Cannot alter index of frames with cells that contain lists

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Type: Bug

Behaviour

Expected vs. Actual

Index modification of frames works the same for both frames with scalar data, and frames that have cells with embedded lists/arrays.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create two frames:

import pandas as pd
df1 = pd.DataFrame({
    'a': [2, 3, 1],    
    'b': [1, 2, 3]
})
df2 = pd.DataFrame({
    'a': [[1,2], [2,3], [1, 3]],
    'b': [1, 2, 3]
})

This custom operation works:

df1.set_index('b', inplace=True)  # works

This does not:

df2.set_index('b', inplace=True)

Error message is:
Failed to update data frame: The truth value of an array with more than one element is ambiguous. Use a.any() or a.all()

Diagnostic data

• Jupyter extension version: 2025.1.2024121901
• Python extension version: 2024.23.2024121901
• .NET Install Tool for Extension Authors extension version: Not installed
• Python package dependencies:

{
  "installed": {
    "pandas": "2.2.3",
    "pyarrow": "18.1.0"
  },
  "required": {
    "pandas": "1.2.0"
  },
  "unsatisfied": []
}

• Entrypoint: JupyterNotebookToolbar
• Active mode: dataWrangler

Extension version: 1.15.1
VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.97.0-insider (acd32b17b837b05a64275c297949753df46dbe6d, 2024-12-19T05:04:10.650Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 24.2.0
Modes:

System Info

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Memory (System)	128.00GB (0.45GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id f31023b9-8424-4c34-8ff1-b3c2f173ab66
Screen Reader	no
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