chore: update lance dependency to v8.0.0-rc.3

feat: add skill to work with branches better (#3596 )
Agents seemed to have trouble finding the right calls to work with branches (create, list, delete) and passing the right params to get it to work. We probably don't need a big skill to get it on the right track but a little nudge seems helpful. Doing a couple simple tasks, it saved about half the time and tokens, so feels worthwhile. Created with the Claude skills creator, hence the "skill.md in a bare folder" organization - happy to move it if that's not the standard anymore. ``` Benchmark results (3 evals, with-skill vs baseline): ┌────────────────┬────────────┬────────────────────┐ │ Metric │ With skill │ Without skill │ ├────────────────┼────────────┼────────────────────┤ │ Pass rate │ 3/3 (100%) │ 3/3 (100%) │ ├────────────────┼────────────┼────────────────────┤ │ Avg time │ 51s │ 142s (2.8× slower) │ ├────────────────┼────────────┼────────────────────┤ │ Avg tokens │ 19,305 │ 36,513 (47% more) │ ├────────────────┼────────────┼────────────────────┤ │ Avg tool calls │ 5.7 │ 26 (4.5× more) │ └────────────────┴────────────┴────────────────────┘ ```
2026-06-30 17:40:40 +00:00 · 2026-06-30 13:42:40 +00:00 · 2026-06-30 09:27:21 -04:00 · 2026-06-29 16:55:45 -07:00 · 2026-06-29 16:36:44 -07:00 · 2026-06-29 16:36:01 -07:00
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--- a/.agents/skills/lancedb-branch-ops/SKILL.md
+++ b/.agents/skills/lancedb-branch-ops/SKILL.md
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+---
+name: lancedb-branch-ops
+description: Branch management for LanceDB tables via the REST API. Use this skill whenever someone wants to create, delete, list, or switch branches on a LanceDB table — or needs to make sure a write (metadata update, index build, etc.) lands on a specific branch instead of main. Invoke it even without the word "branch" if context makes clear they want an experimental copy of a table, want to isolate changes, or want to confirm a mutation didn't touch main. Covers: branches/list, branches/create, branches/delete, and passing "branch" in describe/update_field_metadata/create_index to target a non-main version.
+---
+
+## Goal
+
+Manage branches on a LanceDB table: list what exists, create new ones, delete stale ones, and direct read/write operations at a specific branch without touching main.
+
+## Step 0: Establish the connection
+
+Use the `lancedb-connect` skill to resolve the base URL and auth headers (`x-api-key`, `x-lancedb-database`). Skip this only if the connection is already known from the current conversation.
+
+All examples below use `{base_url}` — substitute the resolved endpoint and include the auth headers on every request.
+
+## The branch model (important)
+
+LanceDB branches are named snapshots that diverge from the table's current state at creation time. There is **no checkout command** — you never switch the whole table to a branch. Instead, you **pass `"branch": "<name>"` in the request body** of any operation to target that branch. Omitting the key (or sending an empty body) always targets main.
+
+`branches/list` returns only non-main branches. Main always exists and is not listed.
+
+## List branches
+
+```http
+POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/branches/list
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{}
+```
+
+Response:
+```json
+{
+  "branches": {
+    "experiment-reindex": {"parentVersion": 1, "createAt": 1782506085, "manifestSize": 1029}
+  }
+}
+```
+
+If `branches` is `{}`, the table has no branches besides main.
+
+## Create a branch
+
+```http
+POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/branches/create
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{"name": "experiment-reindex"}
+```
+
+HTTP 200 with `{}` body = success. The branch is created off the table's current state on main.
+
+Verify by calling `branches/list` and confirming the new name appears.
+
+## Delete a branch
+
+```http
+POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/branches/delete
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{"name": "stale-2024"}
+```
+
+HTTP 200 with `{}` body = success. Only the branch pointer is removed — main and all row data remain intact.
+
+Verify by calling `branches/list` (name gone) and `describe` with no branch param (main still responds).
+
+## Operate on a specific branch
+
+Pass `"branch": "<name>"` in the body of any operation to scope it to that branch:
+
+**Read schema on a branch:**
+```http
+POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/describe
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{"branch": "wip-branch"}
+```
+
+**Write metadata to a branch (not main):**
+```http
+POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/update_field_metadata
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "branch": "wip-branch",
+  "updates": [
+    {
+      "path": "category",
+      "metadata": {"lancedb:description": "Product category label."},
+      "replace": false
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+**Build an index on a branch:**
+```http
+POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/create_index
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "branch": "wip-branch",
+  "column": "category",
+  "index_type": "BTREE"
+}
+```
+
+## Verifying isolation
+
+After writing to a branch, always confirm the change did NOT land on main:
+
+```bash
+# Should show the new metadata
+curl -s -X POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/describe \
+  -H "x-api-key: <key>" -H "x-lancedb-database: <db>" \
+  -H "content-type: application/json" \
+  -d '{"branch": "wip-branch"}'
+
+# Should NOT show the new metadata
+curl -s -X POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/describe \
+  -H "x-api-key: <key>" -H "x-lancedb-database: <db>" \
+  -H "content-type: application/json" \
+  -d '{}'
+```
+
+## Quick reference
+
+| Goal | Endpoint | Body |
+|------|----------|------|
+| List all branches | `branches/list` | `{}` |
+| Create a branch | `branches/create` | `{"name": "..."}` |
+| Delete a branch | `branches/delete` | `{"name": "..."}` |
+| Read schema on branch | `describe` | `{"branch": "..."}` |
+| Write metadata on branch | `update_field_metadata` | `{"branch": "...", "updates": [...]}` |
+| Build index on branch | `create_index` | `{"branch": "...", "column": ..., "index_type": ...}` |
+| Target main (default) | any endpoint | omit `"branch"` key |
--- a/.bumpversion.toml
+++ b/.bumpversion.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.31.0-beta.3"
+current_version = "0.31.0-beta.4"
 parse = """(?x)
    (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
    (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
-version = "1.0.102"
+version = "1.0.103"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7f202df86484c868dbad7eaa557ef785d5c66295e41b460ef922eca0723b842c"
+checksum = "2a4385e2e34eb35d6b3efe798b9eb88096925d87726c0798709bf56d9ed84af3"

