Bump version: 0.38.0-beta.11 → 0.38.0-beta.12

feat: let a computed-column batch read its own earlier declarations (#4072 )
`add_columns().computed()` accepted several columns in one call but bound each against the table's schema as it stood before the call, so `a` and `b = a + 1` had to be two commits. A server staging declarations behind other schema work has no atomic way to do that, and a caller reading the builder's plural signature reasonably expects the batch to be one. Each accepted column now joins the schema the next one resolves against, so the batch is planned and committed as one. Order is the dependency order; reading ahead is still an unknown column. `validate_declarations` exposes the schema-level checks -- the Function-binding guard and the planning -- without a commit, for callers that must reject before earlier work in the same request lands; LSM state is table state and stays a commit-time check. Refresh order matters for a dependent column: `b = coalesce(a, 0)` refreshed before `a` would bake zeros from `a`'s placeholder null, and the fill-once contract keeps them. Refresh now refuses, naming the input, while a computed input still has rows a refresh of it would fill -- the same probe refresh already uses to detect a no-op. Otherwise it is one snapshot and one commit, as before; a concurrent append is not in the commit and waits for the next refresh. Refreshing dependencies on the caller's behalf was considered and rejected: it is not how materialized views or our own backfill scheduler behave, and it needs multi-commit fencing that an explicit per-row fill marker would make unnecessary.
2026-08-28 17:08:43 +00:00 · 2026-08-28 00:51:15 +00:00 · 2026-08-27 17:47:27 -07:00 · 2026-08-27 17:35:06 -07:00
32 changed files with 405 additions and 981 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.38.0-beta.11"
+current_version = "0.38.0-beta.12"
 parse = """(?x)
    (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
    (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
@@ -40,40 +40,31 @@ jobs:
          - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
            host: macos-latest
            features: fp16kernels
+            # Fat LTO was ~111 of this job's ~113 minutes.
+            lto: thin
+            codegen_units: 16
            pre_build: |-
              brew install protobuf
-              # Fat LTO (the workspace default in .cargo/config.toml) is
-              # single-threaded and is the peak-memory step of the build. On
-              # this runner it accounted for ~111 of the job's ~113 minutes,
-              # making it the critical path of the entire publish pipeline.
-              # ThinLTO parallelizes it across the runner's cores, for a few
-              # percent of runtime performance.
-              export CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO=thin
-              export CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_CODEGEN_UNITS=16
          - target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
            host: windows-2025
            features: ","
+            # The lower peak also keeps this on the standard 4-core runner.
+            lto: thin
+            codegen_units: 16
            pre_build: |-
              choco install --no-progress protoc ninja nasm
              tail -n 1000 /c/ProgramData/chocolatey/logs/chocolatey.log
              # There is an issue where choco doesn't add nasm to the path
              export PATH="$PATH:/c/Program Files/NASM"
              nasm -v
-              # See the ThinLTO note on aarch64-apple-darwin above. Keeping
-              # peak memory down is also what lets this run on the standard
-              # 4-core runner: the 8-core larger runner was only needed to
-              # stop fat LTO from OOMing rustc-LLVM.
-              export CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO=thin
-              export CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_CODEGEN_UNITS=16
          - target: aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
            host: windows-2025
            features: ","
+            lto: thin
+            codegen_units: 16
            pre_build: |-
                choco install --no-progress protoc
                rustup target add aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
-                # See the ThinLTO note on aarch64-apple-darwin above.
-                export CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO=thin
-                export CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_CODEGEN_UNITS=16
          - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
            host: ubuntu-latest
            features: fp16kernels
@@ -103,6 +94,14 @@ jobs:
            # https://github.com/napi-rs/napi-rs/blob/main/debian-aarch64.Dockerfile
            docker: ghcr.io/napi-rs/napi-rs/nodejs-rust:lts-debian-aarch64
            features: "fp16kernels"
+            # Fat LTO OOM-killed rustc every nightly; even with lld it peaked
+            # at 31391 MiB of the runner's 32 GiB.
+            lto: thin
+            codegen_units: 16
+            # arm64 Linux links through GNU `ld` where x86_64 defaults to
+            # `rust-lld`, which is why only arm64 OOM'd. lld cut the largest
+            # linker process 7.0 -> 4.0 GiB (lancedb/sophon#7313).
+            linker: /tmp/aarch64-lld-clang
            pre_build: |-
              set -e &&
              apt-get update &&
@@ -112,9 +111,30 @@ jobs:
              # AT_HWCAP2 (added in Linux 3.17). Define it for aws-lc-sys.
              export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DAT_HWCAP2=26" &&
              rustup target add aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+              # Not `&&`-chained: in dash, errexit does not fire for a
+              # non-final command in an `&&` list, so failures were ignored.
+              #
+              # A wrapper rather than `-C link-arg` because the per-target
+              # rustflags variable does not reach every unit that links, while
+              # the linker variable does. `clang` because GCC silently ignores
+              # `-fuse-ld=lld` unless built with lld support. Two echoes
+              # because printf's newline escape gets rewritten to `;` between
+              # here and the container.
+              echo '#!/bin/sh' > /tmp/aarch64-lld-clang
+              echo 'exec clang --target=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu --sysroot=/usr/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/sysroot --gcc-toolchain=/usr/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu -fuse-ld=lld "$@"' >> /tmp/aarch64-lld-clang
+              chmod 0755 /tmp/aarch64-lld-clang
+              # Fail now, not at the cdylib link ~30 minutes later. Linking at
+              # all also proves lld resolved; clang errors out when it cannot.
+              echo 'int main(void){return 0;}' > /tmp/probe.c
+              /tmp/aarch64-lld-clang /tmp/probe.c -o /tmp/probe
+              readelf -h /tmp/probe | grep AArch64
          - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
            host: ubuntu-2404-8x-x64
            features: ","
+            # Fat LTO took the whole runner down. lld cannot help: it died
+            # inside rustc's LLVM, before any linker was spawned.
+            lto: thin
+            codegen_units: 16
            pre_build: |-
              set -e &&
              sudo apt-get update &&
@@ -123,6 +143,19 @@ jobs:
              export EXTRA_ARGS="-x"
    name: build - ${{ matrix.settings.target }}
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.settings.host }}
+    # On the job, not exported from `pre_build`: `Swatinem/rust-cache` hashes
+    # `CARGO_*` into its cache key before any step runs, so a step-local export
+    # leaves the key unchanged while cargo still rebuilds cold. The ThinLTO
+    # legs had been doing that every run.
+    #
+    # Not `RUSTFLAGS`: setting it, even to "", discards every config-file
+    # rustflag, silently dropping .cargo/config.toml's `target-cpu` and
+    # `target-feature` from the published binaries.
+    env:
+      CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO: ${{ matrix.settings.lto || 'fat' }}
+      CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_CODEGEN_UNITS: ${{ matrix.settings.codegen_units || '1' }}
+      # Empty elsewhere: a per-target variable is only read for that triple.
+      CARGO_TARGET_AARCH64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU_LINKER: ${{ matrix.settings.linker }}
    defaults:
      run:
        working-directory: nodejs
@@ -169,19 +202,15 @@ jobs:
          # creating ref). The nightly cadence also keeps entries inside
          # GitHub's 7-day eviction window, which a tag-only trigger would not.
          save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
-      # Docker builds can use rust-cache too. `target/` already lives on the
-      # host because the whole workspace is bind-mounted into the container, and
-      # rust-cache's prune and save run host-side, so they can manage it -- which
-      # is what keeps the entry to dependency artifacts rather than a multi-GB
-      # copy of everything.
+      # Docker builds can use rust-cache too: the workspace is bind-mounted, so
+      # `target/` lives on the host and rust-cache's prune keeps the entry
+      # small.
      #
      # Two differences from the native builds. The container's CARGO_HOME is
-      # bind-mounted from `.cargo-cache` rather than the host's ~/.cargo, so that
-      # has to be cached explicitly. And the key is derived from the *host* rustc
-      # version, which is not the compiler that produced these artifacts; that is
-      # safe because cargo fingerprints the real compiler and rebuilds on a
-      # mismatch, it just means a base-image toolchain bump costs one cold build
-      # instead of invalidating the key.
+      # bind-mounted from `.cargo-cache` rather than ~/.cargo, so that is cached
+      # explicitly. And the key uses the *host* rustc version, not the compiler
+      # that built these artifacts -- safe, since cargo fingerprints the real
+      # one; a base-image bump just costs one cold build.
      - name: Cache cargo (docker builds)
        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        if: ${{ matrix.settings.docker }}
@@ -210,9 +239,14 @@ jobs:
          # cache step above saves. Previously the registry mounts pointed at
          # `.cargo/...`, a path nothing cached, so the container re-downloaded
          # the whole crate registry on every run.
+          #
+          # `docker run` inherits nothing; `-e NAME` carries the job's `env:` in.
