chore: update lance dependency to v8.0.0-beta.16

2026-08-26 16:08:43 +00:00 · 2026-06-17 01:41:42 +00:00
107 changed files with 524 additions and 6857 deletions
@@ -1,137 +0,0 @@
---
-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 |
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.31.0-beta.6"
+current_version = "0.30.1-beta.2"
 parse = """(?x)
    (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
    (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ allow_dirty = true
 commit = true
 message = "Bump version: {current_version} → {new_version}"
 commit_args = ""
-# bump-my-version >=1.4.0 rejects pre_commit_hooks containing shell syntax unless opted in.
-allow_shell_hooks = true

 # Java maven files
 pre_commit_hooks = [
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
    # Only runs on tags that matches the make-release action
    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          workspaces: rust
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
      contents: read
      issues: write
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: ./.github/actions/create-failure-issue
        with:
          job-results: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ jobs:
          echo "guidelines = ${{ inputs.guidelines }}"

      - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
          fetch-depth: 0
          persist-credentials: true

      - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          # pnpm 11 (used by the nodejs install step below) requires
          # Node >= 22.13; use 24 since 22 hits EOL in October.
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
          cache: maven

      - name: Setup pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
        with:
          version: 11.1.1
      - name: Install Node.js dependencies for TypeScript bindings
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ jobs:
          echo "tag = ${{ inputs.tag || 'latest' }}"

      - name: Checkout Repo LanceDB
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          persist-credentials: true

      - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 20

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
    name: Verify PR title / description conforms to semantic-release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: "18"
      # These rules are disabled because Github will always ensure there
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Install dependencies needed for ubuntu
        run: |
          sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler libssl-dev
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
          python -m pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/ -e .
          python -m pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lance-format/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/ -r ../docs/requirements.txt
      - name: Set up node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 20
          cache: 'npm'
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
        working-directory: ./java
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Set up Java 8
        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
        with:
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
      contents: read
      issues: write
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: ./.github/actions/create-failure-issue
        with:
          job-results: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
        working-directory: ./java
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Set up Java 17
        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
        with:
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Install license-header-checker
        working-directory: /tmp
        run: |
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - name: Output Inputs
        run: echo "${{ toJSON(github.event.inputs) }}"
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          lfs: true
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ jobs:
      CC: gcc-12
      CXX: g++-12
    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      with:
        fetch-depth: 0
        lfs: true
-    - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
+    - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
      with:
        version: 11.1.1
-    - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
      with:
        # pnpm 11 requires Node >= 22.13; use 24 since 22 hits EOL
        # in October. The library itself still supports Node >= 18
@@ -86,14 +86,14 @@ jobs:
        shell: bash
        working-directory: nodejs
    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      with:
        fetch-depth: 0
        lfs: true
-    - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
+    - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
      with:
        version: 11.1.1
-    - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
      name: Setup Node.js 24 for build
      with:
        # pnpm 11 requires Node >= 22.13; use 24 since 22 hits EOL
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
          echo "Run 'pnpm run docs', fix any warnings, and commit the changes."
          exit 1
        fi
-    - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
      name: Setup Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }} for test
      with:
        node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
@@ -166,14 +166,14 @@ jobs:
        shell: bash
        working-directory: nodejs
    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      with:
        fetch-depth: 0
        lfs: true
-    - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
+    - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
      with:
        version: 11.1.1
-    - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
      with:
        # pnpm 11 requires Node >= 22.13; use 24 since 22 hits EOL
        # in October.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
    permissions:
      contents: write
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          lfs: true
@@ -170,13 +170,13 @@ jobs:
      run:
        working-directory: nodejs
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Setup pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
        with:
          version: 11.1.1
      - name: Setup node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          # pnpm 11 requires Node >= 22.13; use 24 since 22 hits EOL
          # in October.
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ jobs:
          toolchain: stable
          targets: ${{ matrix.settings.target }}
      - name: Cache cargo
-        uses: actions/cache@v5
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
        with:
          path: |
            ~/.cargo/registry/index/
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ jobs:
        if: ${{ !matrix.settings.docker }}
        shell: bash
      - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: lancedb-${{ matrix.settings.target }}
          path: nodejs/dist/*.node
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ jobs:
        run: pnpm tsc
      - name: Upload Generic Artifacts
        if: ${{ matrix.settings.target == 'aarch64-apple-darwin' }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: nodejs-dist
          path: |
@@ -287,13 +287,13 @@ jobs:
        shell: bash
        working-directory: nodejs
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Setup pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
        with:
          version: 11.1.1
      - name: Setup Node.js 24 for install
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          # pnpm 11 requires Node >= 22.13; use 24 since 22 hits EOL
          # in October.
@@ -303,18 +303,18 @@ jobs:
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
      - name: Setup Node.js ${{ matrix.node }} for test
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
      - name: Download artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: lancedb-${{ matrix.settings.target }}
          path: nodejs/dist/
          # For testing purposes:
          # run-id: 13982782871
          # github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # token with actions:read permissions on target repo
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: nodejs-dist
          path: nodejs/dist
@@ -339,13 +339,13 @@ jobs:
    needs:
      - test-lancedb
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Setup pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
        with:
          version: 11.1.1
      - name: Setup node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 24
          cache: pnpm
@@ -353,14 +353,14 @@ jobs:
          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: nodejs-dist
          path: nodejs/dist
          # For testing purposes:
          # run-id: 13982782871
          # github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # token with actions:read permissions on target repo
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
        name: Download arch-specific binaries
        with:
          pattern: lancedb-*
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ jobs:
      contents: read
      issues: write
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: ./.github/actions/create-failure-issue
        with:
          job-results: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
        shell: bash
        working-directory: python
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          lfs: true
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
        shell: bash
        working-directory: python
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          lfs: true
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
        shell: bash
        working-directory: python
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          lfs: true
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
        shell: bash
        working-directory: python
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          lfs: true
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ jobs:
        shell: bash
        working-directory: python
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          lfs: true
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ jobs:
        shell: bash
        working-directory: python
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          lfs: true
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ jobs:
        shell: bash
        working-directory: python
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          lfs: true
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
      CC: clang-18
      CXX: clang++-18
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          lfs: true
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
    timeout-minutes: 10
    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: EmbarkStudios/cargo-deny-action@v2
        with:
          command: check advisories bans licenses sources
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
      CC: clang
      CXX: clang++
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      # Building without a lock file often requires the latest Rust version since downstream
      # dependencies may have updated their minimum Rust version.
      - uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
      CXX: clang++-18
      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SOPHON_READ_TOKEN }}
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          lfs: true
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ jobs:
        shell: bash
        working-directory: rust
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          lfs: true
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ jobs:
      run:
        working-directory: rust/lancedb
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Set target
        run: rustup target add ${{ matrix.target }}
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ jobs:
      CC: clang-18
      CXX: clang++-18
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          submodules: true
      - name: Install dependencies
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          ref: main
          persist-credentials: false
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          ref: main
          persist-credentials: false
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ dependencies = [

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

 [[package]]
 name = "approx"
@@ -1472,9 +1472,9 @@ checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"

 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.12.0"
+version = "1.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8ae3f5d315924270530207e2a68396c3cc547f6dca3fbdca317cfb1a51edb593"
+checksum = "1e748733b7cbc798e1434b6ac524f0c1ff2ab456fe201501e6497c8417a4fc33"

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

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

 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
-version = "0.11.11"
+version = "0.11.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "de671bd27a75a797dc9ae289ba1e77276e75e2026408aab65185384e2d5cd3f6"
+checksum = "0621c04f2196ac3f488dd583365b9c09be011a4ab8b9f37248ffcc8f6198b56a"
 dependencies = [
 "anstream",
 "anstyle",
@@ -3432,9 +3432,8 @@ checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"

 [[package]]
 name = "fsst"
-version = "8.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7af6e24ed12cf382082d5a7f365df2b8e3d6b1518f615d54c85165e9b9718250"
+version = "8.0.0-beta.16"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.16#6e734df607f2841fe3bba82f05a90f3174933bab"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "rand 0.9.4",
@@ -4736,9 +4735,8 @@ checksum = "e037a2e1d8d5fdbd49b16a4ea09d5d6401c1f29eca5ff29d03d3824dba16256a"

 [[package]]
 name = "lance"
-version = "8.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e2122e9f5f5f4b38bb9f0c4991c8d5171696402b3cc6187885c8385875f6df2e"
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-checksum = "95f45fb7e0822cc0233d686222ab451f6ec58879620029e0b7bae8192c2f7c7e"
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 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
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 [[package]]
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-checksum = "771f68b04b47f3addf781116f65061808de94b05e1e9411c23c18f32d14ebe79"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.16#6e734df607f2841fe3bba82f05a90f3174933bab"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
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 [[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dd47ec33c90bf29f688fd02118e37d3a5ad5c339caa3163f89e417dc0867001f"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.16#6e734df607f2841fe3bba82f05a90f3174933bab"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-schema",
- "half",
 "lance-arrow-scalar",
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-checksum = "c56c21a39860ca7bae712b4e24b9fd066029c570a72428a579faf697de5b8822"
+version = "8.0.0-beta.16"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.16#6e734df607f2841fe3bba82f05a90f3174933bab"
 dependencies = [
 "arrayref",
 "paste",
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-version = "8.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4ccc7b0b61c11bdb74f929111214553b36b1ee43c88445edda17bc9a2bda75e9"
+version = "8.0.0-beta.16"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.16#6e734df607f2841fe3bba82f05a90f3174933bab"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
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 [[package]]
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-version = "8.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f0932140306faa6c3c4e17f0478c031e2be659ea2721311a530fb7c664e1b9a0"
+version = "8.0.0-beta.16"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.16#6e734df607f2841fe3bba82f05a90f3174933bab"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4944,9 +4935,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datagen"
-version = "8.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "075c8154e6b27ff6859f90886efd8cbac348cca255c8b855da630994b4fed714"
+version = "8.0.0-beta.16"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.16#6e734df607f2841fe3bba82f05a90f3174933bab"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4963,9 +4953,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
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-version = "8.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7056da2e742fd466f6bdfaa876c91d3e0e99bb4f756be058e374ceae2630ec2f"
+version = "8.0.0-beta.16"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.16#6e734df607f2841fe3bba82f05a90f3174933bab"
 dependencies = [
 "proc-macro2",
 "quote",
@@ -4974,9 +4963,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-encoding"
-version = "8.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5e165c668ae61fce336d5f6f9a999ee99b963bb395a3fb818737c533fc9528d1"
+version = "8.0.0-beta.16"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.16#6e734df607f2841fe3bba82f05a90f3174933bab"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-arith",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -5011,9 +4999,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-file"
-version = "8.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1691bd5c37bc5e07bde00e32950b5526c2e5653bd2493a3773712574366a37a1"
+version = "8.0.0-beta.16"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.16#6e734df607f2841fe3bba82f05a90f3174933bab"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-arith",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -5043,9 +5030,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
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-version = "8.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9b4792b56f0e047eed706d05a1eedc5f549090913fb4527585bb3a331b83416b"
+version = "8.0.0-beta.16"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.16#6e734df607f2841fe3bba82f05a90f3174933bab"
 dependencies = [
 "arc-swap",
 "arrow",
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 [[package]]
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-version = "8.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6c81dda99d5b8c8741f413d65650a28ff203d94eda3cbbdda6fd3af3ea9b2a69"
+version = "8.0.0-beta.16"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.16#6e734df607f2841fe3bba82f05a90f3174933bab"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-arith",
@@ -5153,9 +5138,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
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-version = "8.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5c0a8d2a2bc7e6b6229abe320ec6d9e2049a0e65e084684cba01cf032fc71896"
+version = "8.0.0-beta.16"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.16#6e734df607f2841fe3bba82f05a90f3174933bab"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -5170,9 +5154,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace"
-version = "8.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3ee2d75929caec41747e58ce090b1a061b650a16cb10d09998128d7912203b1d"
+version = "8.0.0-beta.16"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.16#6e734df607f2841fe3bba82f05a90f3174933bab"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "async-trait",
@@ -5184,9 +5167,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace-impls"
-version = "8.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c92dd5dcb98562a91650da0b5fa63726d435fad8b03327625cc3de445b7e191a"
+version = "8.0.0-beta.16"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.16#6e734df607f2841fe3bba82f05a90f3174933bab"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-ipc",
@@ -5240,9 +5222,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-select"
-version = "8.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cf3a2162385a4392376ed7a732e070afd1432bb6f86b0ebcb7c4304c7196953b"
+version = "8.0.0-beta.16"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.16#6e734df607f2841fe3bba82f05a90f3174933bab"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -5257,9 +5238,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-table"
-version = "8.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "73da3932a85489e80d5458d4bbc1d340e15c72b89bab529723f575d4d8fda5eb"
+version = "8.0.0-beta.16"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.16#6e734df607f2841fe3bba82f05a90f3174933bab"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -5298,9 +5278,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-testing"
-version = "8.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f0a5a7b5dbda917170b705301d0c6a8753a8c02f501b20d8b7067b5463ba071d"
+version = "8.0.0-beta.16"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.16#6e734df607f2841fe3bba82f05a90f3174933bab"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-schema",
@@ -5313,28 +5292,25 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-tokenizer"
-version = "8.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d16326f6b6d3b736aac40a0ffa78d8aa17d3a53a3766cd0af6d23db87472bd5e"
+version = "8.0.0-beta.16"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.16#6e734df607f2841fe3bba82f05a90f3174933bab"
 dependencies = [
 "icu_segmenter",
 "jieba-rs",
 "lindera",
 "rust-stemmers",
 "serde",
- "stop-words",
 "unicode-normalization",
 ]

 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.31.0-beta.6"
+version = "0.30.1-beta.2"
 dependencies = [
 "ahash",
 "anyhow",
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
- "arrow-buffer",
 "arrow-cast",
 "arrow-data",
 "arrow-ipc",
@@ -5406,14 +5382,13 @@ dependencies = [
 "tokenizers",
 "tokio",
 "url",
- "urlencoding",
 "uuid",
 "walkdir",
 ]

 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
-version = "0.31.0-beta.6"
+version = "0.30.1-beta.2"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -5438,7 +5413,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.34.0-beta.6"
+version = "0.33.1-beta.2"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "async-trait",
@@ -5671,9 +5646,9 @@ dependencies = [

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

 [[package]]
 name = "loom"
@@ -5981,9 +5956,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "napi"
-version = "3.9.4"
+version = "3.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b41bda2ac390efb5e8d22025d925ccc3f3807d8c1bea6d19b36127247c4b8f83"
+checksum = "ad513ff22558f1830b595ea6eb4091da48145d09a222ce157e781896f78be0b9"
 dependencies = [
 "bitflags 2.11.1",
 "chrono",
@@ -6006,9 +5981,9 @@ checksum = "c9c366d2c8c60b86fa632df75f745509b52f9128f91a6bad4c796e44abb505e1"

 [[package]]
 name = "napi-derive"
-version = "3.5.7"
+version = "3.5.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "61d66f70256ad5aef58659966064471d0ad90e2897bc36a5a5e0389c85aabc1e"
+checksum = "89b3f766e04667e6da0e181e2da4f85475d5a6513b7cf6a80bea184e224a5b42"
 dependencies = [
 "convert_case",
 "ctor 1.0.5",
@@ -6020,9 +5995,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "napi-derive-backend"
-version = "5.0.5"
+version = "5.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "81b4b08f15eed7a2a20c3f4c6314013fc3ac890a3afa9892b594485299ebdb2d"
+checksum = "0d5af30503edf933ce7377cf6d4c877a62b0f1107ea05585f1b5e430e88d5baf"
 dependencies = [
 "convert_case",
 "proc-macro2",
@@ -9230,15 +9205,6 @@ version = "0.2.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e51f1e89f093f99e7432c491c382b88a6860a5adbe6bf02574bf0a08efff1978"

-[[package]]
-name = "stop-words"
-version = "0.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d68df56303396bcfb639455b3c166804aeb7994005010aab5e9e8a1277b8871d"
-dependencies = [
- "serde_json",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "str_stack"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -10150,9 +10116,9 @@ checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"

 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.23.4"
+version = "1.23.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bf80a72845275afea99e7f2b434723d3bc7e38470fcd1c7ed39a599c73319a53"
+checksum = "144d6b123cef80b301b8f72a9e2ca4370ddec21950d0a103dd22c437006d2db7"
 dependencies = [
 "getrandom 0.4.2",
 "js-sys",
@@ -13,25 +13,24 @@ categories = ["database-implementations"]
 rust-version = "1.91.0"

 [workspace.dependencies]
-lance = { "version" = "=8.0.0", default-features = false }
-lance-core = "=8.0.0"
-lance-datagen = "=8.0.0"
-lance-file = "=8.0.0"
-lance-io = { "version" = "=8.0.0", default-features = false }
-lance-index = "=8.0.0"
-lance-linalg = "=8.0.0"
-lance-namespace = "=8.0.0"
-lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=8.0.0", default-features = false }
-lance-table = "=8.0.0"
-lance-testing = "=8.0.0"
-lance-datafusion = "=8.0.0"
-lance-encoding = "=8.0.0"
-lance-arrow = "=8.0.0"
+lance = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.16", default-features = false, "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-core = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datagen = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-file = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-io = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.16", default-features = false, "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-index = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-linalg = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.16", default-features = false, "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-table = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-testing = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-encoding = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.16", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-arrow = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.16", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.16", "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-buffer = "58.0.0"
 arrow-data = "58.0.0"
 arrow-ipc = "58.0.0"
 arrow-ord = "58.0.0"
@@ -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.6</version>
+    <version>0.30.1-beta.2</version>
 </dependency>
 ```

@@ -518,9 +518,6 @@ x > 5 OR y = 'test'

 Filtering performance can often be improved by creating a scalar index
 on the filter column(s).
-
-Calling this multiple times combines the filters with a logical AND rather
-than replacing the previous filter.
 ```

