PrefectHQ/prefect 2.18.1

Release 2.18.1

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Release 2.18.1

Fixes

• Fix improper context access for nested async task outside of flow — #12810
• Fix using default interval schedule in prefect deploy — #12833
• Handle case in validationUpdate schema where definitions are falsy — #12880
• Allow prefect cloud login to override current workspace — #12867
• Remove extra quotes in prefect deployment run --watch — #12894

Experimental

Events and Automations

• Support filtering by automation name:
  • #12850
  • #12884
  • #12887
• Add support for using the "normal" Trigger classes for flow.serve and .deploy — #12789
• Add an account-level event subscriber — #12808
• Emit flow run state change events — #12825
• Emit deployment status persistence and events — #12853
• Enable event streaming from PrefectCloudEventSubscriber via CLI — #12796
• Update the prefect automation delete CLI — #12876

Engine

• Add new experimental engine for tasks and flows with improved readability and extensibility — #12856

Documentation

• Improve installation instructions — #12783
• Improve quickstart — #12798
• Migrate prefect-azure docs to Integrations section of the Prefect docs — #12794
• Update storage guide credentials blocks — #12819
• Remove server import recommendations — #12823
• Remove link to removed API page — #12824
• Add Azure Container Instances worker guide — #12846
• Improve wording on integrations index page — #12852

Prefect UI Library

• Add FormattedDate component to display accessible, long-form timestamps consistently
• Update modal buttons and add auto-close to the parameters and job variable modals — PrefectHQ/prefect-ui-library#2320
• Add flow run list information density — PrefectHQ/prefect-ui-library#2321
• Fix "Run a deployment" action not populating the default parameters from the deployment — PrefectHQ/prefect-ui-library#2322
• Fix schema form properties with no default value from defaulting to null (None) — PrefectHQ/prefect-ui-library#2323
• Update date-fns and date-fns-tz — PrefectHQ/prefect-ui-library#2319
• Use correct icon colors for non-destructive actions in the UI — PrefectHQ/prefect-ui-library#2328

Integrations

Prefect CGP

• Remove API ref to nonexistent Google Cloud Run V2 page — PrefectHQ/prefect-gcp#260
• Fix VPC access for Cloud v2 worker — PrefectHQ/prefect-gcp#266
• Handle case where vpc isn't in job template — PrefectHQ/prefect-gcp#267

New Contributors

• @keizobabybear made their first contribution in #12852