refactor(python): use namespace-backed rust connection

## Summary
- pass `namespace_client` through the Python create-table path
- ensure schema-only namespace table creation uses the namespace-aware
empty-table flow
- fix reopening namespace tables created without initial data

.bumpversion.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.28.0-beta.5"
+current_version = "0.28.0-beta.7"
 parse = """(?x)
     (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
     (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.

Cargo.lock

@@ -137,15 +137,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "object",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "arc-swap"
-version = "1.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a07d1f37ff60921c83bdfc7407723bdefe89b44b98a9b772f225c8f9d67141a6"
-dependencies = [
- "rustversion",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "argminmax"
 version = "0.6.3"
@@ -302,7 +293,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "arrow-schema",
  "arrow-select",
  "flatbuffers",
- "lz4_flex 0.12.1",
+ "lz4_flex",
  "zstd",
 ]
 
@@ -1278,31 +1269,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bon"
-version = "3.9.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f47dbe92550676ee653353c310dfb9cf6ba17ee70396e1f7cf0a2020ad49b2fe"
-dependencies = [
- "bon-macros",
- "rustversion",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "bon-macros"
-version = "3.9.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "519bd3116aeeb42d5372c29d982d16d0170d3d4a5ed85fc7dd91642ffff3c67c"
-dependencies = [
- "darling 0.20.11",
- "ident_case",
- "prettyplease",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "rustversion",
- "syn 2.0.117",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "brotli"
 version = "3.5.0"
@@ -1472,12 +1438,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "shlex",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "census"
-version = "0.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4f4c707c6a209cbe82d10abd08e1ea8995e9ea937d2550646e02798948992be0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -1795,7 +1755,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossterm_winapi",
  "document-features",
  "parking_lot",
- "rustix 1.1.4",
+ "rustix",
  "winapi",
 ]
 
