diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index d68a9d36f0d3..37c1640dfae9 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ stages:
               VS_VER=2022
 
               echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=VS_COVERAGE_TOOL]$TOOL"
-
               PYTHONFAULTHANDLER=1 pytest -rfEsXR -n 2 \
                   --maxfail=50 --timeout=300 --durations=25 \
                   --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml --cov-report=xml --cov=lib
diff --git a/doc/_static/mpl.css b/doc/_static/mpl.css
index 25bad17c3938..70702639c1ff 100644
--- a/doc/_static/mpl.css
+++ b/doc/_static/mpl.css
@@ -220,3 +220,15 @@ div.wide-table table th.stub {
 .sidebar-cheatsheets > img {
     width: 100%;
 }
+
+.sidebar-cheatsheets {
+    margin-bottom: 3em;
+}
+
+.sidebar-cheatsheets > h3 {
+    margin-top: 0;
+}
+
+.sidebar-cheatsheets > img {
+    width: 100%;
+}
diff --git a/doc/_static/switcher.json b/doc/_static/switcher.json
index 8798dae4b36b..62c8ed756824 100644
--- a/doc/_static/switcher.json
+++ b/doc/_static/switcher.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [
     {
         "name": "3.10 (stable)",
-        "version": "3.10.1",
+        "version": "3.10.3",
         "url": "https://matplotlib.org/stable/",
         "preferred": true
     },
diff --git a/doc/users/github_stats.rst b/doc/users/github_stats.rst
index de1f85004f09..2b156277f728 100644
--- a/doc/users/github_stats.rst
+++ b/doc/users/github_stats.rst
@@ -1,174 +1,147 @@
 .. _github-stats:
 
-GitHub statistics for 3.10.1 (Feb 27, 2025)
+GitHub statistics for 3.10.3 (May 08, 2025)
 ===========================================
 
-GitHub statistics for 2024/12/14 (tag: v3.10.0) - 2025/02/27
+GitHub statistics for 2025/02/27 (tag: v3.10.1) - 2025/05/08
 
 These lists are automatically generated, and may be incomplete or contain duplicates.
 
-We closed 14 issues and merged 107 pull requests.
-The full list can be seen `on GitHub <https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/milestone/98?closed=1>`__
+We closed 16 issues and merged 78 pull requests.
+The full list can be seen `on GitHub <https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/milestone/101?closed=1>`__
 
-The following 28 authors contributed 241 commits.
+The following 28 authors contributed 128 commits.
 
-* Anselm Hahn
+* Alexandra Khoo
 * Antony Lee
-* Ben Greiner
-* Chaoyi Hu
-* Christine P. Chai
-* dependabot[bot]
+* Carlos Ramos Carreño
+* David Lowry-Duda
+* David Stansby
+* DerWeh
 * Elliott Sales de Andrade
-* G.D. McBain
-* Greg Lucas
+* guillermodotn
 * hannah
-* hu-xiaonan
-* Khushi_29
-* Khushikela29
-* KIU Shueng Chuan
-* Kyle Martin
+* Hassan Kibirige
+* Ian Thomas
+* James Addison
+* Jody Klymak
 * Kyle Sunden
-* Lumberbot (aka Jack)
-* Manthan Nagvekar
-* musvaage
-* Nathan G. Wiseman
+* Marten H. van Kerkwijk
+* Marten Henric van Kerkwijk
+* martincornejo
+* Mateusz Sokół
+* Nicolai Weitkemper
 * Oscar Gustafsson
-* Owl
+* Praful Gulani
+* prafulgulani555
+* Qian Zhang
+* Raphael Erik Hviding
 * Ruth Comer
-* saikarna913
-* Scott Shambaugh
 * Thomas A Caswell
 * Tim Hoffmann
-* Trygve Magnus Ræder
+* Weh Andreas
 
 GitHub issues and pull requests:
 
-Pull Requests (107):
+Pull Requests (78):
 