          options: "--user 0:0 -v ${{ github.workspace }}/.cargo-cache/git/db:/usr/local/cargo/git/db \
                    -v ${{ github.workspace }}/.cargo-cache/registry/cache:/usr/local/cargo/registry/cache \
                    -v ${{ github.workspace }}/.cargo-cache/registry/index:/usr/local/cargo/registry/index \
+                    -e CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO \
+                    -e CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_CODEGEN_UNITS \
+                    -e CARGO_TARGET_AARCH64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU_LINKER \
                    -v ${{ github.workspace }}:/build -w /build/nodejs"
          run: |
            set -e
@@ -256,6 +290,18 @@ jobs:
        if: always()
        run: df -h
        shell: bash
+      - name: Report peak memory
+        if: always() && runner.os == 'Linux'
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          peak=$(find /sys/fs/cgroup -name memory.peak -readable \
+                 -exec cat {} + 2>/dev/null | sort -n | tail -1)
+          if [ -n "$peak" ]; then
+            echo "peak memory: $((peak / 1024 / 1024)) MiB"
+          else
+            echo "peak memory: unavailable (no readable cgroup v2 memory.peak)"
+          fi
+          free -g || true
      - name: Upload artifact
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
        with:
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Add the following dependency to your `pom.xml`:
 <dependency>
    <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
    <artifactId>lancedb-core</artifactId>
-    <version>0.38.0-beta.11</version>
+    <version>0.38.0-beta.12</version>
 </dependency>
 ```

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    <parent>
      <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
      <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>0.38.0-beta.11</version>
+      <version>0.38.0-beta.12</version>
      <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>

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

    <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
    <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.38.0-beta.11</version>
+    <version>0.38.0-beta.12</version>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>
    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
    <description>LanceDB Java SDK Parent POM</description>
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
 edition.workspace = true
-version = "0.38.0-beta.11"
+version = "0.38.0-beta.12"
 publish = false
 license.workspace = true
 description.workspace = true
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-darwin-arm64",
-	"version": "0.38.0-beta.11",
+	"version": "0.38.0-beta.12",
 	"os": ["darwin"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.darwin-arm64.node",
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.38.0-beta.11",
+	"version": "0.38.0-beta.12",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-gnu.node",
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-musl",
-	"version": "0.38.0-beta.11",
+	"version": "0.38.0-beta.12",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-musl.node",
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.38.0-beta.11",
+	"version": "0.38.0-beta.12",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-gnu.node",
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-musl",
-	"version": "0.38.0-beta.11",
+	"version": "0.38.0-beta.12",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-musl.node",
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-arm64-msvc",
-  "version": "0.38.0-beta.11",
+  "version": "0.38.0-beta.12",
  "os": [
    "win32"
  ],
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-x64-msvc",
-	"version": "0.38.0-beta.11",
+	"version": "0.38.0-beta.12",
 	"os": ["win32"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.win32-x64-msvc.node",
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
    "ann"
  ],
  "private": false,
-  "version": "0.38.0-beta.11",
+  "version": "0.38.0-beta.12",
  "main": "dist/index.js",
  "exports": {
    ".": "./dist/index.js",
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.38.0-beta.11"
+version = "0.38.0-beta.12"
 publish = false
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "Python bindings for LanceDB"
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ from typing import (
    Iterable,
    List,
    Literal,
-    Mapping,
    Optional,
    Union,
 )
@@ -688,35 +687,17 @@ class DBConnection(EnforceOverrides):
        """
        raise NotImplementedError("serialize is not supported for this connection type")

-    def create_function(
-        self,
-        definition: UdfDefinition,
-        *,
-        secrets: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
-    ) -> FunctionVersion:
+    def create_function(self, definition: UdfDefinition) -> FunctionVersion:
        """Register a scalar Python UDF and wait for its immutable version.

-        ``secrets`` must contain exactly the names declared by
-        ``@udf(secrets=[...])``. Values are sent in the create request and
-        stored server-side in the private execution artifact; returned
-        Function and Job metadata contain only the declared names.
        This is the blocking counterpart of :meth:`create_function_async`.
        Local connections raise ``NotImplementedError``.
        """
-        return self.create_function_async(definition, secrets=secrets).wait()
+        return self.create_function_async(definition).wait()

-    def create_function_async(
-        self,
-        definition: UdfDefinition,
-        *,
-        secrets: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
-    ) -> Job[FunctionVersion]:
+    def create_function_async(self, definition: UdfDefinition) -> Job[FunctionVersion]:
        """Register a scalar Python UDF through the remote Function catalog.

-        ``secrets`` must contain exactly the names declared by
-        ``@udf(secrets=[...])``. Values are sent in the create request and
-        stored server-side in the private execution artifact; returned
-        Function and Job metadata contain only the declared names.
        Submission returns a typed job. The immutable Function version becomes
        available only when :meth:`Job.wait` succeeds. Local connections raise
        ``NotImplementedError``.
@@ -1424,13 +1405,8 @@ class LanceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        return Job(self._conn.job(job_id))

    @override
-    def create_function_async(
-        self,
-        definition: UdfDefinition,
-        *,
-        secrets: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
-    ) -> Job[FunctionVersion]:
-        job = LOOP.run(self._conn.create_function_async(definition, secrets=secrets))
+    def create_function_async(self, definition: UdfDefinition) -> Job[FunctionVersion]:
+        job = LOOP.run(self._conn.create_function_async(definition))
        return Job(job)

    @override
@@ -2249,24 +2225,17 @@ class AsyncConnection(object):
        return AsyncJob(self._inner.job(job_id))

    async def create_function_async(
-        self,
-        definition: UdfDefinition,
-        *,
-        secrets: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
+        self, definition: UdfDefinition
    ) -> AsyncJob[FunctionVersion]:
        """Register a scalar Python UDF through the remote Function catalog.

-        ``secrets`` must contain exactly the names declared by
-        ``@udf(secrets=[...])``. Values are sent in the create request and
-        stored server-side in the private execution artifact; returned
-        Function and Job metadata contain only the declared names.
        The returned typed job resolves to the immutable Function version.
        Local connections raise ``NotImplementedError``.
        """
        if not isinstance(definition, UdfDefinition):
            raise TypeError("create_function_async requires a @udf definition")
        inner = await self._inner.create_function_async(
-            definition._submission_json(secrets)
+            definition.registration_request.to_canonical_json()
        )
        return _typed_job(inner, FunctionVersion.from_json)

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 """Canonical Function values exchanged with LanceDB Enterprise services.

 These immutable models contain client/wire state only. Catalog persistence,
-environment bake, secret resolution, and execution are owned by Sophon.
+environment bake, and execution are owned by Sophon.
 ``RefreshColumnResult`` is also the backend-neutral result of a local
 expression-backed refresh job.
 """
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class PythonEnvironmentSpec(_RemoteValue):


 class PythonRuntimeSpec(_RemoteValue):
-    """Remote runtime definition with non-secret environment values.
+    """Remote runtime definition with environment values.

    V1 supports ``kind="python"``. Newer runtime kinds remain readable, while
    their unknown payload fields are intentionally not retained by the client.
@@ -268,7 +268,6 @@ class FunctionVersion(_RemoteValue):
    runtime: PythonRuntimeSpec
    runtime_digest: str
    environment_digest: str
-    required_secrets: tuple[str, ...] = ()
    created_at: str

    def __call__(self, **inputs: Any) -> FunctionApplication:
@@ -330,17 +329,12 @@ class FunctionVersion(_RemoteValue):


 class FunctionRegistrationRequest(_RemoteValue):
-    """Stable remote registration envelope produced by :func:`udf`.
-
-    Only secret names are represented. Secret values are supplied separately
-    when the definition is submitted and are not part of this durable value.
-    """
+    """Stable remote registration envelope produced by :func:`udf`."""

    name: str
    artifact: FunctionArtifactRequest
    signature: FunctionSignature
    runtime: PythonRuntimeSpec
-    required_secrets: tuple[str, ...] = ()


 class FunctionVersionRef(_OpenRemoteValue):
@@ -485,27 +479,6 @@ class RefreshColumnResult(_RemoteValue):


 _FUNCTION_NAME = re.compile(r"^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_.-]*$")
-_SECRET_NAME = re.compile(r"^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$")
-# Keep this byte limit aligned with Sophon's MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES.
-_MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES = 64 * 1024
-_MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUES_BYTES = 512 * 1024
-
-
-def _validate_secret_value(name: str, value: Any) -> str:
-    """Validate one secret value before building the create request."""
-    if not isinstance(value, str):
-        raise TypeError(f"Function secret {name!r} value must be a string")
-    if not value:
-        raise ValueError(f"Function secret {name!r} value must be non-empty")
-    if "\0" in value:
-        raise ValueError(f"Function secret {name!r} value must not contain NUL")
-    value_bytes = len(value.encode("utf-8"))
-    if value_bytes > _MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES:
-        raise ValueError(
-            f"Function secret {name!r} value exceeds the "
-            f"{_MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES}-byte limit"
-        )
-    return value


 _GRAMMAR_PRIMITIVES = (
@@ -936,7 +909,6 @@ class UdfDefinition:
        output_schema: Optional[pa.DataType | pa.Field | pa.Schema],
        pip: tuple[str, ...],
        env: Mapping[str, str],
-        secrets: tuple[str, ...],
        python_version: Optional[str],
        conda: tuple[str, ...] = (),
        conda_channels: tuple[str, ...] = (),
@@ -963,17 +935,6 @@ class UdfDefinition:
            for key, value in environment.items()
        ):
            raise TypeError("Function env keys and values must be strings")
-        required_secrets = tuple(sorted(set(secrets)))
-        invalid_secrets = [
-            secret for secret in required_secrets if not _SECRET_NAME.fullmatch(secret)
-        ]
-        if invalid_secrets:
-            raise ValueError(f"invalid Function secret names: {invalid_secrets!r}")
-        overlap = set(environment) & set(required_secrets)
-        if overlap:
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"Function env and secret names must be disjoint: {sorted(overlap)!r}"
-            )
        signature = _infer_signature(function, input_schema, output_schema)
        source = _package_source(function)
        digest = f"sha256:{hashlib.sha256(source).hexdigest()}"
@@ -1002,65 +963,14 @@ class UdfDefinition:
            ),
            signature=signature,
            runtime=runtime,
-            required_secrets=required_secrets,
        )
        functools.update_wrapper(self, function)

    @property
    def registration_request(self) -> FunctionRegistrationRequest:
-        """The immutable, value-free client model for a Function submission."""
+        """The immutable request sent by ``create_function_async``."""
        return self._request

-    def _submission_json(self, secrets: Optional[Mapping[str, str]]) -> str:
-        """Build one registration submission without retaining values on self."""
