Repository: sktime/sktime
Pull request #6088 (2024-03-08 17:55:01)

[MNT] create build tool to check invalid backticks
#### Reference Issues/PRs

This PR is related to this work here: https://github.com/sktime/sktime/pull/6023

#### What does this implement/fix? Explain your changes.

It creates a python script in `build_tools` that can be run to list out all the files and incorrect uses of `backticks` in the docstrings.

#### What should a reviewer concentrate their feedback on?

- checkout the regex expressions used in function: `find_invalid_backtick_text`
- I am not sure how the output should look like, I have attached a snapshot below in comments.

#### Any other comments?

If this tool is accepted we can use this to fix all the remaining invalid `backtick` uses and can later be converted to a pre-commit tool.

#### PR checklist

##### For all contributions
- [x] Optionally, I've added myself and possibly others to the [CODEOWNERS](https://github.com/sktime/sktime/blob/main/CODEOWNERS) file - do this if you want to become the owner or maintainer of an estimator you added.
  See here for further details on the [algorithm maintainer role](https://www.sktime.net/en/latest/get_involved/governance.html#algorithm-maintainers).
- [x] The PR title starts with either [ENH], [MNT], [DOC], or [BUG]. [BUG] - bugfix, [MNT] - CI, test framework, [ENH] - adding or improving code, [DOC] - writing or improving documentation or docstrings.

geetu040: ```bash
python build_tools/check_backtick.py
```
Here is an output snapshot
```
Total Files with invalid backticks: 94
/home/geetu/work/os/sktime/sktime/benchmarking/forecasting.py:12 `sktime.datasets`
/home/geetu/work/os/sktime/sktime/benchmarking/forecasting.py:79 `sktime.datasets`
/home/geetu/work/os/sktime/sktime/benchmarking/evaluation.py:226 `<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_test>`
/home/geetu/work/os/sktime/sktime/benchmarking/evaluation.py:268 `<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilcoxon_rank-sum_test>`
/home/geetu/work/os/sktime/sktime/benchmarking/evaluation.py:403 `friedman_test` `Nemenyi test <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemenyi_test>`
/home/geetu/work/os/sktime/sktime/transformations/_delegate.py:63 `transform` `X` `-output` `Series` `Primitives` `pd.DataFrame` `Panel` `transform-output` `pd-multiindex`
/home/geetu/work/os/sktime/sktime/transformations/base.py:230 `other` `NotImplemented` `self` `sktime`
/home/geetu/work/os/sktime/sktime/transformations/base.py:260 `other` `NotImplemented` `self` `sktime`
/home/geetu/work/os/sktime/sktime/transformations/base.py:285 `other` `NotImplemented`
/home/geetu/work/os/sktime/sktime/transformations/base.py:307 `other` `NotImplemented` `self` `sktime`
/home/geetu/work/os/sktime/sktime/transformations/base.py:332 `other` `NotImplemented` `self` `sktime`
/home/geetu/work/os/sktime/sktime/transformations/base.py:357 `InvertTransform` `self`
```

Patch:
diff --git a/.all-contributorsrc b/.all-contributorsrc
index 322255745..e9ae4e968 100644
--- a/.all-contributorsrc
+++ b/.all-contributorsrc
@@ -2607,6 +2607,17 @@
         "code"
       ]
     },
+    {
+      "login": "ShreeshaM07",
+      "name": "Shreesha M",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/120820143?s=400&v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/ShreeshaM07",
+      "contributions": [
+        "bug",
+        "code",
+        "test"
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "login": "geetu040",
       "name": "Armaghan",
@@ -2616,6 +2627,73 @@
         "doc",
         "maintenance"
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "meraldoantonio",
+      "name": "Meraldo Antonio",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/37468543?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/meraldoantonio",
+      "contributions": [
+        "doc"
+       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "memeo-pro",
+      "name": "Yash Edake",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/memeo-pro",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/MEMEO-PRO",
+      "contributions": [
+        "maintenance",
+        "bug"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "deysanjeeb",
+      "name": "Sanjeeb Dey",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39940629?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/deysanjeeb",
+      "contributions": [
+        "maintenance"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "ianspektor",
+      "name": "Ian Spektor",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/49082859?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/ianspektor",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code",
+        "doc"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "javiber",
+      "name": "Javier Berneche",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3588715?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/javiber",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code",
+        "doc"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "fnhirwa",
+      "name": "Felix Hirwa Nshuti",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/67042527?s=64&v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/fnhirwa",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code",
+        "maintenance"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "vandit98",
+      "name": "Vandit Tyagi",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/91458535?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/vandit98",
+      "contributions": [
+        "doc"
+      ]
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cancel.yml b/.github/workflows/cancel.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3372a1100..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/cancel.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-name: Cancel Workflows on Push
-on:
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows: ["Install and test"]
-    types:
-      - requested
-jobs:
-  cancel:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.12.1
-      with:
-        workflow_id: ${{ github.event.workflow.id }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_contributors.yml b/.github/workflows/update_contributors.yml
index 9f9a91c2d..be2743678 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_contributors.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_contributors.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 name: Update Contributors
 
 on:
-  push:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
     paths:
       - '.all-contributorsrc'
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index 546b57d6e..4a62fa940 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Contributors
 <!-- Please add your badges to .all-contibutorsrc -->
 
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->
-[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-255-orange.svg)](#contributors)
+[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-260-orange.svg)](#contributors)
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:END -->
 
 This project follows the [all-contributors](https://github.com/all-contributors/all-contributors) specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!
@@ -54,15 +54,16 @@ Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/d
     <tr>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/bugslayer-332"><img src="?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Arepalli Yashwanth Reddy"/><br /><sub><b>Arepalli Yashwanth Reddy</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=bugslayer-332" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Abugslayer-332" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=bugslayer-332" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/ermshaua/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23294512?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Arik Ermshaus"/><br /><sub><b>Arik Ermshaus</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=ermshaua" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/geetu040"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/90601662?s=96&v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Armaghan"/><br /><sub><b>Armaghan</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=geetu040" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="#maintenance-geetu040" title="Maintenance">🚧</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnau-jim%C3%A9nez-castany-b2ba2597/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/38285979?s=400&u=8bdd0021cb5bae47ba5bd69c355c694dc3090f5e&v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Arnau"/><br /><sub><b>Arnau</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Arnau" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/arnavrneo"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/48650781?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Arnav"/><br /><sub><b>Arnav</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=arnavrneo" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayushmaan-seth-4a96364a/"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/29939762?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Ayushmaan Seth"/><br /><sub><b>Ayushmaan Seth</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Ayushmaanseth" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/pulls?q=is%3Apr+reviewed-by%3AAyushmaanseth" title="Reviewed Pull Requests">👀</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Ayushmaanseth" title="Tests">⚠️</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Ayushmaanseth" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="#eventOrganizing-Ayushmaanseth" title="Event Organizing">📋</a> <a href="#tutorial-Ayushmaanseth" title="Tutorials">✅</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/BandaSaiTejaReddy"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/31387911?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="BANDASAITEJAREDDY"/><br /><sub><b>BANDASAITEJAREDDY</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=BandaSaiTejaReddy" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=BandaSaiTejaReddy" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/badrmarani"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/badrmarani?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Badr-Eddine Marani"/><br /><sub><b>Badr-Eddine Marani</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=badrmarani" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/sd2k"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5464991?&v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Ben Sully"/><br /><sub><b>Ben Sully</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Asd2k" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=sd2k" title="Code">💻</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/benheid"><img src="?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Benedikt Heidrich"/><br /><sub><b>Benedikt Heidrich</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Abenheid" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=benheid" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#design-benheid" title="Design">🎨</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=benheid" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="#example-benheid" title="Examples">💡</a> <a href="#ideas-benheid" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="#mentoring-benheid" title="Mentoring">🧑‍🏫</a> <a href="#question-benheid" title="Answering Questions">💬</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/pulls?q=is%3Apr+reviewed-by%3Abenheid" title="Reviewed Pull Requests">👀</a> <a href="#tutorial-benheid" title="Tutorials">✅</a></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/benheid"><img src="?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Benedikt Heidrich"/><br /><sub><b>Benedikt Heidrich</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Abenheid" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=benheid" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#design-benheid" title="Design">🎨</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=benheid" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="#example-benheid" title="Examples">💡</a> <a href="#ideas-benheid" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="#mentoring-benheid" title="Mentoring">🧑‍🏫</a> <a href="#question-benheid" title="Answering Questions">💬</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/pulls?q=is%3Apr+reviewed-by%3Abenheid" title="Reviewed Pull Requests">👀</a> <a href="#tutorial-benheid" title="Tutorials">✅</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/benjaminbluhm"><img src="?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Benjamin Bluhm"/><br /><sub><b>Benjamin Bluhm</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=benjaminbluhm" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=benjaminbluhm" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="#example-benjaminbluhm" title="Examples">💡</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://haskarb.github.io/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20501023?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Bhaskar Dhariyal"/><br /><sub><b>Bhaskar Dhariyal</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=haskarb" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=haskarb" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/BINAYKUMAR943"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/38756834?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Binay Kumar"/><br /><sub><b>Binay Kumar</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=BINAYKUMAR943" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=BINAYKUMAR943" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=BINAYKUMAR943" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
@@ -71,9 +72,9 @@ Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/d
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://bmurphyportfolio.netlify.com/"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/32182553?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Brian Murphy"/><br /><sub><b>Brian Murphy</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=bmurdata" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/Carlosbogo"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/84228424?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Carlos Borrajo"/><br /><sub><b>Carlos Borrajo</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Carlosbogo" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Carlosbogo" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/vnmabus"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/2364173?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Carlos Ramos Carreño"/><br /><sub><b>Carlos Ramos Carreño</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=vnmabus" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/ChangWeiTan"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/570744?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Chang Wei Tan"/><br /><sub><b>Chang Wei Tan</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=ChangWeiTan" title="Code">💻</a></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/ChangWeiTan"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/570744?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Chang Wei Tan"/><br /><sub><b>Chang Wei Tan</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=ChangWeiTan" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="http://cheuk.dev"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/28761465?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Cheuk Ting Ho"/><br /><sub><b>Cheuk Ting Ho</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Cheukting" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/ckastner"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15859947?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Christian Kastner"/><br /><sub><b>Christian Kastner</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=ckastner" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Ackastner" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/hoesler/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1052770?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Christoph Hösler"/><br /><sub><b>Christoph Hösler</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=hoesler" title="Code">💻</a></td>
@@ -82,9 +83,9 @@ Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/d
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/Gigi1111"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/Gigi1111?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Chung-Fan Tsai"/><br /><sub><b>Chung-Fan Tsai</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Gigi1111" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/ciaran-g"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/41995662?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Ciaran Gilbert"/><br /><sub><b>Ciaran Gilbert</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Aciaran-g" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=ciaran-g" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=ciaran-g" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=ciaran-g" title="Tests">⚠️</a> <a href="#ideas-ciaran-g" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/ClaudiaSanches"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/28742178?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="ClaudiaSanches"/><br /><sub><b>ClaudiaSanches</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=ClaudiaSanches" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=ClaudiaSanches" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/CTFallon"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19725980?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Colin Fallon"/><br /><sub><b>Colin Fallon</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=CTFallon" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/CTFallon"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19725980?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Colin Fallon"/><br /><sub><b>Colin Fallon</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=CTFallon" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/corvinpaul/"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/zMvwkuxyIsRN1I0-HLojbcbbHaERXa-b9eztZ23z_C2m7cXdMiU4z36ekS5-cgBmikPhZA=w1280?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Corvin Paul"/><br /><sub><b>Corvin Paul</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=corvusrabus" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://cyrilmeyer.eu/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/69190238?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Cyril Meyer"/><br /><sub><b>Cyril Meyer</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3ACyril-Meyer" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Cyril-Meyer" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Cyril-Meyer" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/DBCerigo"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8318425?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Daniel Burkhardt Cerigo"/><br /><sub><b>Daniel Burkhardt Cerigo</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=DBCerigo" title="Code">💻</a></td>
@@ -93,9 +94,9 @@ Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/d
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://dhirschfeld.github.io/"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/881019?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Dave Hirschfeld"/><br /><sub><b>Dave Hirschfeld</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#infra-dhirschfeld" title="Infrastructure (Hosting, Build-Tools, etc)">🚇</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/davidbp"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/4223580?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="David Buchaca Prats"/><br /><sub><b>David Buchaca Prats</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=davidbp" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/davidgilbertson"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4443482?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="David Gilbertson"/><br /><sub><b>David Gilbertson</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=davidgilbertson" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Adavidgilbertson" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="http://www.uco.es/grupos/ayrna/index.php/es/publicaciones/articulos?publications_view_all=1&theses_view_all=0&projects_view_all=0&task=show&view=member&id=22"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/47889499?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="David Guijo Rubio"/><br /><sub><b>David Guijo Rubio</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=dguijo" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#ideas-dguijo" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
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+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="http://www.uco.es/grupos/ayrna/index.php/es/publicaciones/articulos?publications_view_all=1&theses_view_all=0&projects_view_all=0&task=show&view=member&id=22"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/47889499?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="David Guijo Rubio"/><br /><sub><b>David Guijo Rubio</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=dguijo" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#ideas-dguijo" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/DManowitz"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/66927103?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="David Manowitz"/><br /><sub><b>David Manowitz</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3ADManowitz" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="#maintenance-DManowitz" title="Maintenance">🚧</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/DmitriyValetov"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/27976850?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Dmitriy Valetov"/><br /><sub><b>Dmitriy Valetov</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=DmitriyValetov" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#tutorial-DmitriyValetov" title="Tutorials">✅</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/dougollerenshaw"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19944442?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Doug Ollerenshaw"/><br /><sub><b>Doug Ollerenshaw</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=dougollerenshaw" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
@@ -104,20 +105,21 @@ Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/d
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/Emiliathewolf"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/22026218?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Emilia Rose"/><br /><sub><b>Emilia Rose</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Emiliathewolf" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Emiliathewolf" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/erjieyong"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/109052378?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Er Jie Yong"/><br /><sub><b>Er Jie Yong</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Aerjieyong" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=erjieyong" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/evanmiller29"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/8062590?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Evan Miller"/><br /><sub><b>Evan Miller</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#tutorial-evanmiller29" title="Tutorials">✅</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/eyalshafran"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16999574?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Eyal Shafran"/><br /><sub><b>Eyal Shafran</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=eyalshafran" title="Code">💻</a></td>
     </tr>
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+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/eyalshafran"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16999574?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Eyal Shafran"/><br /><sub><b>Eyal Shafran</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=eyalshafran" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/eyjo"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/eyjo?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Eyjólfur Sigurðsson"/><br /><sub><b>Eyjólfur Sigurðsson</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=eyjo" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=eyjo" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/FedericoGarza"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10517170?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Federico Garza"/><br /><sub><b>Federico Garza</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=FedericoGarza" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#example-FedericoGarza" title="Examples">💡</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/felipeangelimvieira"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/felipeangelimvieira?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Felipe Angelim"/><br /><sub><b>Felipe Angelim</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=felipeangelimvieira" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Afelipeangelimvieira" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/flix6x"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/30658763?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Felix Claessen"/><br /><sub><b>Felix Claessen</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Flix6x" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Flix6x" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Flix6x" title="Tests">⚠️</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3AFlix6x" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/fnhirwa"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/67042527?s=64&v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Felix Hirwa Nshuti"/><br /><sub><b>Felix Hirwa Nshuti</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=fnhirwa" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#maintenance-fnhirwa" title="Maintenance">🚧</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/fstinner"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11679462?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Florian Stinner"/><br /><sub><b>Florian Stinner</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=fstinner" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=fstinner" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/fspinna"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/35352023?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Francesco Spinnato"/><br /><sub><b>Francesco Spinnato</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=fspinna" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/fkiraly"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/7985502?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Franz Kiraly"/><br /><sub><b>Franz Kiraly</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#blog-fkiraly" title="Blogposts">📝</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Afkiraly" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="#business-fkiraly" title="Business development">💼</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=fkiraly" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=fkiraly" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="#design-fkiraly" title="Design">🎨</a> <a href="#eventOrganizing-fkiraly" title="Event Organizing">📋</a> <a href="#example-fkiraly" title="Examples">💡</a> <a href="#financial-fkiraly" title="Financial">💵</a> <a href="#fundingFinding-fkiraly" title="Funding Finding">🔍</a> <a href="#ideas-fkiraly" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="#maintenance-fkiraly" title="Maintenance">🚧</a> <a href="#mentoring-fkiraly" title="Mentoring">🧑‍🏫</a> <a href="#projectManagement-fkiraly" title="Project Management">📆</a> <a href="#question-fkiraly" title="Answering Questions">💬</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/pulls?q=is%3Apr+reviewed-by%3Afkiraly" title="Reviewed Pull Requests">👀</a> <a href="#talk-fkiraly" title="Talks">📢</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=fkiraly" title="Tests">⚠️</a> <a href="#tutorial-fkiraly" title="Tutorials">✅</a> <a href="#video-fkiraly" title="Videos">📹</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/freddyaboulton"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/41651716?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Freddy A Boulton"/><br /><sub><b>Freddy A Boulton</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#infra-freddyaboulton" title="Infrastructure (Hosting, Build-Tools, etc)">🚇</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=freddyaboulton" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/chernika158"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/43787741?s=400&v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Galina Chernikova"/><br /><sub><b>Galina Chernikova</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=chernika158" title="Code">💻</a></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/freddyaboulton"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/41651716?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Freddy A Boulton"/><br /><sub><b>Freddy A Boulton</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#infra-freddyaboulton" title="Infrastructure (Hosting, Build-Tools, etc)">🚇</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=freddyaboulton" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/chernika158"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/43787741?s=400&v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Galina Chernikova"/><br /><sub><b>Galina Chernikova</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=chernika158" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/goastler"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/7059456?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="George Oastler"/><br /><sub><b>George Oastler</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=goastler" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=goastler" title="Tests">⚠️</a> <a href="#platform-goastler" title="Packaging/porting to new platform">📦</a> <a href="#example-goastler" title="Examples">💡</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=goastler" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/geronimos"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29955288?s=96&v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Geronimo Bergk"/><br /><sub><b>Geronimo Bergk</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Ageronimos" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=geronimos" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracewgao/"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/38268331?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Grace Gao"/><br /><sub><b>Grace Gao</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=gracewgao" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Agracewgao" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
@@ -125,10 +127,10 @@ Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/d
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/HYang1996"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/44179303?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="HYang1996"/><br /><sub><b>HYang1996</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=HYang1996" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=HYang1996" title="Tests">⚠️</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=HYang1996" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="#tutorial-HYang1996" title="Tutorials">✅</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/BensHamza"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/96446862?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Hamza Benslimane"/><br /><sub><b>Hamza Benslimane</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3ABensHamza" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=BensHamza" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/hazrulakmal"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24774385?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Hazrul Akmal"/><br /><sub><b>Hazrul Akmal</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=hazrulakmal" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=hazrulakmal" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Ahazrulakmal" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=hazrulakmal" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/hliebert"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20834265?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Helge Liebert"/><br /><sub><b>Helge Liebert</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Ahliebert" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=hliebert" title="Code">💻</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/huayiwei/"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/22870735?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Huayi Wei"/><br /><sub><b>Huayi Wei</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#tutorial-huayicodes" title="Tutorials">✅</a></td>
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+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/hliebert"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20834265?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Helge Liebert"/><br /><sub><b>Helge Liebert</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Ahliebert" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=hliebert" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/huayiwei/"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/22870735?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Huayi Wei"/><br /><sub><b>Huayi Wei</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#tutorial-huayicodes" title="Tutorials">✅</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/Ifeanyi30"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/49926145?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Ifeanyi30"/><br /><sub><b>Ifeanyi30</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Ifeanyi30" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/iljamaurer"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45882103?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Ilja Maurer"/><br /><sub><b>Ilja Maurer</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=iljamaurer" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/IlyasMoutawwakil"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/IlyasMoutawwakil?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Ilyas Moutawwakil"/><br /><sub><b>Ilyas Moutawwakil</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=IlyasMoutawwakil" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=IlyasMoutawwakil" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
@@ -136,10 +138,10 @@ Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/d
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/ishannangia001"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29480389?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Ishan Nangia"/><br /><sub><b>Ishan Nangia</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#ideas-ishannangia001" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/jnrusson1"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/51986332?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Jack Russon"/><br /><sub><b>Jack Russon</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=jnrusson1" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="http://www.timeseriesclassification.com/"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/44509982?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="James Large"/><br /><sub><b>James Large</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=James-Large" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=James-Large" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=James-Large" title="Tests">⚠️</a> <a href="#infra-James-Large" title="Infrastructure (Hosting, Build-Tools, etc)">🚇</a> <a href="#maintenance-James-Large" title="Maintenance">🚧</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/jambo6"><img src="https://https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/jambo6?s=100" width="100px;" alt="James Morrill"/><br /><sub><b>James Morrill</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=jambo6" title="Code">💻</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/janpipek"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/janpipek?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Jan Pipek"/><br /><sub><b>Jan Pipek</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=janpipek" title="Code">💻</a></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/jambo6"><img src="https://https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/jambo6?s=100" width="100px;" alt="James Morrill"/><br /><sub><b>James Morrill</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=jambo6" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/janpipek"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/janpipek?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Jan Pipek"/><br /><sub><b>Jan Pipek</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=janpipek" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/jasmineliaw"><img src="?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Jasmine Liaw"/><br /><sub><b>Jasmine Liaw</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=jasmineliaw" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="http://www.timeseriesclassification.com"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/38794632?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Jason Lines"/><br /><sub><b>Jason Lines</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=jasonlines" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#business-jasonlines" title="Business development">💼</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=jasonlines" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="#design-jasonlines" title="Design">🎨</a> <a href="#eventOrganizing-jasonlines" title="Event Organizing">📋</a> <a href="#fundingFinding-jasonlines" title="Funding Finding">🔍</a> <a href="#ideas-jasonlines" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="#projectManagement-jasonlines" title="Project Management">📆</a> <a href="#question-jasonlines" title="Answering Questions">💬</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/pulls?q=is%3Apr+reviewed-by%3Ajasonlines" title="Reviewed Pull Requests">👀</a> <a href="#talk-jasonlines" title="Talks">📢</a> <a href="#example-jasonlines" title="Examples">💡</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/whackteachers"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/33785383?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Jason Pong"/><br /><sub><b>Jason Pong</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=whackteachers" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=whackteachers" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
