Let's keep the code flowing. Part of

• [EPIC] A collection of release tickets #7392

Release Checklist:

• Verify with downstream DataFusion tests: Update to arrow, parquet to 57.1.0 datafusion#18820
• Release notes and bump version: Prepare for 57.1.0 release: Changelog and Version #8874
• Release Candidate + Vote thread: https://lists.apache.org/thread/y439t9m1o5h6p6h6c7zbfoohlcx781kn
• Release to crates.io / approval:
• Create follow on tickets: Release arrow-rs / parquet Minor version 57.2.0 (December 2025) #8465

Requested items for release

• Parquet 56: encounter error: item_reader def levels are None when reading nested field with row filter #8657
• [Parquet] Writing in 57.0.0 seems 10% slower than 56.0.0 #8783
• Rewrite ParquetRecordBatchStream in terms of the PushDecoder #8159
• [Parquet] Adaptive Parquet Predicate Pushdown #8733
• General virtual columns support + row numbers as a first use-case #8715