 [[package]]
 name = "approx"
@@ -3186,9 +3186,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "env_filter"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "32e90c2accc4b07a8456ea0debdc2e7587bdd890680d71173a15d4ae604f6eef"
+checksum = "900d271a03799a1ee8d1ca9b19893b48ca674a9284fefcfb85f05e74ed314217"
 dependencies = [
 "log",
 "regex",
@@ -3196,9 +3196,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
-version = "0.11.10"
+version = "0.11.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0621c04f2196ac3f488dd583365b9c09be011a4ab8b9f37248ffcc8f6198b56a"
+checksum = "de671bd27a75a797dc9ae289ba1e77276e75e2026408aab65185384e2d5cd3f6"
 dependencies = [
 "anstream",
 "anstyle",
@@ -3432,8 +3432,8 @@ checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"

 [[package]]
 name = "fsst"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "rand 0.9.4",
@@ -4735,8 +4735,8 @@ checksum = "e037a2e1d8d5fdbd49b16a4ea09d5d6401c1f29eca5ff29d03d3824dba16256a"

 [[package]]
 name = "lance"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "arc-swap",
 "arrow",
@@ -4771,7 +4771,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "futures",
 "half",
 "humantime",
- "itertools 0.14.0",
+ "itertools 0.13.0",
 "lance-arrow",
 "lance-core",
 "lance-datafusion",
@@ -4810,8 +4810,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4832,7 +4832,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow-scalar"
 version = "58.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4846,7 +4846,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow-stats"
 version = "58.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-schema",
@@ -4855,8 +4855,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-bitpacking"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "arrayref",
 "paste",
@@ -4865,8 +4865,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-core"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4878,7 +4878,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "datafusion-common",
 "datafusion-sql",
 "futures",
- "itertools 0.14.0",
+ "itertools 0.13.0",
 "lance-arrow",
 "lance-derive",
 "libc",
@@ -4904,8 +4904,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datafusion"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4935,8 +4935,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datagen"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4953,8 +4953,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-derive"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "proc-macro2",
 "quote",
@@ -4963,8 +4963,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-encoding"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-arith",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4980,7 +4980,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "futures",
 "hex",
 "hyperloglogplus",
- "itertools 0.14.0",
+ "itertools 0.13.0",
 "lance-arrow",
 "lance-bitpacking",
 "lance-core",
@@ -4999,8 +4999,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-file"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-arith",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -5030,8 +5030,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-index"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "arc-swap",
 "arrow",
@@ -5056,7 +5056,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "fst",
 "futures",
 "half",
- "itertools 0.14.0",
+ "itertools 0.13.0",
 "jieba-rs",
 "jsonb",
 "lance-arrow",
@@ -5096,8 +5096,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-io"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-arith",
@@ -5138,8 +5138,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-linalg"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -5150,13 +5150,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "lance-core",
 "num-traits",
 "rand 0.9.4",
- "rayon",
 ]

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "async-trait",
@@ -5168,8 +5167,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace-impls"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-ipc",
@@ -5223,15 +5222,15 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-select"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
 "arrow-schema",
 "byteorder",
 "bytes",
- "itertools 0.14.0",
+ "itertools 0.13.0",
 "lance-core",
 "roaring",
 "tracing",
@@ -5239,8 +5238,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-table"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -5279,8 +5278,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-testing"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-schema",
@@ -5293,8 +5292,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-tokenizer"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.8#71c4aa2174971e98acb7e256fde1e1589024f5bc"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.3#2b4775ff3973c7f945f5bc104f2cbba5825f1beb"
 dependencies = [
 "icu_segmenter",
 "jieba-rs",
@@ -5307,7 +5306,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.31.0-beta.3"
+version = "0.31.0-beta.4"
 dependencies = [
 "ahash",
 "anyhow",
@@ -5391,7 +5390,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
-version = "0.31.0-beta.3"
+version = "0.31.0-beta.4"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -5416,7 +5415,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.34.0-beta.3"
+version = "0.34.0-beta.4"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "async-trait",
@@ -5649,9 +5648,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "log"
-version = "0.4.32"
+version = "0.4.33"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "953f07c43838f8e6f9758cab68bf5bed85465e7587ebe0b823f1bcd81978ad3a"
+checksum = "0ceec5bc11778974d1bcb055b18002eba7f4b3518b6a0081b3af5f21666da9ad"