@@ -147,10 +149,10 @@ Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/d
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/pirnerjonas"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/48887249?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Jonas Pirner"/><br /><sub><b>Jonas Pirner</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=pirnerjonas" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/JonathanBechtel"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/481696?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="JonathanBechtel"/><br /><sub><b>JonathanBechtel</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=JonathanBechtel" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#ideas-JonathanBechtel" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=JonathanBechtel" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/jorenham"><img src="?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Joren Hammudoglu"/><br /><sub><b>Joren Hammudoglu</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#infra-jorenham" title="Infrastructure (Hosting, Build-Tools, etc)">🚇</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://juanitorduz.github.io/"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/22996444?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Juan Orduz"/><br /><sub><b>Juan Orduz</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#tutorial-juanitorduz" title="Tutorials">✅</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=juanitorduz" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/julia-kraus"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/julia-kraus?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Julia Kraus"/><br /><sub><b>Julia Kraus</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=julia-kraus" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=julia-kraus" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=julia-kraus" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://juanitorduz.github.io/"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/22996444?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Juan Orduz"/><br /><sub><b>Juan Orduz</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#tutorial-juanitorduz" title="Tutorials">✅</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=juanitorduz" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/julia-kraus"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/julia-kraus?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Julia Kraus"/><br /><sub><b>Julia Kraus</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=julia-kraus" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=julia-kraus" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=julia-kraus" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/jelc53"><img src="?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Julian Cooper"/><br /><sub><b>Julian Cooper</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=jelc53" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#ideas-jelc53" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/julnow"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/21206185?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Julian Nowak"/><br /><sub><b>Julian Nowak</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Ajulnow" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=julnow" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianarn/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19613567?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Juliana"/><br /><sub><b>Juliana</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=julramos" title="Code">💻</a></td>
@@ -158,10 +160,10 @@ Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/d
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/kcc-lion"><img src="?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Kai Lion"/><br /><sub><b>Kai Lion</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=kcc-lion" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=kcc-lion" title="Tests">⚠️</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=kcc-lion" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/kanand77"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/kanand77?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Kavin Anand"/><br /><sub><b>Kavin Anand</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=kanand77" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://kejsitake.com/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23707808?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Kejsi Take"/><br /><sub><b>Kejsi Take</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=kejsitake" title="Code">💻</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinlam2"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/114420932?s=400&v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Kevin Lam"/><br /><sub><b>Kevin Lam</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=klam-data" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#example-klam-data" title="Examples">💡</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=klam-data" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://whitakerlab.github.io/"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/3626306?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Kirstie Whitaker"/><br /><sub><b>Kirstie Whitaker</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#ideas-KirstieJane" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="#fundingFinding-KirstieJane" title="Funding Finding">🔍</a></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinlam2"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/114420932?s=400&v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Kevin Lam"/><br /><sub><b>Kevin Lam</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=klam-data" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#example-klam-data" title="Examples">💡</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=klam-data" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://whitakerlab.github.io/"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/3626306?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Kirstie Whitaker"/><br /><sub><b>Kirstie Whitaker</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#ideas-KirstieJane" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="#fundingFinding-KirstieJane" title="Funding Finding">🔍</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/kishmanani"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/30973056?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Kishan Manani"/><br /><sub><b>Kishan Manani</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=KishManani" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=KishManani" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=KishManani" title="Tests">⚠️</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3AKishManani" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="#ideas-KishManani" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/krumeto"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/11272436?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Krum Arnaudov"/><br /><sub><b>Krum Arnaudov</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Akrumeto" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=krumeto" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/koralturkk"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/18037789?s=460&v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Kutay Koralturk"/><br /><sub><b>Kutay Koralturk</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=koralturkk" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Akoralturkk" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
@@ -169,10 +171,10 @@ Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/d
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/lielleravid"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/37774194?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Lielle Ravid"/><br /><sub><b>Lielle Ravid</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=lielleravid" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=lielleravid" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/chillerobscuro"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5232872?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Logan Duffy"/><br /><sub><b>Logan Duffy</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=chillerobscuro" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=chillerobscuro" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=chillerobscuro" title="Tests">⚠️</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Achillerobscuro" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="#ideas-chillerobscuro" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="http://lpantano.github.io/"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/1621788?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Lorena Pantano"/><br /><sub><b>Lorena Pantano</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#ideas-lpantano" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/ltoniazzi"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/61414566?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Lorenzo Toniazzi"/><br /><sub><b>Lorenzo Toniazzi</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=ltoniazzi" title="Code">💻</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/Lovkush-A"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25344832?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Lovkush"/><br /><sub><b>Lovkush</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Lovkush-A" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Lovkush-A" title="Tests">⚠️</a> <a href="#ideas-Lovkush-A" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="#mentoring-Lovkush-A" title="Mentoring">🧑‍🏫</a> <a href="#projectManagement-Lovkush-A" title="Project Management">📆</a></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/ltoniazzi"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/61414566?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Lorenzo Toniazzi"/><br /><sub><b>Lorenzo Toniazzi</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=ltoniazzi" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/Lovkush-A"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25344832?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Lovkush"/><br /><sub><b>Lovkush</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Lovkush-A" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Lovkush-A" title="Tests">⚠️</a> <a href="#ideas-Lovkush-A" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="#mentoring-Lovkush-A" title="Mentoring">🧑‍🏫</a> <a href="#projectManagement-Lovkush-A" title="Project Management">📆</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/luca-miniati"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/87467600?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Luca Miniati"/><br /><sub><b>Luca Miniati</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=luca-miniati" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=luca-miniati" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/lbventura"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/68004282?s=96&v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Luis Ventura"/><br /><sub><b>Luis Ventura</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=lbventura" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/luiszugasti"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11198457?s=460&u=0645b72683e491824aca16db9702f1d3eb990389&v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Luis Zugasti"/><br /><sub><b>Luis Zugasti</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=luiszugasti" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
@@ -180,10 +182,10 @@ Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/d
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/marrov"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54272586?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Marc Rovira"/><br /><sub><b>Marc Rovira</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=marrov" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="http://marcelotryle.com"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/7353520?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Marcelo Trylesinski"/><br /><sub><b>Marcelo Trylesinski</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Kludex" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/MarcoGorelli"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/33491632?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Marco Gorelli"/><br /><sub><b>Marco Gorelli</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#infra-MarcoGorelli" title="Infrastructure (Hosting, Build-Tools, etc)">🚇</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaret-gorlin/"><img src="?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Margaret Gorlin"/><br /><sub><b>Margaret Gorlin</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=mgorlin" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#example-mgorlin" title="Examples">💡</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=mgorlin" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/mariamjabara"><img src="?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Mariam Jabara"/><br /><sub><b>Mariam Jabara</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=mariamjabara" title="Code">💻</a></td>
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+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaret-gorlin/"><img src="?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Margaret Gorlin"/><br /><sub><b>Margaret Gorlin</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=mgorlin" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#example-mgorlin" title="Examples">💡</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=mgorlin" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/mariamjabara"><img src="?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Mariam Jabara"/><br /><sub><b>Mariam Jabara</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=mariamjabara" title="Code">💻</a></td>
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       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/pul95"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/pul95?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Pulkit Verma"/><br /><sub><b>Pulkit Verma</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=pul95" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/Quaterion"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/23200273?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Quaterion"/><br /><sub><b>Quaterion</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3AQuaterion" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/rakshitha123"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7654679?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Rakshitha Godahewa"/><br /><sub><b>Rakshitha Godahewa</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=rakshitha123" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=rakshitha123" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/Ram0nB"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45173421?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Ramon Bussing"/><br /><sub><b>Ramon Bussing</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Ram0nB" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Ram0nB" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/RavenRudi"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/46402968?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="RavenRudi"/><br /><sub><b>RavenRudi</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=RavenRudi" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/wolph"><img src="?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Rick van Hattem"/><br /><sub><b>Rick van Hattem</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#infra-wolph" title="Infrastructure (Hosting, Build-Tools, etc)">🚇</a></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/Ris-Bali"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/81592570?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Rishabh Bali"/><br /><sub><b>Rishabh Bali</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Ris-Bali" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/RishiKumarRay"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/87641376?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Rishi Kumar Ray"/><br /><sub><b>Rishi Kumar Ray</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#infra-RishiKumarRay" title="Infrastructure (Hosting, Build-Tools, etc)">🚇</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/55790848?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Riya Elizabeth John"/><br /><sub><b>Riya Elizabeth John</b></sub><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Riyabelle25" title="Code">💻</a></td>
-    </tr>
-    <tr>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/Riyabelle25"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/55790848?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Riya Elizabeth John"/><br /><sub><b>Riya Elizabeth John</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Riyabelle25" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Riyabelle25" title="Tests">⚠️</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Riyabelle25" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/romanlutz/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10245648?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Roman Lutz"/><br /><sub><b>Roman Lutz</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=romanlutz" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/ronnie-llamado"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/ronnie-llamado?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Ronnie Llamado"/><br /><sub><b>Ronnie Llamado</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=ronnie-llamado" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/rnkuhns"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/26907244?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Ryan Kuhns"/><br /><sub><b>Ryan Kuhns</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=RNKuhns" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=RNKuhns" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="#tutorial-RNKuhns" title="Tutorials">✅</a> <a href="#example-RNKuhns" title="Examples">💡</a> <a href="#ideas-RNKuhns" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/pulls?q=is%3Apr+reviewed-by%3ARNKuhns" title="Reviewed Pull Requests">👀</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=RNKuhns" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/achieveordie"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54197164?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Sagar Mishra"/><br /><sub><b>Sagar Mishra</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Aachieveordie" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=achieveordie" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=achieveordie" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://sajay.online"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/25329624?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Sajaysurya Ganesh"/><br /><sub><b>Sajaysurya Ganesh</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=sajaysurya" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=sajaysurya" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="#design-sajaysurya" title="Design">🎨</a> <a href="#example-sajaysurya" title="Examples">💡</a> <a href="#ideas-sajaysurya" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=sajaysurya" title="Tests">⚠️</a> <a href="#tutorial-sajaysurya" title="Tutorials">✅</a></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/SamiAlavi"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/32700289?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Sami Alavi"/><br /><sub><b>Sami Alavi</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=SamiAlavi" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#maintenance-SamiAlavi" title="Maintenance">🚧</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/sanjayk0508"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/102804548?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Sanjay Kumar"/><br /><sub><b>Sanjay Kumar</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=sanjayk0508" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/deysanjeeb"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39940629?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Sanjeeb Dey"/><br /><sub><b>Sanjeeb Dey</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#maintenance-deysanjeeb" title="Maintenance">🚧</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/sssilvar"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16252054?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Santiago Smith Silva"/><br /><sub><b>Santiago Smith Silva</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=sssilvar" title="Code">💻</a></td>
-    </tr>
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       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/Saransh-cpp"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/74055102?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Saransh Chopra"/><br /><sub><b>Saransh Chopra</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Saransh-cpp" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="#infra-Saransh-cpp" title="Infrastructure (Hosting, Build-Tools, etc)">🚇</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/satya-pattnaik-77a430144/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22102468?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Satya Prakash Pattnaik"/><br /><sub><b>Satya Prakash Pattnaik</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=satya-pattnaik" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/dasgupsa"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/10398956?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Saurabh Dasgupta"/><br /><sub><b>Saurabh Dasgupta</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=dasgupsa" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/SebasKoel"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/66252156?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Sebastiaan Koel"/><br /><sub><b>Sebastiaan Koel</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=SebasKoel" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=SebasKoel" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/shagn"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16029092?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Sebastian Hagn"/><br /><sub><b>Sebastian Hagn</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=shagn" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/ShivamPathak99"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/98941325?s=400&v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Shivam Pathak"/><br /><sub><b>Shivam Pathak</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=ShivamPathak99" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/AurumnPegasus"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54315149?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Shivansh Subramanian"/><br /><sub><b>Shivansh Subramanian</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=AurumnPegasus" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=AurumnPegasus" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/sbuse"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24408707?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Simon B."/><br /><sub><b>Simon B.</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=sbuse" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/solomon-botchway-a1383821b/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/62394255?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Solomon Botchway"/><br /><sub><b>Solomon Botchway</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#maintenance-snnbotchway" title="Maintenance">🚧</a></td>
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-    <tr>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/khrapovs"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3774663?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Stanislav Khrapov"/><br /><sub><b>Stanislav Khrapov</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=khrapovs" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/steenrotsman"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/78110080?s=400&v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Stijn J. Rotman"/><br /><sub><b>Stijn J. Rotman</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=steenrotsman" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=steenrotsman" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/SveaMeyer13"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/46671894?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Svea Marie Meyer"/><br /><sub><b>Svea Marie Meyer</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=SveaMeyer13" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=SveaMeyer13" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/TNTran92"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/55965636?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="TNTran92"/><br /><sub><b>TNTran92</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=TNTran92" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/Taise228"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/95762401?s=400&v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Taisei Yamamoto"/><br /><sub><b>Taisei Yamamoto</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Taise228" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://thayeylolu.github.io/portfolio/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13348874?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Taiwo Owoseni"/><br /><sub><b>Taiwo Owoseni</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=thayeylolu" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/lnthach"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/7788363?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Thach Le Nguyen"/><br /><sub><b>Thach Le Nguyen</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=lnthach" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=lnthach" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/mathco-wf"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/mathco-wf?s=100" width="100px;" alt="TheMathcompay Widget Factory Team"/><br /><sub><b>TheMathcompay Widget Factory Team</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=mathco-wf" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/tombh"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/160835?s=80&v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Thomas Buckley-Houston"/><br /><sub><b>Thomas Buckley-Houston</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Atombh" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
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       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/xxl4tomxu98"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/62292177?s=40&v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Tom Xu"/><br /><sub><b>Tom Xu</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=xxl4tomxu98" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=xxl4tomxu98" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/tpvasconcelos"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17701527?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Tomas P. de Vasconcelos"/><br /><sub><b>Tomas P. de Vasconcelos</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Atpvasconcelos" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=tpvasconcelos" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/tch"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/184076?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Tomasz Chodakowski"/><br /><sub><b>Tomasz Chodakowski</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=tch" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=tch" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=author%3Atch" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="http://www.timeseriesclassification.com"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/9594042?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Tony Bagnall"/><br /><sub><b>Tony Bagnall</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=TonyBagnall" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#business-TonyBagnall" title="Business development">💼</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=TonyBagnall" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="#design-TonyBagnall" title="Design">🎨</a> <a href="#eventOrganizing-TonyBagnall" title="Event Organizing">📋</a> <a href="#fundingFinding-TonyBagnall" title="Funding Finding">🔍</a> <a href="#ideas-TonyBagnall" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="#projectManagement-TonyBagnall" title="Project Management">📆</a> <a href="#question-TonyBagnall" title="Answering Questions">💬</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/pulls?q=is%3Apr+reviewed-by%3ATonyBagnall" title="Reviewed Pull Requests">👀</a> <a href="#talk-TonyBagnall" title="Talks">📢</a> <a href="#data-TonyBagnall" title="Data">🔣</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/utsavcoding"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/55446385?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Utsav Kumar Tiwari"/><br /><sub><b>Utsav Kumar Tiwari</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=utsavcoding" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=utsavcoding" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/Vasudeva-bit"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/70791259?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Vasudeva Kilaru"/><br /><sub><b>Vasudeva Kilaru</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Vasudeva-bit" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=Vasudeva-bit" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/victordremov"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/32140716?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Viktor Dremov"/><br /><sub><b>Viktor Dremov</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=victordremov" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/ViktorKaz"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/33499138?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="ViktorKaz"/><br /><sub><b>ViktorKaz</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=ViktorKaz" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=ViktorKaz" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="#design-ViktorKaz" title="Design">🎨</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/vnicholson1"><img src="?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Vincent Nicholson"/><br /><sub><b>Vincent Nicholson</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=vnicholson1" title="Code">💻</a></td>
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       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/VyomkeshVyas"><img src="?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Vyomkesh Vyas"/><br /><sub><b>Vyomkesh Vyas</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=VyomkeshVyas" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=VyomkeshVyas" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="#example-VyomkeshVyas" title="Examples">💡</a> <a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=VyomkeshVyas" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/wayneadams"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15034841?s=400&u=d717e9945910bcc844c5e64cd56d570c6cc4e8e6&v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Wayne Adams"/><br /><sub><b>Wayne Adams</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=wayneadams" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
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+    <tr>
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+    </tr>
+    <tr>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/hiqbal2"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/10302415?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="hiqbal2"/><br /><sub><b>hiqbal2</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/sktime/sktime/commits?author=hiqbal2" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
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+    </tr>
+    <tr>
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diff --git a/build_tools/check_backticks.py b/build_tools/check_backticks.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..327a29f23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_tools/check_backticks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3 -u
+# copyright: sktime developers, BSD-3-Clause License (see LICENSE file)
+
+"""Test script to check for invalid use of single-backticks."""
+
+__author__ = ["geetu040"]
+
+import argparse
+import ast
+import glob
+import re
+
+
+def find_py_files(folder_path):
+    """Find all Python files in a given folder path."""
+    return glob.glob(f"{folder_path}/**/*.py", recursive=True)
+
+
+def extract_docstrings(filename):
+    """Extract docstrings from a Python file."""
+    # create abstract syntax tree from the file
+    with open(filename) as f:
+        tree = ast.parse(f.read())
+
+    # walk through all nodes in the tree
+    docstrings = {}
+    for node in ast.walk(tree):
+        if (
+            isinstance(node, ast.Expr)
+            and isinstance(node.value, ast.Constant)
+            and isinstance(node.value.value, str)
+        ):
+            # if the node is an expression and
+            # its value is a constant and
+            # constant's value is a string
+            # the node represents a docstring
+            # See https://docs.python.org/3/library/ast.html#abstract-grammar
+            docstring = node.value.value
+            lineno = node.value.lineno
+            docstrings[lineno] = docstring
+
+    return docstrings
+
+
+def find_invalid_backtick_text(docstring):
+    """Find invalid backtick text in a docstring."""
+    # remove all multiple backticks to avoid interference
+    # we are looking only for invalid single-backtick
+    docstring = re.sub(r"`{2,}.*?`{2,}", "", docstring, flags=re.DOTALL)
+
+    all_backtick_text = re.findall(r"`.*?`", docstring, flags=re.DOTALL)
+    # expressions like :math:`d(x, y):= (x-y)^2` are valid cases
+    valid_backtick_text = re.findall(r":.*?:(`.*?`)", docstring, flags=re.DOTALL)
+
+    # find all the invalid backtick code snippets
+    invalid_backtick_text = set()
+    for text in all_backtick_text:
+        if text in valid_backtick_text:
+            continue
+        # rst hyperlinks are valid cases
+        if re.match(r"`.*?<http.*?>`", text, flags=re.DOTALL):
+            continue
+        invalid_backtick_text.add(text)
+
+    return invalid_backtick_text
+
+
+def main():
+    """Execute the main function of the script."""
+    # parse command line arguments
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Test script to check for invalid use of single-backticks."
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "folder_path",
+        nargs="?",
+        default="./sktime",
+        help="Folder path to search for Python files",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    folder_path = args.folder_path
+    results = {}
+
+    # list all the python files in the project
+    py_files = find_py_files(folder_path)
+
+    for file in py_files:
+        docstrings = extract_docstrings(file)
+        results_on_file = {}
+
+        for lineno, docstring in docstrings.items():
+            invalid_backtick_text = find_invalid_backtick_text(docstring)
+
+            if len(invalid_backtick_text) > 0:
+                results_on_file[lineno] = invalid_backtick_text
+
+        if len(results_on_file) > 0:
+            results[file] = results_on_file
+
+    # print the lines along with the invalid backticks text
+    print(f'Results in "{folder_path}"')  # noqa: T201
+    if len(results) > 0:
+        print(f"Total Files with invalid backticks: {len(results)}")  # noqa: T201
+        for filename, result in results.items():
+            for lineno, errors in result.items():
+                print(f"{filename}:{lineno} {' '.join(errors)}")  # noqa: T201
+    else:
+        print("No invalid backticks found")  # noqa: T201
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    """
+    Usage: defaults to "./sktime"
+    python build_tools/check_backticks.py
+
+    Usage: folder path as argument
+    python build_tools/check_backticks.py sktime/classification/distance_based
+    """
+    main()
diff --git a/build_tools/docker/py310.dockerfile b/build_tools/docker/py310.dockerfile
index fe53d1a95..c30aa8f0f 100644
--- a/build_tools/docker/py310.dockerfile
+++ b/build_tools/docker/py310.dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-FROM python:3.10.10-bullseye
+FROM python:3.10-slim
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/sktime
 
 COPY . .
 
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y build-essential gcc git && apt-get clean
 RUN python -m pip install -U pip
-RUN python -m pip install .[all_extras,dev,binder]
+RUN python -m pip install .[all_extras_pandas2,dev,binder]
diff --git a/build_tools/docker/py311.dockerfile b/build_tools/docker/py311.dockerfile
index 4844fe44a..a2bda519a 100644
--- a/build_tools/docker/py311.dockerfile
+++ b/build_tools/docker/py311.dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-FROM python:3.11.2-bullseye
+FROM python:3.11-slim
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/sktime
 
 COPY . .
