BUG: GroupBy.quantile fails with pd.NA

doc/source/whatsnew/v1.3.3.rst

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Fixed regressions
 - Fixed regression in :class:`DataFrame` constructor failing to broadcast for defined :class:`Index` and len one list of :class:`Timestamp` (:issue:`42810`)
 - Performance regression in :meth:`core.window.ewm.ExponentialMovingWindow.mean` (:issue:`42333`)
 - Fixed regression in :meth:`.GroupBy.agg` incorrectly raising in some cases (:issue:`42390`)
--
+- Fixed regression in :meth:`.GroupBy.quantile` which was failing with ``pandas.NA`` (:issue:`42849`)
 
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pandas/core/groupby/groupby.py

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ class providing the base-class of operations.
 from pandas.core.dtypes.common import (
     is_bool_dtype,
     is_datetime64_dtype,
+    is_float_dtype,
     is_integer_dtype,
     is_numeric_dtype,
     is_object_dtype,
@@ -2448,6 +2449,9 @@ def pre_processor(vals: ArrayLike) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.dtype | None]:
             elif is_timedelta64_dtype(vals.dtype):
                 inference = np.dtype("timedelta64[ns]")
                 out = np.asarray(vals).astype(float)
+            elif isinstance(vals, ExtensionArray) and is_float_dtype(vals):
+                inference = np.dtype(np.float64)
+                out = vals.to_numpy(dtype=float, na_value=np.nan)
             else:
                 out = np.asarray(vals)
 

pandas/tests/groupby/test_quantile.py

@@ -248,6 +248,15 @@ def test_groupby_quantile_skips_invalid_dtype(q):
     tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
 
+def test_groupby_quantile_NA(any_float_dtype):
+    # GH#42849
+    df = DataFrame({"x": [1, 1], "y": [0.2, np.nan]}, dtype=any_float_dtype)
+    result = df.groupby("x")["y"].quantile(0.5)
+    expected = pd.Series([0.2], dtype=float, index=[1.0], name="y")
+    expected.index.name = "x"
+    tm.assert_series_equal(expected, result)
+
+
 def test_groupby_timedelta_quantile():
     # GH: 29485
     df = DataFrame(