0.54.0

This release brings a range of new features, bug fixes and documentation
updates. The Model Control Plane has received a number of small bugfixes and
improvements, notably the ability to change model and model version names.

We've also added a whole new starter guide that walks you through
how to get started with ZenML, from creating your first pipeline to fetching
objects once your pipelines have run and much more. Be sure to check it out if
you're new to ZenML!

Speaking of documentation improvements, the Model Control Plane now has its own
dedicated documentation section introducing the concepts and features of the
Model Control Plane.

As always, this release comes with number of bug fixes, docs additions and
smaller improvements to our internal processes.

Breaking Change

This PR introduces breaking changes in the areas of the REST API concerning secrets and tags. As a consequence, the ZenML Client running the previous ZenML version is no longer compatible with a ZenML Server running the new version and vice-versa. To address this, simply ensure that all your ZenML clients use the same version as the server(s) they connect to.

🥳 Community Contributions 🥳

We'd like to give a special thanks to @christianversloot for two PRs he
contributed to this release. One of them fixes a bug that prevented ZenML from
running on Windows and the other one adds a new materializer for the Polars library.

Also many thanks to @sean-hickey-wf for his contribution of an improvement to
the Slack Alerter stack component
which allows you to define custom blocks for the Slack message.

What's Changed

• Completing the hydration story with the remaining models by @bcdurak in #2151
• Remove secrets manager flavors from DB by @stefannica in #2182
• Prepare 0.53.1 release by @stefannica in #2183
• Update package name for nightly build by @strickvl in #2172
• Remove space saver action + upgrade other actions by @strickvl in #2174
• mutable names in Model and MV by @avishniakov in #2185
• Fix image building for nightly container builds by @strickvl in #2189
• Test that artifacts not get linked to model version not from context by @avishniakov in #2188
• Warn if Model(Version) config fluctuates from DB state by @avishniakov in #2144
• Add blocks field to SlackAlerterParameters for custom slack blocks by @sean-hickey-wf in #2153
• Model control plane technical documentation by @strickvl in #2111
• Alembic branching issue fix by @avishniakov in #2197
• Bump github/codeql-action from 2 to 3 by @dependabot in #2201
• Bump google-github-actions/get-gke-credentials from 0 to 2 by @dependabot in #2202
• Bump google-github-actions/auth from 1 to 2 by @dependabot in #2203
• Bump aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login from 1 to 2 by @dependabot in #2200
• Bump crate-ci/typos from 1.16.25 to 1.16.26 by @dependabot in #2207
• Fix unreliable test behaviour when using hypothesis by @strickvl in #2208
• Added more pod spec properties for k8s orchestrator by @htahir1 in #2097
• Fix API docs environment setup by @strickvl in #2190
• Use placeholder runs to show pipeline runs in the dashboard without delay by @schustmi in #2048
• Update README and CONTRIBUTING.md docs with links to good first issues for contribution by @strickvl in #2220
• Bump supported mlstacks version to 0.8.0 by @strickvl in #2196
• Misc cleanup by @schustmi in #2126
• Refactor pipeline run updates by @schustmi in #2117
• Rename log_model_version_metadata to log_model_metadata by @htahir1 in #2215
• Update starter and create new production guide by @htahir1 in #2143
• Fix typo by @strickvl in #2223
• Consolidate Custom Filter Logic by @fa9r in #2116
• Force forward slashes when saving artifacts by @christianversloot in #2195
• Temporarily disable two MLflow tests for MacOS with Python 3.9 and 3.10 by @strickvl in #2186
• Disable template updates for forked repositories by @strickvl in #2222
• Remove Label Studio text annotation example by @strickvl in #2225
• Add scarf checker script and CI workflow by @strickvl in #2227
• Add mlstacks installation instructions to docs by @strickvl in #2228
• Adding the hydrate flag to the client methods by @bcdurak in #2120
• Fixing the remaining docs pages for run_metadata by @bcdurak in #2230
• Fix CI check to disallow template testing on forked repositories by @strickvl in #2231
• Fix fork check syntax by @strickvl in #2237
• Add missing annotations section to zenml service account by @wjayesh in #2234
• Allow filtering artifacts with/without custom names by @schustmi in #2226
• Adjust migration settings based on database engine by @strickvl in #2236
• Added one more chapter to starter guide by @htahir1 in #2238
• Add Polars materializer by @christianversloot in #2229

New Contributors

• @sean-hickey-wf made their first contribution in #2153
• @dependabot 🤖 made their first contribution in #2201

Full Changelog: 0.53.1...0.54.0