-* :ghpull:`29682`: Backport PR #29680 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: fix the bug of examples\event_handling)
-* :ghpull:`29683`: Backport PR #29670 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: change marginal scatter plot to subplot_mosaic)
-* :ghpull:`29680`: DOC: fix the bug of examples\event_handling
-* :ghpull:`29676`: Backport PR #29666 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Revising the Figure Legend Demo Example)
-* :ghpull:`29675`: Backport PR #29662 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Move Colorbar parameters to __init__)
-* :ghpull:`29662`: DOC: Move Colorbar parameters to __init__
-* :ghpull:`29668`: Backport PR #29667 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: remove redundant gridspec from example)
-* :ghpull:`29664`: Backport PR #29642 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Add docstrings to get_usetex and set_usetex in ticker.py)
-* :ghpull:`29663`: Backport PR #29075 on branch v3.10.x (Add xaxis and yaxis attributes to Axes docs)
-* :ghpull:`29642`: DOC: Add docstrings to get_usetex and set_usetex in ticker.py
-* :ghpull:`29661`: Backport PR #29652 on branch v3.10.x (Reorder kwonly kwargs in Colorbar & related docs.)
-* :ghpull:`29652`: Reorder kwonly kwargs in Colorbar & related docs.
-* :ghpull:`29075`: Add xaxis and yaxis attributes to Axes docs
-* :ghpull:`29656`: Backport PR #28437 on branch v3.10.x (Respect array alpha with interpolation_stage='rgba' in _Imagebase::_make_image)
-* :ghpull:`29448`: Backport PR #29362 on branch v3.10.0-doc (TYP: semantics of enums in stub files changed)
-* :ghpull:`28437`: Respect array alpha with interpolation_stage='rgba' in _Imagebase::_make_image
-* :ghpull:`29651`: Backport PR #29650 on branch v3.10.x (Copy-edit "interactive figures & async programming" guide.)
-* :ghpull:`29650`: Copy-edit "interactive figures & async programming" guide.
-* :ghpull:`29633`: Backport PR #29631 on branch v3.10.x (Add inline notebook to test data)
-* :ghpull:`29631`: Add inline notebook to test data
-* :ghpull:`29627`: Backport PR #29617 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Add docstrings to matplotlib.cbook.GrouperView)
-* :ghpull:`29617`: DOC: Add docstrings to matplotlib.cbook.GrouperView
-* :ghpull:`29625`: Backport PR #29622 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Move "Infinite lines" example from section "pyplot" to "Lines, bars and markers)
-* :ghpull:`29623`: Backport PR #29621 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Cleanup text rotation in data coordinates example)
-* :ghpull:`29619`: Backport PR #29616 on branch v3.10.x (FIX: Fix unit example so that we can unpin numpy<2.1)
-* :ghpull:`29616`: FIX: Fix unit example so that we can unpin numpy<2.1
-* :ghpull:`29611`: Backport PR #29608 on branch v3.10.x (Remove md5 usage to prevent issues on FIPS enabled systems (closes #29603))
-* :ghpull:`29608`: Remove md5 usage to prevent issues on FIPS enabled systems (closes #29603)
-* :ghpull:`29609`: Backport PR #29607 on branch v3.10.x (Correct doc for axvline arg x which sets x not y)
-* :ghpull:`29604`: Backport PR #29601 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Duplicate categorical values are mapped to the same position)
-* :ghpull:`29598`: Backport PR #29597 on branch v3.10.x (Fix typo in deprecation notes for 3.10.0)
-* :ghpull:`29591`: Backport PR #29585 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Document that tight_layout may not converge)
-* :ghpull:`29585`: DOC: Document that tight_layout may not converge
-* :ghpull:`29587`: Backport PR #25801 on branch v3.10.x (Remove some examples from Userdemo)
-* :ghpull:`29577`: Backport PR #29576 on branch v3.10.x (Remove documentation for no-longer existent ContourSet attributes.)
-* :ghpull:`29576`: Remove documentation for no-longer existent ContourSet attributes.
-* :ghpull:`29530`: Bump the actions group with 5 updates
-* :ghpull:`29564`: Backport PR #29563 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: add color sequences reference example)
-* :ghpull:`29563`: DOC: add color sequences reference example
-* :ghpull:`29557`: Backport PR #29518: TST: Increase tolerance on more arches
-* :ghpull:`29555`: Backport PR #29546 on branch v3.10.x (FIX: pyplot.matshow figure handling)
-* :ghpull:`29546`: FIX: pyplot.matshow figure handling
-* :ghpull:`29518`: TST: Increase tolerance on more arches
-* :ghpull:`29547`: Backport PR #29543 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Minor improvement on broken_barh())
-* :ghpull:`29538`: Backport PR #29536 on branch v3.10.x (Fix typo in solarized example plot.)
-* :ghpull:`29531`: Backport PR #29520 on branch v3.10.x (FIX: Correct variable name from _frame to _frames in PillowWriter class)
-* :ghpull:`29520`: FIX: Correct variable name from _frame to _frames in PillowWriter class
-* :ghpull:`29521`: Backport PR #29509 on branch v3.10.x (MNT: Discourage arrow())
-* :ghpull:`29509`: MNT: Discourage arrow()
-* :ghpull:`29514`: Backport PR #29511 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Document the behavior of bar() for categorical x data)
-* :ghpull:`29513`: Backport PR #29471 on branch v3.10.x (Fix subplot docs)
-* :ghpull:`29511`: DOC: Document the behavior of bar() for categorical x data
-* :ghpull:`29471`: Fix subplot docs
-* :ghpull:`29500`: Backport PR #29478 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Added blurb for colorizer objects in what's new for 3.10)
-* :ghpull:`29498`: Backport PR #29488 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Update broken_barh example)
-* :ghpull:`29490`: Backport PR #29476 on branch v3.10.x (ci: Enable native ARM builders for wheels)
-* :ghpull:`29476`: ci: Enable native ARM builders for wheels
-* :ghpull:`29462`: Backport PR #29404 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: scales - built in options and custom scale usefulness)
-* :ghpull:`29459`: Backport PR #29456 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Fix type descriptions in fill_between docstring)
-* :ghpull:`29404`: DOC: scales - built in options and custom scale usefulness
-* :ghpull:`29458`: Backport PR #29457 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Use float instead for scalar for type descriptions in docstrings)
-* :ghpull:`29456`: DOC: Fix type descriptions in fill_between docstring
-* :ghpull:`29457`: DOC: Use float instead for scalar for type descriptions in docstrings
-* :ghpull:`29452`: Backport PR #29411 on branch v3.10.x (fix #29410 Modifying Axes' position also alters the original Bbox object used for initialization)
-* :ghpull:`29411`: fix #29410 Modifying Axes' position also alters the original Bbox object used for initialization
-* :ghpull:`29451`: Backport PR #29449 on branch v3.10.x (ci: Install libnotify4 on all Ubuntu)
-* :ghpull:`29449`: ci: Install libnotify4 on all Ubuntu
-* :ghpull:`29444`: Backport PR #29442 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: put section headings in 3.10 what's new)
-* :ghpull:`29436`: Backport PR #29407 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Improve log scale example)
-* :ghpull:`29432`: Backport PR #29431 on branch v3.10.x (ft2font: Split named instance count from style flags)
-* :ghpull:`29431`: ft2font: Split named instance count from style flags
-* :ghpull:`29423`: Backport PR #29130 on branch v3.10.x (Raise warning if both c and facecolors are used in scatter plot (... and related improvements in the test suite).)
-* :ghpull:`29420`: Backport PR #29406 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Update scales overview)
-* :ghpull:`29417`: Backport PR #29409 on branch v3.10.x (Fixed test case(test_axes.py) failing on ppc64le)
-* :ghpull:`29416`: Backport PR #29382 on branch v3.10.x (Fix title position for polar plots)
-* :ghpull:`29382`: Fix title position for polar plots
-* :ghpull:`29412`: Backport PR #29363 on branch v3.10.x (FIX: Add version gate to GTK4 calls when necessary)
-* :ghpull:`29409`: Fixed test case(test_axes.py) failing on ppc64le
-* :ghpull:`29363`: FIX: Add version gate to GTK4 calls when necessary
-* :ghpull:`29408`: Backport PR #29401 on branch v3.10.x (FIX: add errorbars with ``add_container``)
-* :ghpull:`29401`: FIX: add errorbars with ``add_container``
-* :ghpull:`29130`: Raise warning if both c and facecolors are used in scatter plot (... and related improvements in the test suite).
-* :ghpull:`29390`: Backport PR #29389 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Minor improvements on VPacker, HPacker, PaddedBox docs)
-* :ghpull:`29389`: DOC: Minor improvements on VPacker, HPacker, PaddedBox docs
-* :ghpull:`29371`: Backport PR #29353 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Improve module docs of matplotlib.scale)
-* :ghpull:`29361`: Backport PR #29355 on branch v3.10.x (Add QtCore.Slot() decorations to FigureCanvasQT)
-* :ghpull:`29369`: Backport PR #29362 on branch v3.10.x (TYP: semantics of enums in stub files changed)
-* :ghpull:`29353`: DOC: Improve module docs of matplotlib.scale
-* :ghpull:`29362`: TYP: semantics of enums in stub files changed
