From bb6ae4434b553e37d057a62ae41f269bacd8796f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philipp A <flying-sheep@web.de>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 17:40:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #2691: Add missing 1.9.6 release notes

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+### 1.9.6 {small}`the future`
+
+```{rubric} Bug fixes
+```
+
+- Allow {func}`scanpy.pl.scatter` to accept a {class}`str` palette name {pr}`2571` {smaller}`P Angerer`
+- Make {func}`scanpy.external.tl.palantir` compatible with palantir >=1.3 {pr}`2672` {smaller}`DJ Otto`
+- Fix {func}`scanpy.pl.pca` when when `return_fig=True` and `annotate_var_explained=True` {pr}`2682` {smaller}`J Wagner`