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python-v0.35.0-beta.2

1Panel-dev/1Panelpython-v0.35.0-beta.2Jul 14, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

This beta release mirrors the Node/Rust updates, focusing on Python-specific enhancements including the blob v2 fetch API, WatsonxReranker integration, FTS tokenization, and fixes for hybrid search and embedding functions.

Key Highlights

  • Blob v2 fetch API implementation
  • WatsonxReranker integration
  • Full-text search tokenization
  • Bug fixes for hybrid search distance bounds and phrase semantics

New Features

  • Blob v2 fetch API
  • WatsonxReranker component support
  • Table FTS query tokenization

Full Release Notes

## 🎉 New Features

- feat(python): blob v2 fetch API by @geruh in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3578
- feat(python): added support for WatsonxReranker component by @MateuszOssGit in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3642
- feat: add table FTS query tokenization by @jackye1995 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3659

## 🐛 Bug Fixes

- fix(python): preserve zero distance bounds in hybrid search by @u70b3 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3652
- fix(python): gemini batching, user agent and variable dims by @markmcd in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3618
- fix(python): preserve phrase semantics in sync queries by @u70b3 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3654
- fix(python): fill bad vector values element-wise by @prrao87 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3613
- fix(rust): skip embedding functions for empty batches by @u70b3 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3646

## 📚 Documentation

- docs: add LanceDB agent skill for portable pipelines by @prrao87 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3662

## 🚀 Performance Improvements

- perf: skip Dataset::index_statistics() for all index types by @wjones127 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3346

## 🔧 Build and CI

- ci: remove CODEOWNERS file by @wjones127 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3655