NVIDIA · NickGeneva · Mar 18, 2026 · Mar 18, 2026 · Mar 18, 2026 · Mar 18, 2026
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: Version
       description: What version of Earth2Studio are you running?
-      placeholder: "example: 0.12.1"
+      placeholder: "example: 0.13.0"
     validations:
       required: true
 

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [0.13.0a0] - 2026-03-xx
+## [0.13.0] - 2026-03-20
 
 ### Added
 
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Updated GraphCast models to support multiple time inputs, multiple times will be looped not batched
 - Renamed `tolerance` parameter in ISD data source to `time_tolerance`
 
-### Deprecated
-
 ### Removed
 
 - Removed device from cbottle SR load_model api
@@ -52,8 +50,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Bug in StormCast loading out-of-date model package, introduced in `5518edecbabee371c824b34f0f2ec269a4d6094f`
 - Bug in spherical perturbations which did not use lmax from the SHT transform
 
-### Security
-
 ### Dependencies
 
 - Added pyarrow explicitly to core dependencies

diff --git a/docs/userguide/about/install.md b/docs/userguide/about/install.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ and it's recommended that users use an uv project for the best install experienc
 ```bash
 mkdir earth2studio-project && cd earth2studio-project
 uv init --python=3.12
-uv add "earth2studio @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.12.1"
+uv add "earth2studio @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0"
 ```
 
 :::{dropdown} uv Install
@@ -666,6 +666,8 @@ If your system uses a different CUDA version, you may need to adjust the depende
 :::{tab-item} pip
 
 ```bash
+pip install hatchling
+pip install --no-build-isolation "earth2grid @ git+https://github.com/NVlabs/earth2grid@11dcf1b0787a7eb6a8497a3a5a5e1fdcc31232d3"
 pip install earth2studio[da-healda]
 ```
 
@@ -821,14 +823,14 @@ the following commands:
 ```bash
 mkdir earth2studio-project && cd earth2studio-project
 uv init --python=3.12
-uv add "earth2studio @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.12.1"
+uv add "earth2studio @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0"
 ```
 
 or if you are already inside an existing uv project:
 
 ```bash
 uv venv --python=3.12
-uv add "earth2studio @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.12.1"
+uv add "earth2studio @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0"
 ```
 
 (pytorch_container_environment)=
@@ -851,7 +853,7 @@ docker run -it -t nvcr.io/nvidia/pytorch:25.12-py3
     libeccodes-tools libeccodes-dev
 >>> unset PIP_CONSTRAINT
 >>> curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh && source $HOME/.local/bin/env
->>> uv pip install --system --break-system-packages "earth2studio@git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.12.1"
+>>> uv pip install --system --break-system-packages "earth2studio@git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0"
 ```
 
 <!-- markdownlint-disable MD013 -->
@@ -864,7 +866,7 @@ do with pip, for example:
 ```bash
 uv pip install --system \
     --break-system-packages \
-    "earth2studio[aifs,data]@git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.12.1"
+    "earth2studio[aifs,data]@git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0"
 ```
 
 :::
@@ -893,7 +895,7 @@ package tooling.
 conda create -n earth2studio python=3.12
 conda activate earth2studio
 
-uv pip install --system --break-system-packages "earth2studio@git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.12.1"
+uv pip install --system --break-system-packages "earth2studio@git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0"
 ```
 
 # System Recommendations

diff --git a/earth2studio/__init__.py b/earth2studio/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "0.13.0a0"
+__version__ = "0.13.0rc0"
 
 # Deprecation warnings
 # import sys

diff --git a/examples/01_deterministic_workflow.py b/examples/01_deterministic_workflow.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 """
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
-#   "earth2studio[dlwp] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[dlwp] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "cartopy",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/02_diagnostic_workflow.py b/examples/02_diagnostic_workflow.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 """
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
-#   "earth2studio[dlwp] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[dlwp] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "cartopy",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/03_ensemble_workflow.py b/examples/03_ensemble_workflow.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
 #   "torch==2.9.1", # Match lock file to avoid torch-harmonics issue
-#   "earth2studio[fcn,perturbation] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[fcn,perturbation] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "scipy>=1.15.2",
 #   "cartopy",
 # ]