 [[package]]
 name = "loom"
@@ -5959,9 +5958,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "napi"
-version = "3.9.3"
+version = "3.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fbd9f9295f3ff5921e78a71222c3361a8216f7760b1a99a6ad4e8441de18bbb9"
+checksum = "b41bda2ac390efb5e8d22025d925ccc3f3807d8c1bea6d19b36127247c4b8f83"
 dependencies = [
 "bitflags 2.11.1",
 "chrono",
@@ -5984,9 +5983,9 @@ checksum = "c9c366d2c8c60b86fa632df75f745509b52f9128f91a6bad4c796e44abb505e1"

 [[package]]
 name = "napi-derive"
-version = "3.5.6"
+version = "3.5.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "89b3f766e04667e6da0e181e2da4f85475d5a6513b7cf6a80bea184e224a5b42"
+checksum = "61d66f70256ad5aef58659966064471d0ad90e2897bc36a5a5e0389c85aabc1e"
 dependencies = [
 "convert_case",
 "ctor 1.0.5",
@@ -5998,9 +5997,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "napi-derive-backend"
-version = "5.0.4"
+version = "5.0.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0d5af30503edf933ce7377cf6d4c877a62b0f1107ea05585f1b5e430e88d5baf"
+checksum = "81b4b08f15eed7a2a20c3f4c6314013fc3ac890a3afa9892b594485299ebdb2d"
 dependencies = [
 "convert_case",
 "proc-macro2",
@@ -10128,9 +10127,9 @@ checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"

 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.23.3"
+version = "1.23.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "144d6b123cef80b301b8f72a9e2ca4370ddec21950d0a103dd22c437006d2db7"
+checksum = "bf80a72845275afea99e7f2b434723d3bc7e38470fcd1c7ed39a599c73319a53"
 dependencies = [
 "getrandom 0.4.2",
 "js-sys",
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,20 +13,20 @@ categories = ["database-implementations"]
 rust-version = "1.91.0"

 [workspace.dependencies]
-lance = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", default-features = false, "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.8", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-core = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.8", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datagen = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.8", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-file = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.8", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-io = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", default-features = false, "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.8", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-index = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.8", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-linalg = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.8", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.8", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", default-features = false, "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.8", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-table = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.8", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-testing = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.8", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.8", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-encoding = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.8", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-arrow = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.8", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.3", default-features = false, "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-core = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.3", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datagen = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.3", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-file = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.3", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-io = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.3", default-features = false, "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-index = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.3", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-linalg = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.3", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.3", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.3", default-features = false, "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-table = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.3", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-testing = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.3", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.3", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-encoding = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.3", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-arrow = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.3", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.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 }
--- a/docs/src/java/java.md
+++ b/docs/src/java/java.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Add the following dependency to your `pom.xml`:
 <dependency>
    <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
    <artifactId>lancedb-core</artifactId>
-    <version>0.31.0-beta.3</version>
+    <version>0.31.0-beta.4</version>
 </dependency>
 ```

--- a/docs/src/js/enumerations/OAuthFlowType.md
+++ b/docs/src/js/enumerations/OAuthFlowType.md
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
+
+***
+
+[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / OAuthFlowType
+
+# Enumeration: OAuthFlowType
+
+OAuth authentication flow types.
+
+## Enumeration Members
+
+### AzureManagedIdentity
+
+```ts
+AzureManagedIdentity: "azure_managed_identity";
+```
+
+Azure Managed Identity via IMDS.
+
+***
+
+### ClientCredentials
+
+```ts
+ClientCredentials: "client_credentials";
+```
+
+Client Credentials grant (service-to-service / M2M).
--- a/docs/src/js/globals.md
+++ b/docs/src/js/globals.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 ## Enumerations

 - [FullTextQueryType](enumerations/FullTextQueryType.md)
+- [OAuthFlowType](enumerations/OAuthFlowType.md)
 - [Occur](enumerations/Occur.md)
 - [Operator](enumerations/Operator.md)

@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@
 - [ListNamespacesResponse](interfaces/ListNamespacesResponse.md)
 - [LsmWriteSpec](interfaces/LsmWriteSpec.md)
 - [MergeResult](interfaces/MergeResult.md)
+- [NativeOAuthConfig](interfaces/NativeOAuthConfig.md)
+- [OAuthConfig](interfaces/OAuthConfig.md)
 - [OpenTableOptions](interfaces/OpenTableOptions.md)
 - [OptimizeOptions](interfaces/OptimizeOptions.md)
 - [OptimizeStats](interfaces/OptimizeStats.md)
--- a/docs/src/js/interfaces/ConnectionOptions.md
+++ b/docs/src/js/interfaces/ConnectionOptions.md
@@ -64,6 +64,19 @@ client used by manifest-enabled native connections.

 ***

+### oauthConfig?
+
+```ts
+optional oauthConfig: NativeOAuthConfig;
+```
+
+(For LanceDB cloud only): OAuth configuration for IdP-based
+authentication (e.g., Azure Entra ID). When set, token acquisition
+and refresh are handled entirely in Rust. TypeScript users should pass
+the public `OAuthConfig` type exported from `@lancedb/lancedb`.
+
+***
+
 ### readConsistencyInterval?

