2.4.0rc7: Improvements and bug fixes

What's Changed

• Fix the missing separators in nvflare cli by @IsaacYangSLA in #2246
• Reduce CellPipe heartbeat error log by @yanchengnv in #2245
• Enhance the cloud script on the SSH inbound rule by @IsaacYangSLA in #2249
• Fix p2p encrypt/decrypt by @yanchengnv in #2251
• Fix integration tests by @SYangster in #2254
• Fix POC HE mode, add HE step-by-step example by @SYangster in #2255
• Enhanced the client job status by @yhwen in #2247
• add Clara FL white paper [skip ci] by @chesterxgchen in #2257
• added back the API auto login after server restart by @yhwen in #2256
• Fix CCWF with Client API, ParamsConverter supported_tasks by @SYangster in #2260
• Changed the TASK_UNKNOWN to log debug by @yhwen in #2262
• Fix simulator rc by @yhwen in #2263
• add notes for ``tree``` commands by @chesterxgchen in #2264
• Add global round info for logging metrics global step by @nvkevlu in #2258
• Address few misc. bugs by @chesterxgchen in #2252
• Fix launch_once=false connection error by @SYangster in #2269
• Fixed a case the admin has no auth_tokens for keycloak integration by @yhwen in #2268
• added handle for the empty return code file by @yhwen in #2261

Full Changelog: 2.4.0rc6...2.4.0rc7

2.3.10 Improvements and fixes

What's Changed

• Fix werkzeug in 2.3 branch by @IsaacYangSLA in #2202
• support av ipc agent wo grpc by @yanchengnv in #2219
• Support app-defined components by @yanchengnv in #2244
• [2.3 Branch] Add setup scripts for flare light version by @chesterxgchen in #2225

