Release 1.7.0

New Features

* Introduction of experimental support to run dbt BQ models using Airflow deferrable operators by @pankajkoti @pankajastro @tatiana in #1224 #1230.
  This is a first step in this journey and we would really appreciate feedback from the community.

  For more information, check the documentation: https://astronomer.github.io/astronomer-cosmos/getting_started/execution-modes.html#airflow-async-experimental

  This work has been inspired by the talk "Airflow at Monzo: Evolving our data platform as the bank scales" by
  @jonathanrainer @ed-sparkes given at Airflow Summit 2023: https://airflowsummit.org/sessions/2023/airflow-at-monzo-evolving-our-data-platform-as-the-bank-scales/.

* Support using ``DatasetAlias`` and fix orphaning unreferenced dataset by @tatiana in #1217 #1240

  Documentation: https://astronomer.github.io/astronomer-cosmos/configuration/scheduling.html#data-aware-scheduling

* Add GCP_CLOUD_RUN_JOB execution mode by @ags-de #1153

  Learn more about it: https://astronomer.github.io/astronomer-cosmos/getting_started/gcp-cloud-run-job.html

Enhancements

* Create single virtualenv when ``DbtVirtualenvBaseOperator`` has ``virtualenv_dir=None`` and ``is_virtualenv_dir_temporary=True`` by @kesompochy in #1200
* Consistently handle build and imports in ``cosmos/__init__.py`` by @tatiana in #1215
* Add enum constants to init for direct import by @fabiomx in #1184

Bug fixes

* URL encode dataset names to support multibyte characters by @t0momi219 in #1198
* Fix invalid argument (``full_refresh``) passed to DbtTestAwsEksOperator (and others) by @johnhoran in #1175
* Fix ``printer_width`` arg type in ``DbtProfileConfigVars`` by @jessicaschueler in #1191
* Fix task owner fallback by @jmaicher in #1195

Docs

* Add scarf to readme and docs for website analytics by @cmarteepants in #1221
* Add ``virtualenv_dir`` param to ``ExecutionConfig`` docs by @pankajkoti in #1173
* Give credits to @LennartKloppenburg in CHANGELOG.rst by @tatiana #1174
* Refactor docs for async mode execution by @pankajkoti in #1241

Others

* Remove PR branch added for testing a change in CI in #1224 by @pankajkoti in #1233
* Fix CI wrt broken coverage upload artifact @pankajkoti in #1210
* Fix CI issues - Upgrade actions/upload-artifact & actions/download-artifact to v4 and set min version for packaging by @pankajkoti in #1208
* Resolve CI failures for Apache Airflow 2.7 jobs by @pankajkoti in #1182
* CI: Update GCP manifest file path based on new secret update by @pankajkoti in #1237
* Pre-commit hook updates in #1176 #1186, #1186, #1201, #1219, #1231

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-1.7.0 (2024-10-02)
+1.7.0 (2024-10-04)
 ------------------
 
 New Features
 
-* Introduction of experimental support to run dbt BQ models using Airflow deferrable operators by @pankajkoti @pankajastro @tatiana in #1224 #1230
+* Introduction of experimental support to run dbt BQ models using Airflow deferrable operators by @pankajkoti @pankajastro @tatiana in #1224 #1230.
+  This is a first step in this journey and we would really appreciate feedback from the community.
 
   For more information, check the documentation: https://astronomer.github.io/astronomer-cosmos/getting_started/execution-modes.html#airflow-async-experimental
 
   This work has been inspired by the talk "Airflow at Monzo: Evolving our data platform as the bank scales" by
   @jonathanrainer @ed-sparkes given at Airflow Summit 2023: https://airflowsummit.org/sessions/2023/airflow-at-monzo-evolving-our-data-platform-as-the-bank-scales/.
 
-* Support using ``DatasetAlias`` and fix orphaning unreferenced dataset by @tatiana in #1217
+* Support using ``DatasetAlias`` and fix orphaning unreferenced dataset by @tatiana in #1217 #1240
 
   Documentation: https://astronomer.github.io/astronomer-cosmos/configuration/scheduling.html#data-aware-scheduling