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ENH: introduce wedge_labels parameter for pie

API: changes

DO NOT MERGELast-resort; prefer specific mechanisms if possible: draft PR, request changes, specific labelsLast-resort; prefer specific mechanisms if possible: draft PR, request changes, specific labels

Documentation: examplesfiles in galleries/examplesfiles in galleries/examples

New feature

status: needs rebase

topic: plotting methods

topic: pyplot API

Status: Open (in progress).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 29152

#29152 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· rcomer opened on Nov 17, 2024

[MNT]: Revamp draw_path_collection() API

Maintenance

Status: Open.

#30547 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· r3kste opened on Sep 11, 2025

Add U, V and C setter to Quiver

New feature

status: needs rebase

status: needs revision

topic: plotting methods

Status: Open (in progress).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 26410

#26410 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· ericpre opened on Jul 29, 2023

[Bug]: Inconsistent line anti-aliasing in PolyCollection

status: confirmed bug

Status: Open.

#30549 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· lganic opened on Sep 11, 2025

Deterministic Rendering

topic: path handling

Status: Open (in progress).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 30576

#30576 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· melwyncarlo opened on Sep 17, 2025

Multivar imshow

Documentation: APIfiles in lib/ and doc/apifiles in lib/ and doc/api

status: needs rebase

topic: collections and mappables

topic: color/color & colormaps

topic: images

topic: pyplot API

Status: Open (in progress).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 30597

#30597 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· trygvrad opened on Sep 24, 2025

Some short lines added with plot() are missing in the PNG output depending on DPI

backend: agg

keepItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github ActionItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github Action

status: confirmed bug

status: has patchpatch suggested, PR still neededpatch suggested, PR still needed

Status: Open.

#20192 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· tskir opened on May 9, 2021

Proof of Concept: Data Containers

status: needs rebase

topic: collections and mappables

topic: contour

topic: images

Status: Draft (not ready).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 30865

#30865 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· ksunden opened on Dec 16, 2025

Add wai-aria property to the artist accessibility annotations.

accessibility

New feature

status: needs comment/discussionneeds consensus on next stepneeds consensus on next step

status: needs rebase

Status: Draft (not ready).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 21328

#21328 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· tonyfast opened on Oct 10, 2021

MNT: Deprecate rcParams._get("backend")

API: changes

Maintenance

Status: Draft (not ready).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 30963

#30963 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· timhoffm opened on Jan 14, 2026

Type hints in _type1font.py

status: needs rebase

Status: Open (in progress).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 30187

#30187 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· jkseppan opened on Jun 19, 2025

Use std::visit to exhaust std::variant possibilities.

backend: agg

CI: Run cibuildwheelRun wheel building tests on a PRRun wheel building tests on a PR

Maintenance

topic: text/fonts

Status: Open (in progress).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 30773

#30773 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· anntzer opened on Nov 21, 2025

tight_layout support for subfigure

status: waiting for other PR

Status: Open (in progress).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 26108

#26108 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· leejjoon opened on Jun 11, 2023

Add support for (some) colour fonts

backend: agg

topic: text/fonts

Status: Open (in progress).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 30725

#30725 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· QuLogic opened on Nov 4, 2025

ft2font: Add internal API for accessing font variations

status: needs comment/discussionneeds consensus on next stepneeds consensus on next step

topic: text/fonts

Status: Open (in progress).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 31434

#31434 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· QuLogic opened on Apr 1, 2026

Support {lua,xe}tex as alternative usetex engine.

backend: agg

backend: cairo

backend: pdf

backend: pgf

backend: ps

backend: svg

CI: Run cibuildwheelRun wheel building tests on a PRRun wheel building tests on a PR

status: needs rebase

topic: mpl_toolkit

topic: path handling

Status: Draft (not ready).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 29807

#29807 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· anntzer opened on Mar 25, 2025

ENH: allow non-monotonic contour levels

status: needs comment/discussionneeds consensus on next stepneeds consensus on next step

topic: contour

Status: Open (in progress).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 31237

#31237 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· jklymak opened on Mar 4, 2026

[ENH]: Remove artists from axes completely.

New feature

Status: Open.

#25168 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· komoto48g opened on Feb 7, 2023