 #### Inherited from
@@ -767,9 +767,6 @@ x > 5 OR y = 'test'

 Filtering performance can often be improved by creating a scalar index
 on the filter column(s).
-
-Calling this multiple times combines the filters with a logical AND rather
-than replacing the previous filter.
 ```

 #### Inherited from
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-[**@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).
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 ## Enumerations

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

@@ -86,8 +85,6 @@
 - [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)
@@ -64,19 +64,6 @@ 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
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-[**@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"]`
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-[**@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"]`
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    <parent>
      <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
      <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>0.31.0-beta.6</version>
+      <version>0.30.1-beta.2</version>
      <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@

    <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
    <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.31.0-beta.6</version>
+    <version>0.30.1-beta.2</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>8.0.0</lance-core.version>
+        <lance-core.version>8.0.0-beta.16</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>
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
 edition.workspace = true
-version = "0.31.0-beta.6"
+version = "0.30.1-beta.2"
 publish = false
 license.workspace = true
 description.workspace = true
@@ -215,20 +215,6 @@ describe("Query orderBy", () => {
    expect(results[2].score).toBeCloseTo(4.1, 0.001);
  });

-  it("should combine repeated where clauses with AND", async () => {
-    const results = await table
-      .query()
-      .where("score > 1.0")
-      .where("score < 3.0")
-      .orderBy({ columnName: "score" })
-      .toArray();
-    // Only rows matching both predicates should be returned, rather than the
-    // second where() silently replacing the first.
-    expect(results.length).toBe(2);
-    expect(results[0].score).toBeCloseTo(1.2, 0.001);
-    expect(results[1].score).toBeCloseTo(2.8, 0.001);
-  });
-
  it("should support method chaining with limit", async () => {
    const results = await table
      .query()
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ export {
  SplitHashOptions,
  SplitSequentialOptions,
  ShuffleOptions,
-  OAuthConfig as NativeOAuthConfig,
 } from "./native.js";

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

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

 export * as embedding from "./embedding";
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-// 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;
-}
@@ -362,9 +362,6 @@ export class StandardQueryBase<
   *
   * Filtering performance can often be improved by creating a scalar index
   * on the filter column(s).
-   *
-   * Calling this multiple times combines the filters with a logical AND rather
-   * than replacing the previous filter.
   */
  where(predicate: string): this {
    this.doCall((inner: NativeQueryType) => inner.onlyIf(predicate));
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-darwin-arm64",
-	"version": "0.31.0-beta.6",
+	"version": "0.30.1-beta.2",
 	"os": ["darwin"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.darwin-arm64.node",
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.31.0-beta.6",
+	"version": "0.30.1-beta.2",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-gnu.node",
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-musl",
-	"version": "0.31.0-beta.6",
+	"version": "0.30.1-beta.2",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-musl.node",
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.31.0-beta.6",
+	"version": "0.30.1-beta.2",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-gnu.node",
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-musl",
-	"version": "0.31.0-beta.6",
+	"version": "0.30.1-beta.2",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-musl.node",
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-arm64-msvc",
-  "version": "0.31.0-beta.6",
+  "version": "0.30.1-beta.2",
  "os": [
    "win32"
  ],
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-x64-msvc",
-	"version": "0.31.0-beta.6",
+	"version": "0.30.1-beta.2",
 	"os": ["win32"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.win32-x64-msvc.node",
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
  "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-  "version": "0.31.0-beta.6",
+  "version": "0.30.1-beta.2",
  "lockfileVersion": 3,
  "requires": true,
  "packages": {
    "": {
      "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-      "version": "0.31.0-beta.6",
+      "version": "0.30.1-beta.2",
      "cpu": [
        "x64",
        "arm64"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
    "ann"
  ],
  "private": false,
-  "version": "0.31.0-beta.6",
+  "version": "0.30.1-beta.2",
  "main": "dist/index.js",
  "exports": {
    ".": "./dist/index.js",
@@ -112,12 +112,6 @@ 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);
        }
@@ -65,11 +65,6 @@ 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)]
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

 use std::time::Duration;

-use lancedb::{ipc::ipc_file_to_batches, table::merge::MergeInsertBuilder};
+use lancedb::{arrow::IntoArrow, ipc::ipc_file_to_batches, table::merge::MergeInsertBuilder};
 use napi::bindgen_prelude::*;
 use napi_derive::napi;

@@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ impl NativeMergeInsertBuilder {

    #[napi(catch_unwind)]
    pub async fn execute(&self, buf: Buffer) -> napi::Result<MergeResult> {
-        let data = ipc_file_to_batches(buf.to_vec()).map_err(|e| {
-            napi::Error::from_reason(format!("Failed to read IPC file: {}", convert_error(&e)))
-        })?;
+        let data = ipc_file_to_batches(buf.to_vec())
+            .and_then(IntoArrow::into_arrow)
+            .map_err(|e| {
+                napi::Error::from_reason(format!("Failed to read IPC file: {}", convert_error(&e)))
+            })?;

        let this = self.clone();

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@

 use std::collections::HashMap;

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

 /// Timeout configuration for remote HTTP client.
@@ -141,84 +140,6 @@ 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 {
@@ -235,45 +156,3 @@ 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>\")"));
-    }
-}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.34.0"
+current_version = "0.33.1-beta.2"
 parse = """(?x)
    (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
    (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ allow_dirty = true
 commit = true
 message = "Bump version: {current_version} → {new_version}"
 commit_args = ""
-# bump-my-version >=1.4.0 rejects pre_commit_hooks containing shell syntax unless opted in.
-allow_shell_hooks = true

 # Update Cargo.lock after version bump
 pre_commit_hooks = [
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.34.0"
+version = "0.33.1-beta.2"
 publish = false
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "Python bindings for LanceDB"
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ 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
@@ -342,7 +340,6 @@ 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.

@@ -392,10 +389,6 @@ 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
    --------
@@ -442,7 +435,6 @@ async def connect_async(
            session,
            manifest_enabled,
            namespace_client_properties,
-            oauth_config,
        )
    )

@@ -280,24 +280,6 @@ async def connect(
    session: Optional[Session],
    manifest_enabled: bool = False,
    namespace_client_properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-    oauth_config: Optional[Any] = None,
-) -> Connection: ...
-def connect_namespace(
-    namespace_client_impl: str,
-    namespace_client_properties: Dict[str, str],
-    read_consistency_interval: Optional[float] = None,
-    storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-    session: Optional[Session] = None,
-    namespace_client_pushdown_operations: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-) -> Connection: ...
-def connect_namespace_client(
-    namespace_client: Any,
-    read_consistency_interval: Optional[float] = None,
-    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,
 ) -> Connection: ...

 class RecordBatchStream:
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ class ColPaliEmbeddings(EmbeddingFunction):
            warnings.warn(
                "use_token_pooling is deprecated, use pooling_strategy=None instead",
                DeprecationWarning,
-                stacklevel=2,
            )
            self.pooling_strategy = None

@@ -51,15 +51,6 @@ class LanceMergeInsertBuilder(object):
        If there are multiple matches then the behavior is undefined.
        Currently this causes multiple copies of the row to be created
        but that behavior is subject to change.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        where: Optional[str], default None
-            An optional filter to limit which rows are updated. Column
-            references in this expression must be prefixed with "target."
-            to refer to the existing table data. For example, to only
-            update rows where the existing color is red, use:
-            ``where="target.color = 'red'"``
        """
        self._when_matched_update_all = True
        self._when_matched_update_all_condition = where
@@ -38,13 +38,15 @@ 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 NamespaceNotEmptyError, TableNotFoundError
-from lancedb._lancedb import (
-    connect_namespace as _connect_namespace,
-    connect_namespace_client as _connect_namespace_client,
-)
+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.namespace_utils import (
+    _normalize_create_namespace_mode,
+    _normalize_drop_namespace_mode,
+    _normalize_drop_namespace_behavior,
+)
 from lance_namespace import (
    LanceNamespace,
    connect as namespace_connect,
@@ -53,6 +55,13 @@ from lance_namespace import (
    DropNamespaceResponse,
    ListNamespacesResponse,
    ListTablesResponse,
+    ListTablesRequest,
+    DescribeNamespaceRequest,
+    DropTableRequest,
+    RenameTableRequest,
+    ListNamespacesRequest,
+    CreateNamespaceRequest,
+    DropNamespaceRequest,
 )
 from lancedb.table import AsyncTable, LanceTable, Table
 from lancedb.util import validate_table_name
@@ -62,9 +71,6 @@ from lancedb.embeddings import EmbeddingFunctionConfig
 from ._lancedb import Session


-_MAX_QUERY_K = 2**31 - 1
-
-
 def _query_to_namespace_request(
    table_id: List[str],
    query: "Query",
@@ -142,8 +148,7 @@ def _query_to_namespace_request(
    if query.limit is not None:
        k = query.limit
    elif query.vector is None and query.full_text_query is None:
-        # limit k to max i32 value to avoid client overflows
-        k = _MAX_QUERY_K
+        k = sys.maxsize
    else:
        k = 10

@@ -364,23 +369,6 @@ def _convert_pyarrow_schema_to_json(schema: pa.Schema) -> JsonArrowSchema:
    return JsonArrowSchema(fields=fields, metadata=meta)


-def _builds_namespace_natively(
-    namespace_client_impl: Optional[str],
-    namespace_client_properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]],
-) -> bool:
-    """Whether ``connect_namespace_client`` builds the namespace client natively
-    in Rust (installing the read-freshness context provider) rather than wrapping
-    the pre-built Python client.
-
-    Must mirror Rust ``build_namespace_natively`` in ``python/src/connection.rs``.
-    """
-    return namespace_client_impl == "rest" and bool(namespace_client_properties)
-
-
-def _supports_native_namespace(namespace_client_impl: str) -> bool:
-    return namespace_client_impl in {"dir", "rest"}
-
-
 class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
    """
    A LanceDB connection that uses a namespace for table management.
@@ -391,7 +379,7 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):

    def __init__(
        self,
-        namespace_client: Optional[LanceNamespace] = None,
+        namespace_client: LanceNamespace,
        *,
        read_consistency_interval: Optional[timedelta] = None,
        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
@@ -399,7 +387,6 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        namespace_client_pushdown_operations: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        namespace_client_impl: Optional[str] = None,
        namespace_client_properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-        _inner: Optional[AsyncConnection] = None,
    ):
        """
        Initialize a namespace-based LanceDB connection.
@@ -441,36 +428,23 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        )
        self._namespace_client_impl = namespace_client_impl
        self._namespace_client_properties = namespace_client_properties
-        # When the namespace connection or client is built natively in Rust, the
-        # underlying Rust table performs QueryTable pushdown through the
-        # read-freshness context provider, which the pure-Python ``query_table``
-        # path bypasses.
-        self._route_pushdown_to_rust = _inner is not None or _builds_namespace_natively(
-            namespace_client_impl, namespace_client_properties
-        )
-        if _inner is not None:
-            self._inner = _inner
-        else:
-            if namespace_client is None:
-                raise ValueError("namespace_client is required without a native _inner")
-            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,
-                )
+        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,
            )
-        self._uri = self._inner.uri
+        )

    @override
    def serialize(self) -> str:
@@ -516,11 +490,11 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        )
        if namespace_path is None:
            namespace_path = []
-        return LOOP.run(
-            self._inner.table_names(
-                namespace_path=namespace_path, start_after=page_token, limit=limit
-            )
+        request = ListTablesRequest(
+            id=namespace_path, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
        )
+        response = self._namespace_client.list_tables(request)
+        return response.tables if response.tables else []

    @override
    def create_table(
@@ -565,7 +539,6 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
            namespace_path=namespace_path,
            namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
            pushdown_operations=self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-            route_pushdown_to_rust=self._route_pushdown_to_rust,
            _async=async_table,
        )

@@ -591,8 +564,8 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
                    index_cache_size=index_cache_size,
                )
            )
-        except (RuntimeError, ValueError) as e:
-            if "Table not found" in str(e) or "was not found" in str(e):
+        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
@@ -603,7 +576,6 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
            namespace_path=namespace_path,
            namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
            pushdown_operations=self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-            route_pushdown_to_rust=self._route_pushdown_to_rust,
            _async=async_table,
        )
        if branch is not None:
@@ -614,9 +586,12 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):

    @override
    def drop_table(self, name: str, namespace_path: Optional[List[str]] = None):
+        # Use namespace drop_table directly
        if namespace_path is None:
            namespace_path = []
-        LOOP.run(self._inner.drop_table(name, namespace_path=namespace_path))
+        table_id = namespace_path + [name]
+        request = DropTableRequest(id=table_id)
+        self._namespace_client.drop_table(request)

    @override
    def rename_table(
@@ -630,19 +605,14 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
            cur_namespace_path = []
        if new_namespace_path is None:
            new_namespace_path = []
-        try:
-            LOOP.run(
-                self._inner.rename_table(
-                    cur_name,
-                    new_name,
-                    cur_namespace_path=cur_namespace_path,
-                    new_namespace_path=new_namespace_path,
-                )
-            )
-        except RuntimeError as e:
-            if "rename_table not implemented" in str(e):
-                raise NotImplementedError("rename_table not implemented") from e
-            raise
+        cur_table_id = cur_namespace_path + [cur_name]
+        new_namespace_id = new_namespace_path if new_namespace_path else None
+        request = RenameTableRequest(
+            id=cur_table_id,
+            new_table_name=new_name,
+            new_namespace_id=new_namespace_id,
+        )
+        self._namespace_client.rename_table(request)

    @override
    def drop_database(self):
@@ -654,7 +624,8 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
    def drop_all_tables(self, namespace_path: Optional[List[str]] = None):
        if namespace_path is None:
            namespace_path = []
-        LOOP.run(self._inner.drop_all_tables(namespace_path=namespace_path))
+        for table_name in self.table_names(namespace_path=namespace_path):
+            self.drop_table(table_name, namespace_path=namespace_path)

    @override
    def list_namespaces(
@@ -684,10 +655,13 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        """
        if namespace_path is None:
            namespace_path = []
-        return LOOP.run(
-            self._inner.list_namespaces(
-                namespace_path=namespace_path, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
-            )
+        request = ListNamespacesRequest(
+            id=namespace_path, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
+        )
+        response = self._namespace_client.list_namespaces(request)
+        return ListNamespacesResponse(
+            namespaces=response.namespaces if response.namespaces else [],
+            page_token=response.page_token,
        )

    @override
@@ -715,12 +689,14 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        CreateNamespaceResponse
            Response containing the properties of the created namespace.
        """
-        return LOOP.run(
-            self._inner.create_namespace(
-                namespace_path=namespace_path,
-                mode=mode,
-                properties=properties,
-            )
+        request = CreateNamespaceRequest(
+            id=namespace_path,
+            mode=_normalize_create_namespace_mode(mode),
+            properties=properties,
+        )
+        response = self._namespace_client.create_namespace(request)
+        return CreateNamespaceResponse(
+            properties=response.properties if hasattr(response, "properties") else None
        )

    @override
@@ -748,18 +724,20 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        DropNamespaceResponse
            Response containing properties and transaction_id if applicable.
        """
-        try:
-            return LOOP.run(
-                self._inner.drop_namespace(
-                    namespace_path=namespace_path,
-                    mode=mode,
-                    behavior=behavior,
-                )
-            )
-        except RuntimeError as e:
-            if "Namespace not empty" in str(e):
-                raise NamespaceNotEmptyError(str(e)) from e
-            raise
+        request = DropNamespaceRequest(
+            id=namespace_path,
+            mode=_normalize_drop_namespace_mode(mode),
+            behavior=_normalize_drop_namespace_behavior(behavior),
+        )
+        response = self._namespace_client.drop_namespace(request)
+        return DropNamespaceResponse(
+            properties=(
+                response.properties if hasattr(response, "properties") else None
+            ),
+            transaction_id=(
+                response.transaction_id if hasattr(response, "transaction_id") else None
+            ),
+        )

    @override
    def describe_namespace(
@@ -778,7 +756,11 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        DescribeNamespaceResponse
            Response containing the namespace properties.
        """
-        return LOOP.run(self._inner.describe_namespace(namespace_path))
+        request = DescribeNamespaceRequest(id=namespace_path)
+        response = self._namespace_client.describe_namespace(request)
+        return DescribeNamespaceResponse(
+            properties=response.properties if hasattr(response, "properties") else None
+        )

    @override
    def list_tables(
@@ -808,10 +790,13 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        """
        if namespace_path is None:
            namespace_path = []
-        return LOOP.run(
-            self._inner.list_tables(
-                namespace_path=namespace_path, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
-            )
+        request = ListTablesRequest(
+            id=namespace_path, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
+        )
+        response = self._namespace_client.list_tables(request)
+        return ListTablesResponse(
+            tables=response.tables if response.tables else [],
+            page_token=response.page_token,
        )

    def _lance_table_from_uri(
@@ -867,18 +852,6 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        LanceNamespace
            The namespace client for this connection.
        """
-        if self._namespace_client is None:
-            if (
-                self._namespace_client_impl is None
-                or self._namespace_client_properties is None
-            ):
-                raise ValueError(
-                    "Cannot construct a Python namespace client without "
-                    "namespace implementation properties"
-                )
-            self._namespace_client = namespace_connect(
-                self._namespace_client_impl, self._namespace_client_properties
-            )
        return self._namespace_client


@@ -892,15 +865,12 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:

    def __init__(
        self,
-        namespace_client: Optional[LanceNamespace] = None,
+        namespace_client: LanceNamespace,
        *,
        read_consistency_interval: Optional[timedelta] = None,
        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,
-        _inner: Optional[AsyncConnection] = None,
    ):
        """
        Initialize an async namespace-based LanceDB connection.
@@ -926,12 +896,6 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
              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.
-            Required (with ``namespace_client_properties``) for the Rust client to
-            be built natively and install the read-freshness provider.
-        namespace_client_properties : Optional[Dict[str, str]]
-            The namespace properties used to create this connection.
        """
        self._namespace_client = namespace_client
        self.read_consistency_interval = read_consistency_interval
@@ -940,37 +904,23 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
        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
-        # See LanceNamespaceDBConnection: when Rust owns the namespace
-        # connection/client, its table performs QueryTable pushdown through the
-        # read-freshness provider, so defer to it rather than the urllib3 client
-        # path (which omits x-lancedb-min-timestamp).
-        self._route_pushdown_to_rust = _inner is not None or _builds_namespace_natively(
-            namespace_client_impl, namespace_client_properties
-        )
-        if _inner is not None:
-            self._inner = _inner
-        else:
-            if namespace_client is None:
-                raise ValueError("namespace_client is required without a native _inner")
-            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,
-                )
+        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,
            )
+        )

    async def table_names(
        self,
@@ -994,9 +944,11 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
        )
        if namespace_path is None:
            namespace_path = []
-        return await self._inner.table_names(
-            namespace_path=namespace_path, start_after=page_token, limit=limit
+        request = ListTablesRequest(
+            id=namespace_path, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
        )
+        response = self._namespace_client.list_tables(request)
+        return response.tables if response.tables else []

    async def create_table(
        self,
@@ -1036,7 +988,6 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
            namespace_path=namespace_path,
            namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
            pushdown_operations=self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-            route_pushdown_to_rust=self._route_pushdown_to_rust,
        )

    async def open_table(
@@ -1059,8 +1010,8 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
                storage_options=storage_options,
                index_cache_size=index_cache_size,
            )
-        except (RuntimeError, ValueError) as e:
-            if "Table not found" in str(e) or "was not found" in str(e):
+        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
@@ -1074,14 +1025,15 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
            namespace_path=namespace_path,
            namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
            pushdown_operations=self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-            route_pushdown_to_rust=self._route_pushdown_to_rust,
        )

    async def drop_table(self, name: str, namespace_path: Optional[List[str]] = None):
        """Drop a table from the namespace."""
        if namespace_path is None:
            namespace_path = []
-        await self._inner.drop_table(name, namespace_path=namespace_path)
+        table_id = namespace_path + [name]
+        request = DropTableRequest(id=table_id)
+        self._namespace_client.drop_table(request)

    async def rename_table(
        self,
@@ -1095,17 +1047,14 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
            cur_namespace_path = []
        if new_namespace_path is None:
            new_namespace_path = []
-        try:
-            await self._inner.rename_table(
-                cur_name,
-                new_name,
-                cur_namespace_path=cur_namespace_path,
-                new_namespace_path=new_namespace_path,
-            )
-        except RuntimeError as e:
-            if "rename_table not implemented" in str(e):
-                raise NotImplementedError("rename_table not implemented") from e
-            raise
+        cur_table_id = cur_namespace_path + [cur_name]
+        new_namespace_id = new_namespace_path if new_namespace_path else None
+        request = RenameTableRequest(
+            id=cur_table_id,
+            new_table_name=new_name,
+            new_namespace_id=new_namespace_id,
+        )
+        self._namespace_client.rename_table(request)

    async def drop_database(self):
        """Deprecated method."""
@@ -1117,7 +1066,9 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
        """Drop all tables in the namespace."""
        if namespace_path is None:
            namespace_path = []
-        await self._inner.drop_all_tables(namespace_path=namespace_path)
+        table_names = await self.table_names(namespace_path=namespace_path)
+        for table_name in table_names:
+            await self.drop_table(table_name, namespace_path=namespace_path)

    async def list_namespaces(
        self,
@@ -1146,8 +1097,13 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
        """
        if namespace_path is None:
            namespace_path = []
-        return await self._inner.list_namespaces(
-            namespace_path=namespace_path, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
+        request = ListNamespacesRequest(
+            id=namespace_path, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
+        )
+        response = self._namespace_client.list_namespaces(request)
+        return ListNamespacesResponse(
+            namespaces=response.namespaces if response.namespaces else [],
+            page_token=response.page_token,
        )

    async def create_namespace(
@@ -1174,11 +1130,15 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
        CreateNamespaceResponse
            Response containing the properties of the created namespace.
        """
-        return await self._inner.create_namespace(
-            namespace_path=namespace_path,
-            mode=mode,
+        request = CreateNamespaceRequest(
+            id=namespace_path,
+            mode=_normalize_create_namespace_mode(mode),
            properties=properties,
        )
+        response = self._namespace_client.create_namespace(request)
+        return CreateNamespaceResponse(
+            properties=response.properties if hasattr(response, "properties") else None
+        )

    async def drop_namespace(
        self,
@@ -1204,16 +1164,20 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
        DropNamespaceResponse
            Response containing properties and transaction_id if applicable.
        """
-        try:
-            return await self._inner.drop_namespace(
-                namespace_path=namespace_path,
-                mode=mode,
-                behavior=behavior,
-            )
-        except RuntimeError as e:
-            if "Namespace not empty" in str(e):
-                raise NamespaceNotEmptyError(str(e)) from e
-            raise
+        request = DropNamespaceRequest(
+            id=namespace_path,
+            mode=_normalize_drop_namespace_mode(mode),
+            behavior=_normalize_drop_namespace_behavior(behavior),
+        )
+        response = self._namespace_client.drop_namespace(request)
+        return DropNamespaceResponse(
+            properties=(
+                response.properties if hasattr(response, "properties") else None
+            ),
+            transaction_id=(
+                response.transaction_id if hasattr(response, "transaction_id") else None
+            ),
+        )

    async def describe_namespace(
        self, namespace_path: List[str]
@@ -1231,7 +1195,11 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
        DescribeNamespaceResponse
            Response containing the namespace properties.
        """
-        return await self._inner.describe_namespace(namespace_path)
+        request = DescribeNamespaceRequest(id=namespace_path)
+        response = self._namespace_client.describe_namespace(request)
+        return DescribeNamespaceResponse(
+            properties=response.properties if hasattr(response, "properties") else None
+        )

    async def list_tables(
        self,
@@ -1260,8 +1228,13 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
        """
        if namespace_path is None:
            namespace_path = []
-        return await self._inner.list_tables(
-            namespace_path=namespace_path, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
+        request = ListTablesRequest(
+            id=namespace_path, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
+        )
+        response = self._namespace_client.list_tables(request)
+        return ListTablesResponse(
+            tables=response.tables if response.tables else [],
+            page_token=response.page_token,
        )

    async def namespace_client(self) -> LanceNamespace:
@@ -1275,18 +1248,6 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
        LanceNamespace
            The namespace client for this connection.
        """
-        if self._namespace_client is None:
-            if (
-                self._namespace_client_impl is None
-                or self._namespace_client_properties is None
-            ):
-                raise ValueError(
-                    "Cannot construct a Python namespace client without "
-                    "namespace implementation properties"
-                )
-            self._namespace_client = namespace_connect(
-                self._namespace_client_impl, self._namespace_client_properties
-            )
        return self._namespace_client


@@ -1337,32 +1298,6 @@ def connect_namespace(
    LanceNamespaceDBConnection
        A namespace-based connection to LanceDB
    """
-    if _supports_native_namespace(namespace_client_impl):
-        inner = AsyncConnection(
-            _connect_namespace(
-                namespace_client_impl,
-                namespace_client_properties,
-                read_consistency_interval=(
-                    read_consistency_interval.total_seconds()
-                    if read_consistency_interval is not None
-                    else None
-                ),
-                storage_options=storage_options,
-                session=session,
-                namespace_client_pushdown_operations=namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-            )
-        )
-        return LanceNamespaceDBConnection(
-            namespace_client=None,
-            read_consistency_interval=read_consistency_interval,
-            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,
-            _inner=inner,
-        )
-
    namespace_client = namespace_connect(
        namespace_client_impl, namespace_client_properties
    )
@@ -1438,32 +1373,6 @@ def connect_namespace_async(
    ...     tables = await db.table_names()
    ...     table = await db.create_table("my_table", schema=schema)
    """
-    if _supports_native_namespace(namespace_client_impl):
-        inner = AsyncConnection(
-            _connect_namespace(
-                namespace_client_impl,
-                namespace_client_properties,
-                read_consistency_interval=(
-                    read_consistency_interval.total_seconds()
-                    if read_consistency_interval is not None
-                    else None
-                ),
-                storage_options=storage_options,
-                session=session,
-                namespace_client_pushdown_operations=namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-            )
-        )
-        return AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection(
-            namespace_client=None,
-            read_consistency_interval=read_consistency_interval,
-            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,
-            _inner=inner,
-        )
-
    namespace_client = namespace_connect(
        namespace_client_impl, namespace_client_properties
    )
@@ -1474,6 +1383,4 @@ def connect_namespace_async(
        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,
    )
@@ -48,14 +48,6 @@ 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(
@@ -275,18 +275,7 @@ def _py_type_to_arrow_type(py_type: Type[Any], field: FieldInfo) -> pa.DataType:
        tz = get_extras(field, "tz")
        return pa.timestamp("us", tz=tz)
    elif getattr(py_type, "__origin__", None) in (list, tuple):
-        # A bare, unparameterised ``typing.List`` / ``typing.Tuple`` matches this
-        # branch (its ``__origin__`` is ``list`` / ``tuple``) but has no
-        # ``__args__``, so we cannot infer the element type. Raise a clear
-        # ``TypeError`` instead of crashing with an opaque ``AttributeError``.
-        args = getattr(py_type, "__args__", None)
-        if not args:
-            raise TypeError(
