Prepare release 0.85.0 (#3947)

github-actions[bot] · Zen-ML · schustmi · web-flow · commit cb407b26da7d · 2025-09-12T09:42:59.000+02:00
* Adding the new version to the necessary files.

* Add release notes

* Add missing breaking change to release notes

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Co-authored-by: ZenML GmbH &lt;info@zenml.io&gt;
Co-authored-by: Michael Schuster &lt;michael.schuster.ffb@googlemail.com&gt;
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,62 @@
 <!-- markdown-link-check-disable -->
 
+# 0.85.0
+
+The `0.85.0` release delivers powerful **pipeline execution enhancements** and **caching improvements** that provide users with greater control over pipeline behavior.
+
+## ⚠️ Breaking Changes
+
+- **Local Orchestrator Behavior**: The local orchestrator will now continue executing steps after some steps fail (instead of stopping execution immediately)
+- **Docker Package Installer**: Default Python package installer in Docker settings switched from `pip` to `uv` 
+- **Log Endpoint Format**: Log endpoints return a different format - affects manual API access but not regular pipeline operations
+- **Fetching Runs with old Client**: Using a client of a previous release (`<0.85.0`) to fetch pipeline runs created by a client with version `>=0.85.0` can cause an error if the run is in
+the new `provisioning` status.
+
+## 📢 Upcoming Breaking Change
+
+**Important Notice for Future Release**: In the next release, the base `zenml` package will no longer include dependencies for running ZenML connected to a local database.. Users will only be able to connect to deployed ZenML servers with the base package.
+To continue using ZenML locally with a SQLite database, install with the `local` extra: `pip install 'zenml[local]'`. If you're using ZenML with a local server, you're already installing `zenml[server]` and this change will not affect you.
+
+## 🚀 New Features
+
+### Pipeline Execution Modes
+- **Flexible Failure Handling**: Configure what happens to a pipeline run when any step fails, providing fine-grained control over pipeline execution behavior
+
+### Advanced Caching System
+- **Value-Based Caching**: Materializers now support caching artifacts based on their actual content/value rather than just artifact ID, enabling more intelligent cache reuse
+- **Cache Policies**: New cache policy system allows users to specify precisely when a step should be cached, providing granular control over caching behavior
+
+### Airflow 3.0 support
+- **Airflow 3.0 Compatibility**: Support for Apache Airflow 3.0, ensuring compatibility with the latest Airflow features and improvements
+
+
+## What's Changed
+* Add version 0.84.2 to legacy docs by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3910
+* Made connection docs easier to read by @htahir1 in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3896
+* Add Google ADK framework example and `DockerSettings` for all examples by @strickvl in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3912
+* Delete run if model version doesn't exist during creation by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3915
+* Caching by value by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3900
+* Add start time to step node metadata by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3921
+* Prevent stopping runs without orchestrator run id by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3923
+* Airflow 3 support by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3922
+* fix: typo in core-concepts.md by @mhmunem in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3926
+* Run template config improvements by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3918
+* Add provisioning execution status by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3924
+* Fix unnecessary code upload by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3932
+* Allow cloudpickle>3.x by @strickvl in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3914
+* Switch to uv as default package installer by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3935
+* Fix unit test by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3945
+* Efficient queries for execution mode changes by @bcdurak in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3942
+* Different pipeline execution modes by @bcdurak in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3874
+* Changes to the fetch logs endpoints by @bcdurak in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3845
+* Adding verbosity levels to log messages in storage by @bcdurak in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3812
+
+## New Contributors
+* @mhmunem made their first contribution in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3926
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/compare/0.84.3...0.85.0
+
+
 # 0.84.3
 
