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Closes #61926

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This PR adds a failing test case that reproduces a ValueError when merging two DataFrames with pyarrow-backed datetime columns using convert_dtypes(dtype_backend="pyarrow"). The test demonstrates the issue described in #61926 and is intended as a foundation for a future fix.

Due to build issues in Codespaces (related to Cython and pandas' compiled extensions), I focused on isolating the test logic. The test is wrapped in pytest.raises to explicitly capture the failure and document the bug.

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  • No fix is included yet — this PR is meant to validate and expose the bug, a fail-safe protocol.
  • Maintainers or other contributors may want to build locally to explore a patch.
  • Happy to follow up with a fix in the future or collaborate further once the build path is stable.

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@jbrockmendel
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jbrockmendel commented Sep 19, 2025

This does not close the linked issue, and doesn’t use pytest.raises. This looks like AI slop, which is not welcome here.

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This does not close the linked issue, and doesn’t use pytest.raises. This looks like AI slop, which is not welcome here.

Oh Thanks , I did not intend to close the issue , This is my first contribution to open source, getting myself familiar with the environment but I am currently working on the issue who else is?

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Thanks for submitting this PR . We hope it’s been a useful learning experience as you get familiar with the pandas development process and CI environment.

Oh Thanks , I did not intend to close the issue , This is my first contribution to open source, getting myself familiar with the environment but I am currently working on the issue who else is?

I believe that @13muskanp is! see #62356 where a fix and a test is being working on - so we’ll close this for now.

Thanks again for your interest in contributing!

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BUG: Merge fails on pyarrow datetime columns
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