-        if secrets is None:
-            secret_values: Mapping[str, str] = {}
-        elif not isinstance(secrets, Mapping):
-            raise TypeError("Function secrets must be a mapping of names to strings")
-        else:
-            secret_values = secrets
-
-        if any(not isinstance(name, str) for name in secret_values):
-            raise TypeError("Function secret names must be strings")
-        expected = set(self._request.required_secrets)
-        provided = set(secret_values)
-        if provided != expected:
-            missing = sorted(expected - provided)
-            unexpected = sorted(provided - expected)
-            details = []
-            if missing:
-                details.append(f"missing: {missing!r}")
-            if unexpected:
-                details.append(f"unexpected: {unexpected!r}")
-            raise ValueError(
-                "Function secret values must exactly match the declared secrets ("
-                + "; ".join(details)
-                + ")"
-            )
-
-        canonical_values = {}
-        total_bytes = 0
-        for name in sorted(secret_values):
-            value = _validate_secret_value(name, secret_values[name])
-            total_bytes += len(value.encode("utf-8"))
-            if total_bytes > _MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUES_BYTES:
-                raise ValueError(
-                    "Function secret values exceed the "
-                    f"{_MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUES_BYTES}-byte request limit"
-                )
-            canonical_values[name] = value
-
-        submission = self._request._known_dict()
-        if canonical_values:
-            submission["secret_values"] = canonical_values
-        return json.dumps(
-            submission,
-            ensure_ascii=False,
-            allow_nan=False,
-            sort_keys=True,
-            separators=(",", ":"),
-        )
-
    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        return self._function(*args, **kwargs)

@@ -1078,7 +988,6 @@ def udf(
    output_schema: Optional[pa.DataType | pa.Field | pa.Schema] = None,
    pip: tuple[str, ...] | list[str] = (),
    env: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
-    secrets: tuple[str, ...] | list[str] = (),
    python_version: Optional[str] = None,
    conda: tuple[str, ...] | list[str] = (),
    conda_channels: tuple[str, ...] | list[str] = (),
@@ -1093,7 +1002,6 @@ def udf(
    output_schema: Optional[pa.DataType | pa.Field | pa.Schema] = None,
    pip: tuple[str, ...] | list[str] = (),
    env: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
-    secrets: tuple[str, ...] | list[str] = (),
    python_version: Optional[str] = None,
    conda: tuple[str, ...] | list[str] = (),
    conda_channels: tuple[str, ...] | list[str] = (),
@@ -1124,10 +1032,7 @@ def udf(
    conda_channels : sequence of str, optional
        Conda channels in priority order; requires ``conda``.
    env : mapping of str to str, optional
-        Non-secret environment variables. Use ``secrets`` for credentials.
-    secrets : sequence of str, optional
-        Names of secrets required by the callable. Supply their values separately
-        to ``create_function`` or ``create_function_async``.
+        Environment variables included in the Function definition.
    python_version : str, optional
        Remote Python major/minor version. Defaults to the client version.

@@ -1149,15 +1054,11 @@ def udf(
    Examples
    --------
    >>> from lancedb import udf
-    >>> @udf(pip=["numpy==2.2.0"], secrets=["MODEL_TOKEN"])
+    >>> @udf(pip=["numpy==2.2.0"])
    ... def score(value: float) -> float:
    ...     return value * 2
    >>> score(1.5)
    3.0
-    >>> db.create_function(  # doctest: +SKIP
-    ...     score, secrets={"MODEL_TOKEN": "user-secret-value"}
-    ... )
-
    """

    def decorate(target: Callable[..., Any]) -> UdfDefinition:
@@ -1168,7 +1069,6 @@ def udf(
            output_schema=output_schema,
            pip=tuple(pip),
            env={} if env is None else env,
-            secrets=tuple(secrets),
            python_version=python_version,
            conda=tuple(conda),
            conda_channels=tuple(conda_channels),
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import json
 import logging
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 import sys
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Mapping, Optional, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Union
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 import warnings

@@ -742,15 +742,8 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
        return Job(self._conn.job(job_id))

    @override
-    def create_function_async(
-        self,
-        definition: UdfDefinition,
-        *,
-        secrets: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
-    ) -> Job[FunctionVersion]:
-        return Job(
-            LOOP.run(self._conn.create_function_async(definition, secrets=secrets))
-        )
+    def create_function_async(self, definition: UdfDefinition) -> Job[FunctionVersion]:
+        return Job(LOOP.run(self._conn.create_function_async(definition)))

    @override
    def get_function(self, name: str, *, version: str) -> FunctionVersion:
@@ -37,21 +37,6 @@ def job_result(name: str) -> dict:
    return json.loads(fixture(name))["result"]


-def assert_no_secret_values(value):
-    if isinstance(value, dict):
-        for key, child in value.items():
-            assert key not in {
-                "secret_value",
-                "secret_values",
-                "resolved_secret",
-                "resolved_secrets",
-            }
-            assert_no_secret_values(child)
-    elif isinstance(value, list):
-        for child in value:
-            assert_no_secret_values(child)
-
-
 def test_public_function_values_are_in_api_reference():
    docs = Path(__file__).parents[3] / "docs" / "src" / "python" / "python.md"
    rendered = docs.read_text()
@@ -109,7 +94,6 @@ def test_function_version_identity_is_immutable_and_exact():
    version = FunctionVersion.from_json(json.dumps(value))
    assert version.name == "embed"
    assert version.version == "fv_01K3EXACT"
-    assert version.required_secrets == ("HF_TOKEN",)

    with pytest.raises((TypeError, ValueError)):
        version.version = "fv_changed"
@@ -292,15 +276,6 @@ def test_refresh_result_rejects_non_u64_values(field):
        RefreshColumnResult.from_json(json.dumps(value))


-def test_canonical_client_values_contain_secret_names_only():
-    version = FunctionVersion.from_json(
-        json.dumps(job_result("remote_function_job.json"))
-    )
-    canonical = json.loads(version.to_canonical_json())
-    assert canonical["required_secrets"] == ["HF_TOKEN"]
-    assert_no_secret_values(canonical)
-
-
 class _FunctionDeclarationInner:
    def __init__(self):
        self.calls = []
@@ -19,13 +19,7 @@ import pyarrow as pa
 import pytest

 import lancedb
-from lancedb.functions import (
-    _MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES,
-    _MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUES_BYTES,
-    FunctionRegistrationRequest,
-    UdfDefinition,
-    udf,
-)
+from lancedb.functions import UdfDefinition, udf

 THRESHOLD = 20
 _CACHE = None
@@ -45,28 +39,12 @@ FIXTURES = (
@udf(
    pip=["numpy>=2"],
    env={"MODE": "test"},
-    secrets=["API_TOKEN"],
    python_version="3.12",
 )
 def normalize_score(value: float) -> float:
    return value / 100.0


-def _assert_no_secret_values(value):
-    if isinstance(value, dict):
-        for key, child in value.items():
-            assert key not in {
-                "secret_value",
-                "secret_values",
-                "resolved_secret",
-                "resolved_secrets",
-            }
-            _assert_no_secret_values(child)
-    elif isinstance(value, list):
-        for child in value:
-            _assert_no_secret_values(child)
-
-
 def test_scalar_udf_matches_shared_registration_golden_and_remains_callable():
    assert isinstance(normalize_score, UdfDefinition)
    assert normalize_score(25.0) == 0.25
@@ -81,8 +59,6 @@ def test_scalar_udf_matches_shared_registration_golden_and_remains_callable():
        "kind": "scalar_to_arrow_batch",
        "version": 1,
    }
-    assert request["required_secrets"] == ["API_TOKEN"]
-    _assert_no_secret_values(request)


 def _run_packaged(definition, *args):
@@ -396,7 +372,6 @@ def test_udf_recursion_versus_a_rebound_module_name(tmp_path):
        output_schema=None,
        pip=(),
        env={},
-        secrets=(),
        python_version=None,
    )
    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="binds that name to another value"):
@@ -551,54 +526,13 @@ def test_annotation_and_explicit_schema_validation_fail_closed():
            return value


-def test_secret_names_are_canonical_and_disjoint_from_environment():
-    @udf(secrets=["Z_TOKEN", "A_TOKEN", "Z_TOKEN"])
-    def canonical_secrets(value: int) -> int:
-        return value
-
-    assert canonical_secrets.registration_request.required_secrets == (
-        "A_TOKEN",
-        "Z_TOKEN",
-    )
-
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="must be disjoint"):
-
-        @udf(env={"TOKEN": "plaintext"}, secrets=["TOKEN"])
-        def overlapping(value: int) -> int:
-            return value
-
-
-def test_declared_secret_api_still_requires_explicit_create_values():
-    @udf(secrets=["API_TOKEN"])
-    def declared_secret(value: int) -> int:
-        return value
-
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="missing"):
-        declared_secret._submission_json(None)
-    submission = json.loads(
-        declared_secret._submission_json({"API_TOKEN": "explicit-secret"})
-    )
-    assert submission["required_secrets"] == ["API_TOKEN"]
-    assert submission["secret_values"] == {"API_TOKEN": "explicit-secret"}
-
-
-def test_no_secrets_preserve_canonical_registration_shape():
-    @udf
-    def no_secrets(value: int) -> int:
-        return value
-
-    canonical = json.loads(no_secrets.registration_request.to_canonical_json())
-    assert "required_secrets" not in canonical
-    assert json.loads(no_secrets._submission_json(None)) == canonical
-
-
 def test_local_function_catalog_operations_are_not_supported(tmp_path):
    db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
    message = "Function catalog operations are not supported by this database"
    with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError, match=message):
-        db.create_function(normalize_score, secrets={"API_TOKEN": "value"})
+        db.create_function(normalize_score)
    with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError, match=message):
-        db.create_function_async(normalize_score, secrets={"API_TOKEN": "value"})
+        db.create_function_async(normalize_score)