 ```ts
--- a/docs/src/js/interfaces/NativeOAuthConfig.md
+++ b/docs/src/js/interfaces/NativeOAuthConfig.md
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
+
+***
+
+[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / NativeOAuthConfig
+
+# Interface: NativeOAuthConfig
+
+OAuth configuration for LanceDB authentication.
+
+This is the generated napi-rs binding shape. TypeScript users should prefer
+the public `OAuthConfig` type exported from `@lancedb/lancedb`.
+
+All token acquisition and refresh is handled in the Rust layer.
+
+## Properties
+
+### clientId
+
+```ts
+clientId: string;
+```
+
+Application / Client ID.
+
+***
+
+### clientSecret?
+
+```ts
+optional clientSecret: string;
+```
+
+Client secret (required for client_credentials).
+
+***
+
+### flow?
+
+```ts
+optional flow: string;
+```
+
+Authentication flow: "client_credentials" or "azure_managed_identity"
+
+***
+
+### issuerUrl
+
+```ts
+issuerUrl: string;
+```
+
+OIDC issuer URL or OAuth authority URL.
+For Azure: `https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant_id}/v2.0`
+
+***
+
+### managedIdentityClientId?
+
+```ts
+optional managedIdentityClientId: string;
+```
+
+Client ID for user-assigned managed identity (azure_managed_identity).
+
+***
+
+### refreshBufferSecs?
+
+```ts
+optional refreshBufferSecs: number;
+```
+
+Seconds before expiry to trigger proactive refresh (default: 300).
+Keep this well below the token TTL; if it is greater than or equal to
+the TTL, each request refreshes the token.
+
+***
+
+### scopes
+
+```ts
+scopes: string[];
+```
+
+OAuth scopes to request. For Azure managed identity, exactly one scope
+or resource is required. For example: `["api://{app_id}/.default"]`
--- a/docs/src/js/interfaces/OAuthConfig.md
+++ b/docs/src/js/interfaces/OAuthConfig.md
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
+
+***
+
+[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / OAuthConfig
+
+# Interface: OAuthConfig
+
+OAuth configuration for LanceDB authentication.
+
+This is the public TypeScript OAuth configuration type. The generated
+`NativeOAuthConfig` type has the same runtime shape but is an implementation
+detail of the napi-rs binding.
+
+All token acquisition and refresh is handled in the Rust layer.
+This config is passed through to Rust via napi-rs.
+
+## Examples
+
+```typescript
+const config: OAuthConfig = {
+  issuerUrl: "https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/v2.0",
+  clientId: "app-id",
+  clientSecret: "secret",
+  scopes: ["api://lancedb-api/.default"],
+};
+```
+
+```typescript
+const config: OAuthConfig = {
+  issuerUrl: "https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/v2.0",
+  clientId: "app-id",
+  scopes: ["api://lancedb-api/.default"],
+  flow: OAuthFlowType.AzureManagedIdentity,
+};
+```
+
+## Properties
+
+### clientId
+
+```ts
+clientId: string;
+```
+
+Application / Client ID.
+
+***
+
+### clientSecret?
+
+```ts
+optional clientSecret: string;
+```
+
+Client secret (required for ClientCredentials).
+
+***
+
+### flow?
+
+```ts
+optional flow: OAuthFlowType;
+```
+
+Authentication flow (default: ClientCredentials).
+
+***
+
+### issuerUrl
+
+```ts
+issuerUrl: string;
+```
+
+OIDC issuer URL or OAuth authority URL.
+For Azure: `https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant_id}/v2.0`
+
+***
+
+### managedIdentityClientId?
+
+```ts
+optional managedIdentityClientId: string;
+```
+
+Client ID for user-assigned managed identity (AzureManagedIdentity).
+
+***
+
+### refreshBufferSecs?
+
+```ts
+optional refreshBufferSecs: number;
+```
+
+Seconds before expiry to trigger proactive refresh (default: 300).
+Keep this well below the token TTL; if it is greater than or equal to
+the TTL, each request refreshes the token.
+
+***
+
+### scopes
+
+```ts
+scopes: string[];
+```
+
+OAuth scopes to request.
+For Azure managed identity, exactly one scope or resource is required.
+For example: `["api://{app_id}/.default"]`
--- a/java/lancedb-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/lancedb-core/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    <parent>
      <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
      <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>0.31.0-beta.3</version>
+      <version>0.31.0-beta.4</version>
      <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>

