Lakefs

:new: What's new:

- UI: Allow commit message and metadata in merge action (6897)
- API: CreateRepository check if repository exists before trying to validate storage namespace (6967)
- lakectl: Add commit params to merge command (6892)
- Optimization - Reduce DynamoDB and CosmosDB calls by extending current range to include additional information (6983)

:bug: Bugs fixed:

- Fix - Lakefs crashing when using database.type=”dynamodb” and scylladb as a database (6924)
- Change 'committer' field from UserID to Email, when Email is available (6912)
- Use Buf CLI to compile our proto files (6784)
- Log time.Duration _twice_ in all modes, as string and as nanoseconds (6934)
- External auth remove required id from user model (6902)

:new: What's new:

- API: Added optional since parameter to commit log request (6851)
- lakectl: supported log 'since' flag (6854)
- Improved lakectl validation error messages (6816)

:bug: Bugs fixed:

- Fixed S3 gateway error on no underlying object (6822)
- Fixed branch protection 'not found' error (6846)

For more information on the benefits of upgrading to 1.0 and the migration path, please refer to the [lakeFS documentation](https://docs.lakefs.io/understand/towards-1.0-sdk.html) or [reach out on Slack](https://lakefs.io/slack).

:bug: Bugs fixed:

- Increased the maximum attempts for DynamoDB with configuration support (6804)
- Amended Azure import to utilize content MD5 instead of entry Etag (6802)
- Corrected issue where the UI upload failed due to conversion of undefined or null values (6818)

:new: What's new:

After more than 3 years since its initial public release...

:new: What's new:

- Reintroduce recursive flag for lakectl fs download/upload (6777)
- Spark client update to use the latest lakefs SDK package (6742)

:bug: Bugs fixed:

- Fix lakectl upload with pre-sign for Azure (6660)
- Fix lakeFSFS ETag value when using pre-signed mode (6751)
- Fix LinkPhysicalAddress trim quotes and spaces from checksum (6749)
- Fix lakectl upload using pre-signed use ContentMD5 header for ETag (6750)
- Fix LinkPhysicalAddress response with full path (6748)
- Fix lakectl download error with bad path traversal blocked (6775)
- Fix UI Azure pre-sign upload (6764)
- Fix UI upload azure pre-signed URL checksum as hex md5 (6770)
- Fix UI copy pre-signed URL not working when pre-sign UI disabled (6776)
- Fix delete branch protection prevent commit because invalid state (6788)

:new: What's new:
- New Java SDK (6656)
- New Pyhon SDK (6562)
- Export Hooks: Glue Catalog exporter (6653)
- Remove recursive flag from lakectl fs Upload and Download (6681)
- CosmosDB: Add throughput configuration (6693)
- lakectl: block `fs stage` command for objects in the storage namespace (6696)
- API: Deprecate stageObject (6690)
- API: linkPhysicalAddress do not verify external addresses (6667)
- API: GC prepare move operations to internal tag (6700)
- API: support response Too many requests 420 (6711)
- API: deprecate upload object If-None-Match and Storage Class (6708)
- LakeFSFileSystem is now compatible only with lakeFS versions >= 0.108.0 (6725)