New features
* feat: expose typetracer in public backend API by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2066
* feat: add byteorder argument to `to_buffers` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2095
* feat: add exception for missing field by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2120
Bug-fixes and performance
* fix: support scalars in tuple (and list) arguments provided to `__array_function__` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2045
* fix: support option-in-record for `fill_none` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2065
* fix: support unzipping `ak.Record` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2077
* fix: render keyword and varargs by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2074
* fix: don't try to re-wrap `array_function` overload results by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2079
* fix: support merging of `RegularArray` and `NumpyArray` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2063
* fix: correct NumPy zero-size broadcasting by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2083
* fix: implement explicit translation for NEP-18 by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2089
* fix: listarray - slicing expects scalars by ianna in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2069
* fix: off-by-one error in `run_lengths` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2093
* fix: broken links due to cpp split by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2087
* fix: unflatten should accept non-packed `counts` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2097
* fix: remove string casting from `ak.to_layout` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2098
* fix: support categorical counts in `ak.unflatten` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2099
* fix: use pickleable closure for `ak.mixin_class_method` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2102
* fix: be more permissive with sort translation by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2112
* fix: merging 1D `NumpyArray` with option by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2105
* fix: support `is_indexed` types in `ak.fill_none` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2111
* fix: use `object.__new__(ak.Array)` for pickling constructor by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2113
* fix: remove Long64_t from common header-only by ianna in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2084
* fix: `TypeTracerArray` binary operators, `ak.Array.__str__` with a typetracer, attempts to call `touch_data` on non-typetracers, ...? by jpivarski in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2115
* fix: add `ScalarType` and treat bare strings as char arrays by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2116
* fix: ensure Exception if branch evaluates for Awkward type by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2019
Other
* refactor: add `final` to contents, types, and forms by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2033
* refactor: remove `kind` and `order` args to sorting protocols by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2090
* docs: remove reference to sorting implementation by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2114
* test: fix on win32 by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2117
* ci: remove link checker by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2075
* chore: update pyodide-build by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2060
* chore: update pre-commit hooks by pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2039
* chore(deps): bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.11.3 to 2.11.4 by dependabot in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2038
* chore(deps): bump mymindstorm/setup-emsdk from 11 to 12 by dependabot in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2119
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/compare/v2.0.5...v2.0.6