# transitively. We surface them to discourage growth, but don't fail CI.
-multiple-versions = "warn"
-# Wildcard version requirements (`foo = "*"`) are a footgun — they let any
-# future release in without review. Ban them outright.
-wildcards = "deny"
-# Internal workspace crates reference each other via `path = "..."`, which
-# cargo-deny sees as a wildcard version. That's fine for private workspace
-# members (not published to crates.io), so allow it specifically for paths.
-allow-wildcard-paths = true
-# Features that, if enabled, should cause the check to fail.
-deny = []
-# Crates to skip when checking for duplicate versions.
-skip = []
-# Similar to `skip`, but also skips the entire transitive subtree.
-skip-tree = []
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Sources: restrict where crates can come from.
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-[sources]
-# Deny any registry other than the ones explicitly listed below.
-unknown-registry = "deny"
-# Deny any git dependency whose host isn't in the allow-list below. This
-# prevents accidental pulls from arbitrary forks.
-unknown-git = "deny"
-allow-registry = ["https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"]
-# Lance is developed in a sibling repo and pulled as a git dependency until
-# releases are cut to crates.io. Allow that specific host.
-allow-git = [
-    "https://github.com/lance-format/lance",
-]

dockerfiles/Dockerfile

@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ RUN python --version && \
   rustc --version && \
   protoc --version
 
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir lancedb
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir tantivy lancedb

docs/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # LanceDB Documentation
 
-LanceDB docs are available at [docs.lancedb.com](https://docs.lancedb.com).
+LanceDB docs are available at [lancedb.com/docs](https://lancedb.com/docs).
 
 The SDK docs are built and deployed automatically by [Github Actions](../.github/workflows/docs.yml)
 whenever a commit is pushed to the `main` branch. So it is possible for the docs to show

docs/src/java/java.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Add the following dependency to your `pom.xml`:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
     <artifactId>lancedb-core</artifactId>
-    <version>0.28.0-beta.11</version>
+    <version>0.28.0-beta.4</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 

docs/src/js/README.md

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const results = await table.vectorSearch([0.1, 0.3]).limit(20).toArray();
 console.log(results);
 ```
 
-The [quickstart](https://docs.lancedb.com/quickstart/) contains more complete examples.
+The [quickstart](https://lancedb.com/docs/quickstart/basic-usage/) contains more complete examples.
 
 ## Development
 

docs/src/js/classes/Table.md

@@ -501,34 +501,6 @@ Modeled after ``VACUUM`` in PostgreSQL.
 
 ***
 
-### prewarmData()
-
-```ts
-abstract prewarmData(columns?): Promise<void>
-```
-
-Prewarm one or more columns of data in the table.
-
-#### Parameters
-
-* **columns?**: `string`[]
-    The columns to prewarm. If undefined, all columns are prewarmed.
-    This will load the column data into the page cache so that future queries that
-    read those columns avoid the initial cold-start latency.  This call initiates
-    prewarming and returns once the request is accepted; the warming itself may
-    continue in the background.  Calling it on already-prewarmed columns is a
-    no-op on the server.
-    Prewarming is generally useful for columns used in filters or projections.
-    Large columns (e.g. high-dimensional vectors or binary data) may not be
-    practical to prewarm.
-    This feature is currently only supported on remote tables.
-
-#### Returns
-
-`Promise`&lt;`void`&gt;
-
-***
-
 ### prewarmIndex()
 
 ```ts

docs/src/js/interfaces/ConnectionOptions.md

@@ -41,29 +41,6 @@ for testing purposes.
 
 ***
 
-### manifestEnabled?
-
-```ts
-optional manifestEnabled: boolean;
-```
-
-(For LanceDB OSS only): use directory namespace manifests as the source
-of truth for table metadata. Existing directory-listed root tables are
-migrated into the manifest on access.
-
-***
-
-### namespaceClientProperties?
-
-```ts
-optional namespaceClientProperties: Record<string, string>;
-```
-
-(For LanceDB OSS only): extra properties for the backing namespace
-client used by manifest-enabled native connections.
-
-***
-
 ### readConsistencyInterval?
 
 ```ts
@@ -112,4 +89,4 @@ optional storageOptions: Record<string, string>;
 
 (For LanceDB OSS only): configuration for object storage.
 
-The available options are described at https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/
+The available options are described at https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/

docs/src/js/interfaces/CreateTableOptions.md

@@ -97,4 +97,4 @@ Configuration for object storage.
 Options already set on the connection will be inherited by the table,
 but can be overridden here.
 
-The available options are described at https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/
+The available options are described at https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/

docs/src/js/interfaces/OpenTableOptions.md

@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ Configuration for object storage.
 Options already set on the connection will be inherited by the table,
 but can be overridden here.
 
-The available options are described at https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/
+The available options are described at https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/

docs/src/python/python.md

@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ of raw SQL strings with [where][lancedb.query.LanceQueryBuilder.where] and
 
 ## Full text search
 
-Use [lancedb.table.Table.create_fts_index][] for the synchronous API or
-[lancedb.table.AsyncTable.create_index][] with [lancedb.index.FTS][] for the
-asynchronous API.
+::: lancedb.fts.create_index
 
-::: lancedb.index.FTS
+::: lancedb.fts.populate_index
+
+::: lancedb.fts.search_index
 
 ## Utilities
 

java/lancedb-core/pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
       <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
       <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>0.28.0-beta.11</version>
+      <version>0.28.0-beta.4</version>
       <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 

java/pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
     <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.28.0-beta.11</version>
+    <version>0.28.0-beta.4</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
     <description>LanceDB Java SDK Parent POM</description>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <arrow.version>15.0.0</arrow.version>
-        <lance-core.version>6.0.0</lance-core.version>
+        <lance-core.version>5.1.0-beta.3</lance-core.version>
         <spotless.skip>false</spotless.skip>
         <spotless.version>2.30.0</spotless.version>
         <spotless.java.googlejavaformat.version>1.7</spotless.java.googlejavaformat.version>

nodejs/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
 edition.workspace = true
-version = "0.28.0-beta.11"
-publish = false
+version = "0.28.0-beta.4"
 license.workspace = true
 description.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 async-trait.workspace = true
 arrow-ipc.workspace = true
 arrow-array.workspace = true
-arrow-buffer = "58.0.0"
+arrow-buffer = "57.2"
 half.workspace = true
 arrow-schema.workspace = true
 env_logger.workspace = true
@@ -32,8 +31,8 @@ lzma-sys = { version = "0.1", features = ["static"] }
 log.workspace = true
 
 # Pin to resolve build failures; update periodically for security patches.
-aws-lc-sys = "=0.40.0"
-aws-lc-rs = "=1.16.3"
+aws-lc-sys = "=0.38.0"
+aws-lc-rs = "=1.16.1"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 napi-build = "2.3.1"

nodejs/README.md

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const results = await table.vectorSearch([0.1, 0.3]).limit(20).toArray();
 console.log(results);
 ```
 
-The [quickstart](https://docs.lancedb.com/quickstart/) contains more complete examples.
+The [quickstart](https://lancedb.com/docs/quickstart/basic-usage/) contains more complete examples.
 
 ## Development
 

nodejs/__test__/rerankers.test.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
 
-import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
-import * as path from "node:path";
 import { RecordBatch } from "apache-arrow";
 import * as tmp from "tmp";
 import { Connection, Index, Table, connect, makeArrowTable } from "../lancedb";
@@ -78,91 +76,4 @@ describe("rerankers", function () {
 
     expect(result).toHaveLength(2);
   });
-
-  it("does not keep process alive after rerank query", async function () {
-    const script = `
-import * as lancedb from "./dist/index.js";
-import * as os from "node:os";
-import * as path from "node:path";
-import * as fs from "node:fs/promises";
-
-const dir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "lancedb-rerank-exit-"));
-const db = await lancedb.connect(dir);
-const table = await db.createTable("test", [{ text: "hello", vector: [1, 2, 3] }], {
-  mode: "overwrite",
-});
-await table.createIndex("text", { config: lancedb.Index.fts() });
-await table.waitForIndex(["text_idx"], 30);
-
-const reranker = await lancedb.rerankers.RRFReranker.create();
-await table
-  .query()
-  .nearestTo([1, 2, 3])
-  .fullTextSearch("hello")
-  .rerank(reranker)
-  .toArray();
-
-table.close();
-db.close();
-`;
-
-    await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
-      const child = spawn(
-        process.execPath,
-        ["--input-type=module", "-e", script],
-        {
-          cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, ".."),
-          stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
-        },
-      );
-
-      let stdout = "";
-      let stderr = "";
-
-      child.stdout.on("data", (chunk) => {
-        stdout += chunk.toString();
-      });
-
-      child.stderr.on("data", (chunk) => {
-        stderr += chunk.toString();
-      });
-
-      const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
-        child.kill();
-        reject(
-          new Error(
-            `child process did not exit in time\nstdout:\n${stdout}\nstderr:\n${stderr}`,
-          ),
-        );
-      }, 20_000);
-
-      child.on("error", (err) => {
-        clearTimeout(timeout);
-        reject(err);
-      });
-
-      child.on("exit", (code, signal) => {
-        clearTimeout(timeout);
-        if (signal !== null) {
-          reject(
-            new Error(
-              `child process exited with signal ${signal}\nstdout:\n${stdout}\nstderr:\n${stderr}`,
-            ),
-          );
-          return;
-        }
-
-        if (code !== 0) {
-          reject(
-            new Error(
-              `child process exited with code ${code}\nstdout:\n${stdout}\nstderr:\n${stderr}`,
-            ),
-          );
-          return;
-        }
-
-        resolve();
-      });
-    });
-  });
 });

nodejs/__test__/table.test.ts

@@ -1870,25 +1870,6 @@ describe.each([arrow15, arrow16, arrow17, arrow18])(
       expect(results.length).toBe(3);
     });
 
-    test("prewarmData errors on local tables", async () => {
-      const db = await connect(tmpDir.name);
-      const data = [
-        { text: "alpha", vector: [0.1, 0.2, 0.3] },
-        { text: "beta", vector: [0.4, 0.5, 0.6] },
-      ];
-      const table = await db.createTable("prewarm_data_test", data);
-
-      // prewarmData is only supported on remote tables. We verify the call
-      // is wired through napi and surfaces the expected error for both
-      // arg shapes (undefined and string[]).
-      await expect(table.prewarmData()).rejects.toThrow(
-        "prewarm_data is currently only supported on remote tables",
-      );
-      await expect(table.prewarmData(["text"])).rejects.toThrow(
-        "prewarm_data is currently only supported on remote tables",
-      );
-    });
-
     test("full text index on list", async () => {
       const db = await connect(tmpDir.name);
       const data = [

nodejs/lancedb/connection.ts

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export interface CreateTableOptions {
    * Options already set on the connection will be inherited by the table,
    * but can be overridden here.
    *
-   * The available options are described at https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/
+   * The available options are described at https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/
    */
   storageOptions?: Record<string, string>;
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export interface OpenTableOptions {
    * Options already set on the connection will be inherited by the table,
    * but can be overridden here.
    *
-   * The available options are described at https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/
+   * The available options are described at https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/
    */
   storageOptions?: Record<string, string>;
   /**

nodejs/lancedb/table.ts

@@ -285,25 +285,6 @@ export abstract class Table {
    */
   abstract prewarmIndex(name: string): Promise<void>;
 
-  /**
-   * Prewarm one or more columns of data in the table.
-   *
-   * @param columns The columns to prewarm. If undefined, all columns are prewarmed.
-   *
-   * This will load the column data into the page cache so that future queries that
-   * read those columns avoid the initial cold-start latency.  This call initiates
-   * prewarming and returns once the request is accepted; the warming itself may
-   * continue in the background.  Calling it on already-prewarmed columns is a
-   * no-op on the server.
-   *
-   * Prewarming is generally useful for columns used in filters or projections.
-   * Large columns (e.g. high-dimensional vectors or binary data) may not be
-   * practical to prewarm.
-   *
-   * This feature is currently only supported on remote tables.
-   */
-  abstract prewarmData(columns?: string[]): Promise<void>;
-
   /**
    * Waits for asynchronous indexing to complete on the table.
    *
@@ -729,10 +710,6 @@ export class LocalTable extends Table {
     await this.inner.prewarmIndex(name);
   }
 
-  async prewarmData(columns?: string[]): Promise<void> {
-    await this.inner.prewarmData(columns);
-  }
-
   async waitForIndex(
     indexNames: string[],
     timeoutSeconds: number,

nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-darwin-arm64",
-	"version": "0.28.0-beta.11",
+	"version": "0.28.0-beta.4",
 	"os": ["darwin"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.darwin-arm64.node",

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.28.0-beta.11",
+	"version": "0.28.0-beta.4",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-gnu.node",

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-musl",
-	"version": "0.28.0-beta.11",
+	"version": "0.28.0-beta.4",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-musl.node",

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.28.0-beta.11",
+	"version": "0.28.0-beta.4",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-gnu.node",

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-musl",
-	"version": "0.28.0-beta.11",
+	"version": "0.28.0-beta.4",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-musl.node",

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-arm64-msvc",
-  "version": "0.28.0-beta.11",
+  "version": "0.28.0-beta.4",
   "os": [
     "win32"
   ],

nodejs/npm/win32-x64-msvc/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-x64-msvc",
-	"version": "0.28.0-beta.11",
+	"version": "0.28.0-beta.4",
 	"os": ["win32"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.win32-x64-msvc.node",

nodejs/package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-  "version": "0.28.0-beta.11",
+  "version": "0.28.0-beta.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-      "version": "0.28.0-beta.11",
+      "version": "0.28.0-beta.3",
       "cpu": [
         "x64",
         "arm64"

nodejs/package.json

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "ann"
   ],
   "private": false,
-  "version": "0.28.0-beta.11",
+  "version": "0.28.0-beta.4",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "exports": {
     ".": "./dist/index.js",
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
     "build:debug": "napi build --platform --dts ../lancedb/native.d.ts --js ../lancedb/native.js --output-dir lancedb",
     "postbuild:debug": "shx mkdir -p dist && shx cp lancedb/*.node dist/",
     "build:release": "napi build --platform --release --dts ../lancedb/native.d.ts --js ../lancedb/native.js --output-dir dist",
+    "postbuild:release": "shx mkdir -p dist && shx cp lancedb/*.node dist/",
     "build": "npm run build:debug && npm run tsc",
     "build-release": "npm run build:release && npm run tsc",
     "tsc": "tsc -b",

nodejs/src/connection.rs

@@ -67,12 +67,6 @@ impl Connection {
                 builder = builder.storage_option(key, value);
             }
         }
-        if let Some(manifest_enabled) = options.manifest_enabled {
-            builder = builder.manifest_enabled(manifest_enabled);
-        }
-        if let Some(namespace_client_properties) = options.namespace_client_properties {
-            builder = builder.namespace_client_properties(namespace_client_properties);
-        }
 
         // Create client config, optionally with header provider
         let client_config = options.client_config.unwrap_or_default();

nodejs/src/lib.rs

@@ -35,15 +35,8 @@ pub struct ConnectionOptions {
     pub read_consistency_interval: Option<f64>,
     /// (For LanceDB OSS only): configuration for object storage.
     ///
-    /// The available options are described at https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/
+    /// The available options are described at https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/
     pub storage_options: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
-    /// (For LanceDB OSS only): use directory namespace manifests as the source
-    /// of truth for table metadata. Existing directory-listed root tables are
-    /// migrated into the manifest on access.
-    pub manifest_enabled: Option<bool>,
-    /// (For LanceDB OSS only): extra properties for the backing namespace
-    /// client used by manifest-enabled native connections.
-    pub namespace_client_properties: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
     /// (For LanceDB OSS only): the session to use for this connection. Holds
     /// shared caches and other session-specific state.
     pub session: Option<session::Session>,

nodejs/src/rerankers.rs

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ type RerankHybridFn = ThreadsafeFunction<
     RerankHybridCallbackArgs,
     Status,
     false,
-    true,
 >;
 
 /// Reranker implementation that "wraps" a NodeJS Reranker implementation.
@@ -33,10 +32,7 @@ impl Reranker {
     pub fn new(
         rerank_hybrid: Function<RerankHybridCallbackArgs, Promise<Buffer>>,
     ) -> napi::Result<Self> {
-        let rerank_hybrid = rerank_hybrid
-            .build_threadsafe_function()
-            .weak::<true>()
-            .build()?;
+        let rerank_hybrid = rerank_hybrid.build_threadsafe_function().build()?;
         Ok(Self { rerank_hybrid })
     }
 }

nodejs/src/table.rs

@@ -159,14 +159,6 @@ impl Table {
             .default_error()
     }
 
-    #[napi(catch_unwind)]
-    pub async fn prewarm_data(&self, columns: Option<Vec<String>>) -> napi::Result<()> {
-        self.inner_ref()?
-            .prewarm_data(columns)
-            .await
-            .default_error()
-    }
-
     #[napi(catch_unwind)]
     pub async fn wait_for_index(&self, index_names: Vec<String>, timeout_s: i64) -> Result<()> {
         let timeout = std::time::Duration::from_secs(timeout_s.try_into().unwrap());

python/.bumpversion.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.32.0"
+current_version = "0.31.0-beta.4"
 parse = """(?x)
     (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
     (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.

python/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.32.0"
-publish = false
+version = "0.31.0-beta.4"
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "Python bindings for LanceDB"
 license.workspace = true
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ name = "_lancedb"
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
-arrow = { version = "58.0.0", features = ["pyarrow"] }
+arrow = { version = "57.2", features = ["pyarrow"] }
 async-trait = "0.1"
 bytes = "1"
 lancedb = { path = "../rust/lancedb", default-features = false }
@@ -25,8 +24,8 @@ lance-namespace-impls.workspace = true
 lance-io.workspace = true
 env_logger.workspace = true
 log.workspace = true
-pyo3 = { version = "0.28", features = ["extension-module", "abi3-py39"] }
-pyo3-async-runtimes = { version = "0.28", features = [
+pyo3 = { version = "0.26", features = ["extension-module", "abi3-py39"] }
+pyo3-async-runtimes = { version = "0.26", features = [
     "attributes",
     "tokio-runtime",
 ] }
@@ -35,11 +34,10 @@ futures.workspace = true
 serde = "1"
 serde_json = "1"
 snafu.workspace = true
-tokio = { version = "1.40", features = ["sync", "rt-multi-thread"] }
-libc = "0.2"
+tokio = { version = "1.40", features = ["sync"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
-pyo3-build-config = { version = "0.28", features = [
+pyo3-build-config = { version = "0.26", features = [
     "extension-module",
     "abi3-py39",
 ] }

python/PYTHON_THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.md

@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@
 | stack-data                     | 0.6.3           | MIT License                                                                                      | http://github.com/alexmojaki/stack_data                                                           |
 | sympy                          | 1.14.0          | BSD License                                                                                      | https://sympy.org                                                                                 |
 | tabulate                       | 0.9.0           | MIT License                                                                                      | https://github.com/astanin/python-tabulate                                                        |
+| tantivy                        | 0.25.1          | UNKNOWN                                                                                          | UNKNOWN                                                                                           |
 | threadpoolctl                  | 3.6.0           | BSD License                                                                                      | https://github.com/joblib/threadpoolctl                                                           |
 | timm                           | 1.0.24          | Apache Software License                                                                          | https://github.com/huggingface/pytorch-image-models                                               |
 | tinycss2                       | 1.4.0           | BSD License                                                                                      | https://www.courtbouillon.org/tinycss2                                                            |

python/pyproject.toml

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 pylance = [
-    "pylance>=6.0.0",
+    "pylance>=5.0.0b5",
 ]
 tests = [
     "aiohttp>=3.9.0",
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ tests = [
     "duckdb>=0.9.0",
     "pytz>=2023.3",
     "polars>=0.19, <=1.3.0",
+    "tantivy>=0.20.0",
     "pyarrow-stubs>=16.0",
-    "pylance>=6.0.0",
+    "pylance>=5.0.0b5",
     "requests>=2.31.0",
     "datafusion>=52,<53",
 ]

python/python/lancedb/__init__.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import os
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from datetime import timedelta
 from typing import Dict, Optional, Union, Any, List
+import warnings
 
 __version__ = importlib.metadata.version("lancedb")
 
@@ -72,7 +73,6 @@ def connect(
     client_config: Union[ClientConfig, Dict[str, Any], None] = None,
     storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
     session: Optional[Session] = None,
-    manifest_enabled: bool = False,
     namespace_client_impl: Optional[str] = None,
     namespace_client_properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
     namespace_client_pushdown_operations: Optional[List[str]] = None,
@@ -110,11 +110,7 @@ def connect(
         default configuration is used.
     storage_options: dict, optional
         Additional options for the storage backend. See available options at
-        <https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/>
-    manifest_enabled : bool, default False
-        When true for local/native connections, use directory namespace
-        manifests as the source of truth for table metadata. Existing
-        directory-listed root tables are migrated into the manifest on access.
+        <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
     session: Session, optional
         (For LanceDB OSS only)
         A session to use for this connection. Sessions allow you to configure
@@ -162,11 +158,11 @@ def connect(
     conn : DBConnection
         A connection to a LanceDB database.
     """
-    if namespace_client_impl is not None:
-        if namespace_client_properties is None:
+    if namespace_client_impl is not None or namespace_client_properties is not None:
+        if namespace_client_impl is None or namespace_client_properties is None:
             raise ValueError(
-                "namespace_client_properties must be provided when "
-                "namespace_client_impl is set"
+                "Both namespace_client_impl and "
+                "namespace_client_properties must be provided"
             )
         if kwargs:
             raise ValueError(f"Unknown keyword arguments: {kwargs}")
@@ -179,12 +175,6 @@ def connect(
             namespace_client_pushdown_operations=namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
         )
 
-    if namespace_client_properties is not None and not manifest_enabled:
-        raise ValueError(
-            "namespace_client_impl must be provided when using "
-            "namespace_client_properties unless manifest_enabled=True"
-        )
-
     if namespace_client_pushdown_operations is not None:
         raise ValueError(
             "namespace_client_pushdown_operations is only valid when "
@@ -222,92 +212,9 @@ def connect(
         read_consistency_interval=read_consistency_interval,
         storage_options=storage_options,
         session=session,
-        manifest_enabled=manifest_enabled,
-        namespace_client_properties=namespace_client_properties,
     )
 
 
-WORKER_PROPERTY_PREFIX = "_lancedb_worker_"
-
-
-def _apply_worker_overrides(props: dict[str, str]) -> dict[str, str]:
-    """Apply worker property overrides.
-
-    Any key starting with ``_lancedb_worker_`` is extracted, the prefix
-    is stripped, and the resulting key-value pair is put back into the
-    map (overriding the existing value if present).  The original
-    prefixed key is removed.
-    """
-    worker_keys = [k for k in props if k.startswith(WORKER_PROPERTY_PREFIX)]
-    if not worker_keys:
-        return props
-    result = dict(props)
-    for key in worker_keys:
-        value = result.pop(key)
-        real_key = key[len(WORKER_PROPERTY_PREFIX) :]
-        result[real_key] = value
-    return result
-
-
-def deserialize_conn(
-    data: str,
-    *,
-    for_worker: bool = False,
-) -> DBConnection:
-    """Reconstruct a DBConnection from a serialized string.
-
-    The string must have been produced by
-    :meth:`DBConnection.serialize`.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    data : str
-        String produced by ``serialize()``.
-    for_worker : bool, default False
-        When ``True``, any namespace client property whose key starts
-        with ``_lancedb_worker_`` has that prefix stripped and the
-        value overrides the corresponding property.  For example,
-        ``_lancedb_worker_uri`` replaces ``uri``.
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    DBConnection
-        A new connection matching the serialized state.
-    """
-    import json
-
-    parsed = json.loads(data)
-    connection_type = parsed.get("connection_type")
-
-    rci_secs = parsed.get("read_consistency_interval_seconds")
-    rci = timedelta(seconds=rci_secs) if rci_secs is not None else None
-    storage_options = parsed.get("storage_options")
-
-    if connection_type == "namespace":
-        props = dict(parsed.get("namespace_client_properties") or {})
-        if for_worker:
-            props = _apply_worker_overrides(props)
-        return connect_namespace(
-            namespace_client_impl=parsed["namespace_client_impl"],
-            namespace_client_properties=props,
-            read_consistency_interval=rci,
-            storage_options=storage_options,
-            namespace_client_pushdown_operations=parsed.get(
-                "namespace_client_pushdown_operations"
-            ),
-        )
-    elif connection_type == "local":
-        return LanceDBConnection(
-            parsed["uri"],
-            read_consistency_interval=rci,
-            storage_options=storage_options,
-            manifest_enabled=parsed.get("manifest_enabled", False),
-            namespace_client_properties=parsed.get("namespace_client_properties"),
-        )
-    else:
-        raise ValueError(f"Unknown connection_type: {connection_type}")
-
-
 async def connect_async(
     uri: URI,
     *,
@@ -318,8 +225,6 @@ async def connect_async(
     client_config: Optional[Union[ClientConfig, Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
     storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
     session: Optional[Session] = None,
-    manifest_enabled: bool = False,
-    namespace_client_properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
 ) -> AsyncConnection:
     """Connect to a LanceDB database.
 
