DuckDB 1.3.0 release notes

This release of DuckDB is named "Ossivalis" after Bucephala Ossivalis, an ancestor of the Goldeneye duck that lived Millions of years ago.

Please also refer to the announcement blog post: https://duckdb.org/2025/05/21/announcing-duckdb-130

What's Changed

V1.2 histrionicus by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16070
V1.2 histrionicus by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16072
unittests: clear test directory after every test by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16053
Benchmark runner: catch and log errors + add support for retry load N syntax by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16054
Throw an error when unsupported commands are used in concurrentloop by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16009
Remove extension definitions to prevent re-compilation of the entire system on commit by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15955
Display schema information of currently selected database only by @ashwaniYDV in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15815
Issue #14366: Average Intervals by @hawkfish in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15864
Internal #2176: Temporal AVG by @hawkfish in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15661
discussions #15981: remove confusing comment in "duckdb/tools/shell/shell.cpp" by @komainu8 in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15984
Fix #15466 Transform LIMIT or OFFSET first based on order specified in prepared statement by @ashwaniYDV in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15484
Bitpacking mode info by @arjenpdevries in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15623
Sniff Timestamp_TZ from CSV FIles by @pdet in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15730
[no-op] Add documentation for filesystem read behavior by @dentiny in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15937
Accept "Auto" as date/timestamp format by @pdet in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15808
Parquet Reader Cleanup: Move ColumnReaders to separate files by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16092
Parquet Reader: Move decoding logic into separate Decoder classes by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16100
BundleStaticLibs to be also triggered by InvokeCI by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16107
Parquet Reader: Split DeltaLengthByteArray decoder from DeltaByteArray, and read the strings in a streaming manner by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16105
Parquet Dictionary reader: set NULL values as the last value in the dictionary by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16106
Parquet Reader: Share ResizeableBuffers across decoders, and unify Plain/PlainReference by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16113
Using GitHub ARM runners for Linux CLI builds by @hannes in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16119
Parquet Reader: Implement dedicated Skip method by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16117
Use ColumnSegment::FilterSelection and SelectionVector for filtering in Parquet scans by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16126
[Dev] Fix output (long lines > 333 characters) getting truncated in shell by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16128
Adaptive table filter: initialize filter order based on heuristics by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16127
Feature #16044: TimeZone Offset Seconds by @hawkfish in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16048
ATTACH OR REPLACE database to allow swapping of new data. by @xevix in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15355
[Dev] Remove upsert_conflict_in_different_chunk.test by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15980
[Dev] Fix issue related to unpacked columns and the NOT operator by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15534
[Julia] Add support for named params in prepared statements by @tqml in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15621
Use Adaptive Filters in the Parquet reader by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16133
Parquet reader: push table filters directly into dictionaries by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16136
Parquet reader: Plain templates - make CHECKED a template parameter, and use memcpy/bulk skip when reading/skipping without defines by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16141
Parquet reader: only set invalid entry in the dictionary when the column has defines by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16144
Add uniq_ptr_cast for interpreted benchmark. by @Tmonster in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16151
Hopefully fixing ci runs by @hannes in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16150
Removed the last CI job that used the Ubuntu 18 setup by @hannes in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16155
Parquet Reader: Split CreateReader into two separate stages - ParseSchema and CreateReader by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16161
Have CSV Parellel tests on CI again by @pdet in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16164
[Python][Dev] Bump the minimum pybind11 version from 2.6 to 2.9 by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16159
Add StackTraces to FatalExceptions by @NiclasHaderer in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16158
Rework invoke by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16108
Adds pre-optimization hooks for DuckDB by @NiclasHaderer in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16115
Unify behavior of range/generate_series with PostgreSQL by @kryonix in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15935
[CI] Avoid Linux CLI jobs to fail-fast by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16173
Parquet: Add dedicated Select method that can be used to push selection vectors into the read by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16174
Unvendor ICU by @m-kuhn in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16176
Parquet reader: batch check if buffer is available in RLEBpDecoder by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16185
Parquet Reader: for DeltaLengthByteArray encoding, directly refer to strings from the block without copying by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16186
unified names for duckdb-extensions by @hmeriann in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16179