-* :ghpull:`29365`: Backport PR #29364 on branch v3.10.x (fix typo)
-* :ghpull:`29366`: Backport PR #29347 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Explain parameters linthresh and linscale of symlog scale)
-* :ghpull:`29364`: fix typo
-* :ghpull:`29355`: Add QtCore.Slot() decorations to FigureCanvasQT
-* :ghpull:`29351`: Backport PR #29348 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Cleanup scales examples)
-* :ghpull:`29336`: Backport PR #29328 on branch v3.10.x (Bump github/codeql-action from 3.27.6 to 3.27.9 in the actions group)
-* :ghpull:`29328`: Bump github/codeql-action from 3.27.6 to 3.27.9 in the actions group
-* :ghpull:`29330`: Backport PR #29321 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: List min. Python version for Matplotlib 3.10)
-* :ghpull:`29324`: Backport PR #29258 on branch v3.10.x (Adding font Size as default parameter)
-* :ghpull:`29326`: Backport PR #29323 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Don't put quotes around coordinate system names)
-* :ghpull:`29323`: DOC: Don't put quotes around coordinate system names
-* :ghpull:`29258`: Adding font Size as default parameter
-* :ghpull:`29320`: Backport PR #29317 on branch v3.10.x (FIX: pass renderer through ``_auto_legend_data``)
-* :ghpull:`29317`: FIX: pass renderer through ``_auto_legend_data``
-* :ghpull:`29315`: Backport PR #29314 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: fix footnote in choosing colormaps guide)
-* :ghpull:`29309`: Backport PR #29308 on branch v3.10.x (Update cibuildwheel workflow)
-* :ghpull:`29310`: Backport PR #29292 on branch v3.10.x (Update dependencies.rst)
-* :ghpull:`29308`: Update cibuildwheel workflow
+* :ghpull:`30018`: Backport PR #29907 on branch v3.10.x (Ensure text metric calculation always uses the text cache)
+* :ghpull:`30010`: Backport PR #29992 on v3.10.x: Update pinned oldest win image on azure
+* :ghpull:`29992`: Update pinned oldest win image on azure
+* :ghpull:`29867`: Backport PR #29827 on branch v3.10.x (TST: Remove unnecessary test images)
+* :ghpull:`30002`: Backport PR #29673 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: document the issues with overlaying new mpl on old mpl)
+* :ghpull:`29673`: DOC: document the issues with overlaying new mpl on old mpl
+* :ghpull:`29999`: Backport PR #29997 on branch v3.10.x (BLD: Ensure meson.build has the right version of Python)
+* :ghpull:`29997`: BLD: Ensure meson.build has the right version of Python
+* :ghpull:`29996`: Backport PR #29995 on branch v3.10.x (Fix typo: missing singlequote in unrecognized backend exception)
+* :ghpull:`29995`: Fix typo: missing singlequote in unrecognized backend exception
+* :ghpull:`29990`: Backport PR #29789 on branch v3.10.x (Improve layout of cheatsheets in sidebar)
+* :ghpull:`29987`: Backport PR #29370 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Improve NonUniformImage docs)
+* :ghpull:`29370`: DOC: Improve NonUniformImage docs
+* :ghpull:`29983`: Backport PR #29975 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: correct signature for animation update function in rain example)
+* :ghpull:`29974`: Backport PR #29970 on branch v3.10.x (TST: Make refcount tests more resilient to Python changes)
+* :ghpull:`29975`: DOC: correct signature for animation update function in rain example
+* :ghpull:`29980`: Backport PR #29979 on branch v3.10.x (Fix typos: horizonatal -> horizontal)
+* :ghpull:`29979`: Fix typos: horizonatal -> horizontal
+* :ghpull:`29970`: TST: Make refcount tests more resilient to Python changes
+* :ghpull:`29969`: Backport PR #29965 on branch v3.10.x (Document Axes.spines)
+* :ghpull:`29965`: Document Axes.spines
+* :ghpull:`29949`: Backport PR #29796 on branch v3.10.x: ci: rotate soon-to-be-unsupported GitHub Actions ubuntu-20.04 runner out of roster
+* :ghpull:`29901`: Backport PR #29872 on branch v3.10.x (TST: Use placeholders for text in layout tests)
+* :ghpull:`29933`: Backport PR #29931 on branch v3.10.x (Allow Python native sequences in Matplotlib ``imsave()``.)
+* :ghpull:`29943`: Fix doc build on 3.10.x
+* :ghpull:`29940`: Backport PR #29919 on branch v3.10.x (Handle MOVETO's, CLOSEPOLY's and empty paths in Path.interpolated)
+* :ghpull:`29919`: Handle MOVETO's, CLOSEPOLY's and empty paths in Path.interpolated
+* :ghpull:`29908`: TST: Use text placeholders for empty legends
+* :ghpull:`29931`: Allow Python native sequences in Matplotlib ``imsave()``.
+* :ghpull:`29932`: Backport PR #29920 on branch v3.10.x (Allow ``None`` in set_prop_cycle (in type hints))
+* :ghpull:`29920`: Allow ``None`` in set_prop_cycle (in type hints)
+* :ghpull:`29927`: Backport PR #29897 on branch v3.10.x (BUG: ensure that errorbar does not error on masked negative errors.)
+* :ghpull:`29930`: Backport PR #29929 on branch v3.10.x (Correct rightparen typo)
+* :ghpull:`29929`: Correct rightparen typo
+* :ghpull:`29897`: BUG: ensure that errorbar does not error on masked negative errors.
+* :ghpull:`29907`: Ensure text metric calculation always uses the text cache
+* :ghpull:`29902`: Backport PR #29899 on branch v3.10.x ([doc] minimally document what basic units is doing)
+* :ghpull:`29900`: Backport PR #29896 on branch v3.10.x (Change ``.T`` to ``.transpose()`` in ``_reshape_2D``)
+* :ghpull:`29872`: TST: Use placeholders for text in layout tests
+* :ghpull:`29896`: Change ``.T`` to ``.transpose()`` in ``_reshape_2D``
+* :ghpull:`29888`: Backport PR #29803 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Improve FancyArrowPatch docstring)
+* :ghpull:`29880`: Backport PR #29853 on branch v3.10.x (Update lib/matplotlib/stackplot.py)
+* :ghpull:`29853`: Update lib/matplotlib/stackplot.py
+* :ghpull:`29868`: Backport PR #29834 on branch v3.10.x (TST: pin flake8)
+* :ghpull:`29827`: TST: Remove unnecessary test images
+* :ghpull:`29861`: Backport PR #29773 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Improve interactive figures guide / Blocking input)
+* :ghpull:`29859`: Backport PR #29545 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: correctly specify return type of ``figaspect``)
+* :ghpull:`29545`: DOC: correctly specify return type of ``figaspect``
+* :ghpull:`29858`: Backport PR #29842 on branch v3.10.x (Don't drag draggables on scroll events)
+* :ghpull:`29842`: Don't drag draggables on scroll events
+* :ghpull:`29848`: Backport PR #29839 on branch v3.10.x (Improve docs regarding plt.close().)
+* :ghpull:`29839`: Improve docs regarding plt.close().
+* :ghpull:`29818`: Backport PR #29801 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Slightly further improve arrowstyle demo)
+* :ghpull:`29814`: Backport PR #29552 on branch v3.10.x (Bug Fix: Normalize kwargs for Histogram)
+* :ghpull:`29792`: Backport PR #29770 on branch v3.10.x (MNT: Move test for old ipython behavior to minver tests)
+* :ghpull:`29750`: Backport PR #29748 on branch v3.10.x (Fix PyGObject version pinning in macOS tests)
+* :ghpull:`29754`: Backport PR #29721 on branch v3.10.x (FIX: pyplot auto-backend detection case-sensitivity fixup)
+* :ghpull:`29786`: Backport PR #29755 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Simplify annotation arrow style reference)
+* :ghpull:`29784`: Backport PR #29781 on branch v3.10.x (Fix escaping of nulls and "0" in default filenames.)
+* :ghpull:`29781`: Fix escaping of nulls and "0" in default filenames.
+* :ghpull:`29771`: Backport PR #29752 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Add install instructions for pixi and uv)
+* :ghpull:`29768`: Backport PR #29767 on branch v3.10.x (Add description to logit_demo.py script)
+* :ghpull:`29721`: FIX: pyplot auto-backend detection case-sensitivity fixup
+* :ghpull:`29737`: Backport PR #29734 on branch v3.10.x (ci: MacOS 14: temporarily upper-bound the 'PyGObject' Python package version)
+* :ghpull:`29735`: Backport PR #29719 on branch v3.10.x (Fix passing singleton sequence-type styles to hist)
+* :ghpull:`29719`: Fix passing singleton sequence-type styles to hist
+* :ghpull:`29730`: Backport PR #29724 on branch v3.10.x (Fix SubplotSpec.get_gridspec type hint)
+* :ghpull:`29724`: Fix SubplotSpec.get_gridspec type hint
+* :ghpull:`29727`: Backport PR #29726 on branch v3.10.x (Add reference tag to Hatch style reference)
+* :ghpull:`29709`: Backport PR #29708 on branch v3.10.x (MNT: correct version in plotting method deprecation warnings)
+* :ghpull:`29708`: MNT: correct version in plotting method deprecation warnings
+* :ghpull:`29692`: Backport PR #29689 on branch v3.10.x (Fix alt and caption handling in Sphinx directives)
+* :ghpull:`29693`: Backport PR #29590 on branch v3.10.x (Blocked set_clim() callbacks to prevent inconsistent state (#29522))
+* :ghpull:`29590`: Blocked set_clim() callbacks to prevent inconsistent state (#29522)
+* :ghpull:`29689`: Fix alt and caption handling in Sphinx directives
+* :ghpull:`29691`: Backport PR #29584 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Recommend constrained_layout over tight_layout)
+* :ghpull:`29584`: DOC: Recommend constrained_layout over tight_layout
+* :ghpull:`29552`: Bug Fix: Normalize kwargs for Histogram
 