    with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError, match=message):
        db.get_function("normalize_score", version="fv_exact")

@@ -628,7 +562,6 @@ def _mock_remote_function_catalog():
                    "runtime": body["runtime"],
                    "runtime_digest": "sha256:runtime",
                    "environment_digest": "sha256:environment",
-                    "required_secrets": body.get("required_secrets", []),
                    "created_at": "2026-08-21T00:00:00Z",
                }
                response = {"job_id": "job-register"}
@@ -675,9 +608,7 @@ def test_remote_registration_job_and_exact_version_reopen_round_trip():
            host_override=host,
            client_config={"retry_config": {"retries": 0}},
        )
-        registration = db.create_function_async(
-            normalize_score, secrets={"API_TOKEN": "secret-value"}
-        )
+        registration = db.create_function_async(normalize_score)
        assert registration.id == "job-register"
        created = registration.wait()
        reopened = db.get_function("normalize_score", version=created.version)
@@ -686,18 +617,9 @@ def test_remote_registration_job_and_exact_version_reopen_round_trip():
    assert reopened.name == "normalize_score"
    assert reopened.version == "fv_exact"
    create_request = state["requests"][0][1]
-    expected = json.loads(normalize_score.registration_request.to_canonical_json())
-    expected["secret_values"] = {"API_TOKEN": "secret-value"}
-    assert create_request == expected
-    durable_request = FunctionRegistrationRequest.from_json(json.dumps(create_request))
-    assert not hasattr(durable_request, "secret_values")
-    assert "secret_values" not in json.loads(durable_request.to_canonical_json())
-    assert "secret_values" not in json.loads(
+    assert create_request == json.loads(
        normalize_score.registration_request.to_canonical_json()
    )
-    assert "secret-value" not in repr(normalize_score)
-    assert "secret-value" not in repr(normalize_score.registration_request)
-    assert not hasattr(created, "secret_values")


 def test_blocking_remote_registration_returns_function_version():
@@ -708,9 +630,7 @@ def test_blocking_remote_registration_returns_function_version():
            host_override=host,
            client_config={"retry_config": {"retries": 0}},
        )
-        created = db.create_function(
-            normalize_score, secrets={"API_TOKEN": "blocking-secret"}
-        )
+        created = db.create_function(normalize_score)

    assert created.name == "normalize_score"
    assert created.version == "fv_exact"
@@ -718,121 +638,3 @@ def test_blocking_remote_registration_returns_function_version():
        "/v1/functions/create",
        "/v1/jobs/describe",
    ]
-    assert state["requests"][0][1]["secret_values"] == {"API_TOKEN": "blocking-secret"}
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    ("secret_values", "error_type", "message"),
-    [
-        (None, ValueError, "missing"),
-        ({}, ValueError, "missing"),
-        ({"OTHER": "value"}, ValueError, "missing.*unexpected"),
-        ({"API_TOKEN": ""}, ValueError, "non-empty"),
-        ({"API_TOKEN": "bad\0value"}, ValueError, "NUL"),
-        ({"API_TOKEN": 123}, TypeError, "must be a string"),
-        ([("API_TOKEN", "value")], TypeError, "must be a mapping"),
-    ],
-)
-def test_secret_values_are_validated_before_remote_request(
-    secret_values, error_type, message
-):
-    with _mock_remote_function_catalog() as (host, state):
-        db = lancedb.connect(
-            "db://dev",
-            api_key="fake",
-            host_override=host,
-            client_config={"retry_config": {"retries": 0}},
-        )
-        with pytest.raises(error_type, match=message):
-            db.create_function_async(normalize_score, secrets=secret_values)
-        assert state["requests"] == []
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "value",
-    [
-        "x" * _MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES,
-        "é" * (_MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES // len("é".encode("utf-8"))),
-    ],
-    ids=["ascii", "multibyte"],
-)
-def test_secret_value_accepts_exact_utf8_byte_limit(value):
-    submission = json.loads(normalize_score._submission_json({"API_TOKEN": value}))
-    assert submission["secret_values"]["API_TOKEN"] == value
-    assert len(value.encode("utf-8")) == _MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "value",
-    [
-        "x" * (_MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES + 1),
-        "é" * (_MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES // len("é".encode("utf-8")) + 1),
-    ],
-    ids=["ascii", "multibyte"],
-)
-def test_secret_value_rejects_over_utf8_byte_limit_before_json_construction(
-    monkeypatch, value
-):
-    def fail_if_json_construction_starts(self):
-        pytest.fail("oversized secret reached JSON construction")
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr(
-        FunctionRegistrationRequest, "_known_dict", fail_if_json_construction_starts
-    )
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=r"exceeds the 65536-byte limit"):
-        normalize_score._submission_json({"API_TOKEN": value})
-
-
-def test_secret_values_accept_exact_aggregate_utf8_byte_limit(monkeypatch):
-    names = tuple(f"SECRET_{index}" for index in range(8))
-    value = "é" * (_MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES // len("é".encode("utf-8")))
-    values = {name: value for name in names}
-    monkeypatch.setattr(
-        normalize_score,
-        "_request",
-        normalize_score._request._copy(update={"required_secrets": names}),
-    )
-
-    submission = json.loads(normalize_score._submission_json(values))
-
-    assert submission["secret_values"] == values
-    assert sum(len(item.encode("utf-8")) for item in values.values()) == (
-        _MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUES_BYTES
-    )
-
-
-def test_secret_values_reject_aggregate_over_limit_before_construction(monkeypatch):
-    names = tuple(f"SECRET_{index}" for index in range(9))
-    values = {name: "x" * _MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES for name in names}
-    monkeypatch.setattr(
-        normalize_score,
-        "_request",
-        normalize_score._request._copy(update={"required_secrets": names}),
-    )
-
-    def fail_if_json_construction_starts(self):
-        pytest.fail("oversized aggregate reached JSON construction")
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr(
-        FunctionRegistrationRequest, "_known_dict", fail_if_json_construction_starts
-    )
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=r"exceed.*524288-byte request limit"):
-        normalize_score._submission_json(values)
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_async_remote_registration_submits_secret_values_only_once():
-    with _mock_remote_function_catalog() as (host, state):
-        db = await lancedb.connect_async(
-            "db://dev",
-            api_key="fake",
-            host_override=host,
-            client_config={"retry_config": {"retries": 0}},
-        )
-        registration = await db.create_function_async(
-            normalize_score, secrets={"API_TOKEN": "async-secret"}
-        )
-        created = await registration.wait()
-
-    assert state["requests"][0][1]["secret_values"] == {"API_TOKEN": "async-secret"}
-    assert not hasattr(created, "secret_values")
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.38.0-beta.11"
+version = "0.38.0-beta.12"
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "LanceDB: A serverless, low-latency vector database for AI applications"
 license.workspace = true
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 //! backend-neutral terminal result of a computed-column refresh.
 //!
 //! This module contains client/wire values only. Catalog persistence,
-//! environment bake, secret resolution, and execution are owned by Sophon.
+//! environment bake, and execution are owned by Sophon.

-use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet};
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;

 use serde::de::{self, DeserializeOwned};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
@@ -15,16 +15,6 @@ use serde_json::Value;

 use crate::{Error, Result};

-// Keep these byte limits aligned with Sophon's Function submission validation.
-pub(crate) const MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES: usize = 64 * 1024;
-const MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUES_BYTES: usize = 512 * 1024;
-
-fn is_portable_environment_name(name: &str) -> bool {
-    let mut bytes = name.bytes();
-    matches!(bytes.next(), Some(b'A'..=b'Z' | b'a'..=b'z' | b'_'))
-        && bytes.all(|byte| matches!(byte, b'A'..=b'Z' | b'a'..=b'z' | b'0'..=b'9' | b'_'))
-}
-
 fn invalid_json(error: impl std::fmt::Display) -> Error {
    Error::InvalidInput {
        message: format!("invalid remote Function JSON: {error}"),
@@ -208,11 +198,6 @@ pub struct PythonEnvironmentSpec {
 }

 /// Reproducible Python runtime definition understood by Sophon.
-///
-/// `env` contains non-secret values. Secret values are submission-only in the
-/// client model and do not become part of this public runtime identity;
-/// [`FunctionVersion::required_secrets`] contains names only. Sophon persists
-/// submitted values separately in the private execution artifact.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum PythonRuntimeSpec {
@@ -254,7 +239,7 @@ impl PythonRuntimeSpec {
        }
    }

-    /// Non-secret environment variables, or `None` for an unknown kind.
+    /// Environment variables, or `None` for an unknown kind.
    pub fn env(&self) -> Option<&BTreeMap<String, String>> {
        match self {
            Self::Python { env, .. } => Some(env),
@@ -339,8 +324,6 @@ pub struct FunctionVersion {
    runtime: PythonRuntimeSpec,
    runtime_digest: String,
    environment_digest: String,
-    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
-    required_secrets: Vec<String>,
    created_at: String,
 }

@@ -373,12 +356,6 @@ impl FunctionVersion {
        &self.environment_digest
    }

-    /// Required secret names. Resolved values exist only in Sophon's private
-    /// execution artifact and worker launch path.
-    pub fn required_secrets(&self) -> &[String] {
-        &self.required_secrets
-    }
-
    pub fn created_at(&self) -> &str {
        &self.created_at
    }
@@ -420,115 +397,12 @@ pub struct FunctionArtifactRequest {
 }

 /// Stable request envelope for remote immutable Function registration.
-///
-/// Secret values are submission-only in the client model. Sophon persists them
-/// in the database-scoped private execution artifact; returned
-/// [`FunctionVersion`] and Job metadata contain only
-/// [`Self::required_secrets`] names. Debug formatting always redacts values.