Only delete test directory when --test-temp-dir is not specified by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16192
Fix #16163: COLUMNS should not treat identifiers as strings by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16193
Parquet reader: Avoid applying bloom filters if we are casting columns by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16194
Pretty print sniffer values by @pdet in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16182
V1.2 histrionicus by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16191
Bump Julia by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16199
Ensure that dependent targets are present after find_package. by @BillyONeal in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16197
Concurrency groups for R and Wasm by @hmeriann in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16201
Parquet Writer Cleanup: Move ColumnWriters to separate files by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16202
[fix] Use bigobj when building with MSVC by @m-kuhn in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16200
Improve performance of UNNEST/UNPIVOT by using selection vectors to unnest multiple lists at once by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16210
Add the TRY expression by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15939
[Python][Dev] Replace the default connection when it's closed by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16160
Use steady clock for profiler by @dentiny in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16198
Add parallel memset when building hash join table by @hehezhou in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16172
Avoid unnecessarily projecting the input columns of the UNPIVOT operator in the UNNEST by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16221
Left join push down optimization by @Damon07 in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15881
Do In-Filter pushdown in PyArrow by @pdet in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16224
Use _win32 with MSVC by @cfis in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16235
Fix Python 3 executable name on Windows by @cfis in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16236
Fix -std=c++11 by @cfis in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16237
Issue #8265: AsOf Nested Loop by @hawkfish in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16218
Include extension_util.hpp in libduckdb by @mlafeldt in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16255
Generalize rowid into the concept of virtual columns, and make filename a virtual column in the Parquet/CSV/JSON readers by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16248
Modify histogram test to more fuzzily check boundaries since the test can be inconsistent on different platforms by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16261
[Dev] Fix issue in TRY expression with dictionary_expression Vector verification by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16262
[Python Dev] Add the correct variant of the -std=c++11 flag based on the compiler (MSVC or not) by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16267
Fix extension install mode null by @samansmink in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16268
A little cleanup. by @JasonPunyon in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16028
Improve Parquet writer performance by @lnkuiper in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16243
Merge v1.2-histrionicus into main by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16284
Many reclaim storage fixes by @taniabogatsch in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15825
Arena allocator for MinMaxN and skip NULLs when creating enum by @lnkuiper in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16246
Add pragma to truncate duckdb log storage by @samansmink in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16274
Some more Parquet writer performance improvements by @lnkuiper in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16287
Do duckdb_extract_statements to be able to execute pivot in ADBC by @pdet in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16162
[Dev] Improve/Add handling of escapes in VARCHAR -> list/struct/map and align behavior by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15944
make ValidityMask::RowIsValidUnsafe really unsafe by @xuke-hat in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16302
Multi File Reader Rework: Add MultiFileReaderFunction that is used to wrap a single-file reader, and use it for the Parquet reader by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16299
[Python Dev] Add support for fully qualified references in .table(...) method by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16291
[Dev] MultiFileReader - Add to the column_indexes for file_row_number by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16311
Parquet reader performance by @lnkuiper in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16315
Bump Julia FixedPointDecimals dependency version by @mbarbar in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16323
Merge V1.2 histrionicus into main by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16324
Add new recursive semantics (USING KEY) by @cryoEncryp in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/12430
fix: add StringStats::SetMaxStringLength by @rustyconover in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16326
Fix decorrelation of WITH USING KEY by @kryonix in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16330
Issue #16250: Window Range Performance by @hawkfish in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16320
Verify UTF-8 in DeltaLengthByteArrayDecoder and speed it up by @lnkuiper in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16328
Add missing include by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16342
[chore] No ccache for OSX Python by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16348
Linux CLI: override platform for ARM manylinux by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16347
docs: tweak explanation of median for even cardinality inputs by @NickCrews in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/13726
[parquet] Fix implicit idx_t to int64_t conversion flagged by clang-tidy by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16368
Improve error message on failure to install local extension by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16371
MAIN_BRANCH_VERSIONING: main branch to get descriptors like v1.3.0-dev1234 instead of v1.2.1-dev1234 by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16366