@@ -352,20 +257,13 @@ async def connect_async(
         default configuration is used.
     storage_options: dict, optional
         Additional options for the storage backend. See available options at
-        <https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/>
+        <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
     session: Session, optional
         (For LanceDB OSS only)
         A session to use for this connection. Sessions allow you to configure
         cache sizes for index and metadata caches, which can significantly
         impact memory use and performance. They can also be re-used across
         multiple connections to share the same cache state.
-    manifest_enabled : bool, default False
-        When true for local/native connections, use directory namespace
-        manifests as the source of truth for table metadata. Existing
-        directory-listed root tables are migrated into the manifest on access.
-    namespace_client_properties : dict, optional
-        Additional directory namespace client properties to use with
-        ``manifest_enabled=True``.
 
     Examples
     --------
@@ -408,8 +306,6 @@ async def connect_async(
             client_config,
             storage_options,
             session,
-            manifest_enabled,
-            namespace_client_properties,
         )
     )
 
@@ -437,3 +333,13 @@ __all__ = [
     "Table",
     "__version__",
 ]
+
+
+def __warn_on_fork():
+    warnings.warn(
+        "lance is not fork-safe. If you are using multiprocessing, use spawn instead.",
+    )
+
+
+if hasattr(os, "register_at_fork"):
+    os.register_at_fork(before=__warn_on_fork)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]

python/python/lancedb/_lancedb.pyi

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from .index import (
     LabelList,
     HnswPq,
     HnswSq,
-    HnswFlat,
     FTS,
 )
 from lance_namespace import (
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ from .remote import ClientConfig
 
 IvfHnswPq: type[HnswPq] = HnswPq
 IvfHnswSq: type[HnswSq] = HnswSq
-IvfHnswFlat: type[HnswFlat] = HnswFlat
 
 class PyExpr:
     """A type-safe DataFusion expression node (Rust-side handle)."""
@@ -182,7 +180,6 @@ class Table:
             IvfPq,
             HnswPq,
             HnswSq,
-            HnswFlat,
             BTree,
             Bitmap,
             LabelList,
@@ -245,8 +242,6 @@ async def connect(
     client_config: Optional[Union[ClientConfig, Dict[str, Any]]],
     storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]],
     session: Optional[Session],
-    manifest_enabled: bool = False,
-    namespace_client_properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
 ) -> Connection: ...
 
 class RecordBatchStream:
@@ -445,7 +440,7 @@ class AsyncPermutationBuilder:
     async def execute(self) -> Table: ...
 
 def async_permutation_builder(
-    table: Table,
+    table: Table, dest_table_name: str
 ) -> AsyncPermutationBuilder: ...
 def fts_query_to_json(query: Any) -> str: ...
 

python/python/lancedb/background_loop.py

@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
 
 import asyncio
-import os
 import threading
-import warnings
 
 
 class BackgroundEventLoop:
@@ -15,9 +13,6 @@ class BackgroundEventLoop:
     """
 
     def __init__(self):
-        self._start()
-
-    def _start(self):
         self.loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
         self.thread = threading.Thread(
             target=self.loop.run_forever,
@@ -36,30 +31,3 @@ class BackgroundEventLoop:
 
 
 LOOP = BackgroundEventLoop()
-
-_FORK_WARNED = False
-
-
-def _reset_after_fork():
-    # Threads do not survive fork(), so the asyncio loop in LOOP.thread is
-    # dead in the child. Re-initialize the singleton in place so existing
-    # `from .background_loop import LOOP` references in other modules see
-    # the new state. The Rust-side tokio runtime is reset analogously by a
-    # pthread_atfork hook installed in the _lancedb extension.
-    LOOP._start()
-    global _FORK_WARNED
-    if not _FORK_WARNED:
-        _FORK_WARNED = True
-        warnings.warn(
-            "lancedb fork support is experimental: the internal async "
-            "runtime has been reset in the forked child, but a small chance "
-            "of deadlock remains if other state was mid-operation at fork "
-            "time. The 'forkserver' or 'spawn' multiprocessing start method "
-            "is likely a safer alternative.",
-            RuntimeWarning,
-            stacklevel=2,
-        )
-
-
-if hasattr(os, "register_at_fork"):
-    os.register_at_fork(after_in_child=_reset_after_fork)

python/python/lancedb/common.py

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def data_to_reader(
             f"Unknown data type {type(data)}. "
             "Supported types: list of dicts, pandas DataFrame, polars DataFrame, "
             "pyarrow Table/RecordBatch, or Pydantic models. "
-            "See https://docs.lancedb.com/tables/ for examples."
+            "See https://lancedb.com/docs/tables/ for examples."
         )
 
 

python/python/lancedb/db.py

@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
             Additional options for the storage backend. Options already set on the
             connection will be inherited by the table, but can be overridden here.
             See available options at
-            <https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/>
+            <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
 
             To enable stable row IDs (row IDs remain stable after compaction,
             update, delete, and merges), set `new_table_enable_stable_row_ids`
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
             Additional options for the storage backend. Options already set on the
             connection will be inherited by the table, but can be overridden here.
             See available options at
-            <https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/>
+            <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -529,19 +529,6 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
             "namespace_client is not supported for this connection type"
         )
 
-    def serialize(self) -> str:
-        """Serialize this connection for reconstruction.
-
-        The returned string can be passed to :func:`lancedb.deserialize_conn`
-        to recreate an equivalent connection, e.g. in a remote worker.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        str
-            Serialized representation of this connection.
-        """
-        raise NotImplementedError("serialize is not supported for this connection type")
-
 
 class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
     """
@@ -590,16 +577,10 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         read_consistency_interval: Optional[timedelta] = None,
         storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
         session: Optional[Session] = None,
-        manifest_enabled: bool = False,
-        namespace_client_properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
         _inner: Optional[LanceDbConnection] = None,
     ):
-        self.storage_options = storage_options
-        self._manifest_enabled = manifest_enabled
-        self._namespace_client_properties = namespace_client_properties
         if _inner is not None:
             self._conn = _inner
-            self._cached_namespace_client = None
             return
 
         if not isinstance(uri, Path):
@@ -638,8 +619,6 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
                 None,
                 storage_options,
                 session,
-                manifest_enabled,
-                namespace_client_properties,
             )
 
         # TODO: It would be nice if we didn't store self.storage_options but it is
@@ -647,8 +626,8 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         # work because some paths like LanceDBConnection.from_inner will lose the
         # storage_options.  Also, this class really shouldn't be holding any state
         # beyond _conn.
+        self.storage_options = storage_options
         self._conn = AsyncConnection(LOOP.run(do_connect()))
-        self._cached_namespace_client: Optional[LanceNamespace] = None
 
     @property
     def read_consistency_interval(self) -> Optional[timedelta]:
@@ -673,24 +652,6 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         val += ")"
         return val
 
-    @override
-    def serialize(self) -> str:
-        import json
-
-        rci = self.read_consistency_interval
-        return json.dumps(
-            {
-                "connection_type": "local",
-                "uri": self.uri,
-                "storage_options": self.storage_options,
-                "manifest_enabled": self._manifest_enabled,
-                "namespace_client_properties": self._namespace_client_properties,
-                "read_consistency_interval_seconds": (
-                    rci.total_seconds() if rci else None
-                ),
-            }
-        )
-
     async def _async_get_table_names(self, start_after: Optional[str], limit: int):
         conn = AsyncConnection(await lancedb_connect(self.uri))
         return await conn.table_names(start_after=start_after, limit=limit)
@@ -726,10 +687,10 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         """
         if namespace_path is None:
             namespace_path = []
-        return self._namespace_conn().list_namespaces(
-            namespace_path=namespace_path,
-            page_token=page_token,
-            limit=limit,
+        return LOOP.run(
+            self._conn.list_namespaces(
+                namespace_path=namespace_path, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
+            )
         )
 
     @override
@@ -739,10 +700,27 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         mode: Optional[str] = None,
         properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
     ) -> CreateNamespaceResponse:
-        return self._namespace_conn().create_namespace(
-            namespace_path=namespace_path,
-            mode=mode,
-            properties=properties,
+        """Create a new namespace.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        namespace_path: List[str]
+            The namespace identifier to create.
+        mode: str, optional
+            Creation mode - "create" (fail if exists), "exist_ok" (skip if exists),
+            or "overwrite" (replace if exists). Case insensitive.
+        properties: Dict[str, str], optional
+            Properties to set on the namespace.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        CreateNamespaceResponse
+            Response containing the properties of the created namespace.
+        """
+        return LOOP.run(
+            self._conn.create_namespace(
+                namespace_path=namespace_path, mode=mode, properties=properties
+            )
         )
 
     @override
@@ -752,19 +730,46 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         mode: Optional[str] = None,
         behavior: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> DropNamespaceResponse:
-        return self._namespace_conn().drop_namespace(
-            namespace_path=namespace_path,
-            mode=mode,
-            behavior=behavior,
+        """Drop a namespace.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        namespace_path: List[str]
+            The namespace identifier to drop.
+        mode: str, optional
+            Whether to skip if not exists ("SKIP") or fail ("FAIL"). Case insensitive.
+        behavior: str, optional
+            Whether to restrict drop if not empty ("RESTRICT") or cascade ("CASCADE").
+            Case insensitive.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        DropNamespaceResponse
+            Response containing properties and transaction_id if applicable.
+        """
+        return LOOP.run(
+            self._conn.drop_namespace(
+                namespace_path=namespace_path, mode=mode, behavior=behavior
+            )
         )
 
     @override
     def describe_namespace(
         self, namespace_path: List[str]
     ) -> DescribeNamespaceResponse:
-        return self._namespace_conn().describe_namespace(
-            namespace_path=namespace_path,
-        )
+        """Describe a namespace.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        namespace_path: List[str]
+            The namespace identifier to describe.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        DescribeNamespaceResponse
+            Response containing the namespace properties.
+        """
+        return LOOP.run(self._conn.describe_namespace(namespace_path=namespace_path))
 
     @override
     def list_tables(
@@ -793,12 +798,6 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         """
         if namespace_path is None:
             namespace_path = []
-        if namespace_path:
-            return self._namespace_conn().list_tables(
-                namespace_path=namespace_path,
-                page_token=page_token,
-                limit=limit,
-            )
         return LOOP.run(
             self._conn.list_tables(
                 namespace_path=namespace_path, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
@@ -887,22 +886,6 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
             raise ValueError("mode must be either 'create' or 'overwrite'")
         validate_table_name(name)
 
-        if namespace_path:
-            return self._namespace_conn().create_table(
-                name,
-                data=data,
-                schema=schema,
-                mode=mode,
-                exist_ok=exist_ok,
-                on_bad_vectors=on_bad_vectors,
-                fill_value=fill_value,
-                embedding_functions=embedding_functions,
-                namespace_path=namespace_path,
-                storage_options=storage_options,
-                data_storage_version=data_storage_version,
-                enable_v2_manifest_paths=enable_v2_manifest_paths,
-            )
-
         tbl = LanceTable.create(
             self,
             name,
@@ -918,19 +901,6 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         )
         return tbl
 
-    def _namespace_conn(self) -> DBConnection:
-        """Return a LanceNamespaceDBConnection backed by this connection's
-        directory namespace.  Used to delegate child-namespace operations."""
-        from lancedb.namespace import LanceNamespaceDBConnection
-
-        return LanceNamespaceDBConnection(
-            self.namespace_client(),
-            read_consistency_interval=self.read_consistency_interval,
-            storage_options=self.storage_options,
-            namespace_client_impl=None,
-            namespace_client_properties=None,
-        )
-
     @override
     def open_table(
         self,
@@ -947,8 +917,7 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         name: str
             The name of the table.
         namespace_path: List[str], optional
-            The namespace to open the table from.  When non-empty, the
-            table is resolved through the directory namespace client.
+            The namespace to open the table from.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -967,14 +936,6 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
                 stacklevel=2,
             )
 
-        if namespace_path:
-            return self._namespace_conn().open_table(
-                name,
-                namespace_path=namespace_path,
-                storage_options=storage_options,
-                index_cache_size=index_cache_size,
-            )
-
         return LanceTable.open(
             self,
             name,
@@ -1059,9 +1020,6 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         """
         if namespace_path is None:
             namespace_path = []
-        if namespace_path:
-            self._namespace_conn().drop_table(name, namespace_path=namespace_path)
-            return
         LOOP.run(
             self._conn.drop_table(
                 name, namespace_path=namespace_path, ignore_missing=ignore_missing
@@ -1113,17 +1071,14 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         """Get the equivalent namespace client for this connection.
 
         Returns a DirectoryNamespace pointing to the same root with the
-        same storage options.  The result is cached for the lifetime of
-        this connection.
+        same storage options.
 
         Returns
         -------
         LanceNamespace
             The namespace client for this connection.
         """
-        if self._cached_namespace_client is None:
-            self._cached_namespace_client = LOOP.run(self._conn.namespace_client())
-        return self._cached_namespace_client
+        return LOOP.run(self._conn.namespace_client())
 
     @deprecation.deprecated(
         deprecated_in="0.15.1",
@@ -1398,7 +1353,6 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
         namespace_path: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         embedding_functions: Optional[List[EmbeddingFunctionConfig]] = None,
         location: Optional[str] = None,
-        namespace_client: Optional[Any] = None,
     ) -> AsyncTable:
         """Create an [AsyncTable][lancedb.table.AsyncTable] in the database.
 
@@ -1443,7 +1397,7 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
             Additional options for the storage backend. Options already set on the
             connection will be inherited by the table, but can be overridden here.
             See available options at
-            <https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/>
+            <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
 
             To enable stable row IDs (row IDs remain stable after compaction,
             update, delete, and merges), set `new_table_enable_stable_row_ids`
@@ -1596,7 +1550,6 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
                 namespace_path=namespace_path,
                 storage_options=storage_options,
                 location=location,
-                namespace_client=namespace_client,
             )
         else:
             data = data_to_reader(data, schema)
@@ -1607,7 +1560,6 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
                 namespace_path=namespace_path,
                 storage_options=storage_options,
                 location=location,
-                namespace_client=namespace_client,
             )
 
         return AsyncTable(new_table)
@@ -1636,7 +1588,7 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
             Additional options for the storage backend. Options already set on the
             connection will be inherited by the table, but can be overridden here.
             See available options at
-            <https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/>
+            <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
         index_cache_size: int, default 256
             **Deprecated**: Use session-level cache configuration instead.
             Create a Session with custom cache sizes and pass it to lancedb.connect().

python/python/lancedb/fts.py

@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
+
+"""Full text search index using tantivy-py"""
+
+import os
+from typing import List, Tuple, Optional
+
+import pyarrow as pa
+
+try:
+    import tantivy
+except ImportError:
+    raise ImportError(
+        "Please install tantivy-py `pip install tantivy` to use the full text search feature."  # noqa: E501
+    )
+
+from .table import LanceTable
+
+
+def create_index(
+    index_path: str,
+    text_fields: List[str],
+    ordering_fields: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+    tokenizer_name: str = "default",
+) -> tantivy.Index:
+    """
+    Create a new Index (not populated)
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    index_path : str
+        Path to the index directory
+    text_fields : List[str]
+        List of text fields to index
+    ordering_fields: List[str]
+        List of unsigned type fields to order by at search time
+    tokenizer_name : str, default "default"
+        The tokenizer to use
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    index : tantivy.Index
+        The index object (not yet populated)
+    """
+    if ordering_fields is None:
+        ordering_fields = []
+    # Declaring our schema.
+    schema_builder = tantivy.SchemaBuilder()
+    # special field that we'll populate with row_id
+    schema_builder.add_integer_field("doc_id", stored=True)
+    # data fields
+    for name in text_fields:
+        schema_builder.add_text_field(name, stored=True, tokenizer_name=tokenizer_name)
+    if ordering_fields:
+        for name in ordering_fields:
+            schema_builder.add_unsigned_field(name, fast=True)
+    schema = schema_builder.build()
+    os.makedirs(index_path, exist_ok=True)
+    index = tantivy.Index(schema, path=index_path)
+    return index
+
+
+def populate_index(
+    index: tantivy.Index,
+    table: LanceTable,
+    fields: List[str],
+    writer_heap_size: Optional[int] = None,
+    ordering_fields: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+) -> int:
+    """
+    Populate an index with data from a LanceTable
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    index : tantivy.Index
+        The index object
+    table : LanceTable
+        The table to index
+    fields : List[str]
+        List of fields to index
+    writer_heap_size : int
+        The writer heap size in bytes, defaults to 1GB
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    int
+        The number of rows indexed
+    """
+    if ordering_fields is None:
+        ordering_fields = []
+    writer_heap_size = writer_heap_size or 1024 * 1024 * 1024
+    # first check the fields exist and are string or large string type
+    nested = []
+
+    for name in fields:
+        try:
+            f = table.schema.field(name)  # raises KeyError if not found
+        except KeyError:
+            f = resolve_path(table.schema, name)
+            nested.append(name)
+
+        if not pa.types.is_string(f.type) and not pa.types.is_large_string(f.type):
+            raise TypeError(f"Field {name} is not a string type")
+
+    # create a tantivy writer
+    writer = index.writer(heap_size=writer_heap_size)
+    # write data into index
+    dataset = table.to_lance()
+    row_id = 0
+
+    max_nested_level = 0
+    if len(nested) > 0:
+        max_nested_level = max([len(name.split(".")) for name in nested])
+
+    for b in dataset.to_batches(columns=fields + ordering_fields):
+        if max_nested_level > 0:
+            b = pa.Table.from_batches([b])
+            for _ in range(max_nested_level - 1):
+                b = b.flatten()
+        for i in range(b.num_rows):
+            doc = tantivy.Document()
+            for name in fields:
+                value = b[name][i].as_py()
+                if value is not None:
+                    doc.add_text(name, value)
+            for name in ordering_fields:
+                value = b[name][i].as_py()
+                if value is not None:
+                    doc.add_unsigned(name, value)
+            if not doc.is_empty:
+                doc.add_integer("doc_id", row_id)
+                writer.add_document(doc)
+            row_id += 1
+    # commit changes
+    writer.commit()
+    return row_id
+
+
+def resolve_path(schema, field_name: str) -> pa.Field:
+    """
+    Resolve a nested field path to a list of field names
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    field_name : str
+        The field name to resolve
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    List[str]
+        The resolved path
+    """
+    path = field_name.split(".")
+    field = schema.field(path.pop(0))
+    for segment in path:
+        if pa.types.is_struct(field.type):
+            field = field.type.field(segment)
+        else:
+            raise KeyError(f"field {field_name} not found in schema {schema}")
+    return field
+
+
+def search_index(
+    index: tantivy.Index, query: str, limit: int = 10, ordering_field=None
+) -> Tuple[Tuple[int], Tuple[float]]:
+    """
+    Search an index for a query
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    index : tantivy.Index
+        The index object
+    query : str
+        The query string
+    limit : int
+        The maximum number of results to return
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    ids_and_score: list[tuple[int], tuple[float]]
+        A tuple of two tuples, the first containing the document ids
+        and the second containing the scores
+    """
+    searcher = index.searcher()
+    query = index.parse_query(query)
+    # get top results
+    if ordering_field:
+        results = searcher.search(query, limit, order_by_field=ordering_field)
+    else:
+        results = searcher.search(query, limit)
+    if results.count == 0:
+        return tuple(), tuple()
+    return tuple(
+        zip(
+            *[
+                (searcher.doc(doc_address)["doc_id"][0], score)
+                for score, doc_address in results.hits
+            ]
+        )
+    )

python/python/lancedb/index.py

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from typing import Literal, Optional
 from ._lancedb import (
     IndexConfig,
 )
-from .types import BaseTokenizerType
 
 lang_mapping = {
     "ar": "Arabic",
@@ -112,12 +111,8 @@ class FTS:
         - "simple": Splits text by whitespace and punctuation.
         - "whitespace": Split text by whitespace, but not punctuation.
         - "raw": No tokenization. The entire text is treated as a single token.
-        - "ngram": N-gram tokenizer for substring-style matching.
-        - "jieba/*": Jieba tokenizer loaded from Lance's language model home.
-        - "lindera/*": Lindera tokenizer loaded from Lance's language model home.
     language : str, default "English"
-        The language to use for stemming and stop-word removal. This is not the
-        primary way to enable CJK tokenization.
+        The language to use for tokenization.
     max_token_length : int, default 40
         The maximum token length to index. Tokens longer than this length will be
         ignored.
@@ -132,17 +127,10 @@ class FTS:
     ascii_folding : bool, default True
         Whether to fold ASCII characters. This converts accented characters to
         their ASCII equivalent. For example, "café" would be converted to "cafe".
-
-    Notes
-    -----
-    Model-backed tokenizers such as ``jieba/default`` and ``lindera/ipadic``
-    require tokenizer models in Lance's language model home. Set
-    ``LANCE_LANGUAGE_MODEL_HOME`` to override the default platform data
-    directory under ``lance/language_models``.
     """
 
     with_position: bool = False
-    base_tokenizer: BaseTokenizerType = "simple"
+    base_tokenizer: Literal["simple", "raw", "whitespace"] = "simple"
     language: str = "English"
     max_token_length: Optional[int] = 40
     lower_case: bool = True
@@ -388,98 +376,9 @@ class HnswSq:
     target_partition_size: Optional[int] = None
 
 
-@dataclass
-class HnswFlat:
-    """Describe a HNSW-FLAT index configuration.
-
-    HNSW-FLAT stands for Hierarchical Navigable Small World without quantization.
-    It stores raw vectors in the HNSW graph, providing the highest recall among
-    the IVF_HNSW family at the cost of more memory and disk space compared to
-    :class:`HnswSq` or :class:`HnswPq`.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-
-    distance_type: str, default "l2"
-
-        The distance metric used to train the index.
-
-        The following distance types are available:
-
-        "l2" - Euclidean distance. This is a very common distance metric that
-        accounts for both magnitude and direction when determining the distance
-        between vectors. l2 distance has a range of [0, ∞).
-
-        "cosine" - Cosine distance.  Cosine distance is a distance metric
-        calculated from the cosine similarity between two vectors. Cosine
-        similarity is a measure of similarity between two non-zero vectors of an
-        inner product space. It is defined to equal the cosine of the angle
-        between them.  Unlike l2, the cosine distance is not affected by the
-        magnitude of the vectors.  Cosine distance has a range of [0, 2].
-
-        "dot" - Dot product. Dot distance is the dot product of two vectors. Dot
-        distance has a range of (-∞, ∞). If the vectors are normalized (i.e. their
-        l2 norm is 1), then dot distance is equivalent to the cosine distance.
-
-    num_partitions, default sqrt(num_rows)
-
-        The number of IVF partitions to create.
-
-        For HNSW, we recommend a small number of partitions. Setting this to 1
-        works well for most tables. For very large tables, training just one HNSW
-        graph will require too much memory. Each partition becomes its own HNSW
-        graph, so setting this value higher reduces the peak memory use of
-        training.
-
-    max_iterations, default 50
-
-        Max iterations to train kmeans.
-
-        When training an IVF index we use kmeans to calculate the partitions.
-        This parameter controls how many iterations of kmeans to run.
-
-    sample_rate, default 256
-
-        The rate used to calculate the number of training vectors for kmeans.
-
-    m, default 20
-
-        The number of neighbors to select for each vector in the HNSW graph.
-
-        This value controls the tradeoff between search speed and accuracy.
-        The higher the value the more accurate the search but the slower it
-        will be.
-
-    ef_construction, default 300
-
-        The number of candidates to evaluate during the construction of the HNSW
-        graph.
-
-        This value controls the tradeoff between build speed and accuracy.
-        The higher the value the more accurate the build but the slower it will
-        be.  150 to 300 is the typical range. 100 is a minimum for good quality
-        search results. In most cases, there is no benefit to setting this higher
-        than 500.  This value should be set to a value that is not less than `ef`
-        in the search phase.
-
-    target_partition_size, default is 1,048,576
-
-        The target size of each partition.
-    """
-
-    distance_type: Literal["l2", "cosine", "dot"] = "l2"
-    num_partitions: Optional[int] = None
-    max_iterations: int = 50
-    sample_rate: int = 256
-    m: int = 20
-    ef_construction: int = 300
-    target_partition_size: Optional[int] = None
-
-
 # Backwards-compatible aliases
 IvfHnswPq = HnswPq
 IvfHnswSq = HnswSq
-IvfHnswFlat = HnswFlat
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -799,13 +698,11 @@ __all__ = [
     "IvfPq",
     "IvfHnswPq",
     "IvfHnswSq",
-    "IvfHnswFlat",
     "IvfSq",
     "IvfRq",
     "IvfFlat",
     "HnswPq",
     "HnswSq",
-    "HnswFlat",
     "IndexConfig",
     "FTS",
     "Bitmap",

python/python/lancedb/namespace.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ through a namespace abstraction.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import asyncio
 import sys
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Union
 
@@ -24,24 +25,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 from datetime import timedelta
 import pyarrow as pa
 
-from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.json_arrow_data_type import JsonArrowDataType
-from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.json_arrow_field import JsonArrowField
-from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.json_arrow_schema import JsonArrowSchema
-from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.query_table_request import QueryTableRequest
-from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.query_table_request_columns import (
-    QueryTableRequestColumns,
-)
-from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.query_table_request_full_text_query import (
-    QueryTableRequestFullTextQuery,
-)
-from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.query_table_request_vector import (
-    QueryTableRequestVector,
-)
-from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.string_fts_query import StringFtsQuery
-from lance_namespace.errors import TableNotFoundError
-from lancedb._lancedb import connect_namespace_client as _connect_namespace_client
-from lancedb.background_loop import LOOP
-from lancedb.db import AsyncConnection, DBConnection
+from lancedb.db import DBConnection, LanceDBConnection
 from lancedb.namespace_utils import (
     _normalize_create_namespace_mode,
     _normalize_drop_namespace_mode,
@@ -56,11 +40,14 @@ from lance_namespace import (
     ListNamespacesResponse,
     ListTablesResponse,
     ListTablesRequest,
+    DescribeTableRequest,
     DescribeNamespaceRequest,
     DropTableRequest,
     ListNamespacesRequest,
     CreateNamespaceRequest,
     DropNamespaceRequest,
+    DeclareTableRequest,
+    CreateTableRequest,
 )
 from lancedb.table import AsyncTable, LanceTable, Table
 from lancedb.util import validate_table_name
@@ -69,6 +56,21 @@ from lancedb.pydantic import LanceModel
 from lancedb.embeddings import EmbeddingFunctionConfig
 from ._lancedb import Session
 
+from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.json_arrow_schema import JsonArrowSchema
+from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.json_arrow_field import JsonArrowField
+from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.json_arrow_data_type import JsonArrowDataType
+from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.query_table_request import QueryTableRequest
+from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.query_table_request_vector import (
+    QueryTableRequestVector,
+)
+from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.query_table_request_columns import (
+    QueryTableRequestColumns,
+)
+from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.query_table_request_full_text_query import (
+    QueryTableRequestFullTextQuery,
+)
+from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.string_fts_query import StringFtsQuery
+
 
 def _query_to_namespace_request(
     table_id: List[str],
@@ -379,8 +381,6 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
         session: Optional[Session] = None,
         namespace_client_pushdown_operations: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-        namespace_client_impl: Optional[str] = None,
-        namespace_client_properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
     ):
         """
         Initialize a namespace-based LanceDB connection.
@@ -406,60 +406,12 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
               namespace.create_table() instead of using declare_table + local write.
 