@@ -2714,12 +2674,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "litrs",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "downcast-rs"
-version = "2.0.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "117240f60069e65410b3ae1bb213295bd828f707b5bec6596a1afc8793ce0cbc"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dtor"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -2955,12 +2909,6 @@ version = "0.2.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f8eb564c5c7423d25c886fb561d1e4ee69f72354d16918afa32c08811f6b6a55"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "fastdivide"
-version = "0.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9afc2bd4d5a73106dd53d10d73d3401c2f32730ba2c0b93ddb888a8983680471"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
 version = "2.3.0"
@@ -3054,16 +3002,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "fs4"
-version = "0.8.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f7e180ac76c23b45e767bd7ae9579bc0bb458618c4bc71835926e098e61d15f8"
-dependencies = [
- "rustix 0.38.44",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "fs_extra"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -3072,8 +3010,8 @@ checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fsst"
-version = "5.1.0-beta.3"
+version = "6.0.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.1.0-beta.3#0a0d53b5ef4b0f65bb775ce63bdcabc79d1d14b8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v6.0.0-beta.1#c7a7d3a0e944646e793d297d4a2e2cf7e4fb28a3"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "rand 0.9.2",
@@ -3560,12 +3498,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "htmlescape"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e9025058dae765dee5070ec375f591e2ba14638c63feff74f13805a72e523163"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "0.2.12"
@@ -4134,8 +4066,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance"
-version = "5.1.0-beta.3"
+version = "6.0.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.1.0-beta.3#0a0d53b5ef4b0f65bb775ce63bdcabc79d1d14b8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v6.0.0-beta.1#c7a7d3a0e944646e793d297d4a2e2cf7e4fb28a3"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-arith",
@@ -4178,12 +4110,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "lance-linalg",
  "lance-namespace",
  "lance-table",
+ "lance-tokenizer",
  "log",
  "moka",
  "object_store",
  "permutation",
  "pin-project",
  "prost",
+ "prost-build",
  "prost-types",
  "rand 0.9.2",
  "roaring",
@@ -4191,7 +4125,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "snafu 0.9.0",
- "tantivy",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tokio-util",
@@ -4202,8 +4135,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow"
-version = "5.1.0-beta.3"
+version = "6.0.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.1.0-beta.3#0a0d53b5ef4b0f65bb775ce63bdcabc79d1d14b8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v6.0.0-beta.1#c7a7d3a0e944646e793d297d4a2e2cf7e4fb28a3"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4224,8 +4157,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-bitpacking"
-version = "5.1.0-beta.3"
+version = "6.0.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.1.0-beta.3#0a0d53b5ef4b0f65bb775ce63bdcabc79d1d14b8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v6.0.0-beta.1#c7a7d3a0e944646e793d297d4a2e2cf7e4fb28a3"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayref",
  "paste",
@@ -4234,8 +4167,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-core"
-version = "5.1.0-beta.3"
+version = "6.0.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.1.0-beta.3#0a0d53b5ef4b0f65bb775ce63bdcabc79d1d14b8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v6.0.0-beta.1#c7a7d3a0e944646e793d297d4a2e2cf7e4fb28a3"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4272,8 +4205,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datafusion"
-version = "5.1.0-beta.3"
+version = "6.0.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.1.0-beta.3#0a0d53b5ef4b0f65bb775ce63bdcabc79d1d14b8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v6.0.0-beta.1#c7a7d3a0e944646e793d297d4a2e2cf7e4fb28a3"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4304,8 +4237,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datagen"
-version = "5.1.0-beta.3"
+version = "6.0.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.1.0-beta.3#0a0d53b5ef4b0f65bb775ce63bdcabc79d1d14b8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v6.0.0-beta.1#c7a7d3a0e944646e793d297d4a2e2cf7e4fb28a3"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4323,8 +4256,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-encoding"
-version = "5.1.0-beta.3"
+version = "6.0.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.1.0-beta.3#0a0d53b5ef4b0f65bb775ce63bdcabc79d1d14b8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v6.0.0-beta.1#c7a7d3a0e944646e793d297d4a2e2cf7e4fb28a3"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-arith",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4361,8 +4294,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-file"
-version = "5.1.0-beta.3"
+version = "6.0.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.1.0-beta.3#0a0d53b5ef4b0f65bb775ce63bdcabc79d1d14b8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v6.0.0-beta.1#c7a7d3a0e944646e793d297d4a2e2cf7e4fb28a3"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-arith",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4394,8 +4327,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-index"
-version = "5.1.0-beta.3"
+version = "6.0.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.1.0-beta.3#0a0d53b5ef4b0f65bb775ce63bdcabc79d1d14b8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v6.0.0-beta.1#c7a7d3a0e944646e793d297d4a2e2cf7e4fb28a3"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-arith",
@@ -4432,6 +4365,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lance-io",
  "lance-linalg",
  "lance-table",
+ "lance-tokenizer",
  "libm",
  "log",
  "ndarray",
@@ -4449,7 +4383,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "smallvec",
  "snafu 0.9.0",
- "tantivy",
  "tempfile",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
@@ -4459,8 +4392,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-io"
-version = "5.1.0-beta.3"
+version = "6.0.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.1.0-beta.3#0a0d53b5ef4b0f65bb775ce63bdcabc79d1d14b8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v6.0.0-beta.1#c7a7d3a0e944646e793d297d4a2e2cf7e4fb28a3"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-arith",
@@ -4504,8 +4437,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-linalg"
-version = "5.1.0-beta.3"
+version = "6.0.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.1.0-beta.3#0a0d53b5ef4b0f65bb775ce63bdcabc79d1d14b8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v6.0.0-beta.1#c7a7d3a0e944646e793d297d4a2e2cf7e4fb28a3"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4521,8 +4454,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace"
-version = "5.1.0-beta.3"
+version = "6.0.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.1.0-beta.3#0a0d53b5ef4b0f65bb775ce63bdcabc79d1d14b8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v6.0.0-beta.1#c7a7d3a0e944646e793d297d4a2e2cf7e4fb28a3"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4535,8 +4468,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace-impls"
-version = "5.1.0-beta.3"
+version = "6.0.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.1.0-beta.3#0a0d53b5ef4b0f65bb775ce63bdcabc79d1d14b8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v6.0.0-beta.1#c7a7d3a0e944646e793d297d4a2e2cf7e4fb28a3"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-ipc",
@@ -4581,8 +4514,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-table"
-version = "5.1.0-beta.3"
+version = "6.0.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.1.0-beta.3#0a0d53b5ef4b0f65bb775ce63bdcabc79d1d14b8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v6.0.0-beta.1#c7a7d3a0e944646e793d297d4a2e2cf7e4fb28a3"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4621,8 +4554,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-testing"
-version = "5.1.0-beta.3"
+version = "6.0.0-beta.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v5.1.0-beta.3#0a0d53b5ef4b0f65bb775ce63bdcabc79d1d14b8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v6.0.0-beta.1#c7a7d3a0e944646e793d297d4a2e2cf7e4fb28a3"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-schema",
@@ -4631,9 +4564,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.9.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lance-tokenizer"
+version = "6.0.0-beta.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v6.0.0-beta.1#c7a7d3a0e944646e793d297d4a2e2cf7e4fb28a3"
+dependencies = [
+ "rust-stemmers",
+ "serde",
+ "unicode-normalization",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.28.0-beta.5"
+version = "0.28.0-beta.7"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "anyhow",
@@ -4715,7 +4658,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
-version = "0.28.0-beta.5"
+version = "0.28.0-beta.7"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4737,7 +4680,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.31.0-beta.5"
+version = "0.31.0-beta.7"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4775,12 +4718,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "09edd9e8b54e49e587e4f6295a7d29c3ea94d469cb40ab8ca70b288248a81db2"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "levenshtein_automata"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0c2cdeb66e45e9f36bfad5bbdb4d2384e70936afbee843c6f6543f0c551ebb25"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "lexical-core"
 version = "1.0.6"
@@ -4869,12 +4806,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "linux-raw-sys"
-version = "0.4.15"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d26c52dbd32dccf2d10cac7725f8eae5296885fb5703b261f7d0a0739ec807ab"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -4955,12 +4886,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "lz4_flex"
-version = "0.11.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "373f5eceeeab7925e0c1098212f2fbc4d416adec9d35051a6ab251e824c1854a"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "lz4_flex"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -5035,15 +4960,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "measure_time"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "51c55d61e72fc3ab704396c5fa16f4c184db37978ae4e94ca8959693a235fc0e"
-dependencies = [
- "log",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.8.0"
@@ -5197,12 +5113,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "target-features",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "murmurhash32"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2195bf6aa996a481483b29d62a7663eed3fe39600c460e323f8ff41e90bdd89b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "napi"
 version = "3.8.3"
@@ -5491,12 +5401,6 @@ version = "1.70.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "384b8ab6d37215f3c5301a95a4accb5d64aa607f1fcb26a11b5303878451b4fe"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "oneshot"
-version = "0.1.13"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "269bca4c2591a28585d6bf10d9ed0332b7d76900a1b02bec41bdc3a2cdcda107"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "onig"
 version = "6.5.1"
@@ -5586,15 +5490,6 @@ version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1a80800c0488c3a21695ea981a54918fbb37abf04f4d0720c453632255e2ff0e"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ownedbytes"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2fbd56f7631767e61784dc43f8580f403f4475bd4aaa4da003e6295e1bab4a7e"
-dependencies = [
- "stable_deref_trait",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "p256"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -7049,19 +6944,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "semver",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustix"
-version = "0.38.44"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fdb5bc1ae2baa591800df16c9ca78619bf65c0488b41b96ccec5d11220d8c154"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
- "errno",
- "libc",
- "linux-raw-sys 0.4.15",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
 version = "1.1.4"
@@ -7071,7 +6953,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "errno",
  "libc",
- "linux-raw-sys 0.12.1",
+ "linux-raw-sys",
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
@@ -7536,15 +7418,6 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b2aa850e253778c88a04c3d7323b043aeda9d3e30d5971937c1855769763678e"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sketches-ddsketch"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0c6f73aeb92d671e0cc4dca167e59b2deb6387c375391bc99ee743f326994a2b"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.12"
@@ -7917,152 +7790,6 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7b2093cf4c8eb1e67749a6762251bc9cd836b6fc171623bd0a9d324d37af2417"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tantivy"
-version = "0.24.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "64a966cb0e76e311f09cf18507c9af192f15d34886ee43d7ba7c7e3803660c43"
-dependencies = [
- "aho-corasick",
- "arc-swap",
- "base64 0.22.1",
- "bitpacking",
- "bon",
- "byteorder",
- "census",
- "crc32fast",
- "crossbeam-channel",
- "downcast-rs",
- "fastdivide",
- "fnv",
- "fs4",
- "htmlescape",
- "hyperloglogplus",
- "itertools 0.14.0",
- "levenshtein_automata",
- "log",
- "lru",
- "lz4_flex 0.11.6",
- "measure_time",
- "memmap2 0.9.10",
- "once_cell",
- "oneshot",
- "rayon",
- "regex",
- "rust-stemmers",
- "rustc-hash",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "sketches-ddsketch",
- "smallvec",
- "tantivy-bitpacker",
- "tantivy-columnar",
- "tantivy-common",
- "tantivy-fst",
- "tantivy-query-grammar",
- "tantivy-stacker",
- "tantivy-tokenizer-api",
- "tempfile",
- "thiserror 2.0.18",
- "time",
- "uuid",
- "winapi",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tantivy-bitpacker"
-version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1adc286a39e089ae9938935cd488d7d34f14502544a36607effd2239ff0e2494"
-dependencies = [
- "bitpacking",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tantivy-columnar"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6300428e0c104c4f7db6f95b466a6f5c1b9aece094ec57cdd365337908dc7344"
-dependencies = [
- "downcast-rs",
- "fastdivide",
- "itertools 0.14.0",
- "serde",
- "tantivy-bitpacker",
- "tantivy-common",
- "tantivy-sstable",
- "tantivy-stacker",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tantivy-common"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e91b6ea6090ce03dc72c27d0619e77185d26cc3b20775966c346c6d4f7e99d7f"
-dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "byteorder",
- "ownedbytes",
- "serde",
- "time",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tantivy-fst"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d60769b80ad7953d8a7b2c70cdfe722bbcdcac6bccc8ac934c40c034d866fc18"
-dependencies = [
- "byteorder",
- "regex-syntax",
- "utf8-ranges",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tantivy-query-grammar"
-version = "0.24.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e810cdeeebca57fc3f7bfec5f85fdbea9031b2ac9b990eb5ff49b371d52bbe6a"
-dependencies = [
- "nom 7.1.3",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tantivy-sstable"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "709f22c08a4c90e1b36711c1c6cad5ae21b20b093e535b69b18783dd2cb99416"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-util",
- "itertools 0.14.0",
- "tantivy-bitpacker",
- "tantivy-common",
- "tantivy-fst",
- "zstd",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tantivy-stacker"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2bcdebb267671311d1e8891fd9d1301803fdb8ad21ba22e0a30d0cab49ba59c1"
-dependencies = [
- "murmurhash32",
- "rand_distr 0.4.3",
- "tantivy-common",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tantivy-tokenizer-api"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dfa942fcee81e213e09715bbce8734ae2180070b97b33839a795ba1de201547d"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tap"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -8090,7 +7817,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fastrand",
  "getrandom 0.4.2",
  "once_cell",
- "rustix 1.1.4",
+ "rustix",
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
@@ -8542,6 +8269,15 @@ version = "1.0.24"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e6e4313cd5fcd3dad5cafa179702e2b244f760991f45397d14d4ebf38247da75"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-normalization"
+version = "0.1.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5fd4f6878c9cb28d874b009da9e8d183b5abc80117c40bbd187a1fde336be6e8"
+dependencies = [
+ "tinyvec",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-normalization-alignments"
 version = "0.1.12"