Parallel HT Zeroing: Set entries_per_task so that there are 4x more tasks than threads by @gropaul in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16301
Internal #2176: SUMMARIZE Temporal Types by @hawkfish in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16095
[SwiftRelease CI] fetch tags before checking there is already a tag with the same name by @hmeriann in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16376
Push Select into ArrayColumnData to avoid scanning arrays that are not required for the query by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16356
Revert "Linux CLI: override platform for ARM manylinux" by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16374
Rework CSV Reader: use the new MultiFileReaderFunction interface by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16349
Add connection and transaction identifiers by @samansmink in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16296
Add parquet 'unknown' logical type by @hannes in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16378
Internal #4287: INTERVAL Times DOUBLE by @hawkfish in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16386
pb/compressed vector serialization by @peterboncz in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16066
Fix issue #16377 by @kryonix in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16391
Read support for Parquet Float16 by @hannes in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16395
MAIN_BRANCH_VERSIONING: Adopt also for Python build and amalgamation by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16400
Fuzzer Fix: Fix Avg for NULL cast to TIMESTAMP by @Tmonster in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16394
[FriendlySQL] Expand functionality of the Unpacked COLUMNS expression by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16290
Python Client: Faster Python Object Conversion by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16431
Fixup #16400 by correctly passing down SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16435
Issue #16250: Window Range Performance by @hawkfish in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16438
Merge v1.2-histrionicus into main by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16439
MAIN_BRANCH_VERSIONING: Add also prefix_version by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16441
[no-op] Remove unused function GetValueRefUnsafe by @dentiny in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16440
Filter Combiner Clean-up: move filter pushdown to separate functions, remove old commented out code by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16443
[Python] Add the SQLExpression method to the Expression API by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16424
[Dev] Mention the problematic type in UNNEST BinderException by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16429
Merge v1.2 into main again by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16447
Filter Combiner: Allow rowid pushdown for IN/OR filters and pushdown for temporal types by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16450
Parquet: always launch max threads if we are scanning multiple files by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16457
fix documents of C functions by @yiyuanliu in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16357
Add a TableFilterState for execution of table filters by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16461
Mirror discussions to the internal repository by @szarnyasg in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16464
Rework JSON Reader: use the new MultiFileReaderFunction interface by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16477
Speed-up contains by using memchr on every iteration by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16484
Fix error cases by @Y-- in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16494
Prevent external joins (if possible) by @lnkuiper in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16430
Merge v1.2 into main by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16517
Optimize FSST decoding by @lnkuiper in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16508
Extract subsystem by name by @dentiny in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16226
Avoid throwing an exception (that is then swallowed) when computing compressed materialization over stats that are not set by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16532
Checksum backward compatibility by @lnkuiper in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16505
Prefetch Parquet page header by @lnkuiper in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16507
Let GitHub render *.test files as SQL by @mlafeldt in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16534
Fix ADBC to properly quote table and schema names by @CurtHagenlocher in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16526
Pass ClientContext to catalog initialize, and postpone index binding when replaying the WAL by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16536
Allow UNITTEST_ROOT_DIRECTORY to be configured through CMake by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16540
Internal #4347: ISO Year Week by @hawkfish in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16567
throw() -> noexcept in skiplist by @r-barnes in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16548
Fix test/sql/aggregate/aggregates/histogram_table_function.test to pass the Linux CLI (arm64) CI by @hmeriann in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16538
feat: move GRANT from reserved to unreserved keyword by @stephaniewang526 in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16546
Python test runner: Avoid enabling profiling when executing restart command by @Flogex in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16547
Add duckdb_prepared_statements by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16541
[minor] Keep bit type sanity check consistent by @dentiny in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16575
Support CREATE TABLE AS ... WITH NO DATA by @hannes in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16586
Parquet FLOAT16 - fix cast by @hannes in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16580
remove invalid tokens from nanosecond example by @hamilton in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16577
CrossVersion.yml: Add v1.2.1, v1.2-histrionicus and main by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16576