             Default is None (no pushdown, all operations run locally).
-        namespace_client_impl : Optional[str]
-            The namespace implementation name used to create this connection.
-            Stored for serialization purposes.
-        namespace_client_properties : Optional[Dict[str, str]]
-            The namespace properties used to create this connection.
-            Stored for serialization purposes.
         """
         self._namespace_client = namespace_client
         self.read_consistency_interval = read_consistency_interval
         self.storage_options = storage_options or {}
         self.session = session
-        self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations = set(
-            namespace_client_pushdown_operations or []
-        )
-        self._namespace_client_impl = namespace_client_impl
-        self._namespace_client_properties = namespace_client_properties
-        self._inner = AsyncConnection(
-            _connect_namespace_client(
-                namespace_client,
-                read_consistency_interval=(
-                    read_consistency_interval.total_seconds()
-                    if read_consistency_interval is not None
-                    else None
-                ),
-                storage_options=self.storage_options or None,
-                session=session,
-                namespace_client_pushdown_operations=(
-                    list(self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations)
-                ),
-                namespace_client_impl=namespace_client_impl,
-                namespace_client_properties=namespace_client_properties,
-            )
-        )
-
-    @override
-    def serialize(self) -> str:
-        import json
-
-        return json.dumps(
-            {
-                "connection_type": "namespace",
-                "namespace_client_impl": self._namespace_client_impl,
-                "namespace_client_properties": self._namespace_client_properties,
-                "namespace_client_pushdown_operations": sorted(
-                    self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations
-                ),
-                "storage_options": self.storage_options or None,
-                "read_consistency_interval_seconds": (
-                    self.read_consistency_interval.total_seconds()
-                    if self.read_consistency_interval
-                    else None
-                ),
-            }
-        )
+        self._pushdown_operations = set(namespace_client_pushdown_operations or [])
 
     @override
     def table_names(
@@ -512,10 +464,13 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         if mode.lower() not in ["create", "overwrite"]:
             raise ValueError("mode must be either 'create' or 'overwrite'")
         validate_table_name(name)
-        async_table = LOOP.run(
-            self._inner.create_table(
-                name,
-                data,
+
+        table_id = namespace_path + [name]
+
+        if "CreateTable" in self._pushdown_operations:
+            return self._create_table_server_side(
+                name=name,
+                data=data,
                 schema=schema,
                 mode=mode,
                 exist_ok=exist_ok,
@@ -525,15 +480,127 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
                 namespace_path=namespace_path,
                 storage_options=storage_options,
             )
+
+        # Local create path: declare_table + local write
+        # Step 1: Get the table location and storage options from namespace
+        # In overwrite mode, if table exists, use describe_table to get
+        # existing location. Otherwise, call create_empty_table to reserve
+        # a new location
+        location = None
+        namespace_storage_options = None
+        if mode.lower() == "overwrite":
+            # Try to describe the table first to see if it exists
+            try:
+                describe_request = DescribeTableRequest(id=table_id)
+                describe_response = self._namespace_client.describe_table(
+                    describe_request
+                )
+                location = describe_response.location
+                namespace_storage_options = describe_response.storage_options
+            except Exception:
+                # Table doesn't exist, will create a new one below
+                pass
+
+        if location is None:
+            # Table doesn't exist or mode is "create", reserve a new location
+            declare_request = DeclareTableRequest(
+                id=table_id,
+                location=None,
+                properties=self.storage_options if self.storage_options else None,
+            )
+            declare_response = self._namespace_client.declare_table(declare_request)
+
+            if not declare_response.location:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "Table location is missing from declare_table response"
+                )
+
+            location = declare_response.location
+            namespace_storage_options = declare_response.storage_options
+
+        # Merge storage options: self.storage_options < user options < namespace options
+        merged_storage_options = dict(self.storage_options)
+        if storage_options:
+            merged_storage_options.update(storage_options)
+        if namespace_storage_options:
+            merged_storage_options.update(namespace_storage_options)
+
+        # Step 2: Create table using LanceTable.create with the location
+        # We need a temporary connection for the LanceTable.create method
+        temp_conn = LanceDBConnection(
+            location,  # Use the actual location as the connection URI
+            read_consistency_interval=self.read_consistency_interval,
+            storage_options=merged_storage_options,
+            session=self.session,
         )
 
-        return LanceTable(
-            self,
+        # Note: storage_options_provider is auto-created in Rust from namespace_client
+        tbl = LanceTable.create(
+            temp_conn,
+            name,
+            data,
+            schema,
+            mode=mode,
+            exist_ok=exist_ok,
+            on_bad_vectors=on_bad_vectors,
+            fill_value=fill_value,
+            embedding_functions=embedding_functions,
+            namespace_path=namespace_path,
+            storage_options=merged_storage_options,
+            location=location,
+            namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
+            pushdown_operations=self._pushdown_operations,
+        )
+
+        return tbl
+
+    def _create_table_server_side(
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        data: Optional[DATA],
+        schema: Optional[Union[pa.Schema, LanceModel]],
+        mode: str,
+        exist_ok: bool,
+        on_bad_vectors: str,
+        fill_value: float,
+        embedding_functions: Optional[List[EmbeddingFunctionConfig]],
+        namespace_path: Optional[List[str]],
+        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]],
+    ) -> Table:
+        """Create a table using server-side namespace.create_table()."""
+        if namespace_path is None:
+            namespace_path = []
+        table_id = namespace_path + [name]
+
+        arrow_ipc_bytes = _data_to_arrow_ipc(
+            data=data,
+            schema=schema,
+            embedding_functions=embedding_functions,
+            on_bad_vectors=on_bad_vectors,
+            fill_value=fill_value,
+        )
+
+        request = CreateTableRequest(
+            id=table_id,
+            mode=_normalize_create_table_mode(mode),
+            properties=self.storage_options if self.storage_options else None,
+        )
+
+        try:
+            self._namespace_client.create_table(request, arrow_ipc_bytes)
+        except Exception as e:
+            if exist_ok and "already exists" in str(e).lower():
+                return self.open_table(
+                    name,
+                    namespace_path=namespace_path,
+                    storage_options=storage_options,
+                )
+            raise
+
+        return self.open_table(
             name,
             namespace_path=namespace_path,
-            namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
-            pushdown_operations=self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-            _async=async_table,
+            storage_options=storage_options,
         )
 
     @override
@@ -547,28 +614,30 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
     ) -> Table:
         if namespace_path is None:
             namespace_path = []
-        try:
-            async_table = LOOP.run(
-                self._inner.open_table(
-                    name,
-                    namespace_path=namespace_path,
-                    storage_options=storage_options,
-                    index_cache_size=index_cache_size,
-                )
-            )
-        except RuntimeError as e:
-            if "Table not found" in str(e):
-                table_id = namespace_path + [name]
-                raise TableNotFoundError(f"Table not found: {'$'.join(table_id)}")
-            raise
+        table_id = namespace_path + [name]
+        request = DescribeTableRequest(id=table_id)
+        response = self._namespace_client.describe_table(request)
 
-        return LanceTable(
-            self,
+        # Merge storage options: self.storage_options < user options < namespace options
+        merged_storage_options = dict(self.storage_options)
+        if storage_options:
+            merged_storage_options.update(storage_options)
+        if response.storage_options:
+            merged_storage_options.update(response.storage_options)
+
+        # Pass managed_versioning to avoid redundant describe_table call in Rust.
+        # Convert None to False since we already have the answer from describe_table.
+        managed_versioning = response.managed_versioning is True
+
+        # Note: storage_options_provider is auto-created in Rust from namespace_client
+        return self._lance_table_from_uri(
             name,
+            response.location,
             namespace_path=namespace_path,
+            storage_options=merged_storage_options,
+            index_cache_size=index_cache_size,
             namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
-            pushdown_operations=self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-            _async=async_table,
+            managed_versioning=managed_versioning,
         )
 
     @override
@@ -792,34 +861,33 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         namespace_client: Optional[Any] = None,
         managed_versioning: Optional[bool] = None,
     ) -> LanceTable:
-        # Open a table directly from the namespace-resolved physical location.
-        #
-        # Open the table through the Rust namespace-backed connection.  The Rust
-        # layer keeps the logical namespace path and namespace client intact.
+        # Open a table directly from a URI using the location parameter
+        # Note: storage_options should already be merged by the caller
+        # Note: storage_options_provider is auto-created in Rust from namespace_client
         if namespace_path is None:
             namespace_path = []
-
-        async_table = LOOP.run(
-            self._inner.open_table(
-                name,
-                namespace_path=namespace_path,
-                storage_options=storage_options,
-                index_cache_size=index_cache_size,
-                location=None,
-                namespace_client=namespace_client,
-                managed_versioning=managed_versioning,
-            )
+        temp_conn = LanceDBConnection(
+            table_uri,  # Use the table location as the connection URI
+            read_consistency_interval=self.read_consistency_interval,
+            storage_options=storage_options if storage_options is not None else {},
+            session=self.session,
         )
 
-        return LanceTable(
-            self,
+        # Open the table using the temporary connection with the location parameter
+        # Pass namespace_client to enable managed versioning support and auto-create
+        # storage options provider
+        # Pass managed_versioning to avoid redundant describe_table call
+        # Pass pushdown_operations if configured on this connection
+        return LanceTable.open(
+            temp_conn,
             name,
             namespace_path=namespace_path,
+            storage_options=storage_options,
+            index_cache_size=index_cache_size,
             location=table_uri,
             namespace_client=namespace_client,
             managed_versioning=managed_versioning,
-            pushdown_operations=self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-            _async=async_table,
+            pushdown_operations=self._pushdown_operations,
         )
 
     @override
@@ -883,26 +951,7 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
         self.read_consistency_interval = read_consistency_interval
         self.storage_options = storage_options or {}
         self.session = session
-        self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations = set(
-            namespace_client_pushdown_operations or []
-        )
-        self._inner = AsyncConnection(
-            _connect_namespace_client(
-                namespace_client,
-                read_consistency_interval=(
-                    read_consistency_interval.total_seconds()
-                    if read_consistency_interval is not None
-                    else None
-                ),
-                storage_options=self.storage_options or None,
-                session=session,
-                namespace_client_pushdown_operations=(
-                    list(self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations)
-                ),
-                namespace_client_impl=None,
-                namespace_client_properties=None,
-            )
-        )
+        self._pushdown_operations = set(namespace_client_pushdown_operations or [])
 
     async def table_names(
         self,
@@ -954,16 +1003,145 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
         if mode.lower() not in ["create", "overwrite"]:
             raise ValueError("mode must be either 'create' or 'overwrite'")
         validate_table_name(name)
-        return await self._inner.create_table(
+
+        table_id = namespace_path + [name]
+
+        if "CreateTable" in self._pushdown_operations:
+            return await self._create_table_server_side(
+                name=name,
+                data=data,
+                schema=schema,
+                mode=mode,
+                exist_ok=exist_ok,
+                on_bad_vectors=on_bad_vectors,
+                fill_value=fill_value,
+                embedding_functions=embedding_functions,
+                namespace_path=namespace_path,
+                storage_options=storage_options,
+            )
+
+        # Local create path: declare_table + local write
+        # Step 1: Get the table location and storage options from namespace
+        location = None
+        namespace_storage_options = None
+        if mode.lower() == "overwrite":
+            # Try to describe the table first to see if it exists
+            try:
+                describe_request = DescribeTableRequest(id=table_id)
+                describe_response = self._namespace_client.describe_table(
+                    describe_request
+                )
+                location = describe_response.location
+                namespace_storage_options = describe_response.storage_options
+            except Exception:
+                # Table doesn't exist, will create a new one below
+                pass
+
+        if location is None:
+            # Table doesn't exist or mode is "create", reserve a new location
+            declare_request = DeclareTableRequest(
+                id=table_id,
+                location=None,
+                properties=self.storage_options if self.storage_options else None,
+            )
+            declare_response = self._namespace_client.declare_table(declare_request)
+
+            if not declare_response.location:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "Table location is missing from declare_table response"
+                )
+
+            location = declare_response.location
+            namespace_storage_options = declare_response.storage_options
+
+        # Merge storage options: self.storage_options < user options < namespace options
+        merged_storage_options = dict(self.storage_options)
+        if storage_options:
+            merged_storage_options.update(storage_options)
+        if namespace_storage_options:
+            merged_storage_options.update(namespace_storage_options)
+
+        # Step 2: Create table using LanceTable.create with the location
+        # Run the sync operation in a thread
+        def _create_table():
+            temp_conn = LanceDBConnection(
+                location,
+                read_consistency_interval=self.read_consistency_interval,
+                storage_options=merged_storage_options,
+                session=self.session,
+            )
+
+            # storage_options_provider is auto-created in Rust from namespace_client
+            return LanceTable.create(
+                temp_conn,
+                name,
+                data,
+                schema,
+                mode=mode,
+                exist_ok=exist_ok,
+                on_bad_vectors=on_bad_vectors,
+                fill_value=fill_value,
+                embedding_functions=embedding_functions,
+                namespace_path=namespace_path,
+                storage_options=merged_storage_options,
+                location=location,
+                namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
+                pushdown_operations=self._pushdown_operations,
+            )
+
+        lance_table = await asyncio.to_thread(_create_table)
+        # Get the underlying async table from LanceTable
+        return lance_table._table
+
+    async def _create_table_server_side(
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        data: Optional[DATA],
+        schema: Optional[Union[pa.Schema, LanceModel]],
+        mode: str,
+        exist_ok: bool,
+        on_bad_vectors: str,
+        fill_value: float,
+        embedding_functions: Optional[List[EmbeddingFunctionConfig]],
+        namespace_path: Optional[List[str]],
+        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]],
+    ) -> AsyncTable:
+        """Create a table using server-side namespace.create_table()."""
+        if namespace_path is None:
+            namespace_path = []
+        table_id = namespace_path + [name]
+
+        def _prepare_and_create():
+            arrow_ipc_bytes = _data_to_arrow_ipc(
+                data=data,
+                schema=schema,
+                embedding_functions=embedding_functions,
+                on_bad_vectors=on_bad_vectors,
+                fill_value=fill_value,
+            )
+
+            request = CreateTableRequest(
+                id=table_id,
+                mode=_normalize_create_table_mode(mode),
+                properties=self.storage_options if self.storage_options else None,
+            )
+
+            self._namespace_client.create_table(request, arrow_ipc_bytes)
+
+        try:
+            await asyncio.to_thread(_prepare_and_create)
+        except Exception as e:
+            if exist_ok and "already exists" in str(e).lower():
+                return await self.open_table(
+                    name,
+                    namespace_path=namespace_path,
+                    storage_options=storage_options,
+                )
+            raise
+
+        return await self.open_table(
             name,
-            data,
-            schema=schema,
-            mode=mode,
-            exist_ok=exist_ok,
-            on_bad_vectors=on_bad_vectors,
-            fill_value=fill_value,
             namespace_path=namespace_path,
-            embedding_functions=embedding_functions,
             storage_options=storage_options,
         )
 
@@ -978,18 +1156,45 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
         """Open an existing table from the namespace."""
         if namespace_path is None:
             namespace_path = []
-        try:
-            return await self._inner.open_table(
+        table_id = namespace_path + [name]
+        request = DescribeTableRequest(id=table_id)
+        response = self._namespace_client.describe_table(request)
+
+        # Merge storage options: self.storage_options < user options < namespace options
+        merged_storage_options = dict(self.storage_options)
+        if storage_options:
+            merged_storage_options.update(storage_options)
+        if response.storage_options:
+            merged_storage_options.update(response.storage_options)
+
+        # Capture managed_versioning from describe response.
+        # Convert None to False since we already have the answer from describe_table.
+        managed_versioning = response.managed_versioning is True
+
+        # Open table in a thread
+        # Note: storage_options_provider is auto-created in Rust from namespace_client
+        def _open_table():
+            temp_conn = LanceDBConnection(
+                response.location,
+                read_consistency_interval=self.read_consistency_interval,
+                storage_options=merged_storage_options,
+                session=self.session,
+            )
+
+            return LanceTable.open(
+                temp_conn,
                 name,
                 namespace_path=namespace_path,
-                storage_options=storage_options,
+                storage_options=merged_storage_options,
                 index_cache_size=index_cache_size,
+                location=response.location,
+                namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
+                managed_versioning=managed_versioning,
+                pushdown_operations=self._pushdown_operations,
             )
-        except RuntimeError as e:
-            if "Table not found" in str(e):
-                table_id = namespace_path + [name]
-                raise TableNotFoundError(f"Table not found: {'$'.join(table_id)}")
-            raise
+
+        lance_table = await asyncio.to_thread(_open_table)
+        return lance_table._table
 
     async def drop_table(self, name: str, namespace_path: Optional[List[str]] = None):
         """Drop a table from the namespace."""
@@ -1267,8 +1472,6 @@ def connect_namespace(
         storage_options=storage_options,
         session=session,
         namespace_client_pushdown_operations=namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-        namespace_client_impl=namespace_client_impl,
-        namespace_client_properties=namespace_client_properties,
     )
 
 

python/python/lancedb/permutation.py

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
 
-import copy
-import json
-
 from deprecation import deprecated
+from lancedb import AsyncConnection, DBConnection
 import pyarrow as pa
+import json
 
 from ._lancedb import async_permutation_builder, PermutationReader
 from .table import LanceTable
@@ -37,7 +36,10 @@ class PermutationBuilder:
     be referenced by name in the future.  If names are not provided then they can only
     be referenced by their ordinal index.  There is no requirement to name every split.
 
