matplotlib · QuLogic · Jun 6, 2026 · May 21, 2026 · May 22, 2026 · May 28, 2026
diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/behavior/violinplot_empty.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/behavior/violinplot_empty.rst
diff --git a/doc/api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.11.0/behavior.rst b/doc/api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.11.0/behavior.rst
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ histogrammed data, ignoring any other artists. `.Axes.hist2d` now behaves simila
 `.Axes.imshow`: axes limits are updated to fit the data, but autoscaling is not
 otherwise disabled.
 
+Axes.violinplot and cbook.violin_stats ignore non-finite values
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+`~matplotlib.axes.Axes.violinplot` and `matplotlib.cbook.violin_stats` now ignore masked
+and non-finite (NaN and inf) values.
+
 Minor log tick labels are set by number of major log ticks, not number of decades spanned
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

diff --git a/doc/api/testing_api.rst b/doc/api/testing_api.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
    :undoc-members:
    :show-inheritance:
 
+.. autofunction:: matplotlib.testing.conftest.text_placeholders
 
 :mod:`matplotlib.testing.compare`
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diff --git a/doc/release/next_whats_new/3d_scales.rst b/doc/release/next_whats_new/3d_scales.rst
diff --git a/doc/release/next_whats_new/3d_speedups.rst b/doc/release/next_whats_new/3d_speedups.rst
diff --git a/doc/release/next_whats_new/axis_inversion.rst b/doc/release/next_whats_new/axis_inversion.rst
diff --git a/doc/release/next_whats_new/bar_label_padding_update.rst b/doc/release/next_whats_new/bar_label_padding_update.rst
diff --git a/doc/release/next_whats_new/barcontainer_properties.rst b/doc/release/next_whats_new/barcontainer_properties.rst
diff --git a/doc/release/next_whats_new/box_arrow_size_controls.rst b/doc/release/next_whats_new/box_arrow_size_controls.rst
diff --git a/doc/release/next_whats_new/broken_barh_align.rst b/doc/release/next_whats_new/broken_barh_align.rst
diff --git a/doc/release/next_whats_new/callback_registry_disconnect_func.rst b/doc/release/next_whats_new/callback_registry_disconnect_func.rst
diff --git a/doc/release/next_whats_new/color_cycle_from_sequence.rst b/doc/release/next_whats_new/color_cycle_from_sequence.rst
diff --git a/doc/release/next_whats_new/colormap_bad_under_over.rst b/doc/release/next_whats_new/colormap_bad_under_over.rst
diff --git a/doc/release/next_whats_new/colormap_with_alpha.rst b/doc/release/next_whats_new/colormap_with_alpha.rst
diff --git a/doc/release/next_whats_new/cycler_rcparam_security.rst b/doc/release/next_whats_new/cycler_rcparam_security.rst
diff --git a/doc/release/next_whats_new/depthshading_improvement.rst b/doc/release/next_whats_new/depthshading_improvement.rst
diff --git a/doc/release/next_whats_new/figsize_unit.rst b/doc/release/next_whats_new/figsize_unit.rst
diff --git a/doc/release/next_whats_new/font_alt_family_names.rst b/doc/release/next_whats_new/font_alt_family_names.rst
diff --git a/doc/release/next_whats_new/font_features.rst b/doc/release/next_whats_new/font_features.rst
diff --git a/doc/release/next_whats_new/gif_savefig.rst b/doc/release/next_whats_new/gif_savefig.rst
diff --git a/doc/release/next_whats_new/grouped_bar.rst b/doc/release/next_whats_new/grouped_bar.rst
diff --git a/doc/release/next_whats_new/hist_color.rst b/doc/release/next_whats_new/hist_color.rst
diff --git a/doc/release/next_whats_new/ignore_system_fonts.rst b/doc/release/next_whats_new/ignore_system_fonts.rst