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Fix the interval-conversion group found in NODEIDS_TO_SKIP_WHEN_SHARDED (#22992).

cuDF can construct intervals with timezone-aware endpoints, but their conversion to pandas calls an Arrow interval conversion that coerces endpoints through NumPy. NumPy cannot interpret timezone-aware or pandas nullable extension dtypes.

  • Convert each endpoint using its dtype-aware to_pandas implementation, then construct the pandas IntervalIndex through its public API.
  • Use sliced struct-child views so endpoint conversion respects the parent column's offset and length.
  • Cover time units, timezones across a DST transition, closure, empty/sliced data, nulls, and nullable/Arrow numeric endpoint dtypes.
  • Remove three shard-only skips and eleven normal xfails fixed by this conversion.

This branch is independently based on main. It does not add CPU fallback to an accelerated operation: it fixes the explicit GPU-to-pandas conversion boundary.

Validation

  • Direct cuDF interval module: 2,883 passed.
  • New cudf.pandas conversion regressions: 8 passed with fallback disabled; nine neighboring index-name tests also passed.
  • Full upstream pandas interval module with both cuDF pandas plugins: 1,593 passed, 50 skipped, 31 xfailed (base: 1,582 passed, 50 skipped, 42 xfailed).
  • Full interval module, shard 0: 819 passed, 28 skipped, 16 xfailed.
  • Full interval module, shard 1: 774 passed, 22 skipped, 15 xfailed.
  • The two newly passing extension-subtype tests also pass under vanilla pandas.
  • Original private pandas _maybe_convert_i8 tests require fallback for that unsupported private method; the new regressions independently verify accelerated interval construction and successful conversion without fallback.
  • All applicable pre-commit hooks passed (including mypy, Ruff, numpydoc, and copyright checks).

Local environment note

Tests use pandas 3.0.3 and checked-out Python sources. Installed native libraries are cuDF 26.10 while main is 26.12. An external startup hook loads the installed strings_udf extension and aliases apply_retention_mask to its identical pre-rename GPU implementation, apply_boolean_mask. No CPU substitute or installed-environment modifications were used. Matching main native-library validation remains for CI.

Construct pandas intervals from dtype-aware endpoint conversions and respect sliced struct-child views. Cover timezones, extension dtypes, empty slices and nulls; remove three shard skips and eleven fixed xfails.
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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved conversion of interval indexes to pandas, including sliced intervals, datetime values, time zones, closure modes, extension types, and null values.
    • Improved handling of timezone-aware interval indexes created from breaks.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for interval-index conversions across supported datetime units, time zones, closure modes, slicing, null values, and fallback modes.
    • Updated interval-related test expectations and removed obsolete skipped cases.

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Interval child access now respects slicing. Non-Arrow pandas conversion now preserves IntervalIndex structure, closure, and dtype. Tests cover datetime, timezone-aware, extension, sliced, and null intervals.

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IntervalIndex conversion

Layer / File(s) Summary
Interval child access and pandas conversion
python/cudf/cudf/core/column/interval.py
Sliced struct children provide the left and right endpoints. Non-Arrow conversion constructs pd.IntervalIndex from converted endpoints while preserving closure and dtype.
Interval conversion coverage and annotations
python/cudf/cudf/tests/indexes/test_interval.py, python/cudf/cudf/pandas/scripts/pandas-testing-plugin.py
Tests cover datetime units, extension subtypes, slices, and null intervals. Obsolete skip annotations are removed and remaining cases are marked as TODO.
Timezone-aware fast-to-slow validation
python/cudf/cudf_pandas_tests/test_cudf_pandas.py
Parameterized tests compare timezone-aware interval indexes across closure modes and time zones while fallback is disabled.

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Interval conversion now preserves endpoint dtypes and slicing behavior, but singleton and all-null interval conversions remain unverified. This is a bounded edge-case risk that should be covered before or shortly after merge.

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196-201: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Add a conversion benchmark.

to_pandas now converts both endpoint columns and constructs a pandas IntervalIndex. Add a benchmark for contiguous and sliced interval columns to detect conversion-cost regressions in this path.

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In `@python/cudf/cudf/core/column/interval.py` around lines 196 - 201, Add unit
benchmarks covering pandas conversion of both contiguous and sliced interval
columns through the Interval column’s to_pandas path, including endpoint
conversion and pandas IntervalIndex construction. Follow the repository’s
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In `@python/cudf/cudf/tests/indexes/test_interval.py`:
- Line 28: Add parameterized interval selections covering empty, single-element,
all-null, and mixed-endpoint cases in the relevant test cases around the
selection parameter and null-interval setup. Assert dtype, closure, and null
placement for valid singleton and all-null conversions, and assert the
documented exception for invalid mixed endpoint types.

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In `@python/cudf/cudf/core/column/interval.py`:
- Around line 196-201: Add unit benchmarks covering pandas conversion of both
contiguous and sliced interval columns through the Interval column’s to_pandas
path, including endpoint conversion and pandas IntervalIndex construction.
Follow the repository’s existing benchmark conventions and use representative
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@pytest.mark.parametrize("closed", ["left", "right", "both", "neither"])
@pytest.mark.parametrize("unit", ["s", "ms", "us", "ns"])
@pytest.mark.parametrize("tz", [None, "US/Eastern", "Asia/Kolkata"])
@pytest.mark.parametrize("selection", [slice(None), slice(1, 3), slice(0, 0)])

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Cover singleton and all-null interval conversions.

Line 28 never selects exactly one interval. Line 70 creates only one null interval. Add single-element and all-null cases that assert dtype, closure, and null placement. If mixed endpoint types are invalid, add an assertion for the documented exception.

As per coding guidelines, tests must cover "empty, all-null, single-element, mixed types."

Also applies to: 70-70

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In `@python/cudf/cudf/tests/indexes/test_interval.py` at line 28, Add
parameterized interval selections covering empty, single-element, all-null, and
mixed-endpoint cases in the relevant test cases around the selection parameter
and null-interval setup. Assert dtype, closure, and null placement for valid
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/okay to test 23c8e28

The interval endpoint conversion fix makes test_tz_unique pass. Remove its stale strict xfail so pandas-tests shard 1 reports a pass instead of XPASS(strict).
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