Aea

- Fixes a package import issue
- Fixes an issue where `AgentLoop` did not teardown properly under certain conditions
- Fixes a bug in testing tools
- Fixes a bug where plugins are not loaded after installation in `MultiAgentManager`
- Adds unit tests for weather, thermometer and car park skills
- Fixes a missing dependency in Windows
- Improves SOEF connections' error handling
- Fixes bug in ML skills and adds unit tests
- Adds script to bump plugin versions
- Adds gas price strategy support in `aea-ledger-ethereum` plugin
- Adds CLI plugin for IPFS interactions (add/get)
- Adds support for CLI plugins to framework
- Multiple additional tests and test stability fixes

- Bumps `aiohttp` to `>=3.7.4` to address a CVE affecting `http_server`, `http_client` and `webhook` connections
- Adds script to ensure Pipfile and `tox.ini` dependencies align
- Enforces presence of `protocol_specification_id` in `protocol.yaml`
- Adds support for installation of agent-level PyPI dependencies in `AEABuilder`
- Sets default ledger plugin during `aea create`
- Updates various agent packages with missing ledger plugin dependencies
- Bumps various development dependencies
- Renames `coin_price` skill to `advanced_data_request` skill and generalises it
- Updates `fetch_beacon` skill to use `ledger` connection
- Multiple docs updates to fix order of CLI commands with respect to installing dependencies
- Multiple additional tests and test stability fixes

- Adds slots usage in frequently used framework objects, including `Dialogue`
- Fixes a bug in `aea upgrade` command where eject prompt was not offered
- Refactors skill component configurations to allow for skill components (`Handler`, `Behaviour`, `Model`) to be placed anywhere in a skill
- Extends skill component configuration to specify optional `file_path` field
- Extracts all ledger specific functionality in plugins
- Improves error logging in http server connection
- Updates `Development - Use case` documentation
- Adds restart support to `p2p_libp2p` connection on read/write failure
- Adds validation of default routing and default connection configuration
- Refactors and significantly simplifies routing between components
- Limits usage of `EnvelopeContext`
- Adds support for new CosmWasm message format in ledger plugins
- Adds project loading checks and optional auto removal in `MultiAgentManager`
- Adds support for reuse of threaded `Multiplexer`
- Fixes bug in TAC which caused agents to make suboptimal trades
- Adds support to specify dependencies on `aea-config.yaml` level
- Improves release scripts
- Adds lightweight Golang AEALite library
- Adds support for skill-to-skill messages
- Removes CLI GUI
- Multiple docs updates based on user feedback
- Multiple additional tests and test stability fixes

- Changes default URL of `soef` connection to https
- Improves teardown, retry and edge case handling of `p2p_libp2p` and `p2p_libp2p_client` connections
- Adds auto-generation of private keys to `MultiAgentManager`
- Exposes address getters on `MultiAgentManager`
- Improves package validation error messages
- Simplifies default `DecisionMakerHandler` and extracts advanced features in separate class
- Fixes task manager and its usage in skills
- Adds support for multi-language protocol stub generation
- Adds `data_dir` usage to additional connections
- Adds IO helper function for consistent file usage
- Extends release helper scripts
- Removes stub connection as default connection
- Adds support for AEA usage without connections
- Multiple docs updates based on user feedback
- Multiple additional tests and test stability fixes

- Removes error skill from agents which do not need it
- Adds support for relay connection reconnect in ACN
- Multiplexer refactoring for easier connection handling
- Fix `erc1155` skill tests on CosmWasm chains
- Extends docs on usage of CosmWasm chains
- Adds version compatibility in `aea upgrade` command
- Introduces protocol specification id and related changes for better interoperability
- Adds synchronous connection base class
- Exposes state setter in connection base class
- Adds Yoti protocol and connection
- Multiple updates to generic buyer
- Adds additional automation to `MultiAgentManager`, including automated handling of certs, keys and other package specific data
- Multiple test improvements and fixes
- Add stricter typing and checks
- Fixes to MacOS install script
- Adds threading patch for web3
- Multiple docs updates based on user feedback
- Multiple additional tests and test stability fixes

- Fixes `CosmosApi`, in particular for CosmWasm
- Fixes error output from `add-key` CLI command
- Update `aea_version` in non-vendor packages when calling `upgrade` CLI command
- Extend `upgrade` command to fetch newer agent if present on registry
- Add support for mixed fetch mode in `MultiAgentManager`
- Fixes logging overrides in `MultiAgentManager`
- Configuration overrides now properly handle `None` values
- Multiple docs updates based on user feedback
- Multiple additional tests and test stability fixes