-Issues (14):
+Issues (16):
 
-* :ghissue:`28382`: [Bug]: interpolation_stage="rgba" does not respect array-alpha
-* :ghissue:`28780`: Doc build fails with numpy>=2.1.0
-* :ghissue:`29603`: [Bug]: Setting ``text.usetex=True`` in ``pyplot.rcParams`` Raises FIPS Compliance Errors
-* :ghissue:`29575`: [Doc]: QuadContourSet does not contain a collections attribute like stated in the manual
-* :ghissue:`29519`: [Bug]:  'PillowWriter' object has no attribute '_frame' shouldn't be  '_frames'?
-* :ghissue:`29507`: [Bug]: Duplicating the labels in the ``height``/``width`` argument in ``barh()``/``bar`` leads to undrawn bars
-* :ghissue:`29447`: [Doc]: ``subplot`` behavior is not same as the doc reads in 3.10(stable)
-* :ghissue:`29410`: [Bug]: Modifying Axes' position also alters the original Bbox object used for initialization
-* :ghissue:`29396`: [Bug]: Style flag errors trying to save figures as PDF with font Inter
-* :ghissue:`29381`: [Bug]: title position incorrect for polar plot
-* :ghissue:`29350`: [Bug]: Matplotlib causes segmentation fault when hovering mouse over graph
-* :ghissue:`25274`: [Bug]: .remove() on ErrorbarContainer object does not remove the corresponding item from the legend
-* :ghissue:`29202`: [Bug]: ``fontsize`` in tables not working
-* :ghissue:`29301`: [Bug]: Blank EPS output with legend and annotate
+* :ghissue:`29183`: [Bug]: I give an RGB image to imsave but I don't have the right color map!
+* :ghissue:`29797`: [MNT]: Flaky Windows_py31x tests on Azure Pipelines
+* :ghissue:`26827`: [Bug]: ImportError when using Matplotlib v3.8.0 in Python package tests
+* :ghissue:`29964`: [Doc]: object description for "spines"of matplot.axes.Axes not found
+* :ghissue:`29917`: [Bug]: Contour plots using mollweide-projection
+* :ghissue:`29540`: [Bug]: matshow(..., fignum=...) broken
+* :ghissue:`29142`: [MNT]: Draggable legend gets stuck on cursor after scroll event
+* :ghissue:`29857`: [Bug]: Unexpected behavior of the line style specifiers in the histogram method
+* :ghissue:`29766`: [MNT]: ci: ubuntu-20.04 GitHub Actions runner will soon be unmaintained
+* :ghissue:`29812`: [MNT]: Backport request for #29552 to 3.10.x
+* :ghissue:`29779`: [Bug]: get_default_filename removes '0' from file name instead of '\0' from window title
+* :ghissue:`29713`: [Bug]: Matplotlib selects TkAgg backend on LXC containers
+* :ghissue:`29717`: [Bug]: Using a linestyle tuple with a histogram crashes with matplotlib 3.10
+* :ghissue:`29522`: [Bug]: Image color limits not correctly updated with set_clim() IFF color bar present AND new norm.vmin > old norm.vmax
+* :ghissue:`17339`: Clarify that constrained_layout and tight_layout conflict with each other
+* :ghissue:`28884`: [ENH]: Expand ``hist()`` signature to support aliases and plural kwargs
 
