> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pixeltable.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Changelog

> Release notes for Pixeltable covering new features, performance improvements, bug fixes, and breaking changes across SDK versions.

## Contributors

Pixeltable is built by a vibrant community of contributors. We're grateful for everyone who has helped make Pixeltable better!

**Want to contribute?** Check out our [Contributing Guide](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/tree/main?tab=contributing-ov-file#readme) to get started.

**Top Contributors:** View our top contributors on [GitHub](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/graphs/contributors).

***

## Release History

View the complete release history for Pixeltable below. Each release includes detailed information about new features, bug fixes, and improvements.

For the latest release information, visit our [GitHub Releases page](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases).

***

### v0.6.4

**Released:** June 03, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.6.4](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.6.4)

#### What's Changed

* \[PXT-1158]\[PXT-1162] Fix retargeting to stop creating ghost columns by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1345](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1345)
* Catalog bug: create view failed to mark base table as modified by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1370](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1370)
* Rename one of two 'test\_uuid.py's by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1369](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1369)
* Fix an error in test\_finalize\_pending\_ops\_non\_retriable\_error that oc… by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1374](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1374)
* Reimplement Random ops stats collection and reporting by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1367](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1367)
* Fix tests that depend on non-deterministic order by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1363](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1363)
* Cross reference HTTP serving page from SDK page on FastAPIRouter by [@apreshill](https://github.com/apreshill) in [#1377](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1377)
* Fix future warning from huggingface by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1380](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1380)
* \[PXT-1172] Table load can raise AssertionError if the table is dropped concurrently by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1375](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1375)
* PXT-1153: FastAPIRouter prevents duplicate routes by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1371](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1371)
* PXT-1149: thread-safe Table by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1372](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1372)
* PXT-1068: recompile SELECT \* query by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1357](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1357)
* Typed JSON return values for audio.get\_metadata() and video.get\_metadata() by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1368](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1368)
* Add fp32 embedding to db dump for migration testing by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1383](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1383)
* Ollama updates by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1386](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1386)
* Lancedb updates by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1387](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1387)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.6.3...v0.6.4](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.6.3...v0.6.4)

***

### v0.6.3

**Released:** May 22, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.6.3](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.6.3)

#### What's Changed

* \[PXT-1160] skip working-with-fireworks.ipynb in ci by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1350](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1350)
* docs: relocate submodules, README updates, and nav fixes by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1348](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1348)
* \[PXT-1159] simplify GroqTest::test\_tool\_invocations to make it more reliable by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1346](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1346)
* Improve run\_tool\_invocations\_test by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1347](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1347)
* Support UDFs defined in modules with `from __future__ import annotations` by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1344](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1344)
* Update model used as an example in working with fireworks by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1356](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1356)
* explicitly prohibit the unsupported pk col operations by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1349](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1349)
* \[PXT-1002] double the current random-ops duration in ci to 6 minutes by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1359](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1359)
* \[PXT-1147] Hugging Face datasets integration breaks with `datasets` 4.8.5 by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1361](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1361)
* docs: fix deployment staleness and add application templates by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1362](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1362)
* \[PXT-1155] random\_ops fix for: ValueError: sleep length must be non-n… by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1360](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1360)
* \[PXT-1138] Fault injection framework for testing by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1326](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1326)
* Twelvelabs async file uploads by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1358](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1358)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.6.2...v0.6.3](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.6.2...v0.6.3)

***

### v0.6.2

**Released:** May 15, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.6.2](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.6.2)

#### What's Changed

* Update 'notebook' dependency to address security vulnerability by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1311](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1311)
* Add missing skip\_test directives to inlined objects tests by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1315](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1315)
* Disable MPS for CLIP embeddings on Apple Silicon by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1314](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1314)
* \[PXT-1130] fix a pendingtableops corruption bug in catalog by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1298](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1298)
* \[PXT-1135] Nano Banana image generation support by [@christopherpestano](https://github.com/christopherpestano) in [#1312](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1312)
* Test fixes by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1320](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1320)
* Replace deprecated openai models in tests and examples by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1310](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1310)
* Thread concurrency-related bug fixes by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1322](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1322)
* Add defensive guards to dashboard tree traversal by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1321](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1321)
* \[PXT-1002] Start enforcing random ops in ci by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1325](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1325)
* Docs & README refresh: serving integration, dependency fixes, style improvements by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1318](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1318)
* `pxt deploy` CLI command + add services to environment config by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1319](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1319)
* Get rid of later Column value expr initialization by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1323](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1323)
* \[PXT-1154] Invalidate cached TV version after acquiring write lock by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1329](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1329)
* \[PXT-1078] gemini 2.0 models are being discontinued by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1332](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1332)
* Allow deploying services defined in code by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1331](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1331)
* Add submodules, CLI docs, skill wiring, Local UI Doc, and README updates by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1330](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1330)
* Fix main by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1341](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1341)
* Replace more deprecated and decomissioned OpenAI models in tests and examples by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1334](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1334)
* \[PXT-952] Switch to read committed isolation by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1335](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1335)
* Serving config updates by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1339](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1339)
* PXT-1140: parameterized queries + plan caching + thread-safe catalog by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1328](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1328)
* Add `custom_metadata` and `comment` to add\_computed\_column() by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1343](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1343)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.6.1...v0.6.2](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.6.1...v0.6.2)

***

### v0.6.1

**Released:** May 06, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.6.1](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.6.1)

#### What's Changed

* Update and fix insert docstring by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1307](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1307)
* PXT-1054 Allow R2 Home Bucket as Destination Blob Storage by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#1213](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1213)
* Explicitly install pip in all conda environments in CI by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1309](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1309)
* fixes for make install with python 3.12+ by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1303](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1303)
* \[PXT-1012] Fix iterator view update when base column is an iterator parameter by [@christopherpestano](https://github.com/christopherpestano) in [#1288](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1288)
* Add FAL, Jina, and Reve tests to CI by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1316](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1316)
* Bump next from 15.0.2 to 15.5.15 in /docs/sample-apps/text-and-image-similarity-search-nextjs-fastapi/frontend by [@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in [#1317](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1317)
* Fixing LC\_CTYPE to use legacy locale on MacOS by [@christopherpestano](https://github.com/christopherpestano) in [#1313](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1313)
* Dashboard performance and correctness fixes by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1308](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1308)