-                "Converting Pydantic type to Arrow Type: unsupported type "
-                f"{py_type}. Specify the element type, e.g. List[int] instead "
-                "of a bare List."
-            )
-        child = args[0]
+        child = py_type.__args__[0]
        return _pydantic_list_child_to_arrow(child, field)
    raise TypeError(
        f"Converting Pydantic type to Arrow Type: unsupported type {py_type}."
@@ -119,27 +119,6 @@ def _filter_to_sql(filter: Optional[Union[str, Expr]]) -> Optional[str]:
    return filter


-def _combine_where(
-    existing: Optional[Union[str, Expr]], new: Union[str, Expr]
-) -> Union[str, Expr]:
-    """Combine a new filter with an existing one using a logical AND.
-
-    Calling ``where`` more than once composes the filters with AND instead of
-    replacing the previous filter. Two :class:`~lancedb.expr.Expr` filters are
-    combined as an expression; otherwise both filters are lowered to SQL strings
-    and combined as SQL.
-    """
-    if existing is None:
-        return new
-    existing_is_expr = isinstance(existing, Expr)
-    new_is_expr = isinstance(new, Expr)
-    if existing_is_expr and new_is_expr:
-        return existing & new
-    existing_sql = existing.to_sql() if existing_is_expr else existing
-    new_sql = new.to_sql() if new_is_expr else new
-    return f"({existing_sql}) AND ({new_sql})"
-
-
 def _projection_to_scanner_kwargs(
    columns: Optional[
        Union[
@@ -1169,13 +1148,8 @@ class LanceQueryBuilder(ABC):
        -------
        LanceQueryBuilder
            The LanceQueryBuilder object.
-
-        Notes
-        -----
-        Calling this multiple times combines the filters with a logical AND
-        rather than replacing the previous filter.
        """
-        self._where = _combine_where(self._where, where)
+        self._where = where
        self._postfilter = not prefilter
        return self

@@ -1719,13 +1693,8 @@ class LanceVectorQueryBuilder(LanceQueryBuilder):
        -------
        LanceQueryBuilder
            The LanceQueryBuilder object.
-
-        Notes
-        -----
-        Calling this multiple times combines the filters with a logical AND
-        rather than replacing the previous filter.
        """
-        self._where = _combine_where(self._where, where)
+        self._where = where
        if prefilter is not None:
            self._postfilter = not prefilter
        return self
@@ -2925,9 +2894,6 @@ class AsyncStandardQuery(AsyncQueryBase):

        Filtering performance can often be improved by creating a scalar index
        on the filter column(s).
-
-        Calling this multiple times combines the filters with a logical AND
-        rather than replacing the previous filter.
        """
        if isinstance(predicate, Expr):
            self._inner.where_expr(predicate._inner)
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from typing import List, Optional
 from lancedb import __version__

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

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


@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
                "request_thread_pool is no longer used and will be removed in "
                "a future release.",
                DeprecationWarning,
-                stacklevel=2,
            )

        if connection_timeout is not None:
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
                "release. Please use client_config.timeout_config.connect_timeout "
                "instead.",
                DeprecationWarning,
-                stacklevel=2,
            )
            client_config.timeout_config.connect_timeout = timedelta(
                seconds=connection_timeout
@@ -144,7 +142,6 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
                "read_timeout is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. "
                "Please use client_config.timeout_config.read_timeout instead.",
                DeprecationWarning,
-                stacklevel=2,
            )
            client_config.timeout_config.read_timeout = timedelta(seconds=read_timeout)

@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-# 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
@@ -845,8 +845,7 @@ class RemoteTable(Table):
        """
        warnings.warn(
            "cleanup_old_versions() is a no-op on LanceDB Cloud. "
-            "Tables are automatically cleaned up and optimized.",
-            stacklevel=2,
+            "Tables are automatically cleaned up and optimized."
        )
        pass

@@ -858,8 +857,7 @@ class RemoteTable(Table):
        """
        warnings.warn(
            "compact_files() is a no-op on LanceDB Cloud. "
-            "Tables are automatically compacted and optimized.",
-            stacklevel=2,
+            "Tables are automatically compacted and optimized."
        )
        pass

@@ -876,8 +874,7 @@ class RemoteTable(Table):
        """
        warnings.warn(
            "optimize() is a no-op on LanceDB Cloud. "
-            "Indices are optimized automatically.",
-            stacklevel=2,
+            "Indices are optimized automatically."
        )
        pass

@@ -156,16 +156,9 @@ class MRRReranker(Reranker):
                reciprocal_rank = 1.0 / rank
                mrr_score_map[result_id].append(reciprocal_rank)

-        # MRR averages the reciprocal rank across *all* ranking systems, treating
-        # a system in which a document does not appear as a reciprocal rank of 0.
-        # We therefore divide by the total number of systems, not by the number of
-        # systems the document happens to appear in -- otherwise a document found
-        # by a single ranking would outrank one ranked highly by every system,
-        # defeating the purpose of fusing the rankings.
-        num_systems = len(vector_results)
        final_mrr_scores = {}
        for result_id, reciprocal_ranks in mrr_score_map.items():
-            mean_rr = float(np.sum(reciprocal_ranks)) / num_systems
+            mean_rr = np.mean(reciprocal_ranks)
            final_mrr_scores[result_id] = mean_rr

        combined = pa.concat_tables(vector_results, **self._concat_tables_args)
@@ -86,10 +86,7 @@ def _from_list(data: list) -> Scannable:

@to_scannable.register(dict)
 def _from_dict(data: dict) -> Scannable:
-    raise ValueError(
-        "Cannot create or add rows from a single dictionary. "
-        "Use a list of dictionaries instead."
-    )
+    raise ValueError("Cannot add a single dictionary to a table. Use a list.")


@to_scannable.register(LanceModel)
@@ -243,10 +243,7 @@ def _into_pyarrow_reader(
        raise ValueError("Cannot add a single LanceModel to a table. Use a list.")

    if isinstance(data, dict):
-        raise ValueError(
-            "Cannot create or add rows from a single dictionary. "
-            "Use a list of dictionaries instead."
-        )
+        raise ValueError("Cannot add a single dictionary to a table. Use a list.")

    if isinstance(data, list):
        # Handle empty list case
@@ -2022,7 +2019,6 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
        namespace_client: Optional[Any] = None,
        managed_versioning: Optional[bool] = None,
        pushdown_operations: Optional[set] = None,
-        route_pushdown_to_rust: bool = False,
        _async: AsyncTable = None,
    ):
        if namespace_path is None:
@@ -2032,14 +2028,6 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
        self._location = location  # Store location for use in _dataset_path
        self._namespace_client = namespace_client
        self._pushdown_operations = pushdown_operations or set()
-        # When the connection built the namespace client natively (e.g. an
-        # enterprise "rest" connection), the underlying Rust table already
-        # executes QueryTable pushdown itself -- and, unlike this Python urllib3
-        # path, it routes through the read-freshness context provider that emits
-        # the ``x-lancedb-min-timestamp`` header. So we must defer pushdown to
-        # Rust instead of calling the Python ``namespace_client.query_table``
-        # directly, or reads silently bypass read-freshness (stale results).
-        self._route_pushdown_to_rust = route_pushdown_to_rust
        if _async is not None:
            self._table = _async
        else:
@@ -2142,19 +2130,12 @@ class LanceTable(Table):

        branch = self.current_branch()
        version = None if branch is not None else self.version
-        namespace_client = self._namespace_client
-        if namespace_client is None:
-            conn_uri = getattr(self._conn, "uri", "")
-            if get_uri_scheme(conn_uri) == "namespace":
-                namespace_client = self._conn.namespace_client()
-                self._namespace_client = namespace_client
-
-        if namespace_client is not None:
+        if self._namespace_client is not None:
            table_id = self._namespace_path + [self.name]
            ds = lance.dataset(
                version=version,
                storage_options=self._conn.storage_options,
-                namespace_client=namespace_client,
+                namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
                table_id=table_id,
                **kwargs,
            )
@@ -2257,7 +2238,6 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
            namespace_path=self._namespace_path,
            namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
            pushdown_operations=self._pushdown_operations,
-            route_pushdown_to_rust=self._route_pushdown_to_rust,
            location=self._location,
            _async=async_table,
        )
@@ -2408,11 +2388,8 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
        Returns
        -------
        pa.Table"""
-        if (
-            _should_push_down_query_table(
-                self._namespace_client, self._pushdown_operations
-            )
-            and not self._route_pushdown_to_rust
+        if _should_push_down_query_table(
+            self._namespace_client, self._pushdown_operations
        ):
            return self._execute_query(Query()).read_all()

@@ -3364,7 +3341,6 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
        location: Optional[str] = None,
        namespace_client: Optional[Any] = None,
        pushdown_operations: Optional[set] = None,
-        route_pushdown_to_rust: bool = False,
    ):
        """
        Create a new table.
@@ -3427,24 +3403,21 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
        self._location = location
        self._namespace_client = namespace_client
        self._pushdown_operations = pushdown_operations or set()
-        self._route_pushdown_to_rust = route_pushdown_to_rust

        if data_storage_version is not None:
            warnings.warn(
-                "setting data_storage_version directly on create_table is deprecated. "
+                "setting data_storage_version directly on create_table is deprecated. ",
                "Use database_options instead.",
                DeprecationWarning,
-                stacklevel=2,
            )
            if storage_options is None:
                storage_options = {}
            storage_options["new_table_data_storage_version"] = data_storage_version
        if enable_v2_manifest_paths is not None:
            warnings.warn(
-                "setting enable_v2_manifest_paths directly on create_table is "
+                "setting enable_v2_manifest_paths directly on create_table is ",
                "deprecated. Use database_options instead.",
                DeprecationWarning,
-                stacklevel=2,
            )
            if storage_options is None:
                storage_options = {}
@@ -3541,7 +3514,6 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
            _should_push_down_query_table(
                self._namespace_client, self._pushdown_operations
            )
-            and not self._route_pushdown_to_rust
            and self.current_branch() is None
        ):
            from lancedb.namespace import _execute_server_side_query
@@ -4283,7 +4255,6 @@ class AsyncTable:
        namespace_path: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        namespace_client: Optional[Any] = None,
        pushdown_operations: Optional[set] = None,
-        route_pushdown_to_rust: bool = False,
    ):
        """Create a new AsyncTable object.

@@ -4296,9 +4267,6 @@ class AsyncTable:
        self._namespace_path = namespace_path or []
        self._namespace_client = namespace_client
        self._pushdown_operations = pushdown_operations or set()
-        # See LanceTable.__init__: defer QueryTable pushdown to Rust (which emits
-        # the read-freshness header) for natively-built namespace clients.
-        self._route_pushdown_to_rust = route_pushdown_to_rust

    def _set_namespace_context(
        self,
@@ -4306,12 +4274,10 @@ class AsyncTable:
        namespace_path: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        namespace_client: Optional[Any] = None,
        pushdown_operations: Optional[set] = None,
-        route_pushdown_to_rust: bool = False,
    ) -> "AsyncTable":
        self._namespace_path = namespace_path or []
        self._namespace_client = namespace_client
        self._pushdown_operations = pushdown_operations or set()
-        self._route_pushdown_to_rust = route_pushdown_to_rust
        return self

    def __repr__(self):
@@ -4521,11 +4487,8 @@ class AsyncTable:
        -------
        pa.Table
        """
-        if (
-            _should_push_down_query_table(
-                self._namespace_client, self._pushdown_operations
-            )
-            and not self._route_pushdown_to_rust
+        if _should_push_down_query_table(
+            self._namespace_client, self._pushdown_operations
        ):
            return (await self._execute_query(Query())).read_all()

@@ -5209,11 +5172,8 @@ class AsyncTable:
        batch_size: Optional[int] = None,
        timeout: Optional[timedelta] = None,
    ) -> pa.RecordBatchReader:
-        if (
-            _should_push_down_query_table(
-                self._namespace_client, self._pushdown_operations
-            )
-            and not self._route_pushdown_to_rust
+        if _should_push_down_query_table(
+            self._namespace_client, self._pushdown_operations
        ):
            from lancedb.namespace import _execute_server_side_query

@@ -5699,7 +5659,6 @@ class AsyncTable:
                "The 'retrain' parameter is deprecated and will be removed in a "
                "future version.",
                DeprecationWarning,
-                stacklevel=2,
            )

        return await self._inner.optimize(
@@ -373,15 +373,9 @@ def _(value: list):
@value_to_sql.register(dict)
 def _(value: dict):
    # https://datafusion.apache.org/user-guide/sql/scalar_functions.html#named-struct
-    # Render the field name through value_to_sql(str(...)) as well so that keys
-    # containing characters meaningful in SQL (e.g. a single quote) are escaped
-    # the same way string values are. A bare f"'{k}'" would emit invalid SQL for
-    # a key like "it's".
    return (
        "named_struct("
-        + ", ".join(
-            f"{value_to_sql(str(k))}, {value_to_sql(v)}" for k, v in value.items()
-        )
+        + ", ".join(f"'{k}', {value_to_sql(v)}" for k, v in value.items())
        + ")"
    )

@@ -91,9 +91,7 @@ async def test_create_scalar_index(some_table: AsyncTable):
    # Can recreate if replace=True
    await some_table.create_index("id", replace=True)
    indices = await some_table.list_indices()
-    assert str(indices).startswith(
-        '[IndexConfig(name="id_idx", index_type="BTree", columns=["id"]'
-    )
+    assert str(indices) == '[Index(BTree, columns=["id"], name="id_idx")]'
    assert len(indices) == 1
    assert indices[0].index_type == "BTree"
    assert indices[0].columns == ["id"]
@@ -108,27 +106,6 @@ async def test_create_scalar_index(some_table: AsyncTable):
    assert len(indices) == 0


-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_index_config_repr(db_async):
-    # Use >= 1000 rows so the thousands separator in the repr is exercised.
-    nrows = 1500
-    table = await db_async.create_table(
-        "repr_table", pa.Table.from_pydict({"id": list(range(nrows))})
-    )
-    await table.create_index("id", config=BTree())
-    indices = await table.list_indices()
-    assert len(indices) == 1
-
-    r = repr(indices[0])
-    assert r.startswith('IndexConfig(name="id_idx", index_type="BTree", columns=["id"]')
-    # Integer counts use `_` thousands separators (valid Python int syntax).
-    assert "num_indexed_rows=1_500" in r
-    assert "num_unindexed_rows=0" in r
-    # created_at renders as a datetime so the value round-trips.
-    assert "created_at=datetime.datetime(" in r
-    assert r.endswith(")")
-
-
@pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_create_nested_scalar_index_lists_canonical_paths(db_async):
    metadata_type = pa.struct(
@@ -221,9 +198,7 @@ async def test_create_nested_scalar_index_lists_canonical_paths(db_async):
 async def test_create_fixed_size_binary_index(some_table: AsyncTable):
    await some_table.create_index("fsb", config=BTree())
    indices = await some_table.list_indices()
-    assert str(indices).startswith(
-        '[IndexConfig(name="fsb_idx", index_type="BTree", columns=["fsb"]'
-    )
+    assert str(indices) == '[Index(BTree, columns=["fsb"], name="fsb_idx")]'
    assert len(indices) == 1
    assert indices[0].index_type == "BTree"
    assert indices[0].columns == ["fsb"]
@@ -272,9 +247,7 @@ async def test_create_bitmap_index(some_table: AsyncTable):
 async def test_create_label_list_index(some_table: AsyncTable):
    await some_table.create_index("tags", config=LabelList())
    indices = await some_table.list_indices()
-    assert str(indices).startswith(
-        '[IndexConfig(name="tags_idx", index_type="LabelList", columns=["tags"]'
-    )
+    assert str(indices) == '[Index(LabelList, columns=["tags"], name="tags_idx")]'
    plan = await some_table.query().where("array_has(tags, 'tag0')").explain_plan()
    assert "ScalarIndexQuery" in plan

@@ -289,9 +262,7 @@ async def test_create_large_list_label_list_index(db_async):

    await table.create_index("tags", config=LabelList())
    indices = await table.list_indices()
-    assert str(indices).startswith(
-        '[IndexConfig(name="tags_idx", index_type="LabelList", columns=["tags"]'
-    )
+    assert str(indices) == '[Index(LabelList, columns=["tags"], name="tags_idx")]'
    plan = await table.query().where("array_has(tags, 'shared')").explain_plan()
    assert "ScalarIndexQuery" in plan

@@ -328,9 +299,7 @@ async def test_create_label_list_index_rejects_list_struct(db_async):
 async def test_full_text_search_index(some_table: AsyncTable):
    await some_table.create_index("tags", config=FTS(with_position=False))
    indices = await some_table.list_indices()
-    assert str(indices).startswith(
-        '[IndexConfig(name="tags_idx", index_type="FTS", columns=["tags"]'
-    )
+    assert str(indices) == '[Index(FTS, columns=["tags"], name="tags_idx")]'

    await some_table.prewarm_index("tags_idx")

@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@

 import tempfile
 import shutil
-import importlib
+import sys
 import pytest
 import pyarrow as pa
 import lancedb
 from lance_namespace.errors import NamespaceNotEmptyError, TableNotFoundError
-from lancedb.namespace import _MAX_QUERY_K
 from lancedb.table import AsyncTable, LanceTable


@@ -66,9 +65,6 @@ def _namespace_lance_table(namespace_client: _NamespaceClient) -> LanceTable:
    table._namespace_path = ["geneva"]
    table._namespace_client = namespace_client
    table._pushdown_operations = {"QueryTable"}
-    # This test exercises the Python-side pushdown path (non-native client), so
-    # pushdown is not routed to Rust.
-    table._route_pushdown_to_rust = False
    return table


@@ -104,40 +100,6 @@ class TestNamespaceConnection:
        assert isinstance(db, lancedb.LanceNamespaceDBConnection)
        assert len(list(db.table_names())) == 0

-    def test_sync_builtin_namespace_uses_rust_without_python_client(self, monkeypatch):
-        """Built-in sync namespace connections should not construct or call the
-        Python namespace client for normal namespace/table management."""
-        namespace_module = importlib.import_module("lancedb.namespace")
-
-        def fail_namespace_connect(*args, **kwargs):
-            raise AssertionError("Python namespace client should not be constructed")
-
-        monkeypatch.setattr(
-            namespace_module, "namespace_connect", fail_namespace_connect
-        )
-
-        db = lancedb.connect_namespace("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
-        assert isinstance(db, lancedb.LanceNamespaceDBConnection)
-        assert db._namespace_client is None
-        assert db._route_pushdown_to_rust is True
-
-        db.create_namespace(["test_ns"])
-        assert "test_ns" in db.list_namespaces().namespaces
-
-        schema = pa.schema([pa.field("id", pa.int64())])
-        table = db.create_table("test_table", schema=schema, namespace_path=["test_ns"])
-        assert table.namespace == ["test_ns"]
-        assert "test_table" in db.table_names(namespace_path=["test_ns"])
-        assert "test_table" in db.list_tables(namespace_path=["test_ns"]).tables
-
-        opened = db.open_table("test_table", namespace_path=["test_ns"])
-        assert opened.namespace == ["test_ns"]
-
-        db.drop_table("test_table", namespace_path=["test_ns"])
-        assert db.list_tables(namespace_path=["test_ns"]).tables == []
-        db.drop_namespace(["test_ns"])
-        assert "test_ns" not in db.list_namespaces().namespaces
-
    def test_create_table_through_namespace(self):
        """Test creating a table through namespace."""
        db = lancedb.connect_namespace("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
@@ -599,61 +561,6 @@ class TestAsyncNamespaceConnection:
        table_names = await db.table_names()
        assert len(list(table_names)) == 0

-    async def test_async_builtin_namespace_uses_rust_without_python_client(
-        self, monkeypatch
-    ):
-        """Built-in async namespace connections should not construct or call the
-        Python namespace client for normal namespace/table management."""
-        namespace_module = importlib.import_module("lancedb.namespace")
-
-        def fail_namespace_connect(*args, **kwargs):
-            raise AssertionError("Python namespace client should not be constructed")
-
-        monkeypatch.setattr(
-            namespace_module, "namespace_connect", fail_namespace_connect
-        )
-
-        db = lancedb.connect_namespace_async("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
-        assert isinstance(db, lancedb.AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection)
-        assert db._namespace_client is None
-        assert db._route_pushdown_to_rust is True
-
-        await db.create_namespace(["test_ns"])
-        assert "test_ns" in (await db.list_namespaces()).namespaces
-
-        schema = pa.schema([pa.field("id", pa.int64())])
-        table = await db.create_table(
-            "test_table", schema=schema, namespace_path=["test_ns"]
-        )
-        assert table._namespace_path == ["test_ns"]
-        assert table._namespace_client is None
-        assert table._route_pushdown_to_rust is True
-        assert "test_table" in await db.table_names(namespace_path=["test_ns"])
-        assert "test_table" in (await db.list_tables(namespace_path=["test_ns"])).tables
-
-        opened = await db.open_table("test_table", namespace_path=["test_ns"])
-        assert opened._namespace_path == ["test_ns"]
-
-        await db.drop_table("test_table", namespace_path=["test_ns"])
-        assert (await db.list_tables(namespace_path=["test_ns"])).tables == []
-        await db.drop_namespace(["test_ns"])
-        assert "test_ns" not in (await db.list_namespaces()).namespaces
-
-    async def test_async_namespace_client_is_lazy(self):
-        """namespace_client() should still return the backing client on demand."""
-        pytest.importorskip("lance")
-        from lance.namespace import DirectoryNamespace
-
-        db = lancedb.connect_namespace_async("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
-        assert db._namespace_client is None
-
-        ns_client = await db.namespace_client()
-
-        assert isinstance(ns_client, DirectoryNamespace)
-        namespace_id = ns_client.namespace_id().replace("\\\\", "\\")
-        assert str(self.temp_dir) in namespace_id
-        assert db._namespace_client is ns_client
-
    # Async connect via namespace helper is not enabled yet.

    async def test_create_table_async(self):
@@ -898,39 +805,6 @@ class TestPushdownOperations:
        db = lancedb.connect_namespace("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
        assert len(db._namespace_client_pushdown_operations) == 0

-    def test_route_pushdown_to_rust_for_native_rest(self):
-        """A natively-built rest connection must defer QueryTable pushdown to
-        Rust so reads carry the x-lancedb-min-timestamp read-freshness header."""
-        db = lancedb.connect_namespace(
-            "rest",
-            {"uri": "http://localhost:12345"},
-            namespace_client_pushdown_operations=["QueryTable"],
-        )
-        assert db._route_pushdown_to_rust is True
-
-    def test_route_pushdown_to_rust_for_native_dir(self):
-        """The sync dir connection is natively built and defers QueryTable
-        pushdown to Rust."""
-        db = lancedb.connect_namespace("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
-        assert db._route_pushdown_to_rust is True
-
-    def test_async_route_pushdown_to_rust_for_native_rest(self):
-        """The async connection must not silently bypass the read-freshness fix:
-        a natively-built rest connection defers pushdown to Rust (regression test
-        for the async path omitting the freshness header)."""
-        db = lancedb.connect_namespace_async(
-            "rest",
-            {"uri": "http://localhost:12345"},
-            namespace_client_pushdown_operations=["QueryTable"],
-        )
-        assert db._route_pushdown_to_rust is True
-
-    def test_async_route_pushdown_to_rust_for_native_dir(self):
-        """The async dir connection is natively built and defers QueryTable
-        pushdown to Rust."""
-        db = lancedb.connect_namespace_async("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
-        assert db._route_pushdown_to_rust is True
-
    def test_lance_table_to_arrow_uses_query_pushdown(self):
        namespace_client = _NamespaceClient()
        table = _namespace_lance_table(namespace_client)
@@ -942,13 +816,10 @@ class TestPushdownOperations:
            ["geneva", "hist"],
            ["geneva", "hist"],
        ]
-        # Unlimited reads cap k at i32::MAX (the namespace query_table `k`
-        # field is i32); sys.maxsize would overflow the Rust binding.
        assert [request.k for request in namespace_client.requests] == [
-            _MAX_QUERY_K,
-            _MAX_QUERY_K,
+            sys.maxsize,
+            sys.maxsize,
        ]
-        assert all(r.k <= 2**31 - 1 for r in namespace_client.requests)


@pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -1003,13 +874,10 @@ class TestAsyncPushdownOperations:
            ["geneva", "hist"],
            ["geneva", "hist"],
        ]
-        # Unlimited reads cap k at i32::MAX (the namespace query_table `k`
-        # field is i32); sys.maxsize would overflow the Rust binding.
        assert [request.k for request in namespace_client.requests] == [
-            _MAX_QUERY_K,
-            _MAX_QUERY_K,
+            sys.maxsize,
+            sys.maxsize,
        ]
-        assert all(r.k <= 2**31 - 1 for r in namespace_client.requests)


 def test_local_table_to_arrow_and_to_pandas_are_unchanged(tmp_path):
@@ -188,18 +188,6 @@ def test_nested_struct_list():
    assert schema == expect_schema


-def test_bare_generic_raises_type_error():
-    # A bare, unparameterised List/Tuple has no element type to map to Arrow.
-    # It should raise a clear TypeError, not crash with AttributeError: __args__.
-    for bare in (List, Tuple):
-
-        class TestModel(pydantic.BaseModel):
-            items: bare
-
-        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="unsupported type"):
-            pydantic_to_schema(TestModel)
-
-
 def test_nested_struct_list_optional():
    class SplitInfo(pydantic.BaseModel):
        start_frame: int
@@ -502,61 +502,6 @@ def test_with_row_id(table: lancedb.table.Table):
    assert rs["_rowid"].to_pylist() == [0, 1]


-def test_where_repeated_combines_with_and(table: lancedb.table.Table):
-    # Calling where() more than once should AND the filters together instead of
-    # silently replacing the previous one (regression test for #2649).
-    builder = table.search().where("id >= 1").where("id < 2")
-    assert builder._where == "(id >= 1) AND (id < 2)"
-
-    ids = [row["id"] for row in builder.limit(10).to_list()]
-    assert ids == [1]
-
-
-def test_where_repeated_combines_expr(table: lancedb.table.Table):
-    from lancedb.expr import col, lit
-
-    builder = table.search().where(col("id") >= lit(1)).where(col("id") < lit(2))
-    ids = [row["id"] for row in builder.limit(10).to_list()]
-    assert ids == [1]
-
-
-def test_where_mixed_filter_kinds_combines(table: lancedb.table.Table):
-    # Mixing a SQL string filter with an expression filter lowers the
-    # expression to SQL and combines them as SQL strings.
-    from lancedb.expr import col, lit
-
-    builder = table.search().where("id >= 1").where(col("id") < lit(2))
-    ids = [row["id"] for row in builder.limit(10).to_list()]
-    assert ids == [1]
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_where_repeated_combines_with_and_async(table_async: AsyncTable):
-    ids = [
-        row["id"]
-        for row in (
-            await table_async.query().where("id >= 1").where("id < 2").to_list()
-        )
-    ]
-    assert ids == [1]
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_where_mixed_filter_kinds_combines_async(table_async: AsyncTable):
-    from lancedb.expr import col, lit
-
-    ids = [
-        row["id"]
-        for row in (
-            await table_async.query()
-            .where("id >= 1")
-            .where(col("id") < lit(2))
-            .to_list()
-        )
-    ]
-    assert ids == [1]
-
-
 def test_distance_range(table: lancedb.table.Table):
    q = [0, 0]
    rs = table.search(q).to_arrow()
@@ -350,38 +350,6 @@ def test_mrr_reranker_empty_input():
        reranker.rerank_multivector([])


-def test_mrr_multivector_rewards_consensus():
-    # Reciprocal ranks must be averaged across *all* ranking systems, treating a
-    # missing system as 0. A document ranked first by every system must outrank a
-    # document ranked first by only one of them.
-    reranker = MRRReranker()
-
-    def ranking(row_ids):
-        return pa.table({"_rowid": pa.array(row_ids, type=pa.int64())})
-
-    # Doc 1 is rank 1 in only the first system; doc 2 is rank 1 in two systems
-    # and rank 2 in the third (strong cross-system consensus).
-    rs1 = ranking([1, 2, 3])
-    rs2 = ranking([2, 3, 4])
-    rs3 = ranking([2, 5, 6])
-
-    result = reranker.rerank_multivector([rs1, rs2, rs3])
-    scores = {
-        row_id: score
-        for row_id, score in zip(
-            result["_rowid"].to_pylist(),
-            result["_relevance_score"].to_pylist(),
-        )
-    }
-
-    # sum of reciprocal ranks / number of systems
-    assert scores[1] == pytest.approx(1.0 / 3)
-    assert scores[2] == pytest.approx((0.5 + 1.0 + 1.0) / 3)
-    assert scores[2] > scores[1]
-    # The consensus document ranks first overall.
-    assert result["_rowid"].to_pylist()[0] == 2
-
-
 def test_rrf_reranker_distance():
    data = pa.table(
        {
@@ -301,16 +301,6 @@ def test_create_table(mem_db: DBConnection):
        assert expected == tbl


-def test_create_table_rejects_single_dictionary(mem_db: DBConnection):
-    data = {"vector": [3.1, 4.1], "item": "foo", "price": 10.0}
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError) as excep_info:
-        mem_db.create_table("test", data=data)
-    assert (
-        str(excep_info.value) == "Cannot create or add rows from a single dictionary. "
-        "Use a list of dictionaries instead."
-    )
-
-
 def test_empty_table(mem_db: DBConnection):
    schema = pa.schema(
        [
@@ -340,8 +330,8 @@ def test_add_dictionary(mem_db: DBConnection):
    with pytest.raises(ValueError) as excep_info:
        tbl.add(data=data)
    assert (
-        str(excep_info.value) == "Cannot create or add rows from a single dictionary. "
-        "Use a list of dictionaries instead."
+        str(excep_info.value)
+        == "Cannot add a single dictionary to a table. Use a list."
    )


@@ -1137,16 +1127,6 @@ def test_namespace_open_table_with_branch_version(tmp_path):
    assert db.open_table("t", namespace_path=["ns1"], branch="exp").count_rows() == 3


-def test_namespace_root_table_to_lance_uses_namespace_client(tmp_path):
-    pytest.importorskip("lance")  # "dir" impl is lance.namespace.DirectoryNamespace
-    db = lancedb.connect_namespace("dir", {"root": str(tmp_path)})
-    table = db.create_table("t", [{"i": 0}])
-
-    assert table._namespace_client is None
-    assert table.to_lance().count_rows() == 1
-    assert table._namespace_client is not None
-
-
@pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_async_namespace_open_table_with_branch_version(tmp_path):
    pytest.importorskip("lance")  # "dir" impl is lance.namespace.DirectoryNamespace
@@ -149,21 +149,6 @@ def test_value_to_sql_dict():
    assert value_to_sql({}) == "named_struct()"


-def test_value_to_sql_dict_key_escaping():
-    # Struct field names that contain a single quote must be escaped (doubled)
-    # the same way string values are, otherwise value_to_sql emits invalid SQL
-    # such as named_struct('it's', 1).
-    assert value_to_sql({"it's": 1}) == "named_struct('it''s', 1)"
-    assert (
-        value_to_sql({"o'brien": "d'angelo"}) == "named_struct('o''brien', 'd''angelo')"
-    )
-    # Escaping also applies to keys of nested structs.
-    assert (
-        value_to_sql({"outer": {"in'r": 1}})
-        == "named_struct('outer', named_struct('in''r', 1))"
-    )
-
-
 def test_value_to_sql_numpy_scalars():
    # numpy scalars (e.g. pulled from an ndarray or a pandas column) must
    # convert the same way as their native Python counterparts. np.float64
@@ -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, oauth_config=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))]
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub fn connect(
    py: Python<'_>,
@@ -553,7 +553,6 @@ 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);
@@ -583,11 +582,6 @@ 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());
        }
@@ -616,38 +610,24 @@ pub fn connect_namespace_client(
    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());

-    // Prefer building the namespace natively from (impl, properties) so the
-    // read-freshness provider installed
-    let database = if build_namespace_natively(namespace_client_impl.as_deref(), &ns_properties) {
-        let ns_impl = namespace_client_impl.expect("impl present per build_namespace_natively");
-        crate::runtime::block_on(LanceNamespaceDatabase::connect(
-            &ns_impl,
-            ns_properties,
-            storage_options,
-            read_consistency_interval,
-            session,
-            namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-        ))
-        .infer_error()?
-    } else {
-        let namespace_client = extract_namespace_arc(py, namespace_client)?;
-        LanceNamespaceDatabase::from_namespace_client(
-            namespace_client,
-            namespace_client_impl.unwrap_or_else(|| "python".to_string()),
-            ns_properties,
-            storage_options,
-            read_consistency_interval,
-            session,
-            namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-        )
-    };
+    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),
@@ -655,56 +635,6 @@ pub fn connect_namespace_client(