 
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y build-essential gcc git && apt-get clean
 RUN python -m pip install -U pip
-RUN python -m pip install .[all_extras,dev,binder]
+RUN python -m pip install .[all_extras_pandas2,dev,binder]
diff --git a/build_tools/docker/py312.dockerfile b/build_tools/docker/py312.dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c134f05cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_tools/docker/py312.dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+FROM python:3.12-slim
+
+WORKDIR /usr/src/sktime
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y build-essential gcc git && apt-get clean
+RUN python -m pip install -U pip
+RUN python -m pip install .[all_extras_pandas2,dev,binder]
diff --git a/build_tools/docker/py38.dockerfile b/build_tools/docker/py38.dockerfile
index d890457f7..828403015 100644
--- a/build_tools/docker/py38.dockerfile
+++ b/build_tools/docker/py38.dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-FROM python:3.8.16-bullseye
+FROM python:3.8-slim
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/sktime
 
 COPY . .
 
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y build-essential gcc git && apt-get clean
 RUN python -m pip install -U pip
-RUN python -m pip install .[all_extras,dev,binder]
+RUN python -m pip install .[all_extras_pandas2,dev,binder]
diff --git a/build_tools/docker/py39.dockerfile b/build_tools/docker/py39.dockerfile
index 4a1efb5ea..28015a2ce 100644
--- a/build_tools/docker/py39.dockerfile
+++ b/build_tools/docker/py39.dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-FROM python:3.9.16-bullseye
+FROM python:3.9-slim
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/sktime
 
 COPY . .
 
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y build-essential gcc git && apt-get clean
 RUN python -m pip install -U pip
-RUN python -m pip install .[all_extras,dev,binder]
+RUN python -m pip install .[all_extras_pandas2,dev,binder]
diff --git a/docs/source/api_reference/transformations.rst b/docs/source/api_reference/transformations.rst
index 0481a8739..1a2388973 100644
--- a/docs/source/api_reference/transformations.rst
+++ b/docs/source/api_reference/transformations.rst
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ Shapelets, wavelets, and convolution
 
     ShapeletTransform
     RandomShapeletTransform
+    ShapeletTransformPyts
 
 .. currentmodule:: sktime.transformations.panel.rocket
 
@@ -304,13 +305,6 @@ Detrending and Decomposition
     Deseasonalizer
     ConditionalDeseasonalizer
     STLTransformer
-
-.. currentmodule:: sktime.transformations.series.detrend.mstl
-
-.. autosummary::
-    :toctree: auto_generated/
-    :template: class.rst
-
     MSTL
 
 .. currentmodule:: sktime.transformations.series.vmd
@@ -638,6 +632,20 @@ These transformers subset `X` by time points (`pandas` index or index level) or
     ColumnSelect
     IndexSubset
 
+Adapters to other frameworks
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Generic framework adapters that expose other frameworks in the ``sktime`` interface.
+
+.. currentmodule:: sktime.transformations.series.temporian
+
+.. autosummary::
+    :toctree: auto_generated/
+    :template: class.rst
+
+    TemporianTransformer
+
+
 Panel transformers
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/source/developer_guide.rst b/docs/source/developer_guide.rst
index 2b3cbaea7..90ef47026 100644
--- a/docs/source/developer_guide.rst
+++ b/docs/source/developer_guide.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Welcome to sktime's developer guide!
 
 New developers should:
 
-* sign up to the developer Discord (see link in README) and say hello in the ``#contributors`` channel
+* sign up to the developer Discord (see link in README) and say hello in the ``#intro`` channel
 * install a development version of ``sktime``, see :ref:`installation`
 * set up CI tests locally and ensure they know how to check them remotely, see :ref:`continuous_integration`
 * get familiar with the git workflow (:ref:`git_workflow`) and coding standards (:ref:`coding_standards`)
diff --git a/docs/source/developer_guide/continuous_integration.rst b/docs/source/developer_guide/continuous_integration.rst
index 8b930bb84..baf233501 100644
--- a/docs/source/developer_guide/continuous_integration.rst
+++ b/docs/source/developer_guide/continuous_integration.rst
@@ -157,19 +157,21 @@ with the image of name ``PYTHON_VERSION`` based on the following python versions
 +----------------+----------------+
 | Python version | PYTHON_VERSION |
 +================+================+
-|     3.8.16     |      py38      |
+|     3.8     |      py38         |
 +----------------+----------------+
-|     3.9.16     |      py39      |
+|     3.9     |      py39         |
 +----------------+----------------+
-|     3.10.10    |      py310     |
+|     3.10    |      py310        |
 +----------------+----------------+
-|     3.11.2     |      py311     |
+|     3.11    |      py311        |
++----------------+----------------+
+|     3.12    |      py312        |
 +----------------+----------------+
 
 The dockerized tests can be also executed via `make <https://www.gnu.org/software/make/>`_,
 via the command ``make dockertest PYTHON_VERSION=<python version>``.
 The ``PYTHON_VERSION`` argument specifies the python version and is the same string as in the table above.
-For example, to execute the tests in the Python version ``3.8.16``,
+For example, to execute the tests in the Python version ``3.8``,
 use ``make dockertest PYTHON_VERSION=py38``.
 
 
diff --git a/docs/source/get_involved/contributing.rst b/docs/source/get_involved/contributing.rst
index 705e81dfe..e7eb30c94 100644
--- a/docs/source/get_involved/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/source/get_involved/contributing.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ and people who are looking to learn and develop their skills.
 
 Recommended steps for first time contributors, or to get started with regular contributions:
 
-1. Say hello (in the lobby on `Discord`_)!
+1. Say hello (in the ``#intro`` channel on `Discord`_)!
 2. Get set up for development, see `instructions in the developer guide <https://www.sktime.net/en/stable/developer_guide.html>`_.
 3. Pick a good first issue to work on, see a collection `in this summary issue <https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues/1147>`_ , or from `this list <https://github.com/sktime/sktime/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22>`_
    suggestion: pick something small with simple content to learn the "process"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index eaff0b82e..7fdcce890 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ all_extras = [
   "statsmodels>=0.12.1",
   'stumpy>=1.5.1; python_version < "3.11"',
   'tbats>=1.1; python_version < "3.12"',
-  'tensorflow; python_version < "3.12"',
+  'temporian>=0.7.0; python_version < "3.12" and sys_platform != "win32"',
+  'tensorflow<2.17,>=2; python_version < "3.12"',
   'tsfresh>=0.17; python_version < "3.12"',
   'tslearn<0.7.0,!=0.6.0,>=0.5.2; python_version < "3.11"',
   "xarray",
@@ -145,7 +146,8 @@ all_extras_pandas2 = [
   "statsmodels>=0.12.1",
   'stumpy>=1.5.1; python_version < "3.11"',
   'tbats>=1.1; python_version < "3.12"',
-  'tensorflow; python_version < "3.12"',
+  'temporian>=0.7.0; python_version < "3.12" and sys_platform != "win32"',
+  'tensorflow<2.17,>=2; python_version < "3.12"',
   'tsfresh>=0.17; python_version < "3.12"',
   'tslearn<0.7.0,!=0.6.0,>=0.5.2; python_version < "3.11"',
   "xarray",
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ all_extras_pandas2 = [
 # users can install via "pip install sktime[forecasting,transformations]" etc
 #
 alignment = [
-  "dtw-python<1.4,>=1.3",
+  "dtw-python>=1.3,<1.5",
   'numba<0.60,>=0.53',
 ]
 annotation = [
@@ -172,7 +174,7 @@ annotation = [
 classification = [
   'esig<0.10,>=0.9.7; python_version < "3.11"',
   'numba<0.60,>=0.53',
-  'tensorflow<=2.14,>=2; python_version < "3.12"',
+  'tensorflow<2.17,>=2; python_version < "3.12"',
   'tsfresh<0.21,>=0.17; python_version < "3.12"',
 ]
 clustering = [
@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ forecasting = [
 ]
 networks = [
   "keras-self-attention<0.52,>=0.51",
-  'tensorflow<=2.14,>=2; python_version < "3.12"',
+  'tensorflow<2.17,>=2; python_version < "3.12"',
 ]
 param_est = [
   "seasonal<0.4,>=0.3.1",
@@ -198,18 +200,19 @@ param_est = [
 ]
 regression = [
   'numba<0.60,>=0.53',
-  'tensorflow<=2.14,>=2; python_version < "3.12"',
+  'tensorflow<2.17,>=2; python_version < "3.12"',
 ]
 transformations = [
   'esig<0.10,>=0.9.7; python_version < "3.11"',
   "filterpy<1.5,>=1.4.5",
-  "holidays>=0.29,<0.45",
+  "holidays>=0.29,<0.46",
   "mne>=1.5,<1.7",
   'numba<0.60,>=0.53',
   "pycatch22>=0.4,<0.4.4",
   "pykalman-bardo<0.10,>=0.9.7",
   "statsmodels<0.15,>=0.12.1",
   'stumpy<1.13,>=1.5.1; python_version < "3.12"',
+  'temporian>=0.7.0; python_version < "3.12" and sys_platform != "win32"',
   'tsfresh<0.21,>=0.17; python_version < "3.12"',
 ]
 
@@ -244,10 +247,10 @@ docs = [
   "tabulate",
 ]
 tests = [
-  "pytest>=7.4,<8.1",
+  "pytest>=7.4,<8.2",
   "pytest-cov<4.2,>=4.1",
   "pytest-randomly<3.16,>=3.15",
-  "pytest-timeout>=2.1,<2.3",
+  "pytest-timeout>=2.1,<2.4",
   "pytest-xdist>=3.3,<3.6",
 ]
 
@@ -265,7 +268,7 @@ cython_extras = [
 dl = [
   'FrEIA; python_version < "3.12"',
   'neuralforecast<1.7.0,>=1.6.4; python_version < "3.11"',
-  'tensorflow<=2.14,>=2; python_version < "3.12"',
+  'tensorflow<2.17,>=2; python_version < "3.12"',
   'torch; python_version < "3.12"',
 ]
 mlflow = [
diff --git a/sktime/annotation/base/_base.py b/sktime/annotation/base/_base.py
index 4acc304cc..4d14b50f6 100644
--- a/sktime/annotation/base/_base.py
+++ b/sktime/annotation/base/_base.py
@@ -36,11 +36,13 @@ class BaseSeriesAnnotator(BaseEstimator):
         Annotation output format:
         * If "sparse", a sub-series of labels for only the outliers in X is returned,
         * If "dense", a series of labels for all values in X is returned.
-    labels : str {"indicator", "score"}, optional (default="indicator")
+    labels : str {"indicator", "score", "int_label"}, optional (default="indicator")
         Annotation output labels:
         * If "indicator", returned values are boolean, indicating whether a value is an
         outlier,
         * If "score", returned values are floats, giving the outlier score.
+        * If "int_label", returned values are integers indicating which segment the
+        value belongs to.
 
     Notes
     -----
diff --git a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/base.py b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/base.py
index 12587d394..1c049d686 100644
--- a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/base.py
+++ b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/base.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ because we can generalise tags, _predict and _predict_proba
 __author__ = ["James-Large", "ABostrom", "TonyBagnall", "aurunmpegasus", "achieveordie"]
 __all__ = ["BaseDeepClassifier"]
 
+import os
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -40,13 +41,6 @@ class BaseDeepClassifier(BaseClassifier, ABC):
         "python_dependencies": "tensorflow",
     }
 
-    def __init__(self, batch_size=40, random_state=None):
-        super().__init__()
-
-        self.batch_size = batch_size
-        self.random_state = random_state
-        self.model_ = None
-
     @abstractmethod
     def build_model(self, input_shape, n_classes, **kwargs):
         """Construct a compiled, un-trained, keras model that is ready for training.
@@ -211,7 +205,7 @@ class BaseDeepClassifier(BaseClassifier, ABC):
         if hasattr(self, "history"):
             self.__dict__["history"] = self.history
 
-    def save(self, path=None, serialization_format="pickle"):
+    def save(self, path=None, serialization_format="pickle", legacy_save=True):
         """Save serialized self to bytes-like object or to (.zip) file.
 
         Behaviour:
@@ -233,17 +227,25 @@ class BaseDeepClassifier(BaseClassifier, ABC):
                 path="/home/stored/estimator" then a zip file ``estimator.zip`` will be
                 stored in ``/home/stored/``.
 
-        serialization_format: str, default = "pickle"
+        serialization_format : str, default = "pickle"
             Module to use for serialization.
             The available options are present under
             ``sktime.base._base.SERIALIZATION_FORMATS``. Note that non-default formats
             might require installation of other soft dependencies.
 
+        legacy_save : bool, default = True
+            whether to use the legacy saving method for the model. If
+            tensorflow >= 2.16.0 is installed, this is ignored.
+            The default will switch to False in sktime 0.28.0, and the
+            legacy saving method will be removed in sktime 0.29.0.
+
         Returns
         -------
         if ``path`` is None - in-memory serialized self
         if ``path`` is file location - ZipFile with reference to the file
         """
+        # TODO - remove the legacy_save parameter in sktime 0.30.0
+        # TODO - change the default value of legacy_save to False in sktime 0.29.0
         import pickle
         from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -264,24 +266,47 @@ class BaseDeepClassifier(BaseClassifier, ABC):
             path = Path(path) if isinstance(path, str) else path
             path.mkdir()
 
+        if legacy_save:
+            from sktime.utils.warnings import warn
+
+            warn(
+                "WARNING: In the save method of classifiers and regressors,"
+                " saving logic has changed to be compatible with tensorflow 2.16. "
+                "The old saving logic is deprecated and will be removed in "
+                "sktime 0.30.0. "
+                "If tensorflow>=2.16.0 is installed, the new saving logic is always "
+                "used. If not, by default, the legacy saving logic is used until "
+                "sktime 0.28.last, and the new logic is used from sktime 0.29.0."
+                "For safe change in an environment with tensorflow<2.16.0, "
+                "set the legacy_save parameter explicitly to False to test the "
+                "new saving logic. If no issues are found, no changes to your code "
+                "are necessary. To keep using the legacy method, set the parameter "
+                "legacy_save to True. Note that the legacy_save parameter will be "
+                "removed entirely in sktime 0.30.0.",
+                FutureWarning,
+                obj=self,
+                stacklevel=2,
+            )
+
+        if _check_soft_dependencies("tensorflow>=2.16.0", severity="none"):
+            legacy_save = False
+
         if serialization_format == "cloudpickle":
             _check_soft_dependencies("cloudpickle", severity="error")
             import cloudpickle
 
-            return self._serialize_using_dump_func(
-                path=path,
-                dump=cloudpickle.dump,
-                dumps=cloudpickle.dumps,
-            )
-
+            serializer = cloudpickle
         elif serialization_format == "pickle":
-            return self._serialize_using_dump_func(
-                path=path,
-                dump=pickle.dump,
-                dumps=pickle.dumps,
-            )
+            serializer = pickle
 
-    def _serialize_using_dump_func(self, path, dump, dumps):
+        return self._serialize_using_dump_func(
+            path=path,
+            dump=serializer.dump,
+            dumps=serializer.dumps,
+            legacy_save=legacy_save,
+        )
+
+    def _serialize_using_dump_func(self, path, dump, dumps, legacy_save=False):
         """Serialize & return DL Estimator using ``dump`` and ``dumps`` functions."""
         import shutil
         from zipfile import ZipFile
@@ -293,11 +318,8 @@ class BaseDeepClassifier(BaseClassifier, ABC):
 
             in_memory_model = None
             if self.model_ is not None:
-                with h5py.File(
-                    "disk_less", "w", driver="core", backing_store=False
-                ) as h5file:
-                    self.model_.save(h5file)
-                    h5file.flush()
+                self.model_.save("disk_less.h5")
+                with h5py.File("disk_less.h5", "r") as h5file:
                     in_memory_model = h5file.id.get_file_image()
 
             in_memory_history = dumps(history)
@@ -311,7 +333,12 @@ class BaseDeepClassifier(BaseClassifier, ABC):
             )
 
         if self.model_ is not None:
-            self.model_.save(path / "keras/")
+            if not legacy_save:
+                keras_path = path / "keras" / "model.keras"
+                os.makedirs(keras_path.parent, exist_ok=True)
+                self.model_.save(keras_path)
+            else:
+                self.model_.save(path / "keras/")
 
         with open(path / "history", "wb") as history_writer:
             dump(history, history_writer)
@@ -342,9 +369,7 @@ class BaseDeepClassifier(BaseClassifier, ABC):
         """
         _check_soft_dependencies("h5py")
         import pickle
-        from tempfile import TemporaryFile
 
-        import h5py
         from tensorflow.keras.models import load_model
 
         if not isinstance(serial, tuple):
@@ -364,11 +389,9 @@ class BaseDeepClassifier(BaseClassifier, ABC):
         if in_memory_model is None:
             cls.model_ = None
         else:
-            with TemporaryFile() as store_:
+            with open("diskless.h5", "wb") as store_:
                 store_.write(in_memory_model)
-                h5file = h5py.File(store_, "r")
-                cls.model_ = load_model(h5file)
-                h5file.close()
+                cls.model_ = load_model("diskless.h5")
 
         cls.history = pickle.loads(in_memory_history)
         return pickle.loads(serial)
@@ -400,9 +423,12 @@ class BaseDeepClassifier(BaseClassifier, ABC):
                     continue
                 zip_file.extract(file, temp_unzip_loc)
 
-        keras_location = temp_unzip_loc / "keras"
+        keras_location_legacy = temp_unzip_loc / "keras"
+        keras_location = temp_unzip_loc / "keras" / "model.keras"
         if keras_location.exists():
             cls.model_ = keras.models.load_model(keras_location)
+        elif keras_location_legacy.exists():
+            cls.model_ = keras.models.load_model(keras_location_legacy)
         else:
             cls.model_ = None
 
diff --git a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/cnn.py b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/cnn.py
index cd693a922..2c4b4349c 100644
--- a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/cnn.py
+++ b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/cnn.py
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ class CNNClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         optimizer=None,
     ):
         _check_dl_dependencies(severity="error")
-        super().__init__()
+
+        self.batch_size = batch_size
         self.n_conv_layers = n_conv_layers
         self.avg_pool_size = avg_pool_size
         self.kernel_size = kernel_size
@@ -106,6 +107,9 @@ class CNNClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         self.use_bias = use_bias
         self.optimizer = optimizer
         self.history = None
+
+        super().__init__()
+
         self._network = CNNNetwork(
             kernel_size=self.kernel_size,
             avg_pool_size=self.avg_pool_size,
diff --git a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/cntc.py b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/cntc.py
index 900e98613..18ce61e18 100644
--- a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/cntc.py
+++ b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/cntc.py
@@ -107,9 +107,10 @@ class CNTCClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         self.loss = loss
         self.metrics = metrics
         self.random_state = random_state
-        self._network = CNTCNetwork()
 
-        super().__init__(batch_size=batch_size, random_state=random_state)
+        super().__init__()
+
+        self._network = CNTCNetwork()
 
     def build_model(self, input_shape, n_classes, **kwargs):
         """Construct a compiled, un-trained, keras model that is ready for training.
diff --git a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/fcn.py b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/fcn.py
index fff7bfbb2..d27c8d6ec 100644
--- a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/fcn.py
+++ b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/fcn.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class FCNClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         optimizer=None,
     ):
         _check_dl_dependencies(severity="error")
-        super().__init__()
+
         self.callbacks = callbacks
         self.n_epochs = n_epochs
         self.batch_size = batch_size
@@ -94,9 +94,10 @@ class FCNClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         self.use_bias = use_bias
         self.optimizer = optimizer
         self.history = None
-        self._network = FCNNetwork(
-            random_state=self.random_state,
-        )
+
+        super().__init__()
+
+        self._network = FCNNetwork(random_state=self.random_state)
 
     def build_model(self, input_shape, n_classes, **kwargs):
         """Construct a compiled, un-trained, keras model that is ready for training.
diff --git a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/inceptiontime.py b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/inceptiontime.py
index 5e4e8c900..03a94fcc0 100644
--- a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/inceptiontime.py
+++ b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/inceptiontime.py
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ class InceptionTimeClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         metrics=None,
     ):
         _check_dl_dependencies(severity="error")
-        super().__init__()
-
-        self.verbose = verbose
 
         # predefined
         self.batch_size = batch_size
@@ -86,7 +83,8 @@ class InceptionTimeClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         self.use_bottleneck = use_bottleneck
         self.use_residual = use_residual
         self.verbose = verbose
-        self._is_fitted = False
+
+        super().__init__()
 
         network_params = {
             "n_filters": n_filters,
diff --git a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/lstmfcn.py b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/lstmfcn.py
index c016408bd..3f6bcad88 100644
--- a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/lstmfcn.py
+++ b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/lstmfcn.py
@@ -76,13 +76,6 @@ class LSTMFCNClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         random_state=None,
         verbose=0,
     ):
-        super().__init__()
-
-        self.classes_ = None
-        self.input_shape = None
-        self.model_ = None
-        self.history = None
-
         # predefined
         self.n_epochs = n_epochs
         self.batch_size = batch_size
@@ -96,6 +89,8 @@ class LSTMFCNClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         self.random_state = random_state
         self.verbose = verbose
 
+        super().__init__()
+
         self._network = LSTMFCNNetwork(
             kernel_sizes=self.kernel_sizes,
             filter_sizes=self.filter_sizes,
@@ -104,7 +99,6 @@ class LSTMFCNClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
             dropout=self.dropout,
             attention=self.attention,
         )
-        self._is_fitted = False
 
     def build_model(self, input_shape, n_classes, **kwargs):
         """
diff --git a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/macnn.py b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/macnn.py
index ab638fb6a..270b7c864 100644
--- a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/macnn.py
+++ b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/macnn.py
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ class MACNNClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         verbose=False,
     ):
         _check_dl_dependencies(severity="error")
-        super().__init__()
 
         self.n_epochs = n_epochs
         self.batch_size = batch_size
@@ -126,6 +125,9 @@ class MACNNClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         self.callbacks = callbacks
         self.random_state = random_state
         self.verbose = verbose
+
+        super().__init__()
+
         self.history = None
         self._network = MACNNNetwork(
             padding=self.padding,
diff --git a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/mcdcnn.py b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/mcdcnn.py
index 79ff7892a..4e4d2998b 100644
--- a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/mcdcnn.py
+++ b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/mcdcnn.py
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ class MCDCNNClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         random_state=0,
     ):
         _check_dl_dependencies(severity="error")
-        super().__init__()
 
         self.n_epochs = n_epochs
         self.batch_size = batch_size
@@ -125,6 +124,9 @@ class MCDCNNClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         self.optimizer = optimizer
         self.verbose = verbose
         self.random_state = random_state
+
+        super().__init__()
+
         self.history = None
         self._network = MCDCNNNetwork(
             kernel_size=self.kernel_size,
diff --git a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/mlp.py b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/mlp.py
index 71f36a2bd..0d3659c2a 100644
--- a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/mlp.py
+++ b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/mlp.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class MLPClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         optimizer=None,
     ):
         _check_dl_dependencies(severity="error")
-        super().__init__()
+
         self.callbacks = callbacks
         self.n_epochs = n_epochs
         self.batch_size = batch_size
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ class MLPClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         self.activation = activation
         self.use_bias = use_bias
         self.optimizer = optimizer
+
+        super().__init__()
+
         self.history = None
         self._network = MLPNetwork(
             random_state=self.random_state,
diff --git a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/resnet.py b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/resnet.py
index f85fcf7f0..d15bd4b3a 100644
--- a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/resnet.py
+++ b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/resnet.py
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ class ResNetClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
     >>> from sktime.classification.deep_learning.resnet import ResNetClassifier
     >>> from sktime.datasets import load_unit_test
     >>> X_train, y_train = load_unit_test(split="train")
-    >>> clf = ResNetClassifier(n_epochs=20, bacth_size=4) # doctest: +SKIP
-    >>> clf.fit(X_train, Y_train) # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> clf = ResNetClassifier(n_epochs=20) # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> clf.fit(X_train, y_train) # doctest: +SKIP
     ResNetClassifier(...)