--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@

    <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
    <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.31.0-beta.3</version>
+    <version>0.31.0-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>9.0.0-beta.8</lance-core.version>
+        <lance-core.version>8.0.0-rc.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>
--- a/nodejs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nodejs/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
 edition.workspace = true
-version = "0.31.0-beta.3"
+version = "0.31.0-beta.4"
 publish = false
 license.workspace = true
 description.workspace = true
--- a/nodejs/lancedb/index.ts
+++ b/nodejs/lancedb/index.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export {
  SplitHashOptions,
  SplitSequentialOptions,
  ShuffleOptions,
+  OAuthConfig as NativeOAuthConfig,
 } from "./native.js";

 export {
@@ -130,6 +131,8 @@ export {
  TokenResponse,
 } from "./header";

+export { OAuthConfig, OAuthFlowType } from "./oauth";
+
 export { MergeInsertBuilder, WriteExecutionOptions } from "./merge";

 export * as embedding from "./embedding";
--- a/nodejs/lancedb/oauth.ts
+++ b/nodejs/lancedb/oauth.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
+
+/**
+ * OAuth authentication flow types.
+ */
+export enum OAuthFlowType {
+  /** Client Credentials grant (service-to-service / M2M). */
+  ClientCredentials = "client_credentials",
+  /** Azure Managed Identity via IMDS. */
+  AzureManagedIdentity = "azure_managed_identity",
+}
+
+/**
+ * OAuth configuration for LanceDB authentication.
+ *
+ * This is the public TypeScript OAuth configuration type. The generated
+ * `NativeOAuthConfig` type has the same runtime shape but is an implementation
+ * detail of the napi-rs binding.
+ *
+ * All token acquisition and refresh is handled in the Rust layer.
+ * This config is passed through to Rust via napi-rs.
+ *
+ * @example Client Credentials (service-to-service):
+ * ```typescript
+ * const config: OAuthConfig = {
+ *   issuerUrl: "https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/v2.0",
+ *   clientId: "app-id",
+ *   clientSecret: "secret",
+ *   scopes: ["api://lancedb-api/.default"],
+ * };
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @example Azure Managed Identity:
+ * ```typescript
+ * const config: OAuthConfig = {
+ *   issuerUrl: "https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/v2.0",
+ *   clientId: "app-id",
+ *   scopes: ["api://lancedb-api/.default"],
+ *   flow: OAuthFlowType.AzureManagedIdentity,
+ * };
+ * ```
+ */
+export interface OAuthConfig {
+  /**
+   * OIDC issuer URL or OAuth authority URL.
+   * For Azure: `https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant_id}/v2.0`
+   */
+  issuerUrl: string;
+
+  /** Application / Client ID. */
+  clientId: string;
+
+  /**
+   * OAuth scopes to request.
+   * For Azure managed identity, exactly one scope or resource is required.
+   * For example: `["api://{app_id}/.default"]`
+   */
+  scopes: string[];
+
+  /** Authentication flow (default: ClientCredentials). */
+  flow?: OAuthFlowType;
+
+  /** Client secret (required for ClientCredentials). */
+  clientSecret?: string;
+
+  /** Client ID for user-assigned managed identity (AzureManagedIdentity). */
+  managedIdentityClientId?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Seconds before expiry to trigger proactive refresh (default: 300).
+   * Keep this well below the token TTL; if it is greater than or equal to
+   * the TTL, each request refreshes the token.
+   */
+  refreshBufferSecs?: number;
+}
--- a/nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-darwin-arm64",
-	"version": "0.31.0-beta.3",
+	"version": "0.31.0-beta.4",
 	"os": ["darwin"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.darwin-arm64.node",
--- a/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-gnu/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-gnu/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.31.0-beta.3",
+	"version": "0.31.0-beta.4",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-gnu.node",
--- a/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-musl/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-musl/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-musl",
-	"version": "0.31.0-beta.3",
+	"version": "0.31.0-beta.4",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-musl.node",
--- a/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-gnu/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-gnu/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.31.0-beta.3",
+	"version": "0.31.0-beta.4",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-gnu.node",
--- a/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-musl/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-musl/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-musl",
-	"version": "0.31.0-beta.3",
+	"version": "0.31.0-beta.4",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-musl.node",
--- a/nodejs/npm/win32-arm64-msvc/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/win32-arm64-msvc/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-arm64-msvc",
-  "version": "0.31.0-beta.3",
+  "version": "0.31.0-beta.4",
  "os": [
    "win32"
  ],
--- a/nodejs/npm/win32-x64-msvc/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/win32-x64-msvc/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-x64-msvc",
-	"version": "0.31.0-beta.3",
+	"version": "0.31.0-beta.4",
 	"os": ["win32"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.win32-x64-msvc.node",
--- a/nodejs/package-lock.json
+++ b/nodejs/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
  "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-  "version": "0.31.0-beta.3",
+  "version": "0.31.0-beta.4",
  "lockfileVersion": 3,
  "requires": true,
  "packages": {
    "": {
      "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-      "version": "0.31.0-beta.3",
+      "version": "0.31.0-beta.4",
      "cpu": [
        "x64",
        "arm64"
--- a/nodejs/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
    "ann"
  ],
  "private": false,
-  "version": "0.31.0-beta.3",
+  "version": "0.31.0-beta.4",
  "main": "dist/index.js",
  "exports": {
    ".": "./dist/index.js",
--- a/nodejs/src/connection.rs
+++ b/nodejs/src/connection.rs
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ impl Connection {

        builder = builder.client_config(rust_config);

