v1.0.0rc3

torchfits 1.0.0rc3 — collaborator soak

Please install, try the examples, report bugs, and contribute.

Highlights

• Examples: Learn Astropy parity (M13 stack, MEF header, Spitzer cutout), real Lupton RGB (SDSS g/r/i), MaNGA LOGCUBE, CFHT MegaCam MEF cutouts, custom transform + make_loader vs DataLoader
• Docs: API button on landing, cache how/when, Dataset/loader tables, custom transform how-to, persona pass; fixed escaped pipes in API tables
• Jules: AGENTS.md + JULES.md — one weekly researched bug/perf pass (delete old cosmetic schedules in the Jules UI and paste the prompt from JULES.md)
• Fixes: hdu="EXTNAME" on read_tensor/read_subset, 3D + zero-size cutouts, table where= + TNULL, remote prefetch race, Lupton empty bands, clear .bz2 error

Benchmarks

• Host scorecard: MPS exhaustive_mps_20260718_180230; Linux CPU/CUDA still Jul-17 soak (CANFAR Jul-18 sessions still Pending)
• ML loader: ml_20260718_191908
• MegaCam: 20260718_124403

Docs edge: https://astroai.github.io/torchfits/edge/