    )))
 }

-#[pyfunction]
-#[pyo3(signature = (
-    namespace_client_impl,
-    namespace_client_properties,
-    read_consistency_interval=None,
-    storage_options=None,
-    session=None,
-    namespace_client_pushdown_operations=None,
-))]
-#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
-pub fn connect_namespace(
-    namespace_client_impl: String,
-    namespace_client_properties: HashMap<String, String>,
-    read_consistency_interval: Option<f64>,
-    storage_options: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
-    session: Option<crate::session::Session>,
-    namespace_client_pushdown_operations: Option<Vec<String>>,
-) -> PyResult<Connection> {
-    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 mut builder =
-        lancedb::connect_namespace(&namespace_client_impl, namespace_client_properties)
-            .pushdown_operations(namespace_client_pushdown_operations);
-    if let Some(storage_options) = storage_options {
-        builder = builder.storage_options(storage_options);
-    }
-    if let Some(read_consistency_interval) = read_consistency_interval {
-        builder = builder.read_consistency_interval(read_consistency_interval);
-    }
-    if let Some(session) = session {
-        builder = builder.session(session.inner.clone());
-    }
-
-    Ok(Connection::new(
-        crate::runtime::block_on(builder.execute()).infer_error()?,
-    ))
-}
-
-/// Whether to build the namespace natively (from impl + properties) instead of
-/// wrapping a pre-built client. Native construction is required for the
-/// read-freshness provider to be installed
-fn build_namespace_natively(
-    namespace_client_impl: Option<&str>,
-    namespace_client_properties: &HashMap<String, String>,
-) -> bool {
-    matches!(namespace_client_impl, Some("rest")) && !namespace_client_properties.is_empty()
-}
-
 #[derive(FromPyObject)]
 pub struct PyClientConfig {
    user_agent: String,
@@ -803,36 +733,3 @@ impl From<PyClientConfig> for lancedb::remote::ClientConfig {
        }
    }
 }
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    fn props(pairs: &[(&str, &str)]) -> HashMap<String, String> {
-        pairs
-            .iter()
-            .map(|(k, v)| (k.to_string(), v.to_string()))
-            .collect()
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn native_build_only_for_rest_with_properties() {
-        let rest = props(&[("uri", "http://localhost:10024")]);
-
-        // rest + non-empty properties -> build natively (installs the
-        // read-freshness provider so checkout_latest() busts the server cache).
-        assert!(build_namespace_natively(Some("rest"), &rest));
-
-        // dir is local (no server cache) -> wrap the pre-built client unchanged.
-        assert!(!build_namespace_natively(
-            Some("dir"),
-            &props(&[("root", "/tmp")])
-        ));
-
-        // No impl: only a pre-built client was handed in -> wrap it as-is.
-        assert!(!build_namespace_natively(None, &rest));
-
-        // rest but no properties: nothing to build a connection from -> wrap.
-        assert!(!build_namespace_natively(Some("rest"), &HashMap::new()));
-    }
-}
@@ -319,53 +319,11 @@ pub struct IndexConfig {

 #[pymethods]
 impl IndexConfig {
-    pub fn __repr__(&self, py: Python<'_>) -> String {
-        let mut fields = vec![
-            format!("name={:?}", self.name),
-            format!("index_type={:?}", self.index_type),
-            format!("columns={:?}", self.columns),
-        ];
-        if let Some(v) = &self.index_uuid {
-            fields.push(format!("index_uuid={:?}", v));
-        }
-        if let Some(v) = &self.type_url {
-            fields.push(format!("type_url={:?}", v));
-        }
-        if let Some(v) = self.created_at {
-            // Render the datetime's own Python repr so the value round-trips,
-            // falling back to RFC 3339 if the conversion ever fails.
-            let rendered = v
-                .into_pyobject(py)
-                .ok()
-                .and_then(|obj| obj.into_any().repr().ok())
-                .map(|r| r.to_string())
-                .unwrap_or_else(|| v.to_rfc3339());
-            fields.push(format!("created_at={}", rendered));
-        }
-        if let Some(v) = self.num_indexed_rows {
-            fields.push(format!("num_indexed_rows={}", fmt_thousands(v)));
-        }
-        if let Some(v) = self.num_unindexed_rows {
-            fields.push(format!("num_unindexed_rows={}", fmt_thousands(v)));
-        }
-        if let Some(v) = self.size_bytes {
-            fields.push(format!("size_bytes={}", fmt_thousands(v)));
-        }
-        if let Some(v) = self.num_segments {
-            fields.push(format!("num_segments={}", v));
-        }
-        if let Some(v) = self.index_version {
-            fields.push(format!("index_version={}", v));
-        }
-        if let Some(v) = &self.index_details {
-            let details = v
-                .bind(py)
-                .repr()
-                .map(|r| r.to_string())
-                .unwrap_or_else(|_| "<unavailable>".to_string());
-            fields.push(format!("index_details={}", details));
-        }
-        format!("IndexConfig({})", fields.join(", "))
+    pub fn __repr__(&self) -> String {
+        format!(
+            "Index({}, columns={:?}, name=\"{}\")",
+            self.index_type, self.columns, self.name
+        )
    }

    // For backwards-compatibility with the old sync SDK, we also support getting
@@ -394,23 +352,6 @@ impl IndexConfig {
    }
 }

-/// Format an integer with `_` thousands separators, e.g. `24_500_213`.
-///
-/// Underscores are valid Python int-literal syntax, so the repr stays
-/// copy-pasteable and machine-parseable while remaining readable.
-fn fmt_thousands(n: u64) -> String {
-    let digits = n.to_string();
-    let bytes = digits.as_bytes();
-    let mut out = String::with_capacity(digits.len() + digits.len() / 3);
-    for (i, b) in bytes.iter().enumerate() {
-        if i > 0 && (bytes.len() - i).is_multiple_of(3) {
-            out.push('_');
-        }
-        out.push(*b as char);
-    }
-    out
-}
-
 fn parse_index_details(py: Python<'_>, s: String) -> Py<PyAny> {
    let json = py.import("json").expect("json module is always available");
    match json.call_method1("loads", (s.as_str(),)) {
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors

 use arrow::RecordBatchStream;
-use connection::{Connection, connect, connect_namespace, connect_namespace_client};
+use connection::{Connection, connect, connect_namespace_client};
 use env_logger::Env;
 use expr::{PyExpr, expr_col, expr_func, expr_lit};
 use index::IndexConfig;
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ pub mod expr;
 pub mod header;
 pub mod index;
 pub mod namespace;
-pub mod oauth;
 pub mod permutation;
 pub mod query;
 pub mod runtime;
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ 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, 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)?)?;
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-// 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"
-        ));
-    }
-}
@@ -56,15 +56,6 @@ fn get_runtime() -> &'static runtime::Runtime {
    unsafe { &*new_ptr }
 }

-/// Block the current thread on a future using the shared runtime.
-///
-/// For sync `#[pyfunction]`s that need to drive an async operation (e.g.
-/// building a namespace client). Must not be called from within the runtime's
-/// own worker threads.
-pub fn block_on<F: std::future::Future>(fut: F) -> F::Output {
-    get_runtime().block_on(fut)
-}
-
 /// 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
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# 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
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.31.0-beta.6"
+version = "0.30.1-beta.2"
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "LanceDB: A serverless, low-latency vector database for AI applications"
 license.workspace = true
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 ahash = { workspace = true }
 arrow = { workspace = true }
 arrow-array = { workspace = true }
-arrow-buffer = { workspace = true }
 arrow-data = { workspace = true }
 arrow-schema = { workspace = true }
 arrow-select = { workspace = true }
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ lance-namespace = { workspace = true }
 lance-namespace-impls = { workspace = true }
 moka = { workspace = true }
 pin-project = { workspace = true }
-tokio = { version = "1.23", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "sync"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.23", features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
 log.workspace = true
 async-trait = "0"
 bytes = "1"
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false, features = [
    "stream",
 ], optional = true }
 http = { version = "1", optional = true } # Matching what is in reqwest
-urlencoding = { version = "2", optional = true }
 uuid = { version = "1.7.0", features = ["v4", "v5"] }
 polars-arrow = { version = ">=0.37,<0.40.0", optional = true }
 polars = { version = ">=0.37,<0.40.0", optional = true }
@@ -95,7 +93,6 @@ semver = { workspace = true }
 anyhow = "1"
 tempfile = "3.5.0"
 random_word = { version = "0.4.3", features = ["en"] }
-tokio = { version = "1.23", features = ["io-util", "macros", "net", "rt-multi-thread", "sync"] }
 uuid = { version = "1.7.0", features = ["v4"] }
 walkdir = "2"
 aws-sdk-dynamodb = { version = "1.55.0" }
@@ -132,13 +129,7 @@ huggingface = [
    "lance-namespace-impls/dir-huggingface",
 ]
 dynamodb = ["lance/dynamodb", "aws"]
-remote = [
-    "dep:reqwest",
-    "dep:http",
-    "dep:urlencoding",
-    "lance-namespace-impls/rest",
-    "lance-namespace-impls/rest-adapter",
-]
+remote = ["dep:reqwest", "dep:http", "lance-namespace-impls/rest", "lance-namespace-impls/rest-adapter"]
 fp16kernels = ["lance-linalg/fp16kernels"]
 s3-test = []
 bedrock = ["dep:aws-sdk-bedrockruntime"]
@@ -167,10 +158,6 @@ required-features = ["bedrock"]
 [[example]]
 name = "simple"

-[[example]]
-name = "polars"
-required-features = ["polars"]
-
 [[example]]
 name = "full_text_search"

@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
-
-//! This example demonstrates ingesting a Polars DataFrame into LanceDB and
-//! reading it back out as a Polars DataFrame.
-
-use lancedb::arrow::IntoPolars;
-use lancedb::query::ExecutableQuery;
-use lancedb::{Result, connect};
-use polars::prelude::{DataFrame, NamedFrom, Series};
-
-fn make_dataframe() -> DataFrame {
-    let ids = Series::new("id", &[1i32, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
-    let names = Series::new("name", &["Alice", "Bob", "Carol", "Dave", "Eve"]);
-    let scores = Series::new("score", &[9.5f64, 8.1, 7.3, 9.0, 6.5]);
-    DataFrame::new(vec![ids, names, scores]).unwrap()
-}
-
-#[tokio::main]
-async fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    let tmp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
-    let db = connect(tmp.path().to_str().unwrap()).execute().await?;
-
-    // Ingest a Polars DataFrame directly — DataFrame now implements Scannable.
-    let df = make_dataframe();
-    println!("Input DataFrame:\n{df}");
-
-    let table = db.create_table("people", df).execute().await?;
-
-    // Append more rows.
-    let more = DataFrame::new(vec![
-        Series::new("id", &[6i32, 7]),
-        Series::new("name", &["Frank", "Grace"]),
-        Series::new("score", &[7.8f64, 8.9]),
-    ])
-    .unwrap();
-    table.add(more).execute().await?;
-
-    // Read back as a Polars DataFrame.
-    let result_df = table.query().execute().await?.into_polars().await?;
-
-    println!(
-        "\nRound-tripped DataFrame ({} rows):\n{result_df}",
-        result_df.height()
-    );
-    Ok(())
-}
@@ -3,19 +3,7 @@

 use std::{pin::Pin, sync::Arc};

-// Re-export the arrow crates we depend on so downstream consumers can build
-// `RecordBatch`/arrays/builders against the exact same arrow line lancedb was
-// compiled against, instead of declaring their own (potentially mismatched)
-// direct arrow dependencies. See https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/issues/3575.
-pub use arrow;
-pub use arrow_array;
-pub use arrow_buffer;
-pub use arrow_cast;
-pub use arrow_data;
-pub use arrow_ipc;
-pub use arrow_ord;
 pub use arrow_schema;
-pub use arrow_select;
 use datafusion_common::DataFusionError;
 use datafusion_physical_plan::stream::RecordBatchStreamAdapter;
 use futures::{Stream, StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
@@ -124,14 +112,54 @@ impl<S: Stream<Item = Result<arrow_array::RecordBatch>>> RecordBatchStream

 /// A trait for converting incoming data to Arrow
 ///
+/// Integrations should implement this trait to allow data to be
+/// imported directly from the integration.  For example, implementing
+/// this trait for `Vec<Vec<...>>` would allow the `Vec` to be directly
+/// used in methods like [`crate::connection::Connection::create_table`]
+/// or [`crate::table::Table::add`]
+pub trait IntoArrow {
+    /// Convert the data into an iterator of Arrow batches
+    fn into_arrow(self) -> Result<Box<dyn arrow_array::RecordBatchReader + Send>>;
+}
+
 pub type BoxedRecordBatchReader = Box<dyn arrow_array::RecordBatchReader + Send>;

+impl<T: arrow_array::RecordBatchReader + Send + 'static> IntoArrow for T {
+    fn into_arrow(self) -> Result<Box<dyn arrow_array::RecordBatchReader + Send>> {
+        Ok(Box::new(self))
+    }
+}
+
+/// A trait for converting incoming data to Arrow asynchronously
+///
+/// Serves the same purpose as [`IntoArrow`], but for asynchronous data.
+///
+/// Note: Arrow has no async equivalent to RecordBatchReader and so
+pub trait IntoArrowStream {
+    /// Convert the data into a stream of Arrow batches
+    fn into_arrow(self) -> Result<SendableRecordBatchStream>;
+}
+
 impl<S: Stream<Item = Result<arrow_array::RecordBatch>>> SimpleRecordBatchStream<S> {
    pub fn new(stream: S, schema: Arc<arrow_schema::Schema>) -> Self {
        Self { schema, stream }
    }
 }

+impl IntoArrowStream for SendableRecordBatchStream {
+    fn into_arrow(self) -> Result<SendableRecordBatchStream> {
+        Ok(self)
+    }
+}
+
+impl IntoArrowStream for datafusion_physical_plan::SendableRecordBatchStream {
+    fn into_arrow(self) -> Result<SendableRecordBatchStream> {
+        let schema = self.schema();
+        let stream = self.map_err(|df_err| df_err.into());
+        Ok(Box::pin(SimpleRecordBatchStream::new(stream, schema)))
+    }
+}
+
 pub trait LanceDbDatagenExt {
    fn into_ldb_stream(
        self,
@@ -236,7 +264,9 @@ impl IntoPolars for SendableRecordBatchStream {
 #[cfg(all(test, feature = "polars"))]
 mod tests {
    use super::SendableRecordBatchStream;
-    use crate::arrow::{IntoPolars, PolarsDataFrameRecordBatchReader, SimpleRecordBatchStream};
+    use crate::arrow::{
+        IntoArrow, IntoPolars, PolarsDataFrameRecordBatchReader, SimpleRecordBatchStream,
+    };
    use polars::prelude::{DataFrame, NamedFrom, Series};

    fn get_record_batch_reader_from_polars() -> Box<dyn arrow_array::RecordBatchReader + Send> {
@@ -250,7 +280,10 @@ mod tests {
        float_series = Series::new("float", &[2.0]);
        let df2 = DataFrame::new(vec![string_series, int_series, float_series]).unwrap();

-        Box::new(PolarsDataFrameRecordBatchReader::new(df1.vstack(&df2).unwrap()).unwrap())
+        PolarsDataFrameRecordBatchReader::new(df1.vstack(&df2).unwrap())
+            .unwrap()
+            .into_arrow()
+            .unwrap()
    }

    #[test]
@@ -1,435 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
-
-//! Lance blob v2 columns store large binary payloads out of line.
-//!
-//! Declare a column with [`blob`]. On write, [`crate::table::Table::add`] coerces
-//! raw `Binary` / `LargeBinary` into the blob struct layout. Queries return
-//! small descriptors, not bytes.
-//!
-//! Blob tables require Lance file format >= 2.2 and stable row ids at create.
-
-use std::sync::Arc;
-
-use arrow_array::builder::LargeBinaryBuilder;
-use arrow_array::{Array, LargeBinaryArray, RecordBatch, StructArray, UInt8Array, UInt64Array};
-use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field, Schema};
-use lance::dataset::{Dataset, WriteParams};
-use lance_arrow::FieldExt;
-use lance_core::datatypes::parse_field_path;
-use lance_encoding::version::LanceFileVersion;
-
-use crate::error::{Error, Result};
-
-pub use lance::dataset::BlobFile;
-
-/// Creates an Arrow field for a Lance blob v2 column.
-///
-/// `Struct<data, uri>` with the `lance.blob.v2` marker. Same layout Lance
-/// expects on write.
-///
-/// A blob column may be top-level or nested inside a struct or list. Nested
-/// blobs are addressed by a dotted path (e.g. `info.blob`) in the read APIs.
-///
-/// ```
-/// use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field, Schema};
-///
-/// let schema = Schema::new(vec![
-///     Field::new("id", DataType::Int64, false),
-///     lancedb::blob("image", true),
-/// ]);
-/// ```
-pub fn blob(name: impl AsRef<str>, nullable: bool) -> Field {
-    lance::blob::blob_field(name.as_ref(), nullable)
-}
-
-/// Returns true if `field` is a blob v2 column.
-///
-/// ```
-/// let field = lancedb::blob("image", true);
-/// assert!(lancedb::blob::is_blob(&field));
-/// ```
-pub fn is_blob(field: &Field) -> bool {
-    field.is_blob_v2()
-}
-
-/// Returns true if `field`, or any field nested under it, is a blob v2 column.
-fn field_tree_has_blob_v2(field: &Field) -> bool {
-    if field.is_blob_v2() {
-        return true;
-    }
-    match field.data_type() {
-        DataType::Struct(children) => children.iter().any(|c| field_tree_has_blob_v2(c)),
-        DataType::List(child) | DataType::LargeList(child) | DataType::FixedSizeList(child, _) => {
-            field_tree_has_blob_v2(child)
-        }
-        _ => false,
-    }
-}
-
-/// Collects the dotted paths of blob v2 columns under `field`, into `paths`.
-fn collect_blob_paths(field: &Field, prefix: &str, paths: &mut Vec<String>) {
-    let path = if prefix.is_empty() {
-        field.name().clone()
-    } else {
-        format!("{prefix}.{}", field.name())
-    };
-    if field.is_blob_v2() {
-        paths.push(path);
-        return;
-    }
-    match field.data_type() {
-        DataType::Struct(children) => {
-            for child in children {
-                collect_blob_paths(child, &path, paths);
-            }
-        }
-        DataType::List(child) | DataType::LargeList(child) | DataType::FixedSizeList(child, _) => {
-            collect_blob_paths(child, &path, paths)
-        }
-        _ => {}
-    }
-}
-
-/// Returns true if `schema` declares any blob v2 column, including nested ones.
-pub(crate) fn has_blob_columns(schema: &Schema) -> bool {
-    schema.fields().iter().any(|f| field_tree_has_blob_v2(f))
-}
-
-/// Blob v2 column paths in `schema`, declaration order preserved. Nested blobs
-/// are dotted paths (e.g. `info.blob`).
-pub(crate) fn blob_column_names(schema: &Schema) -> Vec<String> {
-    let mut paths = Vec::new();
-    for field in schema.fields() {
-        collect_blob_paths(field, "", &mut paths);
-    }
-    paths
-}
-
-/// Bumps storage format to at least [`LanceFileVersion::V2_2`] for blob schemas.
-pub(crate) fn ensure_blob_storage_version(schema: &Schema, params: &mut WriteParams) {
-    if !has_blob_columns(schema) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    let resolved = params
-        .data_storage_version
-        .unwrap_or(LanceFileVersion::Stable)
-        .resolve();
-    if resolved < LanceFileVersion::V2_2 {
-        params.data_storage_version = Some(LanceFileVersion::V2_2);
-    }
-}
-
-/// Validate that `column` exists and is a blob v2 column.
-///
-/// Legacy v1 columns (`lance-encoding:blob`) error with a migration hint.
-pub(crate) fn ensure_blob_v2_column(
-    schema: &lance_core::datatypes::Schema,
-    column: &str,
-) -> Result<()> {
-    match schema.field(column) {
-        Some(field) if field.is_blob_v2() => Ok(()),
-        Some(field) if field.is_blob() => Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-            message: format!(
-                "column '{column}' is a legacy blob column; blob APIs require blob v2 columns \
-                 (ARROW:extension:name = \"lance.blob.v2\")"
-            ),
-        }),
-        Some(_) => Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-            message: format!("column '{column}' is not a blob column"),
-        }),
-        None => Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-            message: format!("no column named '{column}' in this table"),
-        }),
-    }
-}
-
-/// Returns the leaf descriptor `StructArray` for `column` in a descriptor batch.
-fn leaf_descriptor_struct<'a>(batch: &'a RecordBatch, column: &str) -> Result<&'a StructArray> {
-    let path = parse_field_path(column).map_err(|e| Error::InvalidInput {
-        message: format!("invalid blob column path '{column}': {e}"),
-    })?;
-    let not_struct = || Error::Runtime {
-        message: format!("blob column '{column}' did not read back as a descriptor struct"),
-    };
-    let mut current = batch
-        .column_by_name(&path[0])
-        .and_then(|c| c.as_any().downcast_ref::<StructArray>())
-        .ok_or_else(not_struct)?;
-    for segment in &path[1..] {
-        current = current
-            .column_by_name(segment)
-            .and_then(|c| c.as_any().downcast_ref::<StructArray>())
-            .ok_or_else(not_struct)?;
-    }
-    Ok(current)
-}
-
-/// Null rows in `row_ids`, from a descriptor take.
-///
-/// Lance `read_blobs` / `take_blobs` skip null rows (`kind == 0 && position == 0 && size == 0`).
-/// TODO(lance): aligned read API would drop this pass.
-async fn blob_null_mask(
-    dataset: &Arc<Dataset>,
-    column: &str,
-    row_ids: &[u64],
-) -> Result<Vec<bool>> {
-    let projection = dataset.schema().project(&[column])?;
-    let descriptors = dataset.take_builder(row_ids, projection)?.execute().await?;
-    if descriptors.num_rows() != row_ids.len() {
-        return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-            message: format!(
-                "blob take for column '{column}' requested {} row ids but only {} exist in the \
-                 table; pass row ids collected from this table",
-                row_ids.len(),
-                descriptors.num_rows()
-            ),
-        });
-    }
-    let descriptor_struct = leaf_descriptor_struct(&descriptors, column)?;
-    let child = |name: &str| {
-        descriptor_struct
-            .column_by_name(name)
-            .ok_or_else(|| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("blob descriptor for '{column}' is missing the '{name}' field"),
-            })
-    };
-    let kinds = child("kind")?
-        .as_any()
-        .downcast_ref::<UInt8Array>()
-        .ok_or_else(|| Error::Runtime {
-            message: format!("blob descriptor 'kind' for '{column}' is not a UInt8 array"),
-        })?;
-    let positions = child("position")?
-        .as_any()
-        .downcast_ref::<UInt64Array>()
-        .ok_or_else(|| Error::Runtime {
-            message: format!("blob descriptor 'position' for '{column}' is not a UInt64 array"),
-        })?;
-    let sizes = child("size")?
-        .as_any()
-        .downcast_ref::<UInt64Array>()
-        .ok_or_else(|| Error::Runtime {
-            message: format!("blob descriptor 'size' for '{column}' is not a UInt64 array"),
-        })?;
-
-    // Match Lance `collect_blob_entries_v2` skip condition (`BlobKind::Inline` == 0).
-    Ok((0..descriptor_struct.len())
-        .map(|i| {
-            descriptor_struct.is_null(i)
-                || kinds.is_null(i)
-                || (kinds.value(i) == 0 && positions.value(i) == 0 && sizes.value(i) == 0)
-        })
-        .collect())
-}
-
-fn non_null_row_ids(row_ids: &[u64], null_mask: &[bool]) -> Vec<u64> {
-    row_ids
-        .iter()
-        .zip(null_mask)
-        .filter_map(|(row_id, is_null)| (!is_null).then_some(*row_id))
-        .collect()
-}
-
-/// Materialize blob bytes for `row_ids` (same length and order, nulls preserved).
-pub(crate) async fn take_blobs_aligned(
-    dataset: &Arc<Dataset>,
-    column: &str,
-    row_ids: &[u64],
-) -> Result<LargeBinaryArray> {
-    ensure_blob_v2_column(dataset.schema(), column)?;
-    if row_ids.is_empty() {
-        return Ok(LargeBinaryBuilder::new().finish());
-    }
-
-    let null_mask = blob_null_mask(dataset, column, row_ids).await?;
-    let non_null_row_ids = non_null_row_ids(row_ids, &null_mask);
-    let non_null_count = non_null_row_ids.len();
-    let payloads = if non_null_count == 0 {
-        Vec::new()
-    } else {
-        dataset
-            .read_blobs(column)?
-            .with_row_ids(non_null_row_ids)
-            .preserve_order(true)
-            .execute()
-            .await?
-    };
-
-    if payloads.len() != non_null_count {
-        return Err(Error::Runtime {
-            message: format!(
-                "blob read for column '{column}' returned {} payloads for {} non-null rows",
-                payloads.len(),
-                non_null_count
-            ),
-        });
-    }
-
-    let mut builder = LargeBinaryBuilder::new();
-    let mut payload_idx = 0;
-    for is_null in &null_mask {
-        if *is_null {
-            builder.append_null();
-        } else {
-            builder.append_value(payloads[payload_idx].data.as_ref());
-            payload_idx += 1;
-        }
-    }
-    Ok(builder.finish())
-}
-
-/// Open lazy [`BlobFile`] handles for `row_ids` (same length and order, nulls as `None`).
-pub(crate) async fn take_blob_files_aligned(
-    dataset: &Arc<Dataset>,
-    column: &str,
-    row_ids: &[u64],
-) -> Result<Vec<Option<BlobFile>>> {
-    ensure_blob_v2_column(dataset.schema(), column)?;
-    if row_ids.is_empty() {
-        return Ok(Vec::new());
-    }
-
-    let null_mask = blob_null_mask(dataset, column, row_ids).await?;
-    let non_null_row_ids = non_null_row_ids(row_ids, &null_mask);
-    let handles = if non_null_row_ids.is_empty() {
-        Vec::new()
-    } else {
-        dataset.take_blobs(&non_null_row_ids, column).await?
-    };
-    if handles.len() != non_null_row_ids.len() {
-        return Err(Error::Runtime {
-            message: format!(
-                "blob take for column '{column}' returned {} handles for {} non-null rows",
-                handles.len(),
-                non_null_row_ids.len()
-            ),
-        });
-    }
-
-    let mut handles = handles.into_iter();
-    Ok(null_mask
-        .iter()
-        .map(|is_null| {
-            if *is_null {
-                None
-            } else {
-                Some(handles.next().unwrap())
-            }
-        })
-        .collect())
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-    use arrow_schema::DataType;
-    use lance_arrow::ARROW_EXT_NAME_KEY;
-
-    fn blob_schema() -> Schema {
-        Schema::new(vec![
-            Field::new("id", DataType::Int64, false),
-            blob("image", true),
-        ])
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn blob_field_carries_v2_extension_marker() {
-        let field = blob("image", true);
-        assert_eq!(
-            field.metadata().get(ARROW_EXT_NAME_KEY).map(String::as_str),
-            Some("lance.blob.v2")
-        );
-        assert!(matches!(field.data_type(), DataType::Struct(_)));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn has_blob_columns_detects_blob_fields() {
-        assert!(has_blob_columns(&blob_schema()));
-        let plain = Schema::new(vec![Field::new("id", DataType::Int64, false)]);
-        assert!(!has_blob_columns(&plain));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn storage_version_bumps_to_v2_2() {
-        let mut params = WriteParams::default();
-        ensure_blob_storage_version(&blob_schema(), &mut params);
-        assert_eq!(
-            params.data_storage_version.unwrap().resolve(),
-            LanceFileVersion::V2_2
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn storage_version_overrides_lower_explicit_version() {
-        let mut params = WriteParams {
-            data_storage_version: Some(LanceFileVersion::V2_0),
-            ..Default::default()
-        };
-        ensure_blob_storage_version(&blob_schema(), &mut params);
-        assert_eq!(
-            params.data_storage_version.unwrap().resolve(),
-            LanceFileVersion::V2_2
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn storage_version_keeps_higher_explicit_version() {
-        let mut params = WriteParams {
-            data_storage_version: Some(LanceFileVersion::V2_3),
-            ..Default::default()
-        };
-        ensure_blob_storage_version(&blob_schema(), &mut params);
-        assert_eq!(params.data_storage_version.unwrap(), LanceFileVersion::V2_3);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn legacy_v1_blob_column_is_rejected_with_migration_hint() {
-        let legacy = Field::new("image", DataType::LargeBinary, true).with_metadata(
-            std::collections::HashMap::from([(
-                "lance-encoding:blob".to_string(),
-                "true".to_string(),
-            )]),
-        );
-        let arrow_schema = Schema::new(vec![legacy]);
-        let lance_schema = lance_core::datatypes::Schema::try_from(&arrow_schema).unwrap();
-
-        let err = ensure_blob_v2_column(&lance_schema, "image").unwrap_err();
-        assert!(matches!(err, Error::InvalidInput { .. }));
-        assert!(err.to_string().contains("legacy blob column"));
-        assert!(err.to_string().contains("lance.blob.v2"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn non_blob_and_unknown_columns_are_rejected_by_name() {
-        let arrow_schema = Schema::new(vec![Field::new("id", DataType::Int64, false)]);
-        let lance_schema = lance_core::datatypes::Schema::try_from(&arrow_schema).unwrap();
-
-        let err = ensure_blob_v2_column(&lance_schema, "id").unwrap_err();
-        assert!(err.to_string().contains("'id' is not a blob column"));
-
-        let err = ensure_blob_v2_column(&lance_schema, "missing").unwrap_err();
-        assert!(err.to_string().contains("no column named 'missing'"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn blob_column_names_includes_nested_path() {
-        let blob_field = blob("blob", true);
-        let info = Field::new(
-            "info",
-            DataType::Struct(vec![Field::new("name", DataType::Utf8, false), blob_field].into()),
-            true,
-        );
-        let schema = Schema::new(vec![Field::new("id", DataType::Int64, false), info]);
-        assert_eq!(blob_column_names(&schema), vec!["info.blob"]);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn storage_version_noop_without_blob_columns() {
-        let schema = Schema::new(vec![Field::new("id", DataType::Int64, false)]);
-        let mut params = WriteParams::default();
-        ensure_blob_storage_version(&schema, &mut params);
-        assert!(params.data_storage_version.is_none());
-    }
-}
@@ -576,9 +576,6 @@ impl Connection {
    /// For LanceNamespaceDatabase, it is the underlying LanceNamespace.
    /// For ListingDatabase, it is the equivalent DirectoryNamespace.
    /// For RemoteDatabase, it is the equivalent RestNamespace.
-    ///
-    /// Remote connections using dynamic headers forward them through the
-    /// namespace client's per-request context provider.
    pub async fn namespace_client(&self) -> Result<Arc<dyn lance_namespace::LanceNamespace>> {
        self.internal.namespace_client().await
    }
@@ -587,9 +584,6 @@ impl Connection {
    /// Returns (impl_type, properties) where:
    /// - impl_type: "dir" for DirectoryNamespace, "rest" for RestNamespace
    /// - properties: configuration properties for the namespace
-    ///
-    /// Remote connections using dynamic headers cannot be exported because the
-    /// namespace client config only carries static headers.
    pub async fn namespace_client_config(
        &self,
    ) -> Result<(String, std::collections::HashMap<String, String>)> {
@@ -667,8 +661,6 @@ pub struct ConnectRequest {
 pub struct ConnectBuilder {
    request: ConnectRequest,
    embedding_registry: Option<Arc<dyn EmbeddingRegistry>>,
-    #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
-    oauth_config: Option<crate::remote::OAuthConfig>,
 }

 #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
@@ -690,8 +682,6 @@ impl ConnectBuilder {
                session: None,
            },
            embedding_registry: None,
-            #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
-            oauth_config: None,
        }
    }

@@ -780,19 +770,6 @@ impl ConnectBuilder {
        self
    }

-    /// Configure OAuth authentication for LanceDB Cloud/Enterprise.
-    ///
-    /// This creates an [`OAuthHeaderProvider`](crate::remote::OAuthHeaderProvider)
-    /// from the given config and sets it as the header provider. OAuth cannot
-    /// be combined with an API key or another header provider.
-    ///
-    /// Token acquisition and refresh are handled in Rust.
-    #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
-    pub fn oauth_config(mut self, config: crate::remote::OAuthConfig) -> Self {
-        self.oauth_config = Some(config);
-        self
-    }
-
    /// Provide a custom [`EmbeddingRegistry`] to use for this connection.
    pub fn embedding_registry(mut self, registry: Arc<dyn EmbeddingRegistry>) -> Self {
        self.embedding_registry = Some(registry);
@@ -938,40 +915,9 @@ impl ConnectBuilder {
        let region = options.region.ok_or_else(|| Error::InvalidInput {
            message: "A region is required when connecting to LanceDb Cloud".to_string(),
        })?;
-        let api_key = match (&self.oauth_config, &options.api_key) {
-            (Some(_), None) => String::new(),
-            (Some(_), Some(_)) => {
-                return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                    message:
-                        "api_key and oauth_config cannot both be set when connecting to LanceDb Cloud"
-                            .to_string(),
-                });
-            }
-            (None, Some(key)) => key.clone(),
-            (None, None) => {
-                return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                    message:
-                        "An api_key or oauth_config is required when connecting to LanceDb Cloud"
-                            .to_string(),
-                });
-            }
-        };
-
-        if self.oauth_config.is_some() && self.request.client_config.header_provider.is_some() {
-            return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                message:
-                    "oauth_config and client_config.header_provider cannot both be set when connecting to LanceDb Cloud"
-                        .to_string(),
-            });
-        }
-
-        let mut client_config = self.request.client_config;
-
-        if let Some(oauth_config) = self.oauth_config {
-            let provider = crate::remote::OAuthHeaderProvider::new(oauth_config)?;
-            client_config.header_provider =
-                Some(Arc::new(provider) as Arc<dyn crate::remote::HeaderProvider>);
-        }
+        let api_key = options.api_key.ok_or_else(|| Error::InvalidInput {
+            message: "An api_key is required when connecting to LanceDb Cloud".to_string(),
+        })?;

        let storage_options = StorageOptions(options.storage_options.clone());
        let internal = Arc::new(crate::remote::db::RemoteDatabase::try_new(
@@ -979,7 +925,7 @@ impl ConnectBuilder {
            &api_key,
            &region,
            options.host_override,
-            client_config,
+            self.request.client_config,
            storage_options.into(),
            self.request.read_consistency_interval,
        )?);
@@ -1288,83 +1234,6 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(Some(&"EXPLICIT-VALUE".to_string()), options.get(opts_key));
    }

-    #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_connect_rejects_api_key_with_oauth_config() {
-        let oauth_config = crate::remote::OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url: "https://issuer.example.com".to_string(),
-            client_id: "client-id".to_string(),