-    The permutation is stored in memory and will be lost when the program exits.
+    By default, the permutation will be stored in memory and will be lost when the
+    program exits.  To persist the permutation (for very large datasets or to share
+    the permutation across multiple workers) use the [persist](#persist) method to
+    create a permanent table.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, table: LanceTable):
@@ -49,6 +51,15 @@ class PermutationBuilder:
         """
         self._async = async_permutation_builder(table)
 
+    def persist(
+        self, database: Union[DBConnection, AsyncConnection], table_name: str
+    ) -> "PermutationBuilder":
+        """
+        Persist the permutation to the given database.
+        """
+        self._async.persist(database, table_name)
+        return self
+
     def split_random(
         self,
         *,
@@ -369,44 +380,20 @@ class Permutation:
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        base_table: LanceTable,
-        permutation_table: Optional[LanceTable],
-        split: int,
+        reader: PermutationReader,
         selection: dict[str, str],
         batch_size: int,
         transform_fn: Callable[pa.RecordBatch, Any],
-        offset: Optional[int] = None,
-        limit: Optional[int] = None,
-        connection_factory: Optional[Callable[[str], LanceTable]] = None,
-        _reader: Optional[PermutationReader] = None,
     ):
         """
         Internal constructor.  Use [from_tables](#from_tables) instead.
         """
-        assert base_table is not None, "base_table is required"
+        assert reader is not None, "reader is required"
         assert selection is not None, "selection is required"
-        self.base_table = base_table
-        self.permutation_table = permutation_table
-        self.split = split
+        self.reader = reader
         self.selection = selection
         self.transform_fn = transform_fn
         self.batch_size = batch_size
-        self.offset = offset
-        self.limit = limit
-        self.connection_factory = connection_factory
-        if _reader is None:
-            _reader = LOOP.run(self._build_reader())
-        self.reader: PermutationReader = _reader
-
-    async def _build_reader(self) -> PermutationReader:
-        reader = await PermutationReader.from_tables(
-            self.base_table, self.permutation_table, self.split
-        )
-        if self.offset is not None:
-            reader = await reader.with_offset(self.offset)
-        if self.limit is not None:
-            reader = await reader.with_limit(self.limit)
-        return reader
 
     def _with_selection(self, selection: dict[str, str]) -> "Permutation":
         """
@@ -415,97 +402,21 @@ class Permutation:
         Does not validation of the selection and it replaces it entirely.  This is not
         intended for public use.
         """
-        new = copy.copy(self)
-        new.selection = selection
-        return new
+        return Permutation(self.reader, selection, self.batch_size, self.transform_fn)
+
+    def _with_reader(self, reader: PermutationReader) -> "Permutation":
+        """
+        Creates a new permutation with the given reader
+
+        This is an internal method and should not be used directly.
+        """
+        return Permutation(reader, self.selection, self.batch_size, self.transform_fn)
 
     def with_batch_size(self, batch_size: int) -> "Permutation":
         """
         Creates a new permutation with the given batch size
         """
-        new = copy.copy(self)
-        new.batch_size = batch_size
-        return new
-
-    def with_connection_factory(
-        self, connection_factory: Callable[[str], LanceTable]
-    ) -> "Permutation":
-        """
-        Creates a new permutation that will use ``connection_factory`` to reopen
-        the base table when this permutation is unpickled in a worker process.
-
-        The factory is a callable that takes a single argument — the base table
-        name — and returns a [LanceTable]. It must be picklable; the worker
-        will pickle it via standard ``pickle`` and call it to recover the base
-        table. Picklable callables in practice means top-level (module-level)
-        functions, ``functools.partial`` of such functions, or instances of
-        picklable classes implementing ``__call__``. Lambdas and closures over
-        local variables don't pickle with the default protocol.
-
-        Setting a factory is necessary when the URI alone is not enough to
-        re-open the connection — most importantly for LanceDB Cloud (``db://``)
-        connections, where ``api_key`` and ``region`` aren't recoverable from
-        the connection object after construction.
-
-        For local file or cloud-storage paths the factory is optional: if not
-        set, ``__getstate__`` falls back to capturing
-        ``(uri, storage_options, namespace_path)`` and re-opening via
-        ``lancedb.connect(uri, storage_options=...)``.
-
-        Examples
-        --------
-        Basic native (file-system path), parameterized via ``functools.partial``::
-
-            import functools, lancedb
-            from lancedb.permutation import Permutation
-
-            def open_native_table(uri: str, table_name: str):
-                return lancedb.connect(uri).open_table(table_name)
-
-            factory = functools.partial(open_native_table, "/data/lance_db")
-            permutation = Permutation.identity(
-                factory("training")
-            ).with_connection_factory(factory)
-
-        Native via :func:`lancedb.connect_namespace` (e.g. a directory- or
-        REST-backed namespace client). The factory takes the
-        implementation name and properties dict as partial-bound args so
-        the worker can rebuild the same namespace connection::
-
-            def open_via_namespace(
-                impl: str, properties: dict[str, str], table_name: str,
-            ):
-                return lancedb.connect_namespace(impl, properties).open_table(
-                    table_name,
-                )
-
-            factory = functools.partial(
-                open_via_namespace,
-                "dir",
-                {"root": "/data/lance_db"},
-            )
-
-        LanceDB Cloud, reading credentials from env vars at worker startup
-        so secrets aren't pickled into the dataset::
-
-            import os, lancedb
-
-            def open_remote_table(table_name: str):
-                db = lancedb.connect(
-                    "db://my-database",
-                    api_key=os.environ["LANCEDB_API_KEY"],
-                    region=os.environ.get("LANCEDB_REGION", "us-east-1"),
-                )
-                return db.open_table(table_name)
-
-            permutation = Permutation.identity(
-                open_remote_table("training")
-            ).with_connection_factory(open_remote_table)
-        """
-        assert connection_factory is not None, "connection_factory is required"
-        new = copy.copy(self)
-        new.connection_factory = connection_factory
-        return new
+        return Permutation(self.reader, self.selection, batch_size, self.transform_fn)
 
     @classmethod
     def identity(cls, table: LanceTable) -> "Permutation":
@@ -578,126 +489,11 @@ class Permutation:
             schema = await reader.output_schema(None)
             initial_selection = {name: name for name in schema.names}
             return cls(
-                base_table,
-                permutation_table,
-                split,
-                initial_selection,
-                DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE,
-                Transforms.arrow2python,
-                _reader=reader,
+                reader, initial_selection, DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE, Transforms.arrow2python
             )
 
         return LOOP.run(do_from_tables())
 
-    def __getstate__(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        """Build a picklable state dict for this permutation.
-
-        The base table is captured either via a user-supplied
-        ``connection_factory`` (see [with_connection_factory]) or, as a
-        fallback, by introspecting ``(uri, storage_options, namespace_path)``
-        on the connection. The permutation table — always an in-memory
-        LanceDB table — is captured as a pyarrow Table (which pickles via
-        Arrow IPC natively). The reader is dropped from the wire format;
-        ``__setstate__`` rebuilds it from the restored tables.
-        """
-        permutation_data: Optional[pa.Table] = None
-        if self.permutation_table is not None:
-            permutation_data = self.permutation_table.to_arrow()
-
-        common = {
-            "base_table_name": self.base_table.name,
-            "permutation_data": permutation_data,
-            "split": self.split,
-            "selection": self.selection,
-            "batch_size": self.batch_size,
-            "transform_fn": self.transform_fn,
-            "offset": self.offset,
-            "limit": self.limit,
-            "connection_factory": self.connection_factory,
-        }
-
-        if self.connection_factory is not None:
-            # The factory carries enough state to recover the base table on
-            # its own; we don't need to capture the URI / storage options /
-            # namespace from the existing connection.
-            return common
-
-        # URI-introspection fallback: only viable for native (OSS) connections
-        # where (uri, storage_options) is enough to reopen. Remote / cloud
-        # connections don't expose recoverable api_key / region — those users
-        # must call with_connection_factory().
-        try:
-            base_uri = self.base_table._conn.uri
-            storage_options = self.base_table._conn.storage_options
-        except AttributeError as e:
-            raise ValueError(
-                "Cannot pickle this Permutation: the base table's connection "
-                "does not expose a uri/storage_options, which usually means it "
-                "is a remote (LanceDB Cloud) connection. Call "
-                "Permutation.with_connection_factory(...) first to provide a "
-                "picklable callable that re-opens the base table from a worker "
-                "process."
-            ) from e
-
-        if base_uri.startswith("memory://"):
-            # In-memory base tables don't exist in any worker process by
-            # default, so dump the entire base table into the pickle. This
-            # can be expensive for large datasets — users with large
-            # in-memory base tables should either persist them or set a
-            # connection_factory.
-            return {
-                **common,
-                "base_table_data": self.base_table.to_arrow(),
-            }
-
-        return {
-            **common,
-            "base_table_uri": base_uri,
-            "base_table_namespace": self.base_table._namespace_path,
-            "base_table_storage_options": storage_options,
-        }
-
-    def __setstate__(self, state: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
-        from . import connect
-
-        connection_factory = state["connection_factory"]
-        if connection_factory is not None:
-            base_table = connection_factory(state["base_table_name"])
-        elif "base_table_data" in state:
-            # In-memory base table inlined into the pickle; rebuild the same
-            # way we rebuild the in-memory permutation table.
-            mem_db = connect("memory://")
-            base_table = mem_db.create_table(
-                state["base_table_name"], state["base_table_data"]
-            )
-        else:
-            base_db = connect(
-                state["base_table_uri"],
-                storage_options=state["base_table_storage_options"],
-            )
-            base_table = base_db.open_table(
-                state["base_table_name"],
-                namespace_path=state["base_table_namespace"] or None,
-            )
-
-        permutation_table: Optional[LanceTable] = None
-        if state["permutation_data"] is not None:
-            mem_db = connect("memory://")
-            permutation_table = mem_db.create_table(
-                "permutation", state["permutation_data"]
-            )
-
-        self.base_table = base_table
-        self.permutation_table = permutation_table
-        self.split = state["split"]
-        self.selection = state["selection"]
-        self.batch_size = state["batch_size"]
-        self.transform_fn = state["transform_fn"]
-        self.offset = state["offset"]
-        self.limit = state["limit"]
-        self.connection_factory = connection_factory
-        self.reader = LOOP.run(self._build_reader())
-
     @property
     def schema(self) -> pa.Schema:
         async def do_output_schema():
@@ -964,9 +760,7 @@ class Permutation:
         for expensive operations such as image decoding.
         """
         assert transform is not None, "transform is required"
-        new = copy.copy(self)
-        new.transform_fn = transform
-        return new
+        return Permutation(self.reader, self.selection, self.batch_size, transform)
 
     def __getitem__(self, index: int) -> Any:
         """
@@ -1001,10 +795,12 @@ class Permutation:
         """
         Skip the first `skip` rows of the permutation
         """
-        new = copy.copy(self)
-        new.offset = skip
-        new.reader = LOOP.run(new._build_reader())
-        return new
+
+        async def do_with_skip():
+            reader = await self.reader.with_offset(skip)
+            return self._with_reader(reader)
+
+        return LOOP.run(do_with_skip())
 
     @deprecated(details="Use with_take instead")
     def take(self, limit: int) -> "Permutation":
@@ -1022,10 +818,12 @@ class Permutation:
         """
         Limit the permutation to `limit` rows (following any `skip`)
         """
-        new = copy.copy(self)
-        new.limit = limit
-        new.reader = LOOP.run(new._build_reader())
-        return new
+
+        async def do_with_take():
+            reader = await self.reader.with_limit(limit)
+            return self._with_reader(reader)
+
+        return LOOP.run(do_with_take())
 
     @deprecated(details="Use with_repeat instead")
     def repeat(self, times: int) -> "Permutation":

python/python/lancedb/query.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import deprecation
 import numpy as np
 import pyarrow as pa
 import pyarrow.compute as pc
+import pyarrow.fs as pa_fs
 import pydantic
 
 from lancedb.pydantic import PYDANTIC_VERSION
@@ -1525,7 +1526,9 @@ class LanceFtsQueryBuilder(LanceQueryBuilder):
         return self._table._output_schema(self.to_query_object())
 
     def to_arrow(self, *, timeout: Optional[timedelta] = None) -> pa.Table:
-        self._table._ensure_no_legacy_fts_index()
+        path, fs, exist = self._table._get_fts_index_path()
+        if exist:
+            return self.tantivy_to_arrow()
 
         query = self._query
         if self._phrase_query:
@@ -1549,6 +1552,90 @@ class LanceFtsQueryBuilder(LanceQueryBuilder):
     ):
         raise NotImplementedError("to_batches on an FTS query")
 
+    def tantivy_to_arrow(self) -> pa.Table:
+        try:
+            import tantivy
+        except ImportError:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "Please install tantivy-py `pip install tantivy` to use the full text search feature."  # noqa: E501
+            )
+
+        from .fts import search_index
+
+        # get the index path
+        path, fs, exist = self._table._get_fts_index_path()
+
+        # check if the index exist
+        if not exist:
+            raise FileNotFoundError(
+                "Fts index does not exist. "
+                "Please first call table.create_fts_index(['<field_names>']) to "
+                "create the fts index."
+            )
+
+        # Check that we are on local filesystem
+        if not isinstance(fs, pa_fs.LocalFileSystem):
+            raise NotImplementedError(
+                "Tantivy-based full text search "
+                "is only supported on the local filesystem"
+            )
+        # open the index
+        index = tantivy.Index.open(path)
+        # get the scores and doc ids
+        query = self._query
+        if self._phrase_query:
+            query = query.replace('"', "'")
+            query = f'"{query}"'
+        limit = self._limit if self._limit is not None else 10
+        row_ids, scores = search_index(
+            index, query, limit, ordering_field=self.ordering_field_name
+        )
+        if len(row_ids) == 0:
+            empty_schema = pa.schema([pa.field("_score", pa.float32())])
+            return pa.Table.from_batches([], schema=empty_schema)
+        scores = pa.array(scores)
+        output_tbl = self._table.to_lance().take(row_ids, columns=self._columns)
+        output_tbl = output_tbl.append_column("_score", scores)
+        # this needs to match vector search results which are uint64
+        row_ids = pa.array(row_ids, type=pa.uint64())
+
+        if self._where is not None:
+            tmp_name = "__lancedb__duckdb__indexer__"
+            output_tbl = output_tbl.append_column(
+                tmp_name, pa.array(range(len(output_tbl)))
+            )
+            try:
+                # TODO would be great to have Substrait generate pyarrow compute
+                # expressions or conversely have pyarrow support SQL expressions
+                # using Substrait
+                import duckdb
+
+                indexer = duckdb.sql(
+                    f"SELECT {tmp_name} FROM output_tbl WHERE {self._where}"
+                ).to_arrow_table()[tmp_name]
+                output_tbl = output_tbl.take(indexer).drop([tmp_name])
+                row_ids = row_ids.take(indexer)
+
+            except ImportError:
+                import tempfile
+
+                import lance
+
+                # TODO Use "memory://" instead once that's supported
+                with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+                    ds = lance.write_dataset(output_tbl, tmp)
+                    output_tbl = ds.to_table(filter=self._where)
+                    indexer = output_tbl[tmp_name]
+                    row_ids = row_ids.take(indexer)
+                    output_tbl = output_tbl.drop([tmp_name])
+
+        if self._with_row_id:
+            output_tbl = output_tbl.append_column("_rowid", row_ids)
+
+        if self._reranker is not None:
+            output_tbl = self._reranker.rerank_fts(self._query, output_tbl)
+        return output_tbl
+
     def rerank(self, reranker: Reranker) -> LanceFtsQueryBuilder:
         """Rerank the results using the specified reranker.
 
@@ -1643,7 +1730,7 @@ class LanceHybridQueryBuilder(LanceQueryBuilder):
     def _validate_query(self, query, vector=None, text=None):
         if query is not None and (vector is not None or text is not None):
             raise ValueError(
-                "You can either provide a string query in search() method "
+                "You can either provide a string query in search() method"
                 "or set `vector()` and `text()` explicitly for hybrid search."
                 "But not both."
             )

python/python/lancedb/remote/table.py

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ from lancedb.index import (
     FTS,
     BTree,
     Bitmap,
-    HnswFlat,
     HnswSq,
     IvfFlat,
     IvfPq,
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ from lancedb.table import _normalize_progress
 
 from ..query import LanceVectorQueryBuilder, LanceQueryBuilder, LanceTakeQueryBuilder
 from ..table import AsyncTable, IndexStatistics, Query, Table, Tags
-from ..types import BaseTokenizerType
 
 
 class RemoteTable(Table):
@@ -169,7 +167,7 @@ class RemoteTable(Table):
         wait_timeout: Optional[timedelta] = None,
         with_position: bool = False,
         # tokenizer configs:
-        base_tokenizer: BaseTokenizerType = "simple",
+        base_tokenizer: str = "simple",
         language: str = "English",
         max_token_length: Optional[int] = 40,
         lower_case: bool = True,
@@ -286,15 +284,13 @@ class RemoteTable(Table):
             )
         elif index_type == "IVF_HNSW_SQ":
             config = HnswSq(distance_type=metric, num_partitions=num_partitions)
-        elif index_type == "IVF_HNSW_FLAT":
-            config = HnswFlat(distance_type=metric, num_partitions=num_partitions)
         elif index_type == "IVF_FLAT":
             config = IvfFlat(distance_type=metric, num_partitions=num_partitions)
         else:
             raise ValueError(
                 f"Unknown vector index type: {index_type}. Valid options are"
                 " 'IVF_FLAT', 'IVF_PQ', 'IVF_RQ', 'IVF_SQ',"
-                " 'IVF_HNSW_PQ', 'IVF_HNSW_SQ', 'IVF_HNSW_FLAT'"
+                " 'IVF_HNSW_PQ', 'IVF_HNSW_SQ'"
             )
 
         LOOP.run(

python/python/lancedb/table.py

@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ from .index import (
     LabelList,
     HnswPq,
     HnswSq,
-    HnswFlat,
     FTS,
 )
 from .merge import LanceMergeInsertBuilder
@@ -87,59 +86,6 @@ from .util import (
 )
 from .index import lang_mapping
 
-_MODEL_BACKED_TOKENIZER_PREFIXES = ("jieba", "lindera")
-_MODEL_BACKED_TOKENIZER_ERRORS = (
-    "unknown base tokenizer",
-    "Invalid directory path:",
-    "Failed to load Jieba",
-    "Failed to load tokenizer config",
-    "Failed to initialize default tokenizer",
-)
-
-
-def _add_unique_note(exception: BaseException, note: str) -> None:
-    existing_notes = getattr(exception, "__notes__", ()) or ()
-    message = (
-        exception.args[0]
-        if exception.args and isinstance(exception.args[0], str)
-        else ""
-    )
-    if note not in existing_notes and note not in message:
-        add_note(exception, note)
-
-
-def _is_model_backed_tokenizer(base_tokenizer: str) -> bool:
-    return any(
-        base_tokenizer == prefix or base_tokenizer.startswith(f"{prefix}/")
-        for prefix in _MODEL_BACKED_TOKENIZER_PREFIXES
-    )
-
-
-def _maybe_add_fts_error_note(
-    exception: BaseException, *, base_tokenizer: str, language: Optional[str] = None
-) -> None:
-    message = str(exception)
-    if language is not None and "not support the requested language" in message:
-        supported_langs = ", ".join(lang_mapping.values())
-        _add_unique_note(exception, f"Supported languages: {supported_langs}")
-        return
-
-    if not _is_model_backed_tokenizer(base_tokenizer):
-        return
-
-    if not any(marker in message for marker in _MODEL_BACKED_TOKENIZER_ERRORS):
-        return
-
-    _add_unique_note(
-        exception,
-        "Model-backed tokenizers such as 'jieba/default' and 'lindera/ipadic' "
-        "require tokenizer models in Lance's language model home. Set "
-        "LANCE_LANGUAGE_MODEL_HOME to override the default platform data "
-        "directory under 'lance/language_models'. Expected layouts include "
-        "'<model-home>/jieba/default/...' and "
-        "'<model-home>/lindera/ipadic/...'.",
-    )
-
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .db import LanceDBConnection
@@ -245,7 +191,7 @@ def _into_pyarrow_reader(
             f"Unknown data type {type(data)}. "
             "Supported types: list of dicts, pandas DataFrame, polars DataFrame, "
             "pyarrow Table/RecordBatch, or Pydantic models. "
-            "See https://docs.lancedb.com/tables/ for examples."
+            "See https://lancedb.com/docs/tables/ for examples."
         )
 
 
@@ -997,29 +943,29 @@ class Table(ABC):
         Parameters
         ----------
         field_names: str or list of str
-            The name of the field to index. Native FTS indexes can only be
-            created on a single field at a time. To search over multiple text
-            fields, create a separate FTS index for each field.
+            The name(s) of the field to index.
+            If ``use_tantivy`` is False (default), only a single field name
+            (str) is supported. To index multiple fields, create a separate
+            FTS index for each field.
         replace: bool, default False
             If True, replace the existing index if it exists. Note that this is
             not yet an atomic operation; the index will be temporarily
             unavailable while the new index is being created.
         writer_heap_size: int, default 1GB
-            Deprecated legacy Tantivy parameter. Any value other than the
-            default raises an error.
+            Only available with use_tantivy=True
         ordering_field_names:
-            Deprecated legacy Tantivy parameter. Setting this raises an error.
+            A list of unsigned type fields to index to optionally order
+            results on at search time.
+            only available with use_tantivy=True
         tokenizer_name: str, default "default"
-            A compatibility alias for native tokenizer configs. Can be "raw",
-            "default" or the 2 letter language code followed by "_stem". So
-            for english it would be "en_stem". For new native FTS indexes, use
-            ``base_tokenizer`` directly; ``tokenizer_name`` is a legacy
-            compatibility alias and does not expose model-backed tokenizer names
-            such as ``jieba/default`` or ``lindera/ipadic``.
+            The tokenizer to use for the index. Can be "raw", "default" or the 2 letter
+            language code followed by "_stem". So for english it would be "en_stem".
+            For available languages see: https://docs.rs/tantivy/latest/tantivy/tokenizer/enum.Language.html
         use_tantivy: bool, default False
-            Deprecated legacy Tantivy parameter. Setting this to True raises an
-            error.
+            If True, use the legacy full-text search implementation based on tantivy.
+            If False, use the new full-text search implementation based on lance-index.
         with_position: bool, default False
+            Only available with use_tantivy=False
             If False, do not store the positions of the terms in the text.
             This can reduce the size of the index and improve indexing speed.
             But it will raise an exception for phrase queries.
@@ -1029,11 +975,8 @@ class Table(ABC):
             - "whitespace": Split text by whitespace, but not punctuation.
             - "raw": No tokenization. The entire text is treated as a single token.
             - "ngram": N-Gram tokenizer.
-            - "jieba/*": Jieba tokenizer loaded from Lance's language model home.
-            - "lindera/*": Lindera tokenizer loaded from Lance's language model home.
         language : str, default "English"
-            The language to use for stemming and stop-word removal. This is not
-            the primary way to enable CJK tokenization.
+            The language to use for tokenization.
         max_token_length : int, default 40
             The maximum token length to index. Tokens longer than this length will be
             ignored.
@@ -1059,13 +1002,6 @@ class Table(ABC):
             The timeout to wait if indexing is asynchronous.
         name: str, optional
             The name of the index. If not provided, a default name will be generated.
-
-        Notes
-        -----
-        Model-backed tokenizers such as ``jieba/default`` and ``lindera/ipadic``
-        require tokenizer models in Lance's language model home. Set
-        ``LANCE_LANGUAGE_MODEL_HOME`` to override the default platform data
-        directory under ``lance/language_models``.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
@@ -1810,16 +1746,6 @@ class Table(ABC):
         index_exists = fs.get_file_info(path).type != pa_fs.FileType.NotFound
         return (path, fs, index_exists)
 
-    def _ensure_no_legacy_fts_index(self):
-        path, _, exists = self._get_fts_index_path()
-        if exists:
-            raise ValueError(
-                "Legacy Tantivy FTS index detected at "
-                f"{path}. Tantivy-based FTS has been removed. "
-                "Delete the legacy index and recreate it with "
-                "table.create_fts_index(...)."
-            )
-
     @abstractmethod
     def uses_v2_manifest_paths(self) -> bool:
         """
@@ -2237,13 +2163,7 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
         index_cache_size: Optional[int] = None,
         num_bits: int = 8,
         index_type: Literal[
-            "IVF_FLAT",
-            "IVF_SQ",
-            "IVF_PQ",
-            "IVF_RQ",
-            "IVF_HNSW_SQ",
-            "IVF_HNSW_PQ",
-            "IVF_HNSW_FLAT",
+            "IVF_FLAT", "IVF_SQ", "IVF_PQ", "IVF_RQ", "IVF_HNSW_SQ", "IVF_HNSW_PQ"
         ] = "IVF_PQ",
         max_iterations: int = 50,
         sample_rate: int = 256,
@@ -2330,16 +2250,6 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
                 ef_construction=ef_construction,
                 target_partition_size=target_partition_size,
             )
-        elif index_type == "IVF_HNSW_FLAT":
-            config = HnswFlat(
-                distance_type=metric,
-                num_partitions=num_partitions,
-                max_iterations=max_iterations,
-                sample_rate=sample_rate,
-                m=m,
-                ef_construction=ef_construction,
-                target_partition_size=target_partition_size,
-            )
         else:
             raise ValueError(f"Unknown index type {index_type}")
 
@@ -2495,57 +2405,41 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
         prefix_only: bool = False,
         name: Optional[str] = None,
     ):
-        self._ensure_no_legacy_fts_index()
+        if not use_tantivy:
+            if not isinstance(field_names, str):
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "Native FTS indexes can only be created on a single field "
+                    "at a time. To search over multiple text fields, create a "
+                    "separate FTS index for each field."
+                )
 
-        if use_tantivy:
-            raise ValueError(
-                "Tantivy-based FTS has been removed. "
-                "Remove use_tantivy and recreate the index with native FTS."
-            )
-        if ordering_field_names is not None:
-            raise ValueError(
-                "ordering_field_names was only supported by the removed "
-                "Tantivy-based FTS implementation."
-            )
-        if writer_heap_size != 1024 * 1024 * 1024:
-            raise ValueError(
-                "writer_heap_size was only supported by the removed "
-                "Tantivy-based FTS implementation."
-            )
-        if not isinstance(field_names, str):
-            raise ValueError(
-                "Native FTS indexes can only be created on a single field "
-                "at a time. To search over multiple text fields, create a "
-                "separate FTS index for each field."
-            )
-        if "." in field_names:
-            raise ValueError(
-                "Native FTS indexes can only be created on top-level fields. "
-                f"Received nested field path: {field_names!r}."
+            if tokenizer_name is None:
+                tokenizer_configs = {
+                    "base_tokenizer": base_tokenizer,
+                    "language": language,
+                    "with_position": with_position,
+                    "max_token_length": max_token_length,
+                    "lower_case": lower_case,
+                    "stem": stem,
+                    "remove_stop_words": remove_stop_words,
+                    "ascii_folding": ascii_folding,
+                    "ngram_min_length": ngram_min_length,
+                    "ngram_max_length": ngram_max_length,
+                    "prefix_only": prefix_only,
+                }
+            else:
+                tokenizer_configs = self.infer_tokenizer_configs(tokenizer_name)
+
+            config = FTS(
+                **tokenizer_configs,
             )
 
-        if tokenizer_name is None:
-            tokenizer_configs = {
-                "base_tokenizer": base_tokenizer,
-                "language": language,
-                "with_position": with_position,
-                "max_token_length": max_token_length,
-                "lower_case": lower_case,
-                "stem": stem,
-                "remove_stop_words": remove_stop_words,
-                "ascii_folding": ascii_folding,
-                "ngram_min_length": ngram_min_length,
-                "ngram_max_length": ngram_max_length,
-                "prefix_only": prefix_only,
-            }
-        else:
-            tokenizer_configs = self.infer_tokenizer_configs(tokenizer_name)
+            # delete the existing legacy index if it exists
+            if replace:
+                path, fs, exist = self._get_fts_index_path()
+                if exist:
+                    fs.delete_dir(path)
 
