diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 94f6dce73..8b6fd222d 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.7.2
+    rev: v0.7.3
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         types_or: [python, pyi, jupyter]
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/0.11.0.md b/docs/release-notes/0.11.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..317175f50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release-notes/0.11.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+(v0.11.0)=
+### 0.11.0 {small}`2024-11-07`
+
+Release candidates:
+
+- (v0.11.0rc3)=
+  {guilabel}`rc3` 2024-10-14
+- (v0.11.0rc2)=
+  {guilabel}`rc2` 2024-09-24
+- (v0.11.0rc1)=
+  {guilabel}`rc1` 2024-09-04
+
+#### Bug fixes
+
+- Ensure {func}`anndata.concat` of {class}`~anndata.AnnData` object with {class}`scipy.sparse.spmatrix` and {class}`scipy.sparse.sparray` dask arrays uses the correct fill value of 0. {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1719`)
+- Ensure that views of AwkwardArrays have their "view" attributes removed on saving an {class}`~anndata.AnnData` object to disk. {user}`grst` ({pr}`1736`)
+
+#### Breaking changes
+
+- {guilabel}`rc3` Drop support for `python` 3.9 {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1712`)
+- {guilabel}`rc2` A new `anndata.io` module contains all `read_*` and `write_*` functions, and all imports of such functions should go through this module. Old ways of importing these functions i.e., `from anndata import read_csv` or `from anndata._io.specs import read_elem` will still work, but are now considered deprecated and give a warning on import with the exception of {func}`anndata.io.read_zarr` and {func}`anndata.io.read_h5ad`, which will remain at the top-level `anndata` without warning. {user}`ilan-gold ({pr}`1682`)
+- {guilabel}`rc1` Removed deprecated modules `anndata.core` and `anndata.readwrite` {user}`ivirshup` ({pr}`1197`)
+- {guilabel}`rc1` No longer export `sparse_dataset` from `anndata.experimental`, instead exporting {func}`anndata.io.sparse_dataset` {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1642`)
+- {guilabel}`rc1` Move `RWAble` and `InMemoryElem` out of `experimental`, renaming `RWAble` to {type}`~anndata.typing.AxisStorable` and `InMemoryElem` to {type}`~anndata.typing.RWAble` {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1643`)
+
+#### Development Process
+
+- {guilabel}`rc2` Add extra `dask` dependency for installation i.e., `pip install anndata[dask]` {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1677`)
+- {guilabel}`rc2` Remove `shall_` from variable names in `settings` {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1685`)
+- {guilabel}`rc1` Create new `cupy` installation options for cuda 11 & 12 called `cu11` and `cu12` {user}`Intron7` ({pr}`1596`)
+
+#### Documentation
+
+- {guilabel}`rc1` Correct {attr}`anndata.AnnData.X` type to include {class}`~anndata.abc.CSRDataset` and {class}`~anndata.abc.CSCDataset` as possible types and being deprecation process for non-csr/csc {class}`scipy.sparse.spmatrix` types in {attr}`anndata.AnnData.X` {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1616`)
+
+#### Features
+
+- Add support for ellipsis indexing of the {class}`~anndata.AnnData` object {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1729`)
+- {guilabel}`rc1` `scipy.sparse.csr_array` and `scipy.sparse.csc_array` are now supported when constructing `AnnData` objects {user}`ilan-gold` {user}`isaac-virshup` ({pr}`1028`)
+- {guilabel}`rc1` Allow `axis` parameter of e.g. {func}`anndata.concat` to accept `'obs'` and `'var'` {user}`flying-sheep` ({pr}`1244`)
+- {guilabel}`rc1` Add `settings` object with methods for altering internally-used options, like checking for uniqueness on `obs`' index {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1270`)
+- {guilabel}`rc1` Add {attr}`~anndata.settings.remove_unused_categories` option to {attr}`anndata.settings` to override current behavior {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1340`)
+- {guilabel}`rc1` Add {func}`~anndata.experimental.read_elem_as_dask` function to handle i/o with sparse and dense arrays {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1469`)