-            client_secret: Some("secret".to_string()),
-            scopes: vec!["scope".to_string()],
-            flow: crate::remote::OAuthFlow::ClientCredentials,
-            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
-        };
-
-        let result = ConnectBuilder::new("db://my-container/my-prefix")
-            .region("us-east-1")
-            .api_key("my-api-key")
-            .oauth_config(oauth_config)
-            .execute()
-            .await;
-
-        match result {
-            Err(Error::InvalidInput { message })
-                if message
-                    == "api_key and oauth_config cannot both be set when connecting to LanceDb Cloud" =>
-                {}
-            Err(err) => panic!("expected InvalidInput, got {err:?}"),
-            Ok(_) => panic!("expected api_key and oauth_config to be rejected"),
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_connect_rejects_header_provider_with_oauth_config() {
-        #[derive(Debug)]
-        struct TestHeaderProvider;
-
-        #[async_trait::async_trait]
-        impl crate::remote::HeaderProvider for TestHeaderProvider {
-            async fn get_headers(&self) -> Result<HashMap<String, String>> {
-                Ok(HashMap::from([(
-                    "authorization".to_string(),
-                    "Bearer token".to_string(),
-                )]))
-            }
-        }
-
-        let oauth_config = crate::remote::OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url: "https://issuer.example.com".to_string(),
-            client_id: "client-id".to_string(),
-            client_secret: Some("secret".to_string()),
-            scopes: vec!["scope".to_string()],
-            flow: crate::remote::OAuthFlow::ClientCredentials,
-            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
-        };
-        let client_config = crate::remote::ClientConfig {
-            header_provider: Some(
-                Arc::new(TestHeaderProvider) as Arc<dyn crate::remote::HeaderProvider>
-            ),
-            ..Default::default()
-        };
-
-        let result = ConnectBuilder::new("db://my-container/my-prefix")
-            .region("us-east-1")
-            .client_config(client_config)
-            .oauth_config(oauth_config)
-            .execute()
-            .await;
-
-        match result {
-            Err(Error::InvalidInput { message })
-                if message
-                    == "oauth_config and client_config.header_provider cannot both be set when connecting to LanceDb Cloud" =>
-                {}
-            Err(err) => panic!("expected InvalidInput, got {err:?}"),
-            Ok(_) => panic!("expected header_provider and oauth_config to be rejected"),
-        }
-    }
-
    #[cfg(not(windows))]
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn test_connect_relative() {
@@ -185,43 +185,6 @@ impl Scannable for SendableRecordBatchStream {
    }
 }

-#[cfg(feature = "polars")]
-impl Scannable for polars::frame::DataFrame {
-    fn schema(&self) -> SchemaRef {
-        crate::polars_arrow_convertors::convert_polars_df_schema_to_arrow_rb_schema(
-            self.schema().clone(),
-        )
-        .expect("failed to convert Polars DataFrame schema to Arrow schema")
-    }
-
-    fn scan_as_stream(&mut self) -> SendableRecordBatchStream {
-        let schema = Scannable::schema(self);
-        let batches: crate::Result<Vec<RecordBatch>> =
-            match crate::arrow::PolarsDataFrameRecordBatchReader::new(self.clone()) {
-                Err(e) => Err(e),
-                Ok(reader) => reader.map(|b| b.map_err(Into::into)).collect(),
-            };
-        match batches {
-            Err(e) => Box::pin(SimpleRecordBatchStream {
-                schema,
-                stream: once(async move { Err(e) }),
-            }),
-            Ok(batches) => {
-                let stream = futures::stream::iter(batches.into_iter().map(Ok));
-                Box::pin(SimpleRecordBatchStream { schema, stream })
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn num_rows(&self) -> Option<usize> {
-        Some(self.height())
-    }
-
-    fn rescannable(&self) -> bool {
-        true
-    }
-}
-
 #[async_trait]
 impl StreamingWriteSource for Box<dyn Scannable> {
    fn arrow_schema(&self) -> SchemaRef {
@@ -1126,60 +1089,4 @@ mod tests {
            );
        }
    }
-
-    #[cfg(feature = "polars")]
-    mod polars_tests {
-        use super::*;
-        use crate::arrow::IntoPolars;
-        use crate::query::ExecutableQuery;
-        use polars::prelude::{DataFrame, NamedFrom, Series};
-
-        fn make_df() -> DataFrame {
-            DataFrame::new(vec![
-                Series::new("id", &[1i32, 2, 3]),
-                Series::new("val", &[1.1f64, 2.2, 3.3]),
-            ])
-            .unwrap()
-        }
-
-        #[tokio::test]
-        async fn test_dataframe_scannable_round_trip() {
-            let tmp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
-            let db = crate::connect(tmp.path().to_str().unwrap())
-                .execute()
-                .await
-                .unwrap();
-
-            let df = make_df();
-            let table = db.create_table("t", df.clone()).execute().await.unwrap();
-
-            // Append the same rows again.
-            table.add(df.clone()).execute().await.unwrap();
-
-            let result = table
-                .query()
-                .execute()
-                .await
-                .unwrap()
-                .into_polars()
-                .await
-                .unwrap();
-
-            assert_eq!(result.height(), df.height() * 2);
-            assert_eq!(result.schema(), df.schema());
-        }
-
-        #[tokio::test]
-        async fn test_dataframe_scannable_rescannable() {
-            let mut df = make_df();
-            assert!(df.rescannable());
-
-            let batches1: Vec<RecordBatch> = df.scan_as_stream().try_collect().await.unwrap();
-            assert_eq!(batches1.iter().map(|b| b.num_rows()).sum::<usize>(), 3);
-
-            // Can be scanned again.
-            let batches2: Vec<RecordBatch> = df.scan_as_stream().try_collect().await.unwrap();
-            assert_eq!(batches2.iter().map(|b| b.num_rows()).sum::<usize>(), 3);
-        }
-    }
 }
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ use crate::table::{BaseTable, WriteOptions};

 pub mod listing;
 pub mod namespace;
-pub(crate) mod read_freshness;

 pub trait DatabaseOptions {
    fn serialize_into_map(&self, map: &mut HashMap<String, String>);
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use lance_table::io::commit::commit_handler_from_url;
 use object_store::local::LocalFileSystem;
 use snafu::ResultExt;

-use crate::blob::{ensure_blob_storage_version, has_blob_columns};
 use crate::connection::ConnectRequest;
 use crate::database::ReadConsistency;
 use crate::database::namespace::LanceNamespaceDatabase;
@@ -839,16 +838,13 @@ impl ListingDatabase {
            write_params.enable_v2_manifest_paths = enable_v2_manifest_paths;
        }

-        let data_schema = request.data.arrow_schema();
-        if let Some(enable_stable_row_ids) = stable_row_ids_override
-            .or(self.new_table_config.enable_stable_row_ids)
-            .or(has_blob_columns(&data_schema).then_some(true))
+        // Apply enable_stable_row_ids: table-level override takes precedence over connection config
+        if let Some(enable_stable_row_ids) =
+            stable_row_ids_override.or(self.new_table_config.enable_stable_row_ids)
        {
            write_params.enable_stable_row_ids = enable_stable_row_ids;
        }

-        ensure_blob_storage_version(&data_schema, &mut write_params);
-
        if matches!(&request.mode, CreateTableMode::Overwrite) {
            write_params.mode = WriteMode::Overwrite;
        }
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 //! Namespace-based database implementation that delegates table management to lance-namespace

 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
-use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::sync::Arc;

 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use lance::io::commit::namespace_manifest::LanceNamespaceExternalManifestStore;
@@ -23,16 +23,12 @@ use lance_namespace_impls::ConnectBuilder;
 use lance_table::io::commit::CommitHandler;
 use lance_table::io::commit::external_manifest::ExternalManifestCommitHandler;

-use crate::blob::{ensure_blob_storage_version, has_blob_columns};
 use crate::connection::NamespaceClientPushdownOperation;
 use crate::database::ReadConsistency;
 use crate::database::listing::{
    NewTableConfig, OPT_NEW_TABLE_ENABLE_STABLE_ROW_IDS, OPT_NEW_TABLE_STORAGE_VERSION,
    OPT_NEW_TABLE_V2_MANIFEST_PATHS,
 };
-use crate::database::read_freshness::{
-    FreshnessBaselines, ReadFreshnessContextProvider, TableFreshness,
-};
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
 use crate::table::{NativeTable, map_namespace_lance_error};
 use lance::dataset::WriteMode;
@@ -55,10 +51,6 @@ fn is_table_already_exists_namespace_error(err: &lance::Error) -> bool {
    false
 }

-/// Object-id delimiter default (matches `RestNamespaceBuilder`'s); overridable
-/// via the `delimiter` property.
-const DEFAULT_NAMESPACE_DELIMITER: &str = "$";
-
 /// A database implementation that uses lance-namespace for table management
 pub struct LanceNamespaceDatabase {
    namespace: Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>,
@@ -78,17 +70,6 @@ pub struct LanceNamespaceDatabase {
    ns_properties: HashMap<String, String>,
    // Options for tables created by this connection
    new_table_config: NewTableConfig,
-    // Per-table read-freshness baselines, shared with the context provider.
-    freshness_baselines: FreshnessBaselines,
-    // Delimiter for building freshness keys; see `table_freshness`.
-    delimiter: String,
-}
-
-fn resolve_delimiter(ns_properties: &HashMap<String, String>) -> String {
-    ns_properties
-        .get("delimiter")
-        .cloned()
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| DEFAULT_NAMESPACE_DELIMITER.to_string())
 }

 impl LanceNamespaceDatabase {
@@ -101,9 +82,6 @@ impl LanceNamespaceDatabase {
        session: Option<Arc<lance::session::Session>>,
        namespace_client_pushdown_operations: HashSet<NamespaceClientPushdownOperation>,
    ) -> Self {
-        // Client is pre-built, so we can't install the freshness provider here;
-        // baselines are still tracked for a uniform bump path.
-        let delimiter = resolve_delimiter(&namespace_client_properties);
        Self {
            namespace: namespace_client,
            storage_options,
@@ -114,8 +92,6 @@ impl LanceNamespaceDatabase {
            ns_impl: namespace_client_impl,
            ns_properties: namespace_client_properties,
            new_table_config: NewTableConfig::default(),
-            freshness_baselines: Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new())),
-            delimiter,
        }
    }

@@ -160,19 +136,10 @@ impl LanceNamespaceDatabase {
        if let Some(ref sess) = session {
            builder = builder.session(sess.clone());
        }
-
-        // Install the read-freshness provider before building the client.
-        let freshness_baselines: FreshnessBaselines = Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new()));
-        builder = builder.context_provider(Arc::new(ReadFreshnessContextProvider::new(
-            freshness_baselines.clone(),
-            read_consistency_interval,
-        )));
-
        let namespace = builder.connect().await.map_err(|e| Error::InvalidInput {
            message: format!("Failed to connect to namespace: {:?}", e),
        })?;

-        let delimiter = resolve_delimiter(&ns_properties);
        Ok(Self {
            namespace,
            storage_options,
@@ -183,20 +150,9 @@ impl LanceNamespaceDatabase {
            ns_impl: ns_impl.to_string(),
            ns_properties,
            new_table_config,
-            freshness_baselines,
-            delimiter,
        })
    }

-    /// Build a table's freshness handle, keyed to match the `object_id` the
-    /// namespace client sends on reads (table-id parts joined by the delimiter).
-    fn table_freshness(&self, namespace_path: &[String], name: &str) -> TableFreshness {
-        let mut parts = namespace_path.to_vec();
-        parts.push(name.to_string());
-        let key = parts.join(&self.delimiter);
-        TableFreshness::new(self.freshness_baselines.clone(), key)
-    }
-
    fn extract_storage_overrides(
        &self,
        request: &DbCreateTableRequest,
@@ -258,16 +214,12 @@ impl LanceNamespaceDatabase {
            params.enable_v2_manifest_paths = enable_v2_manifest_paths;
        }

-        let data_schema = request.data.schema();
-        if let Some(enable_stable_row_ids) = stable_row_ids_override
-            .or(self.new_table_config.enable_stable_row_ids)
-            .or(has_blob_columns(data_schema.as_ref()).then_some(true))
+        if let Some(enable_stable_row_ids) =
+            stable_row_ids_override.or(self.new_table_config.enable_stable_row_ids)
        {
            params.enable_stable_row_ids = enable_stable_row_ids;
        }

-        ensure_blob_storage_version(data_schema.as_ref(), params);
-
        Ok(())
    }
 }
@@ -379,8 +331,7 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
                        self.pushdown_operations.clone(),
                        self.session.clone(),
                    )
-                    .await?
-                    .with_freshness(self.table_freshness(&request.namespace_path, &request.name));
+                    .await?;

                    return Ok(Arc::new(native_table));
                }
@@ -511,8 +462,7 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
            self.pushdown_operations.clone(),
            self.session.clone(),
        )
-        .await?
-        .with_freshness(self.table_freshness(&request.namespace_path, &request.name));
+        .await?;

        Ok(Arc::new(native_table))
    }
@@ -528,8 +478,7 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
            self.pushdown_operations.clone(),
            self.session.clone(),
        )
-        .await?
-        .with_freshness(self.table_freshness(&request.namespace_path, &request.name));
+        .await?;

        Ok(Arc::new(native_table))
    }
@@ -1,312 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
-
-//! Read-freshness signaling for the lance-namespace path.
-//!
-//! Against a server that serves cached table metadata up to some staleness
-//! window, a handle that just wrote (or asked for the latest version via
-//! `checkout_latest`) can still read a stale snapshot. To prevent that, reads
-//! routed through the namespace client carry an `x-lancedb-min-timestamp`
-//! header naming the oldest snapshot the caller will accept.
-//!
-//! This mirrors `remote::table`: a per-table baseline is bumped to "now" on
-//! every write and on `checkout_latest()`, and reads send
-//! `max(baseline, now - read_consistency_interval)`. Since the namespace client
-//! takes no headers directly, a [`DynamicContextProvider`] injects it per request.
-
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
-use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
-
-use lance_namespace_impls::{DynamicContextProvider, OperationInfo};
-
-/// Provider context keys prefixed with `headers.` become HTTP headers (prefix
-/// stripped), so this emits the `x-lancedb-min-timestamp` header.
-const MIN_TIMESTAMP_CONTEXT_KEY: &str = "headers.x-lancedb-min-timestamp";
-
-/// Per-table freshness baselines (keyed by namespace object id), shared between
-/// the provider that reads them and the table handles that bump them.
-pub type FreshnessBaselines = Arc<Mutex<HashMap<String, SystemTime>>>;
-
-/// `max(baseline, now - interval)`, or `None` when neither constraint applies.
-fn compute_min_timestamp(
-    baseline: Option<SystemTime>,
-    interval: Option<Duration>,
-    now: SystemTime,
-) -> Option<SystemTime> {
-    let interval_based = match interval {
-        None => None,
-        Some(d) if d.is_zero() => Some(now),
-        Some(d) => Some(now.checked_sub(d).unwrap_or(now)),
-    };
-    match (interval_based, baseline) {
-        (None, None) => None,
-        (Some(t), None) | (None, Some(t)) => Some(t),
-        (Some(a), Some(b)) => Some(a.max(b)),
-    }
-}
-
-/// Advance the baseline to `now`, never backwards, so a concurrent handle's
-/// write can't lower a floor another handle already set.
-fn next_freshness_baseline(prev: Option<SystemTime>, now: SystemTime) -> SystemTime {
-    match prev {
-        Some(p) => p.max(now),
-        None => now,
-    }
-}
-
-/// A handle's view of the shared baseline map for a single table.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub struct TableFreshness {
-    baselines: FreshnessBaselines,
-    /// Namespace object id for this table (matches the read's `object_id`).
-    key: String,
-}
-
-impl TableFreshness {
-    pub fn new(baselines: FreshnessBaselines, key: String) -> Self {
-        Self { baselines, key }
-    }
-
-    pub fn bump(&self) {
-        let now = SystemTime::now();
-        let mut baselines = self.baselines.lock().unwrap();
-        let prev = baselines.get(&self.key).copied();
-        baselines.insert(self.key.clone(), next_freshness_baseline(prev, now));
-    }
-}
-
-/// Read ops that can be served stale and so carry the freshness floor.
-/// `list_table_versions` resolves "latest" for managed-versioning tables, so it
-/// is what makes `checkout_latest()` observe a prior write.
-fn is_read_operation(operation: &str) -> bool {
-    matches!(
-        operation,
-        "describe_table" | "list_table_versions" | "query_table" | "list_tables"
-    )
-}
-
-/// Injects `x-lancedb-min-timestamp` on namespace reads, per addressed table.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct ReadFreshnessContextProvider {
-    baselines: FreshnessBaselines,
-    read_consistency_interval: Option<Duration>,
-}
-
-impl ReadFreshnessContextProvider {
-    pub fn new(baselines: FreshnessBaselines, read_consistency_interval: Option<Duration>) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            baselines,
-            read_consistency_interval,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl DynamicContextProvider for ReadFreshnessContextProvider {
-    fn provide_context(&self, info: &OperationInfo) -> HashMap<String, String> {
-        if !is_read_operation(&info.operation) {
-            return HashMap::new();
-        }
-
-        let baseline = self.baselines.lock().unwrap().get(&info.object_id).copied();
-        match compute_min_timestamp(baseline, self.read_consistency_interval, SystemTime::now()) {
-            Some(ts) => {
-                let dt: chrono::DateTime<chrono::Utc> = ts.into();
-                HashMap::from([(MIN_TIMESTAMP_CONTEXT_KEY.to_string(), dt.to_rfc3339())])
-            }
-            None => HashMap::new(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    /// Allowed slop when comparing a header timestamp against a locally
-    /// captured wall-clock bound. Tests run fast enough that 1s is plenty.
-    const TOLERANCE: Duration = Duration::from_secs(1);
-
-    fn parse_header_ts(headers: &HashMap<String, String>) -> SystemTime {
-        let value = headers
-            .get(MIN_TIMESTAMP_CONTEXT_KEY)
-            .expect("expected min-timestamp context key");
-        chrono::DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339(value)
-            .unwrap()
-            .with_timezone(&chrono::Utc)
-            .into()
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_compute_min_timestamp_combines_baseline_and_interval() {
-        let now = SystemTime::now();
-        let baseline = now - Duration::from_secs(60);
-
-        // No interval, no baseline -> no header.
-        assert_eq!(compute_min_timestamp(None, None, now), None);
-
-        // Baseline only -> baseline.
-        assert_eq!(
-            compute_min_timestamp(Some(baseline), None, now),
-            Some(baseline)
-        );
-
-        // ZERO interval, no baseline -> now (strong consistency).
-        assert_eq!(
-            compute_min_timestamp(None, Some(Duration::ZERO), now),
-            Some(now)
-        );
-
-        // Positive interval, no baseline -> now - interval.
-        assert_eq!(
-            compute_min_timestamp(None, Some(Duration::from_secs(10)), now),
-            Some(now - Duration::from_secs(10))
-        );
-
-        // Both: pick the more-recent (tighter) constraint.
-        // baseline = now-60, now-interval = now-10. now-10 is newer.
-        assert_eq!(
-            compute_min_timestamp(Some(baseline), Some(Duration::from_secs(10)), now),
-            Some(now - Duration::from_secs(10))
-        );
-
-        // Both, baseline newer: pick baseline.
-        let recent_baseline = now - Duration::from_secs(5);
-        assert_eq!(
-            compute_min_timestamp(Some(recent_baseline), Some(Duration::from_secs(60)), now),
-            Some(recent_baseline)
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_next_freshness_baseline_is_monotonic() {
-        let now = SystemTime::now();
-        let earlier = now - Duration::from_secs(30);
-        let later = now + Duration::from_secs(30);
-
-        // No prior baseline -> now.
-        assert_eq!(next_freshness_baseline(None, now), now);
-        // Prior baseline older than now -> now.
-        assert_eq!(next_freshness_baseline(Some(earlier), now), now);
-        // Prior baseline newer than now -> keep the newer baseline.
-        assert_eq!(next_freshness_baseline(Some(later), now), later);
-    }
-
-    fn provider_with(
-        entries: &[(&str, SystemTime)],
-        interval: Option<Duration>,
-    ) -> ReadFreshnessContextProvider {
-        let map: HashMap<String, SystemTime> =
-            entries.iter().map(|(k, v)| (k.to_string(), *v)).collect();
-        ReadFreshnessContextProvider::new(Arc::new(Mutex::new(map)), interval)
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_provider_emits_header_at_or_after_bumped_baseline() {
-        // A baseline set "now" with no interval: every read op must carry a
-        // floor at or after that baseline. `list_table_versions` is the hook
-        // that makes managed-versioning `checkout_latest()` observe a write.
-        let baseline = SystemTime::now();
-        let provider = provider_with(&[("ns$tbl", baseline)], None);
-
-        // These ops are keyed by the table id, so they pick up the per-table
-        // baseline. (`list_tables` is keyed by the namespace, so it is covered
-        // separately by the interval-floor test.)
-        for op in ["describe_table", "list_table_versions", "query_table"] {
-            let ctx = provider.provide_context(&OperationInfo::new(op, "ns$tbl"));
-            let sent = parse_header_ts(&ctx);
-            assert!(
-                sent >= baseline - TOLERANCE && sent <= baseline + TOLERANCE,
-                "operation {op} should carry a floor at the bumped baseline"
-            );
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_provider_list_tables_uses_interval_floor_not_table_baseline() {
-        // `list_tables` is addressed by the namespace id, which never matches a
-        // per-table baseline key, so a bumped table baseline must not leak onto
-        // it. With no interval it sends nothing; with one it sends now-interval.
-        let provider = provider_with(&[("ns$tbl", SystemTime::now())], None);
-        let ctx = provider.provide_context(&OperationInfo::new("list_tables", "ns"));
-        assert!(
-            ctx.is_empty(),
-            "list_tables must not inherit a per-table baseline"
-        );
-
-        let interval = Duration::from_secs(30);
-        let provider = provider_with(&[("ns$tbl", SystemTime::now())], Some(interval));
-        let before = SystemTime::now();
-        let ctx = provider.provide_context(&OperationInfo::new("list_tables", "ns"));
-        let after = SystemTime::now();
-        let sent = parse_header_ts(&ctx);
-        assert!(
-            sent >= before - interval - TOLERANCE && sent <= after - interval + TOLERANCE,
-            "list_tables should carry the interval floor"
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_provider_no_header_for_empty_baseline_and_no_interval() {
-        // Manual consistency (no interval) on a table that was never bumped:
-        // no floor, so the server may serve from cache.
-        let provider = provider_with(&[], None);
-        let ctx = provider.provide_context(&OperationInfo::new("describe_table", "ns$tbl"));
-        assert!(ctx.is_empty());
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_provider_interval_floor_applies_without_baseline() {
-        // With a consistency interval and no baseline, the floor is now-interval.
-        let interval = Duration::from_secs(30);
-        let provider = provider_with(&[], Some(interval));
-
-        let before = SystemTime::now();
-        let ctx = provider.provide_context(&OperationInfo::new("query_table", "ns$tbl"));
-        let after = SystemTime::now();
-
-        let sent = parse_header_ts(&ctx);
-        assert!(
-            sent >= before - interval - TOLERANCE && sent <= after - interval + TOLERANCE,
-            "expected floor at roughly now - interval"
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_provider_non_read_ops_emit_nothing() {
-        // Even with a fresh baseline and a zero interval, a non-read operation
-        // (which establishes rather than consumes a baseline) sends no header.
-        let provider = provider_with(&[("ns$tbl", SystemTime::now())], Some(Duration::ZERO));
-        for op in [
-            "create_table",
-            "register_table",
-            "drop_table",
-            "rename_table",
-            // Pinned to an immutable version, so it cannot be served stale.
-            "describe_table_version",
-        ] {
-            let ctx = provider.provide_context(&OperationInfo::new(op, "ns$tbl"));
-            assert!(
-                ctx.is_empty(),
-                "operation {op} must not send a freshness header"
-            );
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_provider_uses_per_table_baseline() {
-        // The floor is looked up by object id, so an unrelated table's baseline
-        // does not leak onto another table's read.
-        let baseline = SystemTime::now();
-        let provider = provider_with(&[("ns$has_baseline", baseline)], None);
-
-        // The bumped table gets a header.
-        let hit =
-            provider.provide_context(&OperationInfo::new("describe_table", "ns$has_baseline"));
-        assert!(!hit.is_empty());
-
-        // A different table with no baseline (and no interval) gets nothing.
-        let miss = provider.provide_context(&OperationInfo::new("describe_table", "ns$other"));
-        assert!(miss.is_empty());
-    }
-}
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use serde_json::{Value, json};
 use super::EmbeddingFunction;
 use crate::{Error, Result};

-use tokio::runtime::{Handle, RuntimeFlavor};
+use tokio::runtime::Handle;
 use tokio::task::block_in_place;

 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -148,12 +148,6 @@ impl BedrockEmbeddingFunction {
            _ => unreachable!(),
        };

-        // Bedrock's SDK is async but this trait method is synchronous, so we
-        // bridge with `block_in_place` + `block_on`. That requires a
-        // multi-threaded Tokio runtime; return a typed error instead of
-        // panicking when no compatible runtime is available.
-        let handle = current_multi_thread_handle()?;
-
        for text in texts {
            let request_body = match self.model {
                BedrockEmbeddingModel::TitanEmbedding => {
@@ -169,28 +163,24 @@ impl BedrockEmbeddingFunction {
                }
            };

-            // Serialize before entering the blocking section so a serialization
-            // failure surfaces as a typed error rather than an `unwrap` panic.
-            let body = serde_json::to_vec(&request_body).map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("Failed to serialize Bedrock request: {e}"),
-            })?;
-
            let client = self.client.clone();
            let model_id = self.model.model_id().to_string();
+            let request_body = request_body.clone();

-            let response = block_in_place(|| {
-                handle.block_on(async move {
+            let response = block_in_place(move || {
+                Handle::current().block_on(async move {
                    client
                        .invoke_model()
                        .model_id(model_id)
-                        .body(aws_sdk_bedrockruntime::primitives::Blob::new(body))
+                        .body(aws_sdk_bedrockruntime::primitives::Blob::new(
+                            serde_json::to_vec(&request_body).unwrap(),
+                        ))
                        .send()
                        .await
-                        .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                            message: format!("Bedrock invoke_model request failed: {e}"),
-                        })
+                        .map_err(Box::new)
                })
-            })?;
+            })
+            .unwrap();

            let response_json: Value =
                serde_json::from_slice(response.body.as_ref()).map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
@@ -198,12 +188,22 @@ impl BedrockEmbeddingFunction {
                })?;

            let embedding = match self.model {
-                BedrockEmbeddingModel::TitanEmbedding => {
-                    json_array_to_f32(&response_json["embedding"], "embedding")?
-                }
-                BedrockEmbeddingModel::CohereLarge => {
-                    json_array_to_f32(&response_json["embeddings"][0], "embeddings")?
-                }
+                BedrockEmbeddingModel::TitanEmbedding => response_json["embedding"]
+                    .as_array()
+                    .ok_or_else(|| Error::Runtime {
+                        message: "Missing embedding in response".to_string(),
+                    })?
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|v| v.as_f64().unwrap() as f32)
+                    .collect::<Vec<f32>>(),
+                BedrockEmbeddingModel::CohereLarge => response_json["embeddings"][0]
+                    .as_array()
+                    .ok_or_else(|| Error::Runtime {
+                        message: "Missing embeddings in response".to_string(),
+                    })?
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|v| v.as_f64().unwrap() as f32)
+                    .collect::<Vec<f32>>(),
            };

            builder.append_slice(&embedding);
@@ -212,86 +212,3 @@ impl BedrockEmbeddingFunction {
        Ok(builder.finish())
    }
 }
-
-/// Returns a handle to the current multi-threaded Tokio runtime, or a typed
-/// [`Error::Runtime`] when called outside a runtime or on the current-thread
-/// runtime. This keeps the synchronous-over-async bridge in
-/// [`BedrockEmbeddingFunction::compute_inner`] from panicking on runtime
-/// configurations that cannot support `block_in_place`.
-fn current_multi_thread_handle() -> Result<Handle> {
-    let handle = Handle::try_current().map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-        message: format!("Bedrock embedding must be called from within a Tokio runtime: {e}"),
-    })?;
-    if handle.runtime_flavor() == RuntimeFlavor::CurrentThread {
-        return Err(Error::Runtime {
-            message: "Bedrock embedding requires a multi-threaded Tokio runtime; the \
-                      current-thread runtime cannot use `block_in_place`"
-                .to_string(),
-        });
-    }
-    Ok(handle)
-}
-
-/// Converts a JSON value expected to be an array of numbers into `Vec<f32>`.
-///
-/// Returns a typed [`Error::Runtime`] (rather than panicking) when the value is
-/// not an array or contains a non-numeric element, so malformed provider
-/// responses degrade gracefully.
-fn json_array_to_f32(value: &Value, field: &str) -> Result<Vec<f32>> {
-    let arr = value.as_array().ok_or_else(|| Error::Runtime {
-        message: format!("Missing or non-array '{field}' field in Bedrock response"),
-    })?;
-    arr.iter()
-        .map(|v| {
-            v.as_f64().map(|f| f as f32).ok_or_else(|| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("Non-numeric value in Bedrock '{field}' embedding: {v}"),
-            })
-        })
-        .collect()
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn json_array_to_f32_parses_numbers() {
-        let v = json!([1.0, 2, -3.5]);
-        let out = json_array_to_f32(&v, "embedding").unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(out, vec![1.0_f32, 2.0, -3.5]);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn json_array_to_f32_rejects_non_array() {
-        // Missing field indexes to `Value::Null`; a malformed payload should be
-        // a typed error, not a panic.
-        let v = json!({"unexpected": "shape"});
-        let err = json_array_to_f32(&v["embedding"], "embedding").unwrap_err();
-        assert!(matches!(err, Error::Runtime { .. }), "got {err:?}");
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn json_array_to_f32_rejects_non_numeric_element() {
-        let v = json!([1.0, "not-a-number", 3.0]);
-        let err = json_array_to_f32(&v, "embedding").unwrap_err();
-        assert!(matches!(err, Error::Runtime { .. }), "got {err:?}");
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn handle_errors_without_runtime() {
-        // No Tokio runtime in scope -> typed error instead of a panic.
-        let err = current_multi_thread_handle().unwrap_err();
-        assert!(matches!(err, Error::Runtime { .. }), "got {err:?}");
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test(flavor = "current_thread")]
-    async fn handle_errors_on_current_thread_runtime() {
-        let err = current_multi_thread_handle().unwrap_err();
-        assert!(matches!(err, Error::Runtime { .. }), "got {err:?}");
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
-    async fn handle_ok_on_multi_thread_runtime() {
-        current_multi_thread_handle().expect("multi-threaded runtime should be accepted");
-    }
-}
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@
 //! ```

 pub mod arrow;
-pub mod blob;
 pub mod connection;
 pub mod data;
 pub mod database;
@@ -185,14 +184,12 @@ pub mod table;
 pub mod test_utils;
 pub mod utils;

-use std::{fmt::Display, str::FromStr};
+use std::fmt::Display;

 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

-pub use blob::{blob, is_blob};
 pub use connection::{ConnectNamespaceBuilder, Connection};
 pub use error::{Error, Result};
-use lance_index::vector::ApproxMode as LanceApproxMode;
 use lance_linalg::distance::DistanceType as LanceDistanceType;
 pub use table::Table;

@@ -261,79 +258,6 @@ impl Display for DistanceType {
    }
 }

-/// Controls the speed / accuracy tradeoff for approximate vector search.
-///
-/// This currently only affects RQ-quantized vector indexes, such as IVF_RQ.
-/// Other index types ignore this setting.
-#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
-#[non_exhaustive]
-#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
-pub enum ApproxMode {
-    /// Prefer lower query latency, which can reduce recall.
-    Fast,
-    /// Use the default balance between query latency and recall.
-    #[default]
-    Normal,
-    /// Prefer higher recall, which can increase query latency.
-    Accurate,
-}
-
-impl From<ApproxMode> for LanceApproxMode {
-    fn from(value: ApproxMode) -> Self {
-        match value {
-            ApproxMode::Fast => Self::Fast,
-            ApproxMode::Normal => Self::Normal,
-            ApproxMode::Accurate => Self::Accurate,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<LanceApproxMode> for ApproxMode {
-    fn from(value: LanceApproxMode) -> Self {
-        match value {
-            LanceApproxMode::Fast => Self::Fast,
-            LanceApproxMode::Normal => Self::Normal,
-            LanceApproxMode::Accurate => Self::Accurate,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl TryFrom<&str> for ApproxMode {