diff --git a/examples/04_corrdiff_inference.py b/examples/04_corrdiff_inference.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 """
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
-#   "earth2studio[corrdiff] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[corrdiff] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "cartopy",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/05_ensemble_workflow_extend.py b/examples/05_ensemble_workflow_extend.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
 #   "torch==2.9.1", # Match lock file to avoid torch-harmonics issue
-#   "earth2studio[dlwp,perturbation] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[dlwp,perturbation] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "matplotlib",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/06_model_perturbation_hook.py b/examples/06_model_perturbation_hook.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 """
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
-#   "earth2studio[dlwp] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[dlwp] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "cartopy",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/07_seasonal_statistics.py b/examples/07_seasonal_statistics.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 """
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
-#   "earth2studio[pangu,statistics] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[pangu,statistics] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "matplotlib",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/08_distributed_manager.py b/examples/08_distributed_manager.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 """
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
-#   "earth2studio[dlwp] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[dlwp] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "matplotlib",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/09_stormcast_example.py b/examples/09_stormcast_example.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 """
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
-#   "earth2studio[data,stormcast] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[data,stormcast] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "cartopy",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/10_stormcast_ensemble_example.py b/examples/10_stormcast_ensemble_example.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 """
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
-#   "earth2studio[data,stormcast] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[data,stormcast] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "cartopy",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/11_huge_ensembles.py b/examples/11_huge_ensembles.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
 #   "torch==2.9.1", # Match lock file to avoid torch-harmonics issue
-#   "earth2studio[sfno] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[sfno] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "cartopy",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/12_temporal_interpolation.py b/examples/12_temporal_interpolation.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
 #   "torch==2.9.1", # Match lock file to avoid torch-harmonics issue
-#   "earth2studio[sfno,interp-modafno] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[sfno,interp-modafno] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "matplotlib",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/13_cyclone_tracking.py b/examples/13_cyclone_tracking.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
 #   "torch==2.9.1", # Match lock file to avoid torch-harmonics issue
-#   "earth2studio[cyclone,sfno] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[cyclone,sfno] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "cartopy",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/14_dlesym_example.py b/examples/14_dlesym_example.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 """
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
-#   "earth2studio[dlesym] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[dlesym] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "cartopy",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/15_cbottle_generation.py b/examples/15_cbottle_generation.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 """
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
-#   "earth2studio[cbottle] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[cbottle] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "cartopy",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/16_cbottle_super_resolution.py b/examples/16_cbottle_super_resolution.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 """
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
-#   "earth2studio[cbottle] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[cbottle] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "cartopy",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/17_io_performance.py b/examples/17_io_performance.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 """
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
-#   "earth2studio[dlwp] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[dlwp] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "matplotlib",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/18_ensemble_downscaling.py b/examples/18_ensemble_downscaling.py
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
 #   "torch==2.9.1", # Match lock file to avoid torch-harmonics issue
-#   "earth2studio[sfno] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
-#   "earth2studio[corrdiff] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[sfno] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
+#   "earth2studio[corrdiff] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "cartopy",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/19_local_datasource.py b/examples/19_local_datasource.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 """
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
-#   "earth2studio[aurora] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[aurora] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "cartopy",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/20_stormscope_goes_example.py b/examples/20_stormscope_goes_example.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 """
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
-#   "earth2studio[data,stormscope] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[data,stormscope] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "cartopy",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/21_stormcast_sda.py b/examples/21_stormcast_sda.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 """
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
-#   "earth2studio[da-stormcast] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[da-stormcast] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "cartopy",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/22_healda.py b/examples/22_healda.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 """
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
-#   "earth2studio[da-healda] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[da-healda] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "cartopy",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/extend/01_custom_prognostic.py b/examples/extend/01_custom_prognostic.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 """
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
-#   "earth2studio @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "matplotlib",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/extend/02_custom_diagnostic.py b/examples/extend/02_custom_diagnostic.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 """
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
-#   "earth2studio[dlwp] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[dlwp] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "cartopy",
 # ]
 # ///

diff --git a/examples/extend/03_custom_datasource.py b/examples/extend/03_custom_datasource.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 """
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
-#   "earth2studio[fcn] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git",
+#   "earth2studio[fcn] @ git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio.git@0.13.0",
 #   "cartopy",
 #   "scipy",
 # ]

