Release v7.1.0-rc.2 · lance-format/lance

What's Changed

feat: clean up data files on failed writes by @wjones127 in #6320
feat: query with scalar index support fast search ability by @zhangyue19921010 in #6784
feat: support batch vector queries by @LeoReeYang in #6828
feat: expose index segments in Python scanner by @hfutatzhanghb in #6872
feat(namespace-dir): implement table tag operations by @XuQianJin-Stars in #6886
fix(mem_wal): suppress stale LSM vector-search reads via block-list post-filter by @hamersaw in #6899
feat(rust): support datafusion expressions for merge insert predicates by @Ar-maan05 in #6934
feat(mem_wal): local-scoring FTS search for LSM scanner by @touch-of-grey in #6951
feat: add ICU FTS tokenizer by @Xuanwo in #6956
feat: support update by _row_id for python and java by @yanghua in #6976

fix(docs): update java doc url from com.lancedb to org.lance by @HuaHuaY in #6467
fix: use relaxed recall assertion for HNSW-based indexes by @XuQianJin-Stars in #6620
fix(mem_wal): build secondary indexes when flushing active memtable by @hamersaw in #6901
fix(index): skip scalar index optimize when no unindexed fragments by @zhangyue19921010 in #6905
fix(mem_wal): eliminate fresh-tier stale reads (dedup-on-scan + deletion-vector-on-flush) by @hamersaw in #6929
fix: coerce filter expressions before simplifying by @ddupg in #6935
fix: apply filtered read limit after refine filter by @Xuanwo in #6937
fix: increase nprobes in test_query_delta_indices for deterministic recall by @Jay-ju in #6953
fix(index): clean up IVF shuffler temp dir after index build by @geserdugarov in #6957
fix(java): rename DatasetDelta JNI bindings to match Java declarations by @LuciferYang in #6963
fix: apply fragment-bitmap allow-list to stable-row-id deletion mask by @ragnorc in #6965
fix(encoding): handle u16 num_levels overflow in miniblock List encoding by @touch-of-grey in #6989
fix(encoding): backport corruption-safety fixes to release/v7.1 by @Xuanwo in #8156

docs: add new index page for integrations and fix broken build by @prrao87 in #6915
docs: fix preview pylance install instructions by @prrao87 in #6931

perf: use roaring's range iter to speedup mask_to_offset_ranges by @westonpace in #6871
perf(fts): lazy-load PostingListReader metadata by @wkalt in #6873
perf: fix very long row count times in ivf sampling by @cmccabe in #6930
perf: avoid extra stat for ranged OpenDAL reads by @Xuanwo in #6942

refactor(index): use arrow stats for scalar index stats by @HaochengLIU in #6808
refactor: move mask code into new crate by @westonpace in #6879
refactor(bench): replace mem_wal_read/vector with focused LSM benchmarks by @touch-of-grey in #6882
chore: improve lance maintenance path by @vip892766gma in #6943

Full Changelog: release-root/7.1.0-beta.N...v7.1.0-rc.2