#### New Contributors

* [@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] made their first contribution in [#1317](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1317)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.6.0...v0.6.1](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.6.0...v0.6.1)

***

### v0.6.0

**Released:** May 01, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.6.0](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.6.0)

#### What's Changed

* CI Updates by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1281](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1281)
* video.py:pan() as an expr\_udf by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1284](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1284)
* \[PXT-1072] Drop num\_retained\_versions by [@christopherpestano](https://github.com/christopherpestano) in [#1277](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1277)
* Quality: Module resolution can mask real import errors by [@tomaioo](https://github.com/tomaioo) in [#1265](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1265)
* Upgrade actions/checkout and actions/setup-python to v6 by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1279](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1279)
* Applying the new exception hierarchy by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1282](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1282)
* \[PXT-1096] Introduce unversioned tables by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1233](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1233)
* Initial pxt CLI by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1283](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1283)
* Delete the invalidating table version log statement by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1280](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1280)
* Change buckets used in bedrock tests. by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#1290](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1290)
* \[PXT-1131] Update Catalog table locking protocol by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1247](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1247)
* Dependabot security patches, week of 2026-04-20 by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1289](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1289)
* \[PXT-1065 + PXT-1066] Add export\_csv and export\_json by [@christopherpestano](https://github.com/christopherpestano) in [#1212](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1212)
* Additional FastAPIRouter methods by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1292](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1292)
* PXT-1134: add CellMaterializationNode to add\_computed\_column plan by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1294](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1294)
* PXT-1118: test\_overlay\_text() fails in CI by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1287](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1287)
* Additional functionality for mix\_audio() and overlay\_text() by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1300](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1300)
* \[PXT-1002] Retry loop in another location where pending table ops err… by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1297](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1297)
* add .claude to gitignore by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1302](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1302)
* export\_sql parameter for FastAPIRouter insert/update routes by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1299](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1299)
* \[PXT-1125 + PXT-1133] Fix SQL/Python divergence on utf-8 string input by [@christopherpestano](https://github.com/christopherpestano) in [#1286](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1286)
* openai.responses() by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1293](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1293)
* Unified configuration system & deployment bundle creation by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1296](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1296)
* \[PXT-924] Improve error messages for incorrect udf call by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1291](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1291)
* add a missing type hint for `make check` with python 3.12 by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1304](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1304)
* Docstring formatting by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1305](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1305)

#### New Contributors

* [@tomaioo](https://github.com/tomaioo) made their first contribution in [#1265](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1265)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.28...v0.6.0](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.28...v0.6.0)

***

### v0.5.28

**Released:** April 17, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.28](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.28)

#### What's Changed

* \[PXT-970 + PXT-1074] Gemini video reference images, TTS, and transcription by [@christopherpestano](https://github.com/christopherpestano) in [#1221](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1221)
* Update Mintlify version and fix sidebar ordering in style.css by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1263](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1263)
* Add `timm` dependency to notebooks by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1266](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1266)
* Update README: dashboard, skill repo, restructured Quick Start by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1264](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1264)
* Upgrade dev versions of libraries based on dependabot warnings by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1267](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1267)
* More `nightly.yml` updates by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1271](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1271)
* [@pxt](https://github.com/pxt).iterator() should be equivalent to [@pxt](https://github.com/pxt).iterator by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1273](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1273)
* Hide progress tracker by default by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1275](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1275)
* \[PXT-477] Primary key enforcement by [@christopherpestano](https://github.com/christopherpestano) in [#1203](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1203)
* A few more dependabot version upgrades by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1274](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1274)
* SDK docs: shift vision and uuid to built-in functions section by [@apreshill](https://github.com/apreshill) in [#1270](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1270)
* very\_expensive pytest marker, and 'expensive notebooks' concept by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1272](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1272)
* \[PXT-1026] Streaming ResultSets via ResultCursor by [@christopherpestano](https://github.com/christopherpestano) in [#1259](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1259)
* serving.fastapi.FastAPIRouter by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1268](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1268)
* Proposal for new exception hierarchy. by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1278](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1278)
* PXT-1048 Expand Bedrock API to support media input and output by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#1244](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1244)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.27...v0.5.28](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.27...v0.5.28)

***

### v0.5.27

**Released:** April 11, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.27](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.27)

#### What's Changed

* Don't use 'no\_timm' as default revision for detr models by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1256](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1256)
* Updates for WhisperX 3.8 compatibility by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1255](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1255)
* Cookbook: Create video slideshow from images by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1243](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1243)
* Documentation cleanup: deprecate openai.vision, add missing SDK entries, new provider notebooks by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1235](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1235)
* Consolidate notebook code cells containing only import statements by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1260](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1260)
* Updates for transformers 5 by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1257](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1257)
* Documentation for ResultSet, Expr, ColumnRef by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1262](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1262)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.26...v0.5.27](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.26...v0.5.27)

***

### v0.5.26

**Released:** April 09, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.26](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.26)

#### What's Changed

* Fix release bundle specs in pyproject.toml by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1254](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1254)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.25...v0.5.26](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.25...v0.5.26)

***

### v0.5.25

**Released:** April 09, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.25](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.25)

#### What's Changed

* Local UI by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1224](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1224)
* \[PXT-1088] Fix RateLimitsScheduler over-scheduling causing 429 cascades by [@christopherpestano](https://github.com/christopherpestano) in [#1176](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1176)
* \[PXT-1002] Catalog refactoring in begin\_xact by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1225](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1225)
* get rid of the corrupts\_db marker -- we've fixed all issues, and it's… by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1236](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1236)
* Fix for [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/issues/1239](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/issues/1239) by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1241](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1241)
* list\_iterator by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1231](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1231)
* Use miniforge in CI instead of miniconda3 by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1162](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1162)
* \[PXT-836] Decouple resource estimation from rate-limits pool by [@christopherpestano](https://github.com/christopherpestano) in [#1191](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1191)
* Clean up bridge.py by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1237](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1237)
* Use v2.x API in Mistral AI integration by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1251](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1251)
* More video udfs by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1240](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1240)
* \[PXT-1081] Exclude Microsoft Fabric notebook from make check by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1253](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1253)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.24...v0.5.25](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.24...v0.5.25)