     """
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class ResNetClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         optimizer=None,
     ):
         _check_dl_dependencies(severity="error")
-        super().__init__()
+
         self.n_epochs = n_epochs
         self.callbacks = callbacks
         self.verbose = verbose
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ class ResNetClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         self.activation = activation
         self.use_bias = use_bias
         self.optimizer = optimizer
+
+        super().__init__()
+
         self.history = None
         self._network = ResNetNetwork(random_state=random_state)
 
diff --git a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/rnn.py b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/rnn.py
index ab651853f..3f89323a6 100644
--- a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/rnn.py
+++ b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/rnn.py
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ class SimpleRNNClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
     ----------
     ..[1] benchmark forecaster in M4 forecasting competition:
     https://github.com/Mcompetitions/M4-methods
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> from sktime.classification.deep_learning.rnn import SimpleRNNClassifier
+    >>> from sktime.datasets import load_unit_test
+    >>> X_train, y_train = load_unit_test(split="train")
+    >>> clf = SimpleRNNClassifier(n_epochs=20,batch_size=20) # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> clf.fit(X_train, y_train) # doctest: +SKIP
+    ResNetClassifier(...)
     """
 
     _tags = {
@@ -73,9 +82,8 @@ class SimpleRNNClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
     ):
         _check_dl_dependencies(severity="error")
 
-        super().__init__()
-
         self.batch_size = batch_size
+        self.n_epochs = n_epochs
         self.verbose = verbose
         self.units = units
         self.callbacks = callbacks
@@ -86,9 +94,11 @@ class SimpleRNNClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         self.activation = activation
         self.use_bias = use_bias
         self.optimizer = optimizer
+
+        super().__init__()
+
         self.history = None
         self._network = RNNNetwork(random_state=random_state, units=units)
-        self.n_epochs = n_epochs
 
     def build_model(self, input_shape, n_classes, **kwargs):
         """Construct a compiled, un-trained, keras model that is ready for training.
@@ -121,7 +131,7 @@ class SimpleRNNClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         )(output_layer)
 
         self.optimizer_ = (
-            keras.optimizers.RMSprop(lr=0.001)
+            keras.optimizers.RMSprop(learning_rate=0.001)
             if self.optimizer is None
             else self.optimizer
         )
diff --git a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/tapnet.py b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/tapnet.py
index ee7c53592..4ff4b4ee6 100644
--- a/sktime/classification/deep_learning/tapnet.py
+++ b/sktime/classification/deep_learning/tapnet.py
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ class TapNetClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         verbose=False,
     ):
         _check_dl_dependencies(severity="error")
-        super().__init__()
 
         self.batch_size = batch_size
         self.random_state = random_state
@@ -148,6 +147,8 @@ class TapNetClassifier(BaseDeepClassifier):
         self.use_rp = use_rp
         self.rp_params = rp_params
 
+        super().__init__()
+
         self._network = TapNetNetwork(
             dropout=self.dropout,
             filter_sizes=self.filter_sizes,
diff --git a/sktime/classification/dictionary_based/_boss.py b/sktime/classification/dictionary_based/_boss.py
index 813f1a2a0..5e742767f 100644
--- a/sktime/classification/dictionary_based/_boss.py
+++ b/sktime/classification/dictionary_based/_boss.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class BOSSEnsemble(BaseClassifier):
     Notes
     -----
     For the Java version, see
-    - ``Original Publication <https://github.com/patrickzib/SFA>``_.
+    - `Original Publication <https://github.com/patrickzib/SFA>`_.
     - `TSML <https://github.com/uea-machine-learning/tsml/blob/master/src/main/java/
     tsml/classifiers/dictionary_based/BOSS.java>`_.
 
diff --git a/sktime/classification/dictionary_based/_muse.py b/sktime/classification/dictionary_based/_muse.py
index c7c4322ec..1672e8706 100644
--- a/sktime/classification/dictionary_based/_muse.py
+++ b/sktime/classification/dictionary_based/_muse.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class MUSE(BaseClassifier):
     Notes
     -----
     For the Java version, see
-    - ``Original Publication <https://github.com/patrickzib/SFA>``_.
+    - `Original Publication <https://github.com/patrickzib/SFA>`_.
     - `MUSE
         <https://github.com/uea-machine-learning/tsml/blob/master/src/main/java/tsml/
     classifiers/multivariate/WEASEL_MUSE.java>`_.
diff --git a/sktime/classification/dictionary_based/_weasel.py b/sktime/classification/dictionary_based/_weasel.py
index 0862f4afc..b9ee65a99 100644
--- a/sktime/classification/dictionary_based/_weasel.py
+++ b/sktime/classification/dictionary_based/_weasel.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class WEASEL(BaseClassifier):
     Notes
     -----
     For the Java version, see
-    - ``Original Publication <https://github.com/patrickzib/SFA>``_.
+    - `Original Publication <https://github.com/patrickzib/SFA>`_.
     - `TSML <https://github.com/uea-machine-learning/tsml/blob/master/src/main/java
     /tsml/classifiers/dictionary_based/WEASEL.java>`_.
 
diff --git a/sktime/classification/distance_based/_proximity_forest.py b/sktime/classification/distance_based/_proximity_forest.py
index df6f57351..1626b7e42 100644
--- a/sktime/classification/distance_based/_proximity_forest.py
+++ b/sktime/classification/distance_based/_proximity_forest.py
@@ -131,9 +131,17 @@ def _derivative_distance(distance_measure, transformer):
 def distance_predefined_params(distance_measure, **params):
     """Conduct distance measurement with a predefined set of parameters.
 
-    :param distance_measure: the distance measure to use
-    :param params: the parameters to use in the distance measure
-    :returns: a distance measure with no parameters
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    distance_measure: callable
+        A callable distance measure function to use.
+    params: dict
+        The parameters to use in the distance measure
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    ret: callable
+        A distance measure with no parameters
     """
 
     def distance(instance_a, instance_b):
@@ -147,8 +155,16 @@ def numba_wrapper(distance_measure):
 
     Converts to 1 column per dimension format. Really would be better if the whole thing
     worked directly with numpy arrays.
-    :param distance_measure: distance measure to wrap
-    :returns: a distance measure which automatically formats data for numba distance
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    distance_measure: callable
+        A distance measure to wrap
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    ret: callable
+        a distance measure which automatically formats data for numba distance
         measures
     """
 
@@ -243,7 +259,7 @@ def gini(y):
     n_instances = y.shape[0]
     if n_instances > 0:
         # count each class
-        unique_class_labels, class_counts = np.unique(y, return_counts=True)
+        _, class_counts = np.unique(y, return_counts=True)
         # subtract class entropy from current score for each class
         class_counts = np.divide(class_counts, n_instances)
         class_counts = np.power(class_counts, 2)
@@ -254,71 +270,16 @@ def gini(y):
         raise ValueError(" y empty")
 
 
-def get_one_exemplar_per_class_proximity(proximity):
-    """Unpack proximity object into X, y and random_state for picking exemplars.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    proximity : Proximity object
-        Proximity like object containing the X, y and random_state variables
-        required for picking exemplars.
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    result : function
-        function choosing one exemplar per class
-    """
-    return get_one_exemplar_per_class(
-        proximity.X, proximity.y, proximity._random_object
-    )
-
-
-def get_one_exemplar_per_class(X, y, random_state):
-    """Pick one exemplar instance per class in the dataset.
+def dtw_distance_measure_getter(X):
+    """Generate the dtw distance measure.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    X : array-like or sparse matrix of shape = [n_instances, n_columns]
-            The training input samples.  If a Pandas data frame is passed,
-            the column _dim_to_use is extracted
-    y : array-like, shape = [n_samples] or [n_samples, n_outputs]
-        The class labels.
-    random_state : numpy RandomState
-        a random state for sampling random numbers
+    X: dataset to derive parameter ranges from
 
     Returns
     -------
-    chosen_instances : list
-        list of the chosen exemplar instances.
-    chosen_class_labels : array
-        list of corresponding class labels for each of the chosen exemplar
-        instances.
-    """
-    # find unique class labels
-    unique_class_labels = np.unique(y)
-    n_unique_class_labels = len(unique_class_labels)
-    chosen_instances = [None] * n_unique_class_labels
-    # for each class randomly choose and instance
-    for class_label_index in range(n_unique_class_labels):
-        class_label = unique_class_labels[class_label_index]
-        # filter class labels for desired class and get indices
-        indices = np.argwhere(y == class_label)
-        # flatten numpy output
-        indices = np.ravel(indices)
-        # random choice
-        index = random_state.choice(indices)
-        # record exemplar instance and class label
-        instance = X.iloc[index, :]
-        chosen_instances[class_label_index] = instance
-    # convert lists to numpy arrays
-    return chosen_instances, unique_class_labels
-
-
-def dtw_distance_measure_getter(X):
-    """Generate the dtw distance measure.
-
-    :param X: dataset to derive parameter ranges from
-    :returns: distance measure and parameter range dictionary
+    ret: distance measure and parameter range dictionary
     """
     return {
         "distance_measure": [numba_wrapper(dtw_distance)],
@@ -329,8 +290,13 @@ def dtw_distance_measure_getter(X):
 def msm_distance_measure_getter(X):
     """Generate the msm distance measure.
 
-    :param X: dataset to derive parameter ranges from
-    :returns: distance measure and parameter range dictionary
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    X: dataset to derive parameter ranges from
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    ret: distance measure and parameter range dictionary
     """
     n_dimensions = 1  # todo use other dimensions
     return {
@@ -444,8 +410,10 @@ def msm_distance_measure_getter(X):
 def erp_distance_measure_getter(X):
     """Generate the erp distance measure.
 
-    :param X: dataset to derive parameter ranges from
-    :returns: distance measure and parameter range dictionary
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    X: dataset to derive parameter ranges from
+    ret: distance measure and parameter range dictionary
     """
     stdp = _stdp(X)
     instance_length = _max_instance_length(X)  # todo should this use the max instance
@@ -464,8 +432,13 @@ def erp_distance_measure_getter(X):
 def lcss_distance_measure_getter(X):
     """Generate the lcss distance measure.
 
-    :param X: dataset to derive parameter ranges from
-    :returns: distance measure and parameter range dictionary
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    X: dataset to derive parameter ranges from
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    ret: distance measure and parameter range dictionary
     """
     stdp = _stdp(X)
     instance_length = _max_instance_length(X)  # todo should this use the max instance
@@ -508,8 +481,13 @@ def lcss_distance_measure_getter(X):
 def wdtw_distance_measure_getter(X):
     """Generate the wdtw distance measure.
 
-    :param X: dataset to derive parameter ranges from
-    :returns: distance measure and parameter range dictionary
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    X: dataset to derive parameter ranges from
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    ret: distance measure and parameter range dictionary
     """
     return {
         "distance_measure": [numba_wrapper(wdtw_distance)],
@@ -520,8 +498,13 @@ def wdtw_distance_measure_getter(X):
 def euclidean_distance_measure_getter(X):
     """Generate the ed distance measure.
 
-    :param X: dataset to derive parameter ranges from
-    :returns: distance measure and parameter range dictionary
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    X: dataset to derive parameter ranges from
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    ret: distance measure and parameter range dictionary
     """
     return {"distance_measure": [numba_wrapper(dtw_distance)], "w": [0]}
 
@@ -530,8 +513,14 @@ def setup_wddtw_distance_measure_getter(transformer):
     """Generate the wddtw distance measure.
 
     Bakes the derivative transformer into the dtw distance measure
-    :param transformer: the transformer to use
-    :returns: a getter to produce the distance measure
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    transformer: the transformer to use
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    ret: a getter to produce the distance measure
     """
 
     def getter(X):
@@ -549,8 +538,14 @@ def setup_ddtw_distance_measure_getter(transformer):
     """Generate the ddtw distance measure.
 
     Bakes the derivative transformer into the dtw distance measure
-    :param transformer: the transformer to use
-    :returns: a getter to produce the distance measure
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    transformer: the transformer to use
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    ret: a getter to produce the distance measure
     """
 
     def getter(X):
@@ -564,53 +559,6 @@ def setup_ddtw_distance_measure_getter(transformer):
     return getter
 
 
-def setup_all_distance_measure_getter(proximity):
-    """All distance measure getter functions from a proximity object.
-
-    :param proximity: a PT / PF / PS
-    :returns: a list of distance measure getters
-    """
-    transformer = _CachedTransformer(DerivativeSlopeTransformer())
-    distance_measure_getters = {
-        "euclidean": euclidean_distance_measure_getter,
-        "dtw": dtw_distance_measure_getter,
-        "ddtw": setup_ddtw_distance_measure_getter(transformer),
-        "wdtw": wdtw_distance_measure_getter,
-        "wddtw": setup_wddtw_distance_measure_getter(transformer),
-        "msm": msm_distance_measure_getter,
-        "lcss": lcss_distance_measure_getter,
-        "erp": erp_distance_measure_getter,
-        #        twe_distance_measure_getter,
-    }
-
-    def pick_distance_measure(proximity):
-        """Generate a distance measure from a range of parameters.
-
-        :param proximity: proximity object containing distance measures, ranges and
-            dataset
-        :returns: a distance measure with no parameters
-        """
-        self = proximity
-        distance_measure = self.distance_measure
-
-        random_state = check_random_state(proximity.random_state)
-        X = proximity.X
-        distance_measure_getter_list = list(distance_measure_getters.values())
-
-        if distance_measure is None:
-            distance_measure_getter = random_state.choice(distance_measure_getter_list)
-        else:  # is string
-            distance_measure_getter = distance_measure_getters[distance_measure]
-
-        distance_measure_perm = distance_measure_getter(X)
-        param_perm = pick_rand_param_perm_from_dict(distance_measure_perm, random_state)
-        distance_measure = param_perm["distance_measure"]
-        del param_perm["distance_measure"]
-        return distance_predefined_params(distance_measure, **param_perm)
-
-    return pick_distance_measure
-
-
 def pick_rand_param_perm_from_dict(param_pool, random_state):
     """Pick a parameter permutation.
 
@@ -689,74 +637,18 @@ def pick_rand_param_perm_from_list(params, random_state):
     return permutation
 
 
-def best_of_n_stumps(n):
-    """Generate the function to pick the best of n stump evaluations.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    n : int
-        the number of stumps to evaluate before picking the best. Must be 1
-        or more.
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    find_best_stump : func
-        function to find the best of n stumps.
-    """
-    if n < 1:
-        raise ValueError("n cannot be less than 1")
-
-    def find_best_stump(proximity):
-        """Pick the best of n stump evaluations.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        proximity : Proximity like object
-            the proximity object to split data from.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        stump : ProximityStump
-            the best stump / split of data of the n attempts.
-        """
-        stumps = []
-        # for n stumps
-        for _ in range(n):
-            # duplicate tree configuration
-            stump = ProximityStump(
-                random_state=proximity.random_state,
-                get_exemplars=proximity.get_exemplars,
-                distance_measure=proximity.distance_measure,
-                setup_distance_measure=proximity.setup_distance_measure,
-                get_distance_measure=proximity.get_distance_measure,
-                get_gain=proximity.get_gain,
-                verbosity=proximity.verbosity,
-                n_jobs=proximity.n_jobs,
-            )
-            # grow the stump
-            stump.fit(proximity.X, proximity.y)
-            stump.grow()
-            stumps.append(stump)
-        # pick the best stump based upon gain
-        stump = _max(stumps, proximity._random_object, lambda stump: stump.entropy)
-        return stump
-
-    return find_best_stump
-
-
-def _check_distance_measure(obj_self):
-    """Check the distance measure, return default if distance measure is None."""
-    self = obj_self
-    distance_measure = self.distance_measure
-    if distance_measure is None or isinstance(distance_measure, str):
-        if self.get_distance_measure is None:
-            if hasattr(self, "setup_distance_measure"):
-                self.get_distance_measure = self.setup_distance_measure(self)
-            else:
-                self.get_distance_measure = self.setup_distance_measure_getter(self)
-        return self.get_distance_measure(self)
-    else:
-        return self.distance_measure
+# for distance measure getters
+TRANSFORMER = _CachedTransformer(DerivativeSlopeTransformer())
+DISTANCE_MEASURE_GETTERS = {
+    "euclidean": euclidean_distance_measure_getter,
+    "dtw": dtw_distance_measure_getter,
+    "ddtw": setup_ddtw_distance_measure_getter(TRANSFORMER),
+    "wdtw": wdtw_distance_measure_getter,
+    "wddtw": setup_wddtw_distance_measure_getter(TRANSFORMER),
+    "msm": msm_distance_measure_getter,
+    "lcss": lcss_distance_measure_getter,
+    "erp": erp_distance_measure_getter,
+}
 
 
 class ProximityStump(BaseClassifier):
@@ -767,13 +659,10 @@ class ProximityStump(BaseClassifier):
     Parameters
     ----------
     random_state: integer, the random state
-    get_exemplars: function
-        extract exemplars from a dataframe and class value list
-    setup_distance_measure: function
-        setup the distance measure getters from dataframe and class value list
-    get_distance_measure: distance measure getters
-    distance_measure: distance measures
-    get_gain: function to score the quality of a split
+    distance_measure: ``None`` (default) or str; if str, one of
+        "euclidean", "dtw", "ddtw", "wdtw", "wddtw", "msm", "lcss", "erp"
+        distance measure to use
+        if ``None``, selects distances randomly from the list of available distances
     verbosity: logging verbosity
     n_jobs: number of jobs to run in parallel *across threads"
 
@@ -803,20 +692,12 @@ class ProximityStump(BaseClassifier):
     def __init__(
         self,
         random_state=None,
-        get_exemplars=get_one_exemplar_per_class_proximity,
-        setup_distance_measure=setup_all_distance_measure_getter,
-        get_distance_measure=None,
         distance_measure=None,
-        get_gain=gini_gain,
         verbosity=0,
         n_jobs=1,
     ):
-        self.setup_distance_measure = setup_distance_measure
         self.random_state = random_state
-        self.get_distance_measure = get_distance_measure
         self.distance_measure = distance_measure
-        self.get_exemplars = get_exemplars
-        self.get_gain = get_gain
         self.verbosity = verbosity
         self.n_jobs = n_jobs
 
@@ -830,17 +711,46 @@ class ProximityStump(BaseClassifier):
         self.y = None
         self.entropy = None
         self._random_object = None
-        self._get_distance_measure = None
         super().__init__()
 
+    def pick_distance_measure(self):
+        """Pick a distance measure.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        self : ProximityStump object.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        ret: distance measure
+        """
+        random_state = check_random_state(self.random_state)
+
+        if self.distance_measure is None:
+            distance_measure_getter = random_state.choice(
+                list(DISTANCE_MEASURE_GETTERS.values())
+            )
+        else:
+            distance_measure_getter = DISTANCE_MEASURE_GETTERS[self.distance_measure]
+
+        distance_measure_perm = distance_measure_getter(self.X)
+        param_perm = pick_rand_param_perm_from_dict(distance_measure_perm, random_state)
+        distance_measure = param_perm.pop("distance_measure")
+        return distance_predefined_params(distance_measure, **param_perm)
+
     @staticmethod
     def _distance_to_exemplars_inst(exemplars, instance, distance_measure):
         """Find distance between a given instance and the exemplar instances.
