DOC: Add whatsnew entry for dictionary array NA handling fix

asharmalik19 · asharmalik19 · commit 81ed4102c582 · 2025-02-19T11:55:10.000-05:00
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v3.0.0.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v3.0.0.rst
@@ -623,6 +623,8 @@ Performance improvements
 
 Bug fixes
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+- Fixed bug in :meth:`ArrowExtensionArray.factorize` where NA values were dropped when input was dictionary-encoded even when dropna was set to False(:issue:`60567`)
+
 
 Categorical
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
