v10.0.0-beta.7

What's Changed

Breaking Changes 🛠

• perf(cache)!: use fixed-size cache keys by @Ali2Arslan in #7878

New Features 🎉

• feat: introduce exact file format identity and persisted codecs by @Xuanwo in #7879
• feat(python): expose LABEL_LIST segment index build by @ddupg in #7884
• feat(namespace): idempotent create_table_version with strict CAS and dotfile-safe reserved marker by @XuQianJin-Stars in #7940

Bug Fixes 🐛

• fix: don't quote column names in list_indices by @dantasse in #7503
• fix(sql): reject invalid LIKE/ILIKE escape strings by @wjones127 in #7810
• fix(core): validate CPU/IO env vars with a diagnosable error by @LuciferYang in #7856
• fix(core): bound SlotBackoff retry sleeps and fix slot overflow by @LuciferYang in #7883
• fix(index): correct offset→row-id translation for overlay masking under deletions by @wjones127 in #7918
• fix(index): keep overlays masked when updating a non-indexed column by @wjones127 in #7926
• fix(index): prune stale index coverage during rebase by @ddupg in #8011
• fix(index): make vector append segment-set-native by @Xuanwo in #8047
• fix(arrow): preserve all-null struct validity during merge by @mmatczuk in #8049
• fix(io): stabilize wrapper identity in object store cache by @Xuanwo in #8068
• fix(blob): preserve null and empty values across reads and compaction by @Xuanwo in #8070
• fix(fts): propagate nested multimatch limits by @BubbleCal in #8073

Documentation 📚

• docs: include lance-context in the full website build by @beinan in #8014
• docs: define legacy compatibility boundaries by @Xuanwo in #8039

Performance Improvements 🚀

• perf(index): list index segment files concurrently when committing segments by @xloya in #7657
• perf: improve performance of CandidateBin.split_for_size by @fangbo in #8000
• perf(cache): use the quick_cache backend for the session metadata cache by @LuQQiu in #8013

Other Changes

• refactor(fts): separate document identity from row addresses by @Xuanwo in #7863

Full Changelog: v10.0.0-beta.6...v10.0.0-beta.7