-    type Error = Error;
-
-    fn try_from(value: &str) -> std::prelude::v1::Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        Self::from_str(value)
-    }
-}
-
-impl FromStr for ApproxMode {
-    type Err = Error;
-
-    fn from_str(value: &str) -> std::prelude::v1::Result<Self, Self::Err> {
-        match value.to_ascii_lowercase().as_str() {
-            "fast" => Ok(Self::Fast),
-            "normal" => Ok(Self::Normal),
-            "accurate" => Ok(Self::Accurate),
-            _ => Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                message: format!(
-                    "approx_mode must be one of 'fast', 'normal', or 'accurate', got '{}'",
-                    value
-                ),
-            }),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Display for ApproxMode {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        match self {
-            Self::Fast => write!(f, "fast"),
-            Self::Normal => write!(f, "normal"),
-            Self::Accurate => write!(f, "accurate"),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /// Connect to a database
 pub use connection::connect;
 /// Connect to a namespace-backed database
@@ -342,9 +266,3 @@ pub use connection::connect_namespace;
 /// Re-export Lance Session and ObjectStoreRegistry for custom session creation
 pub use lance::session::Session;
 pub use lance_io::object_store::ObjectStoreRegistry;
-
-/// Re-export DataFusion so consumers can build the `Expr` values that public
-/// query/merge APIs (e.g. [`query::QueryBase::only_if_expr`]) accept without
-/// declaring their own (potentially mismatched) direct `datafusion` dependency.
-/// See <https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/issues/3575>.
-pub use datafusion;
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ use lance_index::scalar::FullTextSearchQuery;
 use lance_index::scalar::inverted::SCORE_COL;
 use lance_index::vector::DIST_COL;

+use crate::DistanceType;
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
 use crate::rerankers::rrf::RRFReranker;
 use crate::rerankers::{NormalizeMethod, Reranker, check_reranker_result};
 use crate::table::BaseTable;
 use crate::utils::{MaxBatchLengthStream, TimeoutStream};
-use crate::{ApproxMode, DistanceType};
 use crate::{
    arrow::{SendableRecordBatchStream, SimpleRecordBatchStream},
    table::AnyQuery,
@@ -401,9 +401,6 @@ pub trait QueryBase {
    ///
    /// Filtering performance can often be improved by creating a scalar index
    /// on the filter column(s).
-    ///
-    /// Calling this multiple times combines the filters with a logical AND
-    /// (i.e. `(previous) AND (new)`) rather than replacing the previous filter.
    fn only_if(self, filter: impl AsRef<str>) -> Self;

    /// Only return rows which match the filter, using an expression builder.
@@ -426,9 +423,6 @@ pub trait QueryBase {
    ///
    /// Note: Expression filters are not supported for remote/server-side queries.
    /// Use [`QueryBase::only_if`] with SQL strings for remote tables.
-    ///
-    /// Calling this multiple times combines the expressions with a logical AND
-    /// rather than replacing the previous filter.
    fn only_if_expr(self, filter: datafusion_expr::Expr) -> Self;

    /// Perform a full text search on the table.
@@ -541,13 +535,12 @@ impl<T: HasQuery> QueryBase for T {
    }

    fn only_if(mut self, filter: impl AsRef<str>) -> Self {
-        self.mut_query()
-            .add_filter(QueryFilter::Sql(filter.as_ref().to_string()));
+        self.mut_query().filter = Some(QueryFilter::Sql(filter.as_ref().to_string()));
        self
    }

    fn only_if_expr(mut self, filter: datafusion_expr::Expr) -> Self {
-        self.mut_query().add_filter(QueryFilter::Datafusion(filter));
+        self.mut_query().filter = Some(QueryFilter::Datafusion(filter));
        self
    }

@@ -723,39 +716,6 @@ pub enum QueryFilter {
    Datafusion(Expr),
 }

-/// Combine two filters with a logical AND.
-///
-/// This is used when a query receives more than one filter (for example when
-/// `where`/`only_if` is called multiple times) so the filters are composed
-/// with AND rather than the later filter silently replacing the earlier one.
-///
-/// SQL string and expression filters are combined within their own
-/// representation. When the two representations are mixed, the expression is
-/// lowered to SQL (via [`crate::expr::expr_to_sql_string`]) and the filters are
-/// combined as SQL strings. Substrait filters cannot be combined and return an
-/// error.
-fn and_filters(existing: QueryFilter, new: QueryFilter) -> Result<QueryFilter> {
-    match (existing, new) {
-        (QueryFilter::Sql(lhs), QueryFilter::Sql(rhs)) => {
-            Ok(QueryFilter::Sql(format!("({lhs}) AND ({rhs})")))
-        }
-        (QueryFilter::Datafusion(lhs), QueryFilter::Datafusion(rhs)) => {
-            Ok(QueryFilter::Datafusion(lhs.and(rhs)))
-        }
-        (QueryFilter::Sql(lhs), QueryFilter::Datafusion(rhs)) => {
-            let rhs = crate::expr::expr_to_sql_string(&rhs)?;
-            Ok(QueryFilter::Sql(format!("({lhs}) AND ({rhs})")))
-        }
-        (QueryFilter::Datafusion(lhs), QueryFilter::Sql(rhs)) => {
-            let lhs = crate::expr::expr_to_sql_string(&lhs)?;
-            Ok(QueryFilter::Sql(format!("({lhs}) AND ({rhs})")))
-        }
-        _ => Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-            message: "cannot combine a Substrait filter with another filter".to_string(),
-        }),
-    }
-}
-
 /// A basic query into a table without any kind of search
 ///
 /// This will result in a (potentially filtered) scan if executed
@@ -770,13 +730,6 @@ pub struct QueryRequest {
    /// Apply filter to the returned rows.
    pub filter: Option<QueryFilter>,

-    /// An error recorded while combining repeated filters that could not be
-    /// composed (see [`QueryRequest::add_filter`]). It is surfaced when the
-    /// query is executed via [`QueryRequest::check_filter`]. We defer the error
-    /// because the builder methods that set filters return `Self` rather than a
-    /// `Result`.
-    pub(crate) filter_error: Option<String>,
-
    /// Perform a full text search on the table.
    pub full_text_search: Option<FullTextSearchQuery>,

@@ -822,7 +775,6 @@ impl Default for QueryRequest {
            limit: None,
            offset: None,
            filter: None,
-            filter_error: None,
            full_text_search: None,
            select: Select::All,
            fast_search: false,
@@ -836,41 +788,6 @@ impl Default for QueryRequest {
    }
 }

-impl QueryRequest {
-    /// Add a filter, combining it with any existing filter using a logical AND.
-    ///
-    /// If the new filter cannot be combined with the existing one (because they
-    /// use different representations) the error is recorded and surfaced later
-    /// by [`Self::check_filter`].
-    pub(crate) fn add_filter(&mut self, new: QueryFilter) {
-        self.filter = Some(match self.filter.take() {
-            None => new,
-            Some(existing) => match and_filters(existing, new) {
-                Ok(combined) => combined,
-                Err(err) => {
-                    // The filters were consumed while attempting to combine
-                    // them; the recorded error is surfaced by `check_filter`
-                    // before the query executes.
-                    self.filter_error = Some(err.to_string());
-                    return;
-                }
-            },
-        });
-    }
-
-    /// Return an error if combining filters failed (see [`Self::add_filter`]).
-    ///
-    /// This must be called by every backend before executing a query.
-    pub(crate) fn check_filter(&self) -> Result<()> {
-        if let Some(message) = &self.filter_error {
-            return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                message: message.clone(),
-            });
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
 /// A builder for LanceDB queries.
 ///
 /// See [`crate::Table::query`] for more details on queries
@@ -1018,8 +935,6 @@ pub struct VectorQueryRequest {
    pub refine_factor: Option<u32>,
    /// The distance type to use for the search
    pub distance_type: Option<DistanceType>,
-    /// The speed / accuracy tradeoff to use for approximate vector search
-    pub approx_mode: Option<ApproxMode>,
    /// Default is true. Set to false to enforce a brute force search.
    pub use_index: bool,
 }
@@ -1037,7 +952,6 @@ impl Default for VectorQueryRequest {
            ef: None,
            refine_factor: None,
            distance_type: None,
-            approx_mode: None,
            use_index: true,
        }
    }
@@ -1278,15 +1192,6 @@ impl VectorQuery {
        self
    }

-    /// Set the speed / accuracy tradeoff for approximate vector search.
-    ///
-    /// This setting is currently only used by RQ-quantized indexes, such as
-    /// IVF_RQ. Other index types ignore this setting.
-    pub fn approx_mode(mut self, approx_mode: ApproxMode) -> Self {
-        self.request.approx_mode = Some(approx_mode);
-        self
-    }
-
    /// If this is called then any vector index is skipped
    ///
    /// An exhaustive (flat) search will be performed.  The query vector will
@@ -1641,7 +1546,6 @@ mod tests {
            .nprobes(1000)
            .postfilter()
            .distance_type(DistanceType::Cosine)
-            .approx_mode(ApproxMode::Accurate)
            .refine_factor(999);

        assert_eq!(
@@ -1660,49 +1564,9 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(query.request.maximum_nprobes, Some(1000));
        assert!(query.request.use_index);
        assert_eq!(query.request.distance_type, Some(DistanceType::Cosine));
-        assert_eq!(query.request.approx_mode, Some(ApproxMode::Accurate));
        assert_eq!(query.request.refine_factor, Some(999));
    }

-    #[test]
-    fn test_approx_mode_serde_parse_default_and_display() {
-        assert_eq!(ApproxMode::default(), ApproxMode::Normal);
-        assert_eq!(
-            serde_json::to_string(&ApproxMode::Fast).unwrap(),
-            "\"fast\""
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            serde_json::from_str::<ApproxMode>("\"accurate\"").unwrap(),
-            ApproxMode::Accurate
-        );
-        assert_eq!("normal".parse::<ApproxMode>().unwrap(), ApproxMode::Normal);
-        assert_eq!(ApproxMode::try_from("FAST").unwrap(), ApproxMode::Fast);
-        assert_eq!(ApproxMode::Accurate.to_string(), "accurate");
-        assert!(ApproxMode::try_from("invalid").is_err());
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_vector_query_approx_mode_builder() {
-        let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        let dataset_path = tmp_dir.path().join("test.lance");
-        let uri = dataset_path.to_str().unwrap();
-
-        let conn = connect(uri).execute().await.unwrap();
-        let table = conn
-            .create_table("my_table", make_test_batches())
-            .execute()
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-
-        let query = table
-            .query()
-            .nearest_to(&[0.1, 0.2])
-            .unwrap()
-            .approx_mode(ApproxMode::Fast);
-
-        assert_eq!(query.request.approx_mode, Some(ApproxMode::Fast));
-    }
-
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn test_execute() {
        // TODO: Switch back to memory://foo after https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/issues/1051
@@ -1765,70 +1629,6 @@ mod tests {
        }
    }

-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_repeated_only_if_combines_with_and() {
-        use crate::expr::{col, lit};
-
-        let tmp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
-        let dataset_path = tmp_dir.path().join("test.lance");
-        let uri = dataset_path.to_str().unwrap();
-
-        let conn = connect(uri).execute().await.unwrap();
-        let table = conn
-            .create_table("my_table", make_non_empty_batches())
-            .execute()
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-
-        let query = table.query().only_if("id > 0").only_if("id < 100");
-        match &query.request.filter {
-            Some(QueryFilter::Sql(sql)) => assert_eq!(sql, "(id > 0) AND (id < 100)"),
-            other => panic!("expected combined SQL filter, got {other:?}"),
-        }
-
-        // A single filter is left untouched.
-        let query = table.query().only_if("id > 0");
-        match &query.request.filter {
-            Some(QueryFilter::Sql(sql)) => assert_eq!(sql, "id > 0"),
-            other => panic!("expected single SQL filter, got {other:?}"),
-        }
-
-        // Expression filters are combined with a logical AND as well.
-        let query = table
-            .query()
-            .only_if_expr(col("id").gt(lit(0i32)))
-            .only_if_expr(col("id").lt(lit(100i32)));
-        match &query.request.filter {
-            Some(QueryFilter::Datafusion(expr)) => {
-                assert_eq!(
-                    expr,
-                    &col("id").gt(lit(0i32)).and(col("id").lt(lit(100i32)))
-                );
-            }
-            other => panic!("expected combined Datafusion filter, got {other:?}"),
-        }
-
-        // Mixing an SQL string filter with an expression filter lowers the
-        // expression to SQL and combines them as SQL strings.
-        let query = table
-            .query()
-            .only_if("id > 0")
-            .only_if_expr(col("id").lt(lit(100i32)));
-        match &query.request.filter {
-            Some(QueryFilter::Sql(sql)) => {
-                let expected = format!(
-                    "(id > 0) AND ({})",
-                    crate::expr::expr_to_sql_string(&col("id").lt(lit(100i32))).unwrap()
-                );
-                assert_eq!(sql, &expected);
-            }
-            other => panic!("expected combined SQL filter, got {other:?}"),
-        }
-        assert!(query.request.check_filter().is_ok());
-        // The combined filter executes without error.
-        query.execute().await.unwrap();
-    }
-
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn test_select_with_transform() {
        // TODO: Switch back to memory://foo after https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/issues/1051
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@

 pub(crate) mod client;
 pub(crate) mod db;
-pub mod oauth;
 mod retry;
 pub(crate) mod table;
 pub(crate) mod util;
@@ -21,4 +20,3 @@ const JSON_CONTENT_TYPE: &str = "application/json";

 pub use client::{ClientConfig, HeaderProvider, RetryConfig, TimeoutConfig, TlsConfig};
 pub use db::{RemoteDatabaseOptions, RemoteDatabaseOptionsBuilder};
-pub use oauth::{OAuthConfig, OAuthFlow, OAuthHeaderProvider};
@@ -459,14 +459,12 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> RestfulLanceDbClient<S> {
        config: &ClientConfig,
    ) -> Result<HeaderMap> {
        let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
-        if !api_key.is_empty() {
-            headers.insert(
-                HeaderName::from_static("x-api-key"),
-                HeaderValue::from_str(api_key).map_err(|_| Error::InvalidInput {
-                    message: "non-ascii api key provided".to_string(),
-                })?,
-            );
-        }
+        headers.insert(
+            HeaderName::from_static("x-api-key"),
+            HeaderValue::from_str(api_key).map_err(|_| Error::InvalidInput {
+                message: "non-ascii api key provided".to_string(),
+            })?,
+        );
        if region == "local" {
            let host = format!("{}.local.api.lancedb.com", db_name);
            headers.insert(
@@ -1007,33 +1005,6 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(!config_tls.assert_hostname);
    }

-    #[test]
-    fn test_default_headers_skip_empty_api_key() {
-        let headers = RestfulLanceDbClient::<Sender>::default_headers(
-            "",
-            "us-east-1",
-            "db-name",
-            false,
-            &RemoteOptions::default(),
-            None,
-            &ClientConfig::default(),
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-        assert!(!headers.contains_key("x-api-key"));
-
-        let headers = RestfulLanceDbClient::<Sender>::default_headers(
-            "api-key",
-            "us-east-1",
-            "db-name",
-            false,
-            &RemoteOptions::default(),
-            None,
-            &ClientConfig::default(),
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(headers.get("x-api-key").unwrap(), "api-key");
-    }
-
    // Test implementation of HeaderProvider
    #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
    struct TestHeaderProvider {
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use http::StatusCode;
 use lance_io::object_store::StorageOptions;
-use lance_namespace_impls::{DynamicContextProvider, OperationInfo};
 use moka::future::Cache;
 use reqwest::header::CONTENT_TYPE;

@@ -27,9 +26,7 @@ use crate::remote::util::stream_as_body;
 use crate::table::BaseTable;

 use super::ARROW_STREAM_CONTENT_TYPE;
-use super::client::{
-    ClientConfig, HeaderProvider, HttpSend, RequestResultExt, RestfulLanceDbClient, Sender,
-};
+use super::client::{ClientConfig, HttpSend, RequestResultExt, RestfulLanceDbClient, Sender};
 use super::table::RemoteTable;
 use super::util::parse_server_version;

@@ -197,66 +194,10 @@ pub struct RemoteDatabase<S: HttpSend = Sender> {
    uri: String,
    /// Headers to pass to the namespace client for authentication
    namespace_headers: HashMap<String, String>,
-    namespace_context_provider: Option<Arc<dyn DynamicContextProvider>>,
    /// TLS configuration for mTLS support
    tls_config: Option<super::client::TlsConfig>,
 }

-#[derive(Clone)]
-struct NamespaceHeaderProviderContext {
-    header_provider: Arc<dyn HeaderProvider>,
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Debug for NamespaceHeaderProviderContext {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        f.debug_struct("NamespaceHeaderProviderContext")
-            .field("header_provider", &"Some(...)")
-            .finish()
-    }
-}
-
-impl DynamicContextProvider for NamespaceHeaderProviderContext {
-    fn provide_context(&self, _info: &OperationInfo) -> HashMap<String, String> {
-        let header_provider = Arc::clone(&self.header_provider);
-        let handle = match std::thread::Builder::new()
-            .name("lancedb-namespace-headers".to_string())
-            .spawn(move || {
-                tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
-                    .enable_all()
-                    .build()
-                    .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                        message: format!(
-                            "Failed to create runtime for namespace header provider: {e}"
-                        ),
-                    })?
-                    .block_on(header_provider.get_headers())
-            }) {
-            Ok(handle) => handle,
-            Err(err) => {
-                log::warn!("Failed to spawn dynamic namespace header provider thread: {err}");
-                return HashMap::new();
-            }
-        };
-
-        let headers = handle.join();
-
-        match headers {
-            Ok(Ok(headers)) => headers
-                .into_iter()
-                .map(|(key, value)| (format!("headers.{key}"), value))
-                .collect(),
-            Ok(Err(err)) => {
-                log::warn!("Failed to get dynamic namespace headers: {err}");
-                HashMap::new()
-            }
-            Err(_) => {
-                log::warn!("Dynamic namespace header provider panicked");
-                HashMap::new()
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 impl RemoteDatabase {
    pub fn try_new(
        uri: &str,
@@ -287,16 +228,6 @@ impl RemoteDatabase {
            })
            .collect();

-        let namespace_context_provider =
-            client_config
-                .header_provider
-                .as_ref()
-                .map(|header_provider| {
-                    Arc::new(NamespaceHeaderProviderContext {
-                        header_provider: Arc::clone(header_provider),
-                    }) as Arc<dyn DynamicContextProvider>
-                });
-
        let client = RestfulLanceDbClient::try_new(
            &parsed,
            region,
@@ -316,7 +247,6 @@ impl RemoteDatabase {
            table_cache,
            uri: uri.to_owned(),
            namespace_headers,
-            namespace_context_provider,
            tls_config: client_config.tls_config,
        })
    }
@@ -341,7 +271,6 @@ mod test_utils {
                table_cache: Cache::new(0),
                uri: "http://localhost".to_string(),
                namespace_headers: HashMap::new(),
-                namespace_context_provider: None,
                tls_config: None,
            }
        }
@@ -352,18 +281,11 @@ mod test_utils {
            T: Into<reqwest::Body>,
        {
            let client = client_with_handler_and_config(handler, config.clone());
-            let namespace_context_provider =
-                config.header_provider.as_ref().map(|header_provider| {
-                    Arc::new(NamespaceHeaderProviderContext {
-                        header_provider: Arc::clone(header_provider),
-                    }) as Arc<dyn DynamicContextProvider>
-                });
            Self {
                client,
                table_cache: Cache::new(0),
                uri: "http://localhost".to_string(),
                namespace_headers: config.extra_headers.clone(),
-                namespace_context_provider,
                tls_config: config.tls_config.clone(),
            }
        }
@@ -837,12 +759,9 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> Database for RemoteDatabase<S> {
        // Create a RestNamespace pointing to the same remote host with the same authentication headers
        let mut builder = lance_namespace_impls::RestNamespaceBuilder::new(self.client.host())
            .delimiter(&self.client.id_delimiter)
+            // TODO: support header provider
            .headers(self.namespace_headers.clone());

-        if let Some(context_provider) = &self.namespace_context_provider {
-            builder = builder.context_provider(Arc::clone(context_provider));
-        }
-
        // Apply mTLS configuration if present
        if let Some(tls_config) = &self.tls_config {
            if let Some(cert_file) = &tls_config.cert_file {
@@ -862,14 +781,6 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> Database for RemoteDatabase<S> {
    }

    async fn namespace_client_config(&self) -> Result<(String, HashMap<String, String>)> {
-        if self.namespace_context_provider.is_some() {
-            return Err(Error::NotSupported {
-                message:
-                    "Cannot export a namespace client config when dynamic headers are configured; use LanceDB connection namespace methods instead"
-                        .to_string(),
-            });
-        }
-
        let mut properties = HashMap::new();
        properties.insert("uri".to_string(), self.client.host().to_string());
        properties.insert("delimiter".to_string(), self.client.id_delimiter.clone());
@@ -921,13 +832,12 @@ impl From<StorageOptions> for RemoteOptions {

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::{NamespaceHeaderProviderContext, build_cache_key};
+    use super::build_cache_key;
    use std::collections::HashMap;
    use std::sync::{Arc, OnceLock};

    use arrow_array::{Int32Array, RecordBatch};
    use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field, Schema};
-    use lance_namespace_impls::{DynamicContextProvider, OperationInfo};

    use crate::connection::ConnectBuilder;
    use crate::{
@@ -1792,75 +1702,6 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(namespace_client.is_ok());
    }

-    #[test]
-    fn test_namespace_header_provider_context_maps_headers() {
-        #[derive(Debug)]
-        struct TestHeaderProvider;
-
-        #[async_trait::async_trait]
-        impl HeaderProvider for TestHeaderProvider {
-            async fn get_headers(&self) -> crate::Result<HashMap<String, String>> {
-                Ok(HashMap::from([(
-                    "authorization".to_string(),
-                    "Bearer token".to_string(),
-                )]))
-            }
-        }
-
-        let context_provider = NamespaceHeaderProviderContext {
-            header_provider: Arc::new(TestHeaderProvider) as Arc<dyn HeaderProvider>,
-        };
-
-        let context =
-            context_provider.provide_context(&OperationInfo::new("list_tables", "namespace"));
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            context.get("headers.authorization"),
-            Some(&"Bearer token".to_string())
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_namespace_client_supports_dynamic_headers() {
-        #[derive(Debug)]
-        struct TestHeaderProvider;
-
-        #[async_trait::async_trait]
-        impl HeaderProvider for TestHeaderProvider {
-            async fn get_headers(&self) -> crate::Result<HashMap<String, String>> {
-                Ok(HashMap::from([(
-                    "authorization".to_string(),
-                    "Bearer token".to_string(),
-                )]))
-            }
-        }
-
-        let client_config = ClientConfig {
-            header_provider: Some(Arc::new(TestHeaderProvider) as Arc<dyn HeaderProvider>),
-            ..Default::default()
-        };
-
-        let conn = Connection::new_with_handler_and_config(
-            |_| {
-                http::Response::builder()
-                    .status(200)
-                    .body(r#"{"tables": []}"#)
-                    .unwrap()
-            },
-            client_config,
-        );
-
-        let namespace_client = conn.namespace_client().await;
-        assert!(namespace_client.is_ok());
-
-        match conn.namespace_client_config().await {
-            Err(Error::NotSupported { message })
-                if message.contains("dynamic headers are configured") => {}
-            Err(err) => panic!("expected NotSupported, got {err:?}"),
-            Ok(_) => panic!("expected namespace_client_config to reject dynamic headers"),
-        }
-    }
-
    /// Integration tests using RestAdapter to run RemoteDatabase against a real namespace server
    mod rest_adapter_integration {
        use super::*;
@@ -1,907 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
-
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::net::IpAddr;
-use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
-
-use async_trait::async_trait;
-use log::debug;
-use reqwest::Client;
-use serde::Deserialize;
-use tokio::sync::RwLock;
-
-use crate::error::{Error, Result};
-use crate::remote::client::HeaderProvider;
-
-const DEFAULT_REFRESH_BUFFER_SECS: u64 = 300;
-const DEFAULT_TOKEN_TTL_SECS: u64 = 3600;
-const AZURE_IMDS_ENDPOINT: &str = "http://169.254.169.254/metadata/identity/oauth2/token";
-const AZURE_IMDS_API_VERSION: &str = "2018-02-01";
-
-/// OAuth authentication flow configuration.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub enum OAuthFlow {
-    /// Client Credentials grant (service-to-service / M2M).
-    /// Requires `client_secret` in [`OAuthConfig`].
-    ClientCredentials,
-
-    /// Azure Managed Identity via IMDS.
-    /// Works on Azure VMs, AKS, App Service, and Azure Functions.
-    /// IMDS requests bypass proxy settings because the endpoint is link-local.
-    AzureManagedIdentity {
-        /// Client ID for user-assigned managed identity.
-        /// Omit for system-assigned managed identity.
-        client_id: Option<String>,
-    },
-}
-
-/// OAuth configuration for LanceDB authentication.
-///
-/// All token acquisition and refresh is handled in the Rust layer.
-/// Python and TypeScript bindings expose this as a plain config 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,
-
-    /// Client secret (required for `ClientCredentials`, optional for others).
-    pub client_secret: Option<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 to use.
-    pub flow: OAuthFlow,
-
-    /// Seconds before token 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<u64>,
-}
-
-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(
-                "client_secret",
-                &self.client_secret.as_deref().map(|_| "<redacted>"),
-            )
-            .field("scopes", &self.scopes)
-            .field("flow", &self.flow)
-            .field("refresh_buffer_secs", &self.refresh_buffer_secs)
-            .finish()
-    }
-}
-
-// -- OIDC Discovery --
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
-struct OidcDiscovery {
-    token_endpoint: String,
-}
-
-// -- Token Response --
-
-#[derive(Deserialize)]
-struct TokenResponse {
-    access_token: String,
-    /// Token lifetime in seconds.
-    /// Some providers (Azure IMDS) return this as a string, so we accept both.
-    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_optional_u64_or_string")]
-    expires_in: Option<u64>,
-    #[serde(default)]
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
-    token_type: Option<String>,
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Debug for TokenResponse {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        f.debug_struct("TokenResponse")
-            .field("access_token", &"<redacted>")
-            .field("expires_in", &self.expires_in)
-            .field("token_type", &self.token_type)
-            .finish()
-    }
-}
-
-fn deserialize_optional_u64_or_string<'de, D>(
-    deserializer: D,
-) -> std::result::Result<Option<u64>, D::Error>
-where
-    D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
-{
-    use serde::de;
-
-    struct U64OrString;
-    impl<'de> de::Visitor<'de> for U64OrString {
-        type Value = Option<u64>;
-
-        fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
-            formatter.write_str("an integer, an integer-valued float, a numeric string, or null")
-        }
-
-        fn visit_u64<E: de::Error>(self, v: u64) -> std::result::Result<Self::Value, E> {
-            Ok(Some(v))
-        }
-
-        fn visit_i64<E: de::Error>(self, v: i64) -> std::result::Result<Self::Value, E> {
-            if v < 0 {
-                return Err(E::custom(format!("invalid expires_in value: {v}")));
-            }
-            Ok(Some(v as u64))
-        }
-
-        fn visit_f64<E: de::Error>(self, v: f64) -> std::result::Result<Self::Value, E> {
-            if !v.is_finite() || v < 0.0 || v.fract() != 0.0 || v > u64::MAX as f64 {
-                return Err(E::custom(format!("invalid expires_in value: {v}")));
-            }
-            Ok(Some(v as u64))
-        }
-
-        fn visit_str<E: de::Error>(self, v: &str) -> std::result::Result<Self::Value, E> {
-            v.parse::<u64>().map(Some).map_err(de::Error::custom)
-        }
-
-        fn visit_none<E: de::Error>(self) -> std::result::Result<Self::Value, E> {
-            Ok(None)
-        }
-
-        fn visit_unit<E: de::Error>(self) -> std::result::Result<Self::Value, E> {
-            Ok(None)
-        }
-    }
-
-    deserializer.deserialize_any(U64OrString)
-}
-
-// -- Internal Token State --
-
-struct TokenState {
-    access_token: Option<String>,
-    expires_at: Option<Instant>,
-}
-
-impl TokenState {
-    fn new() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            access_token: None,
-            expires_at: None,
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn is_expired(&self, buffer: Duration) -> bool {
-        match (self.access_token.as_ref(), self.expires_at) {
-            (Some(_), Some(expires_at)) => Instant::now() + buffer >= expires_at,
-            (None, _) => true,
-            (Some(_), None) => true,
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn update(&mut self, resp: &TokenResponse) {
-        self.access_token = Some(resp.access_token.clone());
-        let expires_in = resp.expires_in.unwrap_or(DEFAULT_TOKEN_TTL_SECS);
-        self.expires_at = Some(Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(expires_in));
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait]
-trait TokenSource: Send + Sync + std::fmt::Debug {
-    async fn fetch_token(&self) -> Result<TokenResponse>;
-}
-
-struct ClientCredentialsSource {
-    issuer_url: String,
-    client_id: String,
-    client_secret: String,
-    scopes: Vec<String>,
-    http_client: Client,
-    discovery: RwLock<Option<OidcDiscovery>>,
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Debug for ClientCredentialsSource {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        f.debug_struct("ClientCredentialsSource")
-            .field("issuer_url", &self.issuer_url)
-            .field("client_id", &self.client_id)
-            .field("client_secret", &"<redacted>")
-            .field("scopes", &self.scopes)
-            .finish()
-    }
-}
-
-impl ClientCredentialsSource {
-    fn new(
-        issuer_url: String,
-        client_id: String,
-        client_secret: Option<String>,
-        scopes: Vec<String>,
-    ) -> Result<Self> {
-        let client_secret = client_secret.ok_or(Error::InvalidInput {
-            message: "client_secret is required for ClientCredentials flow".to_string(),
-        })?;
-        Self::validate_issuer_transport(&issuer_url)?;
-
-        let http_client = Client::builder()
-            .timeout(Duration::from_secs(30))
-            .build()
-            .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("Failed to create HTTP client for OAuth: {e}"),
-            })?;
-
-        Ok(Self {
-            issuer_url,
-            client_id,
-            client_secret,
-            scopes,
-            http_client,
-            discovery: RwLock::new(None),
-        })
-    }
-
-    fn validate_issuer_transport(issuer_url: &str) -> Result<()> {
-        let issuer = url::Url::parse(issuer_url).map_err(|e| Error::InvalidInput {
-            message: format!("Invalid OAuth issuer_url: {e}"),
-        })?;
-
-        match issuer.scheme() {
-            "https" => Ok(()),
-            "http" if Self::is_loopback_issuer(&issuer) => Ok(()),
-            _ => Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                message:
-                    "ClientCredentials OAuth issuer_url must use https, except for loopback hosts"
-                        .to_string(),
-            }),
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn is_loopback_issuer(issuer: &url::Url) -> bool {
-        let Some(host) = issuer.host_str() else {
-            return false;
-        };
-
-        host.eq_ignore_ascii_case("localhost")
-            || host
-                .parse::<IpAddr>()
-                .map(|addr| addr.is_loopback())
-                .unwrap_or(false)
-    }
-
-    async fn get_discovery(&self) -> Result<OidcDiscovery> {
-        {
-            let cached = self.discovery.read().await;
-            if let Some(ref disc) = *cached {
-                return Ok(disc.clone());
-            }
-        }
-
-        let mut cache = self.discovery.write().await;
-        // Double-check
-        if let Some(ref disc) = *cache {
-            return Ok(disc.clone());
-        }
-
-        let discovery_url = format!(
-            "{}/.well-known/openid-configuration",
-            self.issuer_url.trim_end_matches('/')
-        );
-
-        debug!("Fetching OIDC discovery from {}", discovery_url);
-
-        let resp = self
-            .http_client
-            .get(&discovery_url)
-            .send()
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("Failed to fetch OIDC discovery document: {e}"),
-            })?;
-
-        if !resp.status().is_success() {
-            return Err(Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!(
-                    "OIDC discovery failed with status {}: {}",
-                    resp.status(),
-                    resp.text().await.unwrap_or_default()
-                ),
-            });
-        }
-
-        let disc: OidcDiscovery = resp.json().await.map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-            message: format!("Failed to parse OIDC discovery document: {e}"),
-        })?;
-
-        let result = disc.clone();