+- {guilabel}`rc1` Add ability to convert strings to categoricals on write in {meth}`~anndata.AnnData.write_h5ad` and {meth}`~anndata.AnnData.write_zarr` via `convert_strings_to_categoricals` parameter {user}` falexwolf` ({pr}`1474`)
+- {guilabel}`rc1` Add {attr}`~anndata.settings.check_uniqueness` option to {attr}`anndata.settings` to override current behavior {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1507`)
+- {guilabel}`rc1` Add functionality to write from GPU {class}`dask.array.Array` to disk {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1550`)
+- {guilabel}`rc1` Read and write support for nullable string arrays ({class}`pandas.arrays.StringArray`). Use pandas’ {doc}`pandas:user_guide/options` `mode.string_storage` to control which storage mode is used when reading `dtype="string"` columns. {user}`flying-sheep` ({pr}`1558`)
+- {guilabel}`rc1` Export {func}`~anndata.io.write_elem` and {func}`~anndata.io.read_elem` directly from the main package instead of `experimental` {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1598`)
+- {guilabel}`rc1` Allow reading sparse data (via {func}`~anndata.io.read_elem` or {func}`~anndata.io.sparse_dataset`) into either {class}`scipy.sparse.csr_array` or {class}`scipy.sparse.csc_array` via {attr}`anndata.settings.use_sparse_array_on_read` {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1633`)
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/0.11.0rc1.md b/docs/release-notes/0.11.0rc1.md
deleted file mode 100644
index f5a98086d..000000000
--- a/docs/release-notes/0.11.0rc1.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-(v0.11.0rc1)=
-### 0.11.0rc1 {small}`2024-09-04`
-
-#### Breaking changes
-
-- Removed deprecated modules `anndata.core` and `anndata.readwrite` {user}`ivirshup` ({pr}`1197`)
-- No longer export `sparse_dataset` from `anndata.experimental`, instead exporting {func}`anndata.io.sparse_dataset` {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1642`)
-- Move `RWAble` and `InMemoryElem` out of `experimental`, renaming `RWAble` to {type}`~anndata.typing.AxisStorable` and `InMemoryElem` to {type}`~anndata.typing.RWAble` {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1643`)
-
-#### Development Process
-
-- create new `cupy` installation options for cuda 11 & 12 called `cu11` and `cu12` {user}`Intron7` ({pr}`1596`)
-
-#### Documentation
-
-- Correct {attr}`anndata.AnnData.X` type to include {class}`~anndata.abc.CSRDataset` and {class}`~anndata.abc.CSCDataset` as possible types and being deprecation process for non-csr/csc {class}`scipy.sparse.spmatrix` types in {attr}`anndata.AnnData.X` {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1616`)
-
-#### Features
-
-- `scipy.sparse.csr_array` and `scipy.sparse.csc_array` are now supported when constructing `AnnData` objects {user}`ilan-gold` {user}`isaac-virshup` ({pr}`1028`)
-- Allow `axis` parameter of e.g. {func}`anndata.concat` to accept `'obs'` and `'var'` {user}`flying-sheep` ({pr}`1244`)
-- Add `settings` object with methods for altering internally-used options, like checking for uniqueness on `obs`' index {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1270`)
-- Add {attr}`~anndata.settings.remove_unused_categories` option to {attr}`anndata.settings` to override current behavior {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1340`)
-- Add {func}`~anndata.experimental.read_elem_as_dask` function to handle i/o with sparse and dense arrays {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1469`)
-- Add ability to convert strings to categoricals on write in {meth}`~anndata.AnnData.write_h5ad` and {meth}`~anndata.AnnData.write_zarr` via `convert_strings_to_categoricals` parameter {user}` falexwolf` ({pr}`1474`)
-- Add {attr}`~anndata.settings.check_uniqueness` option to {attr}`anndata.settings` to override current behavior {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1507`)
-- Add functionality to write from GPU {class}`dask.array.Array` to disk {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1550`)
-- Read and write support for nullable string arrays ({class}`pandas.arrays.StringArray`).
-  Use pandas’ {doc}`pandas:user_guide/options` `mode.string_storage` to control which storage mode is used when reading `dtype="string"` columns.