 
-        :param exemplars: the exemplars to use
-        :param instance: the instance to compare to each exemplar
-        :param distance_measure: the distance measure to provide similarity values
-        :returns: list of distances to each exemplar
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        exemplars: the exemplars to use
+        instance: the instance to compare to each exemplar
+        distance_measure: the distance measure to provide similarity values
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        list of distances to each exemplar
         """
         n_exemplars = len(exemplars)
         distances = np.empty(n_exemplars)
@@ -856,6 +766,50 @@ class ProximityStump(BaseClassifier):
             distances[exemplar_index] = distance
         return distances
 
+    def get_exemplars(self):
+        """Extract exemplars from a dataframe and class value list.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        self : ProximityStump, the proximity stump object.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        ret: One exemplar per class
+        """
+        # find unique class labels
+        unique_class_labels = np.unique(self.y)
+        n_unique_class_labels = len(unique_class_labels)
+        chosen_instances = [None] * n_unique_class_labels
+        # for each class randomly choose and instance
+        for class_label_index in range(n_unique_class_labels):
+            class_label = unique_class_labels[class_label_index]
+            # filter class labels for desired class and get indices
+            indices = np.argwhere(self.y == class_label)
+            # flatten numpy output
+            indices = np.ravel(indices)
+            # random choice
+            index = self._random_object.choice(indices)
+            # record exemplar instance and class label
+            instance = self.X.iloc[index, :]
+            chosen_instances[class_label_index] = instance
+        # convert lists to numpy arrays
+        return chosen_instances, unique_class_labels
+
+    def _distance_measure(self):
+        """Get the distance measure.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        self : ProximityStump
+            the proximity stump object.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        ret: distance measure
+        """
+        return self.pick_distance_measure()
+
     def distance_to_exemplars(self, X):
         """Find distance to exemplars.
 
@@ -865,25 +819,25 @@ class ProximityStump(BaseClassifier):
 
         Returns
         -------
-        2d numpy array of distances from each instance to each
-        exemplar (instance by exemplar)
+        ret: 2d numpy array of distances from each instance to each
+            exemplar (instance by exemplar)
         """
         if self._threads_to_use > 1:
             parallel = Parallel(self._threads_to_use)
             distances = parallel(
                 delayed(self._distance_to_exemplars_inst)(
-                    self.X_exemplar, X.iloc[index, :], self._distance_measure
+                    self.X_exemplar, X.iloc[index, :], self._distance_measure()
                 )
                 for index in range(X.shape[0])
             )
         else:
             distances = [
                 self._distance_to_exemplars_inst(
-                    self.X_exemplar, X.iloc[index, :], self._distance_measure
+                    self.X_exemplar, X.iloc[index, :], self._distance_measure()
                 )
                 for index in range(X.shape[0])
             ]
-        distances = np.vstack(np.array(distances))
+        distances = np.nan_to_num(np.vstack(np.array(distances)))
         return distances
 
     def _fit(self, X, y):
@@ -904,10 +858,7 @@ class ProximityStump(BaseClassifier):
         self.X = _positive_dataframe_indices(X)
         self._random_object = check_random_state(self.random_state)
         self.y = y
-
-        self._distance_measure = _check_distance_measure(self)
-
-        self.X_exemplar, self.y_exemplar = self.get_exemplars(self)
+        self.X_exemplar, self.y_exemplar = self.get_exemplars()
 
         return self
 
@@ -920,8 +871,8 @@ class ProximityStump(BaseClassifier):
 
         Returns
         -------
-        1d numpy array of indices, one for each instance,
-        reflecting the index of the closest exemplar
+        ret: 1d numpy array of indices, one for each instance,
+            reflecting the index of the closest exemplar
         """
         n_instances = X.shape[0]
         distances = self.distance_to_exemplars(X)
@@ -944,7 +895,9 @@ class ProximityStump(BaseClassifier):
             self.X_branches[index] = self.X.iloc[instance_indices, :]
             y = np.take(self.y, instance_indices)
             self.y_branches[index] = y
-        self.entropy = self.get_gain(self.y, self.y_branches)
+        # if you have custom gain function implemented in the future, you can
+        # change the line below
+        self.entropy = gini_gain(self.y, self.y_branches)
         return self
 
     def _predict(self, X) -> np.ndarray:
@@ -996,7 +949,7 @@ class ProximityStump(BaseClassifier):
         distances = self.distance_to_exemplars(X)
         ones = np.ones(distances.shape)
         distances = np.add(distances, ones)
-        distributions = np.divide(ones, distances)
+        distributions = np.reciprocal(distances)
         normalize(distributions, copy=False, norm="l1")
         return distributions
 
@@ -1029,18 +982,10 @@ class ProximityTree(BaseClassifier):
     ----------
     random_state: int or np.RandomState, default=0
         random seed for the random number generator
-    get_exemplars: function, default=get_one_exemplar_per_class_proximity
-        algorithm to get the exemplars from a given dataframe and list of class labels
-    distance_measure: None (default) or str; if str, one of
-        "euclidean", "dtw", "ddtw", "wdtw", "wddtw", "msm", "lcss", "erp"
-        distance measure to use
-        if None, selects distances randomly from the list of available distances
-    get_distance_measure: function or None, default=None
-        method to get the distance measure
-    setup_distance_measure: function, default=setup_all_distance_measure_getter
-        method to setup the distance measures based upon the dataset given
-    get_gain: function, default=gini_gain
-        method to find the gain of a data split
+    distance_measure: ``None`` (default) or str; if str, one of
+        ``euclidean``, ``dtw``, ``ddtw``, ``wdtw``, ``wddtw``, ``msm``,
+        ``lcss``, ``erp`` distance measure to use
+        if ``None``, selects distances randomly from the list of available distances
     max_depth: int or math.inf, default=math.inf
         maximum depth of the tree
     is_leaf : function, default=pure
@@ -1050,10 +995,7 @@ class ProximityTree(BaseClassifier):
         0 = no logging, 1 = verbose logging
     n_jobs: int or None, default=1
         number of parallel threads to use while building
-    find_stump: method to find the best split of data / stump at a node
     n_stump_evaluations: number of stump evaluations to do if find_stump method is None
-    find_stump: function, default=None
-        algorithm to find the best split of data
 
     Examples
     --------
@@ -1083,30 +1025,19 @@ class ProximityTree(BaseClassifier):
     def __init__(
         self,
         random_state=None,
-        get_exemplars=get_one_exemplar_per_class_proximity,
         distance_measure=None,
-        get_distance_measure=None,
-        setup_distance_measure=setup_all_distance_measure_getter,
-        get_gain=gini_gain,
         max_depth=math.inf,
         is_leaf=pure,
         verbosity=0,
         n_jobs=1,
         n_stump_evaluations=5,
-        find_stump=None,
     ):
         self.verbosity = verbosity
         self.n_stump_evaluations = n_stump_evaluations
-        self.find_stump = find_stump
         self.max_depth = max_depth
-        self.get_distance_measure = distance_measure
         self.random_state = random_state
         self.is_leaf = is_leaf
         self.distance_measure = distance_measure
-        self.get_distance_measure = get_distance_measure
-        self.setup_distance_measure = setup_distance_measure
-        self.get_exemplars = get_exemplars
-        self.get_gain = get_gain
         self.n_jobs = n_jobs
         self.depth = 0
 
@@ -1120,6 +1051,31 @@ class ProximityTree(BaseClassifier):
 
         super().__init__()
 
+    def pick_distance_measure(self):
+        """Pick a distance measure.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        self : ProximityStump object.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        distance measure
+        """
+        random_state = check_random_state(self.random_state)
+
+        if self.distance_measure is None:
+            distance_measure_getter = random_state.choice(
+                list(DISTANCE_MEASURE_GETTERS.values())
+            )
+        else:
+            distance_measure_getter = DISTANCE_MEASURE_GETTERS[self.distance_measure]
+
+        distance_measure_perm = distance_measure_getter(self.X)
+        param_perm = pick_rand_param_perm_from_dict(distance_measure_perm, random_state)
+        distance_measure = param_perm.pop("distance_measure")
+        return distance_predefined_params(distance_measure, **param_perm)
+
     def _fit(self, X, y):
         """Build the classifier on the training set (X, y).
 
@@ -1137,13 +1093,9 @@ class ProximityTree(BaseClassifier):
         """
         self.X = _positive_dataframe_indices(X)
         self._random_object = check_random_state(self.random_state)
-        if self.find_stump is None:
-            self.find_stump = best_of_n_stumps(self.n_stump_evaluations)
         self.y = y
 
-        self._distance_measure = _check_distance_measure(self)
-
-        self.stump = self.find_stump(self)
+        self.stump = self.find_stump()
         n_branches = len(self.stump.y_exemplar)
         self.branches = [None] * n_branches
         if self.depth < self.max_depth:
@@ -1152,11 +1104,7 @@ class ProximityTree(BaseClassifier):
                 if not self.is_leaf(sub_y):
                     sub_tree = ProximityTree(
                         random_state=self.random_state,
-                        get_exemplars=self.get_exemplars,
-                        distance_measure=self._distance_measure,
-                        setup_distance_measure=self.setup_distance_measure,
-                        get_distance_measure=self.get_distance_measure,
-                        get_gain=self.get_gain,
+                        distance_measure=self.distance_measure,
                         is_leaf=self.is_leaf,
                         verbosity=self.verbosity,
                         max_depth=self.max_depth,
@@ -1238,6 +1186,74 @@ class ProximityTree(BaseClassifier):
         normalize(distribution, copy=False, norm="l1")
         return distribution
 
+    def find_stump(self):
+        """Find the best stump.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        stump : ProximityStump
+            the best stump / split of data of the n attempts.
+        """
+        if self.n_stump_evaluations < 1:
+            raise ValueError("n_stump_evaluations cannot be less than 1")
+        stumps = []
+        for _ in range(self.n_stump_evaluations):
+            stump = ProximityStump(
+                random_state=self.random_state,
+                distance_measure=self.distance_measure,
+                verbosity=self.verbosity,
+                n_jobs=self.n_jobs,
+            )
+            stump.fit(self.X, self.y)
+            stump.grow()
+            stumps.append(stump)
+        return _max(stumps, self._random_object, lambda stump: stump.entropy)
+
+    def get_exemplars(self):
+        """Extract exemplars from a dataframe and class value list.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        self : ProximityTree
+            the proximity tree object.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        ret: One exemplar per class
+        """
+        # find unique class labels
+        unique_class_labels = np.unique(self.y)
+        n_unique_class_labels = len(unique_class_labels)
+        chosen_instances = [None] * n_unique_class_labels
+        # for each class randomly choose and instance
+        for class_label_index in range(n_unique_class_labels):
+            class_label = unique_class_labels[class_label_index]
+            # filter class labels for desired class and get indices
+            indices = np.argwhere(self.y == class_label)
+            # flatten numpy output
+            indices = np.ravel(indices)
+            # random choice
+            index = self._random_object.choice(indices)
+            # record exemplar instance and class label
+            instance = self.X.iloc[index, :]
+            chosen_instances[class_label_index] = instance
+        # convert lists to numpy arrays
+        return chosen_instances, unique_class_labels
+
+    def _distance_measure(self):
+        """Get the distance measure.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        self : ProximityStump
+            the proximity tree object.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        ret: distance measure
+        """
+        return self.pick_distance_measure()
+
     @classmethod
     def get_test_params(cls, parameter_set="default"):
         """Return testing parameter settings for the estimator.
@@ -1278,14 +1294,10 @@ class ProximityForest(BaseClassifier):
         random seed for the random number generator
     n_estimators: int, default=100
         The number of trees in the forest.
-    distance_measure: None (default) or str; if str, one of
-        "euclidean", "dtw", "ddtw", "wdtw", "wddtw", "msm", "lcss", "erp"
-        distance measure to use
-        if None, selects distances randomly from the list of available distances
-    get_exemplars: function, default=get_one_exemplar_per_class_proximity
-        algorithm to get the exemplars from a given dataframe and list of class labels
-    get_gain: function, default=gini_gain
-        method to find the gain of a data split
+    distance_measure: ``None`` (default) or str; if str, one of
+        ``euclidean``, ``dtw``, ``ddtw``, ``wdtw``, ``wddtw``, ``msm``,
+        ``lcss``, ``erp`` distance measure to use
+        if ``None``, selects distances randomly from the list of available distances
     verbosity: 0 or 1
         number reflecting the verbosity of logging
         0 = no logging, 1 = verbose logging
@@ -1297,10 +1309,6 @@ class ProximityForest(BaseClassifier):
         number of jobs to run in parallel *across threads"
     n_stump_evaluations: int, default=5
         number of stump evaluations to do if find_stump method is None
-    find_stump: function, default=None
-        function to find the best split of data
-    setup_distance_measure: function, default=setup_all_distance_measure_getter
-        method to setup the distance measures based upon the dataset given
 
     References
     ----------
@@ -1347,30 +1355,20 @@ class ProximityForest(BaseClassifier):
         random_state=None,
         n_estimators=100,
         distance_measure=None,
-        get_distance_measure=None,
-        get_exemplars=get_one_exemplar_per_class_proximity,
-        get_gain=gini_gain,
         verbosity=0,
         max_depth=math.inf,
         is_leaf=pure,
         n_jobs=1,
         n_stump_evaluations=5,
-        find_stump=None,
-        setup_distance_measure_getter=setup_all_distance_measure_getter,
     ):
         self.is_leaf = is_leaf
         self.verbosity = verbosity
         self.max_depth = max_depth
-        self.get_exemplars = get_exemplars
-        self.get_gain = get_gain
         self.random_state = random_state
         self.n_estimators = n_estimators
         self.n_jobs = n_jobs
         self.n_stump_evaluations = n_stump_evaluations
-        self.get_distance_measure = get_distance_measure
-        self.setup_distance_measure_getter = setup_distance_measure_getter
         self.distance_measure = distance_measure
-        self.find_stump = find_stump
 
         # set in fit method
         self.label_encoder = None
@@ -1381,6 +1379,31 @@ class ProximityForest(BaseClassifier):
 
         super().__init__()
 
+    def pick_distance_measure(self):
+        """Pick a distance measure.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        self : ProximityStump object.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        ret: distance measure
+        """
+        random_state = check_random_state(self.random_state)
+
+        if self.distance_measure is None:
+            distance_measure_getter = random_state.choice(
+                list(DISTANCE_MEASURE_GETTERS.values())
+            )
+        else:
+            distance_measure_getter = DISTANCE_MEASURE_GETTERS[self.distance_measure]
+
+        distance_measure_perm = distance_measure_getter(self.X)
+        param_perm = pick_rand_param_perm_from_dict(distance_measure_perm, random_state)
+        distance_measure = param_perm.pop("distance_measure")
+        return distance_predefined_params(distance_measure, **param_perm)
+
     def _fit_tree(self, X, y, index, random_state):
         """Build the classifierr on the training set (X, y).
 
@@ -1403,15 +1426,10 @@ class ProximityForest(BaseClassifier):
         tree = ProximityTree(
             random_state=random_state,
             verbosity=self.verbosity,
-            get_exemplars=self.get_exemplars,
-            get_gain=self.get_gain,
-            distance_measure=self._distance_measure,
-            setup_distance_measure=self.setup_distance_measure_getter,
-            get_distance_measure=self.get_distance_measure,
+            distance_measure=self.distance_measure,
             max_depth=self.max_depth,
             is_leaf=self.is_leaf,
             n_jobs=1,
-            find_stump=self.find_stump,
             n_stump_evaluations=self.n_stump_evaluations,
         )
         tree.fit(X, y)
@@ -1436,8 +1454,6 @@ class ProximityForest(BaseClassifier):
         self._random_object = check_random_state(self.random_state)
         self.y = y
 
-        self._distance_measure = _check_distance_measure(self)
-
         if self._threads_to_use > 1:
             parallel = Parallel(self._threads_to_use)
             self.trees = parallel(
@@ -1536,6 +1552,51 @@ class ProximityForest(BaseClassifier):
         normalize(distributions, copy=False, norm="l1")
         return distributions
 
+    def get_exemplars(self):
+        """Extract exemplars from a dataframe and class value list.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        self : ProximityForest
+            the proximity forest object.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        ret: One exemplar per class
+        """
+        # find unique class labels
+        unique_class_labels = np.unique(self.y)
+        n_unique_class_labels = len(unique_class_labels)
+        chosen_instances = [None] * n_unique_class_labels
+        # for each class randomly choose and instance
+        for class_label_index in range(n_unique_class_labels):
+            class_label = unique_class_labels[class_label_index]
+            # filter class labels for desired class and get indices
+            indices = np.argwhere(self.y == class_label)
+            # flatten numpy output
+            indices = np.ravel(indices)
+            # random choice
+            index = self._random_object.choice(indices)
+            # record exemplar instance and class label
+            instance = self.X.iloc[index, :]
+            chosen_instances[class_label_index] = instance
+        # convert lists to numpy arrays
+        return chosen_instances, unique_class_labels
+
+    def _distance_measure(self):
+        """Get the distance measure.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        self : ProximityForest
+            the proximity forest object.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        ret: distance measure
+        """
+        return self.pick_distance_measure()
+
     @classmethod
     def get_test_params(cls, parameter_set="default"):
         """Return testing parameter settings for the estimator.
diff --git a/sktime/classification/feature_based/_catch22_classifier.py b/sktime/classification/feature_based/_catch22_classifier.py
index 996ea1a93..7bbdd3014 100644
--- a/sktime/classification/feature_based/_catch22_classifier.py
+++ b/sktime/classification/feature_based/_catch22_classifier.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Catch22Classifier(_DelegatedClassifier):
 
     Notes
     -----
-    Authors ``catch22ForestClassifier <https://github.com/chlubba/sktime-catch22>``_.
+    Authors `catch22ForestClassifier <https://github.com/chlubba/sktime-catch22>`_.
 
     For the Java version, see `tsml <https://github.com/uea-machine-learning/tsml/blob
     /master/src/main/java/tsml/classifiers/hybrids/Catch22Classifier.java>`_.
diff --git a/sktime/clustering/k_means/_k_means_tslearn.py b/sktime/clustering/k_means/_k_means_tslearn.py
index b657b4cb8..277f5bca3 100644
--- a/sktime/clustering/k_means/_k_means_tslearn.py
+++ b/sktime/clustering/k_means/_k_means_tslearn.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class TimeSeriesKMeansTslearn(_TslearnAdapter, BaseClusterer):
         parallelization.
         ``None`` means 1 unless in a :obj:`joblib.parallel_backend` context.
         ``-1`` means using all processors. See scikit-learns'
-        ``Glossary <https://scikit-learn.org/stable/glossary.html#term-n-jobs>``_
+        `Glossary <https://scikit-learn.org/stable/glossary.html#term-n-jobs>`_
         for more details.
 
     dtw_inertia: bool (default: False)
diff --git a/sktime/clustering/kernel_k_means.py b/sktime/clustering/kernel_k_means.py
index a2b338e44..0c1d6dec7 100755
--- a/sktime/clustering/kernel_k_means.py
+++ b/sktime/clustering/kernel_k_means.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class TimeSeriesKernelKMeans(_TslearnAdapter, BaseClusterer):
         computations.
         ``None`` means 1 unless in a :obj:`joblib.parallel_backend` context.
         ``-1`` means using all processors. See scikit-learns'
-        ``Glossary <https://scikit-learn.org/stable/glossary.html#term-n-jobs>``_
+        `Glossary <https://scikit-learn.org/stable/glossary.html#term-n-jobs>`_
         for more details.
     random_state: int or np.random.RandomState instance or None, defaults = None
         Determines random number generation for centroid initialization.
diff --git a/sktime/datatypes/_registry.py b/sktime/datatypes/_registry.py
index 7d762c1ba..194972a66 100644
--- a/sktime/datatypes/_registry.py
+++ b/sktime/datatypes/_registry.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def mtype_to_scitype(mtype: str, return_unique=False, coerce_to_list=False):
         if None, returns None
     return_unique : bool, default=False
         if True, makes return unique
-    coerce_to_list : bool, default=Fakse
+    coerce_to_list : bool, default=False
         if True, coerces rerturn to list, even if one-element
 
     Raises
diff --git a/sktime/dists_kernels/gak.py b/sktime/dists_kernels/gak.py
index 407660302..5a4c200c9 100644
--- a/sktime/dists_kernels/gak.py
+++ b/sktime/dists_kernels/gak.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class GAKernel(_TslearnPwTrafoAdapter, BasePairwiseTransformerPanel):
         The number of jobs to run in parallel.
         ``None`` means 1 unless in a :obj:`joblib.parallel_backend` context.
         ``-1`` means using all processors. See scikit-learns'
-        ``Glossary <https://scikit-learn.org/stable/glossary.html#term-n-jobs>``__
+        `Glossary <https://scikit-learn.org/stable/glossary.html#term-n-jobs>`_
         for more details.
     verbose : int, optional, default=0
         The verbosity level: if non zero, progress messages are printed.
diff --git a/sktime/forecasting/base/_base.py b/sktime/forecasting/base/_base.py
index 9ee373acf..f8d930e50 100644
--- a/sktime/forecasting/base/_base.py
+++ b/sktime/forecasting/base/_base.py
@@ -2601,7 +2601,9 @@ def _format_moving_cutoff_predictions(y_preds, cutoffs):
 
     if not y_pred.index.is_monotonic_increasing:
         y_pred = y_pred.sort_index()
-    if hasattr(y_pred, "columns") and not y_pred.columns.is_monotonic_increasing:
-        y_pred = y_pred.sort_index(axis=1)
+
+    if hasattr(y_preds[0], "columns") and not isinstance(y_pred.columns, pd.MultiIndex):
+        col_ordered = y_preds[0].columns
+        y_pred = y_pred.loc[:, col_ordered]
 
     return y_pred
diff --git a/sktime/forecasting/base/_fh.py b/sktime/forecasting/base/_fh.py
index 7141302ea..e10b2761b 100644
--- a/sktime/forecasting/base/_fh.py
+++ b/sktime/forecasting/base/_fh.py
@@ -381,6 +381,9 @@ class ForecastingHorizon:
         if hasattr(self, "_freq") and hasattr(self._freq, "freqstr"):
             # _freq is a pandas offset, frequency string is obtained via freqstr
             return self._freq.freqstr
+        elif hasattr(self, "_freq") and isinstance(self._freq, str):
+            # _freq is a string, frequency string is obtained directly
+            return self._freq
         else:
             return None
 
@@ -415,8 +418,12 @@ class ForecastingHorizon:
                     f"Current: {freq_from_self}, from update: {freq_from_obj}."
