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What's Changed
User impact ðŸ›
* Remove the old config parser by eivindjahren in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5657
Breaking Changes ðŸ›
* Use parameters from storage instead of ensemble_config by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5674
* Make refcase only required if using HISTORY_OBSERVATION by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5830
New Features 🎉
* Only make time map required if DATE is used in GEN_OBS by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5805
Improvements
* Save template for GenKW in experiment by frode-aarstad in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5719
* Rephrase start simulation button by jonathan-eq in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5746
* Add support for Python 3.11 by sondreso in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5789
* Improve location info in error message by eivindjahren in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5832
* Display meaningful message upon job queue failure by valentin-krasontovitsch in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5841
Bug Fixes
* Resolve timeout problems around running >= 200 realizations by valentin-krasontovitsch in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5597
* Fix FLOW forward model by berland in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5588
* Fix bug where log values were not included in facade function for gen kw by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5643
* Cover previously unhandled job queue state `JOB_QUEUE_DO_KILL_NODE_FAILURE` by valentin-krasontovitsch in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5667
* Fix plotting of parameters from ensembles made with manual update by JHolba in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5700
* Fix bug with gen_kw templating by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5822
* Fix validation of general observations ERROR/VALUE by eivindjahren in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5823
* Do no create experiment and case on start-up by dafeda in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5799
* Fix an issue with double comments by eivindjahren in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5824
* Fix incorrect suggestion for RUNPATH deprecation by eivindjahren in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5856
Maintenance
* Convert TransferFunction to dataclass by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5596
* Rephrase webviz-ert introduction in docs by sondreso in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5646
* Clean up interaction with parameter configuration by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5579
* Remove remnants of prefect by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5689
* Inline test data in tests by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5693
* Remove unused C code by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5751
* Remove some badges from the README by sondreso in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5761
* Remove UPDATE_SETTINGS keyword by andreas-el in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5783
* Remove unused functionality cpp by andreas-el in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5788
* Refactor JobQueue & JobQueueStatus by andreas-el in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5803
* Add tests that cover all driver options by andreas-el in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5813
* Remove unused job_kw_definitions by andreas-el in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5817
* Resolve RUNPATH deprecated warnings in generated tests by andreas-el in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5820
* Remove ANALYSIS_COPY by dafeda in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5826
* Remove queue related unused functions by andreas-el in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5844
* Rename Forward models to Jobs in config summary by dafeda in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5848
Dependencies
* Add JobStatusType as public symbol as it is accessible through the BatchSimulator interface by eivindjahren in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5645
Other Changes
* Fix ES-MDA CLI parser missing current_case by pinkwah in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5593
* Add to_dict() for genKw by frode-aarstad in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5578
* Remove caching of pip from macOS CI builds by pinkwah in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5609
* Ensure that migrating EXT_PARAM throws by pinkwah in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5618
* Create .fs_version in storage by pinkwah in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5602
* Fix bug where parameter names were not sorted by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5625
* Add logging messages to migration tool by pinkwah in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5624
* Fix observations returned from dark storage by frode-aarstad in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5611
* Save EXT_PARAM as xarray by pinkwah in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5621
* Remove unused function from enkf_main by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5649
* Remove outdated documentation about numerical schemes by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5648
* Add flake8-bugbear to CI by berland in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5635
* Disable flaky test for migration logging by JHolba in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5655
* Remove pinning on grpcio-tools by oysteoh in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5653
* Change documentation theme to furo by sondreso in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5647
* Allow missing observations by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5658
* Fix dimensions of surfaces and fields by dafeda in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5660
* Extend snapshot test to iter 2 and 3 by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5613
* Pass in storage to BatchSimulator.start by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5656
* Rename parameter save and load functions by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5471
* Change init for genKw by frode-aarstad in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5637
* Only write mask to experiment, not full grid by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5665
* Remove C code from `res_utils` by pinkwah in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5691
* Remove unused test-data directory by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5690
* Remove unused C test data by pinkwah in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5692
* Fix bug in es-mda where returned variable could potentially be unbound by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5683
* Remove ActiveList by pinkwah in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5695
* Fix testing SummaryConfing equality when no refcase is defined. by DanSava in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5699
* Allow multiple arguments in workflow job ARGLIST by DanSava in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5704
* Solve flake8-bugbears B017 by jonathan-eq in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5733
* Fix test_flow breakage by pinkwah in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5736
* Remove websocket connection open/closed from logging by jonathan-eq in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5734
* Remove `subst_list.cpp` by pinkwah in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5679
* Include DISABLE_PARAMETERS key in the DisableParametersUpdate warning by hnformentin in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5757
* Remove unnecessary line-too-long ignores by eivindjahren in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5770
* Fix Next-button in docs by dafeda in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5772
* Fix bug where all deactivated GEN_DATA would crash by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5784
* Remove unused function in time_map by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5777
* Move time_map from cpp to python by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5793
* Rephrasing of simulation to experiment in run_models by jonathan-eq in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5807
* Add pytest_benchmark yml to workflows by jonathan-eq in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5764
* Use 'test-summary/action' to generate a nice pytest report by pinkwah in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5849
* Quick fix ES-MDA iteration being 0 by pinkwah in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5846
* Improve documentation on DISABLE_PARAMETERS key by hnformentin in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5821
* Remove addHelpToWidget by pinkwah in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/5838
New Contributors
* kwinkunks made their first contribution in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/4994
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