-  {user}`flying-sheep` ({pr}`1558`)
-- Export {func}`~anndata.io.write_elem` and {func}`~anndata.io.read_elem` directly from the main package instead of `experimental` {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1598`)
-- Allow reading sparse data (via {func}`~anndata.io.read_elem` or {func}`~anndata.io.sparse_dataset`) into either {class}`scipy.sparse.csr_array` or {class}`scipy.sparse.csc_array` via {attr}`anndata.settings.use_sparse_array_on_read` {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1633`)
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/0.11.0rc2.md b/docs/release-notes/0.11.0rc2.md
deleted file mode 100644
index ecb5049d2..000000000
--- a/docs/release-notes/0.11.0rc2.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-(v0.11.0rc2)=
-### 0.11.0rc2 {small}`2024-09-24`
-
-#### Development Process
-
-- Add extra `dask` dependency for installation i.e., `pip install anndata[dask]` {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1677`)
-- Remove `shall_` from variable names in `settings` {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1685`)
-
-#### Breaking changes
-
-- A new `anndata.io` module contains all `read_*` and `write_*` functions, and all imports of such functions should go through this module.
-Old ways of importing these functions i.e., `from anndata import read_csv` or `from anndata._io.specs import read_elem` will still work, but are now considered deprecated and give a warning on import with the exception of {func}`anndata.io.read_zarr` and {func}`anndata.io.read_h5ad`, which will remain at the top-level `anndata` without warning.  `user`{ilan-gold} ({pr}`1682`)
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/0.11.0rc3.md b/docs/release-notes/0.11.0rc3.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 417b003cb..000000000
--- a/docs/release-notes/0.11.0rc3.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-(v0.11.0rc3)=
-### 0.11.0rc3 {small}`2024-10-14`
-
-### Breaking changes
-
-- Drop support for `python` 3.9 {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1712`)
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/1719.bugfix.md b/docs/release-notes/1719.bugfix.md
deleted file mode 100644
index e7511f0fa..000000000
--- a/docs/release-notes/1719.bugfix.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Ensure {func}`anndata.concat` of {class}`~anndata.AnnData` object with {class}`scipy.sparse.spmatrix` and {class}`scipy.sparse.sparray` dask arrays uses the correct fill value of 0. {user}`ilan-gold`
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/1725.bugfix.md b/docs/release-notes/1725.bugfix.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9a6dca3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release-notes/1725.bugfix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+Remove upper pin on `dask` and exclude versions broken with sparse indexing {user}`ilan-gold`
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/1729.feature.md b/docs/release-notes/1729.feature.md
deleted file mode 100644
index a7f55361b..000000000
--- a/docs/release-notes/1729.feature.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add support for ellipsis indexing of the {class}`~anndata.AnnData` object {user}`ilan-gold`
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/1736.bugfix.md b/docs/release-notes/1736.bugfix.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 58cd65448..000000000
--- a/docs/release-notes/1736.bugfix.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Ensure that views of AwkwardArrays have their "view" attributes removed on saving an {class}`~anndata.AnnData` object
-to disk. {user}`grst`
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/1743.bugfix.md b/docs/release-notes/1743.bugfix.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8f489aff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release-notes/1743.bugfix.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix chunking with -1 in `chunks` argument of {func}`~anndata.experimental.read_elem_as_dask` {user}`ilan-gold`
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/1754.bugfix.md b/docs/release-notes/1754.bugfix.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..492553ef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release-notes/1754.bugfix.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix `cupy<0.13` imports in non-gpu environments {user}`ilan-gold`
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 127ae3dc1..3cc1b31a3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ gpu = ["cupy"]
 cu12 = ["cupy-cuda12x"]
 cu11 = ["cupy-cuda11x"]
 # https://github.com/dask/dask/issues/11290
-dask = ["dask[array]>=2022.09.2,<2024.8.0"]
+dask = ["dask[array]>=2022.09.2,!=2024.8.*,!=2024.9.*"]
 
 [tool.hatch.version]
 source = "vcs"
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ select = [
     "ICN", # Follow import conventions
     "PTH", # Pathlib instead of os.path
     "PT",  # Pytest conventions
+    "PYI", # Typing
 ]
 ignore = [
     # line too long -> we accept long comment lines; formatter gets rid of long code lines
diff --git a/src/anndata/_core/anndata.py b/src/anndata/_core/anndata.py
index 7ef9f8ac4..8a8eaf949 100644
--- a/src/anndata/_core/anndata.py
+++ b/src/anndata/_core/anndata.py
@@ -1169,9 +1169,7 @@ def _inplace_subset_obs(self, index: Index1D):
         self._init_as_actual(adata_subset)
 
     # TODO: Update, possibly remove
-    def __setitem__(
-        self, index: Index, val: int | float | np.ndarray | sparse.spmatrix
-    ):
+    def __setitem__(self, index: Index, val: float | np.ndarray | sparse.spmatrix):
         if self.is_view:
             raise ValueError("Object is view and cannot be accessed with `[]`.")