-#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct FunctionRegistrationRequest {
    pub name: String,
    pub artifact: FunctionArtifactRequest,
    pub signature: FunctionSignature,
    pub runtime: PythonRuntimeSpec,
-    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
-    pub required_secrets: Vec<String>,
-    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "BTreeMap::is_empty")]
-    pub secret_values: BTreeMap<String, String>,
-}
-
-impl FunctionRegistrationRequest {
-    pub(crate) fn validate_secret_values(&self) -> Result<()> {
-        let mut required = BTreeSet::new();
-        for name in &self.required_secrets {
-            if !is_portable_environment_name(name) {
-                return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                    message: format!(
-                        "Function secret name {name:?} must be a portable environment variable name"
-                    ),
-                });
-            }
-            if !required.insert(name) {
-                return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                    message: format!("Function required_secrets contains duplicate name {name:?}"),
-                });
-            }
-        }
-
-        if let PythonRuntimeSpec::Python { env, .. } = &self.runtime
-            && let Some(name) = required.iter().find(|name| env.contains_key(**name))
-        {
-            return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                message: format!(
-                    "Function runtime env and secret names must be disjoint: {name:?}"
-                ),
-            });
-        }
-
-        let provided = self.secret_values.keys().collect::<BTreeSet<_>>();
-        if required != provided {
-            return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                message: "Function secret_values keys must exactly match required_secrets"
-                    .to_string(),
-            });
-        }
-
-        let mut total_bytes = 0usize;
-        for (name, value) in &self.secret_values {
-            if value.is_empty() {
-                return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                    message: format!("Function secret {name:?} value must be non-empty"),
-                });
-            }
-            if value.contains('\0') {
-                return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                    message: format!("Function secret {name:?} value must not contain NUL"),
-                });
-            }
-            if value.len() > MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES {
-                return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                    message: format!(
-                        "Function secret {name:?} value exceeds the \
-                         {MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES}-byte limit"
-                    ),
-                });
-            }
-            total_bytes =
-                total_bytes
-                    .checked_add(value.len())
-                    .ok_or_else(|| Error::InvalidInput {
-                        message: "Function secret values exceed the request byte limit".to_string(),
-                    })?;
-        }
-        if total_bytes > MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUES_BYTES {
-            return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                message: format!(
-                    "Function secret values exceed the \
-                     {MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUES_BYTES}-byte request limit"
-                ),
-            });
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Debug for FunctionRegistrationRequest {
-    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        let secret_values = self
-            .secret_values
-            .keys()
-            .map(|name| (name, "[REDACTED]"))
-            .collect::<BTreeMap<_, _>>();
-        formatter
-            .debug_struct("FunctionRegistrationRequest")
-            .field("name", &self.name)
-            .field("artifact", &self.artifact)
-            .field("signature", &self.signature)
-            .field("runtime", &self.runtime)
-            .field("required_secrets", &self.required_secrets)
-            .field("secret_values", &secret_values)
-            .finish()
-    }
 }

 impl_json!(FunctionRegistrationRequest);
@@ -713,185 +587,6 @@ impl RefreshColumnResult {

 impl_json!(RefreshColumnResult);

-#[cfg(test)]
-mod secret_value_tests {
-    use super::{
-        FunctionRegistrationRequest, MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES,
-        MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUES_BYTES, PythonRuntimeSpec,
-    };
-    use crate::Error;
-
-    fn request() -> FunctionRegistrationRequest {
-        FunctionRegistrationRequest::from_json(include_str!(
-            "../tests/fixtures/first_class_functions/v1/remote_function_registration_request.json"
-        ))
-        .unwrap()
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn validates_secret_name_and_value_invariants() {
-        let missing = request();
-        assert!(matches!(
-            missing.validate_secret_values(),
-            Err(Error::InvalidInput { message }) if message.contains("exactly match")
-        ));
-
-        let mut empty = request();
-        empty
-            .secret_values
-            .insert("API_TOKEN".to_string(), String::new());
-        assert!(matches!(
-            empty.validate_secret_values(),
-            Err(Error::InvalidInput { message }) if message.contains("non-empty")
-        ));
-
-        let mut nul = request();
-        nul.secret_values
-            .insert("API_TOKEN".to_string(), "before\0after".to_string());
-        assert!(matches!(
-            nul.validate_secret_values(),
-            Err(Error::InvalidInput { message }) if message.contains("NUL")
-        ));
-
-        let mut unexpected = request();
-        unexpected
-            .secret_values
-            .insert("OTHER".to_string(), "value".to_string());
-        assert!(matches!(
-            unexpected.validate_secret_values(),
-            Err(Error::InvalidInput { message }) if message.contains("exactly match")
-        ));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn rejects_invalid_duplicate_and_overlapping_secret_declarations() {
-        let mut invalid_name = request();
-        invalid_name.required_secrets = vec!["BAD=NAME".to_string()];
-        invalid_name
-            .secret_values
-            .insert("BAD=NAME".to_string(), "secret".to_string());
-
-        let mut duplicate = request();
-        duplicate.required_secrets = vec!["API_TOKEN".to_string(), "API_TOKEN".to_string()];
-        duplicate
-            .secret_values
-            .insert("API_TOKEN".to_string(), "secret".to_string());
-
-        let mut overlap = request();
-        overlap
-            .secret_values
-            .insert("API_TOKEN".to_string(), "secret".to_string());
-        if let PythonRuntimeSpec::Python { env, .. } = &mut overlap.runtime {
-            env.insert("API_TOKEN".to_string(), "public".to_string());
-        }
-
-        assert!(matches!(
-            invalid_name.validate_secret_values(),
-            Err(Error::InvalidInput { message }) if message.contains("portable environment variable")
-        ));
-        assert!(matches!(
-            duplicate.validate_secret_values(),
-            Err(Error::InvalidInput { message }) if message.contains("duplicate")
-        ));
-        assert!(matches!(
-            overlap.validate_secret_values(),
-            Err(Error::InvalidInput { message }) if message.contains("must be disjoint")
-        ));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn enforces_portable_secret_name_boundaries() {
-        for name in ["A", "_", "A0_"] {
-            let mut request = request();
-            request.required_secrets = vec![name.to_string()];
-            request
-                .secret_values
-                .insert(name.to_string(), "secret".to_string());
-            request.validate_secret_values().unwrap();
-        }
-
-        for name in ["", "0TOKEN", "BAD-NAME", "TÖKEN"] {
-            let mut request = request();
-            request.required_secrets = vec![name.to_string()];
-            request
-                .secret_values
-                .insert(name.to_string(), "secret".to_string());
-            assert!(matches!(
-                request.validate_secret_values(),
-                Err(Error::InvalidInput { message })
-                    if message.contains("portable environment variable")
-            ));
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn accepts_exact_secret_value_utf8_byte_limit() {
-        for value in [
-            "x".repeat(MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES),
-            "é".repeat(MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES / "é".len()),
-        ] {
-            assert_eq!(value.len(), MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES);
-            let mut request = request();
-            request.secret_values.insert("API_TOKEN".to_string(), value);
-            request.validate_secret_values().unwrap();
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn rejects_secret_value_over_utf8_byte_limit() {
-        for value in [
-            "x".repeat(MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES + 1),
-            "é".repeat(MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES / "é".len() + 1),
-        ] {
-            assert!(value.len() > MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES);
-            let mut request = request();
-            request.secret_values.insert("API_TOKEN".to_string(), value);
-            assert!(matches!(
-                request.validate_secret_values(),
-                Err(Error::InvalidInput { message }) if message.contains("65536-byte limit")
-            ));
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn rejects_aggregate_secret_value_bytes_over_server_limit() {
-        let mut request = request();
-        request.required_secrets = (0..9).map(|index| format!("SECRET_{index}")).collect();
-        request.secret_values = request
-            .required_secrets
-            .iter()
-            .map(|name| (name.clone(), "x".repeat(MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES)))
-            .collect();
-
-        assert!(matches!(
-            request.validate_secret_values(),
-            Err(Error::InvalidInput { message })
-                if message.contains(&format!("{MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUES_BYTES}-byte request limit"))
-        ));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn accepts_exact_aggregate_secret_value_byte_limit() {
-        let mut request = request();
-        request.required_secrets = (0..8).map(|index| format!("SECRET_{index}")).collect();
-        request.secret_values = request
-            .required_secrets
-            .iter()
-            .map(|name| (name.clone(), "x".repeat(MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES)))
-            .collect();
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            request
-                .secret_values
-                .values()
-                .map(String::len)
-                .sum::<usize>(),
-            MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUES_BYTES
-        );
-        request.validate_secret_values().unwrap();
-    }
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod conda_environment_tests {
    use super::PythonEnvironmentSpec;
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use reqwest::{
    Body, Request, RequestBuilder, Response,
    header::{HeaderMap, HeaderValue},
 };
-use serde_json::Value;
 use std::{collections::HashMap, future::Future, str::FromStr, sync::Arc, time::Duration};

 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
@@ -15,60 +14,6 @@ use crate::remote::db::RemoteOptions;
 use crate::remote::retry::{ResolvedRetryConfig, RetryCounter};

 const REQUEST_ID_HEADER: HeaderName = HeaderName::from_static("x-request-id");
-const REDACTED_JSON_VALUE: &str = "[REDACTED]";
-const SUPPRESSED_JSON_BODY: &str = "[JSON BODY SUPPRESSED]";
-
-fn is_sensitive_json_field(name: &str) -> bool {
-    name.to_ascii_lowercase().contains("secret")
-}
-
-fn redact_sensitive_json_fields(value: &mut Value) {
-    match value {
-        Value::Object(fields) => {
-            for (name, child) in fields {
-                if is_sensitive_json_field(name) {
-                    *child = Value::String(REDACTED_JSON_VALUE.to_string());
-                } else {
-                    redact_sensitive_json_fields(child);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        Value::Array(values) => values.iter_mut().for_each(redact_sensitive_json_fields),
-        _ => {}
-    }
-}
-
-fn redacted_json_body(request: &Request) -> Option<String> {
-    let body = request.body()?.as_bytes()?;
-    let mut value = serde_json::from_slice(body).ok()?;
-    redact_sensitive_json_fields(&mut value);
-    serde_json::to_string(&value).ok()
-}
-
-fn request_log_message(request: &Request, request_id: &str) -> String {
-    let prefix = format!(
-        "Sending request_id={}: {} {}",
-        request_id,
-        request.method(),
-        request.url()
-    );
-    let content_type = request
-        .headers()
-        .get("content-type")
-        .and_then(|value| value.to_str().ok())
-        .and_then(|value| value.split(';').next());
-    if content_type.is_some_and(|value| value.eq_ignore_ascii_case("application/json")) {
-        // Never format the raw Request here: its Debug representation is not a
-        // redaction boundary and may include the original body. If the JSON body
-        // cannot be structurally parsed, suppress it instead of logging raw bytes.
-        let body = redacted_json_body(request).unwrap_or_else(|| SUPPRESSED_JSON_BODY.to_string());
-        format!("{prefix} with body {body}")
-    } else {
-        // Method and URL are sufficient request context. Raw Request formatting
-        // may expose headers or a non-JSON body, so it is never a logging fallback.
