Overview
PyArrow 23.0, released on January 18, 2026, fixes 336 issues and improves Parquet read performance.
Main Features
336 issues resolved
This major release fixes 336 issues, including stability and performance improvements for Parquet reading and writing.
python
import pyarrow.parquet as pq
# Improved Parquet reading
table = pq.read_table('data.parquet')
print(f'Columns: {table.column_names}')
print(f'Rows: {table.num_rows}')Parquet performance
Parquet read and write operations are faster thanks to optimized column decoding and page prefetching.