diff --git a/.ci/docker/requirements.txt b/.ci/docker/requirements.txt
index e6802cb045..dc01ea0c76 100644
--- a/.ci/docker/requirements.txt
+++ b/.ci/docker/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Refer to ./jenkins/build.sh for tutorial build instructions
 
 sphinx==5.0.0
-sphinx-gallery==0.11.1
+sphinx-gallery==0.19.0
 sphinx_design
 docutils==0.16
 sphinx-copybutton
diff --git a/.jenkins/validate_tutorials_built.py b/.jenkins/validate_tutorials_built.py
index f5cd187dbc..5c9e60e90b 100644
--- a/.jenkins/validate_tutorials_built.py
+++ b/.jenkins/validate_tutorials_built.py
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
     "intermediate_source/tensorboard_profiler_tutorial", # reenable after 2.0 release.
     "advanced_source/semi_structured_sparse", # reenable after 3303 is fixed.
     "intermediate_source/torchrec_intro_tutorial", # reenable after 3302 is fixe
-    "intermediate_source/memory_format_tutorial", # causes other tutorials like torch_logs fail. "state" issue, reseting dynamo didn't help
 ]
 
 def tutorial_source_dirs() -> List[Path]:
diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index 05cfa11ca1..cd0c582e71 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -48,6 +48,35 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 pio.renderers.default = 'sphinx_gallery'
 
+import sphinx_gallery.gen_rst
+import multiprocessing
+
+# Save the original function
+def isolated_call(func, args, kwargs, result_queue):
+    try:
+        result = func(*args, **kwargs)
+        result_queue.put((True, result))
+    except Exception as e:
+        result_queue.put((False, str(e)))
+
+def make_isolated_version(func):
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        result_queue = multiprocessing.Queue()
+        p = multiprocessing.Process(
+            target=isolated_call,
+            args=(func, args, kwargs, result_queue)
+        )
+        p.start()
+        p.join()
+        success, result = result_queue.get()
+        if success:
+            return result
+        else:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Error in isolated process: {result}")
+    return wrapper
+
+# Monkey-patch
+sphinx_gallery.gen_rst.generate_file_rst = make_isolated_version(sphinx_gallery.gen_rst.generate_file_rst)
 
 try:
     import torchvision
@@ -98,18 +127,7 @@
 # -- Sphinx-gallery configuration --------------------------------------------
 
 def reset_seeds(gallery_conf, fname):
-    torch.cuda.empty_cache()
-    torch.backends.cudnn.deterministic = True
-    torch.backends.cudnn.benchmark = False
-    torch._dynamo.reset()
-    torch._inductor.config.force_disable_caches = True
-    torch.manual_seed(42)
-    torch.set_default_device(None)
-    random.seed(10)
-    numpy.random.seed(10)
-    torch.set_grad_enabled(True)
-
-    gc.collect()
+    pass
 
 sphinx_gallery_conf = {
     'examples_dirs': ['beginner_source', 'intermediate_source',
diff --git a/custom_directives.py b/custom_directives.py
index 388aa262e6..3b22ec2d8c 100644
--- a/custom_directives.py
+++ b/custom_directives.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def run(self):
             if 'intro' in self.options:
                 intro = self.options['intro'][:195] + '...'
             else:
-                _, blocks = sphinx_gallery.gen_rst.split_code_and_text_blocks(abs_fname)
+                _, blocks = sphinx_gallery.py_source_parser.split_code_and_text_blocks(abs_fname)
                 intro, _ = sphinx_gallery.gen_rst.extract_intro_and_title(abs_fname, blocks[0][1])
 
             thumbnail_rst = ''