                 )
         elif freq_from_obj is not None:  # only freq_from_obj is not None
+            if freq_from_obj == "ME":
+                freq_from_obj = "M"
             self._freq = freq_from_obj
         else:
+            if freq_from_obj == "ME":
+                freq_from_obj = "M"
             # leave self._freq as freq_from_self, or set to None if does not exist yet
             self._freq = freq_from_self
 
diff --git a/sktime/forecasting/compose/_fallback.py b/sktime/forecasting/compose/_fallback.py
index d2382066c..7b9f867c1 100644
--- a/sktime/forecasting/compose/_fallback.py
+++ b/sktime/forecasting/compose/_fallback.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ If the active forecaster fails during prediction, it proceeds to the next. This
 a robust forecasting mechanism by providing fallback options.
 """
 
-__author__ = ["ninedigits"]
+__author__ = ["ninedigits", "RikStarmans"]
 __all__ = ["FallbackForecaster"]
 
 from sktime.base import _HeterogenousMetaEstimator
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class FallbackForecaster(_HeterogenousMetaEstimator, _DelegatedForecaster):
     """
 
     _tags = {
-        "authors": ["ninedigits"],
+        "authors": ["ninedigits", "RikStarmans"],
         "maintainers": ["ninedigits"],
         "handles-missing-data": True,
         "scitype:y": "both",
diff --git a/sktime/networks/rnn.py b/sktime/networks/rnn.py
index 836bef650..f63ff822d 100644
--- a/sktime/networks/rnn.py
+++ b/sktime/networks/rnn.py
@@ -74,3 +74,29 @@ class RNNNetwork(BaseDeepNetwork):
         )(input_layer)
 
         return input_layer, output_layer
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_test_params(cls, parameter_set="default"):
+        """Return testing parameter settings for the estimator.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        parameter_set : str, default="default"
+            Name of the set of test parameters to return, for use in tests. If no
+            special parameters are defined for a value, will return ``"default"`` set.
+            Reserved values for classifiers:
+                "results_comparison" - used for identity testing in some classifiers
+                    should contain parameter settings comparable to "TSC bakeoff"
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        params : dict or list of dict, default = {}
+            Parameters to create testing instances of the class
+            Each dict are parameters to construct an "interesting" test instance, i.e.,
+            ``MyClass(**params)`` or ``MyClass(**params[i])`` creates a valid test
+            instance.
+            ``create_test_instance`` uses the first (or only) dictionary in ``params``
+        """
+        params1 = {}
+        params2 = {"units": 5}
+        return [params1, params2]
diff --git a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/base.py b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/base.py
index 8dcd23a81..87b9680ae 100644
--- a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/base.py
+++ b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/base.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ because we can generalise tags and _predict
 __author__ = ["AurumnPegasus", "achieveordie"]
 __all__ = ["BaseDeepRegressor"]
 
+import os
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -38,12 +39,6 @@ class BaseDeepRegressor(BaseRegressor, ABC):
         "python_dependencies": "tensorflow",
     }
 
-    def __init__(self, batch_size=40):
-        super().__init__()
-
-        self.batch_size = batch_size
-        self.model_ = None
-
     @abstractmethod
     def build_model(self, input_shape, **kwargs):
         """Construct a compiled, un-trained, keras model that is ready for training.
@@ -160,7 +155,7 @@ class BaseDeepRegressor(BaseRegressor, ABC):
         if hasattr(self, "history"):
             self.__dict__["history"] = self.history
 
-    def save(self, path=None):
+    def save(self, path=None, legacy_save=True):
         """Save serialized self to bytes-like object or to (.zip) file.
 
         Behaviour:
@@ -182,27 +177,57 @@ class BaseDeepRegressor(BaseRegressor, ABC):
                 path="/home/stored/estimator" then a zip file ``estimator.zip`` will be
                 stored in ``/home/stored/``.
 
+        legacy_save : bool, default = True
+            whether to use the legacy saving method for the model. If
+            tensorflow >= 2.16.0 is installed, this is ignored.
+            The default will switch to False in sktime 0.28.0, and the
+            legacy saving method will be removed in sktime 0.29.0.
+
         Returns
         -------
         if ``path`` is None - in-memory serialized self
         if ``path`` is file location - ZipFile with reference to the file
         """
+        # TODO 0.30.0 - remove the legacy_save parameter in sktime 0.30.0
+        # TODO 0.29.0 - change the default value of legacy_save to False
         import pickle
         import shutil
         from pathlib import Path
         from zipfile import ZipFile
 
+        if legacy_save:
+            from sktime.utils.warnings import warn
+
+            warn(
+                "WARNING: In the save method of classifiers and regressors,"
+                " saving logic has changed to be compatible with tensorflow 2.16. "
+                "The old saving logic is deprecated and will be removed in "
+                "sktime 0.30.0. "
+                "If tensorflow>=2.16.0 is installed, the new saving logic is always "
+                "used. If not, by default, the legacy saving logic is used until "
+                "sktime 0.28.last, and the new logic is used from sktime 0.29.0."
+                "For safe change in an environment with tensorflow<2.16.0, "
+                "set the legacy_save parameter explicitly to False to test the "
+                "new saving logic. If no issues are found, no changes to your code "
+                "are necessary. To keep using the legacy method, set the parameter "
+                "legacy_save to True. Note that the legacy_save parameter will be "
+                "removed entirely in sktime 0.30.0.",
+                FutureWarning,
+                obj=self,
+                stacklevel=2,
+            )
+
+        if _check_soft_dependencies("tensorflow>=2.16.0", severity="none"):
+            legacy_save = False
+
         if path is None:
             _check_soft_dependencies("h5py")
             import h5py
 
             in_memory_model = None
             if self.model_ is not None:
-                with h5py.File(
-                    "disk_less", "w", driver="core", backing_store=False
-                ) as h5file:
-                    self.model_.save(h5file)
-                    h5file.flush()
+                self.model_.save("disk_less.h5")
+                with h5py.File("disk_less.h5", "r") as h5file:
                     in_memory_model = h5file.id.get_file_image()
 
             in_memory_history = pickle.dumps(self.history.history)
@@ -226,7 +251,12 @@ class BaseDeepRegressor(BaseRegressor, ABC):
         path.mkdir()
 
         if self.model_ is not None:
-            self.model_.save(path / "keras/")
+            if not legacy_save:
+                keras_path = path / "keras" / "model.keras"
+                os.makedirs(keras_path.parent, exist_ok=True)
+                self.model_.save(keras_path)
+            else:
+                self.model_.save(path / "keras/")
 
         with open(path / "history", "wb") as history_writer:
             pickle.dump(self.history.history, history_writer)
@@ -254,11 +284,8 @@ class BaseDeepRegressor(BaseRegressor, ABC):
         -------
         Deserialized self resulting in output ``serial``, of ``cls.save(None)``
         """
-        _check_soft_dependencies("h5py")
         import pickle
-        from tempfile import TemporaryFile
 
-        import h5py
         from tensorflow.keras.models import load_model
 
         if not isinstance(serial, tuple):
@@ -278,11 +305,9 @@ class BaseDeepRegressor(BaseRegressor, ABC):
         if in_memory_model is None:
             cls.model_ = None
         else:
-            with TemporaryFile() as store_:
+            with open("diskless.h5", "wb") as store_:
                 store_.write(in_memory_model)
-                h5file = h5py.File(store_, "r")
-                cls.model_ = load_model(h5file)
-                h5file.close()
+                cls.model_ = load_model("diskless.h5")
 
         cls.history = pickle.loads(in_memory_history)
         return pickle.loads(serial)
@@ -314,9 +339,12 @@ class BaseDeepRegressor(BaseRegressor, ABC):
                     continue
                 zip_file.extract(file, temp_unzip_loc)
 
-        keras_location = temp_unzip_loc / "keras"
+        keras_location_legacy = temp_unzip_loc / "keras"
+        keras_location = temp_unzip_loc / "keras" / "model.keras"
         if keras_location.exists():
             cls.model_ = keras.models.load_model(keras_location)
+        elif keras_location_legacy.exists():
+            cls.model_ = keras.models.load_model(keras_location_legacy)
         else:
             cls.model_ = None
 
diff --git a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/cnn.py b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/cnn.py
index 109ff97d7..3ec565359 100644
--- a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/cnn.py
+++ b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/cnn.py
@@ -53,6 +53,17 @@ class CNNRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
     -----
     Adapted from the implementation from Fawaz et. al
     https://github.com/hfawaz/dl-4-tsc/blob/master/classifiers/cnn.py
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> from sktime.datasets import load_unit_test
+    >>> from sktime.regression.deep_learning.cnn import CNNRegressor
+    >>> X_train, y_train = load_unit_test(return_X_y=True, split="train")
+    >>> X_test, y_test = load_unit_test(return_X_y=True, split="test")
+    >>> regressor = CNNRegressor() # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> regressor.fit(X_train, y_train) # doctest: +SKIP
+    CNNRegressor(...)
+    >>> y_pred = regressor.predict(X_test) # doctest: +SKIP
     """
 
     _tags = {
@@ -81,9 +92,7 @@ class CNNRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
         optimizer=None,
     ):
         _check_dl_dependencies(severity="error")
-        super().__init__(
-            batch_size=batch_size,
-        )
+        super().__init__()
         self.n_conv_layers = n_conv_layers
         self.avg_pool_size = avg_pool_size
         self.kernel_size = kernel_size
diff --git a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/cntc.py b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/cntc.py
index 44ca435df..2a88293f6 100644
--- a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/cntc.py
+++ b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/cntc.py
@@ -97,9 +97,10 @@ class CNTCRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
         self.loss = loss
         self.metrics = metrics
         self.random_state = random_state
-        self._network = CNTCNetwork()
 
-        super().__init__(batch_size=batch_size, random_state=random_state)
+        super().__init__()
+
+        self._network = CNTCNetwork()
 
     def build_model(self, input_shape, **kwargs):
         """Construct a compiled, un-trained, keras model that is ready for training.
diff --git a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/fcn.py b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/fcn.py
index e75ac6f50..a6df9e45b 100644
--- a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/fcn.py
+++ b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/fcn.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class FCNRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
         optimizer=None,
     ):
         _check_dl_dependencies(severity="error")
-        super().__init__()
+
         self.n_epochs = n_epochs
         self.batch_size = batch_size
         self.callbacks = callbacks
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ class FCNRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
         self.use_bias = use_bias
         self.optimizer = optimizer
         self.history = None
+
+        super().__init__()
+
         self._network = FCNNetwork(
             random_state=self.random_state,
         )
diff --git a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/inceptiontime.py b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/inceptiontime.py
index 9e5e7d055..bef5e9ebd 100644
--- a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/inceptiontime.py
+++ b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/inceptiontime.py
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ class InceptionTimeRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
         metrics=None,
     ):
         _check_dl_dependencies(severity="error")
-        super().__init__()
 
         self.verbose = verbose
 
@@ -86,7 +85,8 @@ class InceptionTimeRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
         self.use_bottleneck = use_bottleneck
         self.use_residual = use_residual
         self.verbose = verbose
-        self._is_fitted = False
+
+        super().__init__()
 
         network_params = {
             "n_filters": n_filters,
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class InceptionTimeRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
 
         check_random_state(self.random_state)
         self.input_shape = X.shape[1:]
-        self.model_ = self.build_model(self.input_shape, self.n_classes_)
+        self.model_ = self.build_model(self.input_shape)
         if self.verbose:
             self.model_.summary()
 
diff --git a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/lstmfcn.py b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/lstmfcn.py
index f1dfe2b4a..e78211b16 100644
--- a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/lstmfcn.py
+++ b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/lstmfcn.py
@@ -52,6 +52,17 @@ class LSTMFCNRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
     ----------
     .. [1] Karim et al. Multivariate LSTM-FCNs for Time Series Classification, 2019
     https://arxiv.org/pdf/1801.04503.pdf
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> from sktime.datasets import load_unit_test
+    >>> from sktime.regression.deep_learning.lstmfcn import LSTMFCNRegressor
+    >>> X_train, y_train = load_unit_test(return_X_y=True, split="train")
+    >>> X_test, y_test = load_unit_test(return_X_y=True, split="test")
+    >>> regressor = LSTMFCNRegressor() # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> regressor.fit(X_train, y_train) # doctest: +SKIP
+    LSTMFCNRegressor(...)
+    >>> y_pred = regressor.predict(X_test) # doctest: +SKIP
     """
 
     _tags = {
@@ -76,12 +87,6 @@ class LSTMFCNRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
         random_state=None,
         verbose=0,
     ):
-        super().__init__()
-
-        self.input_shape = None
-        self.model_ = None
-        self.history = None
-
         # predefined
         self.n_epochs = n_epochs
         self.batch_size = batch_size
@@ -95,6 +100,12 @@ class LSTMFCNRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
         self.random_state = random_state
         self.verbose = verbose
 
+        super().__init__()
+
+        self.input_shape = None
+        self.model_ = None
+        self.history = None
+
         self._network = LSTMFCNNetwork(
             kernel_sizes=self.kernel_sizes,
             filter_sizes=self.filter_sizes,
@@ -103,7 +114,6 @@ class LSTMFCNRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
             dropout=self.dropout,
             attention=self.attention,
         )
-        self._is_fitted = False
 
     def build_model(self, input_shape, **kwargs):
         """
diff --git a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/macnn.py b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/macnn.py
index 09fb22887..b546b1301 100644
--- a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/macnn.py
+++ b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/macnn.py
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ class MACNNRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
         verbose=False,
     ):
         _check_dl_dependencies(severity="error")
-        super().__init__()
 
         self.n_epochs = n_epochs
         self.batch_size = batch_size
@@ -113,6 +112,9 @@ class MACNNRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
         self.callbacks = callbacks
         self.random_state = random_state
         self.verbose = verbose
+
+        super().__init__()
+
         self.history = None
         self._network = MACNNNetwork(
             padding=self.padding,
diff --git a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/mcdcnn.py b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/mcdcnn.py
index 55ef4e799..c6c064dd8 100644
--- a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/mcdcnn.py
+++ b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/mcdcnn.py
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ class MCDCNNRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
         random_state=0,
     ):
         _check_dl_dependencies(severity="error")
-        super().__init__()
 
         self.n_epochs = n_epochs
         self.batch_size = batch_size
@@ -123,6 +122,9 @@ class MCDCNNRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
         self.optimizer = optimizer
         self.verbose = verbose
         self.random_state = random_state
+
+        super().__init__()
+
         self.history = None
         self._network = MCDCNNNetwork(
             kernel_size=self.kernel_size,
diff --git a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/mlp.py b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/mlp.py
index 5c0f26d75..5dfa8ff04 100644
--- a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/mlp.py
+++ b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/mlp.py
@@ -48,6 +48,17 @@ class MLPRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
     .. [1] Wang et. al, Time series classification from
     scratch with deep neural networks: A strong baseline,
     International joint conference on neural networks (IJCNN), 2017.
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> from sktime.datasets import load_unit_test
+    >>> from sktime.regression.deep_learning.mlp import MLPRegressor
+    >>> X_train, y_train = load_unit_test(return_X_y=True, split="train")
+    >>> X_test, y_test = load_unit_test(return_X_y=True, split="test")
+    >>> regressor = MLPRegressor() # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> regressor.fit(X_train, y_train) # doctest: +SKIP
+    MLPRegressor(...)
+    >>> y_pred = regressor.predict(X_test) # doctest: +SKIP
     """
 
     _tags = {
@@ -72,7 +83,7 @@ class MLPRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
         optimizer=None,
     ):
         _check_dl_dependencies(severity="error")
-        super().__init__()
+
         self.callbacks = callbacks
         self.n_epochs = n_epochs
         self.batch_size = batch_size
@@ -83,6 +94,9 @@ class MLPRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
         self.activation = activation
         self.use_bias = use_bias
         self.optimizer = optimizer
+
+        super().__init__()
+
         self.history = None
         self._network = MLPNetwork(
             random_state=self.random_state,
diff --git a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/resnet.py b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/resnet.py
index 4a678ae44..c41ccfd2d 100644
--- a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/resnet.py
+++ b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/resnet.py
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ class ResNetRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
         optimizer=None,
     ):
         _check_dl_dependencies(severity="error")
-        super().__init__()
 
         self.n_epochs = n_epochs
         self.callbacks = callbacks
@@ -94,6 +93,9 @@ class ResNetRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
         self.activation = activation
         self.use_bias = use_bias
         self.optimizer = optimizer
+
+        super().__init__()
+
         self.history = None
         self._network = ResNetNetwork(random_state=random_state)
 
diff --git a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/rnn.py b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/rnn.py
index 1ea5ed4bd..a3d655ce6 100644
--- a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/rnn.py
+++ b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/rnn.py
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ class SimpleRNNRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
     ----------
     ..[1] benchmark forecaster in M4 forecasting competition:
     https://github.com/Mcompetitions/M4-methods
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> from sktime.regression.deep_learning.rnn import SimpleRNNRegressor
+    >>> from sktime.datasets import load_unit_test
+    >>> X_train, Y_train = load_unit_test(split="train")
+    >>> clf = SimpleRNNRegressor(n_epochs=20, batch_size=4) # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> clf.fit(X_train, Y_train) # doctest: +SKIP
+    SimpleRNNRegressor(...)
     """
 
     _tags = {
@@ -74,8 +83,7 @@ class SimpleRNNRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
     ):
         _check_dl_dependencies(severity="error")
 
-        super().__init__()
-
+        self.n_epochs = n_epochs
         self.batch_size = batch_size
         self.verbose = verbose
         self.units = units
@@ -87,9 +95,11 @@ class SimpleRNNRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
         self.activation = activation
         self.use_bias = use_bias
         self.optimizer = optimizer
+
+        super().__init__()
+
         self.history = None
         self._network = RNNNetwork(random_state=random_state, units=units)
-        self.n_epochs = n_epochs
 
     def build_model(self, input_shape, **kwargs):
         """Construct a compiled, un-trained, keras model that is ready for training.
@@ -117,7 +127,7 @@ class SimpleRNNRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
         )(output_layer)
 
         self.optimizer_ = (
-            keras.optimizers.RMSprop(lr=0.001)
+            keras.optimizers.RMSprop(learning_rate=0.001)
             if self.optimizer is None
             else self.optimizer
         )
diff --git a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/tapnet.py b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/tapnet.py
index 785c300bf..eb21135e0 100644
--- a/sktime/regression/deep_learning/tapnet.py
+++ b/sktime/regression/deep_learning/tapnet.py
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ class TapNetRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
         verbose=False,
     ):
         _check_dl_dependencies(severity="error")
-        super().__init__()
 
         self.batch_size = batch_size
         self.random_state = random_state
@@ -136,6 +135,8 @@ class TapNetRegressor(BaseDeepRegressor):
         self.use_rp = use_rp
         self.rp_params = rp_params
 
+        super().__init__()
+
         self._network = TapNetNetwork(
             dropout=self.dropout,
             filter_sizes=self.filter_sizes,
diff --git a/sktime/transformations/compose/_ytox.py b/sktime/transformations/compose/_ytox.py
index ff0516353..942a220f3 100644
--- a/sktime/transformations/compose/_ytox.py
+++ b/sktime/transformations/compose/_ytox.py
@@ -14,11 +14,106 @@ class YtoX(BaseTransformer):
 
     To *add* instead of *replace*, use ``FeatureUnion``.
 
+    Common use cases include:
+
+    * creating exogeneous variables from transformed endogenous variables
+    * creating exogeneous data from index, if no exogeneous data is available
+    * manual construction of reduction strategies, in combination with ``YfromX``
+
     Parameters
     ----------
     subset_index : boolean, optional, default=False
         if True, subsets the output of ``transform`` to ``X.index``,
         i.e., outputs ``y.loc[X.index]``
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    Use case: creating exogenous data from index, if no exogenous data is available.
+
+    >>> from sktime.datasets import load_airline
+    >>> from sktime.transformations.compose import YtoX
+    >>> from sktime.transformations.series.fourier import FourierFeatures
+    >>> from sktime.forecasting.arima import ARIMA
+    >>> from sktime.forecasting.compose import ForecastingPipeline
+    >>>
+    >>> # data with no exogenous features
+    >>> y = load_airline()
+    >>>
+    >>> # create a pipeline with Fourier features and ARIMA
+    >>> pipe = ForecastingPipeline(
+    ...     [
+    ...             YtoX(),
+    ...             FourierFeatures(sp_list=[24, 24 * 7], fourier_terms_list=[10, 5]),
+    ...             ARIMA(order=(1, 1, 1))  # doctest: +SKIP,
+    ...     ]
+    ... )  # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>>
+    >>> # fit and forecast, using Fourier features as exogenous data
+    >>> pred = pipe.fit_predict(y, fh=[1, 2, 3, 4, 5])  # doctest: +SKIP
+
+    Use case: using lagged endogenous variables as exogeneous data.
+
+    >>> from sktime.datasets import load_airline
+    >>> from sktime.transformations.compose import YtoX
+    >>> from sktime.transformations.series.lag import Lag
+    >>> from sktime.transformations.series.impute import Imputer
+    >>> from sktime.forecasting.sarimax import SARIMAX
+    >>>
+    >>> # data with no exogenous features
+    >>> y = load_airline()
+    >>>
+    >>> # create the pipeline
+    >>> lagged_y_trafo = YtoX() * Lag(1, index_out="original") * Imputer()
+    >>>
+    >>> # we need to specify index_out="original" as otherwise ARIMA gets 1 and 2 ahead
+    >>> # use lagged_y_trafo to generate X
+    >>> forecaster = lagged_y_trafo ** SARIMAX()  # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>>
+    >>> # fit and forecast next value, with lagged y as exogenous data
+    >>> forecaster.fit(y, fh=[1])  # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> y_pred = forecaster.predict()  # doctest: +SKIP
+
+    Use case: using summarized endogenous variables as exogeneous data.