 
 Previous GitHub statistics
diff --git a/doc/users/prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.10.1.rst b/doc/users/prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.10.1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c7fac6d5c61d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/users/prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.10.1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+.. _github-stats-3_10_1:
+
+GitHub statistics for 3.10.1 (Feb 27, 2025)
+===========================================
+
+GitHub statistics for 2024/12/14 (tag: v3.10.0) - 2025/02/27
+
+These lists are automatically generated, and may be incomplete or contain duplicates.
+
+We closed 14 issues and merged 107 pull requests.
+The full list can be seen `on GitHub <https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/milestone/98?closed=1>`__
+
+The following 28 authors contributed 241 commits.
+
+* Anselm Hahn
+* Antony Lee
+* Ben Greiner
+* Chaoyi Hu
+* Christine P. Chai
+* dependabot[bot]
+* Elliott Sales de Andrade
+* G.D. McBain
+* Greg Lucas
+* hannah
+* hu-xiaonan
+* Khushi_29
+* Khushikela29
+* KIU Shueng Chuan
+* Kyle Martin
+* Kyle Sunden
+* Lumberbot (aka Jack)
+* Manthan Nagvekar
+* musvaage
+* Nathan G. Wiseman
+* Oscar Gustafsson
+* Owl
+* Ruth Comer
+* saikarna913
+* Scott Shambaugh
+* Thomas A Caswell
+* Tim Hoffmann
+* Trygve Magnus Ræder
+
+GitHub issues and pull requests:
+
+Pull Requests (107):
+
+* :ghpull:`29682`: Backport PR #29680 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: fix the bug of examples\event_handling)
+* :ghpull:`29683`: Backport PR #29670 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: change marginal scatter plot to subplot_mosaic)
+* :ghpull:`29680`: DOC: fix the bug of examples\event_handling
+* :ghpull:`29676`: Backport PR #29666 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Revising the Figure Legend Demo Example)
+* :ghpull:`29675`: Backport PR #29662 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Move Colorbar parameters to __init__)
+* :ghpull:`29662`: DOC: Move Colorbar parameters to __init__
+* :ghpull:`29668`: Backport PR #29667 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: remove redundant gridspec from example)
+* :ghpull:`29664`: Backport PR #29642 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Add docstrings to get_usetex and set_usetex in ticker.py)
+* :ghpull:`29663`: Backport PR #29075 on branch v3.10.x (Add xaxis and yaxis attributes to Axes docs)
+* :ghpull:`29642`: DOC: Add docstrings to get_usetex and set_usetex in ticker.py
+* :ghpull:`29661`: Backport PR #29652 on branch v3.10.x (Reorder kwonly kwargs in Colorbar & related docs.)
+* :ghpull:`29652`: Reorder kwonly kwargs in Colorbar & related docs.
+* :ghpull:`29075`: Add xaxis and yaxis attributes to Axes docs
+* :ghpull:`29656`: Backport PR #28437 on branch v3.10.x (Respect array alpha with interpolation_stage='rgba' in _Imagebase::_make_image)
+* :ghpull:`29448`: Backport PR #29362 on branch v3.10.0-doc (TYP: semantics of enums in stub files changed)
+* :ghpull:`28437`: Respect array alpha with interpolation_stage='rgba' in _Imagebase::_make_image
+* :ghpull:`29651`: Backport PR #29650 on branch v3.10.x (Copy-edit "interactive figures & async programming" guide.)
+* :ghpull:`29650`: Copy-edit "interactive figures & async programming" guide.
+* :ghpull:`29633`: Backport PR #29631 on branch v3.10.x (Add inline notebook to test data)
+* :ghpull:`29631`: Add inline notebook to test data
+* :ghpull:`29627`: Backport PR #29617 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Add docstrings to matplotlib.cbook.GrouperView)
+* :ghpull:`29617`: DOC: Add docstrings to matplotlib.cbook.GrouperView
+* :ghpull:`29625`: Backport PR #29622 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Move "Infinite lines" example from section "pyplot" to "Lines, bars and markers)
+* :ghpull:`29623`: Backport PR #29621 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Cleanup text rotation in data coordinates example)
+* :ghpull:`29619`: Backport PR #29616 on branch v3.10.x (FIX: Fix unit example so that we can unpin numpy<2.1)
+* :ghpull:`29616`: FIX: Fix unit example so that we can unpin numpy<2.1
+* :ghpull:`29611`: Backport PR #29608 on branch v3.10.x (Remove md5 usage to prevent issues on FIPS enabled systems (closes #29603))
+* :ghpull:`29608`: Remove md5 usage to prevent issues on FIPS enabled systems (closes #29603)
+* :ghpull:`29609`: Backport PR #29607 on branch v3.10.x (Correct doc for axvline arg x which sets x not y)
+* :ghpull:`29604`: Backport PR #29601 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Duplicate categorical values are mapped to the same position)
+* :ghpull:`29598`: Backport PR #29597 on branch v3.10.x (Fix typo in deprecation notes for 3.10.0)
+* :ghpull:`29591`: Backport PR #29585 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Document that tight_layout may not converge)
+* :ghpull:`29585`: DOC: Document that tight_layout may not converge
+* :ghpull:`29587`: Backport PR #25801 on branch v3.10.x (Remove some examples from Userdemo)
+* :ghpull:`29577`: Backport PR #29576 on branch v3.10.x (Remove documentation for no-longer existent ContourSet attributes.)
+* :ghpull:`29576`: Remove documentation for no-longer existent ContourSet attributes.
+* :ghpull:`29530`: Bump the actions group with 5 updates
+* :ghpull:`29564`: Backport PR #29563 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: add color sequences reference example)
+* :ghpull:`29563`: DOC: add color sequences reference example
+* :ghpull:`29557`: Backport PR #29518: TST: Increase tolerance on more arches
+* :ghpull:`29555`: Backport PR #29546 on branch v3.10.x (FIX: pyplot.matshow figure handling)
+* :ghpull:`29546`: FIX: pyplot.matshow figure handling
+* :ghpull:`29518`: TST: Increase tolerance on more arches
+* :ghpull:`29547`: Backport PR #29543 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Minor improvement on broken_barh())
+* :ghpull:`29538`: Backport PR #29536 on branch v3.10.x (Fix typo in solarized example plot.)
+* :ghpull:`29531`: Backport PR #29520 on branch v3.10.x (FIX: Correct variable name from _frame to _frames in PillowWriter class)
+* :ghpull:`29520`: FIX: Correct variable name from _frame to _frames in PillowWriter class
+* :ghpull:`29521`: Backport PR #29509 on branch v3.10.x (MNT: Discourage arrow())
+* :ghpull:`29509`: MNT: Discourage arrow()
+* :ghpull:`29514`: Backport PR #29511 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Document the behavior of bar() for categorical x data)
+* :ghpull:`29513`: Backport PR #29471 on branch v3.10.x (Fix subplot docs)
+* :ghpull:`29511`: DOC: Document the behavior of bar() for categorical x data
+* :ghpull:`29471`: Fix subplot docs
+* :ghpull:`29500`: Backport PR #29478 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Added blurb for colorizer objects in what's new for 3.10)
+* :ghpull:`29498`: Backport PR #29488 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Update broken_barh example)
