lancedb

v0.29.1-beta.0 Feature

This release adds 3 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.

Published 16d Vector Databases

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Summary

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Updates 🎉 New Features, nodejs, and python across a mixed release.

Changes in this release

Type	Severity	Summary	CVE
Feature
Feature	Low	add namespace management methods on Connection add namespace management methods on Connection Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-19 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	expose connectNamespace for namespace-backed connections expose connectNamespace for namespace-backed connections Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-19 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	add Scannable primitive for streaming ingestion add Scannable primitive for streaming ingestion Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-19 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	support `bytes` in `lit()` expressions support `bytes` in `lit()` expressions Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-19 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	add Connection.renameTable with namespace support add Connection.renameTable with namespace support Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-19 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	add order_by method to Query add order_by method to Query Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-19 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	support setting unenforced primary key support setting unenforced primary key Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-19 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	support setting LSM write spec for a table support setting LSM write spec for a table Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-19 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	add public take_offsets method on Permutation add public take_offsets method on Permutation Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-19 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	invalid namespace mode/behavior now raises ValueError invalid namespace mode/behavior now raises ValueError Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-19 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	map lance-namespace errors to TableNotFound / TableAlreadyExists map lance-namespace errors to TableNotFound / TableAlreadyExists Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-19 Confidence: high	—

Full changelog

🎉 New Features

feat(nodejs): add namespace management methods on Connection by @brendanclement in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3371
feat(nodejs): expose connectNamespace for namespace-backed connections by @brendanclement in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3383
feat(nodejs): add Scannable primitive for streaming ingestion by @Its-Tanay in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3271
feat(python): support bytes in lit() expressions by @shenganzhang in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3387
feat(nodejs): add Connection.renameTable with namespace support by @nehaaprasaad in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3365
feat(nodejs): add order_by method to Query by @ddupg in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3123
feat: support setting unenforced primary key by @touch-of-grey in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3394
feat: support setting LSM write spec for a table by @touch-of-grey in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3396
feat(python): add public take_offsets method on Permutation by @geruh in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3375

🐛 Bug Fixes

fix(python): invalid namespace mode/behavior was silently ignored, now raises ValueError by @brendanclement in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3388
fix(rust): map lance-namespace errors to TableNotFound / TableAlreadyExists by @justinrmiller in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3385

🔧 Build and CI

ci(nodejs): switch from npm to pnpm 11 by @wjones127 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3373
ci: bump version after 0.29 release by @westonpace in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3378

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v0.30.0-beta.0 Fixes nested field paths support in native index creation
vpython-v0.32.0 Namespace naming and enterprise integration refactored with breaking changes
v0.29.0 Consolidate namespace related naming and enterprise integration