***

### v0.5.24

**Released:** April 02, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.24](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.24)

#### What's Changed

* Remove a duplicate select query from Catalog.get\_tbl\_version by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1214](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1214)
* PXT-767 Support Array Column as input to add\_embedding\_index by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#1096](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1096)
* Update release script for admin repo by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1220](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1220)
* \[PXT-565] Llama CPP tool call invocation integration by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1211](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1211)
* \[PXT-1063] Garbage Collection in dispatch() can stop gc'ing intermediate values on split dags by [@christopherpestano](https://github.com/christopherpestano) in [#1194](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1194)
* Remove check\_pending\_ops=False during similarity expression deserialization by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#1222](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1222)
* Suppress pytest-benchmark/xdist warning in test runs by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1223](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1223)
* Improved type system for JsonType by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1215](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1215)
* remove an unused parameter dir\_id in view.\_create by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1229](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1229)
* \[PXT-1002] Some table data conduit cleanup by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1228](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1228)
* More video udfs by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1226](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1226)
* Fix convert\_41.py by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1230](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1230)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.23...v0.5.24](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.23...v0.5.24)

***

### v0.5.23

**Released:** March 23, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.23](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.23)

#### What's Changed

* Make \_runtime\_ctx an optional UDF parameter by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1208](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1208)
* PXT-968: More bounding box udfs by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1204](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1204)
* PXT-947 Add OpenAI gpt-image-\* support and image editing functions by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#1202](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1202)
* resize(video: pxt.Video) udf by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1210](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1210)
* Python 3.14 compatibility by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1209](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1209)
* Gemini notebook fixes by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1216](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1216)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.22...v0.5.23](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.22...v0.5.23)

***

### v0.5.22

**Released:** March 16, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.22](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.22)

#### What's Changed

* fix: add missing \_runtime\_ctx to embed\_content multimodal overloads by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1207](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1207)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.21...v0.5.22](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.21...v0.5.22)

***

### v0.5.21

**Released:** March 15, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.21](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.21)

#### What's Changed

* \[PXT-1002] Do not convert SQL errors when loading a table version for… by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1170](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1170)
* Enable cockroach tests by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#1118](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1118)
* \[PXT-1002] RandomTableOps should ignore the error when creating a vie… by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1172](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1172)
* Random-ops should exit with a non-zero code on KeyboardInterrupt by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1175](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1175)
* Refactor Sample Apps with New Pattern + Broken Links and new Generic Zapier-esque ETL Demo App by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1169](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1169)
* \[PXT-1002] Fix a broken self-validation in Catalog by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1174](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1174)
* Create \*.instructions.md by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1177](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1177)
* \[PXT-1002] Improve random\_ops logging + a bug fix in Catalog by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1178](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1178)
* \[PXT-969] Materialize stores\_cellmd as boolean property in ColumnMd by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1127](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1127)
* \[PXT-1052] Fix RateLimitsScheduler crash when functions share a pool with different signatures by [@christopherpestano](https://github.com/christopherpestano) in [#1181](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1181)
* PXT-920 + PXT-1046 Refactor execution dispatch/init\_rows to improve performance and adding perf testing by [@christopherpestano](https://github.com/christopherpestano) in [#1154](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1154)
* \[PXT-1024] Catch up Reve UDFs with the API updates by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1180](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1180)
* Enable cockroachdb tests for merge queue by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#1183](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1183)
* PXT-1061 Handle non-path text strings in process\_media\_contents by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#1173](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1173)
* Add BFL FLUX integration for image generation and editing by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1028](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1028)
* PXT-1044: parquet import of image urls is broken by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1186](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1186)
* PXT-883 Allow pixeltable http urls for referencing replicas by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#1179](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1179)
* Add Vertex AI authentication to Gemini integration by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1193](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1193)
* Log thread name now that Pixeltable can be used in a multi-threaded f… by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1184](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1184)
* \[PXT-1002] Retry pending table ops on InFailedSqlTransaction by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1192](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1192)
* Fix flakiness in some sample tests by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1196](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1196)
* Updates to CLAUDE.md by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1197](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1197)
* \[PXT-1067] Disable sqlalchemy INFO logging by default by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1195](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1195)
* fix model\_dump() calls in udfs by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1198](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1198)
* concat\_videos\_agg() uda, equivalent to concat\_videos() udf by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1188](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1188)
* PXT-968: bounding box udfs by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1190](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1190)
* miniconda migration: update context for ai agents by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1200](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1200)
* Adjusting Copilot review instructions by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1205](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1205)
* fix: update transformers to 4.57.6 and fix huggingface.py mypy errors by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1189](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1189)
* Multimodal embeddings support in Gemini integration by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1206](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1206)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.20...v0.5.21](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.20...v0.5.21)

***

### v0.5.20

**Released:** March 03, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.20](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.20)

#### What's Changed

* Perftest to log if it thinks that it's running in CI by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1163](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1163)
* \[PXT-1002] re-enable force replace view in random ops by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1166](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1166)
* \[PXT-1002] Fix table md caching when an insert finalizes view creation by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1138](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1138)
* Add missing %pip install to custom-iterators.ipynb by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1171](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1171)
* Add migration guides for new users coming from common stacks by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1167](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1167)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.19...v0.5.20](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.19...v0.5.20)

***

### v0.5.19

**Released:** March 01, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.19](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.19)

#### What's Changed

* Add local docs serving instructions to contributing guide by [@apreshill](https://github.com/apreshill) in [#1054](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1054)
* TableOp refactoring so that TableVersion is not required for some ops by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1153](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1153)
* [@pxt](https://github.com/pxt).iterator decorator by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1111](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1111)
* Docs: add missing integrations, SDK entries, and cookbook updates for v0.5.11–v0.5.18 by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1158](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1158)
* Quieter CI output by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1161](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1161)
* \[PXT-1002] Make non-transactional TableOps idempotent by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1139](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1139)
* \[PXT-1043] Support video embeddings in VoyageAI by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1160](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1160)
* PXT-877 Fixing if\_exists='replace' cannot be used to replace a Table with a View/Snapshot or vice-versa by [@christopherpestano](https://github.com/christopherpestano) in [#1150](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1150)
* PXT-1020: support for multi-threaded API calls by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1155](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1155)
* Fix TableVersion.is\_iterator\_column by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1159](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1159)
* PXT-933 Support videos in gemini generate\_content by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#1152](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1152)
* \[PXT-1018] Add a "source" field to list of columns in t.describe() by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1135](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1135)
* uvloop compatibility by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1164](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1164)
* docs: update deployment guides for thread safety, sync endpoints, and uvloop by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1165](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1165)
* Add Bedrock API Key auth support and notebook outputs by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1146](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1146)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.18...v0.5.19](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.18...v0.5.19)

