What is your issue?

array-api-strict v2.1.2 (released some hours ago) needs numpy >=2.1, but the conda-forge package is missing that pin:

see:

• v2.1.2 breaks for environments with numpy < 2.1 conda-forge/array-api-strict-feedstock#13
• pin numpy >=2.1 and python >=3.10 conda-forge/array-api-strict-feedstock#14

Some of xarray's dependencies are not available yet for numpy >=2.1, the current environments resolve to numpy 2.0.2. This breaks the tests where array-api-strict is imported.