Cargo.toml

@@ -15,20 +15,20 @@ categories = ["database-implementations"]
 rust-version = "1.91.0"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-lance = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", default-features = false, "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance = { "version" = "=6.0.0-beta.1", default-features = false, "tag" = "v6.0.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-core = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-core = { "version" = "=6.0.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v6.0.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datagen = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datagen = { "version" = "=6.0.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v6.0.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-file = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-file = { "version" = "=6.0.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v6.0.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-io = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", default-features = false, "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-io = { "version" = "=6.0.0-beta.1", default-features = false, "tag" = "v6.0.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-index = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-index = { "version" = "=6.0.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v6.0.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-linalg = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-linalg = { "version" = "=6.0.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v6.0.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace = { "version" = "=6.0.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v6.0.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", default-features = false, "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=6.0.0-beta.1", default-features = false, "tag" = "v6.0.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-table = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-table = { "version" = "=6.0.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v6.0.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-testing = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-testing = { "version" = "=6.0.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v6.0.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=6.0.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v6.0.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-encoding = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-encoding = { "version" = "=6.0.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v6.0.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-arrow = { "version" = "=5.1.0-beta.3", "tag" = "v5.1.0-beta.3", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-arrow = { "version" = "=6.0.0-beta.1", "tag" = "v6.0.0-beta.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
 ahash = "0.8"
 # Note that this one does not include pyarrow
 arrow = { version = "57.2", optional = false }

docs/src/java/java.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Add the following dependency to your `pom.xml`:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
     <artifactId>lancedb-core</artifactId>
-    <version>0.28.0-beta.5</version>
+    <version>0.28.0-beta.7</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 

java/lancedb-core/pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
       <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
       <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>0.28.0-beta.5</version>
+      <version>0.28.0-beta.7</version>
       <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 

java/pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
     <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.28.0-beta.5</version>
+    <version>0.28.0-beta.7</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>5.1.0-beta.3</lance-core.version>
+        <lance-core.version>6.0.0-beta.1</lance-core.version>
         <spotless.skip>false</spotless.skip>
         <spotless.version>2.30.0</spotless.version>
         <spotless.java.googlejavaformat.version>1.7</spotless.java.googlejavaformat.version>

nodejs/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
 edition.workspace = true
-version = "0.28.0-beta.5"
+version = "0.28.0-beta.7"
 license.workspace = true
 description.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true

nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-darwin-arm64",
-	"version": "0.28.0-beta.5",
+	"version": "0.28.0-beta.7",
 	"os": ["darwin"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.darwin-arm64.node",

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.28.0-beta.5",
+	"version": "0.28.0-beta.7",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-gnu.node",

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-musl",
-	"version": "0.28.0-beta.5",
+	"version": "0.28.0-beta.7",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-musl.node",

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.28.0-beta.5",
+	"version": "0.28.0-beta.7",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-gnu.node",

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-musl",
-	"version": "0.28.0-beta.5",
+	"version": "0.28.0-beta.7",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-musl.node",

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-arm64-msvc",
-  "version": "0.28.0-beta.5",
+  "version": "0.28.0-beta.7",
   "os": [
     "win32"
   ],

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-x64-msvc",
-	"version": "0.28.0-beta.5",
+	"version": "0.28.0-beta.7",
 	"os": ["win32"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.win32-x64-msvc.node",

nodejs/package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-  "version": "0.28.0-beta.5",
+  "version": "0.28.0-beta.7",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-      "version": "0.28.0-beta.5",
+      "version": "0.28.0-beta.7",
       "cpu": [
         "x64",
         "arm64"

nodejs/package.json

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "ann"
   ],
   "private": false,
-  "version": "0.28.0-beta.5",
+  "version": "0.28.0-beta.7",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "exports": {
     ".": "./dist/index.js",

python/.bumpversion.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.31.0-beta.5"
+current_version = "0.31.0-beta.7"
 parse = """(?x)
     (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
     (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.

python/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.31.0-beta.5"
+version = "0.31.0-beta.7"
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "Python bindings for LanceDB"
 license.workspace = true

python/python/lancedb/db.py

@@ -1390,6 +1390,7 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
         namespace_path: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         embedding_functions: Optional[List[EmbeddingFunctionConfig]] = None,
         location: Optional[str] = None,
+        namespace_client: Optional[Any] = None,
     ) -> AsyncTable:
         """Create an [AsyncTable][lancedb.table.AsyncTable] in the database.
 