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -250,10 +250,10 @@ da-stormcast = [
 ]
 # All, must not have conflicts
 all = [
-    "earth2studio[data,perturbation,statistics,utils]",
+    "earth2studio[data,perturbation,statistics,utils,serve]",
     "earth2studio[aifs,aifsens,atlas,aurora,dlesym,dlwp,fcn,fcn3,fengwu,interp-modafno,pangu,stormcast,sfno,stormscope,graphcast]",
     "earth2studio[cbottle,climatenet,corrdiff,precip-afno,cyclone,precip-afno-v2,solarradiation-afno,windgust-afno]",
-    "earth2studio[da-interp,da-stormcast]",
+    "earth2studio[da-interp,da-stormcast,da-healda]",
 ]
 
 # ==== UV configuration ====
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ dev = [
     "black==24.1.0",
     "coverage>=6.5.0",
     "interrogate>=1.5.0",
-    "hatch>=1.14.0",
+    "hatch>=1.16.5",
     "mypy",
     "pre-commit",
     "pytest>=6.0.0",

diff --git a/recipes/template/README.md b/recipes/template/README.md
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ Run the template
 uv run python main.py
 
 >> Hello
->> 0.12.1
+>> 0.13.0
 
 uv run python main.py print.hello False
 
->> 0.12.1
+>> 0.13.0
 ```
 
 ## Documentation

diff --git a/recipes/template/pyproject.toml b/recipes/template/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Issues = "https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio/issues"
 Changelog = "https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md"
 
 [tool.uv.sources]
-earth2studio = { git = "https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio", rev = "0.12.1" }
+earth2studio = { git = "https://github.com/NVIDIA/earth2studio", rev = "0.13.0" }
 omegaconf = { git = "https://github.com/omry/omegaconf.git" }
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]

diff --git a/test/data/test_arco.py b/test/data/test_arco.py
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ def test_arco_cache(time, variable, cache):
     [
         datetime.datetime(year=1939, month=2, day=25),
         datetime.datetime(year=1, month=1, day=1, hour=13, minute=1),
-        datetime.datetime(year=2024, month=1, day=1),
         datetime.datetime.now(),
     ],
 )

diff --git a/test/serve/client/test_client.py → test/serve/client/test_serve_client.py b/test/serve/client/test_client.py → test/serve/client/test_serve_client.py
diff --git a/test/serve/client/test_e2client.py → test/serve/client/test_serve_e2client.py b/test/serve/client/test_e2client.py → test/serve/client/test_serve_e2client.py
diff --git a/test/serve/client/test_fsspec_utils.py → test/serve/client/test_serve_fsspec_utils.py b/test/serve/client/test_fsspec_utils.py → test/serve/client/test_serve_fsspec_utils.py
diff --git a/test/serve/server/test_cleanup_daemon.py → test/serve/server/test_server_cleanup.py b/test/serve/server/test_cleanup_daemon.py → test/serve/server/test_server_cleanup.py
diff --git a/test/serve/server/test_config.py → test/serve/server/test_server_config.py b/test/serve/server/test_config.py → test/serve/server/test_server_config.py
diff --git a/test/serve/server/test_cpu_worker.py → test/serve/server/test_server_cpu_worker.py b/test/serve/server/test_cpu_worker.py → test/serve/server/test_server_cpu_worker.py
diff --git a/test/serve/server/test_object_storage.py → ...erve/server/test_server_object_storage.py b/test/serve/server/test_object_storage.py → ...erve/server/test_server_object_storage.py
diff --git a/test/serve/server/test_utils.py → test/serve/server/test_server_utils.py b/test/serve/server/test_utils.py → test/serve/server/test_server_utils.py
diff --git a/test/serve/server/test_worker.py → test/serve/server/test_server_worker.py b/test/serve/server/test_worker.py → test/serve/server/test_server_worker.py
diff --git a/test/serve/server/test_workflow.py → test/serve/server/test_server_workflow.py b/test/serve/server/test_workflow.py → test/serve/server/test_server_workflow.py