v0.7.11

What's Changed 🚀

✨ Features

• feat: Arrow PyCapsule Interface @aaron-ang (#6745)
• feat: add Python UDAF support (@daft.udaf) @chenghuichen (#6790)
• feat(dashboard): per-task rows/bytes stats with task-topology markers @samstokes (#6861)
• feat(iceberg): idempotent commits via daft.idempotence-key snapshot marker @rohitkulshreshtha (#6905)
• feat(lance): partitioned reads/writes @universalmind303 (#6898)
• feat(dashboard): make header smaller in query details @cckellogg (#6900)
• feat: streaming ASOF joins @euanlimzx (#6846)
• feat: Add map_keys function to extract keys from Map type columns @qingfeng-occ (#6875)
• feat: add event log config api @cckellogg (#6894)
• feat(dashboard): surface query failure details in query view @cckellogg (#6897)
• feat(dashboard): bound query state retention (DF-1970) @samstokes (#6896)
• feat(dashboard): per-task progress updates from flotilla workers @samstokes (#6838)
• feat(dashboard): plumb TaskScheduled events to distinguish pending vs running @samstokes (#6866)
• feat(dashboard): show task sources in tasks sidebar @samstokes (#6879)
• feat(ci): use larger runner for pr testing @cckellogg (#6890)
• feat(native): emit TaskStart events from native executor @cckellogg (#6840)
• feat(session): add non-materialized DataFrame temp views @BABTUNA (#6786)
• feat(dtype): add Float16 (half-precision) support @universalmind303 (#6859)
• feat: extension datatype casting @universalmind303 (#6803)
• feat(file): add Image media type to File @chenghuichen (#6847)
• feat(iceberg): idempotent snapshot commits via snapshot_properties @rohitkulshreshtha (#6841)
• feat(daft-ext): scalar daft_func macro with overloading @universalmind303 (#6844)
• feat(checkpoint): wire checkpoint= into csv, json, warc, iceberg, hudi, lance @rohitkulshreshtha (#6855)
• feat(checkpoint): bundle source config into CheckpointConfig with tunable filter knobs @rohitkulshreshtha (#6853)
• feat(checkpoint): decouple sealed-keys column name from source schema @rohitkulshreshtha (#6850)
• feat: use scan task metadata to parallelize initial limit reads @samstokes (#6763)
• feat(checkpoint): track in-flight writes and seal empty manifests @rohitkulshreshtha (#6835)
• feat(file): add byte-range read support to FileReference @chenghuichen (#6842)
• feat(list): add list_flatten expression @mytsvy (#6812)
• feat(extensions): add proc macro for making writing extension functio… @universalmind303 (#6837)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• fix: Handle dtype mismatch error in join_asof join keys @euanlimzx (#6904)
• fix(distributed): emit empty downstream task for limit(0) @madvart (#6916)
• fix(sql): redact password in SQL connection errors and repr @madvart (#6902)
• fix(dashboard): split task groups by local-plan shape @samstokes (#6899)
• fix(stats): close race in RuntimeStatsManager shutdown @samstokes (#6891)
• fix(writers): strip partition columns from Hive-partitioned file bodies @aaron-ang (#6770)
• fix(distributed): fire OperatorStart/End events per-node on Flotilla @samstokes (#6860)
• fix(test): handle transient iceberg rest catalog startup failures @cckellogg (#6880)
• fix(dashboard): handle offline builds in frontend @samstokes (#6867)
• fix: infer audio file return dtype @everettVT (#6849)

🚀 Performance

• perf(file): add buffer_size to File.open() to reduce wasteful pre-reads @chenghuichen (#6876)
• perf: iceberg predicate pushdowns @rchowell (#6815)

♻️ Refactor

• refactor(distributed): decouple shuffle cleanup from Ray @chenghuichen (#6809)
• refactor(dashboard): remove result preview tab and ResultOut event @samstokes (#6878)

📖 Documentation

• docs(dashboard): add user guide for Daft Dashboard @samstokes (#6882)
• docs: change affiliation for maintainer @gweaverbiodev (#6851)

✅ Tests

• test: restore fixed-size list parquet roundtrip @TuodiAunty (#6895)
• test(iceberg): make predicate-pushdown limit test order-deterministic @samstokes (#6843)

👷 CI

• ci(issues): auto-label issues from component selections @BABTUNA (#6820)
• ci: fix dependency check on external prs @srilman (#6737)

🔧 Maintenance

• chore: Revert "feat(lance): partitioned reads/writes" @universalmind303 (#6907)

👋 New Contributors

• @mytsvy made their first contribution in #6812
• @TuodiAunty made their first contribution in #6895

Full Changelog: v0.7.10...v0.7.11