@@ -1587,6 +1588,7 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
                 namespace_path=namespace_path,
                 storage_options=storage_options,
                 location=location,
+                namespace_client=namespace_client,
             )
         else:
             data = data_to_reader(data, schema)
@@ -1597,6 +1599,7 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
                 namespace_path=namespace_path,
                 storage_options=storage_options,
                 location=location,
+                namespace_client=namespace_client,
             )
 
         return AsyncTable(new_table)

python/python/lancedb/namespace.py

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ through a namespace abstraction.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import asyncio
 import sys
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Union
 
@@ -25,7 +24,24 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 from datetime import timedelta
 import pyarrow as pa
 
-from lancedb.db import DBConnection, LanceDBConnection
+from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.json_arrow_data_type import JsonArrowDataType
+from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.json_arrow_field import JsonArrowField
+from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.json_arrow_schema import JsonArrowSchema
+from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.query_table_request import QueryTableRequest
+from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.query_table_request_columns import (
+    QueryTableRequestColumns,
+)
+from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.query_table_request_full_text_query import (
+    QueryTableRequestFullTextQuery,
+)
+from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.query_table_request_vector import (
+    QueryTableRequestVector,
+)
+from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.string_fts_query import StringFtsQuery
+from lance_namespace.errors import TableNotFoundError
+from lancedb._lancedb import connect_namespace_client as _connect_namespace_client
+from lancedb.background_loop import LOOP
+from lancedb.db import AsyncConnection, DBConnection
 from lancedb.namespace_utils import (
     _normalize_create_namespace_mode,
     _normalize_drop_namespace_mode,
@@ -40,14 +56,11 @@ from lance_namespace import (
     ListNamespacesResponse,
     ListTablesResponse,
     ListTablesRequest,
-    DescribeTableRequest,
     DescribeNamespaceRequest,
     DropTableRequest,
     ListNamespacesRequest,
     CreateNamespaceRequest,
     DropNamespaceRequest,
-    DeclareTableRequest,
-    CreateTableRequest,
 )
 from lancedb.table import AsyncTable, LanceTable, Table
 from lancedb.util import validate_table_name
@@ -56,21 +69,6 @@ from lancedb.pydantic import LanceModel
 from lancedb.embeddings import EmbeddingFunctionConfig
 from ._lancedb import Session
 
-from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.json_arrow_schema import JsonArrowSchema
-from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.json_arrow_field import JsonArrowField
-from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.json_arrow_data_type import JsonArrowDataType
-from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.query_table_request import QueryTableRequest
-from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.query_table_request_vector import (
-    QueryTableRequestVector,
-)
-from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.query_table_request_columns import (
-    QueryTableRequestColumns,
-)
-from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.query_table_request_full_text_query import (
-    QueryTableRequestFullTextQuery,
-)
-from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.string_fts_query import StringFtsQuery
-
 
 def _query_to_namespace_request(
     table_id: List[str],
@@ -424,6 +422,23 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         )
         self._namespace_client_impl = namespace_client_impl
         self._namespace_client_properties = namespace_client_properties
+        self._inner = AsyncConnection(
+            _connect_namespace_client(
+                namespace_client,
+                read_consistency_interval=(
+                    read_consistency_interval.total_seconds()
+                    if read_consistency_interval is not None
+                    else None
+                ),
+                storage_options=self.storage_options or None,
+                session=session,
+                namespace_client_pushdown_operations=(
+                    list(self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations)
+                ),
+                namespace_client_impl=namespace_client_impl,
+                namespace_client_properties=namespace_client_properties,
+            )
+        )
 
     @override
     def serialize(self) -> str:
@@ -497,13 +512,10 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         if mode.lower() not in ["create", "overwrite"]:
             raise ValueError("mode must be either 'create' or 'overwrite'")
         validate_table_name(name)
-
+        async_table = LOOP.run(
-        table_id = namespace_path + [name]
+            self._inner.create_table(
-
+                name,
-        if "CreateTable" in self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations:
+                data,
-            return self._create_table_server_side(
-                name=name,
-                data=data,
                 schema=schema,
                 mode=mode,
                 exist_ok=exist_ok,
@@ -513,130 +525,15 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
                 namespace_path=namespace_path,
                 storage_options=storage_options,
             )
-
-        # Local create path: declare_table + local write
-        # Step 1: Get the table location and storage options from namespace
-        # In overwrite mode, if table exists, use describe_table to get
-        # existing location. Otherwise, call create_empty_table to reserve
-        # a new location
-        location = None
-        namespace_storage_options = None
-        if mode.lower() == "overwrite":
-            # Try to describe the table first to see if it exists
-            try:
-                describe_request = DescribeTableRequest(id=table_id)
-                describe_response = self._namespace_client.describe_table(
-                    describe_request
-                )
-                location = describe_response.location
-                namespace_storage_options = describe_response.storage_options
-            except Exception:
-                # Table doesn't exist, will create a new one below
-                pass
-
-        if location is None:
-            # Table doesn't exist or mode is "create", reserve a new location
-            declare_request = DeclareTableRequest(
-                id=table_id,
-                location=None,
-                properties=self.storage_options if self.storage_options else None,
-            )
-            declare_response = self._namespace_client.declare_table(declare_request)
-
-            if not declare_response.location:
-                raise ValueError(
-                    "Table location is missing from declare_table response"
-                )
-
-            location = declare_response.location
-            namespace_storage_options = declare_response.storage_options
-
-        # Merge storage options: self.storage_options < user options < namespace options
-        merged_storage_options = dict(self.storage_options)
-        if storage_options:
-            merged_storage_options.update(storage_options)
-        if namespace_storage_options:
-            merged_storage_options.update(namespace_storage_options)
-
-        # Step 2: Create table using LanceTable.create with the location
-        # We need a temporary connection for the LanceTable.create method
-        temp_conn = LanceDBConnection(
-            location,  # Use the actual location as the connection URI
-            read_consistency_interval=self.read_consistency_interval,
-            storage_options=merged_storage_options,
-            session=self.session,
         )
 
-        # Note: storage_options_provider is auto-created in Rust from namespace_client
+        return LanceTable(
-        tbl = LanceTable.create(
+            self,
-            temp_conn,
             name,
-            data,
-            schema,
-            mode=mode,
-            exist_ok=exist_ok,
-            on_bad_vectors=on_bad_vectors,
-            fill_value=fill_value,
-            embedding_functions=embedding_functions,
             namespace_path=namespace_path,
-            storage_options=merged_storage_options,
-            location=location,
             namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
             pushdown_operations=self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-        )
+            _async=async_table,
-
-        return tbl
-
-    def _create_table_server_side(
-        self,
-        name: str,
-        data: Optional[DATA],
-        schema: Optional[Union[pa.Schema, LanceModel]],
-        mode: str,
-        exist_ok: bool,
-        on_bad_vectors: str,
-        fill_value: float,
-        embedding_functions: Optional[List[EmbeddingFunctionConfig]],
-        namespace_path: Optional[List[str]],
-        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]],
-    ) -> Table:
-        """Create a table using server-side namespace.create_table()."""
-        if namespace_path is None:
-            namespace_path = []
-        table_id = namespace_path + [name]
-
-        arrow_ipc_bytes = _data_to_arrow_ipc(
-            data=data,
-            schema=schema,
-            embedding_functions=embedding_functions,
-            on_bad_vectors=on_bad_vectors,
-            fill_value=fill_value,
-        )
-
-        merged = dict(self.storage_options or {})
-        if storage_options:
-            merged.update(storage_options)
-        request = CreateTableRequest(
-            id=table_id,
-            mode=_normalize_create_table_mode(mode),
-            properties=merged or None,
-        )
-
-        try:
-            self._namespace_client.create_table(request, arrow_ipc_bytes)
-        except Exception as e:
-            if exist_ok and "already exists" in str(e).lower():
-                return self.open_table(
-                    name,
-                    namespace_path=namespace_path,
-                    storage_options=storage_options,
-                )
-            raise
-
-        return self.open_table(
-            name,
-            namespace_path=namespace_path,
-            storage_options=storage_options,
         )
 
