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Prefect v2.0.b6 Release Notes

  • 💻 We're so grateful for the fountain of feedback we've received about Prefect 2. One of the themes in feedback was that Prefect 2's UI didn't reflect the same clarity and elegance that the rest of Prefect 2 did. We agreed! Today, we've proud to share Prefect 2's completely redesigned UI. It's simpler, faster, and easier to use. Give it a spin!

    🚀 This release includes several other exciting changes, including:

    • 🏁 Windows support
    • A new CLI command to delete flow runs: prefect flow-run delete
    • 👌 Improved API error messages
    • 👌 Support for type-checking with VS Code and other editors that look for a py.typed file

    👀 Here's a preview of the type hints that you'll start seeing now in editors like VS Code:

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    💥 Note that this release makes a breaking change to the Blocks API, making the 2.0b6 Orion server incompatible with previous Orion client versions. You may not be familiar with Blocks, but it's likely that you have already used one in the flow_storage part of your DeploymentSpec. This change is foundational for powerful new features we're working on for upcoming releases. Blocks will make all sorts of exciting new use cases possible.

    ⬆️ After the upgrade your data will remain intact, but you will need to upgrade to 2.0b6 to continue using the Cloud 2.0 API. You can upgrade in just a few simple steps:

    • 📦 Install the latest Prefect 2.0 python package: pip install -U "prefect>=2.0b6"
    • Restart any existing agent processes
      • If you are using an agent running on Kubernetes, update the Prefect image version to 2.0b6 in your Kubernetes manifest and re-apply the deployment.
      • You don't need to recreate any deployments or pause any schedules - stopping your agent process to perform an upgrade may result in some Late Runs, but those will be picked up once you restart your agent.