This is the Katib v0.17.0 release.

Breaking Changes

• [SDK] Drop Python 3.7 and Support Python 3.11 (#2337 by @tenzen-y)
• [SDK] Upgrade the protobuf version to >=4.21.12,<5 (#2358 by @tenzen-y)
• Drop Kubernetes v1.26, and support Kubernetes v1.29 (#2308 by @tenzen-y)
• Drop Kubernetes v1.25, and Support Kubernetes v1.28 (#2303 by @tenzen-y)
• Remove MXNet examples (#2267 by @tenzen-y)

New Features

Core Features

• Replace gRPC code generation tool from Znly/protoc to Buf (#2344 by @forsaken628)
• Support ARM64 arch for release images (#2315 by @andreyvelich)
• DB: Add environment variable option to skip DB table creation (#2245 by @lkaybob)
• Add environment variable option to set postgres ssl mode (#2266 by @ckcd)
• Upgrade TensorFlow version to v2.16.1 (#2282 by @tenzen-y)
• Upgrade PyTorch version to v2.2.1 (#2279 by @tenzen-y)

SDK Features

• [SDK] Generate Name functionality for creating experiments. (#2272 by @bharathk005)
• [SDK] Add env & env_from in client tune (#2235 by @shipengcheng1230)
• [SDK] Add 'algorithm_settings' in client tune (#2227 by @shipengcheng1230)
• [SDK] Raise more human-readable name conflict exception (#2199 by @droctothorpe)

Bug Fixes

• Remove code generation from release script (#2364 by @andreyvelich)
• [SDK] Fix empty list for env variables and numpy version (#2360 by @andreyvelich)
• Use cache-dependency-path in actions/setup-go for CI workflow (#2355 by @forsaken628)
• Fix TestReconcileBatchJob (#2350 by @forsaken628)
• Fix Scikit-Learn Version for Skopt Tests (#2336 by @andreyvelich)
• [SDK] Fix env per Trial parameter in tune API (#2304 by @andreyvelich)
• Fix: clean up UTs for file metrics collector (#2285 by @Electronic-Waste)
• Fix tensor devices for DARTS Trial (#2273 by @sifa1024)
• Typo fix stale.yaml (#2257 by @tarilabs)
• Fix Optuna Validation for CMA-ES (#2240 by @andreyvelich)

Misc

• Replace already closed github.com/golang/mock with go.uber.org/mock (#2357 by @forsaken628)
• Update outdated actions (#2324 by @Mersho)
• Upgrade Go version to v1.22 (#2309 by @tenzen-y)
• CI: Enable parallel mode for the coveralls (#2297 by @tenzen-y)
• Upgrade Python version to 3.11 (#2278 by @tenzen-y)
• chore: add unit testcases for files in Text format. (#2274 by @Electronic-Waste)
• Upgrade google/go-containerregistry/pkg/authn/k8schain (#2252 by @tenzen-y)
• Add Technical and style guide to the contribution guide (#2250 by @tenzen-y)
• Install typing-extensions v4.6.3 for Optuna (#2251 by @tenzen-y)
• Remove legacy BO code (#2246 by @andreyvelich)
• Add Changelog for Katib v0.16.0 (#2239 by @andreyvelich)
• Add Katib ROADMAP 2022/2023 (#2153 by @andreyvelich)
• Update Ubuntu to 22.04 for E2E Tests (#2222 by @andreyvelich)
• Run Stale Action Every 5th Hour (#2221 by @andreyvelich)
• Add Stale GitHub Action (#2220 by @andreyvelich)
• Add Changelog for Katib v0.16.0-rc.1 (#2218 by @andreyvelich)
• Add Changelog for Katib v0.16.0-rc.0 (#2204 by @andreyvelich)
• Use the controller-runtime logger in the cert-generator (#2219 by @tenzen-y)

New Contributors

• @forsaken628 made their first contribution in [#2344]
• @lkaybob made their first contribution in [#2245]
• @ckcd made their first contribution in [#2266]
• @bharathk005 made their first contribution in [#2272]
• @shipengcheng1230 made their first contribution in [#2227]
• @Electronic-Waste made their first contribution in [#2274]
• @sifa1024 made their first contribution in [#2273]
• @tarilabs made their first contribution in [#2257]
• @Mersho made their first contribution in [#2324]