From 398d8e6c393efe72978ed07ab2d37973771db7b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maximilian Roos <5635139+max-sixty@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:45:22 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add whatsnew for #8475 (#8478)

Sorry, forgot in the original PR
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 doc/whats-new.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/whats-new.rst b/doc/whats-new.rst
index 3698058cfe8..76548fe95c5 100644
--- a/doc/whats-new.rst
+++ b/doc/whats-new.rst
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ New Features
 - Use a concise format when plotting datetime arrays. (:pull:`8449`).
   By `Jimmy Westling <https://github.com/illviljan>`_.
 
+
+- :py:meth:`~xarray.DataArray.rank` now operates on dask-backed arrays, assuming
+  the core dim has exactly one chunk. (:pull:`8475`).
+  By `Maximilian Roos <https://github.com/max-sixty>`_.
+
 Breaking changes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~