Flyte v1.6.0 milestone release

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Flyte v1.6.0 release

In this release we're announcing support for writing backend plugins in python. This is in experimental state, feedback
and bug reports are welcome!

Database migrations

This release contains a database migration that remediates an issue that we discovered with very old installations of Flyte.
For more details, please read the Flyte [https://github.com/flyteorg/flyte/releases/tag/v1.5.1](1.5.1 release notes).

Platform

As mentioned in the previous release, we are working to improve performance investigations. In this release we're announcing:

1. Runtime metrics UI
2. Profile time spent in a task via @timeit decorator
3. Lazy loading of flytekit dependencies

flytekit

Lots of features shipped in 1.6, including:

1. Prettified pyflyte run logs
2. Simplified image builds via ImageSpec
3. External backed plugins

For a full changelog, go to https://github.com/flyteorg/flytekit/releases/tag/v1.6.0.

Console

• feat: show launchplan in execution table by @pradithya in feat: show launchplan in execution table flyteconsole#738
• feat: show launch plan information in workflow's schedules by @pradithya in feat: show launch plan information in workflow's schedules flyteconsole#739
• fix: passthrough runtime env vars by @ursucarina in fix: passthrough runtime env vars flyteconsole#741
• chore: add fallback to task execution link by @ursucarina in chore: add fallback to task execution link  flyteconsole#743
• chore: allow custom subnav by @ursucarina in chore: allow custom subnav flyteconsole#734
• fix: force node executions to pull their status by @ursucarina in fix: force node executions to pull their status  flyteconsole#737
• chore: fix details panel card padding by @ursucarina in chore: fix details panel card padding flyteconsole#745
• chore: fix crash by @ursucarina in chore: fix crash flyteconsole#746
• [UI Feature] Add full-list log output to execution detail panel by @james-union in [UI Feature] Add full-list log output to execution detail panel flyteconsole#744
• TLM add log-message window to left panel by @james-union in TLM add log-message window to left panel flyteconsole#748
• [Snyk] Upgrade eslint from 8.31.0 to 8.33.0 by @EngHabu in [Snyk] Upgrade eslint from 8.31.0 to 8.33.0 flyteconsole#695
• chore: [tlm] comprehensive node execution query by @ursucarina in chore: [tlm] comprehensive node execution query flyteconsole#749
• chore: guard against /tasks failing by @ursucarina in chore: guard against /tasks failing flyteconsole#750
• chore: propagate dynamic parent id by @ursucarina in chore: propagate dynamic parent id  flyteconsole#751
• Add support fetching description entity by @pingsutw in Add support fetching description entity flyteconsole#735

Admin

• Infer GOOS and GOARCH from environment by @jeevb in Infer GOOS and GOARCH from environment flyteadmin#550
• Enrich TerminateExecution error to tell propeller the execution already terminated by @EngHabu in Enrich TerminateExecution error to tell propeller the execution already terminated flyteadmin#551
• Address resolution by @wild-endeavor in Address resolution flyteadmin#546
• Add migration to turn parent_id column into bigint only if necessary by @eapolinario in Add migration to turn parent_id column into bigint only if necessary flyteadmin#554

Propeller

• Moved controller-runtime start out of webhook Run function by @hamersaw in Moved controller-runtime start out of webhook Run function flytepropeller#546
• Fixing recovering of SKIPPED nodes by @hamersaw in Fixing recovering of SKIPPED nodes flytepropeller#551
• Remove resource injection on the node for container task by @ByronHsu in Remove resource injection on the node for container task flytepropeller#544
• Infer GOOS and GOARCH from environment by @jeevb in Infer GOOS and GOARCH from environment flytepropeller#552
• fix makefile to read variables from environment and overrides by @jeevb in fix makefile to read variables from environment and overrides flytepropeller#554
• Remove BarrierTick by @hamersaw in Remove BarrierTick flytepropeller#545
• Check for TerminateExecution error and eat Precondition status by @EngHabu in Check for TerminateExecution error and eat Precondition status flytepropeller#553
• Setting primaryContainerName by default on Pod plugin by @hamersaw in Setting primaryContainerName by default on Pod plugin flytepropeller#555
• Implement ability to specify additional/override annotations when using Vault Secret Manager by @pradithya in Implement ability to specify additional/override annotations when using Vault Secret Manager flytepropeller#556
• Maintaining Interruptible and OverwriteCache for reference launchplans by @hamersaw in Maintaining Interruptible and OverwriteCache for reference launchplans flytepropeller#557
• Added support for aborting task nodes reported as failures by @hamersaw in Added support for aborting task nodes reported as failures flytepropeller#541
• Added support for EnvironmentVariables on ExecutionConfig by @hamersaw in Added support for EnvironmentVariables on ExecutionConfig flytepropeller#558
• Fast fail if task resource requests exceed k8s resource limits by @hamersaw in Fast fail if task resource requests exceed k8s resource limits flytepropeller#488

New Contributors

• @wckdman made their first contribution in Feature: add activate-launchplan command to pyflyte flytekit#1588
• @peridotml made their first contribution in Add ImageRender class for Flyte Decks flytekit#1599
• @ringohoffman made their first contribution in Improve task decorator type hints with overload flytekit#1631
• @elibixby made their first contribution in add annotation option for serialization flytekit#1615
• @ByronHsu made their first contribution in Remove resource injection on the node for container task flytepropeller#544

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