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+(v1.10.3)=
+### 1.10.3 {small}`2024-09-17`
+
+#### Bug fixes
+
+- Prevent empty control gene set in {func}`~scanpy.tl.score_genes` {smaller}`M Müller` ({pr}`2875`)
+- Fix `subset=True` of {func}`~scanpy.pp.highly_variable_genes` when `flavor` is `seurat` or `cell_ranger`, and `batch_key!=None` {smaller}`E Roellin` ({pr}`3042`)
+- Add compatibility with {mod}`numpy` 2.0 {smaller}`P Angerer` {pr}`3065` and ({pr}`3115`)
+- Fix `legend_loc` argument in {func}`scanpy.pl.embedding` not accepting matplotlib parameters {smaller}`P Angerer` ({pr}`3163`)
+- Fix dispersion cutoff in {func}`~scanpy.pp.highly_variable_genes` in presence of `NaN`s {smaller}`P Angerer` ({pr}`3176`)
+- Fix axis labeling for swapped axes in {func}`~scanpy.pl.rank_genes_groups_stacked_violin` {smaller}`Ilan Gold` ({pr}`3196`)
+- Upper bound dask on account of {issue}`scverse/anndata#1579` {smaller}`Ilan Gold` ({pr}`3217`)
+- The [fa2-modified][] package replaces [forceatlas2][] for the latter’s lack of maintenance {smaller}`A Alam` ({pr}`3220`)
+
+  [fa2-modified]: https://github.com/AminAlam/fa2_modified
+  [forceatlas2]: https://github.com/bhargavchippada/forceatlas2
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-Prevent empty control gene set in {func}`~scanpy.tl.score_genes` {smaller}`M Müller`
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-Fix `subset=True` of {func}`~scanpy.pp.highly_variable_genes` when `flavor` is `seurat` or `cell_ranger`, and `batch_key!=None` {smaller}`E Roellin`
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-Add compatibility with {mod}`numpy` 2.0 {smaller}`P Angerer` {pr}`3065` and
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-Fix `legend_loc` argument in {func}`scanpy.pl.embedding` not accepting matplotlib parameters {smaller}`P Angerer`
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-Fix dispersion cutoff in {func}`~scanpy.pp.highly_variable_genes` in presence of `NaN`s {smaller}`P Angerer`
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-Fix axis labeling for swapped axes in {func}`~scanpy.pl.rank_genes_groups_stacked_violin` {smaller}`Ilan Gold`
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-Upper bound dask on account of {issue}`scverse/anndata#1579` {smaller}`Ilan Gold`
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-The [fa2-modified][] package replaces [forceatlas2][] for the latter’s lack of maintenance {smaller}`A Alam`
-
-[fa2-modified]: https://github.com/AminAlam/fa2_modified
-[forceatlas2]: https://github.com/bhargavchippada/forceatlas2