+* :ghpull:`29490`: Backport PR #29476 on branch v3.10.x (ci: Enable native ARM builders for wheels)
+* :ghpull:`29476`: ci: Enable native ARM builders for wheels
+* :ghpull:`29462`: Backport PR #29404 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: scales - built in options and custom scale usefulness)
+* :ghpull:`29459`: Backport PR #29456 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Fix type descriptions in fill_between docstring)
+* :ghpull:`29404`: DOC: scales - built in options and custom scale usefulness
+* :ghpull:`29458`: Backport PR #29457 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Use float instead for scalar for type descriptions in docstrings)
+* :ghpull:`29456`: DOC: Fix type descriptions in fill_between docstring
+* :ghpull:`29457`: DOC: Use float instead for scalar for type descriptions in docstrings
+* :ghpull:`29452`: Backport PR #29411 on branch v3.10.x (fix #29410 Modifying Axes' position also alters the original Bbox object used for initialization)
+* :ghpull:`29411`: fix #29410 Modifying Axes' position also alters the original Bbox object used for initialization
+* :ghpull:`29451`: Backport PR #29449 on branch v3.10.x (ci: Install libnotify4 on all Ubuntu)
+* :ghpull:`29449`: ci: Install libnotify4 on all Ubuntu
+* :ghpull:`29444`: Backport PR #29442 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: put section headings in 3.10 what's new)
+* :ghpull:`29436`: Backport PR #29407 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Improve log scale example)
+* :ghpull:`29432`: Backport PR #29431 on branch v3.10.x (ft2font: Split named instance count from style flags)
+* :ghpull:`29431`: ft2font: Split named instance count from style flags
+* :ghpull:`29423`: Backport PR #29130 on branch v3.10.x (Raise warning if both c and facecolors are used in scatter plot (... and related improvements in the test suite).)
+* :ghpull:`29420`: Backport PR #29406 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Update scales overview)
+* :ghpull:`29417`: Backport PR #29409 on branch v3.10.x (Fixed test case(test_axes.py) failing on ppc64le)
+* :ghpull:`29416`: Backport PR #29382 on branch v3.10.x (Fix title position for polar plots)
+* :ghpull:`29382`: Fix title position for polar plots
+* :ghpull:`29412`: Backport PR #29363 on branch v3.10.x (FIX: Add version gate to GTK4 calls when necessary)
+* :ghpull:`29409`: Fixed test case(test_axes.py) failing on ppc64le
+* :ghpull:`29363`: FIX: Add version gate to GTK4 calls when necessary
+* :ghpull:`29408`: Backport PR #29401 on branch v3.10.x (FIX: add errorbars with ``add_container``)
+* :ghpull:`29401`: FIX: add errorbars with ``add_container``
+* :ghpull:`29130`: Raise warning if both c and facecolors are used in scatter plot (... and related improvements in the test suite).
+* :ghpull:`29390`: Backport PR #29389 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Minor improvements on VPacker, HPacker, PaddedBox docs)
+* :ghpull:`29389`: DOC: Minor improvements on VPacker, HPacker, PaddedBox docs
+* :ghpull:`29371`: Backport PR #29353 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Improve module docs of matplotlib.scale)
+* :ghpull:`29361`: Backport PR #29355 on branch v3.10.x (Add QtCore.Slot() decorations to FigureCanvasQT)
+* :ghpull:`29369`: Backport PR #29362 on branch v3.10.x (TYP: semantics of enums in stub files changed)
+* :ghpull:`29353`: DOC: Improve module docs of matplotlib.scale
+* :ghpull:`29362`: TYP: semantics of enums in stub files changed
+* :ghpull:`29365`: Backport PR #29364 on branch v3.10.x (fix typo)
+* :ghpull:`29366`: Backport PR #29347 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Explain parameters linthresh and linscale of symlog scale)
+* :ghpull:`29364`: fix typo
+* :ghpull:`29355`: Add QtCore.Slot() decorations to FigureCanvasQT
+* :ghpull:`29351`: Backport PR #29348 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Cleanup scales examples)
+* :ghpull:`29336`: Backport PR #29328 on branch v3.10.x (Bump github/codeql-action from 3.27.6 to 3.27.9 in the actions group)
+* :ghpull:`29328`: Bump github/codeql-action from 3.27.6 to 3.27.9 in the actions group
+* :ghpull:`29330`: Backport PR #29321 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: List min. Python version for Matplotlib 3.10)
+* :ghpull:`29324`: Backport PR #29258 on branch v3.10.x (Adding font Size as default parameter)
+* :ghpull:`29326`: Backport PR #29323 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: Don't put quotes around coordinate system names)
+* :ghpull:`29323`: DOC: Don't put quotes around coordinate system names
+* :ghpull:`29258`: Adding font Size as default parameter
+* :ghpull:`29320`: Backport PR #29317 on branch v3.10.x (FIX: pass renderer through ``_auto_legend_data``)
+* :ghpull:`29317`: FIX: pass renderer through ``_auto_legend_data``
+* :ghpull:`29315`: Backport PR #29314 on branch v3.10.x (DOC: fix footnote in choosing colormaps guide)
+* :ghpull:`29309`: Backport PR #29308 on branch v3.10.x (Update cibuildwheel workflow)
+* :ghpull:`29310`: Backport PR #29292 on branch v3.10.x (Update dependencies.rst)
+* :ghpull:`29308`: Update cibuildwheel workflow
+
+Issues (14):
+
+* :ghissue:`28382`: [Bug]: interpolation_stage="rgba" does not respect array-alpha
+* :ghissue:`28780`: Doc build fails with numpy>=2.1.0
+* :ghissue:`29603`: [Bug]: Setting ``text.usetex=True`` in ``pyplot.rcParams`` Raises FIPS Compliance Errors
+* :ghissue:`29575`: [Doc]: QuadContourSet does not contain a collections attribute like stated in the manual
+* :ghissue:`29519`: [Bug]:  'PillowWriter' object has no attribute '_frame' shouldn't be  '_frames'?
+* :ghissue:`29507`: [Bug]: Duplicating the labels in the ``height``/``width`` argument in ``barh()``/``bar`` leads to undrawn bars
+* :ghissue:`29447`: [Doc]: ``subplot`` behavior is not same as the doc reads in 3.10(stable)
+* :ghissue:`29410`: [Bug]: Modifying Axes' position also alters the original Bbox object used for initialization
+* :ghissue:`29396`: [Bug]: Style flag errors trying to save figures as PDF with font Inter
+* :ghissue:`29381`: [Bug]: title position incorrect for polar plot
+* :ghissue:`29350`: [Bug]: Matplotlib causes segmentation fault when hovering mouse over graph
+* :ghissue:`25274`: [Bug]: .remove() on ErrorbarContainer object does not remove the corresponding item from the legend
+* :ghissue:`29202`: [Bug]: ``fontsize`` in tables not working
+* :ghissue:`29301`: [Bug]: Blank EPS output with legend and annotate
diff --git a/doc/users/release_notes.rst b/doc/users/release_notes.rst
index ae06d9875988..cf7b2ef41b79 100644
--- a/doc/users/release_notes.rst
+++ b/doc/users/release_notes.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Version 3.10
     ../api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.10.0.rst
     github_stats.rst
     prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.10.0.rst
+    prev_whats_new/github_stats_3.10.1.rst
 