     @override
@@ -650,30 +547,28 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
     ) -> Table:
         if namespace_path is None:
             namespace_path = []
-        table_id = namespace_path + [name]
+        try:
-        request = DescribeTableRequest(id=table_id)
+            async_table = LOOP.run(
-        response = self._namespace_client.describe_table(request)
+                self._inner.open_table(
+                    name,
+                    namespace_path=namespace_path,
+                    storage_options=storage_options,
+                    index_cache_size=index_cache_size,
+                )
+            )
+        except RuntimeError as e:
+            if "Table not found" in str(e):
+                table_id = namespace_path + [name]
+                raise TableNotFoundError(f"Table not found: {'$'.join(table_id)}")
+            raise
 
-        # Merge storage options: self.storage_options < user options < namespace options
+        return LanceTable(
-        merged_storage_options = dict(self.storage_options)
+            self,
-        if storage_options:
-            merged_storage_options.update(storage_options)
-        if response.storage_options:
-            merged_storage_options.update(response.storage_options)
-
-        # Pass managed_versioning to avoid redundant describe_table call in Rust.
-        # Convert None to False since we already have the answer from describe_table.
-        managed_versioning = response.managed_versioning is True
-
-        # Note: storage_options_provider is auto-created in Rust from namespace_client
-        return self._lance_table_from_uri(
             name,
-            response.location,
             namespace_path=namespace_path,
-            storage_options=merged_storage_options,
-            index_cache_size=index_cache_size,
             namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
-            managed_versioning=managed_versioning,
+            pushdown_operations=self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
+            _async=async_table,
         )
 
     @override
@@ -897,33 +792,34 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
         namespace_client: Optional[Any] = None,
         managed_versioning: Optional[bool] = None,
     ) -> LanceTable:
-        # Open a table directly from a URI using the location parameter
+        # Open a table directly from the namespace-resolved physical location.
-        # Note: storage_options should already be merged by the caller
+        #
-        # Note: storage_options_provider is auto-created in Rust from namespace_client
+        # Open the table through the Rust namespace-backed connection.  The Rust
+        # layer keeps the logical namespace path and namespace client intact.
         if namespace_path is None:
             namespace_path = []
-        temp_conn = LanceDBConnection(
+
-            table_uri,  # Use the table location as the connection URI
+        async_table = LOOP.run(
-            read_consistency_interval=self.read_consistency_interval,
+            self._inner.open_table(
-            storage_options=storage_options if storage_options is not None else {},
+                name,
-            session=self.session,
+                namespace_path=namespace_path,
+                storage_options=storage_options,
+                index_cache_size=index_cache_size,
+                location=None,
+                namespace_client=namespace_client,
+                managed_versioning=managed_versioning,
+            )
         )
 
-        # Open the table using the temporary connection with the location parameter
+        return LanceTable(
-        # Pass namespace_client to enable managed versioning support and auto-create
+            self,
-        # storage options provider
-        # Pass managed_versioning to avoid redundant describe_table call
-        # Pass pushdown_operations if configured on this connection
-        return LanceTable.open(
-            temp_conn,
             name,
             namespace_path=namespace_path,
-            storage_options=storage_options,
-            index_cache_size=index_cache_size,
             location=table_uri,
             namespace_client=namespace_client,
             managed_versioning=managed_versioning,
             pushdown_operations=self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
+            _async=async_table,
         )
 
     @override
@@ -990,6 +886,23 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
         self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations = set(
             namespace_client_pushdown_operations or []
         )
+        self._inner = AsyncConnection(
+            _connect_namespace_client(
+                namespace_client,
+                read_consistency_interval=(
+                    read_consistency_interval.total_seconds()
+                    if read_consistency_interval is not None
+                    else None
+                ),
+                storage_options=self.storage_options or None,
+                session=session,
+                namespace_client_pushdown_operations=(
+                    list(self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations)
+                ),
+                namespace_client_impl=None,
+                namespace_client_properties=None,
+            )
+        )
 
     async def table_names(
         self,
@@ -1041,148 +954,16 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
         if mode.lower() not in ["create", "overwrite"]:
             raise ValueError("mode must be either 'create' or 'overwrite'")
         validate_table_name(name)
-
+        return await self._inner.create_table(
-        table_id = namespace_path + [name]
-
-        if "CreateTable" in self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations:
-            return await self._create_table_server_side(
-                name=name,
-                data=data,
-                schema=schema,
-                mode=mode,
-                exist_ok=exist_ok,
-                on_bad_vectors=on_bad_vectors,
-                fill_value=fill_value,
-                embedding_functions=embedding_functions,
-                namespace_path=namespace_path,
-                storage_options=storage_options,
-            )
-
-        # Local create path: declare_table + local write
-        # Step 1: Get the table location and storage options from namespace
-        location = None
-        namespace_storage_options = None
-        if mode.lower() == "overwrite":
-            # Try to describe the table first to see if it exists
-            try:
-                describe_request = DescribeTableRequest(id=table_id)
-                describe_response = self._namespace_client.describe_table(
-                    describe_request
-                )
-                location = describe_response.location
-                namespace_storage_options = describe_response.storage_options
-            except Exception:
-                # Table doesn't exist, will create a new one below
-                pass
-
-        if location is None:
-            # Table doesn't exist or mode is "create", reserve a new location
-            declare_request = DeclareTableRequest(
-                id=table_id,
-                location=None,
-                properties=self.storage_options if self.storage_options else None,
-            )
-            declare_response = self._namespace_client.declare_table(declare_request)
-
-            if not declare_response.location:
-                raise ValueError(
-                    "Table location is missing from declare_table response"
-                )
-
-            location = declare_response.location
-            namespace_storage_options = declare_response.storage_options
-
-        # Merge storage options: self.storage_options < user options < namespace options
-        merged_storage_options = dict(self.storage_options)
-        if storage_options:
-            merged_storage_options.update(storage_options)
-        if namespace_storage_options:
-            merged_storage_options.update(namespace_storage_options)
-
-        # Step 2: Create table using LanceTable.create with the location
-        # Run the sync operation in a thread
-        def _create_table():
-            temp_conn = LanceDBConnection(
-                location,
-                read_consistency_interval=self.read_consistency_interval,
-                storage_options=merged_storage_options,
-                session=self.session,
-            )
-
-            # storage_options_provider is auto-created in Rust from namespace_client
-            return LanceTable.create(
-                temp_conn,
-                name,
-                data,
-                schema,
-                mode=mode,
-                exist_ok=exist_ok,
-                on_bad_vectors=on_bad_vectors,
-                fill_value=fill_value,
-                embedding_functions=embedding_functions,
-                namespace_path=namespace_path,
-                storage_options=merged_storage_options,
-                location=location,
-                namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
-                pushdown_operations=self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-            )
-
-        lance_table = await asyncio.to_thread(_create_table)
-        # Get the underlying async table from LanceTable
-        return lance_table._table
-
-    async def _create_table_server_side(
-        self,
-        name: str,
-        data: Optional[DATA],
-        schema: Optional[Union[pa.Schema, LanceModel]],
-        mode: str,
-        exist_ok: bool,
-        on_bad_vectors: str,
-        fill_value: float,
-        embedding_functions: Optional[List[EmbeddingFunctionConfig]],
-        namespace_path: Optional[List[str]],
-        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]],
-    ) -> AsyncTable:
-        """Create a table using server-side namespace.create_table()."""
-        if namespace_path is None:
-            namespace_path = []
-        table_id = namespace_path + [name]
-
-        def _prepare_and_create():
-            arrow_ipc_bytes = _data_to_arrow_ipc(
-                data=data,
-                schema=schema,
-                embedding_functions=embedding_functions,
-                on_bad_vectors=on_bad_vectors,
-                fill_value=fill_value,
-            )
-
-            merged = dict(self.storage_options or {})
-            if storage_options:
-                merged.update(storage_options)
-            request = CreateTableRequest(
-                id=table_id,
-                mode=_normalize_create_table_mode(mode),
-                properties=merged or None,
-            )
-
-            self._namespace_client.create_table(request, arrow_ipc_bytes)
-
-        try:
-            await asyncio.to_thread(_prepare_and_create)
-        except Exception as e:
-            if exist_ok and "already exists" in str(e).lower():
-                return await self.open_table(
-                    name,
-                    namespace_path=namespace_path,
-                    storage_options=storage_options,
-                )
-            raise
-
-        return await self.open_table(
             name,
+            data,
+            schema=schema,
+            mode=mode,
+            exist_ok=exist_ok,
+            on_bad_vectors=on_bad_vectors,
+            fill_value=fill_value,
             namespace_path=namespace_path,
+            embedding_functions=embedding_functions,
             storage_options=storage_options,
         )
 