+
+    >>> from sktime.datasets import load_airline
+    >>> from sktime.transformations.series.summarize import WindowSummarizer
+    >>> from sktime.transformations.compose import YtoX
+    >>> from sktime.forecasting.compose import make_reduction
+    >>> from sktime.forecasting.compose import ForecastingPipeline
+    >>> from sklearn.ensemble import GradientBoostingRegressor  # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>>
+    >>> # data with no exogenous features
+    >>> y = load_airline()
+    >>>
+    >>> # keyword arguments for WindowSummarizer
+    >>> kwargs = {
+    ...     "lag_feature": {
+    ...         "lag": [1],
+    ...         "mean": [[1, 3], [3, 6]],
+    ...         "std": [[1, 4]],
+    ...     },
+    ...     "truncate": 'bfill',
+    ... }
+    >>>
+    >>> # create forecaster from sklearn regressor using make_reduction
+    >>> forecaster = make_reduction(
+    ...     GradientBoostingRegressor(),
+    ...     strategy="recursive",
+    ...     pooling="global",
+    ...     window_length=12,
+    ... )  # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>>
+    >>> # create the pipeline
+    >>> pipe = ForecastingPipeline(
+    ...     steps=[
+    ...         ("ytox", YtoX()),
+    ...         ("summarizer", WindowSummarizer(**kwargs)),
+    ...         ("forecaster", forecaster),
+    ...     ]
+    ... )  # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>>
+    >>> # fit and forecast, with summarized y as exogenous data
+    >>> preds = pipe.fit_predict(y=y, fh=range(1, 20))  # doctest: +SKIP
     """
 
     _tags = {
diff --git a/sktime/transformations/panel/catch22.py b/sktime/transformations/panel/catch22.py
index 012acd836..69e424773 100644
--- a/sktime/transformations/panel/catch22.py
+++ b/sktime/transformations/panel/catch22.py
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ class Catch22(BaseTransformer):
         "fit_is_empty": True,
     }
 
+    # todo 0.29.0: remove n_jobs parameter
     def __init__(
         self,
         features: Union[int, str, List[Union[int, str]]] = "all",
@@ -264,12 +265,12 @@ class Catch22(BaseTransformer):
 
         # todo: remove this unimplemented logic
         self._transform_features = None
-        # todo 0.28.0: remove this warning and logic
+        # todo 0.29.0: remove this warning and logic
         self.n_jobs = n_jobs
         if n_jobs != "deprecated":
             warn(
                 "In Catch22, the parameter "
-                "n_jobs is deprecated and will be removed in v0.28.0. "
+                "n_jobs is deprecated and will be removed in v0.29.0. "
                 "Instead, use set_config with the backend and backend:params "
                 "config fields, and set backend to 'joblib' and pass n_jobs "
                 "as a parameter of backend_params. ",
diff --git a/sktime/transformations/panel/shapelet_transform/__init__.py b/sktime/transformations/panel/shapelet_transform/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6e504484
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sktime/transformations/panel/shapelet_transform/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+"""Shapelet Transformers."""
+__all__ = [
+    "ShapeletTransform",
+    "RandomShapeletTransform",
+    "ShapeletTransformPyts",
+]
+
+from sktime.transformations.panel.shapelet_transform._shapelet_transform import (
+    RandomShapeletTransform,
+    ShapeletTransform,
+)
+from sktime.transformations.panel.shapelet_transform._shapelet_transform_pyts import (
+    ShapeletTransformPyts,
+)
diff --git a/sktime/transformations/panel/shapelet_transform.py b/sktime/transformations/panel/shapelet_transform/_shapelet_transform.py
similarity index 100%
rename from sktime/transformations/panel/shapelet_transform.py
rename to sktime/transformations/panel/shapelet_transform/_shapelet_transform.py
diff --git a/sktime/transformations/panel/shapelet_transform/_shapelet_transform_pyts.py b/sktime/transformations/panel/shapelet_transform/_shapelet_transform_pyts.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f40d621e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sktime/transformations/panel/shapelet_transform/_shapelet_transform_pyts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+"""Shapelet transformer, from pyts."""
+# copyright: sktime developers, BSD-3-Clause License (see LICENSE file)
+
+__author__ = ["Abhay-Lejith"]
+__all__ = ["ShapeletTransformPyts"]
+
+from sktime.base.adapters._pyts import _PytsAdapter
+from sktime.transformations.base import BaseTransformer
+
+
+class ShapeletTransformPyts(_PytsAdapter, BaseTransformer):
+    """Shapelet Transform, from ``pyts``.
+
+    Direct interface to ``pyts.transformation.ShapeletTransform``.
+
+    The Shapelet Transform algorithm extracts shapelets from a data set of time series
+    and returns the distances between the shapelets and the time series. A shapelet is
+    defined as a subset of a time series, that is a set of values from consecutive time
+    points. The distance between a shapelet and a time series is defined as the minimum
+    of the distances between this shapelet and all the shapelets of same length
+    extracted from this time series. The most discriminative shapelets are selected.
+    Two criteria are made available: mutual information and F-scores.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    n_shapelets : int or 'auto' (default = 'auto')
+        The number of shapelets to keep. If 'auto', `n_timestamps // 2`
+        shapelets are considered, where `n_timestamps` is the number of
+        time points in the dataset. Note that there might be a smaller
+        number of shapelets if fewer than ``n_shapelets`` shapelets have been
+        extracted during the search.
+
+    criterion : 'mutual_info' or 'anova' (default = 'mutual_info')
+        Criterion to perform the selection of the shapelets.
+        'mutual_info' uses the mutual information, while 'anova' use
+        the ANOVA F-value.
+
+    window_sizes : array-like or 'auto '(default = 'auto')
+        Size of the sliding windows. If 'auto', the range for the
+        window sizes is determined automatically.
+        Otherwise, all the elements must be either integers or floats.
+        In the latter case, each element represents the percentage
+        of the size of each time series and must be between 0 and 1; the size
+        of the sliding windows will be computed as
+        ``np.ceil(window_sizes * n_timestamps)``.
+
+    window_steps : None or array-like (default = None)
+        Step of the sliding windows. If None, each ``window_step`` is equal
+        to 1. Otherwise, all the elements must be either integers or floats.
+        In the latter case, each element represents the percentage of the size
+        of each time series and must be between 0 and 1; the step of the
+        sliding windows will be computed as
+        ``np.ceil(window_steps * n_timestamps)``.
+        Must be None if ``window_sizes='auto'``.
+
+    remove_similar : bool (default = True)
+        If True, self-similar shapelets are removed, keeping only
+        the non-self-similar shapelets with the highest scores. Two
+        shapelets are considered to be self-similar if they are
+        taken from the the same time series and have at least one
+        overlapping index.
+
+    sort : bool (default = False)
+        If True, shapelets are sorted in descending order according to
+        their associated scores. If False, the order is undefined.
+
+    verbose : int (default = 0)
+        Verbosity level when fitting: if non zero, progress messages are
+        printed. Above 50, the output is sent to stdout.
+        The frequency of the messages increases with the verbosity level.
+
+    random_state : int, RandomState instance or None (default = None)
+        If int, random_state is the seed used by the random number generator;
+        If RandomState instance, random_state is the random number generator;
+        If None, the random number generator is the RandomState instance used
+        by ``np.random``. Only used if ``window_sizes='auto'`` in order to
+        subsample the dataset to find the best range or if
+        ``criterion=='mutual_info'`` to add small noise to the data.
+
+    n_jobs : None or int (default = None)
+        The number of jobs to run in parallel for ``fit``.
+        If -1, then the number of jobs is set to the number of cores.
+
+    Attributes
+    ----------
+    shapelets_ : array, shape = (n_shapelets,)
+        The array with the selected shapelets.
+
+    indices_ : array, shape = (n_shapelets, 3)
+        The indices for the corresponding shapelets in the training set.
+        The first column consists of the indices of the samples.
+        The second column consists of the starting indices (included)
+        of the shapelets. The third column consists of the ending indices
+        (excluded) of the shapelets.
+
+    scores_ : array, shape = (n_shapelets,)
+        The scores associated to the shapelets. The higher, the more
+        discriminant.
+        If ``criterion='mutual_info'``, mutual information scores are reported.
+        If ``criterion='anova'``, F-scores are reported.
+
+    window_range_ : None or tuple
+        Range of the window sizes if ``window_sizes='auto'``. None otherwise.
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    .. [1] J. Lines, L. M. Davis, J. Hills and A. Bagnall, "A Shapelet
+           Transform for Time Series Classification". Data Mining and Knowledge
+           Discovery, 289-297 (2012).
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> from sktime.transformations.panel.shapelet_transform import (
+    ...     ShapeletTransformPyts
+    ... )
+    >>> from sktime.datasets import load_unit_test
+    >>> X_train, y_train = load_unit_test(split="train") # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> stp = ShapeletTransformPyts() # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> stp.fit(X_train,y_train) # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> stp.transform(X_train) # doctest: +SKIP
+    """
+
+    _tags = {
+        # packaging info
+        # --------------
+        "authors": "Abhay-Lejith",
+        "python_dependencies": "pyts",
+        # univariate-only controls whether internal X can be univariate/multivariate
+        # if True (only univariate), always applies vectorization over variables
+        "univariate-only": True,
+        "scitype:transform-input": "Series",
+        "scitype:transform-output": "Primitives",
+        "scitype:instancewise": False,
+        "fit_is_empty": False,
+        "y_inner_mtype": "numpy1D",
+        "requires_y": True,
+    }
+
+    _estimator_attr = "_pyts_shapelet_transform"
+
+    def _get_pyts_class(self):
+        """Get pyts class.
+
+        should import and return pyts class
+        """
+        from pyts.transformation.shapelet_transform import ShapeletTransform
+
+        return ShapeletTransform
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        n_shapelets="auto",
+        criterion="mutual_info",
+        window_sizes="auto",
+        window_steps=None,
+        remove_similar=True,
+        sort=False,
+        verbose=0,
+        random_state=None,
+        n_jobs=None,
+    ):
+        self.n_shapelets = n_shapelets
+        self.criterion = criterion
+        self.window_sizes = window_sizes
+        self.window_steps = window_steps
+        self.remove_similar = remove_similar
+        self.sort = sort
+        self.verbose = verbose
+        self.random_state = random_state
+        self.n_jobs = n_jobs
+
+        super().__init__()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_test_params(cls, parameter_set="default"):
+        """
+        Return testing parameter settings for the estimator.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        parameter_set : str, default="default"
+            Name of the set of test parameters to return, for use in tests. If no
+            special parameters are defined for a value, will return `"default"` set.
+
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        params : dict or list of dict, default = {}
+            Parameters to create testing instances of the class
+            Each dict are parameters to construct an "interesting" test instance, i.e.,
+            `MyClass(**params)` or `MyClass(**params[i])` creates a valid test instance.
+            `create_test_instance` uses the first (or only) dictionary in `params`
+        """
+        params1 = {"criterion": "anova", "n_shapelets": 10}
+        params2 = {"window_sizes": [3]}
+        return [params1, params2]
diff --git a/sktime/transformations/series/detrend/__init__.py b/sktime/transformations/series/detrend/__init__.py
index 875d10417..c52aa2db1 100644
--- a/sktime/transformations/series/detrend/__init__.py
+++ b/sktime/transformations/series/detrend/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
 """Transformer module for detrending and deseasonalization."""
 
 __author__ = ["mloning", "eyalshafran", "SveaMeyer13"]
-__all__ = ["Detrender", "Deseasonalizer", "ConditionalDeseasonalizer", "STLTransformer"]
+__all__ = [
+    "Detrender",
+    "Deseasonalizer",
+    "ConditionalDeseasonalizer",
+    "STLTransformer",
+    "MSTL",
+]
 
 from sktime.transformations.series.detrend._deseasonalize import (
     ConditionalDeseasonalizer,
@@ -10,3 +16,4 @@ from sktime.transformations.series.detrend._deseasonalize import (
     STLTransformer,
 )
 from sktime.transformations.series.detrend._detrend import Detrender
+from sktime.transformations.series.detrend.mstl import MSTL
diff --git a/sktime/transformations/series/detrend/_deseasonalize.py b/sktime/transformations/series/detrend/_deseasonalize.py
index 3204af362..0e2897aa1 100644
--- a/sktime/transformations/series/detrend/_deseasonalize.py
+++ b/sktime/transformations/series/detrend/_deseasonalize.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Deseasonalizer(BaseTransformer):
     -----
     For further explanation on seasonal components and additive vs.
     multiplicative models see
-    ``Forecasting: Principles and Practice <https://otexts.com/fpp3/components.html>``_.
+    `Forecasting: Principles and Practice <https://otexts.com/fpp3/components.html>`_.
     Seasonal decomposition is computed using `statsmodels
 
     <https://www.statsmodels.org/stable/generated/statsmodels.tsa.seasonal.seasonal_decompose.html>`_.
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ class ConditionalDeseasonalizer(Deseasonalizer):
     -----
     For further explanation on seasonal components and additive vs.
     multiplicative models see
-    ``Forecasting: Principles and Practice <https://otexts.com/fpp3/components.html>``_.
+    `Forecasting: Principles and Practice <https://otexts.com/fpp3/components.html>`_.
     Seasonal decomposition is computed using `statsmodels
 
     <https://www.statsmodels.org/stable/generated/statsmodels.tsa.seasonal.seasonal_decompose.html>`_.
diff --git a/sktime/transformations/series/detrend/mstl.py b/sktime/transformations/series/detrend/mstl.py
index e19fc9ab8..12c1b7b0b 100644
--- a/sktime/transformations/series/detrend/mstl.py
+++ b/sktime/transformations/series/detrend/mstl.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class MSTL(BaseTransformer):
     --------
     >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt  # doctest: +SKIP
     >>> from sktime.datasets import load_airline
-    >>> from sktime.transformations.series.detrend.mstl import MSTL
+    >>> from sktime.transformations.series.detrend import MSTL
     >>> y = load_airline()
     >>> y.index = y.index.to_timestamp()
     >>> mstl = MSTL(return_components=True)  # doctest: +SKIP
diff --git a/sktime/transformations/series/kalman_filter.py b/sktime/transformations/series/kalman_filter.py
index 0680b3ba9..9f317c00c 100644
--- a/sktime/transformations/series/kalman_filter.py
+++ b/sktime/transformations/series/kalman_filter.py
@@ -760,8 +760,23 @@ class KalmanFilterTransformerPK(BaseKalmanFilter, BaseTransformer):
             instance.
             ``create_test_instance`` uses the first (or only) dictionary in ``params``
         """
-        params = {"state_dim": 2}
-        return params
+        params1 = {"state_dim": 2}
+        params2 = {
+            "state_dim": 2,
+            "initial_state": np.array([0, 0]),
+            "initial_state_covariance": np.array([[0.1, 0], [0.1, 0]]),
+            "state_transition": np.array([[1, 0.1], [0, 1]]),
+            "process_noise": np.array(
+                [
+                    [1 / 4 * (0.1**4), 1 / 2 * (0.1**3)],
+                    [1 / 2 * (0.1**3), 0.1**2],
+                ]
+            )
+            * 0.1,
+            "denoising": True,
+            "estimate_matrices": ["measurement_noise"],
+        }
+        return [params1, params2]
 
     def _em(self, X, measurement_dim, state_dim):
         """Estimate matrices algorithm if requested by user.
@@ -1298,8 +1313,25 @@ class KalmanFilterTransformerFP(BaseKalmanFilter, BaseTransformer):
             instance.
             ``create_test_instance`` uses the first (or only) dictionary in ``params``
         """
-        params = {"state_dim": 2}
-        return params
+        params1 = {"state_dim": 2}
+        params2 = {
+            "state_dim": 2,
+            "initial_state": np.array([0, 0]),
+            "initial_state_covariance": np.array([[0.1, 0], [0.1, 0]]),
+            "state_transition": np.array([[1, 0.1], [0, 1]]),
+            "process_noise": np.array(
+                [
+                    [1 / 4 * (0.1**4), 1 / 2 * (0.1**3)],
+                    [1 / 2 * (0.1**3), 0.1**2],
+                ]
+            )
+            * 0.1,
+            "measurement_function": np.array([[1, 0]]),
+            "measurement_noise": np.array([[0.1]]),
+            "denoising": True,
+            "estimate_matrices": ["measurement_noise"],
+        }
+        return [params1, params2]
 
     def _get_iter_t_matrices(self, X, G, u, t, time_steps, shapes):
         """Extract data to be used at time step 't' of the Kalman filter iterations.
diff --git a/sktime/transformations/series/outlier_detection.py b/sktime/transformations/series/outlier_detection.py
index ac06558a8..3378b3389 100644
--- a/sktime/transformations/series/outlier_detection.py
+++ b/sktime/transformations/series/outlier_detection.py
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ class HampelFilter(BaseTransformer):
     ----------
     window_length : int, optional (default=10)
         Length of the sliding window
-    n_sigma : int, optional
-        Defines how strong a point must outly to be an "outlier", by default 3
-    k : float, optional
+    n_sigma : int, optional (default=3)
+        Defines how strong a point must outly to be an "outlier"
+    k : float, optional (default = 1.4826)
         A constant scale factor which is dependent on the distribution,
         for Gaussian it is approximately 1.4826, by default 1.4826
-    return_bool : bool, optional
+    return_bool : bool, optional (default=False)
         If True, outliers are filled with True and non-outliers with False.
         Else, outliers are filled with np.nan.
 
@@ -167,7 +167,10 @@ class HampelFilter(BaseTransformer):
             instance.
             ``create_test_instance`` uses the first (or only) dictionary in ``params``
         """
-        return {"window_length": 3}
+        param1 = {"window_length": 3}
+        param2 = {}
+        param3 = {"window_length": 5, "n_sigma": 2, "k": 1.7, "return_bool": True}
+        return [param1, param2, param3]
 
 
 def _hampel_filter(Z, cv, n_sigma, half_window_length, k):
diff --git a/sktime/transformations/series/summarize.py b/sktime/transformations/series/summarize.py
index 8347e2289..86d000ad7 100644
--- a/sktime/transformations/series/summarize.py
+++ b/sktime/transformations/series/summarize.py
@@ -473,38 +473,37 @@ def _window_feature(Z, summarizer=None, window=None, bfill=False):
             if bfill is False:
                 feat = Z.apply(
                     lambda x: getattr(
-                        x.shift(lag).rolling(
-                            window=window_length, min_periods=window_length
-                        ),
+                        x.rolling(window=window_length, min_periods=window_length),
                         summarizer,
-                    )()
+                    )().shift(lag)
                 )
             else:
                 feat = Z.apply(
                     lambda x: getattr(
-                        x.shift(lag)
-                        .bfill()
-                        .rolling(window=window_length, min_periods=window_length),
+                        x.rolling(window=window_length, min_periods=window_length),
                         summarizer,
                     )()
+                    .shift(lag)
+                    .bfill()
                 )
     else:
-        if bfill is False:
-            feat = Z.shift(lag)
-        else:
-            feat = Z.shift(lag).bfill()
         if isinstance(Z, pd.core.groupby.generic.SeriesGroupBy) and callable(
             summarizer
         ):
-            feat = feat.rolling(window_length).apply(summarizer, raw=True)
+            feat = Z.rolling(window_length).apply(summarizer, raw=True)
         elif not isinstance(Z, pd.core.groupby.generic.SeriesGroupBy) and callable(
             summarizer
         ):
-            feat = feat.apply(
+            feat = Z.apply(
                 lambda x: x.rolling(
                     window=window_length, min_periods=window_length
                 ).apply(summarizer, raw=True)
             )
+        if bfill is False:
+            feat = Z.shift(lag)
+        else:
+            feat = Z.shift(lag).bfill()
+
         feat = pd.DataFrame(feat)
     if bfill is True:
         feat = feat.bfill()
diff --git a/sktime/transformations/series/temporian.py b/sktime/transformations/series/temporian.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01ddf472a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sktime/transformations/series/temporian.py
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+# copyright: sktime developers, BSD-3-Clause License (see LICENSE file)
+
+"""Implementation of TemporianTransformer. Contributed by the Temporian team."""
+
+__author__ = ["ianspektor", "javiber"]
+
+from sktime.transformations.base import BaseTransformer
+
+
+class TemporianTransformer(BaseTransformer):
+    """Applies a Temporian function to the input time series.
+
+    This transformer applies a Temporian [1]_ function to the input time series.
+
+    The conversion from sktime's internal representation to Temporian's EventSet [2]_
+    and back is handled automatically by the transformer.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    function : Callable[[temporian.EventSet], temporian.EventSet]
+        Temporian function to apply to the input time series. The function must receive
+        and return a single Temporian EventSet, and can apply an arbitrary number of
+        Temporian operators to its input.
+    compile : bool, default=False
+        If True, the function will be compiled using Temporian's @tp.compile [3]_
+        decorator, which can lead to significant speedups by optimizing the graph of
+        operations.
