0.82.1

The 0.82.1 release focuses on incremental improvements to run template management, Kubernetes orchestration, Docker build performance, and overall robustness, while shipping a wide range of documentation updates and quality-of-life enhancements. Key highlights include configurable Kubernetes job clean-up behavior, cascading tags for cached step runs, pyproject.toml support for DockerSettings, improved login stability, and faster Docker build caching through parent image digests.

Features

• Added pyproject.toml support for configuring DockerSettings, making container builds easier to manage.
• Added a unique instance label to the Helm chart to simplify the operation of multiple ZenML deployments in the same cluster.
• Introduced a new stress-test example that showcases ZenML scalability and can be used to benchmark installations.

Improvements

• Added cascading tags for cached step runs to improve cache reuse and pipeline run performance.
• Added configurable Kubernetes job clean-up options for the Kubernetes orchestrator.
• Added a limit to the maximum number of concurrent template runs and improved the overall run template UX.
• Prevented unnecessary hydration in project-scoped API responses, reducing payload size and improving performance.
• Optimized Docker build caching by using parent image digests and extending development Dockerfiles.
• Pinned setuptools to a stable version and removed redundant script dependencies to avoid build failures.

Fixes

• Fixed DockerHub repository digest detection when building images.
• Fixed miscellaneous login issues and introduced an API login lock for added robustness.
• Fixed dashboard bolt icon rendering.
• Updated Alembic to address compatibility issues.

Documentation

• Added a "5-minute quick wins" guide and a new dedicated docs section regarding orchestrator selection.
• Added documentation for dashboard features and an accurate list of workload manager options.
• Added 0.81.0 to legacy docs and fixed artifact visualization guidance.
• Numerous minor documentation fixes and cleanup.

What's Changed

• Adding 0.81.0 to the legacy docs by @bcdurak in #3630
• Extending the Dockerfiles by @bcdurak in #3632
• Use parent image digest for cache invalidation by @schustmi in #3617
• Pro API login lock and other robustness improvements by @stefannica in #3625
• Fixing images for the Hello World and various other fixes by @bcdurak in #3637
• Pin setuptools and remove it from scripts by @stefannica in #3636
• Update link validation to skip GitHub links and improve progress tracking by @htahir1 in #3641
• Added docs section by @AlexejPenner in #3640
• Various improvements to the release flow by @bcdurak in #3638
• Fix Dockerhub repo digest detection by @schustmi in #3621
• Add unique instance label to helm chart by @stefannica in #3639
• Slight doc fix. Fixes #3645 by @htahir1 in #3646
• Add 5-min quick wins page to docs by @strickvl in #3633
• Limit max concurrent template runs by @schustmi in #3627
• Fix bolt icon by @strickvl in #3648
• Update docs with accurate list of workload manager options by @stefannica in #3643
• Workflow to deploy workspaces for PRs by @bcdurak in #3618
• Format link checker by @schustmi in #3656
• Improve run template UX by @schustmi in #3602
• Prevent unnecessary hydration in project-scoped responses by @schustmi in #3657
• Update alembic version to "^1.8.1" in pyproject.toml by @htahir1 in #3529
• Fixing artifact visualization docs by @bcdurak in #3661
• Add stress test example by @stefannica in #3663
• Misc login fixes by @schustmi in #3654
• Report run template trigger usage by @schustmi in #3659
• Specify end date for template runs that failed during spinup by @schustmi in #3664
• Make Kubernetes job cleanup options configurable by @schustmi in #3644
• Dashboard features documentation by @strickvl in #3662
• Pyproject.toml support for DockerSettings by @schustmi in #3292
• Utilizing cascading tags for cached step runs by @bcdurak in #3655

Full Changelog: 0.82.0...0.82.1