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What's Changed

Breaking Changes 🛠

refactor!: compose exact current-format readers by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8024
refactor: centralize exact dataset write policy by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8025
refactor: move file-version selectors to lance-file by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8026
refactor: centralize dataset version policies by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8027
refactor: make index file versions exact by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8028
feat(mem_wal): return the sealed generation from force_seal_active by @hamersaw in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8051
feat(mem_wal): expose whether an index type can be maintained by @hamersaw in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8095
fix(cache): deduplicate deep size accounting by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8159
fix(encoding): return errors for malformed variable-width offsets by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8172
fix(index): align HNSW construction with reference by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8188
fix(core)!: stop reusing fragment ids across an overwrite by @wjones127 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8206
feat(compaction)!: support max_source_rows and max_source_bytes limits by @zhangyue19921010 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8235
fix(dataset)!: conflict a NOT NULL tightening with concurrent writes by @wkalt in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8347
feat(mem_wal): validate maintained indexes against the writer's rules by @hamersaw in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8360
fix(datafusion): use caller session for filter planning by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8407
feat(format): add IndexMetadata.covering_fields for covering indexes by @vivek-bharathan in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8535

Critical Fixes ‼️

fix(encoding): bounds-check the length prefix in VariableFullZipDecoder::unzip by @professor-moody in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8138
fix(encoding): reject out-of-bounds variable-width offsets on decode by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8144

New Features 🎉

feat(java): expose ArrowArrayStream export on LanceScanner by @sezruby in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7259
feat(scanner): add external row-address mask prefilter by @JulianYG in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7288
feat(cache): support register and switch pluggable cache backend by @yanghua in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7683
feat: per value support for fixed-length packed structs by @morales-t-netflix in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7714
feat(index): add FTS document granularity by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7788
feat(python): expose file size from LanceFileWriter by @FANNG1 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7876
perf(dataset): spill large inline transaction out of manifest by @zhangyue19921010 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7881
feat(index): add zone map support for all data types by @westonpace in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8017
feat: support shared session for fragment API by @zhangyue19921010 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8034
feat(index): stop HNSW greedy descent before level 0 by @u70b3 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8035
feat(java): add OpenTelemetry metrics bridge by @yanghua in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8064
feat(java): expose fragment statics through java blocking dataset by @zhangyue19921010 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8072
feat(sql): add blob handling to query builder by @dentiny in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8087
feat(java): expose index build progress callbacks by @hfutatzhanghb in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8090
feat(fts): add composable scorer core for multimatch by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8092
feat(fts): compose boolean and phrase scorers by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8093
feat(fts): compose boosted compound scorers by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8094
feat(object-store): add explicit IRSA and ECS credential storage options by @westonpace in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8103
feat(python): expose max_source_fragments in compact_files by @zhangyue19921010 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8116
feat(fts): export CompoundQueryExec and support an injected base scorer by @LuQQiu in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8131
feat(goosefs): implement safe commit with ConditionalPutCommitHandler by @XuQianJin-Stars in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8134
feat(mem_wal): expose frozen memtable and backpressure stats by @hamersaw in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8241
feat(rowids): validate stable row ids in Dataset::validate by @wjones127 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8258
feat(mem-wal): record index catch-up positions and withdraw them on index change by @xuanyu-z in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8263
feat(java): add scanner performance and memory options by @everySympathy in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8288
feat(dataset): per-fragment column writes that survive compaction by @wkalt in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8313
feat(python): expose BlobFile.read_ranges by @keunhong in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8319
feat(mem_wal): support delete against non-nullable base columns by @hamersaw in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8352
feat(java): expose index segment sizes by @majin1102 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8355
feat(python): add RowIdSequence for constructing row id metadata by @wjones127 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8356
feat(fts): show tokenized queries in analyze plan by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8414
feat(python): expose FTS query tokenization by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8415
feat(merge_insert): add write_mode to select how merged rows are written by @LuciferYang in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8423
feat(python): expose LanceFragment.validate by @keunhong in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8428
feat(java): support cache backend register and switch by @yanghua in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8446
feat(python): expose updated_fragment_offsets in the Update operation binding by @pengw0048 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8447
feat(java): expose manifest location metadata by @everySympathy in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8450
feat(java): expose manifest writer version by @everySympathy in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8451
feat(java): add efficient dataset version count by @everySympathy in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8453
feat(fts): expose pure SHOULD MAXSCORE metrics by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8475
feat(mem-wal): derive index catch-up from the version a commit read by @xuanyu-z in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8481
feat: add Dataset::migrate_to_stable_row_ids migration method by @westonpace in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8521
feat(dataset): add lightweight dataset version references by @dentiny in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8523
feat(deps): prune unused dependencies by @dentiny in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8524
feat(python): expose frozen memtable metrics in memtable_stats by @hamersaw in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8526
feat(compaction): support excluding fragments from planning by @everySympathy in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8532
feat: report the row ids deleted between two versions by @wkalt in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8589
feat(mem_wal): observe flush latency through the metrics facade by @hamersaw in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8625
feat(sql): expose batch size to sql builder by @dentiny in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8648
feat(fts): add cross-column scorer composition by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8685

