Version 2.8.11

[ianna]

New features

• feat: add behavior cls validation hook by @pfackeldey in feat: add behavior cls validation hook #3710
• feat: add a playground for cccl studies by @pfackeldey in feat: add a playground for cccl studies #3734
• feat: add cuda.compute implementation to CCCL study by @shwina in Add cuda.compute implementation to CCCL study #3748
• feat: ability to optionally disable the caching of virtual arrays on themselves by @ikrommyd in feat: ability to optionally disable the caching of virtual arrays on themselves #3741

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: string array numpy conversion fails with int32 offsets from parquet by @DylanModesitt in fix: string array numpy conversion fails with int32 offsets from parquet #3697
• fix: only check length against empty form in ak.from_buffers if it is known by @ikrommyd in fix: only check length against empty form in ak.from_buffers if it is known #3714
• fix: typestr respects now limit_cols for .show and repr_mimebundle by @pfackeldey in fix: typestr respects now limit_cols for .show and _repr_mimebundle_ #3712
• fix: ArrayBuilder.__bool__ raises TypeError when builder length is 1 by @T90REAL in fix: ArrayBuilder.__bool__ raises TypeError when builder length is 1 #3738
• fix: prevent teardown from crashing GPU test suite by @ianna in fix: prevent teardown from crashing GPU test suite #3747
• fix: hide awkward.ak_* and awkward.str.akstr_* from 'awkward' and 'awkward.str' module by @pfackeldey in fix: hide awkward.ak_* and awkward.str.akstr_* from 'awkward' and 'awkward.str' module #3752
• fix: align multi-level indices before merge in to_dataframe() by @TaiSakuma in fix: align multi-level indices before merge in to_dataframe() #3733
• fix: numba test failures on Python 3.14 by @ianna in fix: numba test failures on Python 3.14 #3757
• fix: incorrect passing of Index inside nplike function in to_IndexedOptionArray64 by @ikrommyd in fix: incorrect passing of Index inside nplike function in to_IndexedOptionArray64 #3727
• fix: weights should not be raised to the power n in the n-th moment calculation by @ikrommyd in fix: weights should not be raised to the power n in the n-th moment calculation #3729
• fix: ak.Record creation from iterable with nested dicts by @ikrommyd in fix: ak.Record creation from iterable with nested dicts #3728
• fix: keep track of buffer key instead of field path for VirtualNDArrays & PlaceholderArrays by @pfackeldey in fix: keep track of buffer key instead of field path for VirtualNDArrays & PlaceholderArrays #3751
• fix: typetracer nplike's all function leads to infinite recursion for axis=None by @ikrommyd in fix: typetracer nplike's all function leads to infinite recursion for axis=None #3765

Other

• ci: fix compilation on self-hosted CI and test with multiple versions of CUDA by @ariostas in ci: fix compilation on self-hosted CI and test with multiple versions of CUDA #3704
• chore: update acknowledgements to include NumFOCUS affiliation by @ianna in chore: update acknowledgements to include NumFOCUS affiliation #3708
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in chore: update pre-commit hooks #3709
• chore: pytest log_level is better than log_cli_level by @henryiii in chore: pytest log_level is better than log_cli_level #3719
• chore: update requirements files for latest possible python versions by @ikrommyd in chore: update requirements files for latest possible python versions #3739
• chore(deps): bump the actions group with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in chore(deps): bump the actions group with 2 updates #3744
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in chore: update pre-commit hooks #3754
• chore: Remove CUDA 11 support by @shwina in chore: Remove CUDA 11 support #3758
• chore(ci): use macos-15-intel for x86 wheel building and testing by @ariostas in chore(ci): use macos-15-intel for x86 wheel building and testing #3720
• docs: add new versions to version selector by @ariostas in docs: add new versions to version selector #3707
• docs: 3.14 is supported by @henryiii in docs: 3.14 is supported #3717
• docs: add T90REAL as a contributor for code by @allcontributors[bot] in docs: add T90REAL as a contributor for code #3742
• docs: Add dependency and version change guidelines by @ianna in docs: Add dependency and version change guidelines #3745
• docs: add shwina as a contributor for code by @allcontributors[bot] in docs: add shwina as a contributor for code #3759
• docs: Add an example summation reducer using cccl by @maxymnaumchyk in docs: Add an example summation reducer using cccl #3762

New Contributors

• @T90REAL made their first contribution in fix: ArrayBuilder.__bool__ raises TypeError when builder length is 1 #3738
• @shwina made their first contribution in Add cuda.compute implementation to CCCL study #3748

Full Changelog: v2.8.10...v2.8.11

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