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> from sktime.datasets import load_airline
+    >>> from sktime.transformations.series.temporian import TemporianTransformer
+    >>> import temporian as tp  # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>>
+    >>> def function(evset):  # doctest: +SKIP
+    ...     return evset.simple_moving_average(tp.duration.days(3 * 365))  \
+        # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> transformer = TemporianTransformer(function=function)  # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> X = load_airline()  # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> X_averaged = transformer.fit_transform(X)  # doctest: +SKIP
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    .. [1] https://temporian.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
+    .. [2] https://temporian.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/temporian/EventSet/
+    .. [3] https://temporian.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/temporian/compile/
+    """
+
+    _tags = {
+        # packaging info
+        # --------------
+        "authors": ["ianspektor", "javiber"],
+        "maintainers": ["ianspektor", "javiber"],
+        "python_dependencies": ["temporian"],
+        "python_version": ">=3.8",
+        # estimator tags
+        # --------------
+        "univariate-only": False,
+        "scitype:transform-input": "Series",
+        "scitype:transform-output": "Series",
+        "scitype:instancewise": True,
+        "scitype:transform-labels": "None",
+        "X_inner_mtype": "pd.DataFrame",
+        "fit_is_empty": True,
+        "capability:inverse_transform": False,
+        "capability:unequal_length": True,
+        "handles-missing-data": False,
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self, function, compile=False):
+        self.function = function
+        self.compile = compile
+
+        super().__init__()
+
+    def _transform(self, X, y=None):
+        """Transform X and return a transformed version.
+
+        private _transform containing core logic, called from transform
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        X : pd.DataFrame
+            if self.get_tag("univariate-only")==True:
+                guaranteed to have a single column
+            if self.get_tag("univariate-only")==False: no restrictions apply
+        y : None, present only for interface compatibility
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        transformed version of X
+        """
+        import temporian as tp
+
+        X_noindex = X.reset_index(drop=False)
+        X_noindex.columns = X_noindex.columns.astype(str)
+        timestamps_col = X_noindex.columns[0]
+        evset = tp.from_pandas(X_noindex, timestamps=timestamps_col)
+
+        function = tp.compile(self.function) if self.compile else self.function
+
+        res = function(evset)
+        if not isinstance(res, tp.EventSet):
+            raise TypeError(
+                f"Expected return type to be an EventSet but received a {type(res)}"
+            )
+
+        # Test that the sampling was not modified, otherwise the conversion back to
+        # pandas and the set_index would not work as expected
+        try:
+            res.check_same_sampling(evset)
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "The resulting EventSet must have the same sampling as the input. "
+                "Visit our docs for more info "
+                "https://temporian.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user_guide/#sampling"
+            ) from exc
+
+        res = tp.to_pandas(res, timestamps=False)
+        res = res.set_index(X.index)
+
+        return res
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_test_params(cls, parameter_set="default"):
+        """Return testing parameter settings for the estimator.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        parameter_set : str, default="default"
+            Name of the set of test parameters to return, for use in tests. If no
+            special parameters are defined for a value, will return `"default"` set.
+            There are currently no reserved values for transformers.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        params : dict or list of dict, default = {}
+            Parameters to create testing instances of the class
+            Each dict are parameters to construct an "interesting" test instance, i.e.,
+            `MyClass(**params)` or `MyClass(**params[i])` creates a valid test instance.
+            `create_test_instance` uses the first (or only) dictionary in `params`
+        """
+        return [
+            {"function": _test_function_single_op, "compile": False},
+            {"function": _test_function_many_ops, "compile": True},
+        ]
+
+
+def _test_function_single_op(evset):
+    return evset + 1
+
+
+def _test_function_many_ops(evset):
+    return evset.simple_moving_average(10).lag(10).resample(evset)


Test patch:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 79adfc12a..e97db5760 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   code-quality:
     name: code-quality
diff --git a/sktime/classification/tests/test_base.py b/sktime/classification/tests/test_base.py
index fe1faa375..92a2e6ab2 100644
--- a/sktime/classification/tests/test_base.py
+++ b/sktime/classification/tests/test_base.py
@@ -500,9 +500,7 @@ def test_deep_estimator_full(optimizer):
         assert serialize(full_dummy.optimizer) == serialize(deserialized_full.optimizer)
 
         # assert weights of optimizers are same
-        assert (
-            full_dummy.optimizer.variables() == deserialized_full.optimizer.variables()
-        )
+        assert full_dummy.optimizer.variables == deserialized_full.optimizer.variables
 
         # remove optimizers from both to do full dict check,
         # since two different objects
diff --git a/sktime/forecasting/base/tests/test_fh.py b/sktime/forecasting/base/tests/test_fh.py
index 524163439..206470066 100644
--- a/sktime/forecasting/base/tests/test_fh.py
+++ b/sktime/forecasting/base/tests/test_fh.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from sktime.utils.datetime import (
     _shift,
     infer_freq,
 )
+from sktime.utils.validation._dependencies import _check_soft_dependencies
 from sktime.utils.validation.series import is_in_valid_index_types, is_integer_index
 
 
@@ -326,11 +327,16 @@ FREQUENCY_STRINGS = [*FIXED_FREQUENCY_STRINGS, *NON_FIXED_FREQUENCY_STRINGS]
 
 def _get_expected_freqstr(freqstr):
     # special case for 10min, T is being deprecated and replaced by min
-    if freqstr == "10min":
-        fh_freqstr_expected = "10T"
-    else:
-        fh_freqstr_expected = freqstr
-    return fh_freqstr_expected
+    if _check_soft_dependencies("pandas<2.2.0", severity="none"):
+        if freqstr == "10min":
+            return "10T"
+        return freqstr
+    # on more recent pandas versions, >=2.2.0
+    if freqstr == "H":
+        return "h"
+    if freqstr == "M":
+        return "ME"
+    return freqstr
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("freqstr", FREQUENCY_STRINGS)
diff --git a/sktime/tests/_config.py b/sktime/tests/_config.py
index 144c8adcd..cc1024f4e 100644
--- a/sktime/tests/_config.py
+++ b/sktime/tests/_config.py
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ EXCLUDE_ESTIMATORS = [
     # DL classifier suspected to cause hangs and memouts, see #4610
     "FCNClassifier",
     "MACNNClassifier",
-    "SimpleRNNClassifier",
-    "SimpleRNNRegressor",
     "EditDist",
     "CNNClassifier",
     "FCNClassifier",
@@ -48,7 +46,6 @@ EXCLUDE_ESTIMATORS = [
     "FCNRegressor",
     "LSTMFCNRegressor",
     "MACNNRegressor",
-    "InceptionTimeRegressor",
     "CNTCClassifier",
     "CNTCRegressor",
 ]
@@ -218,6 +215,8 @@ EXCLUDED_TESTS = {
     "StatsForecastMSTL": ["test_pred_int_tag"],
     # KNeighborsTimeSeriesClassifierTslearn crashes in parallel mode
     "KNeighborsTimeSeriesClassifierTslearn": ["test_multiprocessing_idempotent"],
+    # ShapeletTransformPyts creates nested numpy shapelets sporadically, see #6171
+    "ShapeletTransformPyts": ["test_non_state_changing_method_contract"],
 }
 
 # We use estimator tags in addition to class hierarchies to further distinguish
diff --git a/sktime/tests/test_softdeps.py b/sktime/tests/test_softdeps.py
index c83d6ada8..7f3d100b2 100644
--- a/sktime/tests/test_softdeps.py
+++ b/sktime/tests/test_softdeps.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ EXCEPTED_FROM_NO_DEP_CHECK = []
 EXCEPTED_FROM_GET_PARAMS_CHECK = [
     "PyODAnnotator",  # adapters always require soft dep. Here: pyod
     "HCrystalBallAdapter",  # adapters always require soft dep. Here: hcrystalball
+    "TemporianTransformer",  # adapters always require soft dep. Here: temporian
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/sktime/transformations/panel/shapelet_transform/tests/__init__.py b/sktime/transformations/panel/shapelet_transform/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37034d8e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sktime/transformations/panel/shapelet_transform/tests/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+"""Shapelet transform unit tests."""
diff --git a/sktime/transformations/panel/tests/test_shapelet_transform.py b/sktime/transformations/panel/shapelet_transform/tests/test_shapelet_transform.py
similarity index 100%
rename from sktime/transformations/panel/tests/test_shapelet_transform.py
rename to sktime/transformations/panel/shapelet_transform/tests/test_shapelet_transform.py
diff --git a/sktime/transformations/panel/shapelet_transform/tests/test_shapelet_transform_pyts.py b/sktime/transformations/panel/shapelet_transform/tests/test_shapelet_transform_pyts.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23384c840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sktime/transformations/panel/shapelet_transform/tests/test_shapelet_transform_pyts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+"""ShapeletTransformPyts test code."""
+import numpy as np
+import pytest
+from numpy import testing
+
+from sktime.datasets import load_unit_test
+from sktime.tests.test_switch import run_test_for_class
+from sktime.transformations.panel.shapelet_transform import ShapeletTransformPyts
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not run_test_for_class(ShapeletTransformPyts),
+    reason="run test only if softdeps are present and incrementally (if requested)",
+)
+def test_stp_on_unit_test():
+    """Test of ShapeletTransformPyts on unit test data."""
+    # load unit test data
+    X_train, y_train = load_unit_test(split="train")
+    indices = np.random.RandomState(0).choice(len(y_train), 5, replace=False)
+
+    # fit the shapelet transform
+    stp = ShapeletTransformPyts(n_shapelets=5, random_state=0)
+    stp.fit(X_train.iloc[indices], y_train[indices])
+
+    # assert transformed data is the same
+    data = stp.transform(X_train.iloc[indices])
+    testing.assert_array_almost_equal(
+        data, shapelet_transform_unit_test_data, decimal=4
+    )
+
+
+shapelet_transform_unit_test_data = np.array(
+    [
+        [176.0, 14.866069, 17.262677, 0.000000, 7.0],
+        [0.0, 51.908573, 82.197932, 65.517173, 15.0],
+        [223.0, 30.413813, 0.000000, 17.262677, 7.0],
+        [1.0, 61.159627, 71.515733, 59.502101, 19.0],
+        [32.0, 0.000000, 30.413813, 14.866069, 0.0],
+    ]
+)
diff --git a/sktime/transformations/series/detrend/tests/test_mstl.py b/sktime/transformations/series/detrend/tests/test_mstl.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8e4953ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sktime/transformations/series/detrend/tests/test_mstl.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# copyright: sktime developers, BSD-3-Clause License (see LICENSE file)
+"""Tests MSTL functionality."""
+
+__author__ = ["krishna-t"]
+
+import pytest
+
+from sktime.datasets import load_airline
+from sktime.tests.test_switch import run_test_for_class
+from sktime.transformations.series.detrend.mstl import MSTL
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not run_test_for_class([MSTL]),
+    reason="run test only if softdeps are present and incrementally (if requested)",
+)
+def test_transform_returns_correct_components():
+    """Tests if expected components are returned when return_components=True."""
+    # Load our default test dataset
+    series = load_airline()
+    series.index = series.index.to_timestamp()
+
+    # Initialize the MSTL transformer with specific parameters
+    transformer = MSTL(periods=[3, 12], return_components=True)
+
+    # Fit the transformer to the data
+    transformer.fit(series)
+
+    # Transform the data
+    transformed = transformer.transform(series)
+
+    # Check if the transformed data has the expected components
+    assert "transformed" in transformed.columns, (
+        "Test of MSTL.transform failed with return_components=True, "
+        "returned DataFrame columns are missing 'transformed' "
+        "variable."
+    )
+    assert "trend" in transformed.columns, (
+        "Test of MSTL.transform failed with return_components=True, "
+        "returned DataFrame columns are missing 'trend' variable."
+    )
+    assert "resid" in transformed.columns, (
+        "Test of MSTL.transform failed with return_components=True, "
+        "returned DataFrame columns are missing 'resid' variable."
+    )
+    assert "seasonal_3" in transformed.columns, (
+        "Test of MSTL.transform failed with return_components=True, "
+        "returned DataFrame columns are missing 'seasonal_3 "
+        "variable."
+    )
+    assert "seasonal_12" in transformed.columns, (
+        "Test of MSTL.transform failed with return_components=True, "
+        "returned DataFrame columns are missing 'seasonal_12' "
+        "variable."
+    )
diff --git a/sktime/transformations/series/tests/test_temporian.py b/sktime/transformations/series/tests/test_temporian.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a7138d10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sktime/transformations/series/tests/test_temporian.py
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+"""Tests for TemporianTransformer."""
+
+# copyright: sktime developers, BSD-3-Clause License (see LICENSE file).
+
+__author__ = ["ianspektor", "javiber"]
+
+from datetime import datetime
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+import pytest
+
+from sktime.datasets import load_solar
+from sktime.datatypes import get_examples
+from sktime.tests.test_switch import run_test_for_class
+from sktime.transformations.series.temporian import TemporianTransformer
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not run_test_for_class(TemporianTransformer),
+    reason="run test only if softdeps are present and incrementally (if requested)",
+)
+def test_flat_univariate():
+    """Tests basic function works on flat (non-indexed) univariate time series."""
+    X = load_solar()[0:32]
+
+    def function(evset):
+        return evset["solar_gen"] + 1
+
+    transformer = TemporianTransformer(function=function)
+    X_transformed = transformer.fit_transform(X=X)
+
+    pd.testing.assert_series_equal(X_transformed, X + 1)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not run_test_for_class(TemporianTransformer),
+    reason="run test only if softdeps are present and incrementally (if requested)",
+)
+def test_panel():
+    """Tests basic function works on Panels."""
+
+    def function(evset):
+        return evset + 1
+
+    examples = get_examples("pd-multiindex", as_scitype="Panel").values()
+    assert len(examples) > 0
+
+    for X in examples:
+        transformer = TemporianTransformer(function=function)
+        X_transformed = transformer.fit_transform(X=X)
+        pd.testing.assert_frame_equal(X_transformed, X + 1)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not run_test_for_class(TemporianTransformer),
+    reason="run test only if softdeps are present and incrementally (if requested)",
+)
+def test_hier():
+    """Tests basic function works on Hierarchical."""
+
+    def function(evset):
+        return evset + 1
+
+    examples = get_examples("pd_multiindex_hier", as_scitype="Hierarchical").values()
+    assert len(examples) > 0
+
+    for X in examples:
+        transformer = TemporianTransformer(function=function)
+        X_transformed = transformer.fit_transform(X=X)
+        pd.testing.assert_frame_equal(X_transformed, X + 1)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not run_test_for_class(TemporianTransformer),
+    reason="run test only if softdeps are present and incrementally (if requested)",
+)
+def test_dtypes():
+    """Tests basic function works on all dtypes."""
+
+    def function(evset):
+        return evset + 1
+
+    X = pd.DataFrame(
+        {
+            str(dtype): np.zeros(10).astype(dtype)
+            for dtype in [
+                np.int32,
+                np.int64,
+                np.float32,
+                np.float64,
+            ]
+        }
+    )
+    transformer = TemporianTransformer(function=function)
+    X_transformed = transformer.fit_transform(X=X)
+    pd.testing.assert_frame_equal(X_transformed, X + 1)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not run_test_for_class(TemporianTransformer),
+    reason="run test only if softdeps are present and incrementally (if requested)",
+)
+def test_compiled():
+    """Tests compiling the function."""
+    import temporian as tp
+
+    def function(evset):
+        return evset + 1
+
+    X = get_examples("pd.Series", as_scitype="Series")[0]
+
+    true_compile = tp.compile
+
+    with patch.object(tp, "compile") as compile_patch:
+        compile_patch.side_effect = true_compile
+        transformer = TemporianTransformer(function=function, compile=True)
+        X_transformed = transformer.fit_transform(X=X)
+        pd.testing.assert_series_equal(X_transformed, X + 1)
+        compile_patch.assert_called_once_with(function)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not run_test_for_class(TemporianTransformer),
+    reason="run test only if softdeps are present and incrementally (if requested)",
+)
+def test_compile_already_compiled():
+    """Tests compiling doesn't fail if the function was compiled already."""
+    import temporian as tp
+
+    @tp.compile
+    def function(evset):
+        return evset + 1
+
+    X = get_examples("pd.Series", as_scitype="Series")[0]
+
+    true_compile = tp.compile
+
+    with patch.object(tp, "compile") as compile_patch:
+        compile_patch.side_effect = true_compile
+        transformer = TemporianTransformer(function, compile=True)
+        X_transformed = transformer.fit_transform(X=X)
+        pd.testing.assert_series_equal(X_transformed, X + 1)
+        compile_patch.assert_called_once_with(function)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not run_test_for_class(TemporianTransformer),
+    reason="run test only if softdeps are present and incrementally (if requested)",
+)
+def test_multiple_output():
+    """Tests errors when functions return incorrect types."""
+
+    def function(evset):
+        split = datetime(1950, 7, 16)
+        return evset.before(split), evset.after(split)
+
+    X = load_solar()
+
+    transformer = TemporianTransformer(function=function)
+    with pytest.raises(
+        TypeError, match="Expected return type to be an EventSet but received"
+    ):
+        _ = transformer.fit_transform(X=X)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not run_test_for_class(TemporianTransformer),
+    reason="run test only if softdeps are present and incrementally (if requested)",
+)
+def test_multiple_input():
+    """Tests errors on incorrectly defined functions."""
+
+    def function(evset, incorrect_param):
+        return evset + 1
+
+    X = load_solar()
+
+    transformer = TemporianTransformer(function=function)
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="missing 1 required positional"):
+        _ = transformer.fit_transform(X=X)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not run_test_for_class(TemporianTransformer),
+    reason="run test only if softdeps are present and incrementally (if requested)",
+)
+def test_change_sampling():
+    """Tests error when changing the sampling."""
+    import temporian as tp
+
+    # in this dataset each row is a period of 1/2 hour
+    # lagging for one hour would remove the first two rows thus changing the sampling
+    X = load_solar()
+
+    def function(evset):
+        return evset.lag(tp.duration.hours(1))
+
+    transformer = TemporianTransformer(function=function, compile=True)
+    with pytest.raises(
+        ValueError,
+        match="The resulting EventSet must have the same sampling as the input",
+    ):
+        _ = transformer.fit_transform(X=X)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not run_test_for_class(TemporianTransformer),
+    reason="run test only if softdeps are present and incrementally (if requested)",
+)
+def test_complex_function():
+    import temporian as tp
+
+    # in this dataset each row is a period of 1/2 hour
+
+    def function(evset):
+        return evset.simple_moving_average(tp.duration.days(1)).resample(evset)
+
+    X = load_solar()
+
+    transformer = TemporianTransformer(function=function, compile=True)
+    result = transformer.fit_transform(X=X)
+    assert result.iloc[0] == X.iloc[0]
+    assert np.allclose(result.iloc[-1], X.iloc[-48:].mean())
diff --git a/sktime/transformations/series/tests/test_window_summarizer.py b/sktime/transformations/series/tests/test_window_summarizer.py
index 0d0306798..7cb16aadf 100644
--- a/sktime/transformations/series/tests/test_window_summarizer.py
+++ b/sktime/transformations/series/tests/test_window_summarizer.py
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ kwargs_custom = {
         count_gt100: [[3, 2]],
     }
 }
+
+kwargs_negative_lags = {
+    "lag_feature": {
+        "mean": [[-1, 1], [-1, 2]],
+    }
+}
+
 # Generate named and unnamed y
 y_train.name = None
 y_train_named = y_train.copy()
@@ -94,6 +101,20 @@ Xtmvar_none = ["GNPDEFL_lag_3", "GNPDEFL_lag_6", "GNP", "UNEMP", "ARMED", "POP"]
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "kwargs, column_names, y, target_cols, truncate",
     [
+        (
+            kwargs_negative_lags,
+            ["a_mean_-1_1", "a_mean_-1_2"],
+            y_pd,
+            None,
+            None,
+        ),
+        (
+            kwargs_negative_lags,
+            ["y_mean_-1_1", "y_mean_-1_2"],
+            y_hierarchical,
+            None,
+            None,
+        ),
         (
             kwargs,
             ["y_lag_1", "y_mean_1_3", "y_mean_1_12", "y_std_1_4"],
diff --git a/sktime/utils/tests/test_datetime.py b/sktime/utils/tests/test_datetime.py
index be7b95155..c83cd4ef8 100755
--- a/sktime/utils/tests/test_datetime.py
+++ b/sktime/utils/tests/test_datetime.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def test_infer_freq() -> None:
 
     index = pd.date_range(start="2021-01-01", periods=1, freq="M")
     y = pd.Series(index=index, dtype=int)
-    assert infer_freq(y) == "M"
+    assert infer_freq(y) in ["M", "ME"]
 
     y = pd.DataFrame({"a": 1}, index=pd.date_range(start="2021-01-01", periods=1))
     assert infer_freq(y) == "D"
@@ -90,39 +90,11 @@ def test_infer_freq() -> None:
     y = pd.DataFrame(
         {"a": 1}, index=pd.date_range(start="2021-01-01", periods=1, freq="M")
     )
-    assert infer_freq(y) == "M"
+    assert infer_freq(y) in ["M", "ME"]
 
     y = _bottom_hier_datagen(no_levels=2)
     y = VectorizedDF(X=y, iterate_as="Series", is_scitype="Hierarchical")
-    assert infer_freq(y) == "M"
-
-
-def test_set_freq() -> None:
-    """Test frequency inference."""
-    assert infer_freq(None) is None
-
-    y = pd.Series(dtype=int)
-    assert infer_freq(y) is None
-
-    index = pd.date_range(start="2021-01-01", periods=1)
-    y = pd.Series(index=index, dtype=int)
-    assert infer_freq(y) == "D"
-
-    index = pd.date_range(start="2021-01-01", periods=1, freq="M")
-    y = pd.Series(index=index, dtype=int)
-    assert infer_freq(y) == "M"
-
-    y = pd.DataFrame({"a": 1}, index=pd.date_range(start="2021-01-01", periods=1))
-    assert infer_freq(y) == "D"
-
-    y = pd.DataFrame(
-        {"a": 1}, index=pd.date_range(start="2021-01-01", periods=1, freq="M")
-    )
-    assert infer_freq(y) == "M"
-
-    y = _bottom_hier_datagen(no_levels=2)
-    y = VectorizedDF(X=y, iterate_as="Series", is_scitype="Hierarchical")
-    assert infer_freq(y) == "M"
+    assert infer_freq(y) in ["M", "ME"]
 
 
 def test_set_freq_hier():