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What's Changed
User impact ðŸ›
* Remove the everest load entry point by verveerpj in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9358
Breaking Changes ðŸ›
* Drop support for Python3.8 by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9215
* Remove report_steps from Everest config by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9271
New Features 🎉
* Add new hook for specifying config per forward model step by berland in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9050
Improvements
* Use uvloop for asyncio by JHolba in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9168
* Add right click capability to open external plot windows by andreas-el in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9131
* Make it possible to serialize and deserialize ErtConfig by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/8820
* Extend save parameters to handle multiple realizations by dafeda in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9125
* Have fm_runner's event reporter shutdown gracefully by jonathan-eq in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9365
* Add plugin hook for configuring an activate script on the compute side by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9273
Bug Fixes
* Fix faulty validation for maintained forward model objectives. by DanSava in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9222
* Fix walltime computation bug by berland in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9228
* Fix ecl not able to parce errors from MPI runs by HakonSohoel in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9248
* Fix issue where dark_storage did not handle empty responses by eivindjahren in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9265
* Avoid forward model crash after MPI NOSIM E100 run by berland in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9284
* Fix ambiguous find_unsmry() by berland in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9300
* Fix slow sel in save_parameters by eivindjahren in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9327
* Fix progress bar showing finished status for unselected reals by jonathan-eq in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9299
* Initialize ert config with plugins when starting webviz ert by larsevj in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9267
* Have ensemble fail early when problems on initial connection to ensemble evaluator by jonathan-eq in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9139
Maintenance
* Add egg snapshots for py38 and py311 by frode-aarstad in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9206
* Use new websockets asyncio by larsevj in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9080
* Remove comment by frode-aarstad in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9232
* Remove ErtConfig and LibresFacade by frode-aarstad in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9231
* Remove unused files from test-data/detached by frode-aarstad in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9278
* Remove unused files from test-data/eclipse by frode-aarstad in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9283
* Replace Flask with FastAPI by frode-aarstad in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9243
* Fix tests writing files to the source tree by frode-aarstad in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9298
* Clean up everest tests by frode-aarstad in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9312
* Remove unused files from test-data/snake_oil by frode-aarstad in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9304
* Remove unused files from test-data/valid_config_file by frode-aarstad in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9287
* Remove unused files from test-data/templating by frode-aarstad in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9324
* Remove unused files from test-data/mocked_test_case by frode-aarstad in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9330
Other Changes
* Use scheduler to submit Everserver by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9126
* Avoid redundant dataset loading by yngve-sk in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9016
* Remove expected objective by yngve-sk in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9208
* Use sh for all code blocks in readme by JHolba in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9213
* Warn user about running Everest in existing non-empty RUNPATH by StephanDeHoop in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9151
* Prevent copying mount point data when setting install_data to a non existing directory by AugustoMagalhaes in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9137
* Remove outdated git lfs instruction by berland in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9236
* Refactor usage of EverestConfig in everest server functionality by DanSava in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9181
* Log which hostname had an OOM-situation by berland in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9246
* Fix incorrect batch ensemble getter by yngve-sk in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9250
* Instantiate ert config before starting everest server by DanSava in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9244
* Highlights selected tab in main window by AugustoMagalhaes in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9160
* get_ensemble_responses without get_ensemble_state by yngve-sk in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9268
* Degrade logged warning to info by berland in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9272
* Aggregate logging of sampling information by berland in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9261
* Pin pydantic version by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9280
* Put back flaky tag for test_logging_setup by DanSava in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9282
* Tweaks to dark storage stateful test by yngve-sk in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9281
* fixup get_ensemble_responses logic in dark storage by yngve-sk in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9306
* Align has_data with empty response config .keys by yngve-sk in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9311
* Add memory test for some plotapi endpoints by yngve-sk in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9302
* Adjust memory test for unstable/high peak usage by yngve-sk in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9329
* Adds teardown to avoid flaky tests with run_dialog by eivindjahren in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9326
* Remove multi-realization param save logic by yngve-sk in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9337
* Fix extra requirements for readthedocs build by oyvindeide in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9345
* Limit the use of EverestConfig in function signatures by DanSava in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9258
* Fix everest output folder rolling by DanSava in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9361
* Select first realizations by default in gui by AugustoMagalhaes in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/8507
* Run cli tests not in parallell by larsevj in https://github.com/equinor/ert/pull/9362
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/equinor/ert/compare/11.1.0...11.2.0-b0