+        if let Some(oauth_config) = options.oauth_config {
+            let config: lancedb::remote::oauth::OAuthConfig =
+                oauth_config.try_into().default_error()?;
+            builder = builder.oauth_config(config);
+        }
+
        if let Some(api_key) = options.api_key {
            builder = builder.api_key(&api_key);
        }
--- a/nodejs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nodejs/src/lib.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ pub struct ConnectionOptions {
    /// (For LanceDB cloud only): the host to use for LanceDB cloud. Used
    /// for testing purposes.
    pub host_override: Option<String>,
+    /// (For LanceDB cloud only): OAuth configuration for IdP-based
+    /// authentication (e.g., Azure Entra ID). When set, token acquisition
+    /// and refresh are handled entirely in Rust. TypeScript users should pass
+    /// the public `OAuthConfig` type exported from `@lancedb/lancedb`.
+    pub oauth_config: Option<remote::OAuthConfig>,
 }

 #[napi(object)]
--- a/nodejs/src/remote.rs
+++ b/nodejs/src/remote.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@

 use std::collections::HashMap;

+use lancedb::error::Error;
 use napi_derive::*;

 /// Timeout configuration for remote HTTP client.
@@ -140,6 +141,84 @@ impl From<TlsConfig> for lancedb::remote::TlsConfig {
    }
 }

+/// OAuth configuration for LanceDB authentication.
+///
+/// This is the generated napi-rs binding shape. TypeScript users should prefer
+/// the public `OAuthConfig` type exported from `@lancedb/lancedb`.
+///
+/// All token acquisition and refresh is handled in the Rust layer.
+#[napi(object)]
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct OAuthConfig {
+    /// OIDC issuer URL or OAuth authority URL.
+    /// For Azure: `https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant_id}/v2.0`
+    pub issuer_url: String,
+    /// Application / Client ID.
+    pub client_id: String,
+    /// OAuth scopes to request. For Azure managed identity, exactly one scope
+    /// or resource is required. For example: `["api://{app_id}/.default"]`
+    pub scopes: Vec<String>,
+    /// Authentication flow: "client_credentials" or "azure_managed_identity"
+    pub flow: Option<String>,
+    /// Client secret (required for client_credentials).
+    pub client_secret: Option<String>,
+    /// Client ID for user-assigned managed identity (azure_managed_identity).
+    pub managed_identity_client_id: Option<String>,
+    /// Seconds before expiry to trigger proactive refresh (default: 300).
+    /// Keep this well below the token TTL; if it is greater than or equal to
+    /// the TTL, each request refreshes the token.
+    pub refresh_buffer_secs: Option<u32>,
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Debug for OAuthConfig {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("OAuthConfig")
+            .field("issuer_url", &self.issuer_url)
+            .field("client_id", &self.client_id)
+            .field("scopes", &self.scopes)
+            .field("flow", &self.flow)
+            .field(
+                "client_secret",
+                &self.client_secret.as_deref().map(|_| "<redacted>"),
+            )
+            .field(
+                "managed_identity_client_id",
+                &self.managed_identity_client_id,
+            )
+            .field("refresh_buffer_secs", &self.refresh_buffer_secs)
+            .finish()
+    }
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<OAuthConfig> for lancedb::remote::oauth::OAuthConfig {
+    type Error = Error;
+
+    fn try_from(config: OAuthConfig) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        use lancedb::remote::oauth::OAuthFlow;
+
+        let flow = match config.flow.as_deref().unwrap_or("client_credentials") {
+            "client_credentials" => OAuthFlow::ClientCredentials,
+            "azure_managed_identity" => OAuthFlow::AzureManagedIdentity {
+                client_id: config.managed_identity_client_id,
+            },
+            other => {
+                return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
+                    message: format!("Unknown OAuth flow type: {other}"),
+                });
+            }
+        };
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            issuer_url: config.issuer_url,
+            client_id: config.client_id,
+            client_secret: config.client_secret,
+            scopes: config.scopes,
+            flow,
+            refresh_buffer_secs: config.refresh_buffer_secs.map(|v| v as u64),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<ClientConfig> for lancedb::remote::ClientConfig {
    fn from(config: ClientConfig) -> Self {
        Self {
@@ -156,3 +235,45 @@ impl From<ClientConfig> for lancedb::remote::ClientConfig {
        }
    }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_unknown_oauth_flow_returns_invalid_input() {
+        let config = OAuthConfig {
+            issuer_url: "https://issuer.example.com".to_string(),
+            client_id: "client-id".to_string(),
+            scopes: vec!["scope".to_string()],
+            flow: Some("typo".to_string()),
+            client_secret: None,
+            managed_identity_client_id: None,
+            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
+        };
+
+        let err = lancedb::remote::oauth::OAuthConfig::try_from(config).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(
+            err,
+            Error::InvalidInput { message }
+                if message == "Unknown OAuth flow type: typo"
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_oauth_config_debug_redacts_client_secret() {
+        let config = OAuthConfig {
+            issuer_url: "https://issuer.example.com".to_string(),
+            client_id: "client-id".to_string(),
+            scopes: vec!["scope".to_string()],
+            flow: Some("client_credentials".to_string()),
+            client_secret: Some("super-secret".to_string()),
+            managed_identity_client_id: None,
+            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
+        };
+
+        let debug = format!("{config:?}");
+        assert!(!debug.contains("super-secret"));
+        assert!(debug.contains("client_secret: Some(\"<redacted>\")"));
+    }
+}
--- a/python/python/lancedb/init.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/init.py
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ def connect(
        If presented, connect to LanceDB cloud.
        Otherwise, connect to a database on file system or cloud storage.
        Can be set via environment variable `LANCEDB_API_KEY`.
+        OAuth configuration is currently supported only by ``connect_async``;
+        synchronous LanceDB Cloud connections require an API key.
    region: str, default "us-east-1"
        The region to use for LanceDB Cloud.
    host_override: str, optional
@@ -340,6 +342,7 @@ async def connect_async(
    session: Optional[Session] = None,
    manifest_enabled: bool = False,
    namespace_client_properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+    oauth_config=None,
 ) -> AsyncConnection:
    """Connect to a LanceDB database.

