Merge branch 'latest' into chardata_plus_encoded_datasets

Author: pp-mo

.github/workflows/benchmarks_report.yml

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "reports_exist=$reports_exist" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Store artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: benchmark_reports
           path: benchmark_reports
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Download artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: benchmark_reports
           path: .github/workflows/benchmark_reports

.github/workflows/benchmarks_run.yml

@@ -157,15 +157,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload any benchmark reports
         # Uploading enables more downstream processing e.g. posting a PR comment.
         if: success() || steps.overnight.outcome == 'failure'
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: benchmark_reports
           path: .github/workflows/benchmark_reports
 
       - name: Archive asv results
         # Store the raw ASV database(s) to help manual investigations.
         if: ${{ always() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: asv-raw-results
           path: benchmarks/.asv/results

.github/workflows/ci-linkchecks.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Link Checker
         id: lychee
-        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@a8c4c7cb88f0c7386610c35eb25108e448569cb0
+        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@8646ba30535128ac92d33dfc9133794bfdd9b411
         with:
           token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
           fail: false

.github/workflows/ci-manifest.yml

@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   manifest:
     name: "check-manifest"
-    uses: scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/ci-manifest.yml@2026.01.0
+    uses: scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/ci-manifest.yml@2026.03.2

.github/workflows/ci-template-check.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   prompt-share:
-    uses: scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/ci-template-check.yml@2026.01.0
+    uses: scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/ci-template-check.yml@2026.03.2
     secrets: inherit
     with:
       pr_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}

.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml

@@ -35,18 +35,18 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
-        python-version: ["3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.14"]
         session: ["doctest", "gallery"]
         include:
           - os: "ubuntu-latest"
-            python-version: "3.13"
+            python-version: "3.14"
             session: "tests"
             coverage: "--coverage"
           - os: "ubuntu-latest"
-            python-version: "3.12"
+            python-version: "3.13"
             session: "tests"
           - os: "ubuntu-latest"
-            python-version: "3.11"
+            python-version: "3.12"
             session: "tests"
 
     env:

.github/workflows/ci-wheels.yml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         pipx run build
 
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
       with:
         name: pypi-artifacts
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/dist/*
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
         session: ["wheel"]
     env:
       ENV_NAME: "ci-wheels"
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
-    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
       with:
         name: pypi-artifacts
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/dist
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
     name: "show artifacts"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
       with:
         name: pypi-artifacts
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/dist
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ jobs:
     # and check for the SciTools repo
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.event.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.repository_owner == 'SciTools'
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
       with:
         name: pypi-artifacts
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/dist
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ jobs:
     # upload to PyPI for every tag starting with 'v'
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && github.repository_owner == 'SciTools'
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
       with:
         name: pypi-artifacts
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/dist

.github/workflows/refresh-lockfiles.yml

@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   refresh_lockfiles:
-    uses: scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/refresh-lockfiles.yml@2026.01.0
+    uses: scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/refresh-lockfiles.yml@2026.03.2
     secrets: inherit

.lycheeignore

@@ -4,16 +4,17 @@ file:///
 # DEAD : legacy in various old whatsnews
 https://biggus.readthedocs.io
 
-# unkown problem, works in browser : used in further_topics/ugrid/data_model
+# unknown problem, works in browser : used in
+#  docs/src/user_manual/explanation/mesh_data_model.rst
 https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse2010194
 
-# DEAD, todo:remove, used in docs/src/userguide/plotting_a_cube.rst
+# DEAD, todo:remove, used in docs/src/user_manual/tutorial/plotting_a_cube.rst
 https://effbot.org
 
 # nonfunctional, found in some code examples
 https://foo/
 
-# DEAD, todo:remove, used in docs/src/further_topics/ugrid/data_model.rst
+# DEAD, todo:remove, used in docs/src/user_manual/explanation/mesh_data_model.rst
 https://ibm-design-language.eu-de.mybluemix.net/design/language/resources/color-library
 
 # DEAD, legacy in whatsnew/1.4.rst
@@ -45,14 +46,14 @@ https://stickler-ci.com
 # DEAD, todo:remove, used in lib/iris/symbols.py
 https://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/DPFS/documents/485_Vol_I_en_colour.pdf
 
-# DEAD, todo:remove, used in docs/src/userguide/plotting_a_cube.rst
+# DEAD, todo:remove, used in docs/src/user_manual/tutorial/plotting_a_cube.rst
 # unkown problem, works in browser : used in docs/src/index.rst
 https://www.flaticon.com
 
 # nonfunctional example, used in lib/iris/io/__init__.py
 https://www.thing.com
 
-# DEAD, todo:remove, used in docs/src/userguide/plotting_a_cube.rst
+# DEAD, todo:remove, used in docs/src/user_manual/tutorial/plotting_a_cube.rst
 https://www.personal.psu.edu/cab38/ColorBrewer/ColorBrewer_updates.html
 
 # nonfunctional, found in some code examples

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ repos:
     -   id: no-commit-to-branch
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: "v0.14.10"
+    rev: "v0.15.4"
     hooks:
     -   id: ruff
         types: [file, python]