cube-js/cube

Upgrade the DuckDB driver to 1.5.2+ (@duckdb/node-api) to support DuckLake

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#9,703 opened on Jun 24, 2025

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. DuckDB rolled out support for DuckLake direct attach in 1.3.1. This means that specifying "ducklake:path/to/metadata.sqlite" or "ducklake:postgresql://" as CUBEJS_DB_DUCKDB_DATABASE_PATH should be enough to make Cube access a DuckLake's catalog and parquet files, if the other CUBEJS_DB_DUCKDB_S3* variables are set.

Describe the solution you'd like Bump DuckDB version from 1.2.1 to 1.3.1 (#9699)

Describe alternatives you've considered We can configure the DuckLake connection through a custom initSql snippet, but we still need DuckDB >= 1.3.0

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Research direction
Investigate DuckDB version compatibility with @duckdb/node api and update the dependency version to 1.3.1 or later. Ensure all tests pass with the new version.
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javascriptnodejs
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backenddatabase
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3
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Node.jsnpm/yarn
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