Meltano

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New

- [2171](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2171) Add better logging and error handling to `meltano config`
- [2154](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2154) Add 'project_readonly' setting to block changes to containerized project files, but still allow UI and CLI to store configuration in system database
- [2157](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2157) Add `ui.analysis` setting which can be disabled to hide all functionality related to Analysis from the UI
- [2169](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2169) Log warning when pipeline state was found but extractor does not advertise `state` capability

Changes

- [2171](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2171) `meltano config <plugin> set` will now automatically store settings in `meltano.yml` or `.env` as appropriate.
- [2127](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2127) Config stored in `meltano.yml` or `.env` can now be edited in the UI when read-only mode is not enabled

Fixes

- [2109](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2109) Fix bug causing adding extractor with related transform plugin to project in UI to fail when dbt hasn't yet been installed
- [2170](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2170) Restore support for referencing arbitrary env vars defined in `.env` from `meltano.yml` using env var expansion
- [2115](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2115) Stop `meltano` commands from leaving empty `.meltano/run` directory behind when run in non-project dir

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New

- [2153](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2153) Add `logo_url` property to custom extractor and loader definitions to show a custom logo in Meltano UI

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New

- [2141](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2141) Add `ui.session_cookie_domain` setting, to be used instead of `ui.server_name` when hostname matching is not desirable.
- [2142](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2142) Let `discovery.yml` manifest URL be overwritten using `discovery_url` setting.
- [2083](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2083) Add `ui.anonymous_readonly` setting to allow anonymous users read-only access when `ui.authentication` is enabled.
- [2108](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2108) Show icon with tooltip in UI when read-only mode is enabled
- [2120](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2120) Add `ui.logo_url` setting to allow the customization of the logo shown in the top left of the Meltano UI interface.

Changes

- [2140](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2140) Only have `meltano ui` complain about missing `ui.server_name`, `ui.secret_key` and `ui.password_salt` settings when `ui.authentication` is enabled
- [2083](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2083) Stop allowing anonymous users read-only access when `ui.authentication` and `ui.readonly` are both enabled.

Fixes

- [2151](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2151) Fix `meltano ui` never printing `Meltano UI is now available at [URL]` if `ui.server_name` is set
- [2152](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2152) Fix `meltano ui` printing all `gunicorn.error` logs twice

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New

- [2100](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2100) Let settings be stored directly in `.env` using `meltano config set --store=dotenv`
- [2099](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2099) Let Meltano settings be configured using `meltano config meltano {list,set,unset,reset}`

Changes

- [2100](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2100) Have `meltano ui setup` store secrets in `.env` instead of `ui.cfg`

Fixes

- [2135](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2135) Fix UI "Explore" page for custom (as opposed to plugin-based) topics and models
- [2136](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2136) Show error message in Analyze UI when pipeline for extractor is missing, even if extractor is installed
- [2131](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2131) Have "true" environment variables take precedence over those defined in `.env`

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New

- [2128](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2128) Allow alternative env vars to be specified for settings using `env_aliases` array
- [2128](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2128) Allow negated env var to be defined for boolean settings using `!` prefix in `env_aliases` array
- [2129](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2129) Cast values of `kind: integer` settings set through environment variables
- [2132](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2132) Support common `WEB_CONCURRENCY` env var to set `meltano ui` concurrency (workers)
- [2091](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2091) Support common `PORT` env var to set `meltano ui` bind port

Changes

- [2094](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2069) Turn "Connections" page into "Extractors" management UI
- [2130](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2130) Have CLI respect `MELTANO_PROJECT_ROOT` env var when set instead of looking at current directory

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New

- [2122](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2122) Allow custom (`meltano.yml`-`config`-defined) settings to be overridden using environment
- [2123](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2123) Show current values and their source in `meltano config <plugin> list`

Changes

- [2102](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2101) Improve `discovery.yml` incompatibility handling and error messages

Fixes

- [2121](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2121) Don't include empty `plugins` object in new project `meltano.yml`

Breaks

- [2105](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2105) Stop automatically running Airflow scheduler as part of Meltano UI