apache / apache/gravitino

[Improvement] Lance: the version field of CreateTable response is always null

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### What would you like to be improved?

The version field of CreateTable response is always null.

```
URL: http://192.168.194.170:9101/lance/v1/table/lance_catalog_tbl%24lance_schema_t17%24lance_table_17/create?mode=create

Status code: 200

Content Type: null

Request Headers
Accept=application/json, application/javascript, text/javascript, text/json
Authorization=Basic YW5vbnltb3VzOnRlc3Q=
x-lance-table-location=/tmp/lance-test/tables/lance_table_17
x-lance-table-properties={"description":"Complex schema table","owner":"test_user"}
Content-Type=application/vnd.apache.arrow.stream; charset=UTF-8
Content Body
[-1, -1, -1, -1, 48, 1, 0, 0, 16, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 10, 0, 14, 0, 6, 0, 13, 0, 8, 0, 10, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 16, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 10, 0, 12, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0, 4, 0, 10, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, -72, 0, 0, 0, 112, 0, 0, 0, 56, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 106, -1, -1, -1, 20, 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 1, 16, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -100, -1, -1, -1, 5, 0, 0, 0, 101, 109, 97, 105, 108, 0, 0, 0, -102, -1, -1, -1, 20, 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1, 24, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -120, -1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 32, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 97, 103, 101, 0, -50, -1, -1, -1, 20, 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0, 24, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 1, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 4, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 110, 97, 109, 101, 0, 0, 18, 0, 24, 0, 20, 0, 19, 0, 18, 0, 12, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0, 4, 0, 18, 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0, 28, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1, 32, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0, 12, 0, 8, 0, 7, 0, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 32, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 105, 100, 0, 0, -1, -1, -1, -1, 56, 1, 0, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 12, 0, 22, 0, 14, 0, 21, 0, 16, 0, 4, 0, 12, 0, 0, 0, -8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 16, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 10, 0, 24, 0, 12, 0, 8, 0, 4, 0, 10, 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0, -72, 0, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 10, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 32, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 40, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 24, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 64, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 25, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 96, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 104, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -128, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -120, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 24, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -96, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 85, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0, 10, 0, 0, 0, 15, 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0, 25, 0, 0, 0, 85, 115, 101, 114, 49, 85, 115, 101, 114, 50, 85, 115, 101, 114, 51, 85, 115, 101, 114, 52, 85, 115, 101, 114, 53, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0, 25, 0, 0, 0, 30, 0, 0, 0, 35, 0, 0, 0, 40, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 17, 0, 0, 0, 34, 0, 0, 0, 51, 0, 0, 0, 68, 0, 0, 0, 85, 0, 0, 0, 117, 115, 101, 114, 49, 64, 101, 120, 97, 109, 112, 108, 101, 46, 99, 111, 109, 117, 115, 101, 114, 50, 64, 101, 120, 97, 109, 112, 108, 101, 46, 99, 111, 109, 117, 115, 101, 114, 51, 64, 101, 120, 97, 109, 112, 108, 101, 46, 99, 111, 109, 117, 115, 101, 114, 52, 64, 101, 120, 97, 109, 112, 108, 101, 46, 99, 111, 109, 117, 115, 101, 114, 53, 64, 101, 120, 97, 109, 112, 108, 101, 46, 99, 111, 109, 0, 0, 0, -1, -1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0]
Response Headers
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:15:35 GMT
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 279
Server: Jetty(9.4.51.v20230217)
Response Body
{
"location": "/tmp/lance-test/tables/lance_table_17/",
"version": null,
"properties": {
"owner": "test_user",
"external": "true",
"format": "lance",
"description": "Complex schema table",
"location": "/tmp/lance-test/tables/lance_table_17/",
"lance.creation-mode": "CREATE"
},
"storage_options": {

}
}
```

### How should we improve?

May be we should implement this field as it's a critical field for data

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by tracing the Lance CreateTable endpoint shown in the issue and follow how its response assembles the location, version, and properties fields. Determine the source of the table version and verify that a successful create response returns the correct non-null version instead of null.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
api, databases
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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