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🛠 Breaking Changes refactor!: drop unused loss field from IndexStatistics fix!: combine repeated where filters with AND instead of replacing 🎉 New Features feat(python): unify sync create_index API to match async API feat(table): route merge_insert through the MemWAL LSM write path feat(python): support remote tables in PyTorch dataloaders feat: add...
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VARIANT data type on Delta Direct tables (General availability)
With this release, Snowflake supports the VARIANT data type on Iceberg tables created from Delta table files in object storage (Delta Direct). When your Delta tables include variant columns, Snowflake maps them to the Snowflake VARIANT data type. You can query semi-structured data using VARIANT functions and dot or bracket notation.
Metadata-based sensitive data classification recommendations (Public Preview)
Snowflake is rolling out metadata-based sensitive data classification recommendations in Snowsight to help you identify databases that are likely to contain sensitive data and enable classification with one click.
Lakeflow Connect row filtering is now generally available
Row filtering in Lakeflow Connect is now generally available. Row filtering allows you to ingest only the rows you need by applying conditions similar to a SQL WHERE clause, improving performance and minimizing data duplication.
Genie One enhancements and bug fixes
- Ontology snippets (Public Preview) : Genie One now supports ontology snippets. This feature is in Public Preview. Contact your Databricks account team to sign up. See Genie Ontology . Document edit timestamps : Documents now show the date and time they were last edited. See Documents in Genie One . Links in documents : Documents now support links.
Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements
- Agent mode is generally available : Agent mode in Genie Agents (formerly Genie Spaces) is now generally available. Agent mode uses multi-step reasoning to answer complex, exploratory questions with a report that includes citations, visualizations, and supporting tables. See Genie Agents concepts .
[Launched] Generally available: Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 on Azure Databricks
Azure Databricks now supports Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 through Azure Databricks AI Model Serving. Claude Sonnet 5 is Anthropic's most agentic Sonnet model to date, delivering near-Opus-level intelligence with Sonnet's cost efficiency and speed. Designed
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Node/Rust LanceDB v0.33.0
🛠 Breaking Changes feat(python)!: align Permutation.with_format("torch") with HuggingFace set_format("torch") 🎉 New Features feat: add an elastic dataloader as an iterable dataset feat: support date, datetime, bytes, and Decimal literals in expr builder feat(python)!: align Permutation.with_format("torch") with HuggingFace set_format("torch") feat: add...
Node/Rust LanceDB v0.30.0
🛠 Breaking Changes fix: support nested field paths in native index creation 🎉 New Features feat(nodejs): add namespace management methods on Connection feat(nodejs): expose connectNamespace for namespace-backed connections feat(nodejs): add Scannable primitive for streaming ingestion feat(python): support bytes in lit() expressions feat(nodejs): add...
LanceDB v0.37.1
🛠 Breaking Changes feat(rust)!: make add_columns a builder fix(python): avoid debugger deadlock during connection inspection feat: infer maintained indexes when an LsmWriteSpec omits them 🎉 New Features feat(fts): add block size configuration feat(query): add use_lsm to read MemWAL LSM data feat: support batched blob range reads feat(python): expose...
Node/Rust LanceDB v0.29.0
🛠 Breaking Changes refactor!: consolidate namespace related naming and enterprise integration 🎉 New Features feat(python): support Enum types in Pydantic to Arrow schema conversion feat: add user_id field to ClientConfig for user identification feat(python): support child namepsace operations and json serialization for LanceDBConnection feat(rust)...
LanceDB v0.38.0
🛠 Breaking Changes fix: make table existence manifest-authoritative refactor(python): require pydantic v2 fix(nodejs)!: key parsed embedding configs by vector column feat!: rename branch merge to cherry_pick feat(nodejs): materialized view bindings fix: package ordinary @udf bodies and emit only the V1 type grammar fix(node): preserve embedding...
LanceDB v0.39.0
🛠 Breaking Changes feat: record the source namespace in a materialized view definition fix: stop enabling stable row ids on blob table create feat!: replace get_job/job_history with describe_job/query_job_events feat: function columns on materialized views fix(remote): align Function CRUD routes feat: recompute computed column rows whose inputs changed 🎉...
Node/Rust LanceDB v0.27.2
🎉 New Features feat: update lance dependency to v3.0.1 feat(rust): parallel inserts for remote tables via multipart write feat: progress bar for add() feat: update lance dependency to v4.0.0-rc.3 feat(node): support Float16, Float64, and Uint8 vector queries feat(python): add type-safe expression builder API 🐛 Bug Fixes fix(ci): bump AWS SDK MSRV pins to...
LanceDB v0.40.0
This stable release uses Lance 13.0.0 and is maintained on release/v0.40. Java packaging: Use com.lancedb:lancedb-core:0.40.0. The Maven artifacts were built from release-branch commit 711deef7, which corrects version serialization in the tag's Maven POMs. The Java runtime code is unchanged.