***

### v0.5.18

**Released:** February 24, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.18](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.18)

#### What's Changed

* misc improvements in the code by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1072](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1072)
* \[PXT-995] improve test migration coverage of literals of various types by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1128](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1128)
* Twelvelabs notebook update by [@apreshill](https://github.com/apreshill) in [#1117](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1117)
* \[PXT-1040] Temporarily disable twelvelabs nb test by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1140](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1140)
* Update contribution guidelines regarding AI-generated code by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1134](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1134)
* \[PXT-1007 + PXT-1010] Modifying add\_columns to support column metadata and introducing standard ColumnSpec by [@christopherpestano](https://github.com/christopherpestano) in [#1119](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1119)
* Adding negative\_prompt to img2img notebook by [@christopherpestano](https://github.com/christopherpestano) in [#1136](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1136)
* \[PXT-1040] disable all twelvelabs tests by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1142](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1142)
* PXT-1039: video\_splitter(mode='accurate') doesn't work by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1145](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1145)
* PXT-966: crop() udf for videos by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1144](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1144)
* dumps() udf for json by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1149](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1149)
* Fixes for recent versions of mintlify by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1151](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1151)
* \[PXT-1003] Add offset parameter to limit() queries for pagination by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1148](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1148)
* Add agentic patterns cookbook by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1141](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1141)
* PXT-985 + PXT-1041 - Adding custom\_metadata and comment for columns by [@christopherpestano](https://github.com/christopherpestano) in [#1132](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1132)
* Fix: Implement drop\_index() for BtreeIndex and EmbeddingIndex by [@KeeProMise](https://github.com/KeeProMise) in [#1133](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1133)
* Update OpenAI vision and image gen APIs to make proper use of images in dicts by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1147](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1147)
* \[PXT-995] Literal should serialize its entire type info by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1123](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1123)

#### New Contributors

* [@KeeProMise](https://github.com/KeeProMise) made their first contribution in [#1133](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1133)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.17...v0.5.18](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.17...v0.5.18)

***

### v0.5.17

**Released:** February 10, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.17](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.17)

#### What's Changed

* Standardize names for runner configs by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1122](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1122)
* Add Jina AI integration for embeddings and reranking by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1029](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1029)
* Add Microsoft Fabric Integration for Azure OpenAI by [@pawarbi](https://github.com/pawarbi) in [#1109](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1109)
* Switch away from gemini-2.0 models by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1115](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1115)
* PXT-985 Adding custom\_metadata and restricting comment field to string by [@christopherpestano](https://github.com/christopherpestano) in [#1102](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1102)
* Nightly CI fix by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1129](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1129)
* PXT-1033: handle min\_segment\_duration=None correctly in VideoSplitter by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1131](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1131)
* Apply ruff formatting to code snippets in docstrings by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1125](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1125)
* Improved treatment of stored UDFs by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1126](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1126)
* PXT-1023: Support for ragged arrays in export\_parquet() by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1124](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1124)

#### New Contributors

* [@pawarbi](https://github.com/pawarbi) made their first contribution in [#1109](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1109)
* [@christopherpestano](https://github.com/christopherpestano) made their first contribution in [#1102](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1102)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.16...v0.5.17](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.16...v0.5.17)

***

### v0.5.16

**Released:** February 04, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.16](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.16)

#### What's Changed

* PXT-898 Allow Pixeltable API key to change in the environment mid-stream in a Python session by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#1060](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1060)
* various runwayml followups by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1095](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1095)
* Ensure progress bar stops on empty results and plan exit by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#1097](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1097)
* Fix exception handling in catalog by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1101](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1101)
* Migrate docs to `uuid7()` UDF by [@apreshill](https://github.com/apreshill) in [#1093](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1093)
* Add retries to Python install in CI by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1094](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1094)
* fix: Make notebook outputs visible in dark mode by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1107](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1107)
* various improvements to random-ops script by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1084](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1084)
* Prep work for iterator refactor: Add media types and iterators to migration test by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1103](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1103)
* Add export media to s3 to io cookbooks in docs by [@apreshill](https://github.com/apreshill) in [#1088](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1088)
* Include audio\_splitter and video\_splitter in db dumps by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1110](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1110)
* PXT-965 Support http url and blob store uri for creating  json/parquet/csv tables by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#1104](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1104)
* Fixes for Pandas 3.0 by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1112](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1112)
* Upgrade ruff to latest by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1114](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1114)
* Fixes for Transformers 5 by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1113](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1113)
* Use a larger runner in merge queue for full tests on Python 3.10 by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1120](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1120)
* \[PXT-944] speech2text\_for\_conditional\_generation declares return type… by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1116](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1116)
* \[PXT-875] Fix openai perftest on github by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1062](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1062)
* PXT-973: additional\_columns doesn't evaluate as expected when creating a view by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1087](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1087)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.15...v0.5.16](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.15...v0.5.16)

***

### v0.5.15

**Released:** January 29, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.15](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.15)

#### What's Changed

* docs: update overview description and callout/footer styling by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1086](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1086)
* Fix HF datasets rotten\_tomatoes references in tests & notebook by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1089](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1089)
* Gemini UDFs to use "rate limits" scheduler by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1092](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1092)
* Allow dict/list config params to be specified as environment variables by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1091](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1091)
* Minor Gemini UDF followup for safer get\_retry\_delay() by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1098](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1098)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.14...v0.5.15](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.14...v0.5.15)

***

### v0.5.14

**Released:** January 24, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.14](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.14)

