Trouble with Polars streaming
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Streaming engine doesn't error on mismatched length when the input data has one row
...Reproducible example ### Log output ### Issue description The streaming engine doesn't error when I try to add a column that doesn't have the same length as the existing data. The in-memory engine errors. This discrepancy only occurs when the data has one row (e.g. all three...
Mismatch of output type of `list.slice()` with all nulls between in-memory and streaming engine
### Checks - [x] I have checked that this issue has not already been reported. - [x] I have confirmed this bug exists on the [latest version](https://pypi.org/project/polars/) of Polars. ### Reproducible example ### Log output ### Issue description In the example above,...
`min_by`/`max_by`/`sort_by` with a scalar `by`: in-memory engine raises, streaming broadcasts
### Checks - [x] I have checked that this issue has not already been reported. - [x] I have confirmed this bug exists on the [latest version](https://pypi.org/project/polars/) of Polars. ### Reproducible example ### Log output ### Issue description When the `by` of...
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3 posts from 2 people in 1 place, about 2 a week over 8 days. Mostly on pola-rs/polars. Tools named alongside: PyPI.
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Posts about Polars with no known issue, sharing the word "streaming". First post Oct 6, 2026, latest Oct 13, 2026. Corroborated: 3 or more posts from 2 or more people or places. Method
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