v0.14.0

What's Changed

Breaking Changes 🛠

• fix: return correct sub index statistics by @BubbleCal in #2532
• feat: change to snapshot isolation by @wjones127 in #2537

New Features 🎉

• feat: enhance binary array encoding, make it the default by @westonpace in #2521
• feat: stable row id support in queries by @wjones127 in #2452
• feat: make it possible to create v2 fragments using the fragment API by @westonpace in #2534
• feat: add dictionary encoding to lance by @raunaks13 in #2409
• feat: provide a fast ANN search plan by @eddyxu in #2554
• feat: create standalone IVF training API in python by @westonpace in #2553
• feat: support u8 for existing distance types by @BubbleCal in #2501
• feat: reserve cores for IO by @chebbyChefNEQ in #2496
• feat: allow users to create a file writer without a schema by @westonpace in #2558

Bug Fixes 🐛

• fix: pytorch dot inference pass unwanted parameters by @eddyxu in #2539
• fix: show underlying cause of DynamoDB service error by @wjones127 in #2541
• fix: build HNSW with wrong distance type by @BubbleCal in #2533
• fix: propagate storage_options to LanceFragment.create and LanceDataset.commit by @jiachengdb in #2547
• fix: propagate shuffle_partition_concurrency from Python SDK by @jiachengdb in #2564
• fix: avoid multiple threads loading same index partition by @albertlockett in #2559
• fix: failed to return index stats if the first partition is empty by @BubbleCal in #2565
• fix: propagate storage_options to create_index for reading precomputed partition file by @jiachengdb in #2568

Documentation 📚

• docs: artefact_management_doc by @tanaymeh in #2504

Performance Improvements 🚀

• perf: avoid allocating bitvec for each insertion while indexing HNSW by @BubbleCal in #2527

Other Changes

• refactor: move IVF_HNSW_SQ & IVF_FLAT to new buliding & search path by @BubbleCal in #2469
• refactor: flat search to use datafusion top k by @eddyxu in #2535
• refactor: remove generic PQ impl and trait by @BubbleCal in #2529

New Contributors

• @jiachengdb made their first contribution in #2547
• @walterddr made their first contribution in #2382

Full Changelog: v0.13.0...v0.14.0