#### What's Changed

* Add RunwayML integration with UDFs for image and video generation by [@tiennguyentony](https://github.com/tiennguyentony) in [#1019](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1019)
* Deployment and Use Cases Docs by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1043](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1043)
* Transaction rollback by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1075](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1075)
* \[PXT-972] Bugfix: FrameIterator.set\_pos() on videos with start\_time > 0 by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1082](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1082)
* to\_string() method on UUIDType by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1078](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1078)
* CI and Makefile step to ensure notebooks have >= 50% of their cells with outputs by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1073](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1073)
* Regenerate all outputs for Reve integration notebook by [@apreshill](https://github.com/apreshill) in [#1071](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1071)
* Apply ruff formatting to all notebooks by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1074](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1074)

#### New Contributors

* [@tiennguyentony](https://github.com/tiennguyentony) made their first contribution in [#1019](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1019)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.13...v0.5.14](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.13...v0.5.14)

***

### v0.5.13

**Released:** January 22, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.13](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.13)

#### What's Changed

* rename reset\_db fixture to uses\_db by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1067](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1067)
* Use '/' as path delimiter by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#1055](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1055)
* Temporarily disable progress reporting when verbosity \< 2 by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1079](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1079)
* Follow up fixes for Path delimiter change by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#1076](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1076)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.12...v0.5.13](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.12...v0.5.13)

***

### v0.5.12

**Released:** January 17, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.12](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.12)

#### What's Changed

* Lint markdown in notebooks by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1033](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1033)
* Adjust down max connections on OpenAI client by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1058](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1058)
* \[PXT-915] Gemini embedding UDFs by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#986](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/986)
* PXT-866 Add validation for version in pixeltable uri by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#1048](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1048)
* uuid7() udf by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1059](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1059)
* \[PXT-875] Disable performance test until it reliably passes by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1061](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1061)
* Daemonize pgserver on Windows by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1057](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1057)
* PXT-954: assertion in recompute\_columns() for view column by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1064](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1064)
* Remove obsolete mkdocs by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1056](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1056)
* Working with blob storage nb by [@apreshill](https://github.com/apreshill) in [#977](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/977)
* PXT-961: correct support for alpha in draw\_bounding\_boxes() by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1068](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1068)
* Notebook CI tweaks by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1069](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1069)
* PXT-943: Rectify all indices in TableRestorer, not just embedding indices by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1066](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1066)
* \[PXT-955] Skip UDA evaluation if a required parameter is None by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1070](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1070)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.11...v0.5.12](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.11...v0.5.12)

***

### v0.5.11

**Released:** January 13, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.11](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.11)

#### What's Changed

* \[PXT-916] Store embedding indexes as halfvecs by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1007](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1007)
* Add a "read only random ops" stress-tests job by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1047](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1047)
* Streamline dev installation by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1046](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1046)
* Add reruns by default to all cockroach test failures by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1053](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1053)
* PXT-938: export\_sql() by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1037](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1037)
* Add cookbooks: SQL and Segmentation by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1038](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1038)
* \[PXT-629] Update plan is incomplete by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1044](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1044)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.10...v0.5.11](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.10...v0.5.11)

***

### v0.5.10

**Released:** January 10, 2026\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.10](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.10)

#### What's Changed

* Adding ipywidgets to dev dependencies by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1027](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1027)
* Add a seed to TestSample.test\_sample\_basic\_f by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1040](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1040)
* Twelvelabs notebook by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1013](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1013)
* Readme Updates by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1041](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1041)
* Proper configurability for spaCy models by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1039](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1039)
* Various import fixes by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1042](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1042)
* PXT-875 Run perf tests on a dedicated larger runner by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1024](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1024)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.9...v0.5.10](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.9...v0.5.10)

***

### v0.5.9

**Released:** December 30, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.9](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.9)

#### What's Changed

* Bedrock invoke\_model() udf by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1018](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1018)
* \[PXT-765] Support for Office Formats as part of Document Type through MarkdownIT by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#960](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/960)
* HF DetrForSegmentation by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1020](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1020)
* Image2Image: Updated HF.py to use AutoPipelineForImage2Image and Cookbook by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1025](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1025)
* Fixed broken tutorial links. by [@joerg84](https://github.com/joerg84) in [#1026](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1026)
* Allow `similarity(image=...)` to accept a filename or URL instead of a PIL image object by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1023](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1023)
* docs(cookbook): add MCP tool calling section to LLM tool calling guide by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1021](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1021)
* PXT-928: Export Json columns to parquet as pa.struct by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1017](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1017)
* removing psutil by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1031](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1031)
* Use head() instead of collect() in test\_add\_column\_to\_view by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1022](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1022)
* disable progress reporting in Jupyter if ipywidgets is not installed by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#1032](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1032)

#### New Contributors

* [@joerg84](https://github.com/joerg84) made their first contribution in [#1026](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1026)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.8...v0.5.9](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.8...v0.5.9)

***

### v0.5.8

**Released:** December 20, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.8](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.8)

#### What's Changed

* Use high performance endpoint for Tigris by [@apreshill](https://github.com/apreshill) in [#1011](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1011)
* Merge Table.add\_embedding\_index examples by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1014](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1014)
* Notebook fixes & some cleanup by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1010](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1010)
* Progress tracker by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#956](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/956)
* \[PXT-925] Fix spurious exception when `if_not_exists='ignore'` is used with a missing parent dir by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1015](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1015)
* Improve primary key error message by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1016](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1016)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.7...v0.5.8](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.7...v0.5.8)

***

### v0.5.7

**Released:** December 18, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.7](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.7)

#### What's Changed

* Fix a bug in rag-demo.ipynb by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#996](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/996)
* Fixes the errant `/datastore/` url in the Reve docstrings by [@apreshill](https://github.com/apreshill) in [#999](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/999)
* Remove custom-iterators.ipynb from docs for now, and clean up docs.json by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#997](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/997)
* \[PXT-921] Skip test\_create\_video\_table on cockroachdb by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#1002](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1002)
* Add iterators cookbook with all 6 built-in iterators by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1000](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1000)
* PXT 910 Add rerun options to presigned url tests by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#1006](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1006)
* docs: add presigned\_url to S3 cookbook and update SDK docs by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1004](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1004)
* docs(providers): add Tigris example notebook by [@Xe](https://github.com/Xe) in [#998](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/998)
* docs: update Mintlify theme colors and styling by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#1008](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1008)
* Add `pxt.Binary` type to type system; `bytes` support in JSON; working Gemini 3 Pro by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#1001](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/1001)
* Support audio and video embedding indices by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#990](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/990)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.6...v0.5.7](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.6...v0.5.7)

