zarr-developers/zarr-python: v3.4.1

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What's Changed

Dependency updates

• chore(deps): bump the python-dependencies group with 5 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4371
• chore(deps): bump the actions group across 1 directory with 4 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4370
• chore(deps-dev): bump the python-dependencies group with 4 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4394
• chore(deps): bump codecov/codecov-action from 7.0.0 to 7.1.1 in the actions group by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4393
• chore(deps): bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 10.1.0 to 10.2.0 in the actions group by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4460
• chore(deps): bump the python-dependencies group with 7 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4461
• chore(deps): bump the uv group across 2 directories with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4463
• chore(deps): bump urllib3 from 2.7.0 to 2.8.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4462

What's Changed

• ci: keep subpackage pull requests out of generated zarr release notes by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4361
• fix: replace runtime assert statements with explicit checks by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4363
• fix(zarr-indexing): replace runtime assert statements with explicit checks by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4364
• fix(ci): preserve branch zarr in xarray downstream tests by @glaziermag in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4368
• chore: centralize development and CI verbs in just by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4372
• fix: accept uint8 dtype aliases in Zarr v2 by @guhou-hvi in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4381
• perf: cut the fill_value check on the chunk write path by @PursuitOfDataScience in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4382
• fix(dtype): accept any byte order for byte-order-irrelevant v2 dtype names by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4385
• fix(ci): run zarr-indexing tests on the matrix interpreter by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4390
• refactor: keep the blocked all_equal scan on the CPU buffer by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4392
• chore: bump numcodecs min version by @Oisin-M in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4396
• fix(sharding): reject variable-size codecs in index_codecs by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4397
• fix(dtype): fix nested v2 round trips and detect unsupported field conversions by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4340
• fix(dtype): resolve struct fields with the registry that resolves the struct by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4387
• fix(store): run every LocalStore filesystem call off the event loop by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4353
• fix(storage): yield only direct children from FsspecStore.list_dir by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4402
• fix(dtype): preserve scaled generic time units and normalize the μs alias by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4342
• docs: show package tag instead of monorepo release in subpackage docs by @maxrjones in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4229
• chore: keep sub-package pyproject.toml standalone; overlay in-repo zarr from just by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4406
• test: deflake test_encode_and_write_as_completed_cancels_stray_writes_on_failure by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4409
• build: ground sub-package packaging in current uv/hatch/setuptools-scm guidance by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4407
• fix(array): reject unknown keys in ArrayConfig.from_dict by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4414
• fix(indexing): avoid full-grid allocations for sparse selections by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4356
• fix: byte-order bugs and little-endian test assumptions on big-endian hosts by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4435
• fix: honor storage_options in save and save_group by @Rodrigo-Palma in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4415
• fix: list nested prefixes when FsspecStore path is "" or "/" by @bendichter in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4452
• fix(tests): repair docstring-consistency test and align create_array docs by @guhou-hvi in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4417
• fix(group): apply config when require_array returns an existing array by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4413
• fix: accept must_understand=false extra fields in v3 group metadata by @anishmehta24 in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4391
• feat(api): declare mode and data on create by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4455
• fix(group): create group helper arrays in the group's zarr format by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4412
• fix(api): validate a new node before deleting the existing one by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4410
• fix(chunk-grids): require chunk sizes of at least 1 and read the 0, false and true sizes older releases stored by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4334
• test(chunk-grids): sample the full rectilinear chunk grid declaration space by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4377
• fix(chunk-grids): read mixed regular/rectilinear chunk grids written by zarr 3.2.x by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4375
• test(stateful): bound how far append grows an axis in the array lifecycle test by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4470
• fix(sharding): reject a stored shard too short to hold its index on every path by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4475
• fix(chunk-grids): judge every chunk specification by the chunk normalizer alone by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4376
• fix: avoid copying 0-d chunk data when indexing CPU NDBuffers by @janickm in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4466
• fix(sharding): validate nested sharding codecs and reject an inner chunk size of 0 by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4480
• Fix/from array overwrite source by @ianhi in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4405
• fix(ci): run xarray's backend tests from their new package by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4491
• docs: 3.4.1 release notes by @d-v-b in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4489

New Contributors

• @guhou-hvi made their first contribution in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4381
• @PursuitOfDataScience made their first contribution in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4382
• @Oisin-M made their first contribution in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4396
• @Rodrigo-Palma made their first contribution in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4415
• @bendichter made their first contribution in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4452
• @anishmehta24 made their first contribution in https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/4391

Full Changelog: https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/compare/v3.4.0...v3.4.1