dipy Contributions

PR #3878

Fix and Enhance ASV Continuous Benchmarking CI Workflow

Merged May 2026

Implemented a fully functional ASV continuous benchmarking GitHub Actions workflow for DIPY
Replaced isolated benchmark execution with asv continuous master HEAD for automated performance regression detection
Integrated automated PR benchmark comparison reporting with sticky pull request comments
Pinned GitHub Actions to stable versions consistent with the rest of DIPY CI infrastructure
Added artifact upload support and improved workflow maintainability following patterns used by NumPy, SciPy, and scikit-image
Addressed maintainer review feedback, rebased conflicts, and validated workflow compatibility across CI environments

PR #3783

Fix Figure Canvas Not Cleared in Simulation Tutorials

Merged Mar 2026

Identified simulation tutorials missing explicit plt.figure() calls before plotting in sphinx-gallery builds
Replaced bare plt.plot() calls with fig, ax = plt.subplots() (object-oriented API) in simulate_dki.py and simulate_multi_tensor.py
Built documentation locally on Windows using meson-python and MSVC, verifying both tutorials executed successfully
Confirmed clean, separate figure generation with no canvas overlap in generated documentation
Documentation-only fix with no functional behavior changes

PR #3780

Fix numpydoc Validation Issues in fetcher.py

Merged Feb 2026

Standardized docstrings in dipy/data/fetcher.py to follow numpydoc conventions
Corrected Returns section formatting and removed duplicate entries
Updated type annotations from string to Path where appropriate
Improved docstring clarity and ensured proper Sphinx rendering
Maintained full backward compatibility (documentation-only change)