-        prefix
-    }
-}

 /// Configuration for TLS/mTLS settings.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
@@ -894,9 +839,22 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> RestfulLanceDbClient<S> {
        }
    }

-    pub(crate) fn log_request(&self, request: &Request, request_id: &str) {
+    pub(crate) fn log_request(&self, request: &Request, request_id: &String) {
        if log::log_enabled!(log::Level::Debug) {
-            debug!("{}", request_log_message(request, request_id));
+            let content_type = request
+                .headers()
+                .get("content-type")
+                .map(|v| v.to_str().unwrap());
+            if content_type == Some("application/json") {
+                let body = request.body().as_ref().unwrap().as_bytes().unwrap();
+                let body = String::from_utf8_lossy(body);
+                debug!(
+                    "Sending request_id={}: {:?} with body {}",
+                    request_id, request, body
+                );
+            } else {
+                debug!("Sending request_id={}: {:?}", request_id, request);
+            }
        }
    }

@@ -1119,49 +1077,6 @@ mod tests {
        ENV_MUTEX.lock().unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_inner())
    }

-    #[test]
-    fn test_request_log_message_redacts_secrets_and_never_formats_raw_requests() {
-        const SECRET_SENTINEL: &str = "udf-secret-log-sentinel-7e4e";
-        const MALFORMED_SENTINEL: &str = "malformed-secret-log-sentinel-b652";
-        const NON_JSON_SENTINEL: &str = "non-json-secret-log-sentinel-7fd1";
-
-        let request = reqwest::Client::new()
-            .post("https://example.com/v1/functions/create")
-            .json(&serde_json::json!({
-                "name": "uses_secret",
-                "nested": {
-                    "secret_values": {"OPENAI_API_KEY": SECRET_SENTINEL},
-                    "safe": "visible-value"
-                }
-            }))
-            .build()
-            .unwrap();
-        let log_message = request_log_message(&request, "valid-json");
-
-        let malformed_request = reqwest::Client::new()
-            .post("https://example.com/v1/functions/create")
-            .header("content-type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
-            .body(format!(r#"{{"secret_values":"{MALFORMED_SENTINEL}""#))
-            .build()
-            .unwrap();
-        let malformed_log_message = request_log_message(&malformed_request, "malformed-json");
-
-        let non_json_request = reqwest::Client::new()
-            .post("https://example.com/v1/functions/create")
-            .header("content-type", "text/plain")
-            .body(NON_JSON_SENTINEL)
-            .build()
-            .unwrap();
-        let non_json_log_message = request_log_message(&non_json_request, "non-json");
-
-        assert!(log_message.contains("visible-value"));
-        assert!(log_message.contains(REDACTED_JSON_VALUE));
-        assert!(!log_message.contains(SECRET_SENTINEL));
-        assert!(malformed_log_message.contains(SUPPRESSED_JSON_BODY));
-        assert!(!malformed_log_message.contains(MALFORMED_SENTINEL));
-        assert!(!non_json_log_message.contains(NON_JSON_SENTINEL));
-    }
-
    #[test]
    fn test_timeout_config_default() {
        let config = TimeoutConfig::default();
@@ -554,7 +554,6 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> Database for RemoteDatabase<S> {
        &self,
        request: FunctionRegistrationRequest,
    ) -> Result<Job<FunctionVersion>> {
-        request.validate_secret_values()?;
        let req = self.client.post("/v1/functions/create").json(&request);
        let (request_id, response) = self.client.send(req).await?;
        let response = self.client.check_response(&request_id, response).await?;
@@ -2643,8 +2642,7 @@ mod tests {
        );
        const FUNCTION_JOB: &str =
            include_str!("../../tests/fixtures/first_class_functions/v1/remote_function_job.json");
-        let mut expected: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(REQUEST).unwrap();
-        expected["secret_values"] = serde_json::json!({"API_TOKEN": "secret-value"});
+        let expected: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(REQUEST).unwrap();
        let conn = Connection::new_with_handler(move |request| match request.url().path() {
            "/v1/functions/create" => {
                assert_eq!(request.method(), &reqwest::Method::POST);
@@ -2662,10 +2660,7 @@ mod tests {
                .unwrap(),
            path => panic!("unexpected path: {path}"),
        });
-        let mut request = crate::function::FunctionRegistrationRequest::from_json(REQUEST).unwrap();
-        request
-            .secret_values
-            .insert("API_TOKEN".to_string(), "secret-value".to_string());
+        let request = crate::function::FunctionRegistrationRequest::from_json(REQUEST).unwrap();
        let job = conn.create_function_async(request).await.unwrap();
        assert_eq!(job.id(), Some("job-function-1"));
        let version = job.wait().await.unwrap();
@@ -2673,32 +2668,6 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(version.version(), "fv_01K3EXACT");
    }

-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_create_function_async_validates_secrets_before_serialization_and_send() {
-        const REQUEST: &str = include_str!(
-            "../../tests/fixtures/first_class_functions/v1/remote_function_registration_request.json"
-        );
-        let sends = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
-        let sends_ref = sends.clone();
-        let conn = Connection::new_with_handler(move |_| {
-            sends_ref.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
-            http::Response::builder().status(500).body("").unwrap()
-        });
-        let mut request = crate::function::FunctionRegistrationRequest::from_json(REQUEST).unwrap();
-        request.secret_values.insert(
-            "API_TOKEN".to_string(),
-            "x".repeat(crate::function::MAX_FUNCTION_SECRET_VALUE_BYTES + 1),
-        );
-
-        let error = conn.create_function_async(request).await.unwrap_err();
-
-        assert!(matches!(
-            error,
-            Error::InvalidInput { message } if message.contains("65536-byte limit")
-        ));
-        assert_eq!(sends.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 0);
-    }
-
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn test_get_function_requires_and_sends_exact_version() {
        const VERSION: &str = include_str!(
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 use std::collections::{BTreeSet, HashMap};
 use std::sync::Arc;

-use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field as ArrowField, Schema as ArrowSchema, SchemaRef};
+use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field as ArrowField, Fields, Schema as ArrowSchema, SchemaRef};
 use datafusion_common::tree_node::TreeNode;
 use datafusion_physical_plan::PhysicalExpr;
 use lance::dataset::NewColumnTransform;
@@ -1273,6 +1273,11 @@ pub(crate) fn bind(schema: SchemaRef, column: &str, expression: &str) -> Result<
 /// refresh time: that the expression parses, that every column it reads
 /// exists, and that the target name is free. A declaration that survives this
 /// is one a refresh can always act on.
+///
+/// Each accepted column joins the schema the next one resolves against, so a
+/// batch may declare `a` and then `b = a + 1` in one commit. Refresh order
+/// then matters, and refresh enforces it: `b` is refused while `a` still has
+/// unfilled rows.
 pub(crate) fn plan(schema: SchemaRef, columns: &[(String, String)]) -> Result<Vec<ArrowField>> {
    if columns.is_empty() {
        return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
@@ -1280,11 +1285,11 @@ pub(crate) fn plan(schema: SchemaRef, columns: &[(String, String)]) -> Result<Ve
        });
    }

+    let mut schema = schema;
    let mut fields = Vec::with_capacity(columns.len());
-    let mut declared: Vec<&str> = Vec::with_capacity(columns.len());

    for (name, expression) in columns {
-        if schema.field_with_name(name).is_ok() || declared.contains(&name.as_str()) {
+        if schema.field_with_name(name).is_ok() {
            return Err(Error::ColumnAlreadyExists { name: name.clone() });
        }

@@ -1292,16 +1297,50 @@ pub(crate) fn plan(schema: SchemaRef, columns: &[(String, String)]) -> Result<Ve

        // Declared columns start entirely null, so nullability is a property
        // of the declaration rather than of what the expression yields.
-        fields.push(
-            ArrowField::new(name, bound.data_type, true)
-                .with_metadata(computed_column_metadata(expression, &bound.inputs)),
-        );
-        declared.push(name);
+        let field = ArrowField::new(name, bound.data_type, true)
+            .with_metadata(computed_column_metadata(expression, &bound.inputs));
+        schema = Arc::new(ArrowSchema::new_with_metadata(
+            schema
+                .fields()
+                .iter()
+                .cloned()
+                .chain(std::iter::once(Arc::new(field.clone())))
+                .collect::<Fields>(),
+            schema.metadata().clone(),
+        ));
+        fields.push(field);
    }

    Ok(fields)
 }

+/// Run the schema-level checks of
+/// [`AddColumnsBuilder::computed`](super::AddColumnsBuilder::computed) against
+/// `schema` without committing: the Function-binding guard and the planning of
+/// every declaration. For callers that stage declarations behind other work
+/// and need those rejections before any of it lands.
+///
+/// Only the schema is consulted. Declaring also refuses a table with an LSM
+/// write spec or retained SSTables; that is table state, checked at commit.
+///
+/// ```
+/// # use std::sync::Arc;
+/// # use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field, Schema};
+/// use lancedb::table::computed_columns::validate_declarations;
+///
+/// let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("x", DataType::Int32, false)]));
+/// let declarations = vec![
+///     ("a".to_string(), "x + 1".to_string()),
+///     ("b".to_string(), "a * 2".to_string()),
+/// ];
+/// assert!(validate_declarations(schema.clone(), &declarations).is_ok());
+/// assert!(validate_declarations(schema, &[("c".into(), "random()".into())]).is_err());
+/// ```
+pub fn validate_declarations(schema: SchemaRef, columns: &[(String, String)]) -> Result<()> {
+    ensure_no_function_bindings_for_mutation(schema.as_ref(), "schema evolution")?;
+    plan(schema, columns).map(drop)
+}
+
 /// Build the transform that declares `columns` against `schema`.
 ///
 /// An all-null column is how a binding with no values yet is carried into a
@@ -1340,6 +1379,22 @@ pub(super) async fn add_foreign_kind(table: &crate::Table, name: &str, kind: &st

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    /// The gate's reproducer: the validator applies the same schema-level
+    /// guard declaring does, so a staging caller is refused before it commits
+    /// anything else.
