From 12ea18a66f4ef9c0570ce6ea27fa403a4b7371ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cvanelteren <caspervanelteren@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:10:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 01/14] bump to 60 minutes

---
 .github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml b/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
index e6653b6e1..cd88b89a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
   build-ultraplot:
     name: Test Python ${{ inputs.python-version }} with ${{ inputs.matplotlib-version }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 25
+    timeout-minutes: 60
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash -el {0}

From 363551e642dd1ba217096b64c919c3f7522afbaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cvanelteren <caspervanelteren@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:31:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 02/14] use mpl-hash

---
 .github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml | 13 +++++++++++--
 pyproject.toml                        |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml b/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
index cd88b89a9..727fe3aac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
@@ -76,14 +76,23 @@ jobs:
           git fetch origin ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
           git checkout ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
           python -c "import ultraplot as plt; plt.config.Configurator()._save_yaml('ultraplot.yml')"
-          pytest -W ignore --mpl-generate-path=baseline --mpl-default-style="./ultraplot.yml"
+          pytest -W ignore \
+          --mpl-generate-path=baseline \
+          --mpl-generate-hash-library=baseline/comparison_hashes.json \
+          --mpl-default-style="./ultraplot.yml"
           git checkout ${{ github.sha }}  # Return to PR branch
 
       - name: Image Comparison Ultraplot
         run: |
           mkdir -p results
           python -c "import ultraplot as plt; plt.config.Configurator()._save_yaml('ultraplot.yml')"
-          pytest -W ignore --mpl --mpl-baseline-path=baseline --mpl-generate-summary=html --mpl-results-path=./results/ --mpl-default-style="./ultraplot.yml" --store-failed-only ultraplot/tests
+          pytest -W ignore \
+              --mpl \
+              --mpl-hash-library=baseline/comparison_hashes.json \
+              --mpl-results-path=./results/ \
+              --mpl-generate-summary=html \
+              --mpl-default-style="./ultraplot.yml" \
+              --store-failed-only ultraplot/tests
 
       # Return the html output of the comparison even if failed
       - name: Upload comparison failures
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2e0aee22b..970144625 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -50,3 +50,7 @@ include-package-data = true
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 write_to = "ultraplot/_version.py"
 write_to_template = "__version__ = '{version}'\n"
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+mpl-baseline-dir = "./baseline"
+mpl = "hash"

From 057ff6e3c0ff40f2154f2bdb6f5f606ff2514917 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Matthew R. Becker" <beckermr@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:37:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 03/14] Add test message to module docstring

---
 ultraplot/__init__.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/ultraplot/__init__.py b/ultraplot/__init__.py
index 2a2db3bd1..ed550a735 100644
--- a/ultraplot/__init__.py
+++ b/ultraplot/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """
 A succinct matplotlib wrapper for making beautiful, publication-quality graphics.
+test me
 """
 # SCM versioning
 name = "ultraplot"

From 4f1e20df36b7e07b906c73b26cfe5a1a4f119c1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cvanelteren <caspervanelteren@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 18:00:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 04/14] bump

---
 .github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml b/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
index 727fe3aac..38dfe3a53 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
@@ -77,9 +77,10 @@ jobs:
           git checkout ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
           python -c "import ultraplot as plt; plt.config.Configurator()._save_yaml('ultraplot.yml')"
           pytest -W ignore \
-          --mpl-generate-path=baseline \
-          --mpl-generate-hash-library=baseline/comparison_hashes.json \
-          --mpl-default-style="./ultraplot.yml"
+            --mpl-generate-path=baseline \
+            --mpl-generate-hash-library=baseline/comparison_hashes.json \
+            --mpl-default-style="./ultraplot.yml"\
+            ultraplot/tests
           git checkout ${{ github.sha }}  # Return to PR branch
 
       - name: Image Comparison Ultraplot

From 11b5fdb8582b5d5c942f4587b2bfdebc160f4bd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cvanelteren <caspervanelteren@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 18:14:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 05/14] only generate hashes

---
 .github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml b/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
index 38dfe3a53..c41a7bc1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ jobs:
           git checkout ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
           python -c "import ultraplot as plt; plt.config.Configurator()._save_yaml('ultraplot.yml')"
           pytest -W ignore \
-            --mpl-generate-path=baseline \
-            --mpl-generate-hash-library=baseline/comparison_hashes.json \
+            --mpl-generate-hash-library=./baseline/comparison_hashes.json \
             --mpl-default-style="./ultraplot.yml"\
             ultraplot/tests
           git checkout ${{ github.sha }}  # Return to PR branch
@@ -89,11 +88,11 @@ jobs:
           python -c "import ultraplot as plt; plt.config.Configurator()._save_yaml('ultraplot.yml')"
           pytest -W ignore \
               --mpl \
-              --mpl-hash-library=baseline/comparison_hashes.json \
+              --mpl-hash-library=./baseline/comparison_hashes.json \
               --mpl-results-path=./results/ \
               --mpl-generate-summary=html \
               --mpl-default-style="./ultraplot.yml" \
-              --store-failed-only ultraplot/tests
+              ultraplot/tests
 