Full Changelog: 2.3.9...2.3.10

2.4.0rc6: improvements, more examples, documentations and bug fixes

What's Changed

• Fix RestoreState callback by @YuanTingHsieh in #2115
• Update gnn example by @ZiyueXu77 in #2114
• Update swarm learning example by @SYangster in #2064
• Merge duplicate sag_pt_deploy_map/sag_pt_ddp job templates [skip ci] by @YuanTingHsieh in #2116
• Update the document on large model experiments. by @IsaacYangSLA in #2118
• Fixes readthedocs config and link in docs [skip ci] by @nvkevlu in #2119
• NeMo peft example by @holgerroth in #2094
• Changed default GPRC driver to sync version by @nvidianz in #2117
• Make client api pipe configurable by @YuanTingHsieh in #2103
• Enhance TF Client API examples by @YuanTingHsieh in #2056
• Fix docs build by @SYangster in #2123
• Print logs and write to logfile at the same time by @YuanTingHsieh in #2120
• Job CLI Upgrade to support path notation by @chesterxgchen in #2128
• Update configurations of LauncherExecutor by @YuanTingHsieh in #2126
• Remove receive_global_model by @YuanTingHsieh in #2129
• CLI Job upgrade, convert string to number if possible by @chesterxgchen in #2130
• Update gnn template generation part by @ZiyueXu77 in #2131
• Fix gnn job templates link [skip ci] by @YuanTingHsieh in #2135
• Updates for Client API examples, add cse and swarm by @SYangster in #2134
• Update NeMo PEFT example inference by @holgerroth in #2124
• Fix doc format and docstring format [skip ci] by @YuanTingHsieh in #2139
• Add discussion Q&A template [skip ci] by @YuanTingHsieh in #2136
• enhance the rc handling for MPM. by @yhwen in #1985
• Update client api doc and docstrings by @YuanTingHsieh in #2137
• Add NumPy + Client API example by @YuanTingHsieh in #2031
• Remove mlflow.utils.time_utils dependency. by @chesterxgchen in #2146
• Job Cli Upgrade: support custom configurations by @chesterxgchen in #2143
• Job CLI Upgrade: including configuration key removal by @chesterxgchen in #2147
• Add Step by step fed stats tabular example by @chesterxgchen in #2151
• Update q-a.yml question rendering by @YuanTingHsieh in #2154
• Support sys vars for job config and support parameterized template in job config by @yanchengnv in #2145
• Fix simulator by @YuanTingHsieh in #2156
• Add release notes by @SYangster in #2144
• Added serialized size in the message header by @nvidianz in #2150
• Add TaskExchanger and FlareAgent by @YuanTingHsieh in #2161
• Support graceful end_run processing by @yanchengnv in #2158
• Add Sklearn-linear step-to-step example by @chesterxgchen in #2163
• Fix getting_started doc by @SYangster in #2169
• Add variable doc build version for github links by @SYangster in #2162
• Add experimental decorator and test by @holgerroth in #2171
• Remove gen2 restriction from ad-hoc policy by @yanchengnv in #2170
• Fix Swarm learning README [skip ci] by @YuanTingHsieh in #2172
• Fix job cli issues by @YuanTingHsieh in #2141
• support getTask and submitResult timeout in job config by @yanchengnv in #2173
• Fixed the SystemVarName.SECURE_MODE error in simulator by @yhwen in #2174
• Experimental decorator for functions and classes by @holgerroth in #2185
• Add example for HuggingFace SFT/PEFT by @ZiyueXu77 in #2092
• Add step-by-step tutorial for tabular data on svm, kmeans, and xgboost by @ZiyueXu77 in #2168
• Refactor LauncherExecutor and client api by @YuanTingHsieh in #2164
• Update job templates and README by @YuanTingHsieh in #2187
• Setup poc github rendering fix by @chesterxgchen in #2188
• Add migration guide, add/update various sections by @SYangster in #2160
• Fix meta file processing in storage and improve schedule job retrieval by @yanchengnv in #2186
• update pub list for 2023 by @holgerroth in #2178
• Fixed the missing simulator END_RUN event by @yhwen in #2182
• Enable run cross-validation without training workflow and examples by @yhwen in #2035
• Add overview, comm config, 3rd party integration docs [skip ci] by @SYangster in #2194
• Add metrics exchange mechanism by @YuanTingHsieh in #2189
• change Fed Stats output format by @chesterxgchen in #2199
• Simple FedAvg workflow by @holgerroth in #2157
• Latest Werkzeug is not compatible with Flask by @IsaacYangSLA in #2201
• Update links, example section, various cleanup [skip ci] by @SYangster in #2207
• Added PT Tensor decomposer registration on server side by @nvidianz in #2192
• KeyCloak authentication integration example by @yhwen in #2205
• Disable link check for example links by @YuanTingHsieh in #2216
• POC bug fix by @chesterxgchen in #2212
• Lightning api: add strict option for load_state_dict by @holgerroth in #2211
• Check if fl model to be sent is empty by @YuanTingHsieh in #2217
• save_config() function: fix to_hocon() issue by @chesterxgchen in #2220
• Update xgboost example requirements [skip ci] by @SYangster in #2221
• Fixed a few issues with streaming error logging by @nvidianz in #2213
• fixed the custom_authentication example readme by @yhwen in #2218
• Add sag mlflow step by step example by @YuanTingHsieh in #2208
• MONAI integration and metrics refactoring by @SYangster in #2223
• Don't run init() twice by @holgerroth in #2224
• Fix LauncherExecutor racing issue by @YuanTingHsieh in #2209
• misc doc enhancements, update monai metrics example readme by @SYangster in #2226
• Fix stats global key bug by @SYangster in #2229
• examples reformatting by @SYangster in #2228
• Fix hello examples README file and prepare data section by @YuanTingHsieh in #2231
• Fix config read in lightning api by @YuanTingHsieh in #2232
• POC Tutorial add HE support documentation in the notebook by @chesterxgchen in #2230
• Add fl_ctx in convert method of ParamsConverter by @YuanTingHsieh in #2233
• Display messages to users when cloud scripts unable to find public ip… by @IsaacYangSLA in #2234
• Fix excepthook error by @yanchengnv in #2236
• Fix typo in model locator by @holgerroth in #2239
• Update monai nvflare setup.py file by @IsaacYangSLA in #2237
• az vm run-command invoke does not take multi-line scripts by @IsaacYangSLA in #2214
• Fixed a race condition issue during the server start by @yhwen in #2235
• handle launcher failure condition in launch monitor by @chesterxgchen in #2240
• Add he support to pt params converter by @SYangster in #2238