-        config = FTS(
-            **tokenizer_configs,
-        )
-
-        try:
             LOOP.run(
                 self._table.create_index(
                     field_names,
@@ -2554,13 +2448,42 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
                     name=name,
                 )
             )
-        except (ValueError, RuntimeError) as e:
-            _maybe_add_fts_error_note(
-                e,
-                base_tokenizer=config.base_tokenizer,
-                language=config.language,
+            return
+
+        from .fts import create_index, populate_index
+
+        if isinstance(field_names, str):
+            field_names = [field_names]
+
+        if isinstance(ordering_field_names, str):
+            ordering_field_names = [ordering_field_names]
+
+        path, fs, exist = self._get_fts_index_path()
+        if exist:
+            if not replace:
+                raise ValueError("Index already exists. Use replace=True to overwrite.")
+            fs.delete_dir(path)
+
+        if not isinstance(fs, pa_fs.LocalFileSystem):
+            raise NotImplementedError(
+                "Full-text search is only supported on the local filesystem"
             )
-            raise e
+
+        if tokenizer_name is None:
+            tokenizer_name = "default"
+        index = create_index(
+            path,
+            field_names,
+            ordering_fields=ordering_field_names,
+            tokenizer_name=tokenizer_name,
+        )
+        populate_index(
+            index,
+            self,
+            field_names,
+            ordering_fields=ordering_field_names,
+            writer_heap_size=writer_heap_size,
+        )
 
     @staticmethod
     def infer_tokenizer_configs(tokenizer_name: str) -> dict:
@@ -3006,7 +2929,6 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
                 namespace_path=namespace_path,
                 storage_options=storage_options,
                 location=location,
-                namespace_client=namespace_client,
             )
         )
         return self
@@ -3890,18 +3812,7 @@ class AsyncTable:
         *,
         replace: Optional[bool] = None,
         config: Optional[
-            Union[
-                IvfFlat,
-                IvfPq,
-                IvfRq,
-                HnswPq,
-                HnswSq,
-                HnswFlat,
-                BTree,
-                Bitmap,
-                LabelList,
-                FTS,
-            ]
+            Union[IvfFlat, IvfPq, IvfRq, HnswPq, HnswSq, BTree, Bitmap, LabelList, FTS]
         ] = None,
         wait_timeout: Optional[timedelta] = None,
         name: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -3948,7 +3859,6 @@ class AsyncTable:
                     IvfRq,
                     HnswPq,
                     HnswSq,
-                    HnswFlat,
                     BTree,
                     Bitmap,
                     LabelList,
@@ -3968,13 +3878,11 @@ class AsyncTable:
                 name=name,
                 train=train,
             )
-        except (ValueError, RuntimeError) as e:
-            if isinstance(config, FTS):
-                _maybe_add_fts_error_note(
-                    e,
-                    base_tokenizer=config.base_tokenizer,
-                    language=config.language,
-                )
+        except ValueError as e:
+            if "not support the requested language" in str(e):
+                supported_langs = ", ".join(lang_mapping.values())
+                help_msg = f"Supported languages: {supported_langs}"
+                add_note(e, help_msg)
             raise e
 
     async def drop_index(self, name: str) -> None:
@@ -5119,7 +5027,6 @@ class IndexStatistics:
         "IVF_RQ",
         "IVF_HNSW_SQ",
         "IVF_HNSW_PQ",
-        "IVF_HNSW_FLAT",
         "FTS",
         "BTREE",
         "BITMAP",

python/python/lancedb/types.py

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ VectorIndexType = Literal[
     "IVF_PQ",
     "IVF_HNSW_SQ",
     "IVF_HNSW_PQ",
-    "IVF_HNSW_FLAT",
     "IVF_RQ",
 ]
 ScalarIndexType = Literal["BTREE", "BITMAP", "LABEL_LIST"]
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ IndexType = Literal[
     "IVF_PQ",
     "IVF_HNSW_PQ",
     "IVF_HNSW_SQ",
-    "IVF_HNSW_FLAT",
     "IVF_SQ",
     "FTS",
     "BTREE",
@@ -42,5 +40,4 @@ IndexType = Literal[
 ]
 
 # Tokenizer literals
-BuiltinTokenizerType = Literal["simple", "raw", "whitespace", "ngram"]
-BaseTokenizerType = BuiltinTokenizerType | str
+BaseTokenizerType = Literal["simple", "raw", "whitespace", "ngram"]

python/python/tests/docs/test_search.py

@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def test_fts_fuzzy_query():
         ),
         mode="overwrite",
     )
-    table.create_fts_index("text", replace=True)
+    table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=False, replace=True)
 
     results = table.search(MatchQuery("foo", "text", fuzziness=1)).to_pandas()
     assert len(results) == 4
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def test_fts_boost_query():
         ),
         mode="overwrite",
     )
-    table.create_fts_index("desc", replace=True)
+    table.create_fts_index("desc", use_tantivy=False, replace=True)
 
     results = table.search(
         BoostQuery(
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def test_fts_boolean_query(tmp_path):
         ],
         mode="overwrite",
     )
-    table.create_fts_index("text", replace=True)
+    table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=False, replace=True)
 
     # SHOULD
     results = table.search(
@@ -319,7 +319,9 @@ def test_fts_native():
         ],
     )
 
-    table.create_fts_index("text")
+    # passing `use_tantivy=False` to use lance FTS index
+    # `use_tantivy=True` by default
+    table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=False)
     table.search("puppy").limit(10).select(["text"]).to_list()
     # [{'text': 'Frodo was a happy puppy', '_score': 0.6931471824645996}]
     # ...
@@ -330,6 +332,7 @@ def test_fts_native():
     # --8<-- [start:fts_config_folding]
     table.create_fts_index(
         "text",
+        use_tantivy=False,
         language="French",
         stem=True,
         ascii_folding=True,
@@ -343,7 +346,7 @@ def test_fts_native():
     table.search("puppy").limit(10).where("text='foo'", prefilter=False).to_list()
     # --8<-- [end:fts_postfiltering]
     # --8<-- [start:fts_with_position]
-    table.create_fts_index("text", with_position=True, replace=True)
+    table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=False, with_position=True, replace=True)
     # --8<-- [end:fts_with_position]
     # --8<-- [start:fts_incremental_index]
     table.add([{"vector": [3.1, 4.1], "text": "Frodo was a happy puppy"}])

python/python/tests/models/jieba/default/dict.txt

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-我们 98740 r
-都 202780 d
-有 423765 v
-光明 1219 n
-的 318825 uj
-前途 1263 n
-前 62779 f
-途 857 n

python/python/tests/models/lindera/ipadic/config.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-segmenter:
-  mode: "normal"
-  dictionary:
-    path: "./python/tests/models/lindera/ipadic/main"

python/python/tests/test_db.py

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import pytest
 from lancedb.pydantic import LanceModel, Vector
 
 
-def test_basic(tmp_path):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_tantivy", [True, False])
+def test_basic(tmp_path, use_tantivy):
     db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
 
     assert db.uri == str(tmp_path)
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ def test_basic(tmp_path):
     assert len(rs) == 1
     assert rs["item"].iloc[0] == "foo"
 
-    table.create_fts_index("item")
+    table.create_fts_index("item", use_tantivy=use_tantivy)
     rs = table.search("bar", query_type="fts").to_pandas()
     assert len(rs) == 1
     assert rs["item"].iloc[0] == "bar"
@@ -896,22 +897,42 @@ def test_bypass_vector_index_sync(tmp_db: lancedb.DBConnection):
 
 
 def test_local_namespace_operations(tmp_path):
-    """Test that local mode namespace operations work via directory namespace."""
+    """Test that local mode namespace operations behave as expected."""
+    # Create a local database connection
     db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
 
-    # Root namespace starts empty
-    assert db.list_namespaces().namespaces == []
+    # Test list_namespaces returns empty list for root namespace
+    namespaces = db.list_namespaces().namespaces
+    assert namespaces == []
 
-    # Create and list child namespace
-    db.create_namespace(["child"])
-    assert "child" in db.list_namespaces().namespaces
+    # Test list_namespaces with non-empty namespace raises NotImplementedError
+    with pytest.raises(
+        NotImplementedError,
+        match="Namespace operations are not supported for listing database",
+    ):
+        db.list_namespaces(namespace_path=["test"])
 
-    # List namespaces under child
-    assert db.list_namespaces(namespace_path=["child"]).namespaces == []
 
-    # Drop namespace
-    db.drop_namespace(["child"])
-    assert db.list_namespaces().namespaces == []
+def test_local_create_namespace_not_supported(tmp_path):
+    """Test that create_namespace is not supported in local mode."""
+    db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
+
+    with pytest.raises(
+        NotImplementedError,
+        match="Namespace operations are not supported for listing database",
+    ):
+        db.create_namespace(["test_namespace"])
+
+
+def test_local_drop_namespace_not_supported(tmp_path):
+    """Test that drop_namespace is not supported in local mode."""
+    db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
+
+    with pytest.raises(
+        NotImplementedError,
+        match="Namespace operations are not supported for listing database",
+    ):
+        db.drop_namespace(["test_namespace"])
 
 
 def test_clone_table_latest_version(tmp_path):

python/python/tests/test_fts.py

@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@
 #  limitations under the License.
 import os
 import random
-import shutil
 from unittest import mock
-from pathlib import Path
-import zipfile
 
 import lancedb as ldb
 from lancedb.db import DBConnection
@@ -39,7 +36,8 @@ import pytest
 import pytest_asyncio
 from utils import exception_output
 
-TEST_LANGUAGE_MODEL_HOME = Path(__file__).parent / "models"
+pytest.importorskip("lancedb.fts")
+tantivy = pytest.importorskip("tantivy")
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -94,40 +92,6 @@ def table(tmp_path) -> ldb.table.LanceTable:
     return table
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def language_model_home(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
-    model_home = tmp_path / "language-models"
-    shutil.copytree(TEST_LANGUAGE_MODEL_HOME, model_home)
-    monkeypatch.setenv("LANCE_LANGUAGE_MODEL_HOME", str(model_home))
-    return model_home
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def lindera_ipadic(language_model_home):
-    model_path = language_model_home / "lindera" / "ipadic"
-    extracted_model = model_path / "main"
-    config_path = model_path / "config.yml"
-
-    if extracted_model.exists():
-        shutil.rmtree(extracted_model)
-
-    with zipfile.ZipFile(model_path / "main.zip", "r") as zip_ref:
-        zip_ref.extractall(model_path)
-    config_path.write_text(
-        "segmenter:\n"
-        '  mode: "normal"\n'
-        "  dictionary:\n"
-        f'    path: "{extracted_model.resolve().as_posix()}"\n',
-        encoding="utf-8",
-    )
-
-    try:
-        yield
-    finally:
-        if extracted_model.exists():
-            shutil.rmtree(extracted_model)
-
-
 @pytest_asyncio.fixture
 async def async_table(tmp_path) -> ldb.table.AsyncTable:
     # Use local random state to avoid affecting other tests
@@ -180,53 +144,58 @@ async def async_table(tmp_path) -> ldb.table.AsyncTable:
     return table
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    ("kwargs", "match"),
-    [
-        (
-            {"use_tantivy": True},
-            "Tantivy-based FTS has been removed",
-        ),
-        (
-            {"ordering_field_names": ["count"]},
-            "ordering_field_names was only supported",
-        ),
-        (
-            {"writer_heap_size": 128},
-            "writer_heap_size was only supported",
-        ),
-    ],
-)
-def test_reject_removed_tantivy_parameters(table, kwargs, match):
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=match):
-        table.create_fts_index("text", **kwargs)
+def test_create_index(tmp_path):
+    index = ldb.fts.create_index(str(tmp_path / "index"), ["text"])
+    assert isinstance(index, tantivy.Index)
+    assert os.path.exists(str(tmp_path / "index"))
 
 
-def test_reject_legacy_tantivy_index(table):
-    path, _, _ = table._get_fts_index_path()
-    os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)
+def test_create_index_with_stemming(tmp_path, table):
+    index = ldb.fts.create_index(
+        str(tmp_path / "index"), ["text"], tokenizer_name="en_stem"
+    )
+    assert isinstance(index, tantivy.Index)
+    assert os.path.exists(str(tmp_path / "index"))
 
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Legacy Tantivy FTS index detected"):
-        table.search("puppy").limit(5).to_list()
-
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Legacy Tantivy FTS index detected"):
-        table.create_fts_index("text")
+    # Check stemming by running tokenizer on non empty table
+    table.create_fts_index("text", tokenizer_name="en_stem", use_tantivy=True)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_tantivy", [True, False])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("with_position", [True, False])
-def test_create_inverted_index(table, with_position):
+def test_create_inverted_index(table, use_tantivy, with_position):
+    if use_tantivy and not with_position:
+        pytest.skip("we don't support building a tantivy index without position")
     table.create_fts_index(
         "text",
+        use_tantivy=use_tantivy,
         with_position=with_position,
         name="custom_fts_index",
     )
-    indices = table.list_indices()
-    fts_indices = [i for i in indices if i.index_type == "FTS"]
-    assert any(i.name == "custom_fts_index" for i in fts_indices)
+    if not use_tantivy:
+        indices = table.list_indices()
+        fts_indices = [i for i in indices if i.index_type == "FTS"]
+        assert any(i.name == "custom_fts_index" for i in fts_indices)
 
 
-def test_search_fts(table):
-    table.create_fts_index("text")
+def test_populate_index(tmp_path, table):
+    index = ldb.fts.create_index(str(tmp_path / "index"), ["text"])
+    assert ldb.fts.populate_index(index, table, ["text"]) == len(table)
+
+
+def test_search_index(tmp_path, table):
+    index = ldb.fts.create_index(str(tmp_path / "index"), ["text"])
+    ldb.fts.populate_index(index, table, ["text"])
+    index.reload()
+    results = ldb.fts.search_index(index, query="puppy", limit=5)
+    assert len(results) == 2
+    assert len(results[0]) == 5  # row_ids
+    assert len(results[1]) == 5  # _score
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_tantivy", [True, False])
+def test_search_fts(table, use_tantivy):
+    table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=use_tantivy)
     results = table.search("puppy").select(["id", "text"]).limit(5).to_list()
     assert len(results) == 5
     assert len(results[0]) == 3  # id, text, _score
@@ -235,52 +204,53 @@ def test_search_fts(table):
     results = table.search("puppy").select(["id", "text"]).to_list()
     assert len(results) == 10
 
-    # Test with a query
-    results = (
-        table.search(MatchQuery("puppy", "text"))
-        .select(["id", "text"])
-        .limit(5)
-        .to_list()
-    )
-    assert len(results) == 5
-
-    # Test boost query
-    results = (
-        table.search(
-            BoostQuery(
-                MatchQuery("puppy", "text"),
-                MatchQuery("runs", "text"),
-            )
+    if not use_tantivy:
+        # Test with a query
+        results = (
+            table.search(MatchQuery("puppy", "text"))
+            .select(["id", "text"])
+            .limit(5)
+            .to_list()
         )
-        .select(["id", "text"])
-        .limit(5)
-        .to_list()
-    )
-    assert len(results) == 5
+        assert len(results) == 5
 
-    # Test multi match query
-    table.create_fts_index("text2")
-    results = (
-        table.search(MultiMatchQuery("puppy", ["text", "text2"]))
-        .select(["id", "text"])
-        .limit(5)
-        .to_list()
-    )
-    assert len(results) == 5
-    assert len(results[0]) == 3  # id, text, _score
+        # Test boost query
+        results = (
+            table.search(
+                BoostQuery(
+                    MatchQuery("puppy", "text"),
+                    MatchQuery("runs", "text"),
+                )
+            )
+            .select(["id", "text"])
+            .limit(5)
+            .to_list()
+        )
+        assert len(results) == 5
 
-    # Test boolean query
-    results = (
-        table.search(MatchQuery("puppy", "text") & MatchQuery("runs", "text"))
-        .select(["id", "text"])
-        .limit(5)
-        .to_list()
-    )
-    assert len(results) == 5
-    assert len(results[0]) == 3  # id, text, _score
-    for r in results:
-        assert "puppy" in r["text"]
-        assert "runs" in r["text"]
+        # Test multi match query
+        table.create_fts_index("text2", use_tantivy=use_tantivy)
+        results = (
+            table.search(MultiMatchQuery("puppy", ["text", "text2"]))
+            .select(["id", "text"])
+            .limit(5)
+            .to_list()
+        )
+        assert len(results) == 5
+        assert len(results[0]) == 3  # id, text, _score
+
+        # Test boolean query
+        results = (
+            table.search(MatchQuery("puppy", "text") & MatchQuery("runs", "text"))
+            .select(["id", "text"])
+            .limit(5)
+            .to_list()
+        )
+        assert len(results) == 5
+        assert len(results[0]) == 3  # id, text, _score
+        for r in results:
+            assert "puppy" in r["text"]
+            assert "runs" in r["text"]
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -348,13 +318,13 @@ async def test_fts_select_async(async_table):
 
 
 def test_search_fts_phrase_query(table):
-    table.create_fts_index("text", with_position=False)
+    table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=False, with_position=False)
     try:
         phrase_results = table.search('"puppy runs"').limit(100).to_list()
         assert False
     except Exception:
         pass
-    table.create_fts_index("text", with_position=True, replace=True)
+    table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=False, with_position=True, replace=True)
     results = table.search("puppy").limit(100).to_list()
 
     # Test with quotation marks
@@ -405,8 +375,8 @@ async def test_search_fts_phrase_query_async(async_table):
 
 
 def test_search_fts_specify_column(table):
-    table.create_fts_index("text")
-    table.create_fts_index("text2")
+    table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=False)
+    table.create_fts_index("text2", use_tantivy=False)
 
     results = table.search("puppy", fts_columns="text").limit(5).to_list()
     assert len(results) == 5
@@ -500,8 +470,42 @@ async def test_search_fts_specify_column_async(async_table):
         pass
 
 
-def test_create_index_from_table(tmp_path, table):
-    table.create_fts_index("text")
+def test_search_ordering_field_index_table(tmp_path, table):
+    table.create_fts_index("text", ordering_field_names=["count"], use_tantivy=True)
+    rows = (
+        table.search("puppy", ordering_field_name="count")
+        .limit(20)
+        .select(["text", "count"])
+        .to_list()
+    )
+    for r in rows:
+        assert "puppy" in r["text"]
+    assert sorted(rows, key=lambda x: x["count"], reverse=True) == rows
+
+
+def test_search_ordering_field_index(tmp_path, table):
+    index = ldb.fts.create_index(
+        str(tmp_path / "index"), ["text"], ordering_fields=["count"]
+    )
+
+    ldb.fts.populate_index(index, table, ["text"], ordering_fields=["count"])
+    index.reload()
+    results = ldb.fts.search_index(
+        index, query="puppy", limit=5, ordering_field="count"
+    )
+    assert len(results) == 2
+    assert len(results[0]) == 5  # row_ids
+    assert len(results[1]) == 5  # _distance
+    rows = table.to_lance().take(results[0]).to_pylist()
+
+    for r in rows:
+        assert "puppy" in r["text"]
+    assert sorted(rows, key=lambda x: x["count"], reverse=True) == rows
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_tantivy", [True, False])
+def test_create_index_from_table(tmp_path, table, use_tantivy):
+    table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=use_tantivy)
     df = table.search("puppy").limit(5).select(["text"]).to_pandas()
     assert len(df) <= 5
     assert "text" in df.columns
@@ -521,24 +525,36 @@ def test_create_index_from_table(tmp_path, table):
     )
 
     with pytest.raises(Exception, match="already exists"):
-        table.create_fts_index("text")
+        table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=use_tantivy)
 
-    table.create_fts_index("text", replace=True)
+    table.create_fts_index("text", replace=True, use_tantivy=use_tantivy)
     assert len(table.search("gorilla").limit(1).to_pandas()) == 1
 
 
 def test_create_index_multiple_columns(tmp_path, table):
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Native FTS indexes can only be created"):
-        table.create_fts_index(["text", "text2"])
+    table.create_fts_index(["text", "text2"], use_tantivy=True)
+    df = table.search("puppy").limit(5).to_pandas()
+    assert len(df) == 5
+    assert "text" in df.columns
+    assert "text2" in df.columns
+
+
+def test_empty_rs(tmp_path, table, mocker):
+    table.create_fts_index(["text", "text2"], use_tantivy=True)
+    mocker.patch("lancedb.fts.search_index", return_value=([], []))
+    df = table.search("puppy").limit(5).to_pandas()
+    assert len(df) == 0
 
 
 def test_nested_schema(tmp_path, table):
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="top-level fields"):
-        table.create_fts_index("nested.text")
+    table.create_fts_index("nested.text", use_tantivy=True)
+    rs = table.search("puppy").limit(5).to_list()
+    assert len(rs) == 5
 
 
-def test_search_index_with_filter(table):
-    table.create_fts_index("text")
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_tantivy", [True, False])
+def test_search_index_with_filter(table, use_tantivy):
+    table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=use_tantivy)
     orig_import = __import__
 
     def import_mock(name, *args):
@@ -568,7 +584,8 @@ def test_search_index_with_filter(table):
         assert r["_rowid"] is not None
 
 
-def test_null_input(table):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_tantivy", [True, False])
+def test_null_input(table, use_tantivy):
     table.add(
         [
             {
@@ -581,13 +598,14 @@ def test_null_input(table):
             }
         ]
     )
-    table.create_fts_index("text")
+    table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=use_tantivy)
 
 
 def test_syntax(table):
     # https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/issues/769
-    table.create_fts_index("text")
-    table.search("they could have been dogs OR").limit(10).to_list()
+    table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=True)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Syntax Error"):
+        table.search("they could have been dogs OR").limit(10).to_list()
 
     # these should work
 
@@ -598,7 +616,6 @@ def test_syntax(table):
     ).to_list()
 
     # phrase queries
-    table.create_fts_index("text", with_position=True, replace=True)
     table.search("they could have been dogs OR cats").phrase_query().limit(10).to_list()
     table.search('"they could have been dogs OR cats"').limit(10).to_list()
     table.search('''"the cats OR dogs were not really 'pets' at all"''').limit(
@@ -622,7 +639,7 @@ def test_language(mem_db: DBConnection):
     table = mem_db.create_table("test", data=data)
 
     with pytest.raises(ValueError) as e:
-        table.create_fts_index("text", language="klingon")
+        table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=False, language="klingon")
 
     assert exception_output(e) == (
         "ValueError: LanceDB does not support the requested language: 'klingon'\n"
@@ -633,6 +650,7 @@ def test_language(mem_db: DBConnection):
 
     table.create_fts_index(
         "text",
+        use_tantivy=False,
         language="French",
         stem=True,
         ascii_folding=True,
@@ -672,7 +690,7 @@ def test_fts_on_list(mem_db: DBConnection):
         }
     )
     table = mem_db.create_table("test", data=data)
-    table.create_fts_index("text", with_position=True)
+    table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=False, with_position=True)
 
     res = table.search("lance").limit(5).to_list()
     assert len(res) == 3
@@ -684,7 +702,7 @@ def test_fts_on_list(mem_db: DBConnection):
 def test_fts_ngram(mem_db: DBConnection):
     data = pa.table({"text": ["hello world", "lance database", "lance is cool"]})
     table = mem_db.create_table("test", data=data)
-    table.create_fts_index("text", base_tokenizer="ngram")
+    table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=False, base_tokenizer="ngram")
 
     results = table.search("lan", query_type="fts").limit(10).to_list()
     assert len(results) == 2
@@ -703,6 +721,7 @@ def test_fts_ngram(mem_db: DBConnection):
     # test setting min_ngram_length and prefix_only
     table.create_fts_index(
         "text",
+        use_tantivy=False,
         base_tokenizer="ngram",
         replace=True,
         ngram_min_length=2,
@@ -723,90 +742,6 @@ def test_fts_ngram(mem_db: DBConnection):
     assert set(r["text"] for r in results) == {"lance database", "lance is cool"}
 
 
-def test_fts_jieba_tokenizer(mem_db: DBConnection, language_model_home):
-    data = pa.table({"text": ["我们都有光明的前途", "光明的前途"]})
-    table = mem_db.create_table("test_jieba", data=data)
-    table.create_fts_index(
-        "text",
-        base_tokenizer="jieba/default",
-        stem=False,
-        remove_stop_words=False,
-        ascii_folding=False,
-    )
-
-    results = table.search("我们", query_type="fts").limit(10).to_list()
-    assert [row["text"] for row in results] == ["我们都有光明的前途"]
-
-
-def test_fts_jieba_missing_language_model_note(
-    mem_db: DBConnection, monkeypatch, tmp_path
-):
-    missing_root = tmp_path / "missing-language-models"
-    monkeypatch.setenv("LANCE_LANGUAGE_MODEL_HOME", str(missing_root))
-    table = mem_db.create_table(
-        "test_missing_jieba_model",
-        data=pa.table({"text": ["我们都有光明的前途"]}),
-    )
-
-    with pytest.raises((ValueError, RuntimeError)) as e:
-        table.create_fts_index(
-            "text",
-            base_tokenizer="jieba/default",
-            stem=False,
-            remove_stop_words=False,
-            ascii_folding=False,
-        )
-
-    output = exception_output(e)
-    assert "Invalid directory path:" in output
-    assert "LANCE_LANGUAGE_MODEL_HOME" in output
-    assert "jieba/default" in output
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_fts_jieba_missing_language_model_note_async(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
-    missing_root = tmp_path / "missing-language-models"
-    monkeypatch.setenv("LANCE_LANGUAGE_MODEL_HOME", str(missing_root))
-    db = await ldb.connect_async(tmp_path / "async-db")
-    table = await db.create_table(
-        "test_missing_jieba_model_async",
-        data=pa.table({"text": ["我们都有光明的前途"]}),
-    )
-
-    with pytest.raises((ValueError, RuntimeError)) as e:
-        await table.create_index(
-            "text",
-            config=FTS(
-                base_tokenizer="jieba/default",
-                stem=False,
-                remove_stop_words=False,
-                ascii_folding=False,
-            ),
-        )
-
-    output = exception_output(e)
-    assert "Invalid directory path:" in output
-    assert "LANCE_LANGUAGE_MODEL_HOME" in output
-    assert "jieba/default" in output
-
-
-def test_fts_lindera_tokenizer(
-    mem_db: DBConnection, language_model_home, lindera_ipadic
-):
-    data = pa.table({"text": ["成田国際空港", "東京国際空港", "羽田空港"]})
-    table = mem_db.create_table("test_lindera", data=data)
-    table.create_fts_index(
-        "text",
-        base_tokenizer="lindera/ipadic",
-        stem=False,
-        remove_stop_words=False,
-        ascii_folding=False,
-    )
-
-    results = table.search("成田", query_type="fts").limit(10).to_list()
-    assert [row["text"] for row in results] == ["成田国際空港"]
-
-
 def test_fts_query_to_json():
     """Test that FTS query to_json() produces valid JSON strings with exact format."""
 