+    #[test]
+    fn test_validate_declarations_matches_schema_admission_barriers() {
+        let schema = Arc::new(ArrowSchema::new_with_metadata(
+            vec![ArrowField::new("x", DataType::Int32, true)],
+            HashMap::from([(
+                FUNCTION_BINDINGS_META_KEY.to_string(),
+                "not valid binding metadata".to_string(),
+            )]),
+        ));
+        let declarations = vec![("a".to_string(), "x + 1".to_string())];
+        assert!(super::validate_declarations(schema, &declarations).is_err());
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn output_arrow_type_grammar_matches_the_shared_golden() {
        let golden: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(include_str!(
@@ -1582,6 +1637,40 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(declared(&table).await.is_empty());
    }

+    /// A batch may build on itself: one commit, and the later entry's inputs
+    /// name the earlier one.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_a_declaration_may_read_one_declared_before_it() {
+        let table = table_with_ints("chain").await;
+        let before = table.version().await.unwrap();
+        add_computed(
+            &table,
+            &[("a".into(), "x + 1".into()), ("b".into(), "a * 2".into())],
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(table.version().await.unwrap(), before + 1);
+        let declared = declared(&table).await;
+        assert_eq!(declared[1].name, "b");
+        assert_eq!(declared[1].inputs, vec!["a".to_string()]);
+
+        // Order is the dependency order; reading ahead is still unknown.
+        let err = add_computed(
+            &table,
+            &[("c".into(), "d + 1".into()), ("d".into(), "x + 1".into())],
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(err, Error::InvalidExpression { column, .. } if column == "c"));
+        assert!(
+            validate_declarations(
+                table.schema().await.unwrap(),
+                &[("e".into(), "random()".into())]
+            )
+            .is_err()
+        );
+    }
+
    /// A column added by an ordinary transform is materialized, not bound, so
    /// it carries no declaration to report.
    #[tokio::test]
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@
 //! therefore idempotent and does not observe input mutation -- once a row is
 //! filled, changing what the expression reads leaves the stored result alone.
 //!
+//! A column's computed inputs are filled first -- the dependency graph is
+//! walked once, each reachable column filled once in dependency order, each
+//! fill its own commit. Every fill in the pass, the requested column's
+//! included, covers only the fragments of the snapshot the pass started
+//! from: a commit may rebase over a concurrent append, and the fragment that
+//! admits carries placeholder nulls no earlier fill covered, so it waits for
+//! a later refresh rather than being read as values. Two concurrent fills of
+//! one input collide on its field in lance's conflict check, so a dependent
+//! fill can only commit over inputs that were durable when it read them.
+//!
 //! Two passes per fragment. The first scans only the unfilled live rows and
 //! evaluates the expression over them, which yields the exact fill count and
 //! decides whether the fragment is staged at all -- a fragment where nothing
@@ -41,7 +51,8 @@ use crate::{Error, Result};
 /// The result of refreshing a computed column.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
 pub struct RefreshColumnResult {
-    /// Rows that had a value computed.
+    /// Rows that had a value computed, in the requested column only; inputs
+    /// filled on its behalf are not counted.
    #[serde(default)]
    pub rows_filled: u64,
    /// The commit version associated with the operation.
@@ -52,6 +63,7 @@ pub struct RefreshColumnResult {
 struct RefreshExecution {
    result: RefreshColumnResult,
    source_version: u64,
+    published_version: Option<u64>,
 }

 /// Internal implementation of the refresh logic.
@@ -74,7 +86,12 @@ async fn execute_refresh_column_with_source(

    let expression = declared_expression(&dataset, column)?;
    let schema = Arc::new(ArrowSchema::from(dataset.schema()));
-    let bound = Arc::new(super::computed_columns::bind(schema, column, &expression)?);
+    let bound = Arc::new(super::computed_columns::bind(
+        schema.clone(),
+        column,
+        &expression,
+    )?);
+    ensure_inputs_filled(&dataset, &schema, column, &bound).await?;
    let field = dataset
        .schema()
        .field(column)
@@ -100,25 +117,25 @@ async fn execute_refresh_column_with_source(
        replacements.push(fragment.write_columns(values, &column_schema).await?);
    }

+    let source_version = dataset.version().version;
    if replacements.is_empty() {
-        let source_version = dataset.version().version;
        return Ok(RefreshExecution {
            result: RefreshColumnResult {
                rows_filled: 0,
                version: source_version,
            },
            source_version,
+            published_version: None,
        });
    }

-    let read_version = dataset.version().version;
    // The dataset's own session, so registrations and caches survive the
    // commit being installed on the handle.
    let session = dataset.session();
    let new_dataset = Dataset::commit(
        WriteDestination::Dataset(dataset.clone()),
        Operation::DataReplacement { replacements },
-        Some(read_version),
+        Some(source_version),
        None,
        None,
        session,
@@ -133,10 +150,52 @@ async fn execute_refresh_column_with_source(
            rows_filled,
            version,
        },
-        source_version: read_version,
+        source_version,
+        published_version: Some(version),
    })
 }

+/// Refuse while a computed input still has rows a refresh of it would fill:
+/// read now, its placeholder null would be evaluated as a value and kept.
+async fn ensure_inputs_filled(
+    dataset: &Dataset,
+    schema: &Arc<ArrowSchema>,
+    column: &str,
+    bound: &BoundExpression,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    for input in &bound.roots {
+        let Some(declaration) = schema
+            .field_with_name(input)
+            .ok()
+            .and_then(computed_column_from_field)
+        else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        let ComputedColumnKind::Sql { expression } = &declaration.kind else {
+            return Err(Error::NotSupported {
+                message: format!(
+                    "computed column '{column}' reads '{input}', whose fill state this \
+                     refresh cannot check; refresh '{input}' first"
+                ),
+            });
+        };
+        let input_bound = super::computed_columns::bind(schema.clone(), input, expression)?;
+        let mut unfilled = 0u64;
+        for fragment in dataset.get_fragments() {
+            unfilled += count_fragment_gains(dataset, &fragment, &input_bound, input).await?;
+        }
+        if unfilled > 0 {
+            return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
+                message: format!(
+                    "computed column '{column}' reads '{input}', which has {unfilled} unfilled \
+                     rows; refresh '{input}' first"
+                ),
+            });
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Run the refresh as a [`Job`] in this process.
 pub(crate) async fn execute_refresh_column_async(
    table: &NativeTable,
@@ -160,8 +219,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn execute_refresh_column_async(
            rows_failed: 0,
            rows_remaining: 0,
            source_version: execution.source_version,
-            published_version: (execution.result.rows_filled > 0)
-                .then_some(execution.result.version),
+            published_version: execution.published_version,
        })
    })))
 }
@@ -384,7 +442,8 @@ mod tests {
            .version)
    }

-    async fn read(table: &Table, column: &str) -> Vec<Option<i32>> {
+    async fn read(table: &Table, column: &str) -> Vec<Option<i64>> {
+        use arrow_array::{Array, Int64Array};
        let batches = table
            .query()
            .select(Select::columns(&[column]))
@@ -394,15 +453,19 @@ mod tests {
            .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
            .await
            .unwrap();
-        let mut values: Vec<Option<i32>> = batches
+        let mut values: Vec<Option<i64>> = batches
            .iter()
            .flat_map(|batch| {
-                batch[column]
-                    .as_any()
-                    .downcast_ref::<Int32Array>()
-                    .unwrap()
-                    .iter()
-                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                let array = &batch[column];
+                match array.as_any().downcast_ref::<Int32Array>() {
+                    Some(ints) => ints.iter().map(|v| v.map(i64::from)).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+                    None => array
+                        .as_any()
+                        .downcast_ref::<Int64Array>()
+                        .unwrap()
+                        .iter()
+                        .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+                }
            })
            .collect();
        values.sort();
@@ -414,6 +477,98 @@ mod tests {
        table.add(batch).execute().await.unwrap();
    }

+    /// The gate's reproducer: `b = coalesce(a, 0)` refreshed before `a`
+    /// must not bake zeros from `a`'s placeholder null. It is refused, and
+    /// names the input, until `a` is filled -- after every append too.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_dependent_refresh_refuses_an_unfilled_input() {
+        let table = table_with("dependent_refresh_order", vec![1, 2, 3]).await;
+        table
+            .add_columns()
+            .computed("a", "x + 1")
+            .computed("b", "coalesce(a, 0)")
+            .execute()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let err = table.refresh_column("b").await.unwrap_err();
+        assert!(
+            matches!(&err, Error::InvalidInput { message } if message.contains("refresh 'a' first")),
+            "{err}"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(read(&table, "b").await, vec![None, None, None]);
+
+        assert_eq!(table.refresh_column("a").await.unwrap().rows_filled, 3);
+        assert_eq!(table.refresh_column("b").await.unwrap().rows_filled, 3);
+        assert_eq!(read(&table, "b").await, vec![Some(2), Some(3), Some(4)]);
+
+        append(&table, vec![10]).await;
+        assert!(table.refresh_column("b").await.is_err());
+        table.refresh_column("a").await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(table.refresh_column("b").await.unwrap().rows_filled, 1);
+        assert_eq!(
+            table.count_rows(Some("b = 0".to_string())).await.unwrap(),
