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scipy#17827 is closed.  does that solve it on our end? If I am reading https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/23034 correctly, this may be fixed on the next numpy nightly release and we won't have to do anything on our end. > If I am reading [numpy/numpy#23034](https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/23034) correctly, this may be fixed on the next numpy nightly release and we won't have to do anything on our end.

the best kind of fix 🎉 ok cool, closing then, hopefully this'll have sorted itself out tomorrow