Version 2.8.6

New features

(none!)

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: first maybe materialize, then check for PlaceholderArray by @pfackeldey in #3566
• fix: ak.any and ak.combinations with cuda backend kernels by @ianna in #3561
• fix: length0 array repr by @pfackeldey in #3564
• fix: to_buffers for duplicate fields in records by @pfackeldey in #3567
• fix: overflow error when concatenating more than 128 regular arrays by @ikrommyd in #3568
• fix: patch emscripten RPath by @henryiii in #3575
• fix: removal of pyarrow.lib.PyExtensionType in pyarrow 21 by @ikrommyd in #3581
• fix: filter also for new (v0.7.0) LinearizeTracer type by @pfackeldey in #3586
• refactor: define common nplike method to get pointer to memory by @pfackeldey in #3565

Other

• chore: update CITATION.cff by @ianna in #3571
• chore(ci): bump minimal pyarrow version being tested by @ariostas in #3584
• chore(deps): bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 3.0 to 3.1 in the actions group by @dependabot[bot] in #3591
• chore: update zenodo citation in README by @ikrommyd in #3574
• chore: fix pyodide link in README by @ikrommyd in #3576
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in #3569
• docs: add missing funding badges by @ariostas in #3588

Full Changelog: v2.8.5...v2.8.6