Flyte v1.13.0-rc0 milestone release

Flyte v1.13.0-rc0 Release Notes

Major Features and Improvements

• Key-value execution tags: Enhanced execution tagging capabilities. (#5453)
• Watch agent metadata service: Improved monitoring of agent metadata. (#5017)
• Distributed job refactoring: Refactored distributed job using common ReplicaSpec. (#5355)
• Execution cluster label inheritance: Executions now inherit cluster labels from source executions. (#5431)
• Domain API: Added new API to retrieve domain information. (#5443)
• Execution environment versioning: Added version to ExecutionEnv proto message. (#5506)
• OTLP and sampling in otelutils: Enhanced observability with OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) support. (#5504)

Notable Changes

• Removed mmcloud plugin. (#5468)
• Updated k3s version to 1.29.0. (#5475)
• Improved auth flow to support custom base URLs in deployments. (#5192)
• Added flyteconsole URL to FlyteWorkflow CRD. (#5449)
• Enhanced 'flytectl compile' to consider launch plans within workflows. (#5463)
• Introduced control over task phases for log link display. (#4726)
• Improved Helm chart configurations for Prometheus, Webhook HPA, and Flyteconsole probes. (#5508)

Bug Fixes and Optimizations

• Fixed flaky auto_refresh_test. (#5438)
• Corrected NULL to empty string in SQL insert for migrations. (#5482)
• Resolved issues with broken mermaid diagrams in documentation. (#5498)
• Fixed Ray plugin to use default service account if not set in task metadata. (#5499)

Documentation and Usability

• Updated community page. (#5496)
• Improved documentation on logging link lifetime configuration. (#5503)
• Replaced 'uctl' with 'flytectl' in OSS docs for consistency. (#5501)

New Contributors

• @Dlougach, @flixr, @trevormcguire, @va6996, @mhotan, and @eltociear made their first contributions to the project.

For a complete list of changes, please refer to the full changelog.