@@ -951,7 +886,7 @@ def test_fts_query_to_json():
 
 
 def test_fts_fast_search(table):
-    table.create_fts_index("text")
+    table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=False)
 
     # Insert some unindexed data
     table.add(

python/python/tests/test_hybrid_query.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def sync_table(tmpdir_factory) -> Table:
         }
     )
     table = db.create_table("test", data)
-    table.create_fts_index("text", with_position=False)
+    table.create_fts_index("text", with_position=False, use_tantivy=False)
     return table
 
 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ def table_with_id(tmpdir_factory) -> Table:
         }
     )
     table = db.create_table("test_with_id", data)
-    table.create_fts_index("text", with_position=False)
+    table.create_fts_index("text", with_position=False, use_tantivy=False)
     return table
 
 

python/python/tests/test_index.py

@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@ from lancedb.index import (
     IvfSq,
     IvfHnswPq,
     IvfHnswSq,
-    IvfHnswFlat,
     IvfRq,
     Bitmap,
     LabelList,
     HnswPq,
     HnswSq,
-    HnswFlat,
     FTS,
 )
 from lancedb.table import IndexStatistics
@@ -252,21 +250,6 @@ async def test_create_hnswpq_alias_index(some_table: AsyncTable):
     assert indices[0].index_type in {"HnswPq", "IvfHnswPq"}
 
 
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_create_hnswflat_index(some_table: AsyncTable):
-    await some_table.create_index("vector", config=HnswFlat(num_partitions=10))
-    indices = await some_table.list_indices()
-    assert len(indices) == 1
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_create_hnswflat_alias_index(some_table: AsyncTable):
-    await some_table.create_index("vector", config=IvfHnswFlat(num_partitions=5))
-    indices = await some_table.list_indices()
-    assert len(indices) == 1
-    assert indices[0].index_type in {"HnswFlat", "IvfHnswFlat"}
-
-
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_create_ivfsq_index(some_table: AsyncTable):
     await some_table.create_index("vector", config=IvfSq(num_partitions=10))
@@ -312,7 +295,6 @@ def test_index_statistics_index_type_lists_all_supported_values():
         "IVF_RQ",
         "IVF_HNSW_SQ",
         "IVF_HNSW_PQ",
-        "IVF_HNSW_FLAT",
         "FTS",
         "BTREE",
         "BITMAP",

python/python/tests/test_namespace.py

@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ class TestPushdownOperations:
             {"root": self.temp_dir},
             namespace_client_pushdown_operations=["QueryTable"],
         )
-        assert "QueryTable" in db._namespace_client_pushdown_operations
+        assert "QueryTable" in db._pushdown_operations
 
     def test_create_table_pushdown_stored(self):
         """Test that CreateTable pushdown is stored on sync connection."""
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ class TestPushdownOperations:
             {"root": self.temp_dir},
             namespace_client_pushdown_operations=["CreateTable"],
         )
-        assert "CreateTable" in db._namespace_client_pushdown_operations
+        assert "CreateTable" in db._pushdown_operations
 
     def test_both_pushdowns_stored(self):
         """Test that both pushdown operations can be set together."""
@@ -699,13 +699,13 @@ class TestPushdownOperations:
             {"root": self.temp_dir},
             namespace_client_pushdown_operations=["QueryTable", "CreateTable"],
         )
-        assert "QueryTable" in db._namespace_client_pushdown_operations
-        assert "CreateTable" in db._namespace_client_pushdown_operations
+        assert "QueryTable" in db._pushdown_operations
+        assert "CreateTable" in db._pushdown_operations
 
     def test_pushdown_defaults_to_empty(self):
         """Test that pushdown operations default to empty."""
         db = lancedb.connect_namespace("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
-        assert len(db._namespace_client_pushdown_operations) == 0
+        assert len(db._pushdown_operations) == 0
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ class TestAsyncPushdownOperations:
             {"root": self.temp_dir},
             namespace_client_pushdown_operations=["QueryTable"],
         )
-        assert "QueryTable" in db._namespace_client_pushdown_operations
+        assert "QueryTable" in db._pushdown_operations
 
     async def test_async_create_table_pushdown_stored(self):
         """Test that CreateTable pushdown is stored on async connection."""
@@ -736,9 +736,9 @@ class TestAsyncPushdownOperations:
             {"root": self.temp_dir},
             namespace_client_pushdown_operations=["CreateTable"],
         )
-        assert "CreateTable" in db._namespace_client_pushdown_operations
+        assert "CreateTable" in db._pushdown_operations
 
     async def test_async_pushdown_defaults_to_empty(self):
         """Test that pushdown operations default to empty on async connection."""
         db = lancedb.connect_namespace_async("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
-        assert len(db._namespace_client_pushdown_operations) == 0
+        assert len(db._pushdown_operations) == 0

python/python/tests/test_namespace_integration.py

@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ Tests verify:
 """
 
 import copy
-import shutil
-import sys
-import tempfile
 import time
 import uuid
 from typing import Dict, Optional
@@ -390,66 +387,6 @@ def test_namespace_open_table_with_provider(s3_bucket: str, use_custom: bool):
     assert get_describe_call_count(inner_ns_client) == describe_count_after_open
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    sys.platform == "win32",
-    reason="TODO: fix schema-only namespace metrics test on Windows",
-)
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_custom", [False, True], ids=["DirectoryNS", "CustomNS"])
-def test_namespace_create_schema_only_with_provider(use_custom: bool):
-    """
-    Test creating a schema-only table through namespace with storage options provider.
-
-    Verifies:
-    - declare_table is called once to reserve the location
-    - describe_table is not needed during create in create mode
-    - the table can be reopened successfully afterward
-    - opening the table triggers exactly one describe_table call
-    """
-    temp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
-    try:
-        ns_client, inner_ns_client = create_tracking_namespace(
-            bucket_name=temp_dir,
-            storage_options={},
-            credential_expires_in_seconds=3600,
-            use_custom=use_custom,
-        )
-
-        db = LanceNamespaceDBConnection(ns_client)
-
-        namespace_name = f"test_ns_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"
-        db.create_namespace([namespace_name])
-
-        table_name = f"test_table_{uuid.uuid4().hex}"
-        namespace_path = [namespace_name]
-        schema = pa.schema(
-            [
-                pa.field("id", pa.int64()),
-                pa.field("vector", pa.list_(pa.float32(), 2)),
-                pa.field("text", pa.string()),
-            ]
-        )
-
-        assert get_declare_call_count(inner_ns_client) == 0
-        assert get_describe_call_count(inner_ns_client) == 0
-
-        table = db.create_table(
-            table_name, schema=schema, namespace_path=namespace_path
-        )
-
-        assert table.name == table_name
-        assert table.namespace == namespace_path
-        assert get_declare_call_count(inner_ns_client) == 1
-        assert get_describe_call_count(inner_ns_client) == 0
-
-        reopened_table = db.open_table(table_name, namespace_path=namespace_path)
-
-        assert reopened_table.schema == schema
-        assert get_declare_call_count(inner_ns_client) == 1
-        assert get_describe_call_count(inner_ns_client) == 1
-    finally:
-        shutil.rmtree(temp_dir, ignore_errors=True)
-
-
 @pytest.mark.s3_test
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("use_custom", [False, True], ids=["DirectoryNS", "CustomNS"])
 def test_namespace_credential_refresh_on_read(s3_bucket: str, use_custom: bool):

python/python/tests/test_permutation.py

@@ -9,6 +9,21 @@ from lancedb import DBConnection, Table, connect
 from lancedb.permutation import Permutation, Permutations, permutation_builder
 
 
+def test_permutation_persistence(tmp_path):
+    db = connect(tmp_path)
+    tbl = db.create_table("test_table", pa.table({"x": range(100), "y": range(100)}))
+
+    permutation_tbl = (
+        permutation_builder(tbl).shuffle().persist(db, "test_permutation").execute()
+    )
+    assert permutation_tbl.count_rows() == 100
+
+    re_open = db.open_table("test_permutation")
+    assert re_open.count_rows() == 100
+
+    assert permutation_tbl.to_arrow() == re_open.to_arrow()
+
+
 def test_split_random_ratios(mem_db):
     """Test random splitting with ratios."""
     tbl = mem_db.create_table(

python/python/tests/test_query.py

@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ def test_query_timeout(tmp_path):
         }
     )
     table = db.create_table("test", data)
-    table.create_fts_index("text")
+    table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=False)
 
     with pytest.raises(Exception, match="Query timeout"):
         table.search().where("text = 'a'").to_list(timeout=timedelta(0))

python/python/tests/test_remote_db.py

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import contextlib
 from datetime import timedelta
 import http.server
 import json
-import multiprocessing as mp
-import sys
 import threading
 import time
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
@@ -1232,82 +1230,3 @@ def test_background_loop_cancellation(exception):
         with pytest.raises(exception):
             loop.run(None)
         mock_future.cancel.assert_called_once()
-
-
-def _remote_fork_child(port: int, queue) -> None:
-    # Build a fresh Connection in the child so we exercise the at-fork-child
-    # tokio runtime reset rather than relying on an inherited reqwest client.
-    db = lancedb.connect(
-        "db://dev",
-        api_key="fake",
-        host_override=f"http://localhost:{port}",
-        client_config={
-            "retry_config": {"retries": 0},
-            "timeout_config": {"connect_timeout": 2, "read_timeout": 2},
-        },
-    )
-    queue.put(db.table_names())
-
-
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    sys.platform != "linux",
-    reason=(
-        "fork() is unavailable on Windows and unsafe on macOS "
-        "(Apple frameworks/TLS are not fork-safe)"
-    ),
-)
-def test_remote_connection_after_fork():
-    """A freshly-built remote Connection in a forked child should not hang.
-
-    The pyo3-async-runtimes tokio runtime would otherwise be inherited from
-    the parent with dead worker threads; the at-fork-child handler in our
-    runtime module rebuilds it on first use in the child.
-    """
-
-    def handler(request):
-        request.send_response(200)
-        request.send_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
-        request.end_headers()
-        request.wfile.write(b'{"tables": []}')
-
-    server = http.server.HTTPServer(("localhost", 0), make_mock_http_handler(handler))
-    port = server.server_address[1]
-    server_thread = threading.Thread(target=server.serve_forever)
-    server_thread.start()
-    try:
-        # Hit the server in the parent first so the runtime + LOOP are warm
-        # before fork; a fresh child must still succeed.
-        parent_db = lancedb.connect(
-            "db://dev",
-            api_key="fake",
-            host_override=f"http://localhost:{port}",
-            client_config={
-                "retry_config": {"retries": 0},
-                "timeout_config": {"connect_timeout": 2, "read_timeout": 2},
-            },
-        )
-        assert parent_db.table_names() == []
-
-        ctx = mp.get_context("fork")
-        queue = ctx.Queue()
-        proc = ctx.Process(target=_remote_fork_child, args=(port, queue))
-        proc.start()
-        proc.join(timeout=15)
-
-        if proc.is_alive():
-            proc.terminate()
-            proc.join(timeout=5)
-            if proc.is_alive():
-                proc.kill()
-                proc.join()
-            pytest.fail("Remote connection hung after fork")
-
-        assert proc.exitcode == 0, f"child exited with code {proc.exitcode}"
-        assert not queue.empty(), "child produced no result"
-        assert queue.get() == []
-
-        # Parent connection must still be usable after the child returned.
-        assert parent_db.table_names() == []
-    finally:
-        server.shutdown()
-        server_thread.join()

python/python/tests/test_rerankers.py

@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ from lancedb.rerankers import (
 )
 from lancedb.table import LanceTable
 
+# Tests rely on FTS index
+pytest.importorskip("lancedb.fts")
 
-def get_test_table(tmp_path):
+
+def get_test_table(tmp_path, use_tantivy):
     db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
     # Create a LanceDB table schema with a vector and a text column
     emb = EmbeddingFunctionRegistry.get_instance().get("test").create()
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ def get_test_table(tmp_path):
     )
 
     # Create a fts index
-    table.create_fts_index("text", replace=True)
+    table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=use_tantivy, replace=True)
 
     return table, MyTable
 
@@ -205,8 +208,8 @@ def _run_test_reranker(reranker, table, query, query_vector, schema):
     assert len(result) == 20 and result == result_arrow
 
 
-def _run_test_hybrid_reranker(reranker, tmp_path):
-    table, schema = get_test_table(tmp_path)
+def _run_test_hybrid_reranker(reranker, tmp_path, use_tantivy):
+    table, schema = get_test_table(tmp_path, use_tantivy)
     # The default reranker
     result1 = (
         table.search(
@@ -282,7 +285,8 @@ def _run_test_hybrid_reranker(reranker, tmp_path):
     )
 
 
-def test_linear_combination(tmp_path):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_tantivy", [True, False])
+def test_linear_combination(tmp_path, use_tantivy):
     reranker = LinearCombinationReranker()
 
     vector_results = pa.Table.from_pydict(
@@ -309,20 +313,22 @@ def test_linear_combination(tmp_path):
     assert "_score" not in combined_results.column_names
     assert "_relevance_score" in combined_results.column_names
 
-    _run_test_hybrid_reranker(reranker, tmp_path)
+    _run_test_hybrid_reranker(reranker, tmp_path, use_tantivy)
 
 
-def test_rrf_reranker(tmp_path):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_tantivy", [True, False])
+def test_rrf_reranker(tmp_path, use_tantivy):
     reranker = RRFReranker()
-    _run_test_hybrid_reranker(reranker, tmp_path)
+    _run_test_hybrid_reranker(reranker, tmp_path, use_tantivy)
 
 
-def test_mrr_reranker(tmp_path):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_tantivy", [True, False])
+def test_mrr_reranker(tmp_path, use_tantivy):
     reranker = MRRReranker()
-    _run_test_hybrid_reranker(reranker, tmp_path)
+    _run_test_hybrid_reranker(reranker, tmp_path, use_tantivy)
 
     # Test multi-vector part
-    table, schema = get_test_table(tmp_path)
+    table, schema = get_test_table(tmp_path, use_tantivy)
     query = "single player experience"
     rs1 = table.search(query, vector_column_name="vector").limit(10).with_row_id(True)
     rs2 = (
@@ -357,7 +363,7 @@ def test_rrf_reranker_distance():
     table = db.create_table("test", data)
 
     table.create_index(num_partitions=1, num_sub_vectors=2)
-    table.create_fts_index("text")
+    table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=False)
 
     reranker = RRFReranker(return_score="all")
 
@@ -416,31 +422,35 @@ def test_rrf_reranker_distance():
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
     os.environ.get("COHERE_API_KEY") is None, reason="COHERE_API_KEY not set"
 )
-def test_cohere_reranker(tmp_path):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_tantivy", [True, False])
+def test_cohere_reranker(tmp_path, use_tantivy):
     pytest.importorskip("cohere")
     reranker = CohereReranker()
-    table, schema = get_test_table(tmp_path)
+    table, schema = get_test_table(tmp_path, use_tantivy)
     _run_test_reranker(reranker, table, "single player experience", None, schema)
 
 
-def test_cross_encoder_reranker(tmp_path):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_tantivy", [True, False])
+def test_cross_encoder_reranker(tmp_path, use_tantivy):
     pytest.importorskip("sentence_transformers")
     reranker = CrossEncoderReranker()
-    table, schema = get_test_table(tmp_path)
+    table, schema = get_test_table(tmp_path, use_tantivy)
     _run_test_reranker(reranker, table, "single player experience", None, schema)
 
 
-def test_colbert_reranker(tmp_path):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_tantivy", [True, False])
+def test_colbert_reranker(tmp_path, use_tantivy):
     pytest.importorskip("rerankers")
     reranker = ColbertReranker()
-    table, schema = get_test_table(tmp_path)
+    table, schema = get_test_table(tmp_path, use_tantivy)
     _run_test_reranker(reranker, table, "single player experience", None, schema)
 
 
-def test_answerdotai_reranker(tmp_path):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_tantivy", [True, False])
+def test_answerdotai_reranker(tmp_path, use_tantivy):
     pytest.importorskip("rerankers")
     reranker = AnswerdotaiRerankers()
-    table, schema = get_test_table(tmp_path)
+    table, schema = get_test_table(tmp_path, use_tantivy)
     _run_test_reranker(reranker, table, "single player experience", None, schema)
 
 
@@ -449,9 +459,10 @@ def test_answerdotai_reranker(tmp_path):
     or os.environ.get("OPENAI_BASE_URL") is not None,
     reason="OPENAI_API_KEY not set",
 )
-def test_openai_reranker(tmp_path):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_tantivy", [True, False])
+def test_openai_reranker(tmp_path, use_tantivy):
     pytest.importorskip("openai")
-    table, schema = get_test_table(tmp_path)
+    table, schema = get_test_table(tmp_path, use_tantivy)
     reranker = OpenaiReranker()
     _run_test_reranker(reranker, table, "single player experience", None, schema)
 
@@ -459,9 +470,10 @@ def test_openai_reranker(tmp_path):
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
     os.environ.get("JINA_API_KEY") is None, reason="JINA_API_KEY not set"
 )
-def test_jina_reranker(tmp_path):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_tantivy", [True, False])
+def test_jina_reranker(tmp_path, use_tantivy):
     pytest.importorskip("jina")
-    table, schema = get_test_table(tmp_path)
+    table, schema = get_test_table(tmp_path, use_tantivy)
     reranker = JinaReranker()
     _run_test_reranker(reranker, table, "single player experience", None, schema)
 
@@ -469,10 +481,11 @@ def test_jina_reranker(tmp_path):
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
     os.environ.get("VOYAGE_API_KEY") is None, reason="VOYAGE_API_KEY not set"
 )
-def test_voyageai_reranker(tmp_path):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_tantivy", [True, False])
+def test_voyageai_reranker(tmp_path, use_tantivy):
     pytest.importorskip("voyageai")
     reranker = VoyageAIReranker(model_name="rerank-2.5")
-    table, schema = get_test_table(tmp_path)
+    table, schema = get_test_table(tmp_path, use_tantivy)
     _run_test_reranker(reranker, table, "single player experience", None, schema)
 
 
@@ -491,7 +504,7 @@ def test_empty_result_reranker():
 
     # Create empty table with schema
     empty_table = db.create_table("empty_table", schema=schema, mode="overwrite")
-    empty_table.create_fts_index("text", replace=True)
+    empty_table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=False, replace=True)
     for reranker in [
         CrossEncoderReranker(),
         # ColbertReranker(),
@@ -590,10 +603,11 @@ def test_empty_hybrid_result_reranker():
     assert "_rowid" in result.column_names
 
 
-def test_cross_encoder_reranker_return_all(tmp_path):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_tantivy", [True, False])
+def test_cross_encoder_reranker_return_all(tmp_path, use_tantivy):
     pytest.importorskip("sentence_transformers")
     reranker = CrossEncoderReranker(return_score="all")
-    table, schema = get_test_table(tmp_path)
+    table, schema = get_test_table(tmp_path, use_tantivy)
     query = "single player experience"
     result = (
         table.search(query, query_type="hybrid", vector_column_name="vector")

python/python/tests/test_s3.py

@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ def test_s3_dynamodb_sync(s3_bucket: str, commit_table: str, monkeypatch):
 
     # FTS indices should error since they are not supported yet.
     with pytest.raises(
-        ValueError,
-        match="Tantivy-based FTS has been removed",
+        NotImplementedError,
+        match="Full-text search is only supported on the local filesystem",
     ):
         table.create_fts_index("x", use_tantivy=True)
 

python/python/tests/test_table.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 
 import os
-import sys
 from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
 from time import sleep
 from typing import List
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import lancedb
 from lancedb.dependencies import _PANDAS_AVAILABLE
-from lancedb.index import HnswFlat, HnswPq, HnswSq, IvfPq
+from lancedb.index import HnswPq, HnswSq, IvfPq
 import numpy as np
 import polars as pl
 import pyarrow as pa
@@ -917,21 +916,6 @@ def test_create_index_method(mock_create_index, mem_db: DBConnection):
         "my_vector", replace=True, config=expected_config, name=None, train=True
     )
 
-    table.create_index(
-        vector_column_name="my_vector",
-        metric="cosine",
-        index_type="IVF_HNSW_FLAT",
-        sample_rate=0.1,
-        m=29,
-        ef_construction=10,
-    )
-    expected_config = HnswFlat(
-        distance_type="cosine", sample_rate=0.1, m=29, ef_construction=10
-    )
-    mock_create_index.assert_called_with(
-        "my_vector", replace=True, config=expected_config, name=None, train=True
-    )
-
 
 @patch("lancedb.table.AsyncTable.create_index")
 def test_create_index_name_and_train_parameters(
@@ -1963,6 +1947,7 @@ def setup_hybrid_search_table(db: DBConnection, embedding_func):
 
 def test_hybrid_search(tmp_db: DBConnection):
     # This test uses an FTS index
+    pytest.importorskip("lancedb.fts")
     pytest.importorskip("lance")
 
     table, MyTable, emb = setup_hybrid_search_table(tmp_db, "test")
@@ -2033,6 +2018,7 @@ def test_hybrid_search(tmp_db: DBConnection):
 
 def test_hybrid_search_metric_type(tmp_db: DBConnection):
     # This test uses an FTS index
+    pytest.importorskip("lancedb.fts")
     pytest.importorskip("lance")
 
     # Need to use nonnorm as the embedding function so l2 and dot results
@@ -2054,13 +2040,6 @@ def test_hybrid_search_metric_type(tmp_db: DBConnection):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "consistency_interval", [None, timedelta(seconds=0), timedelta(seconds=0.1)]
 )
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    sys.platform == "win32",
-    reason=(
-        "TODO: directory namespace is not supported on Windows yet; "
-        "re-enable after that is fixed."
-    ),
-)
 def test_consistency(tmp_path, consistency_interval):
     db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
     table = db.create_table("my_table", data=[{"id": 0}])
@@ -2081,6 +2060,7 @@ def test_consistency(tmp_path, consistency_interval):
     elif consistency_interval == timedelta(seconds=0):
         assert table2.version == table.version
     else:
+        # (consistency_interval == timedelta(seconds=0.1)
         assert table2.version == table.version - 1
         sleep(0.1)
         assert table2.version == table.version

python/python/tests/test_torch.py

@@ -1,29 +1,14 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
 
-import functools
-import multiprocessing as mp
-import pickle
-import sys
-
-import lancedb
 import pyarrow as pa
 import pytest
-from lancedb.permutation import Permutation, Permutations, permutation_builder
 from lancedb.util import tbl_to_tensor
+from lancedb.permutation import Permutation
 
 torch = pytest.importorskip("torch")
 
