## Summary - publish the PEP 561 `py.typed` marker so downstream type checkers consume the inline public annotations - add a Pyright contract test that distinguishes synchronous `connect` from awaited `connect_async` - verify the marker is present in the installed package ## Root cause The public Python module already annotated `lancedb.connect` as synchronous and `lancedb.connect_async` as asynchronous. The private native `_lancedb.connect` stub is intentionally awaitable because it backs `connect_async`. However, the distribution did not include a PEP 561 marker, so downstream tools such as mypy could ignore the public inline annotations and expose misleading or incomplete type information. ## Validation - `python/.venv/bin/ruff format --check python/python/tests/test_db.py python/python/type_tests/connect.py` - `python/.venv/bin/ruff check .` - `cd python && .venv/bin/pytest python/tests/test_db.py::test_package_includes_pep_561_marker -q` - `cd python && .venv/bin/pyright --pythonpath .venv/bin/python` - downstream mypy contract check for both public connection functions Fixes #2159 <!-- lance-gatekeeper-fix:v1 agent=b07901451487187fc03f61890d3aa6bb generation=1 --> Co-authored-by: lancedb-gatefixer[bot] <313497061+lancedb-gatefixer[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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