Meltano

✨ New

- [7210](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7210) Support Python 3.11
- [7198](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7198) Replace `venv` with `virtualenv`

🐛 Fixes

- [7212](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7212) Do not log env vars passed to subprocesses

🐛 Fixes

- [7104](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7104) Support default boto3 auth for S3 state backend when AWS creds are unconfigured
- [7174](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7174) Support default auth for GCS and Azure state backends
- [7190](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7190) Make fully missing env var settings `None`

⚙️ Under the Hood

- [7182](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7182) Use JSONschema version `draft-2020-12` for `meltano.yml` & `discovery.yml`
- [7169](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7169) Use `$defs` instead of `definitions` in jsonschemas
- [7188](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7188) Add header with Meltano command to Hub request

📚 Documentation Improvements

- [7187](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7187) Fix YAML indent on getting started page and fix link to page source in GitHub -- _**Thanks jx2lee!**_
- [6699](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/6699) Update `dbt` x `airflow` example project description
- [7177](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7177) Add codespaces links to nav and ind

✨ New

- [7105](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7105) Support `meltano init` in a non-empty dir
- [7115](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7115) Allow top-level annotations in `meltano.yml`
- [7123](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7123) Optionally ignore missing env vars during expansion

🐛 Fixes

- [7145](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7145) Setting nested setting key no longer clears sibling keys
- [7120](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7120) Support str values when deep-merging config
- [7144](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7144) Check system database version compatibility before migrations

⚙️ Under the Hood

- [7069](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7069) Use a custom build backend

📚 Documentation Improvements

- [7139](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7139) Add Airbyte Source Connector FAQ
- [7140](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7140) Remove references to deprecated `MELTANO_CLI_*` aliases

🐛 Fixes

- [7093](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7093) Add missing description to environment context schema
- [7084](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7084) Display better errors when failing to connect with the Hub API
- [7078](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7078) Remove explicit aliases for S3 state backend

⚡ Performance Improvements

- [7091](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7091) Compile env var pattern only once

📚 Documentation Improvements

- [7089](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7089) Fix typo `tap-postgres` -> `postgres` -- _**Thanks visch!**_
- [7090](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7090) Fix config name for poetry -- _**Thanks adherr!**_
- [7088](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7088) Update banner copy & cta

🐛 Fixes

- [7057](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7057) Ensure `environment_name_hash` is collected
- [7064](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7064) Misc `meltano.yml` schema fixes

✨ New

- [7019](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7019) Support env vars in plugin `pip_url`
- [6995](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/6995) `meltano install --force`

🐛 Fixes

- [6873](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/6873) Correct migration downgrade for 2.7.1 release
- [7026](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7026) Permit `env` under plugins in `meltano.yml` schema
- [7022](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7022) Pin `setuptools==57.5.0` in plugin venvs
- [7017](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7017) Remove premature deserialization of settings in the CLI
- [7010](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7010) Re-create plugin venv if Python executable is missing
- [6997](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/6997) Correct meltano config behavior when explicit environment is provided
- [6986](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/6986) List strings instead of enum objects as CLI options

📚 Documentation Improvements

- [7046](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7046) Fix internal links and `meltano config` example code block in state backends page
- [7041](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7041) Expand UI deprecation description -- _**Thanks qbatten!**_
- [7044](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7044) Add star donation blurb to readme
- [7043](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7043) Add december campaign banner
- [7030](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7030) Env var expansion within `pip_url`
- [7035](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7035) Update custom extractor Poetry instructions -- _**Thanks EMCP!**_
- [7014](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7014) Add more project links to PyPI page
- [7012](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7012) Complete list of commands that run with environment flag
- [7002](https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/7002) Add docs for state backend migration