@@ -389,6 +392,10 @@ async def connect_async(
    namespace_client_properties : dict, optional
        Additional directory namespace client properties to use with
        ``manifest_enabled=True``.
+    oauth_config : OAuthConfig, optional
+        OAuth configuration for LanceDB Cloud/Enterprise. This is supported by
+        ``connect_async`` only; synchronous ``connect`` uses API key
+        authentication for ``db://`` URIs.

    Examples
    --------
@@ -435,6 +442,7 @@ async def connect_async(
            session,
            manifest_enabled,
            namespace_client_properties,
+            oauth_config,
        )
    )

--- a/python/python/lancedb/_lancedb.pyi
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/_lancedb.pyi
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ async def connect(
    session: Optional[Session],
    manifest_enabled: bool = False,
    namespace_client_properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+    oauth_config: Optional[Any] = None,
 ) -> Connection: ...

 class RecordBatchStream:
--- a/python/python/lancedb/permutation.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/permutation.py
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ class PermutationBuilder:
        By default, the permutation builder will create a single split that contains all
        rows in the same order as the base table.
        """
+        if not hasattr(table, "_inner"):
+            raise TypeError(
+                f"PermutationBuilder requires a local LanceTable, "
+                f"got {type(table).__name__}. "
+                "The permutation API is not supported on remote tables. "
+                "Remote tables connect to LanceDB Cloud or Enterprise and do not have "
+                "direct access to the underlying Lance dataset needed for permutations."
+            )
        self._async = async_permutation_builder(table)

    def split_random(
--- a/python/python/lancedb/remote/init.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/remote/init.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from typing import List, Optional
 from lancedb import __version__

 from .header import HeaderProvider
+from .oauth import OAuthConfig, OAuthFlowType

 __all__ = [
    "TimeoutConfig",
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ __all__ = [
    "TlsConfig",
    "ClientConfig",
    "HeaderProvider",
+    "OAuthConfig",
+    "OAuthFlowType",
 ]


