From c650e8aa38d589d14f89a25e8552384ccd5781da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MarcoGorelli <33491632+MarcoGorelli@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:24:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] chore(python): pin pyarrow version in typing job

---
 Makefile | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ae4bfc244d..f9eae4f19d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ typing: ## Run typing checks
 		--editable test-plugin/. \
 		--editable . \
 		--group typing
+	# temporary pin due to https://github.com/narwhals-dev/narwhals/issues/3560
+	$(VENV_BIN)/uv pip install "pyarrow<24"
 	$(VENV_BIN)/uv run --no-sync pyright
 	$(VENV_BIN)/uv run --no-sync mypy
 

From 0192b71e896d0b41dc8bb380a5ca1eed0d6f1bf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MarcoGorelli <33491632+MarcoGorelli@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:41:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] pyarrow tzdata condition

---
 tests/expr_and_series/cast_test.py | 10 ++++------
 tests/frame/to_numpy_test.py       |  6 ++----
 tests/selectors_test.py            |  6 ++++--
 tests/series_only/to_numpy_test.py |  7 ++-----
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/expr_and_series/cast_test.py b/tests/expr_and_series/cast_test.py
index 90282ea596..9c73bfb822 100644
--- a/tests/expr_and_series/cast_test.py
+++ b/tests/expr_and_series/cast_test.py
@@ -217,9 +217,8 @@ def test_cast_datetime_tz_aware(
         or "ibis" in str(constructor)
     ):
         request.applymarker(pytest.mark.xfail)
-    request.applymarker(
-        pytest.mark.xfail(is_pyarrow_windows_no_tzdata(constructor), reason="no tzdata")
-    )
+    if is_pyarrow_windows_no_tzdata(constructor):
+        pytest.skip()
 
     data = {
         "date": [
@@ -247,9 +246,8 @@ def test_cast_datetime_utc(
         or "sqlframe" in str(constructor)
     ):
         request.applymarker(pytest.mark.xfail)
-    request.applymarker(
-        pytest.mark.xfail(is_pyarrow_windows_no_tzdata(constructor), reason="no tzdata")
-    )
+    if is_pyarrow_windows_no_tzdata(constructor):
+        pytest.skip()
 
     data = {
         "date": [
diff --git a/tests/frame/to_numpy_test.py b/tests/frame/to_numpy_test.py
index 9330a2c7b3..8ca9017f8d 100644
--- a/tests/frame/to_numpy_test.py
+++ b/tests/frame/to_numpy_test.py
@@ -24,13 +24,11 @@ def test_to_numpy(constructor_eager: ConstructorEager) -> None:
     assert result.dtype == "float64"
 
 
-def test_to_numpy_tz_aware(
-    constructor_eager: ConstructorEager, request: pytest.FixtureRequest
-) -> None:
+def test_to_numpy_tz_aware(constructor_eager: ConstructorEager) -> None:
     if ("pandas_pyarrow" in str(constructor_eager) and PANDAS_VERSION < (2, 2)) or (
         "pyarrow" in str(constructor_eager) and is_windows()
     ):
-        request.applymarker(pytest.mark.xfail)
+        pytest.skip()
     df = nw.from_native(
         constructor_eager({"a": [datetime(2020, 1, 1), datetime(2020, 1, 2)]}),
         eager_only=True,
diff --git a/tests/selectors_test.py b/tests/selectors_test.py
index 63c6b387e5..780eaf65c2 100644
--- a/tests/selectors_test.py
+++ b/tests/selectors_test.py
@@ -85,14 +85,16 @@ def test_datetime(constructor: Constructor, request: pytest.FixtureRequest) -> N
         "pyspark" in str(constructor)
         or "duckdb" in str(constructor)
         or "dask" in str(constructor)
-        or ("pyarrow" in str(constructor) and is_windows())
-        or ("pandas" in str(constructor) and PANDAS_VERSION < (2,))
         or "ibis" in str(constructor)
         # https://github.com/pola-rs/polars/issues/23767
         # TODO(FBruzzesi): Manage polars version
         or ("polars" in str(constructor) and POLARS_VERSION >= (1, 32, 0))
     ):
         request.applymarker(pytest.mark.xfail)
+    if ("pyarrow" in str(constructor) and is_windows()) or (
+        "pandas" in str(constructor) and PANDAS_VERSION < (2,)
+    ):
+        pytest.skip()
     if "modin" in str(constructor):
         pytest.skip(reason="too slow")
 
diff --git a/tests/series_only/to_numpy_test.py b/tests/series_only/to_numpy_test.py
index 21873760cb..aa81126b6a 100644
--- a/tests/series_only/to_numpy_test.py
+++ b/tests/series_only/to_numpy_test.py
@@ -34,16 +34,13 @@ def test_to_numpy(
     assert_array_equal(s.to_numpy(), np.array(data, dtype=float))
 
 
-def test_to_numpy_tz_aware(
-    constructor_eager: ConstructorEager, request: pytest.FixtureRequest
-) -> None:
+def test_to_numpy_tz_aware(constructor_eager: ConstructorEager) -> None:
     if (
         ("pandas_pyarrow" in str(constructor_eager) and PANDAS_VERSION < (2, 2))
         or ("modin_pyarrow" in str(constructor_eager) and PANDAS_VERSION < (2, 2))
         or ("pyarrow" in str(constructor_eager) and is_windows())
     ):
-        request.applymarker(pytest.mark.xfail)
-        request.applymarker(pytest.mark.xfail)
+        pytest.skip()
     df = nw.from_native(
         constructor_eager({"a": [datetime(2020, 1, 1), datetime(2020, 1, 2)]}),
         eager_only=True,