v0.8.6

[qinxuye]

This is the release notes of v0.8.6. See here for the complete list of solved issues and merged PRs.

New Features

• Tensor
  • Implementing Ellipsoidal Harmonics Functions ([BACKPORT] Implementing Ellipsoidal Harmonics Functions (#2891) #2927, thanks @shantam-8!)

Enhancements

• Add support for dask.persist ([BACKPORT] Add support for dask.persist (#2953) #2990, thanks @loopyme!)
• Optimize gen subtask graph ([BACKPORT] Fix incorrect result for df.sort_values when specifying multiple ascending (#2984) #3006)

Bug fixes

• Fix task hang when error object cannot be pickled ([BACKPORT] Fix task hang when error object cannot be pickled (#2910) #2913)
• Fix potential KeyError in actor_ref calls when running with multiple processes ([BACKPORT] Fix potential KeyError in actor_ref calls when running with multiple processes (#2950) #2962)
• Wrap errors in operand execution to protect scheduling service ([BACKPORT] Wrap errors in operand execution to protect scheduling service (#2964) #2971)
• Fix dtype of series result for DataFrame.apply ([BACKPORT] Fix dtype of series result for DataFrame.apply (#2978) #2979)
• Fix default config to ensure storage backends configured ([BACKPORT] Fix default config to ensure storage backends configured (#2935) #2989)
• Fix potential empty chunks when creating DataFrame from pandas ([BACKPORT] Fix potential empty chunks when creating DataFrame from pandas (#2987) #2991)
• Fix incorrect result for df.sort_values when specifying multiple ascending ([BACKPORT] Fix incorrect result for df.sort_values when specifying multiple ascending (#2984) #3006)
• Fix missing extra_params when constructing operands ([BACKPORT] Fix incorrect result for df.sort_values when specifying multiple ascending (#2984) #3006)

Tests

• Fix version mismatch between kubernetes and minikube ([BACKPORT] Fix version mismatch between kubernetes and minikube (#2986) #2988)

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