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v0.33.0

openai/openai-realtime-agentsv0.33.0Jul 28, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

LanceDB v0.33.0 introduces support for Tencent COS and GooseFS object stores, enhances query capabilities with new literal types and FTS tokenization, and improves performance and reliability through various bug fixes and OpenTelemetry metrics.

Key Highlights

  • Added Tencent COS and GooseFS object store support via new feature flags.
  • Enhanced query capabilities with date, datetime, bytes, and Decimal literals.
  • Integrated Lance metrics via OpenTelemetry for better observability.
  • Improved stability with bug fixes for embedding functions and memory bounds.

Breaking Changes

  • Aligned `Permutation.with_format("torch")` behavior with HuggingFace `set_format("torch")` in Python.

New Features

  • Added elastic dataloader as an iterable dataset.
  • Added support for date, datetime, bytes, and Decimal literals in expression builder.
  • Added `get_lsm_write_spec` to read installed LSM write specifications.
  • Exposed Lance metrics via OpenTelemetry in Python and Node.
  • Added blob v2 fetch API in Python.
  • Added support for WatsonxReranker component.
  • Added table full-text search (FTS) query tokenization.
  • Added support for distributed analyze plan metrics in clients.
  • Published lancedb-compat wheels for pre-Haswell x86_64 hosts.
  • Added skill references to work with jobs.
  • Added remote branch diff and merge client APIs.
  • Added branch skill updates for merge operations.

Full Release Notes

## 🛠 Breaking Changes

- feat(python)!: align `Permutation.with_format("torch")` with HuggingFace `set_format("torch")` by @omkar-334 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3369

## 🎉 New Features

- feat: add an elastic dataloader as an iterable dataset by @westonpace in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3509
- feat: support date, datetime, bytes, and Decimal literals in expr builder by @lakshjain7 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3235
- feat(python)!: align `Permutation.with_format("torch")` with HuggingFace `set_format("torch")` by @omkar-334 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3369
- feat: add get_lsm_write_spec to read the installed LSM write spec by @hamersaw in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3631
- feat: add Tencent COS and GooseFS object store support via new feature flags by @XuQianJin-Stars in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3526
- feat: expose Lance metrics via OpenTelemetry in Python and Node by @wjones127 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3609
- 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
- feat: support distributed analyze plan metrics in clients by @jackye1995 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3675
- feat(wheels): publish lancedb-compat for pre-Haswell x86_64 hosts by @tobocop2 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3327
- feat: skill references to work with jobs (incl server connection) by @dantasse in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3683
- feat: add remote branch diff and merge client APIs by @geruh in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3686
- feat: branch skill updates for merge by @dantasse in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3685

## 🐛 Bug Fixes

- fix: handle empty/wrong-length vectors returned by embedding functions by @Spectual in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3192
- fix(python): resolve Ollama embedding serialization error in create_table by @Missing-Identity in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3583
- fix(python): flatten_columns raises when flatten=False by @PranavAchar01 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3629
- fix: avoid manifest writes for read-only directory namespace opens by @Xuanwo in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3635
- 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
- fix(python): route local sync namespace operations through rust by @jackye1995 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3606
- fix(python): bound scanner memory for wide-row bulk ingestion by @wjones127 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3625
- fix(python): raise clear ValueError when vector column cannot be infe… by @Vitaliy-Pikalo in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3567
- fix(rust): bound remote insert request size to avoid ingestion timeouts by @wjones127 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3630
- fix(node): sanitize Map fields across Arrow versions by @u70b3 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3650
- fix(python): allow selection of _rowid in Permutation by @erandagan in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3133

## 📚 Documentation

- docs: add LanceDB agent skill for portable pipelines by @prrao87 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3662
- docs(java): fill Java API reference gaps by @prrao87 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3615

## 🚀 Performance Improvements

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

## Other Changes

- refactor: move lancedb skill to a codex/claude plugin by @dantasse in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3681

## 🔧 Build and CI

- ci: add CODEOWNERS file for sensitive paths by @octo-patch in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3312
- ci(nodejs): move Windows builds to larger runner and use ThinLTO by @wjones127 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3634
- ci: remove CODEOWNERS file by @wjones127 in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3655
- ci: pin ad-m/github-push-action to a full commit SHA in the release job by @kobihikri in https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/pull/3677