@@ -1197,45 +978,18 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
         """Open an existing table from the namespace."""
         if namespace_path is None:
             namespace_path = []
-        table_id = namespace_path + [name]
+        try:
-        request = DescribeTableRequest(id=table_id)
+            return await self._inner.open_table(
-        response = self._namespace_client.describe_table(request)
-
-        # Merge storage options: self.storage_options < user options < namespace options
-        merged_storage_options = dict(self.storage_options)
-        if storage_options:
-            merged_storage_options.update(storage_options)
-        if response.storage_options:
-            merged_storage_options.update(response.storage_options)
-
-        # Capture managed_versioning from describe response.
-        # Convert None to False since we already have the answer from describe_table.
-        managed_versioning = response.managed_versioning is True
-
-        # Open table in a thread
-        # Note: storage_options_provider is auto-created in Rust from namespace_client
-        def _open_table():
-            temp_conn = LanceDBConnection(
-                response.location,
-                read_consistency_interval=self.read_consistency_interval,
-                storage_options=merged_storage_options,
-                session=self.session,
-            )
-
-            return LanceTable.open(
-                temp_conn,
                 name,
                 namespace_path=namespace_path,
-                storage_options=merged_storage_options,
+                storage_options=storage_options,
                 index_cache_size=index_cache_size,
-                location=response.location,
-                namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
-                managed_versioning=managed_versioning,
-                pushdown_operations=self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
             )
-
+        except RuntimeError as e:
-        lance_table = await asyncio.to_thread(_open_table)
+            if "Table not found" in str(e):
-        return lance_table._table
+                table_id = namespace_path + [name]
+                raise TableNotFoundError(f"Table not found: {'$'.join(table_id)}")
+            raise
 
     async def drop_table(self, name: str, namespace_path: Optional[List[str]] = None):
         """Drop a table from the namespace."""

python/python/lancedb/table.py

@@ -2929,6 +2929,7 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
                 namespace_path=namespace_path,
                 storage_options=storage_options,
                 location=location,
+                namespace_client=namespace_client,
             )
         )
         return self

python/python/tests/test_namespace_integration.py

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

python/python/tests/test_table.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 
 import os
+import sys
 from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
 from time import sleep
 from typing import List
@@ -2040,6 +2041,13 @@ def test_hybrid_search_metric_type(tmp_db: DBConnection):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "consistency_interval", [None, timedelta(seconds=0), timedelta(seconds=0.1)]
 )
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.platform == "win32",
+    reason=(
+        "TODO: directory namespace is not supported on Windows yet; "
+        "re-enable after that is fixed."
+    ),
+)
 def test_consistency(tmp_path, consistency_interval):
     db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
     table = db.create_table("my_table", data=[{"id": 0}])
@@ -2060,7 +2068,6 @@ def test_consistency(tmp_path, consistency_interval):
     elif consistency_interval == timedelta(seconds=0):
         assert table2.version == table.version
     else:
-        # (consistency_interval == timedelta(seconds=0.1)
         assert table2.version == table.version - 1
         sleep(0.1)
         assert table2.version == table.version

python/src/connection.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
 
-use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
+use std::{
+    collections::{HashMap, HashSet},
+    sync::Arc,
+    time::Duration,
+};
 
 use arrow::{datatypes::Schema, ffi_stream::ArrowArrayStreamReader, pyarrow::FromPyArrow};
 use lancedb::{
     connection::Connection as LanceConnection,
+    connection::NamespaceClientPushdownOperation,
+    database::namespace::LanceNamespaceDatabase,
     database::{CreateTableMode, Database, ReadConsistency},
 };
 use pyo3::{
@@ -39,6 +45,29 @@ impl Connection {
     }
 }
 
+fn parse_namespace_client_pushdown_operations(
+    operations: Option<Vec<String>>,
+) -> PyResult<HashSet<NamespaceClientPushdownOperation>> {
+    let mut parsed = HashSet::new();
+    for operation in operations.unwrap_or_default() {
+        match operation.as_str() {
+            "QueryTable" => {
+                parsed.insert(NamespaceClientPushdownOperation::QueryTable);
+            }
+            "CreateTable" => {
+                parsed.insert(NamespaceClientPushdownOperation::CreateTable);
+            }
+            _ => {
+                return Err(PyValueError::new_err(format!(
+                    "Invalid pushdown operation: {}",
+                    operation
+                )));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(parsed)
+}
+
 impl Connection {
     fn parse_create_mode_str(mode: &str) -> PyResult<CreateTableMode> {
         match mode {
@@ -538,6 +567,52 @@ pub fn connect(
     })
 }
 
