v1.0.0

What's New in v1.0.0

Labtasker 1.0.0 marks the first stable release. Core features are complete and known bugs have been fixed.

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What's Changed

• Removed labtasker-plugin-script-generate (superseded by the AI skill workflow)
• Updated documentation and navigation

Upgrading

pip install 'labtasker[plugins]==1.0.0'

Full Changelog: v0.2.13...v1.0.0

v0.2.13

Bug Fix

Fixed #79 #70

Full Changelog: v0.2.12...v0.2.13

v0.2.12

Important

Server Changes: It is recommended to update both server and client to the latest version.

Changes

• Refresh heartbeat now checks worker_id. An error will occur if refresh heartbeat worker_id does not match the id of the assigned worker.
• Add self-transitions for failed and crashed states.

Full Changelog: v0.2.11...v0.2.12

v0.2.11

New Features

• Added validation for allowed_fields in query string.
• labtasker.loop and client http api now also accept Pythonic query str as extra_filter.

Changes

• Extended _network_err_retry timeout.

Full Changelog: v0.2.10...v0.2.11

v0.2.10

Changes

• refactor: Included more client http api.
• feat: Labtasker loop_run automatically deletes worker before exiting task loop.

Minor Fixes

• fix: Reset task summary to {} when task is fetched (pending -> running).
• fix: Removed redundant worker_id field in TaskUpdateRequest when ignoring task failure in job_runner.py.

Full Changelog: v0.2.9...v0.2.10

v0.2.9

Important

Breaking Changes: It is recommended to update both server and client to the latest version.

New Features

• Query filter support filter by date and time via function call like date("a minute ago").
• Addition support for piped commands. E.g. labtasker xxx | labtasker task update.
• Added lt as short alias for labtasker command.
• Added labtasker-plugin-task-recency as built-in plugin.

Documentations

• Updated detailed use cases of query filter.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed potential blocking by readline in run_with_subprocess

Refactoring and Optimization

• Added run_with_pty and run_with_subprocess as exposed API.
• Added unkown field check for API models.
• Changed name: parse_timeout -> parse_time_interval to be more accurate.

Breaking Changes

• Added unkown field check for API models.
• API model extra_filter serialization de-serialization change to support datetime (date(...))
• Changed name: parse_timeout -> parse_time_interval to be more accurate.

Full Changelog: v0.2.8...v0.2.9

v0.2.8

Important

Breaking Changes: It is recommended to update both server and client to the latest version.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed event functionality to properly return updated entity data.

Refactoring and Optimization

• Added get_labtasker_log_dir() and is_enabled() functions to client API.
• Improved client logging with module name field for better clarity.

Breaking Changes

• TaskFetchRequest now includes a cmd field.

Full Changelog: v0.2.7...v0.2.8

v0.2.7

What's Changed

• Updated minimum supported Python version to 3.10.
• Updated typer and click dependency for higher versions.

Full Changelog: v0.2.6...v0.2.7

v0.2.6

New Features

• Added pseudo-terminal support on POSIX-compliant systems to support ANSI control characters and progress bars of user scripts. This can be controlled via --use-pty option of labtasker loop
• Graceful handling of KeyboardInterrupt
• labtasker loop added --script-path option support run from script files

Bug Fixes

• Command Parsing: Improved string command parsing with more consistent quotation behavior. String commands now apply quotes to interpolated variables
• List commands skip quoting as shlex has already handled lexing
• Fixed make_a_choice exception handling when terminal is not available
• Fixed --cmd option alias of labtasker loop command

Refactoring

• Made ANTLR4 runtime a vendor package

Full Changelog: v0.2.5...v0.2.6

v0.2.5

New Feature

• Support labtasker loop command specify shell executable via --executable option

Full Changelog: v0.2.4...v0.2.5