<!-- Release notes generated using configuration in .github/release.yml at v2.11.0 --> What's Changed New features feat: add lazy IR scheduling layer by @ianna in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4173 feat: allow row group size in bytes as a string in the to_parquet family of functions by @ikrommyd in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4202 Bug-fixes and performance fix: include kernel-specification.yml in source distribution by @5U5H4NTH006 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4179 fix: default row group size is very big and not what pyarrow defaults to by @ikrommyd in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4191 fix: handle FutureWarning for deprecated feather by @ianna in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4198 fix: nan-variant reducers drop behavior and attrs by @henryiii in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4093 fix: validation no-ops and broken error paths in contents by @henryiii in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4102 fix: form and type equality bugs by @henryiii in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4101 perf: vectorize union flattening and cache nplike feature probes by @henryiii in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4109 fix: assorted operation bugs (softmax, enforce_type, merge_union_of_records, and more) by @henryiii in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4107 fix: categorical hashing, delayed-backend detection, and pretty-printing by @henryiii in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4106 fix: ensure length is a numpy scalar for CUDA stability by @ianna in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4194 fix: any_backend_is_delayed should only be iterating over sequences of arrays for now by @ikrommyd in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4208 fix: transient attrs should not be written to parquet by @ikrommyd in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4209 Other chore(deps): bump hypothesis-awkward from 0.18.0 to 0.18.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4175 docs: add 5U5H4NTH006 as a contributor for code by @allcontributors[bot] in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4180 chore(deps): bump the actions group with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4176 chore(deps): bump the actions group with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4196 chore(deps): bump hypothesis-awkward from 0.18.1 to 0.19.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4195 chore: bump default parquet version to 2.6 by @ikrommyd in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4192 chore: remove dead code and outdated guards by @henryiii in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4103 chore(deps): bump the actions group with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4206 chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4182 chore: update reviewer list by @pfackeldey in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4200 New Contributors @5U5H4NTH006 made their first contribution in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/4179 Full Changelog: https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/compare/v2.10.0...v2.11.0