 Version 3.9
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
index 5d11964cb613..5fec888e8851 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def test_repr():
         "label='label', title={'center': 'title'}, xlabel='x', ylabel='y'>")
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_label_loc_vertical(fig_test, fig_ref):
     ax = fig_test.subplots()
     sc = ax.scatter([1, 2], [1, 2], c=[1, 2], label='scatter')
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def test_label_loc_vertical(fig_test, fig_ref):
     cbar.set_label("Z Label", y=1, ha='right')
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_label_loc_horizontal(fig_test, fig_ref):
     ax = fig_test.subplots()
     sc = ax.scatter([1, 2], [1, 2], c=[1, 2], label='scatter')
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def test_label_loc_horizontal(fig_test, fig_ref):
     cbar.set_label("Z Label", x=0, ha='left')
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_label_loc_rc(fig_test, fig_ref):
     with matplotlib.rc_context({"xaxis.labellocation": "right",
                                 "yaxis.labellocation": "top"}):
@@ -2250,7 +2250,7 @@ def test_bar_pandas_indexed(pd):
 
 
 @mpl.style.context('default')
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_bar_hatches(fig_test, fig_ref):
     ax_test = fig_test.subplots()
     ax_ref = fig_ref.subplots()
@@ -3299,7 +3299,7 @@ def layers(n, m):
     axs[1, 1].stackplot(range(100), d.T, baseline='weighted_wiggle')
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_stackplot_hatching(fig_ref, fig_test):
     x = np.linspace(0, 10, 10)
     y1 = 1.0 * x
@@ -3468,7 +3468,7 @@ def test_bxp_customwhisker():
         whiskerprops=dict(linestyle='-', color='m', lw=3)))
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_boxplot_median_bound_by_box(fig_test, fig_ref):
     data = np.arange(3)
     medianprops_test = {"linewidth": 12}
@@ -4276,7 +4276,7 @@ def test_errorbar_colorcycle():
     assert mcolors.to_rgba(ln1.get_color()) == mcolors.to_rgba('C2')
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_errorbar_cycle_ecolor(fig_test, fig_ref):
     x = np.arange(0.1, 4, 0.5)
     y = [np.exp(-x+n) for n in range(4)]
@@ -4475,7 +4475,7 @@ def test_xerr_yerr_not_none():
         ax.errorbar(x=[0], y=[0], yerr=[[None], [1]])
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_errorbar_every(fig_test, fig_ref):
     x = np.linspace(0, 1, 15)
     y = x * (1-x)
@@ -5322,7 +5322,7 @@ def test_eb_line_zorder():
     ax.set_title("errorbar zorder test")
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_axline_loglog(fig_test, fig_ref):
     ax = fig_test.subplots()
     ax.set(xlim=(0.1, 10), ylim=(1e-3, 1))
@@ -5335,7 +5335,7 @@ def test_axline_loglog(fig_test, fig_ref):
     ax.loglog([1, 10], [1e-3, 1e-2], c="k")
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_axline(fig_test, fig_ref):
     ax = fig_test.subplots()
     ax.set(xlim=(-1, 1), ylim=(-1, 1))
@@ -5358,7 +5358,7 @@ def test_axline(fig_test, fig_ref):
     ax.axvline(-0.5, color='C5')
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_axline_transaxes(fig_test, fig_ref):
     ax = fig_test.subplots()
     ax.set(xlim=(-1, 1), ylim=(-1, 1))
@@ -5375,7 +5375,7 @@ def test_axline_transaxes(fig_test, fig_ref):
     ax.plot([0, 0], [-1, 1], color='C3')
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_axline_transaxes_panzoom(fig_test, fig_ref):
     # test that it is robust against pan/zoom and
     # figure resize after plotting
@@ -6431,7 +6431,7 @@ def test_normalize_kwarg_pie():
     assert abs(t2[0][-1].theta2 - 360.) > 1e-3
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_pie_hatch_single(fig_test, fig_ref):
     x = [0.3, 0.3, 0.1]
     hatch = '+'
@@ -6440,7 +6440,7 @@ def test_pie_hatch_single(fig_test, fig_ref):
     [w.set_hatch(hatch) for w in wedges]
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_pie_hatch_multi(fig_test, fig_ref):
     x = [0.3, 0.3, 0.1]
     hatch = ['/', '+', '.']
@@ -9516,7 +9516,7 @@ def test_boxplot_tick_labels():
 