 
-def _open_native_table(uri: str, table_name: str):
-    """Top-level connection factory used by the explicit-factory pickle test.
-
-    Defined at module scope so that pickle can resolve it by name in the
-    worker / unpickling process.
-    """
-    return lancedb.connect(uri).open_table(table_name)
-
-
 def test_table_dataloader(mem_db):
     table = mem_db.create_table("test_table", pa.table({"a": range(1000)}))
     dataloader = torch.utils.data.DataLoader(
@@ -55,156 +40,3 @@ def test_permutation_dataloader(mem_db):
     for batch in dataloader:
         assert batch.size(0) == 1
         assert batch.size(1) == 10
-
-
-def test_permutation_is_picklable(tmp_db):
-    """A Permutation must be picklable so it can be used with PyTorch's
-    DataLoader when num_workers > 0 (which uses multiprocessing and pickles
-    the dataset to pass it to worker processes)."""
-    table = tmp_db.create_table("test_table", pa.table({"a": range(1000)}))
-    permutation = Permutation.identity(table)
-
-    pickled = pickle.dumps(permutation)
-    restored = pickle.loads(pickled)
-
-    assert len(restored) == 1000
-    rows = restored.__getitems__([0, 1, 2])
-    assert rows == [{"a": 0}, {"a": 1}, {"a": 2}]
-
-
-def test_permutation_with_memory_base_is_picklable(mem_db):
-    """An in-memory base table is inlined into the pickle as Arrow IPC bytes
-    and rebuilt on the other side as an in-memory LanceTable, so the
-    Permutation round-trips even though the original database can't be
-    reopened across processes."""
-    table = mem_db.create_table("test_table", pa.table({"a": range(50)}))
-    permutation = Permutation.identity(table)
-
-    restored = pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(permutation))
-
-    assert len(restored) == 50
-    assert restored.__getitems__([0, 10, 49]) == [{"a": 0}, {"a": 10}, {"a": 49}]
-
-
-def test_permutation_dataloader_multiprocessing(tmp_db):
-    """Using a Permutation with a PyTorch DataLoader that has num_workers > 0
-    must work end-to-end. Each worker process gets a pickled copy of the
-    dataset and reads batches from it."""
-    table = tmp_db.create_table("test_table", pa.table({"a": range(1000)}))
-    permutation = Permutation.identity(table)
-
-    dataloader = torch.utils.data.DataLoader(
-        permutation,
-        batch_size=10,
-        shuffle=True,
-        num_workers=2,
-        multiprocessing_context="spawn",
-    )
-    seen = 0
-    for batch in dataloader:
-        assert batch["a"].size(0) == 10
-        seen += batch["a"].size(0)
-    assert seen == 1000
-
-
-def test_permutation_pickle_with_connection_factory(tmp_path):
-    """When the user provides a connection_factory, pickling should round-trip
-    through that factory rather than introspecting the connection URI. Useful
-    for remote / cloud connections where the URI alone isn't reopenable."""
-    db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
-    db.create_table("test_table", pa.table({"a": range(50)}))
-
-    factory = functools.partial(_open_native_table, str(tmp_path))
-    permutation = Permutation.identity(factory("test_table")).with_connection_factory(
-        factory
-    )
-
-    restored = pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(permutation))
-
-    assert len(restored) == 50
-    # The factory survives pickling and is what powered base-table reopen.
-    assert restored.connection_factory is not None
-    assert restored.connection_factory.func is _open_native_table
-    assert restored.__getitems__([0, 1, 2]) == [{"a": 0}, {"a": 1}, {"a": 2}]
-
-
-def test_permutation_with_builder_is_picklable(tmp_db):
-    """A Permutation built from a non-identity permutation table must round-trip
-    through pickle while preserving the row order defined by the permutation."""
-    table = tmp_db.create_table("test_table", pa.table({"a": range(100)}))
-    perm_tbl = (
-        permutation_builder(table)
-        .split_random(ratios=[0.8, 0.2], seed=42, split_names=["train", "test"])
-        .shuffle(seed=42)
-        .execute()
-    )
-    permutations = Permutations(table, perm_tbl)
-    permutation = permutations["train"]
-
-    indices = list(range(len(permutation)))
-    expected = permutation.__getitems__(indices)
-
-    restored = pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(permutation))
-
-    assert len(restored) == len(permutation)
-    assert restored.__getitems__(indices) == expected
-
-
-def _multiworker_dataloader_target(db_uri: str, result_queue):
-    import lancedb
-    from lancedb.permutation import Permutation
-
-    db = lancedb.connect(db_uri)
-    table = db.open_table("test_table")
-    permutation = Permutation.identity(table)
-
-    dataloader = torch.utils.data.DataLoader(
-        permutation,
-        batch_size=10,
-        num_workers=2,
-        multiprocessing_context="fork",
-    )
-    count = 0
-    for batch in dataloader:
-        assert batch["a"].size(0) == 10
-        count += 1
-    result_queue.put(count)
-
-
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    sys.platform != "linux",
-    reason=(
-        "fork() is unavailable on Windows and unsafe on macOS "
-        "(Apple frameworks/TLS are not fork-safe)"
-    ),
-)
-def test_permutation_dataloader_fork_workers(tmp_path):
-    """A Permutation used by a fork-based DataLoader should not hang.
-
-    PyTorch's DataLoader uses fork-based multiprocessing by default on Linux.
-    LanceDB drives async work through a background asyncio thread that does
-    not survive a fork, so any LOOP.run() in a worker blocks forever.
-    """
-    import lancedb
-
-    db_uri = str(tmp_path / "db")
-    db = lancedb.connect(db_uri)
-    db.create_table("test_table", pa.table({"a": list(range(1000))}))
-
-    ctx = mp.get_context("spawn")
-    queue = ctx.Queue()
-    proc = ctx.Process(target=_multiworker_dataloader_target, args=(db_uri, queue))
-    proc.start()
-    proc.join(timeout=30)
-
-    if proc.is_alive():
-        proc.terminate()
-        proc.join(timeout=5)
-        if proc.is_alive():
-            proc.kill()
-            proc.join()
-        pytest.fail("Permutation hung when iterated in a fork-based DataLoader worker")
-
-    assert proc.exitcode == 0, f"child exited with code {proc.exitcode}"
-    assert not queue.empty(), "child produced no batches"
-    assert queue.get() == 100

python/src/arrow.rs

@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use crate::error::PythonErrorExt;
-use crate::runtime::future_into_py;
 use arrow::{
     datatypes::SchemaRef,
     pyarrow::{IntoPyArrow, ToPyArrow},
@@ -14,6 +12,9 @@ use lancedb::arrow::SendableRecordBatchStream;
 use pyo3::{
     Bound, Py, PyAny, PyRef, PyResult, Python, exceptions::PyStopAsyncIteration, pyclass, pymethods,
 };
+use pyo3_async_runtimes::tokio::future_into_py;
+
+use crate::error::PythonErrorExt;
 
 #[pyclass]
 pub struct RecordBatchStream {

python/src/connection.rs

@@ -1,23 +1,11 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
 
-use std::{
-    collections::{HashMap, HashSet},
-    sync::Arc,
-    time::Duration,
-};
+use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
-use crate::{
-    error::PythonErrorExt,
-    namespace::{create_namespace_storage_options_provider, extract_namespace_arc},
-    runtime::future_into_py,
-    table::Table,
-};
 use arrow::{datatypes::Schema, ffi_stream::ArrowArrayStreamReader, pyarrow::FromPyArrow};
 use lancedb::{
     connection::Connection as LanceConnection,
-    connection::NamespaceClientPushdownOperation,
-    database::namespace::LanceNamespaceDatabase,
     database::{CreateTableMode, Database, ReadConsistency},
 };
 use pyo3::{
@@ -26,6 +14,13 @@ use pyo3::{
     pyclass, pyfunction, pymethods,
     types::{PyDict, PyDictMethods},
 };
+use pyo3_async_runtimes::tokio::future_into_py;
+
+use crate::{
+    error::PythonErrorExt,
+    namespace::{create_namespace_storage_options_provider, extract_namespace_arc},
+    table::Table,
+};
 
 #[pyclass]
 pub struct Connection {
@@ -44,29 +39,6 @@ impl Connection {
     }
 }
 
-fn parse_namespace_client_pushdown_operations(
-    operations: Option<Vec<String>>,
-) -> PyResult<HashSet<NamespaceClientPushdownOperation>> {
-    let mut parsed = HashSet::new();
-    for operation in operations.unwrap_or_default() {
-        match operation.as_str() {
-            "QueryTable" => {
-                parsed.insert(NamespaceClientPushdownOperation::QueryTable);
-            }
-            "CreateTable" => {
-                parsed.insert(NamespaceClientPushdownOperation::CreateTable);
-            }
-            _ => {
-                return Err(PyValueError::new_err(format!(
-                    "Invalid pushdown operation: {}",
-                    operation
-                )));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    Ok(parsed)
-}
-
 impl Connection {
     fn parse_create_mode_str(mode: &str) -> PyResult<CreateTableMode> {
         match mode {
@@ -524,7 +496,7 @@ impl Connection {
 }
 
 #[pyfunction]
-#[pyo3(signature = (uri, api_key=None, region=None, host_override=None, read_consistency_interval=None, client_config=None, storage_options=None, session=None, manifest_enabled=false, namespace_client_properties=None))]
+#[pyo3(signature = (uri, api_key=None, region=None, host_override=None, read_consistency_interval=None, client_config=None, storage_options=None, session=None))]
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub fn connect(
     py: Python<'_>,
@@ -536,8 +508,6 @@ pub fn connect(
     client_config: Option<PyClientConfig>,
     storage_options: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
     session: Option<crate::session::Session>,
-    manifest_enabled: bool,
-    namespace_client_properties: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
 ) -> PyResult<Bound<'_, PyAny>> {
     future_into_py(py, async move {
         let mut builder = lancedb::connect(&uri);
@@ -557,12 +527,6 @@ pub fn connect(
         if let Some(storage_options) = storage_options {
             builder = builder.storage_options(storage_options);
         }
-        if manifest_enabled {
-            builder = builder.manifest_enabled(true);
-        }
-        if let Some(namespace_client_properties) = namespace_client_properties {
-            builder = builder.namespace_client_properties(namespace_client_properties);
-        }
         #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
         if let Some(client_config) = client_config {
             builder = builder.client_config(client_config.into());
@@ -574,52 +538,6 @@ pub fn connect(
     })
 }
 
-#[pyfunction]
-#[pyo3(signature = (
-    namespace_client,
-    read_consistency_interval=None,
-    storage_options=None,
-    session=None,
-    namespace_client_pushdown_operations=None,
-    namespace_client_impl=None,
-    namespace_client_properties=None,
-))]
-#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
-pub fn connect_namespace_client(
-    py: Python<'_>,
-    namespace_client: Py<PyAny>,
-    read_consistency_interval: Option<f64>,
-    storage_options: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
-    session: Option<crate::session::Session>,
-    namespace_client_pushdown_operations: Option<Vec<String>>,
-    namespace_client_impl: Option<String>,
-    namespace_client_properties: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
-) -> PyResult<Connection> {
-    let namespace_client = extract_namespace_arc(py, namespace_client)?;
-    let read_consistency_interval = read_consistency_interval.map(Duration::from_secs_f64);
-    let namespace_client_pushdown_operations =
-        parse_namespace_client_pushdown_operations(namespace_client_pushdown_operations)?;
-    let ns_impl = namespace_client_impl.unwrap_or_else(|| "python".to_string());
-    let ns_properties = namespace_client_properties.unwrap_or_default();
-    let storage_options = storage_options.unwrap_or_default();
-    let session = session.map(|s| s.inner.clone());
-
-    let database = LanceNamespaceDatabase::from_namespace_client(
-        namespace_client,
-        ns_impl,
-        ns_properties,
-        storage_options,
-        read_consistency_interval,
-        session,
-        namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-    );
-
-    Ok(Connection::new(LanceConnection::new(
-        Arc::new(database),
-        Arc::new(lancedb::embeddings::MemoryRegistry::new()),
-    )))
-}
-
 #[derive(FromPyObject)]
 pub struct PyClientConfig {
     user_agent: String,

python/src/expr.rs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use pyo3::{Bound, PyAny, PyResult, exceptions::PyValueError, prelude::*, pyfunct
 /// [`expr_lit`] and combined with the methods on this struct.  On the Python
 /// side a thin wrapper class (`lancedb.expr.Expr`) delegates to these methods
 /// and adds Python operator overloads.
-#[pyclass(name = "PyExpr", from_py_object)]
+#[pyclass(name = "PyExpr")]
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct PyExpr(pub DfExpr);
 

python/src/header.rs

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ impl PyHeaderProvider {
                 Ok(headers_py) => {
                     // Convert Python dict to Rust HashMap
                     let bound_headers = headers_py.bind(py);
-                    let dict: &Bound<PyDict> = bound_headers.cast().map_err(|e| {
+                    let dict: &Bound<PyDict> = bound_headers.downcast().map_err(|e| {
                         format!("HeaderProvider.get_headers must return a dict: {}", e)
                     })?;
 

python/src/index.rs

@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
 
-use lancedb::index::vector::{
-    IvfFlatIndexBuilder, IvfHnswFlatIndexBuilder, IvfHnswPqIndexBuilder, IvfHnswSqIndexBuilder,
-    IvfPqIndexBuilder, IvfRqIndexBuilder, IvfSqIndexBuilder,
-};
+use lancedb::index::vector::{IvfFlatIndexBuilder, IvfRqIndexBuilder, IvfSqIndexBuilder};
 use lancedb::index::{
     Index as LanceDbIndex,
     scalar::{BTreeIndexBuilder, FtsIndexBuilder},
+    vector::{IvfHnswPqIndexBuilder, IvfHnswSqIndexBuilder, IvfPqIndexBuilder},
 };
 use pyo3::IntoPyObject;
 use pyo3::types::PyStringMethods;
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ use pyo3::{
     Bound, FromPyObject, PyAny, PyResult, Python,
     exceptions::{PyKeyError, PyValueError},
     intern, pyclass, pymethods,
-    types::{PyAnyMethods, PyString},
+    types::PyAnyMethods,
 };
 
 use crate::util::parse_distance_type;
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ pub fn class_name(ob: &'_ Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<String> {
     let full_name = ob
         .getattr(intern!(ob.py(), "__class__"))?
         .getattr(intern!(ob.py(), "__name__"))?;
-    let full_name = full_name.cast::<PyString>()?.to_string_lossy();
+    let full_name = full_name.downcast()?.to_string_lossy();
 
     match full_name.rsplit_once('.') {
         Some((_, name)) => Ok(name.to_string()),
@@ -164,26 +162,8 @@ pub fn extract_index_params(source: &Option<Bound<'_, PyAny>>) -> PyResult<Lance
                 }
                 Ok(LanceDbIndex::IvfHnswSq(hnsw_sq_builder))
             }
-            "HnswFlat" => {
-                let params = source.extract::<IvfHnswFlatParams>()?;
-                let distance_type = parse_distance_type(params.distance_type)?;
-                let mut hnsw_flat_builder = IvfHnswFlatIndexBuilder::default()
-                    .distance_type(distance_type)
-                    .max_iterations(params.max_iterations)
-                    .sample_rate(params.sample_rate)
-                    .num_edges(params.m)
-                    .ef_construction(params.ef_construction);
-                if let Some(num_partitions) = params.num_partitions {
-                    hnsw_flat_builder = hnsw_flat_builder.num_partitions(num_partitions);
-                }
-                if let Some(target_partition_size) = params.target_partition_size {
-                    hnsw_flat_builder =
-                        hnsw_flat_builder.target_partition_size(target_partition_size);
-                }
-                Ok(LanceDbIndex::IvfHnswFlat(hnsw_flat_builder))
-            }
             not_supported => Err(PyValueError::new_err(format!(
-                "Invalid index type '{}'.  Must be one of BTree, Bitmap, LabelList, FTS, IvfPq, IvfSq, IvfHnswPq, IvfHnswSq, or IvfHnswFlat",
+                "Invalid index type '{}'.  Must be one of BTree, Bitmap, LabelList, FTS, IvfPq, IvfSq, IvfHnswPq, or IvfHnswSq",
                 not_supported
             ))),
         }
@@ -270,17 +250,6 @@ struct IvfHnswSqParams {
     target_partition_size: Option<u32>,
 }
 
-#[derive(FromPyObject)]
-struct IvfHnswFlatParams {
-    distance_type: String,
-    num_partitions: Option<u32>,
-    max_iterations: u32,
-    sample_rate: u32,
-    m: u32,
-    ef_construction: u32,
-    target_partition_size: Option<u32>,
-}
-
 #[pyclass(get_all)]
 /// A description of an index currently configured on a column
 pub struct IndexConfig {

python/src/lib.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
 
 use arrow::RecordBatchStream;
-use connection::{Connection, connect, connect_namespace_client};
+use connection::{Connection, connect};
 use env_logger::Env;
 use expr::{PyExpr, expr_col, expr_func, expr_lit};
 use index::IndexConfig;
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ pub mod index;
 pub mod namespace;
 pub mod permutation;
 pub mod query;
-pub mod runtime;
 pub mod session;
 pub mod table;
 pub mod util;
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ pub fn _lancedb(_py: Python, m: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
     m.add_class::<PyPermutationReader>()?;
     m.add_class::<PyExpr>()?;
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(connect, m)?)?;
-    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(connect_namespace_client, m)?)?;
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(permutation::async_permutation_builder, m)?)?;
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(util::validate_table_name, m)?)?;
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(query::fts_query_to_json, m)?)?;

python/src/namespace.rs

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ async fn call_py_method_primitive<Req, Resp>(
 ) -> lance_core::Result<Resp>
 where
     Req: serde::Serialize + Send + 'static,
-    Resp: for<'a, 'py> pyo3::FromPyObject<'a, 'py> + Send + 'static,
+    Resp: for<'py> pyo3::FromPyObject<'py> + Send + 'static,
 {
     let request_json = serde_json::to_string(&request).map_err(|e| {
         lance_core::Error::io(format!(
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ where
 
             // Call the Python method
             let result = py_namespace.call_method1(py, method_name, (request_arg,))?;
-            let value: Resp = result.extract(py).map_err(Into::into)?;
+            let value: Resp = result.extract(py)?;
             Ok::<_, PyErr>(value)
         })
     })

python/src/permutation.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
 use crate::{
-    arrow::RecordBatchStream, error::PythonErrorExt, runtime::future_into_py, table::Table,
+    arrow::RecordBatchStream, connection::Connection, error::PythonErrorExt, table::Table,
 };
 use arrow::pyarrow::{PyArrowType, ToPyArrow};
 use lancedb::{
@@ -21,15 +21,16 @@ use pyo3::{
     pyclass, pymethods,
     types::{PyAnyMethods, PyDict, PyDictMethods, PyType},
 };
+use pyo3_async_runtimes::tokio::future_into_py;
 
 fn table_from_py<'a>(table: Bound<'a, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'a, Table>> {
     if table.hasattr("_inner")? {
-        Ok(table.getattr("_inner")?.cast_into::<Table>()?)
+        Ok(table.getattr("_inner")?.downcast_into::<Table>()?)
     } else if table.hasattr("_table")? {
         Ok(table
             .getattr("_table")?
             .getattr("_inner")?
-            .cast_into::<Table>()?)
+            .downcast_into::<Table>()?)
     } else {
         Err(PyRuntimeError::new_err(
             "Provided table does not appear to be a Table or RemoteTable instance",
@@ -79,6 +80,24 @@ impl PyAsyncPermutationBuilder {
 
 #[pymethods]
 impl PyAsyncPermutationBuilder {
+    #[pyo3(signature = (database, table_name))]
+    pub fn persist(
+        slf: PyRefMut<'_, Self>,
+        database: Bound<'_, PyAny>,
+        table_name: String,
+    ) -> PyResult<Self> {
+        let conn = if database.hasattr("_conn")? {
+            database
+                .getattr("_conn")?
+                .getattr("_inner")?
+                .downcast_into::<Connection>()?
+        } else {
+            database.getattr("_inner")?.downcast_into::<Connection>()?
+        };
+        let database = conn.borrow().database()?;
+        slf.modify(|builder| builder.persist(database, table_name))
+    }
+
     #[pyo3(signature = (*, ratios=None, counts=None, fixed=None, seed=None, split_names=None))]
     pub fn split_random(
         slf: PyRefMut<'_, Self>,
@@ -224,7 +243,7 @@ impl PyPermutationReader {
         let Some(selection) = selection else {
             return Ok(Select::All);
         };
-        let selection = selection.cast_into::<PyDict>()?;
+        let selection = selection.downcast_into::<PyDict>()?;
         let selection = selection
             .iter()
             .map(|(key, value)| {

python/src/query.rs

@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use crate::expr::PyExpr;
-use crate::runtime::future_into_py;
-use crate::util::parse_distance_type;
-use crate::{arrow::RecordBatchStream, util::PyLanceDB};
-use crate::{error::PythonErrorExt, index::class_name};
 use arrow::array::Array;
 use arrow::array::ArrayData;
 use arrow::array::make_array;
@@ -38,16 +33,19 @@ use pyo3::pyfunction;
 use pyo3::pymethods;
 use pyo3::types::PyList;
 use pyo3::types::{PyDict, PyString};
-use pyo3::{Borrowed, FromPyObject, exceptions::PyRuntimeError};
+use pyo3::{FromPyObject, exceptions::PyRuntimeError};
 use pyo3::{PyErr, pyclass};
 use pyo3::{exceptions::PyValueError, intern};
+use pyo3_async_runtimes::tokio::future_into_py;
 
-impl<'a, 'py> FromPyObject<'a, 'py> for PyLanceDB<FtsQuery> {
-    type Error = PyErr;
+use crate::expr::PyExpr;
+use crate::util::parse_distance_type;
+use crate::{arrow::RecordBatchStream, util::PyLanceDB};
+use crate::{error::PythonErrorExt, index::class_name};
 
-    fn extract(ob: Borrowed<'a, 'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Self> {
-        let ob = ob.to_owned();
-        match class_name(&ob)?.as_str() {
+impl FromPyObject<'_> for PyLanceDB<FtsQuery> {
+    fn extract_bound(ob: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Self> {
+        match class_name(ob)?.as_str() {
             "MatchQuery" => {
                 let query = ob.getattr("query")?.extract()?;
                 let column = ob.getattr("column")?.extract()?;
@@ -426,7 +424,7 @@ impl Query {
                 "Query text is required for nearest_to_text",
             ))?;
 
-        let query = if let Ok(query_text) = fts_query.cast::<PyString>() {
+        let query = if let Ok(query_text) = fts_query.downcast::<PyString>() {
             let mut query_text = query_text.to_string();
             let columns = query
                 .get_item("columns")?
@@ -608,7 +606,7 @@ impl TakeQuery {
     }
 }
 
-#[pyclass(from_py_object)]
+#[pyclass]
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct FTSQuery {
     inner: LanceDbQuery,
@@ -737,7 +735,7 @@ impl FTSQuery {
     }
 }
 