-
-        *cache = Some(disc);
-        Ok(result)
-    }
-
-    async fn get_token_endpoint(&self) -> Result<String> {
-        self.get_discovery().await.map(|disc| disc.token_endpoint)
-    }
-
-    fn scopes_string(&self) -> String {
-        self.scopes.join(" ")
-    }
-
-    async fn post_token_request(
-        &self,
-        endpoint: &str,
-        params: &[(&str, &str)],
-    ) -> Result<TokenResponse> {
-        let resp = self
-            .http_client
-            .post(endpoint)
-            .form(params)
-            .send()
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("Token request to {endpoint} failed: {e}"),
-            })?;
-
-        if !resp.status().is_success() {
-            return Err(Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!(
-                    "Token request failed with status {}: {}",
-                    resp.status(),
-                    resp.text().await.unwrap_or_default()
-                ),
-            });
-        }
-
-        resp.json().await.map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-            message: format!("Failed to parse token response: {e}"),
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait]
-impl TokenSource for ClientCredentialsSource {
-    async fn fetch_token(&self) -> Result<TokenResponse> {
-        let token_endpoint = self.get_token_endpoint().await?;
-        let scope = self.scopes_string();
-        let params = [
-            ("grant_type", "client_credentials"),
-            ("client_id", self.client_id.as_str()),
-            ("client_secret", self.client_secret.as_str()),
-            ("scope", scope.as_str()),
-        ];
-
-        self.post_token_request(&token_endpoint, &params).await
-    }
-}
-
-struct AzureImdsSource {
-    client_id: Option<String>,
-    resource: String,
-    http_client: Client,
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Debug for AzureImdsSource {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        f.debug_struct("AzureImdsSource")
-            .field("client_id", &self.client_id)
-            .field("resource", &self.resource)
-            .finish()
-    }
-}
-
-impl AzureImdsSource {
-    fn new(scopes: Vec<String>, client_id: Option<String>) -> Result<Self> {
-        let resource = Self::resource_from_scopes(&scopes)?;
-        let http_client = Client::builder()
-            .timeout(Duration::from_secs(30))
-            .no_proxy()
-            .build()
-            .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("Failed to create HTTP client for Azure IMDS OAuth: {e}"),
-            })?;
-
-        Ok(Self {
-            client_id,
-            resource,
-            http_client,
-        })
-    }
-
-    fn resource_from_scopes(scopes: &[String]) -> Result<String> {
-        let [scope] = scopes else {
-            return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                message: "AzureManagedIdentity flow requires exactly one OAuth scope or resource"
-                    .to_string(),
-            });
-        };
-
-        Ok(scope.strip_suffix("/.default").unwrap_or(scope).to_string())
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait]
-impl TokenSource for AzureImdsSource {
-    async fn fetch_token(&self) -> Result<TokenResponse> {
-        let mut url = format!(
-            "{AZURE_IMDS_ENDPOINT}?api-version={AZURE_IMDS_API_VERSION}&resource={}",
-            urlencoding::encode(&self.resource),
-        );
-        if let Some(cid) = self.client_id.as_deref() {
-            url.push_str(&format!("&client_id={}", urlencoding::encode(cid)));
-        }
-
-        let resp = self
-            .http_client
-            .get(&url)
-            .header("Metadata", "true")
-            .send()
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("Azure IMDS request failed: {e}"),
-            })?;
-
-        if !resp.status().is_success() {
-            return Err(Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!(
-                    "Azure IMDS returned status {}: {}",
-                    resp.status(),
-                    resp.text().await.unwrap_or_default()
-                ),
-            });
-        }
-
-        resp.json().await.map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-            message: format!("Failed to parse IMDS token response: {e}"),
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-/// OAuth header provider that manages the full token lifecycle.
-///
-/// Implements [`HeaderProvider`] to inject `Authorization: Bearer <token>`
-/// headers into every LanceDB request, with automatic token refresh.
-pub struct OAuthHeaderProvider {
-    token_source: Box<dyn TokenSource>,
-    token_state: Arc<RwLock<TokenState>>,
-    refresh_buffer: Duration,
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Debug for OAuthHeaderProvider {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        f.debug_struct("OAuthHeaderProvider")
-            .field("token_source", &self.token_source)
-            .finish()
-    }
-}
-
-impl OAuthHeaderProvider {
-    /// Create a new OAuth header provider from configuration.
-    pub fn new(config: OAuthConfig) -> Result<Self> {
-        let OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url,
-            client_id,
-            client_secret,
-            scopes,
-            flow,
-            refresh_buffer_secs,
-        } = config;
-
-        if scopes.is_empty() {
-            return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                message: "At least one OAuth scope is required".to_string(),
-            });
-        }
-
-        let refresh_buffer =
-            Duration::from_secs(refresh_buffer_secs.unwrap_or(DEFAULT_REFRESH_BUFFER_SECS));
-        let token_source: Box<dyn TokenSource> = match flow {
-            OAuthFlow::ClientCredentials => Box::new(ClientCredentialsSource::new(
-                issuer_url,
-                client_id,
-                client_secret,
-                scopes,
-            )?),
-            OAuthFlow::AzureManagedIdentity { client_id } => {
-                Box::new(AzureImdsSource::new(scopes, client_id)?)
-            }
-        };
-
-        Ok(Self {
-            token_source,
-            token_state: Arc::new(RwLock::new(TokenState::new())),
-            refresh_buffer,
-        })
-    }
-
-    /// Get a valid access token, refreshing if necessary.
-    async fn get_valid_token(&self) -> Result<String> {
-        // Fast path: check if current token is still valid
-        {
-            let state = self.token_state.read().await;
-            if !state.is_expired(self.refresh_buffer)
-                && let Some(ref token) = state.access_token
-            {
-                return Ok(token.clone());
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Slow path: acquire or refresh token
-        let mut state = self.token_state.write().await;
-
-        // Double-check after acquiring write lock
-        if !state.is_expired(self.refresh_buffer)
-            && let Some(ref token) = state.access_token
-        {
-            return Ok(token.clone());
-        }
-
-        debug!("Acquiring new OAuth token via {:?}", self.token_source);
-        let resp = self.token_source.fetch_token().await?;
-
-        state.update(&resp);
-        Ok(resp.access_token)
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait]
-impl HeaderProvider for OAuthHeaderProvider {
-    async fn get_headers(&self) -> Result<HashMap<String, String>> {
-        let token = self.get_valid_token().await?;
-        Ok(HashMap::from([(
-            "authorization".to_string(),
-            format!("Bearer {token}"),
-        )]))
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-    use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
-
-    use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
-    use tokio::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
-    use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_token_state_expiry() {
-        let mut state = TokenState::new();
-        assert!(state.is_expired(Duration::from_secs(0)));
-
-        state.access_token = Some("tok".to_string());
-        state.expires_at = Some(Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(600));
-        assert!(!state.is_expired(Duration::from_secs(300)));
-        assert!(state.is_expired(Duration::from_secs(601)));
-
-        state.expires_at = None;
-        assert!(state.is_expired(Duration::from_secs(0)));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_token_state_uses_default_expiry() {
-        let mut state = TokenState::new();
-        let response = TokenResponse {
-            access_token: "tok".to_string(),
-            expires_in: None,
-            token_type: None,
-        };
-
-        state.update(&response);
-
-        assert!(!state.is_expired(Duration::from_secs(DEFAULT_TOKEN_TTL_SECS - 1)));
-        assert!(state.is_expired(Duration::from_secs(DEFAULT_TOKEN_TTL_SECS + 1)));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_token_response_accepts_float_expires_in() {
-        let response: TokenResponse =
-            serde_json::from_str(r#"{"access_token":"tok","expires_in":3600.0}"#).unwrap();
-
-        assert_eq!(response.expires_in, Some(3600));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_token_response_rejects_negative_expires_in() {
-        let err =
-            serde_json::from_str::<TokenResponse>(r#"{"access_token":"tok","expires_in":-1}"#)
-                .unwrap_err();
-
-        assert!(err.to_string().contains("invalid expires_in value: -1"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_token_response_debug_redacts_access_token() {
-        let response = TokenResponse {
-            access_token: "secret-token".to_string(),
-            expires_in: Some(3600),
-            token_type: Some("Bearer".to_string()),
-        };
-
-        let debug = format!("{response:?}");
-        assert!(!debug.contains("secret-token"));
-        assert!(debug.contains("access_token: \"<redacted>\""));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_scopes_string() {
-        let source = ClientCredentialsSource::new(
-            "https://login.microsoftonline.com/tenant/v2.0".to_string(),
-            "app-id".to_string(),
-            Some("secret".to_string()),
-            vec!["scope1".to_string(), "scope2".to_string()],
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-
-        assert_eq!(source.scopes_string(), "scope1 scope2");
-    }
-
-    #[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(),
-            client_secret: Some("super-secret".to_string()),
-            scopes: vec!["scope".to_string()],
-            flow: OAuthFlow::ClientCredentials,
-            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
-        };
-
-        let debug = format!("{config:?}");
-        assert!(!debug.contains("super-secret"));
-        assert!(debug.contains("client_secret: Some(\"<redacted>\")"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_oauth_header_provider_debug_redacts_client_secret() {
-        let config = OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url: "https://issuer.example.com".to_string(),
-            client_id: "client-id".to_string(),
-            client_secret: Some("super-secret".to_string()),
-            scopes: vec!["scope".to_string()],
-            flow: OAuthFlow::ClientCredentials,
-            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
-        };
-
-        let provider = OAuthHeaderProvider::new(config).unwrap();
-        let debug = format!("{provider:?}");
-        assert!(!debug.contains("super-secret"));
-        assert!(debug.contains("client_secret: \"<redacted>\""));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_managed_identity_resource_from_default_scope() {
-        assert_eq!(
-            AzureImdsSource::resource_from_scopes(&["api://test/.default".to_string()]).unwrap(),
-            "api://test"
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_managed_identity_resource_without_default_suffix() {
-        assert_eq!(
-            AzureImdsSource::resource_from_scopes(&["api://test".to_string()]).unwrap(),
-            "api://test"
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_managed_identity_rejects_multiple_scopes() {
-        let config = OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url: "https://login.microsoftonline.com/tenant/v2.0".to_string(),
-            client_id: "app-id".to_string(),
-            client_secret: None,
-            scopes: vec![
-                "api://test-a/.default".to_string(),
-                "api://test-b/.default".to_string(),
-            ],
-            flow: OAuthFlow::AzureManagedIdentity { client_id: None },
-            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
-        };
-        assert!(OAuthHeaderProvider::new(config).is_err());
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_token_endpoint_requires_discovery_success() {
-        let (issuer_url, server) = spawn_discovery_error_server().await;
-        let source = ClientCredentialsSource::new(
-            issuer_url,
-            "client-id".to_string(),
-            Some("secret".to_string()),
-            vec!["scope".to_string()],
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-
-        let err = source.get_token_endpoint().await.unwrap_err();
-        assert!(matches!(
-            err,
-            Error::Runtime { message }
-                if message.contains("OIDC discovery failed with status 503")
-        ));
-        server.await.unwrap();
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_client_credentials_requires_secret() {
-        let config = OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url: "https://login.microsoftonline.com/tenant/v2.0".to_string(),
-            client_id: "app-id".to_string(),
-            client_secret: None,
-            scopes: vec!["scope".to_string()],
-            flow: OAuthFlow::ClientCredentials,
-            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
-        };
-        assert!(OAuthHeaderProvider::new(config).is_err());
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_client_credentials_rejects_insecure_non_loopback_issuer() {
-        let config = OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url: "http://issuer.example.com".to_string(),
-            client_id: "app-id".to_string(),
-            client_secret: Some("secret".to_string()),
-            scopes: vec!["scope".to_string()],
-            flow: OAuthFlow::ClientCredentials,
-            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
-        };
-
-        let err = OAuthHeaderProvider::new(config).unwrap_err();
-        assert!(matches!(
-            err,
-            Error::InvalidInput { message }
-                if message == "ClientCredentials OAuth issuer_url must use https, except for loopback hosts"
-        ));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_empty_scopes_rejected() {
-        let config = OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url: "https://login.microsoftonline.com/tenant/v2.0".to_string(),
-            client_id: "app-id".to_string(),
-            client_secret: None,
-            scopes: vec![],
-            flow: OAuthFlow::AzureManagedIdentity { client_id: None },
-            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
-        };
-        assert!(OAuthHeaderProvider::new(config).is_err());
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_client_credentials_token_lifecycle() {
-        let (issuer_url, token_requests, server) = spawn_oauth_server().await;
-        let config = OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url,
-            client_id: "client-id".to_string(),
-            client_secret: Some("secret".to_string()),
-            scopes: vec!["scope".to_string()],
-            flow: OAuthFlow::ClientCredentials,
-            refresh_buffer_secs: Some(0),
-        };
-        let provider = OAuthHeaderProvider::new(config).unwrap();
-
-        let headers = provider.get_headers().await.unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(headers.get("authorization").unwrap(), "Bearer token-1");
-        assert_eq!(token_requests.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
-
-        let headers = provider.get_headers().await.unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(headers.get("authorization").unwrap(), "Bearer token-1");
-        assert_eq!(token_requests.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
-
-        provider.token_state.write().await.expires_at =
-            Some(Instant::now() - Duration::from_secs(1));
-
-        let headers = provider.get_headers().await.unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(headers.get("authorization").unwrap(), "Bearer token-2");
-        assert_eq!(token_requests.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 2);
-
-        server.await.unwrap();
-    }
-
-    async fn spawn_oauth_server() -> (String, Arc<AtomicUsize>, JoinHandle<()>) {
-        let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
-        let addr = listener.local_addr().unwrap();
-        let issuer_url = format!("http://{addr}");
-        let token_requests = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
-        let server_token_requests = Arc::clone(&token_requests);
-
-        let server = tokio::spawn(async move {
-            for _ in 0..3 {
-                let (mut stream, _) = listener.accept().await.unwrap();
-                let (request_line, body) = read_http_request(&mut stream).await;
-
-                if request_line.starts_with("GET /.well-known/openid-configuration ") {
-                    let discovery = format!(r#"{{"token_endpoint":"http://{addr}/token"}}"#);
-                    write_json_response(&mut stream, "200 OK", &discovery).await;
-                } else if request_line.starts_with("POST /token ") {
-                    assert!(body.contains("grant_type=client_credentials"));
-                    assert!(body.contains("client_id=client-id"));
-                    assert!(body.contains("client_secret=secret"));
-                    assert!(body.contains("scope=scope"));
-
-                    let token_num = server_token_requests.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst) + 1;
-                    let token = format!(
-                        r#"{{"access_token":"token-{token_num}","expires_in":3600,"token_type":"Bearer"}}"#
-                    );
-                    write_json_response(&mut stream, "200 OK", &token).await;
-                } else {
-                    write_json_response(&mut stream, "404 Not Found", "{}").await;
-                }
-            }
-        });
-
-        (issuer_url, token_requests, server)
-    }
-
-    async fn spawn_discovery_error_server() -> (String, JoinHandle<()>) {
-        let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
-        let addr = listener.local_addr().unwrap();
-        let issuer_url = format!("http://{addr}");
-
-        let server = tokio::spawn(async move {
-            let (mut stream, _) = listener.accept().await.unwrap();
-            let (request_line, _) = read_http_request(&mut stream).await;
-            assert!(request_line.starts_with("GET /.well-known/openid-configuration "));
-            write_json_response(&mut stream, "503 Service Unavailable", "{}").await;
-        });
-
-        (issuer_url, server)
-    }
-
-    async fn read_http_request(stream: &mut TcpStream) -> (String, String) {
-        let mut buffer = Vec::new();
-        let mut header_end = None;
-
-        while header_end.is_none() {
-            let mut chunk = [0; 1024];
-            let read = stream.read(&mut chunk).await.unwrap();
-            assert_ne!(read, 0, "connection closed before request headers");
-            buffer.extend_from_slice(&chunk[..read]);
-            header_end = find_subsequence(&buffer, b"\r\n\r\n").map(|pos| pos + 4);
-        }
-
-        let header_end = header_end.unwrap();
-        let headers = String::from_utf8_lossy(&buffer[..header_end]).to_string();
-        let request_line = headers.lines().next().unwrap_or_default().to_string();
-        let content_length = headers
-            .lines()
-            .find_map(|line| {
-                let (name, value) = line.split_once(':')?;
-                name.eq_ignore_ascii_case("content-length")
-                    .then(|| value.trim().parse::<usize>().ok())
-                    .flatten()
-            })
-            .unwrap_or(0);
-
-        while buffer.len() < header_end + content_length {
-            let mut chunk = [0; 1024];
-            let read = stream.read(&mut chunk).await.unwrap();
-            assert_ne!(read, 0, "connection closed before request body");
-            buffer.extend_from_slice(&chunk[..read]);
-        }
-
-        let body =
-            String::from_utf8_lossy(&buffer[header_end..header_end + content_length]).to_string();
-
-        (request_line, body)
-    }
-
-    fn find_subsequence(haystack: &[u8], needle: &[u8]) -> Option<usize> {
-        haystack
-            .windows(needle.len())
-            .position(|window| window == needle)
-    }
-
-    async fn write_json_response(stream: &mut TcpStream, status: &str, body: &str) {
-        let response = format!(
-            "HTTP/1.1 {status}\r\ncontent-type: application/json\r\ncontent-length: {}\r\nconnection: close\r\n\r\n{body}",
-            body.len()
-        );
-        stream.write_all(response.as_bytes()).await.unwrap();
-    }
-}
@@ -70,29 +70,18 @@ use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 const REQUEST_TIMEOUT_HEADER: HeaderName = HeaderName::from_static("x-request-timeout-ms");
 const MIN_VERSION_HEADER: HeaderName = HeaderName::from_static("x-lancedb-min-version");
 const MIN_TIMESTAMP_HEADER: HeaderName = HeaderName::from_static("x-lancedb-min-timestamp");
-const MIN_READ_VERSION_HEADER: HeaderName = HeaderName::from_static("x-lancedb-min-read-version");
-const VERSION_HEADER: HeaderName = HeaderName::from_static("x-lancedb-version");
 const METRIC_TYPE_KEY: &str = "metric_type";
 const INDEX_TYPE_KEY: &str = "index_type";
 const SCHEMA_CACHE_TTL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
 const SCHEMA_CACHE_REFRESH_WINDOW: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);

-/// Per-table state driving the freshness headers (`x-lancedb-min-version`,
-/// `x-lancedb-min-timestamp`, and `x-lancedb-min-read-version`) sent on read
-/// requests.
+/// Per-table state driving the freshness headers (`x-lancedb-min-version` and
+/// `x-lancedb-min-timestamp`) sent on read requests.
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, Copy)]
 struct FreshnessState {
    /// Provides read-your-write within a single handle: writes that return a
    /// version update this, and reads send it as `x-lancedb-min-version`.
    min_version: Option<u64>,
-    /// Highest dataset version observed in a *read* response on this handle.
-    /// Reads send it as `x-lancedb-min-read-version` so a load-balanced query
-    /// node whose cache is behind this version must refresh before serving,
-    /// giving monotonic reads across nodes regardless of which one the load
-    /// balancer routes to. Sourced only from reads (always committed dataset
-    /// versions), never from writes (which may return WAL entry ids), so it is
-    /// unaffected by the WAL/version mismatch that retired `min_version`.
-    min_read_version: Option<u64>,
    /// Wall-clock time captured at the last [`BaseTable::checkout_latest`]
    /// call. Subsequent reads send
    /// `max(baseline, now - read_consistency_interval)` as
@@ -113,7 +102,6 @@ struct FreshnessState {
 struct FreshnessHeaders {
    min_version: Option<u64>,
    min_timestamp: Option<SystemTime>,
-    min_read_version: Option<u64>,
 }

 impl FreshnessHeaders {
@@ -125,9 +113,6 @@ impl FreshnessHeaders {
            let dt: chrono::DateTime<chrono::Utc> = ts.into();
            request = request.header(MIN_TIMESTAMP_HEADER, dt.to_rfc3339());
        }
-        if let Some(v) = self.min_read_version {
-            request = request.header(MIN_READ_VERSION_HEADER, v.to_string());
-        }
        request
    }
 }
@@ -612,7 +597,6 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> RemoteTable<S> {
        body: &mut serde_json::Value,
        params: &QueryRequest,
    ) -> Result<()> {
-        params.check_filter()?;
        body["prefilter"] = params.prefilter.into();
        if let Some(offset) = params.offset {
            body["offset"] = serde_json::Value::Number(serde_json::Number::from(offset));
@@ -722,9 +706,6 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> RemoteTable<S> {
        if let Some(distance_type) = query.distance_type {
            body["distance_type"] = serde_json::json!(distance_type);
        }
-        if let Some(approx_mode) = query.approx_mode {
-            body["approx_mode"] = serde_json::json!(approx_mode);
-        }
        // In 0.23.1 we migrated from `nprobes` to `minimum_nprobes` and `maximum_nprobes`.
        // Old client / new server: since minimum_nprobes is missing, fallback to nprobes
        // New client / old server: old server will only see nprobes, make sure to set both
@@ -900,7 +881,6 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> RemoteTable<S> {
                self.client.read_consistency_interval,
                SystemTime::now(),
            ),
-            min_read_version: state.min_read_version,
        }
    }

@@ -922,30 +902,6 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> RemoteTable<S> {
        state.min_version = Some(state.min_version.map_or(version, |v| v.max(version)));
    }

-    /// Record a dataset version observed in a *read* response so subsequent
-    /// reads request at least this version via `x-lancedb-min-read-version`,
-    /// giving monotonic reads across load-balanced query nodes. A returned `0`
-    /// (or absent header from an old server) is ignored.
-    fn track_read_version(&self, version: u64) {
-        if version == 0 {
-            return;
-        }
-        let mut state = self.freshness.lock().unwrap();
-        state.min_read_version = Some(state.min_read_version.map_or(version, |v| v.max(version)));
-    }
-
-    /// Parse the `x-lancedb-version` response header (the dataset version a read
-    /// reflects) and fold it into the read-version watermark.
-    fn track_read_version_from_headers(&self, headers: &reqwest::header::HeaderMap) {
-        if let Some(version) = headers
-            .get(&VERSION_HEADER)
-            .and_then(|value| value.to_str().ok())
-            .and_then(|value| value.parse::<u64>().ok())
-        {
-            self.track_read_version(version);
-        }
-    }
-
    async fn execute_query(
        &self,
        query: &AnyQuery,
@@ -969,7 +925,6 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> RemoteTable<S> {

        let futures = requests.into_iter().map(|req| async move {
            let (request_id, response) = self.send(req, true).await?;
-            self.track_read_version_from_headers(response.headers());
            self.read_arrow_stream(&request_id, response).await
        });
        let streams = futures::future::try_join_all(futures);
@@ -1394,35 +1349,6 @@ impl<S: HttpSend + 'static> RemoteTable<S> {
    }
 }

-/// Deserialize an index's `created_at` field.
-///
-/// The server returns this as an RFC 3339 string (e.g. `"2026-06-18T21:37:36.637Z"`),
-/// but older deployments sent a unix timestamp in milliseconds. Accept both so the
-/// client works against any server version.
-fn deserialize_created_at<'de, D>(
-    deserializer: D,
-) -> std::result::Result<Option<DateTime<Utc>>, D::Error>
-where
-    D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
-{
-    use serde::de::Error as _;
-
-    #[derive(Deserialize)]
-    #[serde(untagged)]
-    enum CreatedAt {
-        Rfc3339(String),
-        Millis(i64),
-    }
-
-    match Option::<CreatedAt>::deserialize(deserializer)? {
-        None => Ok(None),
-        Some(CreatedAt::Rfc3339(s)) => DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339(&s)
-            .map(|dt| Some(dt.with_timezone(&Utc)))
-            .map_err(D::Error::custom),
-        Some(CreatedAt::Millis(ms)) => Ok(DateTime::from_timestamp_millis(ms)),
-    }
-}
-
 impl<S: HttpSend + 'static> RemoteTable<S> {
    /// Parse the response from `/index/list/` into `IndexConfig` entries.
    ///
@@ -1451,7 +1377,7 @@ impl<S: HttpSend + 'static> RemoteTable<S> {
            // Used as the sentinel to decide whether to skip the stats call.
            index_type: Option<IndexType>,
            index_uuid: Option<String>,
-            #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_created_at")]
+            #[serde(default, with = "chrono::serde::ts_milliseconds_option")]
            created_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
            num_indexed_rows: Option<u64>,
            num_unindexed_rows: Option<u64>,
@@ -1587,12 +1513,11 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> BaseTable for RemoteTable<S> {
        *write_guard = None;
        drop(write_guard);

-        // Drop any per-handle read/write tracking; subsequent reads use the
+        // Drop any per-handle write tracking; subsequent reads use the
        // baseline timestamp captured now to guarantee freshness.
        *self.freshness.lock().unwrap() = FreshnessState {
            min_version: None,
            checkout_baseline: Some(SystemTime::now()),
-            min_read_version: None,
        };

        // Invalidate schema cache since we're switching versions
@@ -1848,7 +1773,6 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> BaseTable for RemoteTable<S> {
            }
        };

-        self.track_read_version_from_headers(response.headers());
        let body = response.text().await.err_to_http(request_id.clone())?;

        serde_json::from_str(&body).map_err(|e| Error::Http {
@@ -3686,61 +3610,6 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(data[0].as_ref().unwrap(), &expected_data);
    }

-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_query_vector_approx_mode_sent_when_set() {
-        let expected_data = RecordBatch::try_new(
-            Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("a", DataType::Int32, false)])),
-            vec![Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![1, 2, 3]))],
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-        let expected_data_ref = expected_data.clone();
-
-        let table = Table::new_with_handler("my_table", move |request| {
-            assert_eq!(request.method(), "POST");
-            assert_eq!(request.url().path(), "/v1/table/my_table/query/");
-            assert_eq!(
-                request.headers().get("Content-Type").unwrap(),
-                JSON_CONTENT_TYPE
-            );
-
-            let body = request.body().unwrap().as_bytes().unwrap();
-            let body: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(body).unwrap();
-            let mut expected_body = serde_json::json!({
-                "prefilter": true,
-                "nprobes": 20,
-                "minimum_nprobes": 20,
-                "maximum_nprobes": 20,
-                "approx_mode": "accurate",
-                "lower_bound": Option::<f32>::None,
-                "upper_bound": Option::<f32>::None,
-                "k": 10,
-                "ef": Option::<usize>::None,
-                "refine_factor": null,
-                "version": null,
-            });
-            expected_body["vector"] = vec![0.1f32, 0.2, 0.3].into();
-            assert_eq!(body, expected_body);
-
-            let response_body = write_ipc_file(&expected_data_ref);
-            http::Response::builder()
-                .status(200)
-                .header(CONTENT_TYPE, ARROW_FILE_CONTENT_TYPE)
-                .body(response_body)
-                .unwrap()
-        });
-
-        let data = table
-            .query()
-            .nearest_to(vec![0.1, 0.2, 0.3])
-            .unwrap()
-            .approx_mode(crate::ApproxMode::Accurate)
-            .execute()
-            .await;
-        let data = data.unwrap().collect::<Vec<_>>().await;
-        assert_eq!(data.len(), 1);
-        assert_eq!(data[0].as_ref().unwrap(), &expected_data);
-    }
-
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn test_query_fts_default_values() {
        let expected_data = RecordBatch::try_new(
@@ -4751,7 +4620,7 @@ mod tests {
                                "num_segments": 2,
                                "index_version": 1,
                                "index_details": "{\"num_partitions\":16}",
-                                "created_at": "2026-06-18T21:37:36.637Z",
+                                "created_at": 1700000000000i64,
                                "type_url": "type.googleapis.com/lance.index.vector.IvfPq",
                            },
                            {
@@ -4801,10 +4670,7 @@ mod tests {
            vec_idx.type_url,
            Some("type.googleapis.com/lance.index.vector.IvfPq".to_string())
        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            vec_idx.created_at,
-            Some("2026-06-18T21:37:36.637Z".parse::<DateTime<Utc>>().unwrap())
-        );
+        assert!(vec_idx.created_at.is_some());

        let text_idx = &indices[1];
        assert_eq!(text_idx.name, "text_idx");
@@ -4825,36 +4691,6 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(text_idx.created_at, None);
    }

-    #[test]
-    fn test_deserialize_created_at() {
-        #[derive(Deserialize)]
-        struct Wrapper {
-            #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_created_at")]
-            created_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
-        }
-
-        // RFC 3339 string (current server format).
-        let w: Wrapper =
-            serde_json::from_str(r#"{"created_at": "2026-06-18T21:37:36.637Z"}"#).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(
-            w.created_at,
-            Some("2026-06-18T21:37:36.637Z".parse::<DateTime<Utc>>().unwrap())
-        );
-
-        // Unix milliseconds (legacy server format).
-        let w: Wrapper = serde_json::from_str(r#"{"created_at": 1700000000000}"#).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(w.created_at, DateTime::from_timestamp_millis(1700000000000));
-
-        // Null and missing both yield None.
-        let w: Wrapper = serde_json::from_str(r#"{"created_at": null}"#).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(w.created_at, None);
-        let w: Wrapper = serde_json::from_str(r#"{}"#).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(w.created_at, None);
-
-        // A malformed string is rejected rather than silently dropped to None.
-        assert!(serde_json::from_str::<Wrapper>(r#"{"created_at": "not-a-date"}"#).is_err());
-    }
-
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn test_list_versions() {
        let table = Table::new_with_handler("my_table", |request| {
@@ -7168,7 +7004,6 @@ mod tests {
        let state = FreshnessState {
            min_version: None,
            checkout_baseline: Some(baseline),
-            min_read_version: None,
        };
        assert_eq!(compute_min_timestamp(&state, None, now), Some(baseline));

@@ -7193,7 +7028,6 @@ mod tests {
        let state = FreshnessState {
            min_version: None,
            checkout_baseline: Some(baseline),
-            min_read_version: None,
        };
        assert_eq!(
            compute_min_timestamp(&state, Some(Duration::from_secs(10)), now),
@@ -7205,7 +7039,6 @@ mod tests {
        let state = FreshnessState {
            min_version: None,
            checkout_baseline: Some(recent_baseline),
-            min_read_version: None,
        };
        assert_eq!(
            compute_min_timestamp(&state, Some(Duration::from_secs(60)), now),
@@ -7350,106 +7183,6 @@ mod tests {
        );
    }

-    /// A handler that records every request's headers and answers each read with
-    /// an `x-lancedb-version` response header taken from `versions` (by call
-    /// index, saturating at the last entry). An empty string means "no header".
-    fn read_version_handler(
-        versions: &'static [&'static str],
-    ) -> (
-        impl Fn(reqwest::Request) -> http::Response<String> + Clone + Send + Sync + 'static,
