lancedb-gatefixer[bot] ae81d73563 fix: share scans across batched vector queries (#3805)
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## Summary

- use the Lance native batch KNN path so fixed-size batch vector
searches share one flat table scan
- validate consistent query-vector dimensions and retain the per-vector
plan when offsets require its existing semantics
- add Rust and Python regressions and update Rust, Python, and
TypeScript API documentation

## Root cause

LanceDB expanded every vector in a batch into a separate scan plan and
joined the plans with `UnionExec`. For unindexed tables on S3, a batch
of ten vectors therefore ran ten concurrent full scans, amplifying CPU
and retained data enough to produce the reported memory spike.

The native Lance batch KNN path performs bounded-memory selection for
all query vectors over one flat scan. LanceDB now supplies the vectors
as a batch and avoids applying a global scanner limit to the combined
per-query results. Batch queries with a nonzero offset keep the previous
plan because the native batch API does not support per-query offsets.

## Validation

- targeted Rust batch-query plan and execution tests
- `cargo check --quiet --features remote --tests --examples`
- `cargo clippy --quiet --features remote --tests --examples`
- `cargo fmt --all -- --check`
- targeted Python batch-vector regression after rebuilding the extension
- Ruff formatting/checks for the touched Python files
- Node.js build, lint, docs generation, and targeted batch-vector Jest
test
- `git diff --check`

Fixes #2468

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Co-authored-by: Gatefixer <313497061+lancedb-gatefixer[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Xuanwo <github@xuanwo.io>
2026-08-27 04:23:28 +08:00
2023-03-17 18:15:19 -07:00
2025-03-10 09:01:23 -07:00

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