-#[pyclass(from_py_object)]
+#[pyclass]
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct VectorQuery {
     inner: LanceDbVectorQuery,

python/src/runtime.rs

@@ -1,142 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
-
-//! Fork-safe wrapper around tokio + pyo3-async-runtimes.
-//!
-//! `pyo3_async_runtimes::tokio` keeps its multi-threaded runtime in a
-//! `OnceLock` that can never be replaced.  Tokio's worker threads do not
-//! survive `fork()`, so once a child inherits a "frozen" runtime, every
-//! `future_into_py` call hangs forever.
-//!
-//! We sidestep the global by routing every future through our own
-//! [`LanceRuntime`] (a [`pyo3_async_runtimes::generic::Runtime`] impl) backed
-//! by an [`AtomicPtr`] to a tokio runtime that we own.  A `pthread_atfork`
-//! child handler nulls the pointer; the next `spawn` rebuilds the runtime in
-//! the child.  This mirrors the pattern used in the Lance Python bindings.
-
-use std::future::Future;
-use std::pin::Pin;
-use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicPtr, Ordering};
-
-use pyo3::{Bound, PyAny, PyResult, Python, conversion::IntoPyObject};
-use pyo3_async_runtimes::{
-    TaskLocals,
-    generic::{ContextExt, JoinError, Runtime},
-};
-use tokio::{runtime, task};
-
-static RUNTIME: AtomicPtr<runtime::Runtime> = AtomicPtr::new(std::ptr::null_mut());
-static RUNTIME_INSTALLING: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
-static ATFORK_INSTALLED: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
-
-fn create_runtime() -> runtime::Runtime {
-    runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
-        .enable_all()
-        .thread_name("lancedb-tokio-worker")
-        .build()
-        .expect("Failed to build tokio runtime")
-}
-
-fn get_runtime() -> &'static runtime::Runtime {
-    loop {
-        let ptr = RUNTIME.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
-        if !ptr.is_null() {
-            return unsafe { &*ptr };
-        }
-        if !RUNTIME_INSTALLING.fetch_or(true, Ordering::SeqCst) {
-            break;
-        }
-        std::thread::yield_now();
-    }
-    if !ATFORK_INSTALLED.fetch_or(true, Ordering::SeqCst) {
-        install_atfork();
-    }
-    let new_ptr = Box::into_raw(Box::new(create_runtime()));
-    RUNTIME.store(new_ptr, Ordering::SeqCst);
-    unsafe { &*new_ptr }
-}
-
-/// Runs in async-signal context after `fork()` in the child.  We can only
-/// touch atomics here; we deliberately leak the previous runtime because
-/// dropping a tokio `Runtime` would try to join its (now-dead) worker
-/// threads and hang.
-extern "C" fn atfork_child() {
-    RUNTIME.store(std::ptr::null_mut(), Ordering::SeqCst);
-    RUNTIME_INSTALLING.store(false, Ordering::SeqCst);
-}
-
-#[cfg(not(windows))]
-fn install_atfork() {
-    unsafe { libc::pthread_atfork(None, None, Some(atfork_child)) };
-}
-
-#[cfg(windows)]
-fn install_atfork() {}
-
-/// Marker type implementing [`Runtime`] over our fork-safe runtime slot.
-pub struct LanceRuntime;
-
-/// Newtype wrapper around `tokio::task::JoinError` so we can implement the
-/// foreign [`JoinError`] trait without violating orphan rules.
-pub struct LanceJoinError(task::JoinError);
-
-impl JoinError for LanceJoinError {
-    fn is_panic(&self) -> bool {
-        self.0.is_panic()
-    }
-    fn into_panic(self) -> Box<dyn std::any::Any + Send + 'static> {
-        self.0.into_panic()
-    }
-}
-
-impl Runtime for LanceRuntime {
-    type JoinError = LanceJoinError;
-    type JoinHandle = Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<(), Self::JoinError>> + Send>>;
-
-    fn spawn<F>(fut: F) -> Self::JoinHandle
-    where
-        F: Future<Output = ()> + Send + 'static,
-    {
-        let handle = get_runtime().spawn(fut);
-        Box::pin(async move { handle.await.map_err(LanceJoinError) })
-    }
-
-    fn spawn_blocking<F>(f: F) -> Self::JoinHandle
-    where
-        F: FnOnce() + Send + 'static,
-    {
-        let handle = get_runtime().spawn_blocking(f);
-        Box::pin(async move { handle.await.map_err(LanceJoinError) })
-    }
-}
-
-tokio::task_local! {
-    static TASK_LOCALS: std::cell::OnceCell<TaskLocals>;
-}
-
-impl ContextExt for LanceRuntime {
-    fn scope<F, R>(locals: TaskLocals, fut: F) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = R> + Send>>
-    where
-        F: Future<Output = R> + Send + 'static,
-    {
-        let cell = std::cell::OnceCell::new();
-        cell.set(locals).unwrap();
-        Box::pin(TASK_LOCALS.scope(cell, fut))
-    }
-
-    fn get_task_locals() -> Option<TaskLocals> {
-        TASK_LOCALS
-            .try_with(|c| c.get().cloned())
-            .unwrap_or_default()
-    }
-}
-
-/// Drop-in replacement for `pyo3_async_runtimes::tokio::future_into_py` that
-/// uses our fork-safe runtime.
-pub fn future_into_py<F, T>(py: Python<'_>, fut: F) -> PyResult<Bound<'_, PyAny>>
-where
-    F: Future<Output = PyResult<T>> + Send + 'static,
-    T: for<'py> IntoPyObject<'py> + Send + 'static,
-{
-    pyo3_async_runtimes::generic::future_into_py::<LanceRuntime, _, T>(py, fut)
-}

python/src/session.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use pyo3::{PyResult, pyclass, pymethods};
 /// Sessions allow you to configure cache sizes for index and metadata caches,
 /// which can significantly impact memory use and performance. They can
 /// also be re-used across multiple connections to share the same cache state.
-#[pyclass(from_py_object)]
+#[pyclass]
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Session {
     pub(crate) inner: Arc<LanceSession>,

python/src/table.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
 use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc};
 
-use crate::runtime::future_into_py;
 use crate::{
     connection::Connection,
     error::PythonErrorExt,
@@ -25,11 +24,12 @@ use pyo3::{
     pyclass, pymethods,
     types::{IntoPyDict, PyAnyMethods, PyDict, PyDictMethods},
 };
+use pyo3_async_runtimes::tokio::future_into_py;
 
 mod scannable;
 
 /// Statistics about a compaction operation.
-#[pyclass(get_all, from_py_object)]
+#[pyclass(get_all)]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct CompactionStats {
     /// The number of fragments removed
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pub struct CompactionStats {
 }
 
 /// Statistics about a cleanup operation
-#[pyclass(get_all, from_py_object)]
+#[pyclass(get_all)]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct RemovalStats {
     /// The number of bytes removed
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pub struct RemovalStats {
 }
 
 /// Statistics about an optimize operation
-#[pyclass(get_all, from_py_object)]
+#[pyclass(get_all)]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct OptimizeStats {
     /// Statistics about the compaction operation
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ pub struct OptimizeStats {
     pub prune: RemovalStats,
 }
 
-#[pyclass(get_all, from_py_object)]
+#[pyclass(get_all)]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct UpdateResult {
     pub rows_updated: u64,
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ impl From<lancedb::table::UpdateResult> for UpdateResult {
     }
 }
 
-#[pyclass(get_all, from_py_object)]
+#[pyclass(get_all)]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct AddResult {
     pub version: u64,
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ impl From<lancedb::table::AddResult> for AddResult {
     }
 }
 
-#[pyclass(get_all, from_py_object)]
+#[pyclass(get_all)]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct DeleteResult {
     pub num_deleted_rows: u64,
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ impl From<lancedb::table::DeleteResult> for DeleteResult {
     }
 }
 
-#[pyclass(get_all, from_py_object)]
+#[pyclass(get_all)]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct MergeResult {
     pub version: u64,
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ impl From<lancedb::table::MergeResult> for MergeResult {
     }
 }
 
-#[pyclass(get_all, from_py_object)]
+#[pyclass(get_all)]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct AddColumnsResult {
     pub version: u64,
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ impl From<lancedb::table::AddColumnsResult> for AddColumnsResult {
     }
 }
 
-#[pyclass(get_all, from_py_object)]
+#[pyclass(get_all)]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct AlterColumnsResult {
     pub version: u64,
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ impl From<lancedb::table::AlterColumnsResult> for AlterColumnsResult {
     }
 }
 
-#[pyclass(get_all, from_py_object)]
+#[pyclass(get_all)]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct DropColumnsResult {
     pub version: u64,

python/src/table/scannable.rs

@@ -126,11 +126,8 @@ impl Scannable for PyScannable {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, 'py> FromPyObject<'a, 'py> for PyScannable {
-    type Error = pyo3::PyErr;
-
-    fn extract(ob: pyo3::Borrowed<'a, 'py, PyAny>) -> pyo3::PyResult<Self> {
-        let ob = ob.to_owned();
+impl<'py> FromPyObject<'py> for PyScannable {
+    fn extract_bound(ob: &pyo3::Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> pyo3::PyResult<Self> {
         // Convert from Scannable dataclass.
         let schema: PyArrowType<Schema> = ob.getattr("schema")?.extract()?;
         let schema = Arc::new(schema.0);

python/uv.lock

@@ -1996,6 +1996,7 @@ tests = [
     { name = "pytest-mock" },
     { name = "pytz" },
     { name = "requests" },
+    { name = "tantivy" },
 ]
 
 [package.metadata]
@@ -2049,6 +2050,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "sentence-transformers", marker = "extra == 'embeddings'", specifier = ">=2.2.0" },
     { name = "sentencepiece", marker = "extra == 'embeddings'", specifier = ">=0.1.99" },
     { name = "sentencepiece", marker = "extra == 'siglip'" },
+    { name = "tantivy", marker = "extra == 'tests'", specifier = ">=0.20.0" },
     { name = "torch", marker = "extra == 'clip'" },
     { name = "torch", marker = "extra == 'embeddings'", specifier = ">=2.0.0" },
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 name = "threadpoolctl"
 version = "3.6.0"

rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.28.0-beta.11"
+version = "0.28.0-beta.4"
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "LanceDB: A serverless, low-latency vector database for AI applications"
 license.workspace = true
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ lance-datafusion.workspace = true
 lance-datagen = { workspace = true }
 lance-file = { workspace = true }
 lance-io = { workspace = true }
-lance-index = { workspace = true, features = ["tokenizer-jieba", "tokenizer-lindera"] }
+lance-index = { workspace = true }
 lance-table = { workspace = true }
 lance-linalg = { workspace = true }
 lance-testing = { workspace = true }
@@ -111,12 +111,7 @@ default = []
 aws = ["lance/aws", "lance-io/aws", "lance-namespace-impls/dir-aws"]
 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",
-    "lance-namespace-impls/credential-vendor-azure",
-]
+azure = ["lance/azure", "lance-io/azure", "lance-namespace-impls/dir-azure"]
 huggingface = [
     "lance/huggingface",
     "lance-io/huggingface",

rust/lancedb/src/connection.rs

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ impl OpenTableBuilder {
     /// Options already set on the connection will be inherited by the table,
     /// but can be overridden here.
     ///
-    /// See available options at <https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/>
+    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
     pub fn storage_option(mut self, key: impl Into<String>, value: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
         let store_params = self
             .request
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ impl OpenTableBuilder {
     /// Options already set on the connection will be inherited by the table,
     /// but can be overridden here.
     ///
-    /// See available options at <https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/>
+    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
     pub fn storage_options(
         mut self,
         pairs: impl IntoIterator<Item = (impl Into<String>, impl Into<String>)>,
@@ -582,23 +582,6 @@ pub struct ConnectRequest {
     /// Database specific options
     pub options: HashMap<String, String>,
 
-    /// Extra properties for the equivalent namespace client.
-    ///
-    /// For a local [`ListingDatabase`], these are merged into the backing
-    /// `DirectoryNamespace` properties. This is useful for namespace-specific
-    /// settings such as `table_version_tracking_enabled` that are distinct from
-    /// storage options.
-    pub namespace_client_properties: HashMap<String, String>,
-
-    /// Use directory namespace manifests as the source of truth for native
-    /// LanceDB table metadata.
-    ///
-    /// When enabled for a local/native connection, LanceDB returns a
-    /// namespace-backed database directly. Directory listing fallback remains
-    /// enabled for migration, and directory-listing-to-manifest migration is
-    /// forced on.
-    pub manifest_enabled: bool,
-
     /// The interval at which to check for updates from other processes.
     ///
     /// If None, then consistency is not checked. For performance
@@ -638,8 +621,6 @@ impl ConnectBuilder {
                 client_config: Default::default(),
                 read_consistency_interval: None,
                 options: HashMap::new(),
-                namespace_client_properties: HashMap::new(),
-                manifest_enabled: false,
                 session: None,
             },
             embedding_registry: None,
@@ -757,7 +738,7 @@ impl ConnectBuilder {
 
     /// Set an option for the storage layer.
     ///
-    /// See available options at <https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/>
+    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
     pub fn storage_option(mut self, key: impl Into<String>, value: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
         self.request.options.insert(key.into(), value.into());
         self
@@ -765,7 +746,7 @@ impl ConnectBuilder {
 
     /// Set multiple options for the storage layer.
     ///
-    /// See available options at <https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/>
+    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
     pub fn storage_options(
         mut self,
         pairs: impl IntoIterator<Item = (impl Into<String>, impl Into<String>)>,
@@ -776,42 +757,6 @@ impl ConnectBuilder {
         self
     }
 
-    /// Set an additional property for the equivalent namespace client.
-    pub fn namespace_client_property(
-        mut self,
-        key: impl Into<String>,
-        value: impl Into<String>,
-    ) -> Self {
-        self.request
-            .namespace_client_properties
-            .insert(key.into(), value.into());
-        self
-    }
-
-    /// Set multiple additional properties for the equivalent namespace client.
-    pub fn namespace_client_properties(
-        mut self,
-        pairs: impl IntoIterator<Item = (impl Into<String>, impl Into<String>)>,
-    ) -> Self {
-        for (key, value) in pairs {
-            self.request
-                .namespace_client_properties
-                .insert(key.into(), value.into());
-        }
-        self
-    }
-
-    /// Enable or disable manifest-backed directory namespace mode for local
-    /// native connections.
-    ///
-    /// When enabled, the connection uses the directory namespace database
-    /// directly for all table operations and forces
-    /// `dir_listing_to_manifest_migration_enabled=true`.
-    pub fn manifest_enabled(mut self, enabled: bool) -> Self {
-        self.request.manifest_enabled = enabled;
-        self
-    }
-
     /// The interval at which to check for updates from other processes. This
     /// only affects LanceDB OSS.
     ///
@@ -907,16 +852,6 @@ impl ConnectBuilder {
     pub async fn execute(self) -> Result<Connection> {
         if self.request.uri.starts_with("db") {
             self.execute_remote()
-        } else if self.request.manifest_enabled {
-            let internal = Arc::new(
-                ListingDatabase::connect_manifest_enabled_namespace_database(&self.request).await?,
-            );
-            Ok(Connection {
-                internal,
-                embedding_registry: self
-                    .embedding_registry
-                    .unwrap_or_else(|| Arc::new(MemoryRegistry::new())),
-            })
         } else {
             let internal = Arc::new(ListingDatabase::connect_with_options(&self.request).await?);
             Ok(Connection {
@@ -946,7 +881,7 @@ use std::collections::HashSet;
 /// These operations will be executed on the namespace server instead of locally
 /// when enabled via [`ConnectNamespaceBuilder::pushdown_operations`].
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
-pub enum NamespaceClientPushdownOperation {
+pub enum PushdownOperation {
     /// Execute queries on the namespace server via `query_table()` instead of locally.
     QueryTable,
     /// Execute table creation on the namespace server via `create_table()`
@@ -958,11 +893,10 @@ pub struct ConnectNamespaceBuilder {
     ns_impl: String,
     properties: HashMap<String, String>,
     storage_options: HashMap<String, String>,
-    namespace_client_properties: HashMap<String, String>,
     read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
     embedding_registry: Option<Arc<dyn EmbeddingRegistry>>,
     session: Option<Arc<lance::session::Session>>,
-    pushdown_operations: HashSet<NamespaceClientPushdownOperation>,
+    pushdown_operations: HashSet<PushdownOperation>,
 }
 
 impl ConnectNamespaceBuilder {
@@ -971,7 +905,6 @@ impl ConnectNamespaceBuilder {
             ns_impl: ns_impl.to_string(),
             properties,
             storage_options: HashMap::new(),
-            namespace_client_properties: HashMap::new(),
             read_consistency_interval: None,
             embedding_registry: None,
             session: None,
@@ -981,7 +914,7 @@ impl ConnectNamespaceBuilder {
 
     /// Set an option for the storage layer.
     ///
-    /// See available options at <https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/>
+    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
     pub fn storage_option(mut self, key: impl Into<String>, value: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
         self.storage_options.insert(key.into(), value.into());
         self
@@ -989,7 +922,7 @@ impl ConnectNamespaceBuilder {
 
     /// Set multiple options for the storage layer.
     ///
-    /// See available options at <https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/>
+    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
     pub fn storage_options(
         mut self,
         pairs: impl IntoIterator<Item = (impl Into<String>, impl Into<String>)>,
@@ -1000,29 +933,6 @@ impl ConnectNamespaceBuilder {
         self
     }
 
-    /// Set an additional namespace client property.
-    pub fn namespace_client_property(
-        mut self,
-        key: impl Into<String>,
-        value: impl Into<String>,
-    ) -> Self {
-        self.namespace_client_properties
-            .insert(key.into(), value.into());
-        self
-    }
-
-    /// Set multiple additional namespace client properties.
-    pub fn namespace_client_properties(
-        mut self,
-        pairs: impl IntoIterator<Item = (impl Into<String>, impl Into<String>)>,
-    ) -> Self {
-        for (key, value) in pairs {
-            self.namespace_client_properties
-                .insert(key.into(), value.into());
-        }
-        self
-    }
-
     /// The interval at which to check for updates from other processes.
     ///
     /// If left unset, consistency is not checked. For maximum read
@@ -1060,11 +970,11 @@ impl ConnectNamespaceBuilder {
     /// and leveraging server-side compute resources.
     ///
     /// Available operations:
-    /// - [`NamespaceClientPushdownOperation::QueryTable`]: Execute queries via `namespace.query_table()`
-    /// - [`NamespaceClientPushdownOperation::CreateTable`]: Execute table creation via `namespace.create_table()`
+    /// - [`PushdownOperation::QueryTable`]: Execute queries via `namespace.query_table()`
+    /// - [`PushdownOperation::CreateTable`]: Execute table creation via `namespace.create_table()`
     ///
     /// By default, no operations are pushed down (all executed locally).
-    pub fn pushdown_operation(mut self, operation: NamespaceClientPushdownOperation) -> Self {
+    pub fn pushdown_operation(mut self, operation: PushdownOperation) -> Self {
         self.pushdown_operations.insert(operation);
         self
     }
@@ -1074,7 +984,7 @@ impl ConnectNamespaceBuilder {
     /// See [`Self::pushdown_operation`] for details.
     pub fn pushdown_operations(
         mut self,
-        operations: impl IntoIterator<Item = NamespaceClientPushdownOperation>,
+        operations: impl IntoIterator<Item = PushdownOperation>,
     ) -> Self {
         self.pushdown_operations.extend(operations);
         self
@@ -1084,13 +994,10 @@ impl ConnectNamespaceBuilder {
     pub async fn execute(self) -> Result<Connection> {
         use crate::database::namespace::LanceNamespaceDatabase;
 
-        let mut properties = self.properties;
-        properties.extend(self.namespace_client_properties);
-
         let internal = Arc::new(
             LanceNamespaceDatabase::connect(
                 &self.ns_impl,
-                properties,
+                self.properties,
                 self.storage_options,
                 self.read_consistency_interval,
                 self.session,
@@ -1163,9 +1070,6 @@ mod tests {
     use lance_testing::datagen::{BatchGenerator, IncrementingInt32};
     use tempfile::tempdir;
 
-    use crate::database::listing::{ListingDatabaseOptions, OPT_NEW_TABLE_V2_MANIFEST_PATHS};
-    use crate::database::namespace::LanceNamespaceDatabase;
-    use crate::table::NativeTable;
     use crate::test_utils::connection::new_test_connection;
 
     use super::*;
@@ -1213,172 +1117,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(db.uri(), relative_uri.to_str().unwrap().to_string());
     }
 
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_connect_with_namespace_client_properties() {
-        let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        let uri = tmp_dir.path().to_str().unwrap();
-
-        let db = connect(uri)
-            .namespace_client_property("table_version_tracking_enabled", "true")
-            .namespace_client_property("manifest_enabled", "true")
-            .execute()
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-
-        let (ns_impl, properties) = db.namespace_client_config().await.unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(ns_impl, "dir");
-        assert_eq!(properties.get("root"), Some(&uri.to_string()));
-        assert_eq!(
-            properties.get("table_version_tracking_enabled"),
-            Some(&"true".to_string())
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            properties.get("manifest_enabled"),
-            Some(&"true".to_string())
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_connect_with_manifest_enabled_uses_directory_namespace() {
-        let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        let uri = tmp_dir.path().to_str().unwrap();
-
-        let db = connect(uri)
-            .manifest_enabled(true)
-            .storage_option("timeout", "30s")
-            .namespace_client_property("manifest_enabled", "false")
-            .namespace_client_property("dir_listing_to_manifest_migration_enabled", "false")
-            .execute()
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-
-        assert!(
-            db.database()
-                .as_any()
-                .downcast_ref::<LanceNamespaceDatabase>()
-                .is_some()
-        );
-        assert_eq!(db.uri(), uri);
-
-        let (ns_impl, properties) = db.namespace_client_config().await.unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(ns_impl, "dir");
-        assert_eq!(properties.get("root"), Some(&uri.to_string()));
-        assert_eq!(
-            properties.get("manifest_enabled"),
-            Some(&"true".to_string())
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            properties.get("dir_listing_to_manifest_migration_enabled"),
-            Some(&"true".to_string())
-        );
-        assert_eq!(properties.get("storage.timeout"), Some(&"30s".to_string()));
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_manifest_enabled_rejects_commit_engine_uri() {
-        let Err(err) = connect("s3+ddb://bucket/db?ddbTableName=manifest")
-            .manifest_enabled(true)
-            .execute()
-            .await
-        else {
-            panic!("expected manifest-enabled s3+ddb connection to fail");
-        };
-        assert!(
-            matches!(err, Error::NotSupported { message } if message.contains("commit engine URI schemes"))
-        );
-
-        let Err(err) = connect("s3://bucket/db?engine=ddb&ddbTableName=manifest")
-            .manifest_enabled(true)
-            .execute()
-            .await
-        else {
-            panic!("expected manifest-enabled engine query connection to fail");
-        };
-        assert!(
-            matches!(err, Error::NotSupported { message } if message.contains("commit engine"))
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_manifest_enabled_connection_migrates_root_listing_table() {
-        let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        let uri = tmp_dir.path().to_str().unwrap();
-        let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("x", DataType::Int32, false)]));
-
-        connect(uri)
-            .execute()
-            .await
-            .unwrap()
-            .create_empty_table("legacy", schema)
-            .execute()
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-
-        let db = connect(uri).manifest_enabled(true).execute().await.unwrap();
-        let tables = db.table_names().execute().await.unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(tables, vec!["legacy".to_string()]);
-        db.open_table("legacy").execute().await.unwrap();
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_manifest_enabled_preserves_new_table_options() {
-        let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        let uri = tmp_dir.path().to_str().unwrap();
-        let options = ListingDatabaseOptions::builder()
-            .enable_v2_manifest_paths(true)
-            .build();
-        let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("x", DataType::Int32, false)]));
-
-        let table = connect(uri)
-            .manifest_enabled(true)
-            .database_options(&options)
-            .execute()
-            .await
-            .unwrap()
-            .create_empty_table("v1_manifest", schema)
-            .storage_option(OPT_NEW_TABLE_V2_MANIFEST_PATHS, "false")
-            .execute()
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-
-        let native_table = table
-            .base_table()
-            .as_any()
-            .downcast_ref::<NativeTable>()
-            .unwrap();
-        assert!(!native_table.uses_v2_manifest_paths().await.unwrap());
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_manifest_enabled_vend_input_storage_options() {
-        let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        let uri = tmp_dir.path().to_str().unwrap();
-        let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("x", DataType::Int32, false)]));
-
-        let table = connect(uri)
-            .manifest_enabled(true)
-            .storage_option("test_storage_option", "test_value")
-            .namespace_client_property("vend_input_storage_options", "true")
-            .namespace_client_property(
-                "vend_input_storage_options_refresh_interval_millis",
-                "60000",
-            )
-            .execute()
-            .await
-            .unwrap()
-            .create_empty_table("vended", schema)
-            .execute()
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-
-        let storage_options = table.latest_storage_options().await.unwrap().unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(
-            storage_options.get("test_storage_option"),
-            Some(&"test_value".to_string())
-        );
-        assert!(storage_options.contains_key("expires_at_millis"));
-    }
-
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_table_names() {
         let tc = new_test_connection().await.unwrap();

rust/lancedb/src/connection/create_table.rs

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ impl CreateTableBuilder {
     /// Options already set on the connection will be inherited by the table,
     /// but can be overridden here.
     ///
-    /// See available options at <https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/>
+    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
     pub fn storage_option(mut self, key: impl Into<String>, value: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
         let store_params = self
             .request
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ impl CreateTableBuilder {
     /// Options already set on the connection will be inherited by the table,
     /// but can be overridden here.
     ///
-    /// See available options at <https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/>
+    /// See available options at <https://lancedb.com/docs/storage/>
     pub fn storage_options(
         mut self,
         pairs: impl IntoIterator<Item = (impl Into<String>, impl Into<String>)>,