-        Arc<std::sync::Mutex<Vec<http::HeaderMap>>>,
-    ) {
-        let requests = Arc::new(std::sync::Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
-        let requests_c = requests.clone();
-        let call = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
-        let handler = move |request: reqwest::Request| {
-            requests_c.lock().unwrap().push(request.headers().clone());
-            let i = call.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst).min(versions.len() - 1);
-            let mut builder = http::Response::builder().status(200);
-            if !versions[i].is_empty() {
-                builder = builder.header("x-lancedb-version", versions[i]);
-            }
-            builder.body("42".to_string()).unwrap()
-        };
-        (handler, requests)
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_read_version_watermark_tracked_and_sent() {
-        let (handler, requests) = read_version_handler(&["100", "100"]);
-        let table = Table::new_with_handler("my_table", handler);
-
-        // First read has no watermark yet; the response advertises version 100,
-        // so the second read must floor the server at 100.
-        table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap();
-        table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap();
-
-        let reqs = requests.lock().unwrap();
-        assert!(!reqs[0].contains_key("x-lancedb-min-read-version"));
-        assert_eq!(
-            reqs[1]
-                .get("x-lancedb-min-read-version")
-                .unwrap()
-                .to_str()
-                .unwrap(),
-            "100"
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_read_version_watermark_keeps_max() {
-        // Server reports 100 then a stale 50; the watermark must not regress.
-        let (handler, requests) = read_version_handler(&["100", "50", "50"]);
-        let table = Table::new_with_handler("my_table", handler);
-
-        table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap();
-        table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap();
-        table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap();
-
-        let reqs = requests.lock().unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(
-            reqs[2]
-                .get("x-lancedb-min-read-version")
-                .unwrap()
-                .to_str()
-                .unwrap(),
-            "100"
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_read_version_absent_header_no_watermark() {
-        // An old server that doesn't return the version header leaves the
-        // watermark unset, preserving backward compatibility.
-        let (handler, requests) = read_version_handler(&[""]);
-        let table = Table::new_with_handler("my_table", handler);
-
-        table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap();
-        table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap();
-
-        let reqs = requests.lock().unwrap();
-        assert!(!reqs[1].contains_key("x-lancedb-min-read-version"));
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_read_version_watermark_reset_on_checkout_latest() {
-        let (handler, requests) = read_version_handler(&["100", "100"]);
-        let table = Table::new_with_handler("my_table", handler);
-
-        table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap();
-        table.checkout_latest().await.unwrap();
-        table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap();
-
-        // The read after checkout_latest starts from a clean slate.
-        let reqs = requests.lock().unwrap();
-        assert!(
-            !reqs
-                .last()
-                .unwrap()
-                .contains_key("x-lancedb-min-read-version")
-        );
-    }
-
    /// Like `capturing_handler`, but keeps a per-path snapshot of the headers
    /// from every request so tests can assert on a specific endpoint.
    #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

 //! LanceDB Table APIs

-use arrow_array::{LargeBinaryArray, RecordBatch, RecordBatchReader};
+use arrow_array::{RecordBatch, RecordBatchReader};
 use arrow_schema::{Schema, SchemaRef};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use datafusion_execution::TaskContext;
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use datafusion_physical_plan::ExecutionPlan;
 use datafusion_physical_plan::display::DisplayableExecutionPlan;
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use futures::stream::FuturesUnordered;
-use lance::dataset::BlobFile;
 pub use lance::dataset::ColumnAlteration;
 pub use lance::dataset::NewColumnTransform;
 pub use lance::dataset::ReadParams;
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ use crate::connection::NamespaceClientPushdownOperation;

 use crate::data::scannable::{PeekedScannable, Scannable, estimate_write_partitions};
 use crate::database::Database;
-use crate::database::read_freshness::TableFreshness;
 use crate::embeddings::{EmbeddingDefinition, EmbeddingRegistry, MemoryRegistry};
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
 use crate::index::IndexStatistics;
@@ -588,28 +586,6 @@ pub trait BaseTable: std::fmt::Display + std::fmt::Debug + Send + Sync {
    async fn close_lsm_writers(&self) -> Result<()> {
        Ok(())
    }
-    /// Names of the blob v2 columns in this table, in declaration order.
-    async fn blob_columns(&self) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
-        Err(Error::NotSupported {
-            message: "blob_columns is not supported on this table type".into(),
-        })
-    }
-    /// Materialize blob bytes for the given row ids. See [`Table::fetch_blobs`].
-    async fn fetch_blobs(&self, _column: &str, _row_ids: &[u64]) -> Result<LargeBinaryArray> {
-        Err(Error::NotSupported {
-            message: "fetch_blobs is not supported on this table type".into(),
-        })
-    }
-    /// Open lazy blob handles for the given row ids. See [`Table::fetch_blob_files`].
-    async fn fetch_blob_files(
-        &self,
-        _column: &str,
-        _row_ids: &[u64],
-    ) -> Result<Vec<Option<BlobFile>>> {
-        Err(Error::NotSupported {
-            message: "fetch_blob_files is not supported on this table type".into(),
-        })
-    }
    /// Gets the table tag manager.
    async fn tags(&self) -> Result<Box<dyn Tags + '_>>;
    /// Optimize the dataset.
@@ -950,76 +926,6 @@ impl Table {
        self.inner.count_rows(filter.map(Filter::Sql)).await
    }

-    /// Names of the blob v2 columns in this table, in declaration order.
-    ///
-    /// Nested blobs use dotted paths (e.g. `info.blob`). Returns
-    /// [`Error::NotSupported`] on table types without blob support.
-    pub async fn blob_columns(&self) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
-        self.inner.blob_columns().await
-    }
-
-    /// Materialize blob bytes for the given row ids.
-    ///
-    /// Output matches `row_ids` in length and order. Null and zero-length rows
-    /// are null. Prefer [`Self::fetch_blob_files`] for large selections.
-    ///
-    /// ```
-    /// use arrow_array::UInt64Array;
-    /// use futures::TryStreamExt;
-    /// use lancedb::query::{ExecutableQuery, QueryBase};
-    ///
-    /// # use lancedb::Table;
-    /// # async fn materialize(table: &Table) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    /// let mut stream = table.query().with_row_id().limit(10).execute().await?;
-    /// while let Some(batch) = stream.try_next().await? {
-    ///     let row_ids = batch
-    ///         .column_by_name("_rowid")
-    ///         .unwrap()
-    ///         .as_any()
-    ///         .downcast_ref::<UInt64Array>()
-    ///         .unwrap();
-    ///     let images = table.fetch_blobs("image", row_ids.values()).await?;
-    ///     let _ = images;
-    /// }
-    /// # Ok(())
-    /// # }
-    /// ```
-    ///
-    /// Returns [`Error::InvalidInput`] when the column does not exist or is
-    /// not a blob v2 column, and [`Error::NotSupported`] on table types
-    /// without blob support.
-    pub async fn fetch_blobs(
-        &self,
-        column: impl AsRef<str>,
-        row_ids: &[u64],
-    ) -> Result<LargeBinaryArray> {
-        self.inner.fetch_blobs(column.as_ref(), row_ids).await
-    }
-
-    /// Open lazy [`BlobFile`] handles for the given row ids.
-    ///
-    /// Same length and order as `row_ids`. Null rows are `None`. Bytes are not
-    /// read from disk until a call to [`BlobFile::read`].
-    ///
-    /// ```
-    /// # use lancedb::Table;
-    /// # async fn lazy_read(table: &Table, row_ids: &[u64]) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    /// let handles = table.fetch_blob_files("image", row_ids).await?;
-    /// if let Some(Some(first)) = handles.first() {
-    ///     let bytes = first.read().await?;
-    ///     println!("first blob is {} bytes", bytes.len());
-    /// }
-    /// # Ok(())
-    /// # }
-    /// ```
-    pub async fn fetch_blob_files(
-        &self,
-        column: impl AsRef<str>,
-        row_ids: &[u64],
-    ) -> Result<Vec<Option<BlobFile>>> {
-        self.inner.fetch_blob_files(column.as_ref(), row_ids).await
-    }
-
    /// Insert new records into this Table
    ///
    /// # Arguments
@@ -1857,8 +1763,6 @@ pub struct NativeTable {
    // Operations to push down to the namespace server.
    // pub(crate) so query.rs can access the field for server-side query execution.
    pub(crate) pushdown_operations: HashSet<NamespaceClientPushdownOperation>,
-    // Read-freshness baseline; `Some` only for namespace-backed tables.
-    freshness: Option<TableFreshness>,
 }

 impl std::fmt::Debug for NativeTable {
@@ -2019,7 +1923,6 @@ impl NativeTable {
            read_consistency_interval,
            namespace_client,
            pushdown_operations,
-            freshness: None,
        })
    }

@@ -2031,12 +1934,6 @@ impl NativeTable {
        self
    }

-    /// Attach the read-freshness baseline handle (namespace connections only).
-    pub(crate) fn with_freshness(mut self, freshness: TableFreshness) -> Self {
-        self.freshness = Some(freshness);
-        self
-    }
-
    /// Build a sibling `NativeTable` with the same identity but a different
    /// (independent) dataset wrapper — used to hand out branch-scoped handles.
    fn with_dataset(&self, dataset: dataset::DatasetConsistencyWrapper) -> Self {
@@ -2049,14 +1946,6 @@ impl NativeTable {
            read_consistency_interval: self.read_consistency_interval,
            namespace_client: self.namespace_client.clone(),
            pushdown_operations: self.pushdown_operations.clone(),
-            freshness: self.freshness.clone(),
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Bump the read-freshness baseline; no-op for non-namespace tables.
-    fn bump_freshness(&self) {
-        if let Some(freshness) = &self.freshness {
-            freshness.bump();
        }
    }

@@ -2156,7 +2045,6 @@ impl NativeTable {
            read_consistency_interval,
            namespace_client: stored_namespace_client,
            pushdown_operations,
-            freshness: None,
        })
    }

@@ -2246,7 +2134,6 @@ impl NativeTable {
            read_consistency_interval,
            namespace_client,
            pushdown_operations,
-            freshness: None,
        })
    }

@@ -2378,7 +2265,6 @@ impl NativeTable {
            read_consistency_interval,
            namespace_client: stored_namespace_client,
            pushdown_operations,
-            freshness: None,
        })
    }

@@ -2538,8 +2424,6 @@ impl BaseTable for NativeTable {
    }

    async fn checkout_latest(&self) -> Result<()> {
-        // Bump before resolving "latest" so that request carries the floor.
-        self.bump_freshness();
        self.dataset.as_latest().await?;
        self.dataset.reload().await
    }
@@ -2627,8 +2511,6 @@ impl BaseTable for NativeTable {
            debug_assert_eq!(dataset.version().version, version);
            dataset.restore().await?;
        }
-        // Restore moves "latest", so bump before resolving it (as RemoteTable does).
-        self.bump_freshness();
        self.dataset.as_latest().await?;
        Ok(())
    }
@@ -2709,13 +2591,7 @@ impl BaseTable for NativeTable {
            output.plan
        };

-        let insert_exec = Arc::new(InsertExec::new_with_tracker(
-            ds_wrapper.clone(),
-            ds,
-            plan,
-            lance_params,
-            output.tracker.clone(),
-        ));
+        let insert_exec = Arc::new(InsertExec::new(ds_wrapper.clone(), ds, plan, lance_params));

        let tracker_for_tasks = output.tracker.clone();
        if let Some(ref t) = tracker_for_tasks {
@@ -2748,7 +2624,6 @@ impl BaseTable for NativeTable {
        }

        let version = ds_wrapper.get().await?.manifest().version;
-        self.bump_freshness();
        Ok(AddResult { version })
    }

@@ -2799,9 +2674,7 @@ impl BaseTable for NativeTable {

    async fn update(&self, update: UpdateBuilder) -> Result<UpdateResult> {
        // Delegate to the submodule implementation
-        let result = update::execute_update(self, update).await?;
-        self.bump_freshness();
-        Ok(result)
+        update::execute_update(self, update).await
    }

    async fn create_plan(
@@ -2833,9 +2706,7 @@ impl BaseTable for NativeTable {
        params: MergeInsertBuilder,
        new_data: Box<dyn RecordBatchReader + Send>,
    ) -> Result<MergeResult> {
-        let result = merge::execute_merge_insert(self, params, new_data).await?;
-        self.bump_freshness();
-        Ok(result)
+        merge::execute_merge_insert(self, params, new_data).await
    }

    async fn set_unenforced_primary_key(&self, columns: &[&str]) -> Result<()> {
@@ -2854,30 +2725,9 @@ impl BaseTable for NativeTable {
        merge::lsm::close_lsm_writers(self).await
    }

-    async fn blob_columns(&self) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
-        let schema = self.schema().await?;
-        Ok(crate::blob::blob_column_names(schema.as_ref()))
-    }
-
-    async fn fetch_blobs(&self, column: &str, row_ids: &[u64]) -> Result<LargeBinaryArray> {
-        let dataset = self.dataset.get().await?;
-        crate::blob::take_blobs_aligned(&dataset, column, row_ids).await
-    }
-
-    async fn fetch_blob_files(
-        &self,
-        column: &str,
-        row_ids: &[u64],
-    ) -> Result<Vec<Option<BlobFile>>> {
-        let dataset = self.dataset.get().await?;
-        crate::blob::take_blob_files_aligned(&dataset, column, row_ids).await
-    }
-
    /// Delete rows from the table
    async fn delete(&self, predicate: Predicate<'_>) -> Result<DeleteResult> {
-        let result = delete::execute_delete(self, predicate).await?;
-        self.bump_freshness();
-        Ok(result)
+        delete::execute_delete(self, predicate).await
    }

    async fn tags(&self) -> Result<Box<dyn Tags + '_>> {
@@ -2896,30 +2746,22 @@ impl BaseTable for NativeTable {
        transforms: NewColumnTransform,
        read_columns: Option<Vec<String>>,
    ) -> Result<AddColumnsResult> {
-        let result = schema_evolution::execute_add_columns(self, transforms, read_columns).await?;
-        self.bump_freshness();
-        Ok(result)
+        schema_evolution::execute_add_columns(self, transforms, read_columns).await
    }

    async fn alter_columns(&self, alterations: &[ColumnAlteration]) -> Result<AlterColumnsResult> {
-        let result = schema_evolution::execute_alter_columns(self, alterations).await?;
-        self.bump_freshness();
-        Ok(result)
+        schema_evolution::execute_alter_columns(self, alterations).await
    }

    async fn update_field_metadata(
        &self,
        updates: &[FieldMetadataUpdate],
    ) -> Result<UpdateFieldMetadataResult> {
-        let result = schema_evolution::execute_update_field_metadata(self, updates).await?;
-        self.bump_freshness();
-        Ok(result)
+        schema_evolution::execute_update_field_metadata(self, updates).await
    }

    async fn drop_columns(&self, columns: &[&str]) -> Result<DropColumnsResult> {
-        let result = schema_evolution::execute_drop_columns(self, columns).await?;
-        self.bump_freshness();
-        Ok(result)
+        schema_evolution::execute_drop_columns(self, columns).await
    }

    async fn list_indices(&self) -> Result<Vec<IndexConfig>> {
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ pub enum AddDataMode {
    #[default]
    Append,
    /// The existing table will be overwritten with the new data
-    ///
-    /// On overwrite, raw binary is not coerced into a blob struct. The input
-    /// must declare blob v2 for the column to stay a blob column.
    Overwrite,
 }

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@

 //! This module contains adapters to allow LanceDB tables to be used as DataFusion table providers.

-mod blob_coerce;
 pub mod cast;
 pub mod insert;
 pub mod reject_nan;
@@ -1,495 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
-
-//! Coerces write-path input into blob v2 struct columns.
-//!
-//! [`super::cast::cast_to_table_schema`] calls [`coerce_blob_expr`].
-
-use std::sync::Arc;
-
-use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field, FieldRef};
-use datafusion::functions::core::{get_field, named_struct};
-use datafusion_common::ScalarValue;
-use datafusion_common::config::ConfigOptions;
-use datafusion_physical_expr::ScalarFunctionExpr;
-use datafusion_physical_expr::expressions::{CastExpr, Literal};
-use datafusion_physical_plan::PhysicalExpr;
-
-use crate::error::{Error, Result};
-
-/// Build a projection expression coercing `input_expr` into the blob struct
-/// declared by `table_field`, composing `named_struct` / `get_field` / `cast`.
-pub(super) fn coerce_blob_expr(
-    input_expr: Arc<dyn PhysicalExpr>,
-    input_field: &Field,
-    table_field: &FieldRef,
-    config: &Arc<ConfigOptions>,
-) -> Result<(Arc<dyn PhysicalExpr>, FieldRef)> {
-    let DataType::Struct(declared_fields) = table_field.data_type() else {
-        return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-            message: format!(
-                "blob v2 column '{}' must be a struct, table declares {}",
-                table_field.name(),
-                table_field.data_type()
-            ),
-        });
-    };
-
-    let input_struct_children = match input_field.data_type() {
-        DataType::Binary | DataType::LargeBinary | DataType::BinaryView => None,
-        DataType::Struct(children) => {
-            if !children
-                .iter()
-                .any(|c| c.name() == "data" || c.name() == "uri")
-            {
-                return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                    message: format!(
-                        "blob struct input for column '{}' must contain a 'data' or 'uri' child",
-                        table_field.name()
-                    ),
-                });
-            }
-            Some(children)
-        }
-        other => {
-            return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                message: format!(
-                    "cannot coerce column '{}' with type {} into a blob v2 struct. \
-                     expected Binary, LargeBinary, BinaryView, or a Struct with a 'data' or 'uri' child",
-                    table_field.name(),
-                    other,
-                ),
-            });
-        }
-    };
-
-    let mut ns_args: Vec<Arc<dyn PhysicalExpr>> = Vec::with_capacity(declared_fields.len() * 2);
-    for declared in declared_fields.iter() {
-        ns_args.push(Arc::new(Literal::new(ScalarValue::from(
-            declared.name().as_str(),
-        ))));
-
-        let value: Arc<dyn PhysicalExpr> = match input_struct_children {
-            // Raw binary lands in `data` and everything else is a typed null.
-            None => {
-                if declared.name() == "data" {
-                    Arc::new(CastExpr::new(
-                        input_expr.clone(),
-                        declared.data_type().clone(),
-                        None,
-                    ))
-                } else {
-                    typed_null(declared.data_type())?
-                }
-            }
-            Some(children) => match children.iter().find(|c| c.name() == declared.name()) {
-                Some(child) => {
-                    let field_expr: Arc<dyn PhysicalExpr> = Arc::new(ScalarFunctionExpr::new(
-                        &format!("get_field({})", declared.name()),
-                        get_field(),
-                        vec![
-                            input_expr.clone(),
-                            Arc::new(Literal::new(ScalarValue::from(declared.name().as_str()))),
-                        ],
-                        Arc::new(child.as_ref().clone()),
-                        config.clone(),
-                    ));
-                    if child.data_type() == declared.data_type() {
-                        field_expr
-                    } else {
-                        Arc::new(CastExpr::new(
-                            field_expr,
-                            declared.data_type().clone(),
-                            None,
-                        ))
-                    }
-                }
-                None => typed_null(declared.data_type())?,
-            },
-        };
-        ns_args.push(value);
-    }
-
-    let expr: Arc<dyn PhysicalExpr> = Arc::new(ScalarFunctionExpr::new(
-        &format!("named_struct({})", table_field.name()),
-        named_struct(),
-        ns_args,
-        table_field.clone(),
-        config.clone(),
-    ));
-    Ok((expr, table_field.clone()))
-}
-
-fn typed_null(data_type: &DataType) -> Result<Arc<dyn PhysicalExpr>> {
-    let scalar = ScalarValue::try_from(data_type).map_err(|e| Error::InvalidInput {
-        message: format!("cannot build null literal for blob child type {data_type}: {e}"),
-    })?;
-    Ok(Arc::new(Literal::new(scalar)))
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::super::cast::cast_to_table_schema;
-    use super::*;
-    use crate::blob::blob;
-    use arrow_array::{
-        Array, ArrayRef, BinaryArray, BinaryViewArray, Int32Array, Int64Array, LargeBinaryArray,
-        RecordBatch, StringArray, StructArray, UInt8Array, UInt64Array,
-    };
-    use arrow_schema::Schema;
-    use datafusion::prelude::SessionContext;
-    use datafusion_catalog::MemTable;
-    use datafusion_physical_plan::ExecutionPlan;
-    use futures::TryStreamExt;
-    use lance_arrow::FieldExt;
-    use std::collections::HashMap;
-
-    fn wide_blob_field(name: &str) -> Field {
-        Field::new(
-            name,
-            DataType::Struct(
-                vec![
-                    Field::new("data", DataType::LargeBinary, true),
-                    Field::new("uri", DataType::Utf8, true),
-                    Field::new("position", DataType::UInt64, true),
-                    Field::new("size", DataType::UInt64, true),
-                ]
-                .into(),
-            ),
-            true,
-        )
-        .with_metadata(HashMap::from([(
-            "ARROW:extension:name".to_string(),
-            "lance.blob.v2".to_string(),
-        )]))
-    }
-
-    fn blob_table_schema() -> Schema {
-        Schema::new(vec![
-            Field::new("id", DataType::Int64, false),
-            blob("image", true),
-        ])
-    }
-
-    fn batch_with_image(image_field: Field, image: ArrayRef) -> RecordBatch {
-        let len = image.len();
-        RecordBatch::try_new(
-            Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![
-                Field::new("id", DataType::Int64, false),
-                image_field,
-            ])),
-            vec![Arc::new(Int64Array::from_iter_values(0..len as i64)), image],
-        )
-        .unwrap()
-    }
-
-    fn image_struct(batch: &RecordBatch) -> &StructArray {
-        batch
-            .column_by_name("image")
-            .unwrap()
-            .as_any()
-            .downcast_ref::<StructArray>()
-            .unwrap()
-    }
-
-    async fn plan_from_batch(batch: RecordBatch) -> Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan> {
-        let schema = batch.schema();
-        let table = MemTable::try_new(schema, vec![vec![batch]]).unwrap();
-        let ctx = SessionContext::new();
-        ctx.register_table("t", Arc::new(table)).unwrap();
-        let df = ctx.table("t").await.unwrap();
-        df.create_physical_plan().await.unwrap()
-    }
-
-    async fn coerce(batch: RecordBatch, table_schema: &Schema) -> RecordBatch {
-        let plan = plan_from_batch(batch).await;
-        let plan = cast_to_table_schema(plan, table_schema).unwrap();
-        let ctx = SessionContext::new();
-        let stream = plan.execute(0, ctx.task_ctx()).unwrap();
-        let batches: Vec<RecordBatch> = stream.try_collect().await.unwrap();
-        arrow_select::concat::concat_batches(&plan.schema(), &batches).unwrap()
-    }
-
-    async fn coerce_err(batch: RecordBatch, table_schema: &Schema) -> Error {
-        let plan = plan_from_batch(batch).await;
-        cast_to_table_schema(plan, table_schema).unwrap_err()
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn large_binary_coerces_to_declared_blob_struct() {
-        let batch = batch_with_image(
-            Field::new("image", DataType::LargeBinary, true),
-            Arc::new(LargeBinaryArray::from_iter_values([b"hello".as_slice()])),
-        );
-        let coerced = coerce(batch, &blob_table_schema()).await;
-        let image_field = coerced.schema().field_with_name("image").unwrap().clone();
-        assert!(image_field.is_blob_v2());
-        assert!(matches!(image_field.data_type(), DataType::Struct(_)));
-        let data = image_struct(&coerced).column_by_name("data").unwrap();
-        let data: &LargeBinaryArray = data.as_any().downcast_ref().unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(data.value(0), b"hello");
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn binary_coerces_to_declared_blob_struct() {
-        let batch = batch_with_image(
-            Field::new("image", DataType::Binary, true),
-            Arc::new(BinaryArray::from_iter_values([b"hi".as_slice()])),
-        );
-        let coerced = coerce(batch, &blob_table_schema()).await;
-        assert!(
-            coerced
-                .schema()
-                .field_with_name("image")
-                .unwrap()
-                .is_blob_v2()
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn binary_view_coerces_to_declared_blob_struct() {
-        let batch = batch_with_image(
-            Field::new("image", DataType::BinaryView, true),
-            Arc::new(BinaryViewArray::from_iter_values([b"view".as_slice()])),
-        );
-        let coerced = coerce(batch, &blob_table_schema()).await;
-        let data = image_struct(&coerced).column_by_name("data").unwrap();
-        let data: &LargeBinaryArray = data.as_any().downcast_ref().unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(data.value(0), b"view");
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn binary_nulls_stay_null_after_coercion() {
-        let batch = batch_with_image(
-            Field::new("image", DataType::Binary, true),
-            Arc::new(BinaryArray::from_iter(vec![
-                Some(b"present".as_slice()),
-                None,
-            ])),
-        );
-        let coerced = coerce(batch, &blob_table_schema()).await;
-        let image = image_struct(&coerced);
-        let data = image.column_by_name("data").unwrap();
-        assert!(!data.is_null(0));
-        assert!(data.is_null(1));
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn binary_coerces_into_four_child_blob_layout() {
-        let table_schema = Schema::new(vec![
-            Field::new("id", DataType::Int64, false),
-            wide_blob_field("image"),
-        ]);
-        let batch = batch_with_image(
-            Field::new("image", DataType::LargeBinary, true),
-            Arc::new(LargeBinaryArray::from_iter(vec![
-                Some(b"alpha".as_slice()),
-                None,
-            ])),
-        );
-        let coerced = coerce(batch, &table_schema).await;
-        let image = image_struct(&coerced);
-        assert_eq!(
-            image.num_columns(),
-            4,
-            "coerced struct keeps the declared layout"
-        );
-        assert!(image.column_by_name("position").unwrap().is_null(0));
-        assert!(image.column_by_name("size").unwrap().is_null(0));
-        assert!(!image.column_by_name("data").unwrap().is_null(0));
-        assert!(image.column_by_name("data").unwrap().is_null(1));
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn prebuilt_struct_gains_blob_field_metadata() {
-        let DataType::Struct(children) = blob("image", true).data_type().clone() else {
-            unreachable!("blob field is a struct")
-        };
-        let prebuilt = StructArray::new(
-            children,
-            vec![
-                Arc::new(LargeBinaryArray::from_iter_values([b"prebuilt".as_slice()])),
-                Arc::new(StringArray::from(vec![None::<&str>])),
-            ],
-            None,
-        );
-        let batch = batch_with_image(
-            Field::new("image", prebuilt.data_type().clone(), true),
-            Arc::new(prebuilt),
-        );
-        let coerced = coerce(batch, &blob_table_schema()).await;
-        assert!(
-            coerced
-                .schema()
-                .field_with_name("image")
-                .unwrap()
-                .is_blob_v2()
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn prebuilt_narrow_struct_widens_to_declared_layout() {
-        let DataType::Struct(narrow_children) = blob("image", true).data_type().clone() else {
-            unreachable!("blob field is a struct")
-        };
-        let prebuilt = StructArray::new(
-            narrow_children,
-            vec![
-                Arc::new(LargeBinaryArray::from_iter_values([b"prebuilt".as_slice()])),
-                Arc::new(StringArray::from(vec![None::<&str>])),
-            ],
-            None,
-        );
-        let table_schema = Schema::new(vec![
-            Field::new("id", DataType::Int64, false),
-            wide_blob_field("image"),
-        ]);
-        let batch = batch_with_image(
-            Field::new("image", prebuilt.data_type().clone(), true),
-            Arc::new(prebuilt),
-        );
-        let coerced = coerce(batch, &table_schema).await;
-        let image = image_struct(&coerced);
-        assert_eq!(image.num_columns(), 4);
-        assert!(image.column_by_name("position").unwrap().is_null(0));
-        assert!(image.column_by_name("size").unwrap().is_null(0));
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn external_reference_struct_preserves_uri_position_and_size() {
-        let prebuilt = StructArray::new(
-            vec![
-                Field::new("data", DataType::LargeBinary, true),
-                Field::new("uri", DataType::Utf8, true),
-                Field::new("position", DataType::UInt64, true),
-                Field::new("size", DataType::UInt64, true),
-            ]
-            .into(),
-            vec![
-                Arc::new(LargeBinaryArray::from(vec![None::<&[u8]>])) as ArrayRef,
-                Arc::new(StringArray::from(vec![Some("s3://bucket/blob.bin")])) as ArrayRef,
-                Arc::new(UInt64Array::from(vec![Some(7)])) as ArrayRef,
-                Arc::new(UInt64Array::from(vec![Some(6)])) as ArrayRef,
-            ],
-            None,
-        );
-        let table_schema = Schema::new(vec![
-            Field::new("id", DataType::Int64, false),
-            wide_blob_field("image"),
-        ]);
-        let batch = batch_with_image(
-            Field::new("image", prebuilt.data_type().clone(), true),
-            Arc::new(prebuilt),
-        );
-        let coerced = coerce(batch, &table_schema).await;
-        let image = image_struct(&coerced);
-
-        let uri: &StringArray = image
-            .column_by_name("uri")
-            .unwrap()
-            .as_any()
-            .downcast_ref()
-            .unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(uri.value(0), "s3://bucket/blob.bin");
-        let position: &UInt64Array = image
-            .column_by_name("position")
-            .unwrap()
-            .as_any()
-            .downcast_ref()
-            .unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(position.value(0), 7);
-        let size: &UInt64Array = image
-            .column_by_name("size")
-            .unwrap()
-            .as_any()
-            .downcast_ref()
-            .unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(size.value(0), 6);
-        assert!(image.column_by_name("data").unwrap().is_null(0));
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn descriptor_struct_without_value_child_is_rejected() {
-        let descriptor = StructArray::new(
-            vec![
-                Field::new("kind", DataType::UInt8, false),
-                Field::new("position", DataType::UInt64, false),
-                Field::new("size", DataType::UInt64, false),
-            ]
-            .into(),
-            vec![
-                Arc::new(UInt8Array::from(vec![0])),
-                Arc::new(UInt64Array::from(vec![0])),
-                Arc::new(UInt64Array::from(vec![0])),
-            ],
-            None,
-        );
-        let batch = batch_with_image(
-            Field::new("image", descriptor.data_type().clone(), true),
-            Arc::new(descriptor),
-        );
-        let err = coerce_err(batch, &blob_table_schema()).await;
-        assert!(err.to_string().contains("'data' or 'uri'"));
-        assert!(err.to_string().contains("image"));
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn unsupported_input_type_is_rejected_with_column_name() {
-        let batch = batch_with_image(
-            Field::new("image", DataType::Utf8, true),
-            Arc::new(StringArray::from(vec!["not bytes"])),
-        );
-        let err = coerce_err(batch, &blob_table_schema()).await;
-        assert!(matches!(err, Error::InvalidInput { .. }), "got {err:?}");
-        assert!(err.to_string().contains("image"));
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn blob_metadata_survives_cast_of_sibling_column() {
-        let batch = RecordBatch::try_new(
-            Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![
-                Field::new("id", DataType::Int32, false),
-                Field::new("image", DataType::LargeBinary, true),
-            ])),
-            vec![
-                Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![1])),
-                Arc::new(LargeBinaryArray::from_iter_values([b"x".as_slice()])),
-            ],
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-        let coerced = coerce(batch, &blob_table_schema()).await;
-
-        let image_field = coerced.schema().field_with_name("image").unwrap().clone();
-        assert!(
-            image_field.is_blob_v2(),
-            "expected blob marker on image field, got {:?}",
-            image_field.metadata()
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            coerced.schema().field_with_name("id").unwrap().data_type(),
-            &DataType::Int64
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn exact_blob_input_passes_through_unchanged() {
-        let DataType::Struct(children) = blob("image", true).data_type().clone() else {
-            unreachable!("blob field is a struct")
-        };
-        let image = StructArray::new(
-            children,
-            vec![
-                Arc::new(LargeBinaryArray::from_iter_values([b"exact".as_slice()])),
-                Arc::new(StringArray::from(vec![None::<&str>])),
-            ],
-            None,
-        );
-        let batch = batch_with_image(blob("image", true), Arc::new(image));
-        let table_schema = blob_table_schema();
-
-        let input = plan_from_batch(batch).await;
-        let input_ptr = Arc::as_ptr(&input);
-        let plan = cast_to_table_schema(input, &table_schema).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(Arc::as_ptr(&plan), input_ptr, "no projection inserted");
-    }
-}
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