Bug Fixes 🐛

fix(java): expose updatedFragmentOffsets on Update operation for RewriteColumns by @jerryjch in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/6748
fix(index): drop stale per-segment rows in vector search after in-place column update by @wombatu-kun in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7371
fix: fall back to AVX2 f16 kernels on AVX-512 CPUs by @paramt in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7428
fix: validate merge schema field bindings by @wkalt in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7703
fix: recognize own commit on conflict and avoid deleting committed artifacts by @jackye1995 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7722
fix(bloomfilter): bound read/write to prevent BinaryArray i32 offset overflow by @zhangyue19921010 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7753
fix(ngram): recheck contains() with sub-trigram needle instead of dropping rows by @Ar-maan05 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7845
fix(index): don't report a ZoneMap value range that an overlay may have escaped by @wjones127 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7924
fix(datagen): preserve timestamp time zones by @xixiGoodLuck in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7946
fix(index): align scalar index field type support by @ddupg in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7966
fix(fts): re-evaluate overlay-stale rows without segment scans by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7975
fix(lance-io): request vended credentials explicitly in namespace provider by @rpgreen in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7978
fix(io): publish object store metrics for local reads and writes by @wjones127 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7994
fix(jni): align CommitBuilder.storageFormat() parsing with LanceFileVersion::from_str by @ivscheianu in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8063
fix(core): key row id sequence cache on fragment contents by @wjones127 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8078
fix(index): keep address-domain indices off replaced fragments by @wjones127 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8084
fix(index): use zone map index for IS NOT NULL predicates by @westonpace in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8088
fix(datagen): make default temporal ranges deterministic by @westonpace in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8121
fix(index): compare Hamming IVF centroids during merge by @jackye1995 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8132
fix: preserve row address filters with stable row ids by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8145
fix(index): resolve nested vector index field paths by @justinrmiller in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8148
fix: preserve schema metadata precedence on merge by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8160
fix(python): preserve commit handler exceptions by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8162
fix: type scoring columns in projection expressions by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8163
fix(io): return an error for short reads by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8164
fix(index): preserve row addresses in JSON index training by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8165
fix(index): replace same-name index segments across types by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8166
fix(index): count HNSW entry point at every level by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8167
fix: reject missing merge insert update addresses by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8168
fix: bound commit conflict retry backoff by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8169
fix: dedupe unmatched merge insert source rows by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8171
fix(encoding): reject invalid miniblock row counts by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8173
fix(storage): preserve multipart part identity across retries by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8174
fix(merge_insert): deduplicate indexed candidates by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8176
fix(ci): treat missing merge_insert base tag as not generated by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8177
fix: preserve large unsigned SQL filter literals by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8178
fix: avoid Greek stemmer UTF-8 panic by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8183
fix(java): type scanner operation failures by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8184
fix(fts): align list post-filter with indexed semantics by @Ecthlion in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8185
fix(index): push down deeply nested scalar filters by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8186
fix: respect external base layout in tracked files by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8187
fix: align byte-sized batches across data files by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8189
fix(ci): enlarge mem pool only around merge_insert index build by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8191
fix(index): initialize indices on nested fields by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8192
fix: deduplicate MemWAL IN point keys by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8197
fix: return error for divergent MemWAL schemas by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8198
fix: prevent update false negatives for address-domain indices by @app/lance-gatekeeper in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8203
fix: retain empty vector index definitions in retain_relevant_indices by @wkalt in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8208
fix(fts): cover all segments for fragment scans by @ddupg in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8211
fix: tolerate concurrent manifest cleanup by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8213
fix(index): accept "RQ" when parsing QuantizationType by @jackylee-ch in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8214
fix: avoid v2.2 panic for full dictionaries by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8219
fix(encoding): reject mismatched dictionary index widths by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8220
fix(index): remap bloom filter search results by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8223
fix: validate GBO descriptors before metadata I/O by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8227
fix(docs): stop make help from running the website build by @jackylee-ch in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8230
fix: restore main CI after exact-format reader refactor by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8231
fix(namespace): self-heal DirectoryNamespace read manifest cache by @rpgreen in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8233
fix(table): reject corrupt row ID metadata by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8254
fix: compute row offsets for unsorted addresses by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8255
fix(lance): propagate deletion vector read errors by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8256
fix: include highest fragment in legacy prefilter masks by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8257
fix(rowids): validate serialized row ID metadata by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8259
fix: remove duplicate LanceFileVersion import in lance-file tests by @wjones127 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8261
fix(mem-wal): reject stale SSTable compaction progress by @xuanyu-z in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8262
fix: manifest file walkers miss data-overlay files by @LuciferYang in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8267
fix(ci): budget merge insert benchmark memory by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8271
fix: validate top-level schema names in linear time by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8274
fix(geo): preserve RTree bounds for empty batches by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8287
fix(fts): sum all boolean must scores by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8292
fix(index): handle partial FTS prewarm under cache pressure by @ChilePiquin in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8298
fix: add fallback case for SIMD_SUPPORT by @dtolnay in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8303
fix: clear stale manifest index section by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8308
fix(test): pass stable_row_ids to create_text_dataset call site by @wjones127 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8311
fix(fts): normalize token cursor before incremental merge by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8312
fix: remove empty index directories during cleanup by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8322
fix(cleanup): reclaim superseded index files promptly by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8323
