diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-osx.yml b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-osx.yml
index 53557e11..d3dbc844 100755
--- a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-osx.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-osx.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 jobs:
 - job: osx
   pool:
-    vmImage: macOS-12
+    vmImage: macOS-13
   strategy:
     matrix:
       osx_64_build_typedebugchannel_targetsconda-forge_python_debugfreethreadingno:
diff --git a/.scripts/build_steps.sh b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
index f387b25b..3adc4399 100755
--- a/.scripts/build_steps.sh
+++ b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ else
         --extra-meta flow_run_id="${flow_run_id:-}" remote_url="${remote_url:-}" sha="${sha:-}"
     ( startgroup "Inspecting artifacts" ) 2> /dev/null
 
-    # inspect_artifacts was only added in conda-forge-ci-setup 4.6.0
-    command -v inspect_artifacts >/dev/null 2>&1 && inspect_artifacts || echo "inspect_artifacts needs conda-forge-ci-setup >=4.6.0"
+    # inspect_artifacts was only added in conda-forge-ci-setup 4.9.4
+    command -v inspect_artifacts >/dev/null 2>&1 && inspect_artifacts --recipe-dir "${RECIPE_ROOT}" -m "${CONFIG_FILE}" || echo "inspect_artifacts needs conda-forge-ci-setup >=4.9.4"
 
     ( endgroup "Inspecting artifacts" ) 2> /dev/null
     ( startgroup "Validating outputs" ) 2> /dev/null
diff --git a/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh b/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh
index 420f051c..dfef5ae1 100755
--- a/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh
+++ b/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ else
 
     ( startgroup "Inspecting artifacts" ) 2> /dev/null
 
-    # inspect_artifacts was only added in conda-forge-ci-setup 4.6.0
-    command -v inspect_artifacts >/dev/null 2>&1 && inspect_artifacts || echo "inspect_artifacts needs conda-forge-ci-setup >=4.6.0"
+    # inspect_artifacts was only added in conda-forge-ci-setup 4.9.4
+    command -v inspect_artifacts >/dev/null 2>&1 && inspect_artifacts --recipe-dir ./recipe -m ./.ci_support/${CONFIG}.yaml || echo "inspect_artifacts needs conda-forge-ci-setup >=4.9.4"
 
     ( endgroup "Inspecting artifacts" ) 2> /dev/null
     ( startgroup "Validating outputs" ) 2> /dev/null
diff --git a/.scripts/run_win_build.bat b/.scripts/run_win_build.bat
index a45c34fd..c43b3db6 100755
--- a/.scripts/run_win_build.bat
+++ b/.scripts/run_win_build.bat
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ conda-build.exe "recipe" -m .ci_support\%CONFIG%.yaml --suppress-variables %EXTR
 if !errorlevel! neq 0 exit /b !errorlevel!
 
 call :start_group "Inspecting artifacts"
-:: inspect_artifacts was only added in conda-forge-ci-setup 4.6.0
-WHERE inspect_artifacts >nul 2>nul && inspect_artifacts || echo "inspect_artifacts needs conda-forge-ci-setup >=4.6.0"
+:: inspect_artifacts was only added in conda-forge-ci-setup 4.9.4
+WHERE inspect_artifacts >nul 2>nul && inspect_artifacts --recipe-dir ".\recipe" -m .ci_support\%CONFIG%.yaml || echo "inspect_artifacts needs conda-forge-ci-setup >=4.9.4"
 call :end_group
 
 :: Prepare some environment variables for the upload step
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a94245b0..687c82cb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -235,14 +235,14 @@ Current release info
 Installing python
 =================
 
-Installing `python` from the `conda-forge/label/python_debug` channel can be achieved by adding `conda-forge/label/python_debug` to your channels with:
+Installing `python` from the `conda-forge` channel can be achieved by adding `conda-forge` to your channels with:
 
 ```
-conda config --add channels conda-forge/label/python_debug
+conda config --add channels conda-forge
 conda config --set channel_priority strict
 ```
 
-Once the `conda-forge/label/python_debug` channel has been enabled, `cpython, libpython-static, python, python-freethreading, python-gil, python-jit` can be installed with `conda`:
+Once the `conda-forge` channel has been enabled, `cpython, libpython-static, python, python-freethreading, python-gil, python-jit` can be installed with `conda`:
 
 ```
 conda install cpython libpython-static python python-freethreading python-gil python-jit
@@ -257,26 +257,26 @@ mamba install cpython libpython-static python python-freethreading python-gil py
 It is possible to list all of the versions of `cpython` available on your platform with `conda`:
 
