Release notes release/0.18.0-rc2
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Released 2025-12-16

New features
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-  feature: generative ai lab extension to the server ui by @miraculixx
   in https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/502
-  feat: enable generic generic model backend by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/533
-  feat: enable rawfiles and models stored to arbitry remote uri by
   @miraculixx in https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/534
-  feat: add dynamic backends implemented as virtualobj helper functions
   by @miraculixx in
-  enable documents tagging by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/516
-  Enable oci export by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/525
-  feat: enable pytorch model saving using implied helpers by @omegaml
   in https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/539
-  use tracking as the model conversation log by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/499
-  enable usage tracking on calls to chat.completions provider endpoint
   by @miraculixx in https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/520
-  UI create document index by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/510
-  UI experiments trace by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/514
-  Enable async event server by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/519

What else has changed
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-  Improve OpenAI compatibility by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/532
-  Improve OpenAI api compability by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/512
-  upgrade dependencies by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/528
-  chore: refactor basic Python and Pandas data types handling by
   @miraculixx in https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/527
-  chore: upgrade plotly.js by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/497
-  release build 0.17.0 by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/487
-  enable model uri to be specified with {PLACEHOLDERS} by @miraculixx
   in
-  refactor: move django specific code to commercial edition by
   @miraculixx in https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/543

Bugs fixed
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-  fix: setuptools.sandbox is no longer available by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/500
-  handle len() on empty MDataFrame gracefully by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/507
-  chore: resolve genai backend tech debt by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/501
-  fix: readme links by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/508
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/521
-  fix usage tracking for streaming responses by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/530
-  fix display of Celery “connected to” message by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/531
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/529
-  fix envinstall fails in weird ways by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/535
-  chore: fix intermittent build issues by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/540
-  fix: end streaming on timeout by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/537
-  fix: cli output uses default logger by @miraculixx in
   https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/538
-  fix: dashboard.jobs results tab fails to show in case of invalid
   results by @miraculixx in https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/pull/541

**Full Changelog**:
https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/compare/release/0.17.0…release/0.18-rc2

Chores
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-  chore: various updates to finalize release 0.18
   `b56dedc <https://github.com/omegaml/omegaml/commit/b56dedc>`__