--- title: "Changes to Create an index on a table" method: POST path: "/v1/table/{id}/create_index" --- # Changes to Create an index on a table `POST /v1/table/{id}/create_index` > Every recorded change to this operation, newest first. ## Timeline Changed in 14 of 70 revisions. - **2026-08-18** `541331733d0c`: 8 info - **2026-07-01** `591cd95574b0`: 7 info - **2026-06-10** `a3308034a3cd`: 1 breaking - **2026-06-05** `9932582b6bd7`: 1 info - **2026-01-02** `83f8516f0507`: 1 info - **2026-01-01** `c987c26ccb0f`: 1 info - **2025-12-20** `5d6099d672d3`: 6 breaking, 6 warning, 6 info - **2025-12-11** `6ad4337e3849`: 8 breaking, 3 warning, 3 info - **2025-07-29** `40a3bc489d46`: 6 breaking, 12 warning, 12 info - **2025-07-25** `8769f8e36bc4`: 2 breaking, 2 warning, 2 info - **2025-07-22** `ac7519693c52`: 3 info - **2025-07-21** `db7569410aa4`: 2 info - **2025-07-21** `6790486d1fac`: 5 warning, 9 info - **2025-07-14** `d649106a3ff1`: 1 info ## Changes - **2026-08-18** `541331733d0c`: 8 info - added the new optional request property `ef_construction` - added the new optional request property `m` - added the new optional request property `max_iterations` - added the new optional request property `num_bits` - added the new optional request property `num_partitions` - added the new optional request property `num_sub_vectors` - added the new optional request property `sample_rate` - added the new optional request property `target_partition_size` - **2026-07-01** `591cd95574b0`: 7 info - added the optional property `context` to the response with the `200` status - added the optional property `context` to the response with the `400` status - added the optional property `context` to the response with the `401` status - added the optional property `context` to the response with the `403` status - added the optional property `context` to the response with the `404` status - added the optional property `context` to the response with the `503` status - added the optional property `context` to the response with the `5XX` status - **2026-06-10** `a3308034a3cd`: 1 breaking - the `column` request property's minLength was increased from `0` to `1` - **2026-06-05** `9932582b6bd7`: 1 info - added the new optional request property `branch` - **2026-01-02** `83f8516f0507`: 1 info - added the new optional request property `context` - **2026-01-01** `c987c26ccb0f`: 1 info - added the new optional request property `identity` - **2025-12-20** `5d6099d672d3`: 6 breaking, 6 warning, 6 info - the `code` response property's min was decreased from `400.00` to `0.00` for the response status `400` - the `code` response property's min was decreased from `400.00` to `0.00` for the response status `401` - the `code` response property's min was decreased from `400.00` to `0.00` for the response status `403` - the `code` response property's min was decreased from `400.00` to `0.00` for the response status `404` - the `code` response property's min was decreased from `400.00` to `0.00` for the response status `503` - the `code` response property's min was decreased from `400.00` to `0.00` for the response status `5XX` - removed the optional property `type` from the response with the `400` status - removed the optional property `type` from the response with the `401` status - removed the optional property `type` from the response with the `403` status - removed the optional property `type` from the response with the `404` status - removed the optional property `type` from the response with the `503` status - removed the optional property `type` from the response with the `5XX` status - the response property `code` became required for the status `400` - the response property `code` became required for the status `401` - the response property `code` became required for the status `403` - the response property `code` became required for the status `404` - the response property `code` became required for the status `503` - the response property `code` became required for the status `5XX` - **2025-12-11** `6ad4337e3849`: 8 breaking, 3 warning, 3 info - removed the enum value `BITMAP` of the request property `index_type` - removed the enum value `BTREE` of the request property `index_type` - removed the enum value `FTS` of the request property `index_type` - removed the enum value `IVF_FLAT` of the request property `index_type` - removed the enum value `IVF_HNSW_SQ` of the request property `index_type` - removed the enum value `IVF_PQ` of the request property `index_type` - removed the enum value `LABEL_LIST` of the request property `index_type` - removed the required property `location` from the response with the `200` status - removed the request property `metric_type` - removed the optional property `id` from the response with the `200` status - removed the optional property `properties` from the response with the `200` status - added the new optional request property `distance_type` - added the new optional request property `name` - added the optional property `transaction_id` to the response with the `200` status - **2025-07-29** `40a3bc489d46`: 6 breaking, 12 warning, 12 info - the response property `type` became optional for the status `400` - the response property `type` became optional for the status `401` - the response property `type` became optional for the status `403` - the response property `type` became optional for the status `404` - the response property `type` became optional for the status `503` - the response property `type` became optional for the status `5XX` - removed the optional property `status` from the response with the `400` status - removed the optional property `status` from the response with the `401` status - removed the optional property `status` from the response with the `403` status - removed the optional property `status` from the response with the `404` status - removed the optional property `status` from the response with the `503` status - removed the optional property `status` from the response with the `5XX` status - removed the optional property `title` from the response with the `400` status - removed the optional property `title` from the response with the `401` status - removed the optional property `title` from the response with the `403` status - removed the optional property `title` from the response with the `404` status - removed the optional property `title` from the response with the `503` status - removed the optional property `title` from the response with the `5XX` status - added the optional property `code` to the response with the `400` status - added the optional property `code` to the response with the `401` status - added the optional property `code` to the response with the `403` status - added the optional property `code` to the response with the `404` status - added the optional property `code` to the response with the `503` status - added the optional property `code` to the response with the `5XX` status - added the optional property `error` to the response with the `400` status - added the optional property `error` to the response with the `401` status - added the optional property `error` to the response with the `403` status - added the optional property `error` to the response with the `404` status - added the optional property `error` to the response with the `503` status - added the optional property `error` to the response with the `5XX` status - **2025-07-25** `8769f8e36bc4`: 2 breaking, 2 warning, 2 info - removed the required property `name` from the response with the `200` status - removed the required property `namespace` from the response with the `200` status - removed the request property `name` - removed the request property `namespace` - added the new optional request property `id` - added the optional property `id` to the response with the `200` status - **2025-07-22** `ac7519693c52`: 3 info - api tag `Index` added - added the new optional `query` request parameter `delimiter` to all path's operations - added the new optional `query` request parameter `delimiter` - **2025-07-21** `db7569410aa4`: 2 info - api operation id `CreateIndex` removed and replaced with `CreateTableIndex` - api tag `Metadata` added - **2025-07-21** `6790486d1fac`: 5 warning, 9 info - removed the request property `max_iterations` - removed the request property `num_bits` - removed the request property `num_partitions` - removed the request property `num_sub_vectors` - removed the request property `sample_rate` - added the new optional request property `ascii_folding` - added the new optional request property `base_tokenizer` - added the new optional request property `language` - added the new optional request property `lower_case` - added the new optional request property `max_token_length` - added the new optional request property `remove_stop_words` - added the new optional request property `stem` - added the new optional request property `with_position` - the request property `metric_type` became nullable - **2025-07-14** `d649106a3ff1`: 1 info - endpoint added --- [Operation](https://skmtc.dev/lance-format/apis/lance-namespace-specification/docs/v1/table/:id/create_index/post.md) - [API](https://skmtc.dev/lance-format/apis/lance-namespace-specification.md) - [Page](https://skmtc.dev/lance-format/apis/lance-namespace-specification/changes/v1/table/:id/create_index/post)