 ```
-conda search cpython --channel conda-forge/label/python_debug
+conda search cpython --channel conda-forge
 ```
 
 or with `mamba`:
 
 ```
-mamba search cpython --channel conda-forge/label/python_debug
+mamba search cpython --channel conda-forge
 ```
 
 Alternatively, `mamba repoquery` may provide more information:
 
 ```
 # Search all versions available on your platform:
-mamba repoquery search cpython --channel conda-forge/label/python_debug
+mamba repoquery search cpython --channel conda-forge
 
 # List packages depending on `cpython`:
-mamba repoquery whoneeds cpython --channel conda-forge/label/python_debug
+mamba repoquery whoneeds cpython --channel conda-forge
 
 # List dependencies of `cpython`:
-mamba repoquery depends cpython --channel conda-forge/label/python_debug
+mamba repoquery depends cpython --channel conda-forge
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index e5306da9..32da3d0c 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,32 @@
 # update the conda-forge.yml and/or the recipe/meta.yaml.
 # -*- mode: yaml -*-
 
-jobs:
-  - template: ./.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml
-  - template: ./.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-osx.yml
-  - template: ./.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-win.yml
\ No newline at end of file
+stages:
+- stage: Check
+  jobs:
+    - job: Skip
+      pool:
+        vmImage: 'ubuntu-22.04'
+      variables:
+        DECODE_PERCENTS: 'false'
+        RET: 'true'
+      steps:
+      - checkout: self
+        fetchDepth: '2'
+      - bash: |
+          git_log=`git log --max-count=1 --skip=1 --pretty=format:"%B" | tr "\n" " "`
+          echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=log]$git_log"
+        displayName: Obtain commit message
+      - bash: echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=RET]false"
+        condition: or(contains(variables.log, '[skip azp]'), contains(variables.log, '[azp skip]'), contains(variables.log, '[skip ci]'), contains(variables.log, '[ci skip]'))
+        displayName: Skip build?
+      - bash: echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=start_main;isOutput=true]$RET"
+        name: result
+        displayName: Export result
+- stage: Build
+  condition: and(succeeded(), eq(dependencies.Check.outputs['Skip.result.start_main'], 'true'))
+  dependsOn: Check
+  jobs:
+    - template: ./.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml
+    - template: ./.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-osx.yml
+    - template: ./.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-win.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recipe/build_base.sh b/recipe/build_base.sh
index ee75ba60..54e9449b 100644
--- a/recipe/build_base.sh
+++ b/recipe/build_base.sh
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ if [[ "${CONDA_BUILD_CROSS_COMPILATION}" == "1" ]]; then
   echo "ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no"         >> config.site
   echo "ac_cv_pthread=yes"              >> config.site
   echo "ac_cv_little_endian_double=yes" >> config.site
+  echo "ac_cv_aligned_required=no"      >> config.site
   if [[ "${target_platform}" == "osx-arm64" || "${target_platform}" == "linux-ppc64le" || "${target_platform}" == "linux-aarch64" ]]; then
-      echo "ac_cv_aligned_required=no" >> config.site
       echo "ac_cv_pthread_is_default=yes" >> config.site
       echo "ac_cv_working_tzset=yes" >> config.site
       echo "ac_cv_pthread_system_supported=yes" >> config.site
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index ce2eabd3..46539ff6 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {% set ver2 = '.'.join(version.split('.')[0:2]) %}
 {% set ver2nd = ''.join(version.split('.')[0:2]) %}
 {% set ver3nd = ''.join(version.split('.')[0:3]) %}
-{% set build_number = 0 %}
+{% set build_number = 1 %}
 
 # this makes the linter happy
 {% set channel_targets = channel_targets or 'conda-forge main' %}
diff --git a/recipe/run_test.py b/recipe/run_test.py
index 7c2e6042..5d7fec9c 100644
--- a/recipe/run_test.py
+++ b/recipe/run_test.py
@@ -103,3 +103,6 @@
 print('OPENSSL_VERSION:', ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION)
 CONDA_OPENSSL_VERSION = os.getenv('openssl')
 assert CONDA_OPENSSL_VERSION in ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION
+
+# See https://github.com/conda-forge/python-feedstock/issues/718 for context:
+assert sys.hash_info.algorithm.startswith("siphash")