 The `0.84.3` release introduces **ZenML Pro service account authentication** support and includes important **Kubernetes integration fixes**. This release enhances authentication flexibility for automated workflows and improves the reliability of Kubernetes-based orchestration.
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/configs/training_aws.yaml b/examples/quickstart/configs/training_aws.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Environment configuration
 settings:
   docker:
-    parent_image: "715803424590.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/zenml-public-pipelines:quickstart-0.84.3-py3.11-aws"
+    parent_image: "715803424590.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/zenml-public-pipelines:quickstart-0.85.0-py3.11-aws"
     skip_build: True  # If you switch this to False remove the parent_image
     requirements: requirements.txt
     environment:
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/configs/training_azure.yaml b/examples/quickstart/configs/training_azure.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Environment configuration
 settings:
   docker:
-    parent_image: "zenmldocker/zenml-public-pipelines:quickstart-0.84.3-py3.11-azure"
+    parent_image: "zenmldocker/zenml-public-pipelines:quickstart-0.85.0-py3.11-azure"
     skip_build: True
     requirements: requirements.txt
     environment:
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/configs/training_gcp.yaml b/examples/quickstart/configs/training_gcp.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Environment configuration
 settings:
   docker:
-    parent_image: "zenmldocker/zenml-public-pipelines:quickstart-0.84.3-py3.11-gcp"
+    parent_image: "zenmldocker/zenml-public-pipelines:quickstart-0.85.0-py3.11-gcp"
     skip_build: True
     requirements: requirements.txt
     environment:
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/quickstart.ipynb b/examples/quickstart/quickstart.ipynb
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@
         "# Common imports and setup\n",
         "if CLOUD_PROVIDER.lower() == \"gcp\":\n",
         "    parent_image = (\n",
-        "        \"zenmldocker/zenml-public-pipelines:quickstart-0.84.3-py3.11-gcp\"\n",
+        "        \"zenmldocker/zenml-public-pipelines:quickstart-0.85.0-py3.11-gcp\"\n",
         "    )\n",
         "    skip_build = True\n",
         "\n",
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@
         "        SagemakerOrchestratorSettings,\n",
         "    )\n",
         "\n",
-        "    parent_image = \"339712793861.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/zenml-public-pipelines:quickstart-0.84.3-py3.11-aws\"\n",
+        "    parent_image = \"339712793861.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/zenml-public-pipelines:quickstart-0.85.0-py3.11-aws\"\n",
         "    skip_build = True  # if you switch this to False, you need to remove the parent image\n",
         "\n",
         "    settings[\"orchestrator.sagemaker\"] = SagemakerOrchestratorSettings(\n",
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@
         "\n",
         "elif CLOUD_PROVIDER.lower() == \"azure\":\n",
         "    parent_image = (\n",
-        "        \"zenmldocker/zenml-public-pipelines:quickstart-0.84.3-py3.11-azure\"\n",
+        "        \"zenmldocker/zenml-public-pipelines:quickstart-0.85.0-py3.11-azure\"\n",
         "    )\n",
         "    skip_build = True\n",
         "\n",
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/requirements.txt b/examples/quickstart/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-zenml[server]==0.84.3
+zenml[server]==0.85.0
 notebook
 pyarrow
 datasets<4.0.0
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/requirements_aws.txt b/examples/quickstart/requirements_aws.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-zenml[server]==0.84.3
+zenml[server]==0.85.0
 notebook
 pyarrow
 datasets<4.0.0
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/requirements_azure.txt b/examples/quickstart/requirements_azure.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-zenml[server]==0.84.3
+zenml[server]==0.85.0
 notebook
 pyarrow
 datasets<4.0.0
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/requirements_gcp.txt b/examples/quickstart/requirements_gcp.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-zenml[server]==0.84.3
+zenml[server]==0.85.0
 notebook
 pyarrow
 datasets<4.0.0
diff --git a/helm/Chart.yaml b/helm/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: zenml
-version: "0.84.3"
+version: "0.85.0"
 description: Open source MLOps framework for portable production ready ML pipelines
 keywords:
 - mlops
diff --git a/helm/README.md b/helm/README.md
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ ZenML is an open-source MLOps framework designed to help you create robust, main
 To install the ZenML chart directly from Amazon ECR, use the following command:
 
 ```bash
-# example command for version 0.84.3
-helm install my-zenml oci://public.ecr.aws/zenml/zenml --version 0.84.3
+# example command for version 0.85.0
+helm install my-zenml oci://public.ecr.aws/zenml/zenml --version 0.85.0
 ```
 
 Note: Ensure you have OCI support enabled in your Helm client and that you are authenticated with Amazon ECR.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "zenml"
-version = "0.84.3"
+version = "0.85.0"
 packages = [{ include = "zenml", from = "src" }]
 description = "ZenML: Write production-ready ML code."
 authors = ["ZenML GmbH <info@zenml.io>"]
diff --git a/src/zenml/VERSION b/src/zenml/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.84.3
+0.85.0
diff --git a/src/zenml/zen_stores/migrations/versions/0.85.0_release.py b/src/zenml/zen_stores/migrations/versions/0.85.0_release.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+"""Release [0.85.0].
+
+Revision ID: 0.85.0
+Revises: 502b4fa5fa88
+Create Date: 2025-09-11 14:36:30.276055
+
+"""
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = "0.85.0"
+down_revision = "502b4fa5fa88"
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    """Upgrade database schema and/or data, creating a new revision."""
+    pass
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    """Downgrade database schema and/or data back to the previous revision."""
+    pass

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`1`		`-zenml[server]==0.84.3`
	`1`	`+zenml[server]==0.85.0`
`2`	`2`	`notebook`
`3`	`3`	`pyarrow`
`4`	`4`	`datasets<4.0.0`