***

### v0.5.6

**Released:** December 15, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.6](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.6)

#### What's Changed

* \[PXT-892] Support variable framerate in FrameIterator by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#961](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/961)
* \[PXT-875] Define GRAFANA\_INSTANCE\_ID for the perf job by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#989](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/989)
* \[PXT-399] Remove pymupdf as a dependency by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#981](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/981)
* Docs Cleanup + Cookbooks + Versioning/Lineage + Production for Workshop by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#964](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/964)
* Iterators Refactor Part 1 by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#992](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/992)
* Update documentation for iterators and aggregate functions by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#995](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/995)
* PXT-910 Add presigned\_url udf by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#991](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/991)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.5...v0.5.6](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.5...v0.5.6)

***

### v0.5.5

**Released:** December 11, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.5](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.5)

#### What's Changed

* Multimodal support for Gemini `generate_content()` by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#983](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/983)
* PXT-903 Add UUID in pixeltable types  by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#979](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/979)
* PXT-905/907: clean up handling of Huggingface datasets by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#984](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/984)
* Twelve Labs multimodal embeddings support by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#987](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/987)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.4...v0.5.5](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.4...v0.5.5)

***

### v0.5.4

**Released:** December 09, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.4](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.4)

#### What's Changed

* \[PXT-645] Support more numpy dtypes for Array by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#940](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/940)
* Add working-with-voyageai tutorial notebook by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#978](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/978)
* StringSplitter docstring fix plus test by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#980](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/980)
* \[PXT-875] performance test for openai endpoints by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#963](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/963)
* Restructuring of docs site and repo by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#982](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/982)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.3...v0.5.4](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.3...v0.5.4)

***

### v0.5.3

**Released:** December 04, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.3](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.3)

#### What's Changed

* PXT-872 Support count() with sample and group by clause. by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#955](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/955)
* Add VOYAGE\_API\_KEY to CI and configuration.mdx; update uv.lock doctools reference by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#976](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/976)
* Fal.ai Integration by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#959](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/959)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.2...v0.5.3](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.2...v0.5.3)

***

### v0.5.2

**Released:** December 03, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.2](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.2)

#### What's Changed

* Use database schemas and search\_path for test isolation in parallel runs by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#953](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/953)
* Working CI for Cockroach by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#906](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/906)
* Fix internal documentation links by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#954](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/954)
* \[PXT-886] Fix a bug in RateLimitsScheduler's error handling by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#951](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/951)
* \[PXT-786] Development Guide by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#958](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/958)
* Add Reve integration notebook by [@apreshill](https://github.com/apreshill) in [#939](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/939)
* Adds support for Voyage AI embeddings and rerankers. by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#962](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/962)
* Some rough-edges features/improvements by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#967](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/967)
* \[PXT-908] Ensure that generated Gemini videos have sound by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#973](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/973)
* PXT-904: add MIME type for object uploads by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#971](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/971)
* Update uv.lock by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#974](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/974)
* Add uv.lock validation to the pr tests by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#975](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/975)
* Documentation and config updates by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#972](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/972)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.1...v0.5.2](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.1...v0.5.2)

***

### v0.5.1

**Released:** November 19, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.1](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.1)

#### What's Changed

* Add TableVersionMd.from\_dict and update publish to use objects instead of dicts by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#944](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/944)
* Publishing existing version returns 201, 204 does not allow any content to be sent back in body. by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#948](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/948)
* Replace StorageDestination with StorageTarget by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#947](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/947)
* Missing converter for schema change in PR 932 by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#949](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/949)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.0...v0.5.1](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.5.0...v0.5.1)

***

### v0.5.0

**Released:** November 18, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.5.0](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.5.0)

#### What's Changed

* Data sharing docs by [@apreshill](https://github.com/apreshill) in [#931](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/931)
* Numerous documentation fixes by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#933](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/933)
* PXT-846: FrameIterator(keyframes\_only: bool) by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#934](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/934)
* \[PXT-809] Improve OpenAI rate limiting by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#912](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/912)
* Multi-phase drop\_table() by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#932](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/932)
* Streamline Makefile by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#937](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/937)
* Changes to protocol to handle publishing existing version           by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#938](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/938)
* PXT-871: == None filter doesn't work correctly on an array column by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#941](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/941)
* More documentation improvements by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#936](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/936)
* Circularity detection in view creation with if\_exists='replace' by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#942](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/942)
* Add Tigris integration by [@Xe](https://github.com/Xe) in [#935](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/935)
* Improvements to notebook documentation by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#943](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/943)
* Improvements to retriable errors detection in RequestRateScheduler by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#922](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/922)
* Rename `DataFrame` to `Query` and `DataFrameResultSet` to `ResultSet` by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#902](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/902)
* PXT-873: t.sample() fails on externalized array data by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#945](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/945)

#### New Contributors

* [@Xe](https://github.com/Xe) made their first contribution in [#935](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/935)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.24...v0.5.0](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.24...v0.5.0)

***

### v0.4.24

**Released:** November 12, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.4.24](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.4.24)

#### What's Changed

* Update imagen model in tests and docs (3.0 is deprecated) by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#929](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/929)
* Allow hyphens in table and dir names by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#926](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/926)
* Skip download when replicating the same version of a table a second time by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#927](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/927)
* Several fixes and improvements for data sharing by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#928](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/928)
* PXT-862: bug fix for drop\_table() by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#930](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/930)
* Various docs updates by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#923](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/923)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.23...v0.4.24](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.23...v0.4.24)

***

### v0.4.23

**Released:** November 11, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.4.23](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.4.23)