fix(dataset): advance row lineage on DataReplacement by @wkalt in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8337
fix(index): drop stale rows when merging vector index segments by @wombatu-kun in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8342
fix: support blob v2 in fragment update_columns by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8344
fix(index): release IVF late-search barrier for skipped deltas by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8350
fix(dataset): prevent deleting branches referenced by tags by @dentiny in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8365
fix(java): correct CompactionMode type across the JNI boundary by @zhangyue19921010 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8367
fix(rowids): wrap Vec<u8> as InlineRowIds in validate tests by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8368
fix: prevent unsafe COS manifest commits by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8369
fix(encoding): return errors for unsupported v2.0 field types by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8370
fix(python): avoid reopening dataset when pickling fragments by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8373
fix(build): support pre-Haswell x86_64 hosts by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8377
fix(io): preserve Windows UNC share roots by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8378
fix: normalize PyArrow Substrait list names by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8381
fix(encoding): validate variable-width Arrow offsets by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8382
fix: return error for invalid list page encoding by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8384
fix: support bitwise shift SQL expressions by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8388
fix(io): support GCS workload identity credentials by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8389
fix(io): respect custom S3 endpoints from AWS profiles by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8390
fix(index): correct cosine RabitQ query factor by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8393
fix: allow empty V1 writes with non-nullable columns by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8394
fix(index): search legacy truncated PQ indexes by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8396
fix: avoid deadlock when opening scan fragments by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8397
fix: filter stale physical row ids in take by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8401
fix(index): convert JSON values during index updates by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8404
fix(storage): report AWS credential failures as I/O by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8406
fix(java): carry alterColumns cast type across FFI via C Data Interface by @puchengy in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8417
fix(docs): align integrations nav with website assembly script by @jackylee-ch in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8419
fix(linalg): drop casts that make clippy::use_self fail off the CI baseline by @LuciferYang in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8424
fix: report JSON index statistics by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8437
fix(mem-wal): carry fragments through UpdateMemWalState by @xuanyu-z in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8438
fix: compile the lance tests after the compacted_sstables rename by @wombatu-kun in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8440
fix(fts): include must-not clauses in query planning by @ddupg in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8443
fix(tag): make tag creation atomic by @dentiny in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8459
fix(doc): fix documentation on create_branch behavior by @dentiny in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8462
fix: reject zero cleanup retention by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8467
fix(fts): make score sum upper bounds conservative by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8473
fix(indexing): write FTS metadata even without partitions by @cmccabe in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8482
fix: validate substrait filters that need no field pruning by @1fanwang in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8484
fix(ci): resolve stable file versions in slow tests by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8485
fix(index): align HNSW flat search distance bounds by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8496
fix(commit): make object storage authoritative for external manifests by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8499
fix: handle reordered sources in indexed merge insert by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8509
fix(fts): ignore posting format version across mixed FTS segments by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8525
fix(scan): preserve filtered read schema metadata by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8536
fix(mem-wal): install conflicts with concurrent schema-changing merge by @wkalt in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8539
fix(linalg): validate multivec_distance input instead of panicking by @LuciferYang in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8542
fix(build): fix build in main by @dentiny in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8543
fix(geo): skip empty geometries in RTree indexes by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8545
fix: raise typed CommitConflictError instead of bare OSError by @lichuang in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8563
fix(java): hold Dataset read lock when passing Dataset into native calls by @zhangyue19921010 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8575
fix(linalg): use a lane-wise intrinsic for i32x8 multiplication on x86 by @LuciferYang in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8579
fix(fsst): reject corrupt symbol tables and offsets on decode by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8588
fix: make MemWAL HNSW snapshots publication-consistent by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8591
fix(linalg): validate distance input lengths by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8594
fix(python): return a shared background executor by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8596
fix(encoding): always validate Arrow conversions by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8597
fix(index): initialize BQ distance buffers by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8598
fix(encoding): initialize bitpacking output buffers by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8599
fix(select): make row address iterators safe by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8600
fix(encoding): reject bytepacking overflow by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8601
fix(index): make IVF buffer setter safe by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8602
fix(java): narrow JNI byte slice casts by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8603
fix(dataset): isolate wrapped additional base stores by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8609
fix(encoding): reject zero fixed-size-list dimension in repdef decimation by @westonpace in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8618
fix(index): avoid fragment reuse cache deadlock by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8620
fix(table): restore migration_next_row_id on ManifestBuildConfig by @wjones127 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8629
fix(java): preserve sessions on dataset checkout by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8650
fix(io): normalize OpenDAL listed paths by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8654
fix(fts): preserve exact wand score bounds by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8666
fix(fts): chunk posting reads during segment merge by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8668
fix: encode JSON string expressions during updates by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8669
fix: preserve the row id high-water mark across restore by @wkalt in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8671
fix(io): add upload context to object store write failures by @jackye1995 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8682
fix(fts): derive empty segment codec from format by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8687
fix(linalg): gate AMX FP16 import by target by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8690
fix(fts): preserve exact top-level multimatch ties by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8702
fix(io): stop serializing multipart uploads behind batch encoding by @jackye1995 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8706
fix: conflict schema metadata updates with merges by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8707
fix: delete data files when cleanup retains an older tag by @XuQianJin-Stars in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8708

