diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 0203f7e1345c..d12b55493cbd 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ reports/
 # Node.js #
 ###########
 /node_modules/
-!/**/node_modules/*
+
 
 # Git #
 #######
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_affected_benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/run_affected_benchmarks.yml
index 9a6a9a0b83f6..69737d1c56c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_affected_benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_affected_benchmarks.yml
@@ -131,7 +131,15 @@ jobs:
               files=$(git diff --diff-filter=AM --name-only ${{ github.event.before }} ${{ github.event.after }})
             fi
           fi
-          directories=$(for file in $files; do dirname $file; done | uniq | tr '\n' ' ' | sed 's/ $//')
+          directories=$(
+            for file in $files; do
+              d="$(dirname "$file")"
+              echo "$d" | sed -n 's#^\(lib/.*\)/benchmark/.*#\1/benchmark#p'
+            done \
+            | sort -u \
+            | tr '\n' ' ' \
+            | sed 's/ $//'
+          )
           echo "directories=${directories}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       # Get list of changed directories from workflow dispatch event:
@@ -150,5 +158,13 @@ jobs:
           else
             directories="${{ steps.changed-directories.outputs.directories }}"
           fi
+          if [ -z "$directories" ]; then
+            echo "No changed benchmark directories detected; skipping."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          if [ -z "$directories" ]; then
+            echo "No changed benchmark directories detected; skipping."
+            exit 0
+          fi
           . "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/workflows/scripts/run_affected_benchmarks/run" "$directories"
-        timeout-minutes: 60
+        timeout-minutes: 120
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/assert/is-readable-property-in/benchmark/benchmark.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/assert/is-readable-property-in/benchmark/benchmark.js
index b1150f2e9a34..c337b6b08758 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/assert/is-readable-property-in/benchmark/benchmark.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/assert/is-readable-property-in/benchmark/benchmark.js
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
+'use strict';
+
 // MODULES //
 
 var bench = require( '@stdlib/bench' );
@@ -33,7 +35,8 @@ bench( pkg, function benchmark( b ) {
 	var arr;
 	var i;
 
-	arr = new Array( 100 ); // eslint-disable-line stdlib/no-new-array
+	arr = [];
+	arr.length = 100;
 
 	b.tic();
 	for ( i = 0; i < b.iterations; i++ ) {
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/blas/ext/base/lib/index.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/blas/ext/base/lib/index.js
index bf71bfd81be6..72b9e149e538 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/blas/ext/base/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/blas/ext/base/lib/index.js
@@ -1053,15 +1053,6 @@ setReadOnly( ns, 'gsumpw', require( '@stdlib/blas/ext/base/gsumpw' ) );
 */
 setReadOnly( ns, 'gvander', require( '@stdlib/blas/ext/base/gvander' ) );
 
-/**
-* @name gwhere
-* @memberof ns
-* @readonly
-* @type {Function}
-* @see {@link module:@stdlib/blas/ext/base/gwhere}
-*/
-setReadOnly( ns, 'gwhere', require( '@stdlib/blas/ext/base/gwhere' ) );
-
 /**
 * @name gzeroTo
 * @memberof ns