+#[pyfunction]
+#[pyo3(signature = (
+    namespace_client,
+    read_consistency_interval=None,
+    storage_options=None,
+    session=None,
+    namespace_client_pushdown_operations=None,
+    namespace_client_impl=None,
+    namespace_client_properties=None,
+))]
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+pub fn connect_namespace_client(
+    py: Python<'_>,
+    namespace_client: Py<PyAny>,
+    read_consistency_interval: Option<f64>,
+    storage_options: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
+    session: Option<crate::session::Session>,
+    namespace_client_pushdown_operations: Option<Vec<String>>,
+    namespace_client_impl: Option<String>,
+    namespace_client_properties: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
+) -> PyResult<Connection> {
+    let namespace_client = extract_namespace_arc(py, namespace_client)?;
+    let read_consistency_interval = read_consistency_interval.map(Duration::from_secs_f64);
+    let namespace_client_pushdown_operations =
+        parse_namespace_client_pushdown_operations(namespace_client_pushdown_operations)?;
+    let ns_impl = namespace_client_impl.unwrap_or_else(|| "python".to_string());
+    let ns_properties = namespace_client_properties.unwrap_or_default();
+    let storage_options = storage_options.unwrap_or_default();
+    let session = session.map(|s| s.inner.clone());
+
+    let database = LanceNamespaceDatabase::from_namespace_client(
+        namespace_client,
+        ns_impl,
+        ns_properties,
+        storage_options,
+        read_consistency_interval,
+        session,
+        namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
+    );
+
+    Ok(Connection::new(LanceConnection::new(
+        Arc::new(database),
+        Arc::new(lancedb::embeddings::MemoryRegistry::new()),
+    )))
+}
+
 #[derive(FromPyObject)]
 pub struct PyClientConfig {
     user_agent: String,

python/src/lib.rs

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

rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.28.0-beta.5"
+version = "0.28.0-beta.7"
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "LanceDB: A serverless, low-latency vector database for AI applications"
 license.workspace = true

rust/lancedb/src/connection.rs

@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ use std::collections::HashSet;
 /// These operations will be executed on the namespace server instead of locally
 /// when enabled via [`ConnectNamespaceBuilder::pushdown_operations`].
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
-pub enum PushdownOperation {
+pub enum NamespaceClientPushdownOperation {
     /// Execute queries on the namespace server via `query_table()` instead of locally.
     QueryTable,
     /// Execute table creation on the namespace server via `create_table()`
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ pub struct ConnectNamespaceBuilder {
     read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
     embedding_registry: Option<Arc<dyn EmbeddingRegistry>>,
     session: Option<Arc<lance::session::Session>>,
-    pushdown_operations: HashSet<PushdownOperation>,
+    pushdown_operations: HashSet<NamespaceClientPushdownOperation>,
 }
 
 impl ConnectNamespaceBuilder {
@@ -1029,11 +1029,11 @@ impl ConnectNamespaceBuilder {
     /// and leveraging server-side compute resources.
     ///
     /// Available operations:
-    /// - [`PushdownOperation::QueryTable`]: Execute queries via `namespace.query_table()`
+    /// - [`NamespaceClientPushdownOperation::QueryTable`]: Execute queries via `namespace.query_table()`
-    /// - [`PushdownOperation::CreateTable`]: Execute table creation via `namespace.create_table()`
+    /// - [`NamespaceClientPushdownOperation::CreateTable`]: Execute table creation via `namespace.create_table()`
     ///
     /// By default, no operations are pushed down (all executed locally).
-    pub fn pushdown_operation(mut self, operation: PushdownOperation) -> Self {
+    pub fn pushdown_operation(mut self, operation: NamespaceClientPushdownOperation) -> Self {
         self.pushdown_operations.insert(operation);
         self
     }
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ impl ConnectNamespaceBuilder {
     /// See [`Self::pushdown_operation`] for details.
     pub fn pushdown_operations(
         mut self,
-        operations: impl IntoIterator<Item = PushdownOperation>,
+        operations: impl IntoIterator<Item = NamespaceClientPushdownOperation>,
     ) -> Self {
         self.pushdown_operations.extend(operations);
         self

rust/lancedb/src/database/listing.rs

@@ -2184,6 +2184,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
+    #[cfg(not(windows))] // TODO: support Windows once directory namespace-backed listing DB tests are supported.
     async fn test_listing_database_with_namespace_client_properties() {
         let tempdir = tempdir().unwrap();
         let uri = tempdir.path().to_str().unwrap();

rust/lancedb/src/database/namespace.rs

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use lance_namespace_impls::ConnectBuilder;
 use lance_table::io::commit::CommitHandler;
 use lance_table::io::commit::external_manifest::ExternalManifestCommitHandler;
 
-use crate::connection::PushdownOperation;
+use crate::connection::NamespaceClientPushdownOperation;
 use crate::database::ReadConsistency;
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
 use crate::table::NativeTable;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pub struct LanceNamespaceDatabase {
     // database URI
     uri: String,
     // Operations to push down to the namespace server
-    pushdown_operations: HashSet<PushdownOperation>,
+    pushdown_operations: HashSet<NamespaceClientPushdownOperation>,
     // Namespace implementation type (e.g., "dir", "rest")
     ns_impl: String,
     // Namespace properties used to construct the namespace client
@@ -52,13 +52,34 @@ pub struct LanceNamespaceDatabase {
 }
 
 impl LanceNamespaceDatabase {
+    pub fn from_namespace_client(
+        namespace_client: Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>,
+        namespace_client_impl: String,
+        namespace_client_properties: HashMap<String, String>,
+        storage_options: HashMap<String, String>,
+        read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
+        session: Option<Arc<lance::session::Session>>,
+        namespace_client_pushdown_operations: HashSet<NamespaceClientPushdownOperation>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            namespace: namespace_client,
+            storage_options,
+            read_consistency_interval,
+            session,
+            uri: format!("namespace://{}", namespace_client_impl),
+            pushdown_operations: namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
+            ns_impl: namespace_client_impl,
+            ns_properties: namespace_client_properties,
+        }
+    }
+
     pub async fn connect(
         ns_impl: &str,
         ns_properties: HashMap<String, String>,
         storage_options: HashMap<String, String>,
         read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
         session: Option<Arc<lance::session::Session>>,
-        pushdown_operations: HashSet<PushdownOperation>,
+        pushdown_operations: HashSet<NamespaceClientPushdownOperation>,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         let mut builder = ConnectBuilder::new(ns_impl);
         for (key, value) in ns_properties.clone() {
@@ -163,22 +184,15 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
     async fn create_table(&self, request: DbCreateTableRequest) -> Result<Arc<dyn BaseTable>> {
         let mut table_id = request.namespace_path.clone();
         table_id.push(request.name.clone());
-        let describe_request = DescribeTableRequest {
-            id: Some(table_id.clone()),
-            ..Default::default()
-        };
-
-        let describe_result = self.namespace.describe_table(describe_request).await;
 