Fix #16524: DEPENDENT_JOIN may not flatten by @flashmouse in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16537
[Julia] Add support for appending duckdb List types by @era127 in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16512
[PySpark] - Add expr function by @mariotaddeucci in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16468
regex_replace no longer swallows regex errors by @hannes in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16380
Parquet Writer Clean-up: Split CreateWriterRecursive into two methods, and use ParquetColumnData for writer as well by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16592
Bump Julia to 1.2.1 by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16593
Improved appender error message by @NiclasHaderer in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16599
Change static variables to be on the stack instead by @Y-- in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16597
Add support for RETURN_STATS to COPY by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16595
Better error messages for the CSV Scanner by @pdet in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16585
Support Enum types in read_csv - Python by @pdet in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15710
Fix CI Tidy by @pdet in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16610
Add some minor helper functions (QueryResultIterator::IsNull and casts to MultiFileList/Reader by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16611
Add support for ALTER TABLE tbl SET PARTITIONED BY (key1, key2, ...) in the grammar by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16612
Issue template: direct UI issues to the UI repository by @szarnyasg in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16619
[Dev] Make the various mappings in MultiFileReaderData typesafe by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16596
Bump mbedtls to 3.6.2 and re-apply patches by @hannes in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16485
Read and Write Complex Json from Arrow Types by @pdet in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16385
Add Docker support for RISC-V CI with appropriate build commands by @mocusez in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16549
Fix missing **kwargs in adbc_driver_duckdb.dbapi.connect() by @davlee1972 in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16637
[Dev] Clean up and fix the CGroup memory/cpu limit discovery logic by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16608
Expose Value::ToSQLString() in C API by @mt-caret in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16471
Add the missing binding for json_serialize_sql by @liznear in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16666
Do not create validity mask for non-null const vector by @xuke-hat in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16669
Fix #16665: fix parquet multi_reader bloom_probe logic error by @flashmouse in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16677
Add alias to catalog by @c-herrewijn in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16600
Decouple physical operator ownership from operators by @taniabogatsch in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16545
cmake: fix external icu by @autoantwort in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16676
Character length and date functions by @hannes in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16653
[Dev] Don't try to include third_party/mbedtls/VERSION with package_build.py by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16683
Add -ui to CLI help text by @akx in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16626
Fix alias of column reference lost in ReplaceProjectionBindings by @Damon07 in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16686
Merge v1.2-histrionicus into main by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16687
Fix for GCC-4.8 by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16690
JSON Reader: make read_position atomic so this can be read by the progress bar while processing the JSON file by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16692
[Julia] support binding for vectors by @slwu89 in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16701
Make CSV Parser strict_mode=True fail on a mix of new line delimiters. by @pdet in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15959
[pypi] Fix cleanup logic for multiple branches by @hmeriann in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16634
Add support for ALTER TABLE tbl SET SORTED BY (key1 DESC, key2, ...) in the grammar by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16714
RETURN_STATS: remove footer_offset, and emit written partition keys by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16715
In case all rows of a CSV batch are errors, we continue processing by @pdet in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16713
add workaround for patching httpfs ext by @samansmink in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16722
Implement UUID v7 by @dentiny in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/15819
Fix roundtripping of stringified nested types by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16304
Add Notify External Repositories Workflow by @maiadegraaf in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16730
Expose a selection vector and the Slice method to the C API by @joseph-isaacs in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16696
Add support for tracking column_size_bytes and contains_nan in RETURN_STATS by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16731
Add support for WRITE_EMPTY_FILE option to COPY - which allows skipping of writing empty files by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16737
Parquet Writer: Truncate string stats for large strings, instead of bailing on writing stats by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16736
RLE compression - memset alignment bytes to zero when aligning the counts by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16735
Write UUID stats to Parquet files and support reading uuid stats by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16744
Add an initial value to list_reduce by @maiadegraaf in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16602
shell: make -bail work for more errors by @mlafeldt in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16594
Call Notify External Repositories from Invoke CI by @maiadegraaf in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/16747
JSON bugfixes by @lnkuiper i

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