Documentation 📚

docs(format): correct vector index schemas and fix broken examples by @jackylee-ch in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8215
docs: convert ignore doctests to compiling examples by @jackylee-ch in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8216
docs: require duplicate PR checks by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8265
docs(python): show how to specify row ids in update transactions by @wjones127 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8357
docs: explain remote scan concurrency controls by @app/lance-gatefixer in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8387
docs(format): add FM-Index to scalar index navigation by @jackylee-ch in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8395
docs: update crate READMEs to lance-format org by @jackylee-ch in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8398
docs: use indices instead of indexes in guide and quickstart by @jackylee-ch in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8399
docs: fix broken observability and tokenizer links by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8413
docs(python): fix docstring parameter names that do not exist by @jackylee-ch in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8420
docs: avoid mint wording in stable row id docs by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8425
docs: fix stale links, a broken path, and typos in contributor and quickstart docs by @jackylee-ch in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8432
docs: trim redundant agent guidance by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8439
docs: update Jeremy Leibs' affiliation by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8683

Performance Improvements 🚀

perf: serialize updated_fragment_offsets as RoaringBitmap bytes in proto by @jerryjch in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7432
perf(index): use dot distance for cosine in FlatFloatStorage by @clearlove10-c in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7777
perf(index): sample PQ training data before sub-vector copies by @u70b3 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/7930
perf(encoding): preallocate fixed-width decode buffers exactly by @everySympathy in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8091
perf: skip index metadata deep clone and compare when no vector inference is needed by @LuQQiu in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8107
perf(fts): pre-load doc lengths in parallel on cold deferred search path by @westonpace in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8119
perf(index): skip the write-only distance column when loading HNSW partitions by @wombatu-kun in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8136
perf(fts): bound compound score-floor tie buffering by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8161
perf(transaction): avoid O(n*m) fragment compares in build_manifest for Update/Delete by @zhangyue19921010 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8210
perf(fts): order conjunction approximations by cost by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8299
perf(fts): short-circuit conjunction confirmations by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8354
perf(fts): lazily score optional boolean clauses by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8448
perf(fts): add MAXSCORE for pure SHOULD queries by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8474
perf: push down fragment-scoped filtered counts by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8515
perf(deps): gate lance-datafusion datagen tooling by @dentiny in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8527
perf(dataset): cache object stores for additional base paths by @LuQQiu in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8530
perf(rowids): keep the scan position when reading a segment in order by @pengw0048 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8534
perf(index): route fp16 IVF partition assignment through an AMX-FP16 GEMM by @xtangxtang in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8540
perf(index): skip unnecessary null tracking for BTree and Bitmap indexes by @everySympathy in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8577
perf(filtered-read): prune non-candidate fragment metadata by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8587
perf(ci): parallelize Python tests and shorten the macOS Rust job by @wjones127 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8628
perf(dataset): binary search the manifest in get_fragment by @zhangyue19921010 in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8636
perf(fts): enable bounded cross-column search by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8689
perf(fts): add WAND exactness certificate by @BubbleCal in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8703
perf(build): revert default target back to haswell (avx2) by @westonpace in https://github.com/lance-format/lance/pull/8754