         match request.mode {
-            CreateTableMode::Create => {
+            CreateTableMode::Create => {}
-                if describe_result.is_ok() {
-                    return Err(Error::TableAlreadyExists {
-                        name: request.name.clone(),
-                    });
-                }
-            }
             CreateTableMode::Overwrite => {
+                let describe_request = DescribeTableRequest {
+                    id: Some(table_id.clone()),
+                    ..Default::default()
+                };
+                let describe_result = self.namespace.describe_table(describe_request).await;
                 if describe_result.is_ok() {
                     // Drop the existing table - must succeed
                     let drop_request = DropTableRequest {
@@ -194,6 +208,11 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
                 }
             }
             CreateTableMode::ExistOk(_) => {
+                let describe_request = DescribeTableRequest {
+                    id: Some(table_id.clone()),
+                    ..Default::default()
+                };
+                let describe_result = self.namespace.describe_table(describe_request).await;
                 if describe_result.is_ok() {
                     let native_table = NativeTable::open_from_namespace(
                         self.namespace.clone(),
@@ -221,7 +240,26 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
         };
 
         let (location, initial_storage_options, managed_versioning) = {
-            let response = self.namespace.declare_table(declare_request).await?;
+            let response = self
+                .namespace
+                .declare_table(declare_request)
+                .await
+                .map_err(|e| {
+                    let err_str = e.to_string();
+                    if matches!(request.mode, CreateTableMode::Create)
+                        && (err_str.contains("already exists")
+                            || err_str.contains("TableAlreadyExists")
+                            || err_str.contains("table already exists"))
+                    {
+                        Error::TableAlreadyExists {
+                            name: request.name.clone(),
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        Error::Runtime {
+                            message: format!("Failed to declare table: {}", e),
+                        }
+                    }
+                })?;
             let loc = response.location.ok_or_else(|| Error::Runtime {
                 message: "Table location is missing from declare_table response".to_string(),
             })?;

rust/lancedb/src/table.rs

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ use std::format;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use crate::connection::PushdownOperation;
+use crate::connection::NamespaceClientPushdownOperation;
 
 use crate::data::scannable::{PeekedScannable, Scannable, estimate_write_partitions};
 use crate::database::Database;
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ pub struct NativeTable {
     pub(crate) namespace_client: Option<Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>>,
     // 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<PushdownOperation>,
+    pub(crate) pushdown_operations: HashSet<NamespaceClientPushdownOperation>,
 }
 
 impl std::fmt::Debug for NativeTable {
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ impl NativeTable {
         params: Option<ReadParams>,
         read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
         namespace_client: Option<Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>>,
-        pushdown_operations: HashSet<PushdownOperation>,
+        pushdown_operations: HashSet<NamespaceClientPushdownOperation>,
         managed_versioning: Option<bool>,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         let params = params.unwrap_or_default();
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ impl NativeTable {
         write_store_wrapper: Option<Arc<dyn WrappingObjectStore>>,
         params: Option<ReadParams>,
         read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
-        pushdown_operations: HashSet<PushdownOperation>,
+        pushdown_operations: HashSet<NamespaceClientPushdownOperation>,
         session: Option<Arc<lance::session::Session>>,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         let mut params = params.unwrap_or_default();
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ impl NativeTable {
         let id = Self::build_id(&namespace, name);
 
         let stored_namespace_client =
-            if pushdown_operations.contains(&PushdownOperation::QueryTable) {
+            if pushdown_operations.contains(&NamespaceClientPushdownOperation::QueryTable) {
                 Some(namespace_client)
             } else {
                 None
@@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ impl NativeTable {
         params: Option<WriteParams>,
         read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
         namespace_client: Option<Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>>,
-        pushdown_operations: HashSet<PushdownOperation>,
+        pushdown_operations: HashSet<NamespaceClientPushdownOperation>,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         // Default params uses format v1.
         let params = params.unwrap_or(WriteParams {
@@ -1635,7 +1635,7 @@ impl NativeTable {
         params: Option<WriteParams>,
         read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
         namespace_client: Option<Arc<dyn LanceNamespace>>,
-        pushdown_operations: HashSet<PushdownOperation>,
+        pushdown_operations: HashSet<NamespaceClientPushdownOperation>,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         let data: Box<dyn Scannable> = Box::new(RecordBatch::new_empty(schema));
         Self::create(
@@ -1685,7 +1685,7 @@ impl NativeTable {
         write_store_wrapper: Option<Arc<dyn WrappingObjectStore>>,
         params: Option<WriteParams>,
         read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
-        pushdown_operations: HashSet<PushdownOperation>,
+        pushdown_operations: HashSet<NamespaceClientPushdownOperation>,
         session: Option<Arc<lance::session::Session>>,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         // Build table_id from namespace + name for the storage options provider
@@ -1738,7 +1738,7 @@ impl NativeTable {
         let id = Self::build_id(&namespace, name);
 
         let stored_namespace_client =
-            if pushdown_operations.contains(&PushdownOperation::QueryTable) {
+            if pushdown_operations.contains(&NamespaceClientPushdownOperation::QueryTable) {
                 Some(namespace_client)
             } else {
                 None

rust/lancedb/src/table/dataset.rs

@@ -285,7 +285,10 @@ mod tests {
 
     use super::*;
 
-    use crate::{connect, io::object_store::io_tracking::IoStatsHolder, table::WriteOptions};
+    use crate::{
+        connect, io::object_store::io_tracking::IoStatsHolder, table::WriteOptions,
+        utils::background_cache::clock,
+    };
 
     async fn create_test_dataset(uri: &str) -> Dataset {
         let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("id", DataType::Int32, false)]));
@@ -463,6 +466,10 @@ mod tests {
         let uri = dir.path().to_str().unwrap();
         let ds = create_test_dataset(uri).await;
 
+        // Other tests use a thread-local mock clock. Simulate leaked state from a
+        // previous test to ensure this wrapper starts from real time.
+        clock::advance_by(Duration::from_secs(60));
+
         let wrapper = DatasetConsistencyWrapper::new_latest(ds, Some(Duration::from_millis(200)));
 
         // Populate the cache

rust/lancedb/src/table/query.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use super::NativeTable;
-use crate::connection::PushdownOperation;
+use crate::connection::NamespaceClientPushdownOperation;
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
 use crate::expr::expr_to_sql_string;
 use crate::query::{
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pub async fn execute_query(
     // If QueryTable pushdown is enabled and namespace client is configured, use server-side query execution
     if table
         .pushdown_operations
-        .contains(&PushdownOperation::QueryTable)
+        .contains(&NamespaceClientPushdownOperation::QueryTable)
         && let Some(ref namespace_client) = table.namespace_client
     {
         return execute_namespace_query(table, namespace_client.clone(), query, options).await;

rust/lancedb/src/utils/background_cache.rs

@@ -107,6 +107,14 @@ where
             refresh_window < ttl,
             "refresh_window ({refresh_window:?}) must be less than ttl ({ttl:?})"
         );
+        #[cfg(test)]
+        {
+            // Tests may advance the thread-local mock clock and leave it behind for
+            // the next test that happens to run on the same worker thread. Each new
+            // cache should start from a clean clock state instead of inheriting
+            // unrelated mock time from a previous test.
+            clock::clear_mock();
+        }
         Self {
             inner: Arc::new(Mutex::new(CacheInner {
                 state: State::Empty,