         obs, var = self._normalize_indices(index)
diff --git a/src/anndata/_io/specs/lazy_methods.py b/src/anndata/_io/specs/lazy_methods.py
index 48770be9c..a34f627e7 100644
--- a/src/anndata/_io/specs/lazy_methods.py
+++ b/src/anndata/_io/specs/lazy_methods.py
@@ -105,12 +105,16 @@ def read_sparse_as_dask(
     if chunks is not None:
         if len(chunks) != 2:
             raise ValueError("`chunks` must be a tuple of two integers")
-        if chunks[minor_dim] != shape[minor_dim]:
+        if chunks[minor_dim] not in {shape[minor_dim], -1, None}:
             raise ValueError(
                 "Only the major axis can be chunked. "
                 f"Try setting chunks to {((-1, _DEFAULT_STRIDE) if is_csc else (_DEFAULT_STRIDE, -1))}"
             )
-        stride = chunks[major_dim]
+        stride = (
+            chunks[major_dim]
+            if chunks[major_dim] not in {None, -1}
+            else shape[major_dim]
+        )
 
     shape_minor, shape_major = shape if is_csc else shape[::-1]
     chunks_major = compute_chunk_layout_for_axis_shape(stride, shape_major)
@@ -142,7 +146,11 @@ def read_h5_array(
     shape = tuple(elem.shape)
     dtype = elem.dtype
     chunks: tuple[int, ...] = (
-        chunks if chunks is not None else (_DEFAULT_STRIDE,) * len(shape)
+        tuple(
+            c if c not in {None, -1} else s for c, s in zip(chunks, shape, strict=True)
+        )
+        if chunks is not None
+        else (_DEFAULT_STRIDE,) * len(shape)
     )
 
     chunk_layout = tuple(
diff --git a/src/anndata/_io/specs/registry.py b/src/anndata/_io/specs/registry.py
index 3b43def7c..ca13f8e59 100644
--- a/src/anndata/_io/specs/registry.py
+++ b/src/anndata/_io/specs/registry.py
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ def read_elem_as_dask(
        Defaults to `(1000, adata.shape[1])` for CSR sparse,
        `(adata.shape[0], 1000)` for CSC sparse,
        and the on-disk chunking otherwise for dense.
+       Can use `-1` or `None` to indicate use of the size of the corresponding dimension.
