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Problem

• Start at: https://matplotlib.org/stable/ - the switcher shows "choose version" (?)
• In the switcher select "3.10 (dev)" - you are directed to the correct page but the switcher still shows "choose version"
• In the switcher select "3.9 (stabe)" - you are directed to the correct page but the switcher still shows "choose version"
• In the switcher select "3.8" - you are directed to the correct page but the switcher still shows "stable"
• In the switcher select "3.87 - you are directed to the correct page but the switcher again shows "stable" and is now broken (i.e. does not have a dropdown anymore)

Suggested improvement

I'm not really sure what's going on. https://matplotlib.org/devdocs/_static/switcher.json is used, which is the correct file.

questions:

• is version: "3.9.1" in switcher.json correct or should this be version: "stable"?

• I don't really understand the config switcher / version_match. pydata-sphinx-theme docs say

  a string stating the version of the documentation that is currently being browsed.

  Is the change in Point the version switcher to a name listed in switcher.json #23175 ok to set this to "stable" or does this have to be a unique name across versions?