#### What's Changed

* Add PIXELTABLE\_API\_KEY to CI environment by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#914](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/914)
* `create_store_tbls: bool` option in Catalog.create\_replica() by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#916](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/916)
* \[PXT-380] Remove NamedFunction object and related code in named\_function.py by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#911](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/911)
* Switch to new random ops script in CI by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#909](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/909)
* \[PXT-799] Allow setting `fps` greater than the framerate of the video in `FrameIterator` by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#918](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/918)
* Intelligible error message when replicating a view of an existing original base table by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#897](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/897)
* \[PXT-837] Support creating/inserting directly from an existing Table by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#919](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/919)
* Add parameters to `make stresstest` by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#920](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/920)
* Introduce "anchor tables" in TableVersion(Handle) for live replicas; working pull() by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#917](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/917)
* Time travel for view over snapshot; replicas of view over snapshot by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#924](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/924)
* Proper display of embeddings by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#925](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/925)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.22...v0.4.23](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.22...v0.4.23)

***

### v0.4.22

**Released:** November 04, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.4.22](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.4.22)

#### What's Changed

* Manage `additional_md` from Catalog, rather than TableVersion by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#913](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/913)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.21...v0.4.22](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.21...v0.4.22)

***

### v0.4.21

**Released:** November 03, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.4.21](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.4.21)

#### What's Changed

* Hotfix for bug when publishing older versions of a table by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#910](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/910)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.20...v0.4.21](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.20...v0.4.21)

***

### v0.4.20

**Released:** November 03, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.4.20](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.4.20)

#### What's Changed

* pyscenedetect udfs by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#899](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/899)
* CockroachDB fixes + CI target by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#900](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/900)
* Add protocol for replica operations. by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#819](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/819)
* \[PXT-822, PXT-674] Fix for querying snapshots of tables with unstored columns by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#895](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/895)
* Switch to using random\_tbl\_ops\_2 in stress-tests by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#898](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/898)
* Fix nondeterminism in unit test by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#905](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/905)
* \[PXT-817] UDFs for reve.com by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#901](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/901)
* \[PXT-826] Refactor index creation logic by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#908](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/908)
* UV\_OPTS in Makefile by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#896](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/896)
* Ignore additional\_mds when checking table or table version metadata by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#903](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/903)
* \[PXT-786] push() and pull() implementations by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#907](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/907)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.19...v0.4.20](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.19...v0.4.20)

***

### v0.4.19

**Released:** October 29, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.4.19](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.4.19)

#### What's Changed

* Add image recipes to cookbook by [@apreshill](https://github.com/apreshill) in [#857](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/857)
* Add display-name to CI matrix (prep for testing global media destination) by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#879](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/879)
* Enable all media destinations in CI by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#876](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/876)
* \[PXT-814] UDF to encode a numpy array to an audio file by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#881](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/881)
* Convert notebooks to use YAML frontmatter and fix formatting issues by [@goodlux](https://github.com/goodlux) in [#880](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/880)
* Rename a public constant by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#884](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/884)
* Multi-phase create\_table() by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#854](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/854)
* Initial integration of TwelveLabs Embed API by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#885](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/885)
* Fix `pxt.__version__` by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#887](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/887)
* Update many error messages for consistency by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#869](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/869)
* Replace `Optional[T]` with `T | None` (Python 3.10 style) throughout the codebase by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#888](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/888)
* Docs-related updates to Makefile and pyproject by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#889](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/889)
* \[PXT-685] Add `recompute_columns()` to computed columns fundamentals notebook by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#892](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/892)
* \[PXT-811, PXT-812] Improve two error messages with helpful hints by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#891](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/891)
* Revert two uses of `Optional` in unit tests by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#893](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/893)
* Dependency updates for Python 3.14 by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#894](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/894)
* Azure support by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#886](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/886)
* Default media destination as configuration parameter by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#883](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/883)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.18...v0.4.19](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.18...v0.4.19)

***

### v0.4.18

**Released:** October 22, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.4.18](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.4.18)

#### What's Changed

* Updates to nightly.yml by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#866](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/866)
* Streamline CI configs on PRs by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#858](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/858)
* Update WhisperX to >=3.7 and enable for Python 3.13 by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#860](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/860)
* elements parameter for DocSplitter by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#865](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/865)
* Fix examples docstring for add\_embedding\_index() by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#871](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/871)
* Improvements to random\_tbl\_ops script by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#868](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/868)
* Enforce `numpy>=2.2` by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#872](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/872)
* Segmentation-related improvements by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#873](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/873)
* Randomize the behavior of `sample()` in the case `seed=None` by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#828](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/828)
* \[PXT-729] Documentation deploy scripts for Mintlify website and local development by [@goodlux](https://github.com/goodlux) in [#867](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/867)
* Properly reconstruct btree and vector indices when a replica is restored by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#875](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/875)
* Fix various errors and typos in README and the notebooks by [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) in [#877](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/877)
* UDFs for Hugging Face Auto model integrations by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#870](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/870)

#### New Contributors

* [@sergey-mkhitaryan](https://github.com/sergey-mkhitaryan) made their first contribution in [#877](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/877)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.17...v0.4.18](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.17...v0.4.18)

***

### v0.4.17

**Released:** October 16, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.4.17](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.4.17)

#### What's Changed

* Update model used by Together AI tests by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#846](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/846)
* Fix broken links at the bottom of basics notebook by [@apreshill](https://github.com/apreshill) in [#844](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/844)
* Retry failed notebook tests once in CI by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#830](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/830)
* feat(storage): add Backblaze B2 S3-compatible integration and tests by [@jeronimodeleon](https://github.com/jeronimodeleon) in [#840](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/840)
* cockroachDB: Set null\_ordered\_last on session start. by [@jpeterson-pxt](https://github.com/jpeterson-pxt) in [#838](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/838)
* cockroachDB: Explicit coercions for arithmetic ops. by [@jpeterson-pxt](https://github.com/jpeterson-pxt) in [#839](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/839)
* Fix for isolated NB tests in CI by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#847](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/847)
* Notebook updates & OpenRouter notebook by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#851](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/851)
* ffmpeg with libx264 by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#855](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/855)
* Fixed incorrect documentation links by [@metadaddy](https://github.com/metadaddy) in [#859](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/859)
* Update pixeltable-pgserver dependency to 0.4.0 by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#853](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/853)
* Support packaging of tables with embedding indices for data sharing by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#841](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/841)
* mode 'accurate' for VideoSplitter and segment\_video() by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#856](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/856)
* Added PDF-Page-Chunk-Extractor for image extraction (Issue 703) (PR 705) by [@kamir](https://github.com/kamir) in [#850](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/850)
* Formatting fixes by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#862](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/862)
* Fix pyproject and mypy config by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#863](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/863)
* Fixes for load\_replica\_md() with non-snapshot tables by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#861](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/861)
* Correctly process cellmd in package/restore by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#864](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/864)