+            0
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Names that need quoting, and a nested input, survive the trip through
+    /// declaration metadata and the dependency check: the recorded inputs
+    /// are matched by name, never re-parsed as SQL.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_dependent_refresh_handles_awkward_column_names() {
+        use arrow_array::{Int32Array, StructArray};
+        use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field, Fields};
+
+        let conn = connect("memory://").execute().await.unwrap();
+        let age_fields = Fields::from(vec![Field::new("age", DataType::Int32, true)]);
+        let meta = StructArray::new(
+            age_fields.clone(),
+            vec![Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![10, 20])) as _],
+            None,
+        );
+        let schema = Arc::new(arrow_schema::Schema::new(vec![
+            Field::new("camelCase", DataType::Int32, true),
+            Field::new("with-hyphen", DataType::Int32, true),
+            Field::new("meta", DataType::Struct(age_fields), true),
+        ]));
+        let batch = arrow_array::RecordBatch::try_new(
+            schema,
+            vec![
+                Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![1, 2])) as _,
+                Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![100, 200])) as _,
+                Arc::new(meta) as _,
+            ],
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        let table = conn
+            .create_table("awkward_names", batch)
+            .execute()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        table
+            .add_columns()
+            .computed("y", "`camelCase` * 2")
+            .computed("z", "coalesce(y, 0) + `with-hyphen` + meta.age")
+            .execute()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let z = crate::table::computed_columns::computed_columns(
+            table.schema().await.unwrap().as_ref(),
+        )
+        .into_iter()
+        .find(|c| c.name == "z")
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(z.inputs, vec!["meta.age", "with-hyphen", "y"]);
+
+        let err = table.refresh_column("z").await.unwrap_err();
+        assert!(err.to_string().contains("refresh 'y' first"), "{err}");
+        assert_eq!(table.refresh_column("y").await.unwrap().rows_filled, 2);
+        assert_eq!(table.refresh_column("z").await.unwrap().rows_filled, 2);
+        assert_eq!(read(&table, "z").await, vec![Some(112), Some(224)]);
+    }
+
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn test_refresh_fills_a_declared_column() {
        let table = table_with("refresh_fills", vec![1, 2, 3]).await;
@@ -651,7 +806,8 @@ mod tests {

        let read_back = read(&table, "doubled").await;
        assert_eq!(read_back.len(), 20_000);
-        let mut expected: Vec<Option<i32>> = values.iter().map(|v| Some(v * 2)).collect();
+        let mut expected: Vec<Option<i64>> =
+            values.iter().map(|v| Some(i64::from(v * 2))).collect();
        expected.sort();
        assert_eq!(read_back, expected);
    }
@@ -20,25 +20,6 @@ fn job_result(name: &str) -> Value {
    serde_json::from_str::<Value>(&fixture(name)).expect("remote Job fixture")["result"].clone()
 }

-fn assert_no_secret_values(value: &Value) {
-    match value {
-        Value::Object(values) => {
-            for (key, value) in values {
-                assert!(
-                    !matches!(
-                        key.as_str(),
-                        "secret_value" | "secret_values" | "resolved_secret" | "resolved_secrets"
-                    ),
-                    "client canonical value must not model resolved secret material"
-                );
-                assert_no_secret_values(value);
-            }
-        }
-        Value::Array(values) => values.iter().for_each(assert_no_secret_values),
-        _ => {}
-    }
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn function_version_job_result_matches_shared_canonical_golden() {
    let result = job_result("remote_function_job.json");
@@ -47,7 +28,6 @@ fn function_version_job_result_matches_shared_canonical_golden() {
    assert_eq!(version.name(), "embed");
    assert_eq!(version.version(), "fv_01K3EXACT");
    assert_eq!(version.runtime_digest(), "sha256:runtime");
-    assert_eq!(version.required_secrets(), &["HF_TOKEN"]);
    assert_eq!(
        version.to_canonical_json().expect("canonical JSON"),
        fixture("remote_function_version.canonical.json").trim()
@@ -162,21 +142,3 @@ fn floating_point_application_literals_are_rejected_consistently() {
            .contains("floating-point Function literals")
    );
 }
-
-#[test]
-fn canonical_client_values_contain_secret_names_only() {
-    let result = job_result("remote_function_job.json");
-    let version = FunctionVersion::from_json(&result.to_string()).expect("FunctionVersion result");
-    let canonical: Value = serde_json::from_str(
-        &version
-            .to_canonical_json()
-            .expect("canonical FunctionVersion"),
-    )
-    .expect("canonical JSON");
-
-    assert_eq!(
-        canonical["required_secrets"],
-        serde_json::json!(["HF_TOKEN"])
-    );
-    assert_no_secret_values(&canonical);
-}
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;

 use lancedb::Error;
 use lancedb::function::FunctionRegistrationRequest;
-use serde_json::Value;

 fn fixture(name: &str) -> String {
    let path = PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
@@ -15,25 +14,6 @@ fn fixture(name: &str) -> String {
    fs::read_to_string(path).expect("fixture must be readable")
 }

-fn assert_no_secret_values(value: &Value) {
-    match value {
-        Value::Object(values) => {
-            for (key, value) in values {
-                assert!(
-                    !matches!(
-                        key.as_str(),
-                        "secret_value" | "secret_values" | "resolved_secret" | "resolved_secrets"
-                    ),
-                    "registration requests must not model resolved secret material"
-                );
-                assert_no_secret_values(value);
-            }
-        }
-        Value::Array(values) => values.iter().for_each(assert_no_secret_values),
-        _ => {}
-    }
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn registration_request_matches_shared_canonical_golden() {
    let request = FunctionRegistrationRequest::from_json(&fixture(
@@ -42,33 +22,10 @@ fn registration_request_matches_shared_canonical_golden() {
    .expect("registration request");
    assert_eq!(request.name, "normalize_score");
    assert_eq!(request.artifact.adapter.kind, "scalar_to_arrow_batch");
-    assert_eq!(request.required_secrets, ["API_TOKEN"]);
-    assert!(request.secret_values.is_empty());
    assert_eq!(
        request.to_canonical_json().expect("canonical request"),
        fixture("remote_function_registration_request.canonical.json").trim()
    );
-
-    let value: Value =
-        serde_json::from_str(&request.to_canonical_json().expect("canonical request"))
-            .expect("request JSON");
-    assert_no_secret_values(&value);
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn registration_request_serializes_secret_values_but_redacts_debug_output() {
-    let mut value: Value =
-        serde_json::from_str(&fixture("remote_function_registration_request.json")).unwrap();
-    value["secret_values"] = serde_json::json!({"API_TOKEN": "secret-plaintext"});
-    let request = FunctionRegistrationRequest::from_json(&value.to_string()).unwrap();
-
-    assert_eq!(request.secret_values["API_TOKEN"], "secret-plaintext");
-    let canonical = request.to_canonical_json().unwrap();
-    assert!(canonical.contains("secret-plaintext"));
-    let debug = format!("{request:?}");
-    assert!(debug.contains("API_TOKEN"));
-    assert!(debug.contains("[REDACTED]"));
-    assert!(!debug.contains("secret-plaintext"));
 }

 #[tokio::test]
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
    },
    "runtime_digest": "sha256:runtime",
    "environment_digest": "sha256:environment",
-    "required_secrets": ["HF_TOKEN"],
    "created_at": "2026-08-21T00:00:00Z"
  },
  "future_job": {"trace_id": "trace-1"}
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"artifact":{"adapter":{"kind":"scalar_to_arrow_batch","version":1},"content":{"data":"ZnJvbSBfX2Z1dHVyZV9fIGltcG9ydCBhbm5vdGF0aW9ucwoKZGVmIG5vcm1hbGl6ZV9zY29yZSh2YWx1ZTogZmxvYXQpIC0+IGZsb2F0OgogICAgcmV0dXJuIHZhbHVlIC8gMTAwLjAK","encoding":"base64"},"digest":"sha256:760784bdcef57b802f389b97804cc0b618aae39e86044733451bcd0b13089a7f","entrypoint":"normalize_score","kind":"python_callable"},"name":"normalize_score","required_secrets":["API_TOKEN"],"runtime":{"env":{"MODE":"test"},"environment":{"kind":"pip","packages":["numpy>=2"]},"kind":"python","python_version":"3.12"},"signature":{"inputs":[{"arrow_type":"float64","name":"value","nullable":false}],"output":{"arrow_type":"float64","kind":"scalar","nullable":false}}}
+{"artifact":{"adapter":{"kind":"scalar_to_arrow_batch","version":1},"content":{"data":"ZnJvbSBfX2Z1dHVyZV9fIGltcG9ydCBhbm5vdGF0aW9ucwoKZGVmIG5vcm1hbGl6ZV9zY29yZSh2YWx1ZTogZmxvYXQpIC0+IGZsb2F0OgogICAgcmV0dXJuIHZhbHVlIC8gMTAwLjAK","encoding":"base64"},"digest":"sha256:760784bdcef57b802f389b97804cc0b618aae39e86044733451bcd0b13089a7f","entrypoint":"normalize_score","kind":"python_callable"},"name":"normalize_score","runtime":{"env":{"MODE":"test"},"environment":{"kind":"pip","packages":["numpy>=2"]},"kind":"python","python_version":"3.12"},"signature":{"inputs":[{"arrow_type":"float64","name":"value","nullable":false}],"output":{"arrow_type":"float64","kind":"scalar","nullable":false}}}
@@ -39,8 +39,5 @@
    "env": {
      "MODE": "test"
    }
-  },
-  "required_secrets": [
-    "API_TOKEN"
-  ]
+  }
 }
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"artifact":{"digest":"sha256:code","entrypoint":"embed","kind":"python_callable"},"created_at":"2026-08-21T00:00:00Z","environment_digest":"sha256:environment","name":"embed","required_secrets":["HF_TOKEN"],"runtime":{"env":{"TOKENIZERS_PARALLELISM":"false"},"environment":{"kind":"pip","packages":["sentence-transformers>=3"]},"kind":"python","python_version":"3.12"},"runtime_digest":"sha256:runtime","signature":{"inputs":[{"arrow_type":"utf8","name":"text","nullable":true}],"output":{"arrow_type":"list<float32>","kind":"scalar","nullable":false}},"version":"fv_01K3EXACT"}
+{"artifact":{"digest":"sha256:code","entrypoint":"embed","kind":"python_callable"},"created_at":"2026-08-21T00:00:00Z","environment_digest":"sha256:environment","name":"embed","runtime":{"env":{"TOKENIZERS_PARALLELISM":"false"},"environment":{"kind":"pip","packages":["sentence-transformers>=3"]},"kind":"python","python_version":"3.12"},"runtime_digest":"sha256:runtime","signature":{"inputs":[{"arrow_type":"utf8","name":"text","nullable":true}],"output":{"arrow_type":"list<float32>","kind":"scalar","nullable":false}},"version":"fv_01K3EXACT"}