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -451,6 +452,11 @@ def read_elem_as_dask(
     ...     g["X"], chunks=(500, adata.shape[1])
     ... )
     >>> adata.layers["dense"] = ad.experimental.read_elem_as_dask(g["layers/dense"])
+
+    We also support using -1 and None as a chunk size to signify the reading the whole axis:
+
+    >>> adata.X = ad.experimental.read_elem_as_dask(g["X"], chunks=(500, -1))
+    >>> adata.X = ad.experimental.read_elem_as_dask(g["X"], chunks=(500, None))
     """
     return DaskReader(_LAZY_REGISTRY).read_elem(elem, chunks=chunks)
 
diff --git a/src/anndata/_types.py b/src/anndata/_types.py
index 66f8a9e29..2d9eb9980 100644
--- a/src/anndata/_types.py
+++ b/src/anndata/_types.py
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
     "ArrayStorageType",
     "GroupStorageType",
     "StorageType",
+    "_ReadInternal",
+    "_ReadDaskInternal",
+    "_WriteInternal",
 ]
 
 ArrayStorageType: TypeAlias = ZarrArray | H5Array
diff --git a/src/anndata/compat/__init__.py b/src/anndata/compat/__init__.py
index b5ec3d415..255ffa548 100644
--- a/src/anndata/compat/__init__.py
+++ b/src/anndata/compat/__init__.py
@@ -140,7 +140,16 @@ def __repr__():
             return "mock dask.array.core.Array"
 
 
-if find_spec("cupy") or TYPE_CHECKING:
+# https://github.com/scverse/anndata/issues/1749
+def is_cupy_importable() -> bool:
+    try:
+        import cupy  # noqa: F401
+    except ImportError:
+        return False
+    return True
+
+
+if is_cupy_importable() or TYPE_CHECKING:
     from cupy import ndarray as CupyArray
     from cupyx.scipy.sparse import csc_matrix as CupyCSCMatrix
     from cupyx.scipy.sparse import csr_matrix as CupyCSRMatrix
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 13fabdb93..9054812f5 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -3,9 +3,16 @@
 from functools import partial
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+import dask
 import joblib
 import pytest
-from dask.base import normalize_seq, normalize_token, tokenize
+from dask.base import normalize_token, tokenize
+from packaging.version import Version
+
+if Version(dask.__version__) < Version("2024.8.0"):
+    from dask.base import normalize_seq
+else:
+    from dask.tokenize import normalize_seq
 from scipy import sparse
 
 import anndata as ad
diff --git a/tests/test_io_elementwise.py b/tests/test_io_elementwise.py
index e46cd7d81..3ca5324b8 100644
--- a/tests/test_io_elementwise.py
+++ b/tests/test_io_elementwise.py
@@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ def test_read_lazy_2d_dask(sparse_format, store):
         (2, (200, 400)),
         (1, None),
         (2, None),
+        (2, (400, -1)),
+        (2, (400, None)),
     ],
 )
 def test_read_lazy_subsets_nd_dask(store, n_dims, chunks):
@@ -316,28 +318,36 @@ def test_read_lazy_h5_cluster(sparse_format, tmp_path):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    ("arr_type", "chunks"),
+    ("arr_type", "chunks", "expected_chunksize"),
     [
-        ("dense", (100, 100)),
-        ("csc", (SIZE, 10)),
-        ("csr", (10, SIZE * 2)),
-        ("csc", None),
-        ("csr", None),
+        ("dense", (100, 100), (100, 100)),
+        ("csc", (SIZE, 10), (SIZE, 10)),
+        ("csr", (10, SIZE * 2), (10, SIZE * 2)),
+        ("csc", None, (SIZE, 1000)),
+        ("csr", None, (1000, SIZE * 2)),
+        ("csr", (10, -1), (10, SIZE * 2)),
+        ("csc", (-1, 10), (SIZE, 10)),
+        ("csr", (10, None), (10, SIZE * 2)),
+        ("csc", (None, 10), (SIZE, 10)),
+        ("csc", (None, None), (SIZE, SIZE * 2)),
+        ("csr", (None, None), (SIZE, SIZE * 2)),
+        ("csr", (-1, -1), (SIZE, SIZE * 2)),
+        ("csc", (-1, -1), (SIZE, SIZE * 2)),
     ],
 )
-def test_read_lazy_2d_chunk_kwargs(store, arr_type, chunks):
+def test_read_lazy_2d_chunk_kwargs(
+    store: H5Group | ZarrGroup,
+    arr_type: Literal["csr", "csc", "dense"],
+    chunks: None | tuple[int | None, int | None],
+    expected_chunksize: tuple[int, int],
+):
     if arr_type == "dense":
         arr_store = create_dense_store(store)
         X_dask_from_disk = read_elem_as_dask(arr_store["X"], chunks=chunks)
     else:
         arr_store = create_sparse_store(arr_type, store)
         X_dask_from_disk = read_elem_as_dask(arr_store["X"], chunks=chunks)
-    if chunks is not None:
-        assert X_dask_from_disk.chunksize == chunks
-    else:
-        minor_index = int(arr_type == "csr")
-        # assert that sparse chunks are set correctly by default
-        assert X_dask_from_disk.chunksize[minor_index] == SIZE * (1 + minor_index)
+    assert X_dask_from_disk.chunksize == expected_chunksize
     X_from_disk = read_elem(arr_store["X"])
     assert_equal(X_from_disk, X_dask_from_disk)