       # Return the html output of the comparison even if failed
       - name: Upload comparison failures

From f100dab10af844d410a50a8a551339c0adfdc5ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cvanelteren <caspervanelteren@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 19:14:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 06/14] sanity checks

---
 ultraplot/tests/test_demos.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ultraplot/tests/test_demos.py b/ultraplot/tests/test_demos.py
index ebaf9a24d..846ca5b8c 100644
--- a/ultraplot/tests/test_demos.py
+++ b/ultraplot/tests/test_demos.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ def test_show_channels_requires_arg():
         demos.show_channels()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip("sanitycheck")
 @pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare
 def test_show_channels_basic():
     """Basic invocation of show_channels returns a figure and axes of expected length."""
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ def test_show_channels_basic():
     return fig
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip("sanitycheck")
 @pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare
 def test_show_colorspaces_default_and_options():
     """show_colorspaces should create three panels (hcl/hsl/hpl)."""
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ def test_show_colorspaces_default_and_options():
     return fig
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip("sanitycheck")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("demo", ["show_cmaps", "show_cycles"])
 @pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare
 def test_show_cmaps_and_cycles_return_fig_and_axes(demo):
@@ -75,6 +78,7 @@ def test__filter_colors_behavior():
     assert not demos._filter_colors(hcl_endpoint, ihue=3, nhues=4, minsat=10)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip("sanitycheck")
 @pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("nhues,minsat", [(4, 10), (8, 15)])
 def test_show_colors_basic_and_titles(nhues, minsat):
@@ -92,6 +96,7 @@ def test_show_colors_basic_and_titles(nhues, minsat):
     return fig
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip("sanitycheck")
 @pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare
 def test_show_fonts_with_existing_font():
     """show_fonts should accept a real font name from the system and return a figure."""

From c1d0f1145ad4ac1b473332386ace92cb345468b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cvanelteren <caspervanelteren@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:38:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 07/14] debug closing command

---
 ultraplot/tests/conftest.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/ultraplot/tests/conftest.py b/ultraplot/tests/conftest.py
index db2482d90..d55300b62 100644
--- a/ultraplot/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/ultraplot/tests/conftest.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ def rng():
 def close_figures_after_test():
     yield
     uplt.close("all")
+    assert uplt.pyplot.get_fignums() == [], f"Open figures {uplt.pyplot.get_fignums()}"
 
 
 # Define command line option

From ce64bde6bd947aa4640a30abb7ba04877bdcc530 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cvanelteren <caspervanelteren@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:42:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 08/14] rm hashing

---
 .github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml b/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
index c41a7bc1b..2ec5e6b08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
           git checkout ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
           python -c "import ultraplot as plt; plt.config.Configurator()._save_yaml('ultraplot.yml')"
           pytest -W ignore \
-            --mpl-generate-hash-library=./baseline/comparison_hashes.json \
+            --mpl-generate-path=./baseline/ \
             --mpl-default-style="./ultraplot.yml"\
             ultraplot/tests
           git checkout ${{ github.sha }}  # Return to PR branch
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
           python -c "import ultraplot as plt; plt.config.Configurator()._save_yaml('ultraplot.yml')"
           pytest -W ignore \
               --mpl \
-              --mpl-hash-library=./baseline/comparison_hashes.json \
+              --mpl-baseline-path=./baseline/ \
               --mpl-results-path=./results/ \
               --mpl-generate-summary=html \
               --mpl-default-style="./ultraplot.yml" \

From 1e90db646bd838c61cd78c704d6690ae91a2f64c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cvanelteren <caspervanelteren@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:54:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 09/14] rm hashing

---
 pyproject.toml | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 970144625..2e0aee22b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -50,7 +50,3 @@ include-package-data = true
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 write_to = "ultraplot/_version.py"
 write_to_template = "__version__ = '{version}'\n"
-
-[tool.pytest.ini_options]
-mpl-baseline-dir = "./baseline"
-mpl = "hash"

From 9293cb08e9a5640e1eba1c89c7451a5e1ce7e3c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cvanelteren <caspervanelteren@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 21:08:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 10/14] sanity checks

---
 .github/workflows/main.yml | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 9e9a3519f..e2e00aacb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
     concurrency:
       group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.matplotlib-version }}
-      cancel-in-progress: true
+      cancel-in-progress: false
     with:
       python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       matplotlib-version: ${{ matrix.matplotlib-version }}
@@ -153,4 +153,3 @@ jobs:
               exit 1
             fi
           fi
-

