## Summary - add deterministic regression coverage that `Table.add()` releases backing Arrow buffers without cyclic garbage collection - track the foreign buffer owner rather than RSS, separating live input retention from allocator high-water behavior - preserve the bounded-lifetime behavior of the Scannable writer that superseded the historical preprocessing path ## Root cause The historical Python preprocessing/write path produced a high allocator RSS while ingesting very wide IPC batches. The current Scannable writer releases each input buffer when `Table.add()` completes; remaining RSS is allocator high-water rather than a live Arrow reference. The resolved behavior had no regression coverage, so a future native lifetime regression could silently reintroduce the original failure mode. ## Validation - `uv run --extra tests --extra dev maturin develop` - `uv run --project python --extra tests pytest python/python/tests/test_table.py::test_add python/python/tests/test_table.py::test_add_releases_arrow_buffers_without_gc -q` - `uv run --project python --extra dev ruff format --check python/python/tests/test_table.py` - `uv run --project python --extra dev ruff check .` Fixes #2512 <!-- lance-gatekeeper-fix:v1 agent=29226408a8d07da592daf341d5384e37 generation=1 --> Co-authored-by: Gatefixer <313497061+lancedb-gatefixer[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
The Multimodal AI Lakehouse
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The ultimate multimodal data platform for AI/ML applications.
LanceDB is designed for fast, scalable, and production-ready vector search. It is built on top of the Lance columnar format. You can store, index, and search over petabytes of multimodal data and vectors with ease. LanceDB is a central location where developers can build, train and analyze their AI workloads.
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Key Features:
- Fast Vector Search: Search billions of vectors in milliseconds with state-of-the-art indexing.
- Comprehensive Search: Support for vector similarity search, full-text search and SQL.
- Multimodal Support: Store, query and filter vectors, metadata and multimodal data (text, images, videos, point clouds, and more).
- Advanced Features: Zero-copy, automatic versioning, manage versions of your data without needing extra infrastructure. GPU support in building vector index.
Products:
- Open Source & Local: 100% open source, runs locally or in your cloud. No vendor lock-in.
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Ecosystem:
- Columnar Storage: Built on the Lance columnar format for efficient storage and analytics.
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- Rich Ecosystem: Integrations with LangChain 🦜️🔗, LlamaIndex 🦙, Apache-Arrow, Pandas, Polars, DuckDB and more on the way.
How to Install:
Follow the Quickstart doc to set up LanceDB locally.
API & SDK: We also support Python, Typescript and Rust SDKs
| Interface | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Python SDK | https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/python/python/ |
| Typescript SDK | https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/js/globals/ |
| Rust SDK | https://docs.rs/lancedb/latest/lancedb/index.html |
| REST API | https://docs.lancedb.com/api-reference/rest |
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