BREAKING CHANGES
- [8041](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/8041) Remove `target_schema` loader extra
- [8007](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/8007) Always require plugin lock files
- [7499](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7499) Remove API and web UI
- [7656](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7656) Remove the `meltano discover` command
✨ New
- [8020](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/8020) Add [`python` setting](https://docs.meltano.com/reference/settings#python)
- [7997](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7997) Add [`el` command](https://docs.meltano.com/reference/command-line-interface#el) as an alias of `elt` and deprecate both `elt` and the `--transform` option
- [7992](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7992) Add support for mappers in the invoke command
- [7989](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7989) Add `meltano hub ping` command
- [7984](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7984) Add `meltano config --unsafe` flag -- _**Thanks ReubenFrankel!**_
- [7981](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7981) Support `psycopg[binary]` under a new `postgres` extra
- [7963](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7963) Bump SQLAlchemy to 2.0
- [7932](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7932) Add "did you mean" CLI command name suggestions
- [7846](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7846) Add aliases for the `once` schedule interval
🐛 Fixes
- [8042](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/8042) Ensure migration lock file is closed after read
- [8043](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/8043) Ensure elt/run log file is closed
- [8031](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/8031) Redact DB password from logs
- [8015](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/8015) Display a better error message when database URI is null
- [7982](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7982) Use hyphens consistently for CLI options
- [7947](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7947) Support [PEP 440 direct references](https://peps.python.org/pep-0440/#direct-references) in `pip_url`
⚙️ Under the Hood
- [7964](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7964) Replace deprecated `locale.getdefaultlocale` with `locale.getlocale` -- _**Thanks AmirAflak!**_
- [7960](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7960) Compatibility with SQLAlchemy 2
📚 Documentation Improvements
- [8011](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/8011) Add JSON Schema information -- _**Thanks anden-akkio!**_
- [7991](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7991) Fix cloud install git URL
- [7975](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7975) Link `mssql` additional component to system database explanation
- [7979](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7979) Correct `repo_ext` to `ext_repo` for plugin definition syntax -- _**Thanks ReubenFrankel!**_
- [7953](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7953) Update tagline in readme
- [7951](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7951) Update changelog
- [7950](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7950) Fix logging example -- _**Thanks aminebeh!**_
- [7948](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7948) Update docusaurus.config.js -- _**Thanks gridig!**_
- [7945](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7945) Douwe fixes
- [7944](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7944) Quick doc fixes
- [7936](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7936) Migrate Meltano docs to Docusaurus
- [7902](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7902) Remove ELT messaging, move things around
- [7931](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7931) Cloud docs ssh key validate tip
- [7930](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7930) Meltano cloud to meltano-cloud
- [7926](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7926) Fix state backend env vars in examples