Full Changelog: 2.4.0rc5...2.4.0rc6

2.2.6: Update and minor fixes

What's Changed

• Patch docs requirements to fix issue with jquery not working by @nvkevlu in #1511
• Fix docs links for 2.2 by @nvkevlu in #1735
• Update Flask for Werkzeug by @SYangster in #2198
• Fix meta file processing in storage and improve schedule job retrieval by @yanchengnv in #2196
• Fix the version of Werkzeug to 2.2.2 by @IsaacYangSLA in #2203

Full Changelog: 2.2.5...2.2.6

2.3.9: Minor improvements and bug fixes

What's Changed

• Fix meta file processing in storage and improve schedule job retrieval by @yanchengnv in #2193

Full Changelog: 2.3.8...2.3.9

2.4.0rc5: Various improvements and feature enhancements

What's Changed

• Adds support of multiple tasks to launcher executor by @YuanTingHsieh in #2055
• Workaround for QA script by @IsaacYangSLA in #2086
• Fix job cli boolean replacement issue by @YuanTingHsieh in #2060
• Update ClientAPI PT examples and fix Lightning API by @YuanTingHsieh in #2071
• Support cross site eval in FLModelUtil by @YuanTingHsieh in #2089
• Fix for QA workflow scripts by @SYangster in #2090
• docs: fix typos [skip ci] by @shuoer86 in #2087
• Improve grpc 24 by @yanchengnv in #2088
• POC bug fixes: support multi-org, multi-roles project.yml by @chesterxgchen in #2049
• Fix cell and core cell by @YuanTingHsieh in #2093
• Append new authorized user to blossom-ci whitelist [skip ci] by @yinqingh in #2096
• Fix typos in job templates by @YuanTingHsieh in #2101
• Buffer List Support by @nvidianz in #2091
• Fixes for QA scripts by @IsaacYangSLA in #2100
• Add docs sections and rearrangements [skip ci] by @nvkevlu in #2047
• Fix job cli create issue by @YuanTingHsieh in #2095
• Last notebook example fix by @IsaacYangSLA in #2106
• Support both int and float by @YuanTingHsieh in #2102
• Add server and client controlled cyclic step-by-steps by @SYangster in #2078
• Move RestoreOptimizers callback to lightning API by @holgerroth in #2107
• Major updates to GNN example by @ZiyueXu77 in #2109
• Fix site authorization by @SYangster in #2110
• Add None to is_primitive to support null in conf/json files by @YuanTingHsieh in #2111

New Contributors

• @shuoer86 made their first contribution in #2087
• @yinqingh made their first contribution in #2096

Full Changelog: 2.4.0rc4...2.4.0rc5

2.3.8: Asynchronous IO improvements

What's Changed

• fix aio exception handling by @yanchengnv in #2084

Full Changelog: 2.3.7...2.3.8

2.4.0rc4: Feature improvement

What's Changed

• Fix cloud scripts heredoc spacing by @SYangster in #2059
• Step-by-step SAG with ModelLearner and Executor by @SYangster in #2051
• Restore non-aio GRPC and a few improvements by @yanchengnv in #2058
• Add how-to guide for large models by @IsaacYangSLA in #2062
• Enhance PT Client API examples by @YuanTingHsieh in #2057
• Removed 4G Limit on non-bytes data by @nvidianz in #2067
• Add support for listen_host by @IsaacYangSLA in #2073
• Add financial example with xgboost by @ZiyueXu77 in #2054
• Update XGBoost examples by @SYangster in #2066
• Client api use exchange task by @YuanTingHsieh in #2070

Full Changelog: 2.4.0rc3...2.4.0rc4

2.3.7: Minor improvement

What's Changed

• Add scheme to provision by @IsaacYangSLA in #2069
• Listen host by @IsaacYangSLA in #2072
• Support 3rd-party training system integration with FLARE by @yanchengnv in #2074
• Restore non-aio grpc driver by @yanchengnv in #2077

Full Changelog: 2.3.6...2.3.7

2.3.6: Minor fixes

What's Changed

• Add handle_dead_job to cyclic controller by @YuanTingHsieh in #2034
• Improve how to generate peer fl context by @IsaacYangSLA in #2046
• Fix AV FL Issues by @yanchengnv in #2053
• fix job config section by @yanchengnv in #2063

Full Changelog: 2.3.5...2.3.6