From 1dfe4f2f0d4e165e40fb54adea23732f37aa4307 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cvanelteren <caspervanelteren@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 21:18:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 11/14] sanity checks

---
 .github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml | 1 +
 .github/workflows/main.yml            | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml b/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
index 2ec5e6b08..371ca1e4a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ jobs:
           slug: Ultraplot/ultraplot
 
   compare-baseline:
+    name: Compare baseline Python ${{ inputs.python-version }} with ${{ inputs.matplotlib-version }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     defaults:
       run:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index e2e00aacb..01d9c856f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
     concurrency:
       group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.matplotlib-version }}
-      cancel-in-progress: false
+      cancel-in-progress: true
     with:
       python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       matplotlib-version: ${{ matrix.matplotlib-version }}

From 67bc5ef0b16b6b2bb293dc3d9730c71f1e47add2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cvanelteren <caspervanelteren@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:02:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 12/14] aggresively clean all

---
 ultraplot/tests/conftest.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ultraplot/tests/conftest.py b/ultraplot/tests/conftest.py
index d55300b62..f296ab9d1 100644
--- a/ultraplot/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/ultraplot/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os, shutil, pytest, re, numpy as np, ultraplot as uplt
 from pathlib import Path
-import warnings, logging
+import warnings, logging, gc
+from matplotlib._pylab_helpers import Gcf
 
 logging.getLogger("matplotlib").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
 SEED = 51423
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ def close_figures_after_test():
     yield
     uplt.close("all")
     assert uplt.pyplot.get_fignums() == [], f"Open figures {uplt.pyplot.get_fignums()}"
+    Gcf.destroy_all()
+    gc.collect()
 
 
 # Define command line option

From f238f5c2241acb28d3e5595a1c330693218546a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cvanelteren <caspervanelteren@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:20:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 13/14] rm skip

---
 ultraplot/tests/test_demos.py | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ultraplot/tests/test_demos.py b/ultraplot/tests/test_demos.py
index 62d225dd5..ab8300de8 100644
--- a/ultraplot/tests/test_demos.py
+++ b/ultraplot/tests/test_demos.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ def test_show_channels_basic():
     return fig
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip("sanitycheck")
 @pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare
 def test_show_colorspaces_default_and_options():
     """show_colorspaces should create three panels (hcl/hsl/hpl)."""
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ def test_show_colorspaces_default_and_options():
     return fig
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip("sanitycheck")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("demo", ["show_cmaps", "show_cycles"])
 @pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare
 def test_show_cmaps_and_cycles_return_fig_and_axes(demo):
@@ -83,7 +81,6 @@ def test__filter_colors_behavior():
     assert not demos._filter_colors(hcl_endpoint, ihue=3, nhues=4, minsat=10)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip("sanitycheck")
 @pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("nhues,minsat", [(4, 10), (8, 15)])
 def test_show_colors_basic_and_titles(nhues, minsat):
@@ -101,7 +98,6 @@ def test_show_colors_basic_and_titles(nhues, minsat):
     return fig
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip("sanitycheck")
 @pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare
 def test_show_fonts_with_existing_font():
     """show_fonts should accept a real font name from the system and return a figure."""

From cbd90d389976347611e2f888bc0d392a8a84ed0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cvanelteren <caspervanelteren@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:19:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 14/14] final touches

---
 .github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml | 4 ++--
 ultraplot/__init__.py                 | 1 -
 ultraplot/tests/test_demos.py         | 1 -
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml b/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
index 371ca1e4a..ab19ab15c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-ultraplot.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build-ultraplot:
-    name: Test Python ${{ inputs.python-version }} with ${{ inputs.matplotlib-version }}
+    name: Test Python ${{ inputs.python-version }} with MPL ${{ inputs.matplotlib-version }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 60
     defaults:
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
           slug: Ultraplot/ultraplot
 
   compare-baseline:
-    name: Compare baseline Python ${{ inputs.python-version }} with ${{ inputs.matplotlib-version }}
+    name: Compare baseline Python ${{ inputs.python-version }} with MPL ${{ inputs.matplotlib-version }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     defaults:
       run:
diff --git a/ultraplot/__init__.py b/ultraplot/__init__.py
index ed550a735..2a2db3bd1 100644
--- a/ultraplot/__init__.py
+++ b/ultraplot/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """
 A succinct matplotlib wrapper for making beautiful, publication-quality graphics.
-test me
 """
 # SCM versioning
 name = "ultraplot"
diff --git a/ultraplot/tests/test_demos.py b/ultraplot/tests/test_demos.py
index ab8300de8..f76d86ffd 100644
--- a/ultraplot/tests/test_demos.py
+++ b/ultraplot/tests/test_demos.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ def test_show_channels_requires_arg():
         demos.show_channels()
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip("sanitycheck")
 @pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare
 def test_show_channels_basic():
     """Basic invocation of show_channels returns a figure and axes of expected length."""