#### New Contributors

* [@jeronimodeleon](https://github.com/jeronimodeleon) made their first contribution in [#840](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/840)
* [@metadaddy](https://github.com/metadaddy) made their first contribution in [#859](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/859)
* [@kamir](https://github.com/kamir) made their first contribution in [#850](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/850)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.16...v0.4.17](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.16...v0.4.17)

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### v0.4.16

**Released:** October 08, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.4.16](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.4.16)

#### What's Changed

* Openrouter Integration by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#825](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/825)
* Concurrency fixes & random\_tbl\_ops v2 by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#814](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/814)
* Images and arrays in json structures, plus improved storage of array columns by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#812](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/812)
* Minimal edits to docstrings. by [@goodlux](https://github.com/goodlux) in [#813](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/813)
* Add SDK documentation for Mintlify by [@goodlux](https://github.com/goodlux) in [#835](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/835)
* Fix for performance problem when importing HF datasets by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#833](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/833)
* cockroachDB: div, mod operations SQL changed. Timestamp propagated through client stack by [@jpeterson-pxt](https://github.com/jpeterson-pxt) in [#823](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/823)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.15...v0.4.16](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.15...v0.4.16)

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### v0.4.15

**Released:** October 01, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.4.15](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.4.15)

#### What's Changed

* Add a spot for the cookbook in docs/ by [@apreshill](https://github.com/apreshill) in [#815](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/815)
* Fixes for notebook tests resource cleanup by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#827](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/827)
* Adding export\_lancedb() to API reference by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#824](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/824)
* Replace `create_replica()` with separate `publish()` and `replicate()` methods by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#816](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/816)
* PXT-638, PXT-675, PXT-682 Handle Keyboard exception by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#803](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/803)
* PXT-772 Filling in missing docstrings by [@goodlux](https://github.com/goodlux) in [#822](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/822)
* with\_audio() udf by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#826](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/826)

#### New Contributors

* [@apreshill](https://github.com/apreshill) made their first contribution in [#815](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/815)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.14...v0.4.15](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.14...v0.4.15)

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### v0.4.14

**Released:** September 23, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.4.14](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.4.14)

#### What's Changed

* Proper implementation of package/restore for non-snapshot replicas by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#797](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/797)
* Set up pydoclint by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#805](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/805)
* upgrade mint.json -> docs.json by [@goodlux](https://github.com/goodlux) in [#809](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/809)
* Enable a destination parameter on stored computed columns. by [@jpeterson-pxt](https://github.com/jpeterson-pxt) in [#766](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/766)
* Add support for running tests with cockroachdb as backend by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#811](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/811)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.13...v0.4.14](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.13...v0.4.14)

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### v0.4.13

**Released:** September 19, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.4.13](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.4.13)

#### What's Changed

* Added pxt.io.export\_lancedb() by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#795](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/795)
* Update README.md by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#801](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/801)
* Use raw\.githubusercontent.com instead of raw\.github.com in tests by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#806](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/806)
* Simplify & generalize TableDataSource types by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#804](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/804)
* Short Sample App: CLI Media Toolkit for Multimodal Data Processing by [@pierrebrunelle](https://github.com/pierrebrunelle) in [#802](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/802)
* Table.get\_versions() by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#800](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/800)
* Fixes for nightly CI by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#807](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/807)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.12...v0.4.13](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.12...v0.4.13)

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### v0.4.12

**Released:** September 05, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.4.12](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.4.12)

#### What's Changed

* Update model used by groq tests and examples by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#790](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/790)
* Clear TempStore, MediaStore, and HF cache after each test in CI by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#792](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/792)
* Explicitly install pixeltable in run-isolated-nb-tests.sh by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#794](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/794)
* Handle incomplete rate limit headers better by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#788](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/788)
* SDK changes/fixes for data sharing by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#791](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/791)
* Disable TestWhisperx on Linux w/ GPU by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#789](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/789)
* recompute\_columns(): added where parameter by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#787](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/787)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.11...v0.4.12](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.11...v0.4.12)

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### v0.4.11

**Released:** August 29, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.4.11](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.4.11)

#### What's Changed

* missing .md for VideoSplitter by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#784](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/784)
* CI & dev environment enhancements by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#785](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/785)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.10...v0.4.11](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.10...v0.4.11)

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### v0.4.10

**Released:** August 28, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.4.10](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.4.10)

#### What's Changed

* Fix local\_public\_names() to properly exclude private functions by [@goodlux](https://github.com/goodlux) in [#778](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/778)
* Add .DS\_Store to .gitignore by [@goodlux](https://github.com/goodlux) in [#779](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/779)
* More video built-ins by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#768](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/768)
* Add missing **all** to gemini and whisper modules by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#781](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/781)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.9...v0.4.10](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.9...v0.4.10)

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### v0.4.9

**Released:** August 27, 2025\
**Author:** [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel)\
**View on GitHub:** [v0.4.9](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/releases/tag/v0.4.9)

#### What's Changed

* WhisperX Speaker Diarization by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#770](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/770)
* Basic support for concurrent pixeltable metadata creation/upgrade by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#769](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/769)
* Support for pydantic models in Table.insert() by [@mkornacker](https://github.com/mkornacker) in [#760](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/760)
* Add comments for concurrent pixeltable initialization changes by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#772](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/772)
* Disable notebook tests that are failing in CI for unknown reasons by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#777](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/777)
* Publish the existing mypy plugin under `pixeltable.mypy` module to make it accessible for external use. by [@amithadke](https://github.com/amithadke) in [#776](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/776)
* Remove `ext` package and fold contents into `functions` by [@aaron-siegel](https://github.com/aaron-siegel) in [#775](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/pull/775)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.8...v0.4.9](https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/compare/v0.4.8...v0.4.9)

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