--- a/python/python/lancedb/remote/oauth.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/remote/oauth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from enum import Enum
+from typing import List, Optional
+
+
+class OAuthFlowType(str, Enum):
+    """OAuth authentication flow types."""
+
+    CLIENT_CREDENTIALS = "client_credentials"
+    """Client Credentials grant (service-to-service / M2M)."""
+
+    AZURE_MANAGED_IDENTITY = "azure_managed_identity"
+    """Azure Managed Identity via IMDS."""
+
+
+@dataclass
+class OAuthConfig:
+    """OAuth configuration for LanceDB authentication.
+
+    All token acquisition and refresh is handled in the Rust layer.
+    This config is passed through to Rust via PyO3.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    issuer_url : str
+        OIDC issuer URL or OAuth authority URL.
+        For Azure: ``https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant_id}/v2.0``
+    client_id : str
+        Application / Client ID.
+    scopes : List[str]
+        OAuth scopes to request.
+        For Azure managed identity, exactly one scope or resource is required.
+        For example: ``["api://{app_id}/.default"]``
+    flow : OAuthFlowType
+        Authentication flow to use. Default: CLIENT_CREDENTIALS.
+    client_secret : Optional[str]
+        Client secret (required for CLIENT_CREDENTIALS).
+    managed_identity_client_id : Optional[str]
+        Client ID for user-assigned managed identity (AZURE_MANAGED_IDENTITY).
+    refresh_buffer_secs : Optional[int]
+        Seconds before expiry to trigger proactive refresh (default: 300).
+        Keep this well below the token TTL; if it is greater than or equal to
+        the TTL, each request refreshes the token.
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    Client Credentials (service-to-service):
+
+    >>> config = OAuthConfig(
+    ...     issuer_url="https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/v2.0",
+    ...     client_id="app-id",
+    ...     client_secret="secret",
+    ...     scopes=["api://lancedb-api/.default"],
+    ... )
+
+    Azure Managed Identity:
+
+    >>> config = OAuthConfig(
+    ...     issuer_url="https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/v2.0",
+    ...     client_id="app-id",
+    ...     scopes=["api://lancedb-api/.default"],
+    ...     flow=OAuthFlowType.AZURE_MANAGED_IDENTITY,
+    ... )
+    """
+
+    issuer_url: str
+    client_id: str
+    scopes: List[str]
+    flow: OAuthFlowType = OAuthFlowType.CLIENT_CREDENTIALS
+    client_secret: Optional[str] = field(default=None, repr=False)
+    managed_identity_client_id: Optional[str] = None
+    refresh_buffer_secs: Optional[int] = None
--- a/python/src/connection.rs
+++ b/python/src/connection.rs
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ 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, manifest_enabled=false, namespace_client_properties=None, oauth_config=None))]
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub fn connect(
    py: Python<'_>,
@@ -553,6 +553,7 @@ pub fn connect(
    session: Option<crate::session::Session>,
    manifest_enabled: bool,
    namespace_client_properties: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
+    oauth_config: Option<crate::oauth::PyOAuthConfig>,
 ) -> PyResult<Bound<'_, PyAny>> {
    future_into_py(py, async move {
        let mut builder = lancedb::connect(&uri);
@@ -582,6 +583,11 @@ pub fn connect(
        if let Some(client_config) = client_config {
            builder = builder.client_config(client_config.into());
        }
+        if let Some(oauth_config) = oauth_config {
+            let config: lancedb::remote::oauth::OAuthConfig =
+                oauth_config.try_into().infer_error()?;
+            builder = builder.oauth_config(config);
+        }
        if let Some(session) = session {
            builder = builder.session(session.inner.clone());
        }
--- a/python/src/lib.rs
+++ b/python/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pub mod expr;
 pub mod header;
 pub mod index;
 pub mod namespace;
+pub mod oauth;
 pub mod permutation;
 pub mod query;
 pub mod runtime;
--- a/python/src/oauth.rs
+++ b/python/src/oauth.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
+
+use pyo3::FromPyObject;
+
+use lancedb::error::Error;
+use lancedb::remote::oauth::{OAuthConfig, OAuthFlow};
+
+/// Python-side OAuth configuration, extracted via FromPyObject.
+/// Maps to `lancedb.remote.oauth.OAuthConfig` Python dataclass.
+#[derive(FromPyObject)]
+pub struct PyOAuthConfig {
+    pub issuer_url: String,
+    pub client_id: String,
+    pub scopes: Vec<String>,
+    pub flow: String,
+    pub client_secret: Option<String>,
+    pub managed_identity_client_id: Option<String>,
+    pub refresh_buffer_secs: Option<u64>,
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<PyOAuthConfig> for OAuthConfig {
+    type Error = Error;
+
+    fn try_from(py: PyOAuthConfig) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let flow = match py.flow.as_str() {
+            "client_credentials" => OAuthFlow::ClientCredentials,
+            "azure_managed_identity" => OAuthFlow::AzureManagedIdentity {
+                client_id: py.managed_identity_client_id,
+            },
+            other => {
+                return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
+                    message: format!("Unknown OAuth flow type: {other}"),
+                });
+            }
+        };
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            issuer_url: py.issuer_url,
+            client_id: py.client_id,
+            client_secret: py.client_secret,
+            scopes: py.scopes,
+            flow,
+            refresh_buffer_secs: py.refresh_buffer_secs,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_unknown_oauth_flow_returns_invalid_input() {
+        let config = PyOAuthConfig {
+            issuer_url: "https://issuer.example.com".to_string(),
+            client_id: "client-id".to_string(),
+            scopes: vec!["scope".to_string()],
+            flow: "typo".to_string(),
+            client_secret: None,
+            managed_identity_client_id: None,
+            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
+        };
+
+        let err = OAuthConfig::try_from(config).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(
+            err,
+            Error::InvalidInput { message }
+                if message == "Unknown OAuth flow type: typo"
+        ));
+    }
+}
--- a/python/tests/test_oauth.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_oauth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
+
+import importlib.util
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def _load_oauth_module():
+    oauth_path = (
+        Path(__file__).parents[1] / "python" / "lancedb" / "remote" / "oauth.py"
+    )
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("lancedb_remote_oauth", oauth_path)
+    module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    assert spec.loader is not None
+    sys.modules[spec.name] = module
+    spec.loader.exec_module(module)
+    return module
+
+
+def test_oauth_config_repr_redacts_client_secret():
+    oauth = _load_oauth_module()
+
+    config = oauth.OAuthConfig(
+        issuer_url="https://issuer.example.com",
+        client_id="client-id",
+        scopes=["scope"],
+        client_secret="super-secret",
+    )
+
+    rendered = repr(config)
+    assert "super-secret" not in rendered
+    assert "client_secret" not in rendered
--- a/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.31.0-beta.3"
+version = "0.31.0-beta.4"
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "LanceDB: A serverless, low-latency vector database for AI applications"
 license.workspace = true