 
 @needs_usetex
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_latex_pie_percent(fig_test, fig_ref):
 
     data = [20, 10, 70]
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colors.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colors.py
index 8d0f3467f045..981c3966b22a 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colors.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colors.py
@@ -1676,7 +1676,7 @@ def test_scalarmappable_norm_update():
     assert sm.stale
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_norm_update_figs(fig_test, fig_ref):
     ax_ref = fig_ref.add_subplot()
     ax_test = fig_test.add_subplot()
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_image.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_image.py
index cededdb1b83c..072f1bac9242 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_image.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_image.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def test_imshow_zoom(fig_test, fig_ref):
     ax.set_ylim([10, 20])
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_imshow_pil(fig_test, fig_ref):
     style.use("default")
     png_path = Path(__file__).parent / "baseline_images/pngsuite/basn3p04.png"
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ def test_huge_range_log(fig_test, fig_ref, x):
               interpolation='nearest', cmap=cmap)
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_spy_box(fig_test, fig_ref):
     # setting up reference and test
     ax_test = fig_test.subplots(1, 3)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_legend.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_legend.py
index 9c708598e27c..ce4060e6a4ec 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_legend.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_legend.py
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ def test_legend_markers_from_line2d():
     assert labels == new_labels
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_ncol_ncols(fig_test, fig_ref):
     # Test that both ncol and ncols work
     strings = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"]
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_lines.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_lines.py
index 68ee1ff8a9a6..939e8f870b04 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_lines.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_lines.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def test_is_sorted_and_has_non_nan():
     plt.plot([np.nan] * n, range(n))
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_step_markers(fig_test, fig_ref):
     fig_test.subplots().step([0, 1], "-o")
     fig_ref.subplots().plot([0, 0, 1], [0, 1, 1], "-o", markevery=[0, 2])
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ def test_striped_lines(text_placeholders):
     ax.legend(handlelength=5)
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_odd_dashes(fig_test, fig_ref):
     fig_test.add_subplot().plot([1, 2], dashes=[1, 2, 3])
     fig_ref.add_subplot().plot([1, 2], dashes=[1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3])
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ def test_picking():
     assert_array_equal(indices['ind'], [0])
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_input_copy(fig_test, fig_ref):
 
     t = np.arange(0, 6, 2)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_offsetbox.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_offsetbox.py
index f18fa7c777d1..b23a8da7dc05 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_offsetbox.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_offsetbox.py
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ def test_textarea_properties():
     assert ta.get_multilinebaseline()
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_textarea_set_text(fig_test, fig_ref):
     ax_ref = fig_ref.add_subplot()
     text0 = AnchoredText("Foo", "upper left")
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_polar.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_polar.py
index a0969df5de90..4758c832d48a 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_polar.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_polar.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def test_polar_twice():
     assert len(fig.axes) == 1, 'More than one polar Axes created.'
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_polar_wrap(fig_test, fig_ref):
     ax = fig_test.add_subplot(projection="polar")
     ax.plot(np.deg2rad([179, -179]), [0.2, 0.1])
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def test_polar_wrap(fig_test, fig_ref):
     ax.plot(np.deg2rad([2, 358]), [0.2, 0.1])
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_polar_units_1(fig_test, fig_ref):
     import matplotlib.testing.jpl_units as units
     units.register()
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def test_polar_units_1(fig_test, fig_ref):
     ax.set(xlabel="deg")
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_polar_units_2(fig_test, fig_ref):
     import matplotlib.testing.jpl_units as units
     units.register()
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_scale.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_scale.py
index b3da951cf464..b240f7bb829a 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_scale.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_scale.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_log_scales(fig_test, fig_ref):
     ax_test = fig_test.add_subplot(122, yscale='log', xscale='symlog')
     ax_test.axvline(24.1)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_triangulation.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_triangulation.py
index 337443eb1e27..dd91144f240c 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_triangulation.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_triangulation.py
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ def test_tricontourset_reuse():
     assert tcs3._contour_generator == tcs1._contour_generator
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_triplot_with_ls(fig_test, fig_ref):
     x = [0, 2, 1]
     y = [0, 0, 1]
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_widgets.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_widgets.py
index 808863fd6a94..6582c881cc10 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_widgets.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_widgets.py
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ def test_polygon_selector_set_props_handle_props(ax, draw_bounding_box):
         assert artist.get_alpha() == 0.3
 
 
-@check_figures_equal()
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
 def test_rect_visibility(fig_test, fig_ref):
     # Check that requesting an invisible selector makes it invisible
     ax_test = fig_test.subplots()