### Describe the bug, including details regarding any error messages, version, and platform. Consensus was reached in https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/591 that Variant `value` field is mandatory. - Arrow-go should make the field mandatory for the writer. - Reading invalid files should be allowed for backwards compatibility and ability to read out of spec - https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/591#issuecomment-4907983005 ### Component(s) Parquet
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dgvj-work commentedon Aug 28, 2026
I'll take this as part of the Variant/Parquet spec-alignment cluster (#1202–#1205).
dgvj-work commentedon Aug 28, 2026
take
dgvj-work commentedon Aug 28, 2026
Opened #1242