2.4.0rc6: improvements, more examples, documentations and bug fixes

What's Changed

• Fix RestoreState callback by @YuanTingHsieh in #2115
• Update gnn example by @ZiyueXu77 in #2114
• Update swarm learning example by @SYangster in #2064
• Merge duplicate sag_pt_deploy_map/sag_pt_ddp job templates [skip ci] by @YuanTingHsieh in #2116
• Update the document on large model experiments. by @IsaacYangSLA in #2118
• Fixes readthedocs config and link in docs [skip ci] by @nvkevlu in #2119
• NeMo peft example by @holgerroth in #2094
• Changed default GPRC driver to sync version by @nvidianz in #2117
• Make client api pipe configurable by @YuanTingHsieh in #2103
• Enhance TF Client API examples by @YuanTingHsieh in #2056
• Fix docs build by @SYangster in #2123
• Print logs and write to logfile at the same time by @YuanTingHsieh in #2120
• Job CLI Upgrade to support path notation by @chesterxgchen in #2128
• Update configurations of LauncherExecutor by @YuanTingHsieh in #2126
• Remove receive_global_model by @YuanTingHsieh in #2129
• CLI Job upgrade, convert string to number if possible by @chesterxgchen in #2130
• Update gnn template generation part by @ZiyueXu77 in #2131
• Fix gnn job templates link [skip ci] by @YuanTingHsieh in #2135
• Updates for Client API examples, add cse and swarm by @SYangster in #2134
• Update NeMo PEFT example inference by @holgerroth in #2124
• Fix doc format and docstring format [skip ci] by @YuanTingHsieh in #2139
• Add discussion Q&A template [skip ci] by @YuanTingHsieh in #2136
• enhance the rc handling for MPM. by @yhwen in #1985
• Update client api doc and docstrings by @YuanTingHsieh in #2137
• Add NumPy + Client API example by @YuanTingHsieh in #2031
• Remove mlflow.utils.time_utils dependency. by @chesterxgchen in #2146
• Job Cli Upgrade: support custom configurations by @chesterxgchen in #2143
• Job CLI Upgrade: including configuration key removal by @chesterxgchen in #2147
• Add Step by step fed stats tabular example by @chesterxgchen in #2151
• Update q-a.yml question rendering by @YuanTingHsieh in #2154
• Support sys vars for job config and support parameterized template in job config by @yanchengnv in #2145
• Fix simulator by @YuanTingHsieh in #2156
• Add release notes by @SYangster in #2144
• Added serialized size in the message header by @nvidianz in #2150
• Add TaskExchanger and FlareAgent by @YuanTingHsieh in #2161
• Support graceful end_run processing by @yanchengnv in #2158
• Add Sklearn-linear step-to-step example by @chesterxgchen in #2163
• Fix getting_started doc by @SYangster in #2169
• Add variable doc build version for github links by @SYangster in #2162
• Add experimental decorator and test by @holgerroth in #2171
• Remove gen2 restriction from ad-hoc policy by @yanchengnv in #2170
• Fix Swarm learning README [skip ci] by @YuanTingHsieh in #2172
• Fix job cli issues by @YuanTingHsieh in #2141
• support getTask and submitResult timeout in job config by @yanchengnv in #2173
• Fixed the SystemVarName.SECURE_MODE error in simulator by @yhwen in #2174
• Experimental decorator for functions and classes by @holgerroth in #2185
• Add example for HuggingFace SFT/PEFT by @ZiyueXu77 in #2092
• Add step-by-step tutorial for tabular data on svm, kmeans, and xgboost by @ZiyueXu77 in #2168
• Refactor LauncherExecutor and client api by @YuanTingHsieh in #2164
• Update job templates and README by @YuanTingHsieh in #2187
• Setup poc github rendering fix by @chesterxgchen in #2188
• Add migration guide, add/update various sections by @SYangster in #2160
• Fix meta file processing in storage and improve schedule job retrieval by @yanchengnv in #2186
• update pub list for 2023 by @holgerroth in #2178
• Fixed the missing simulator END_RUN event by @yhwen in #2182
• Enable run cross-validation without training workflow and examples by @yhwen in #2035
• Add overview, comm config, 3rd party integration docs [skip ci] by @SYangster in #2194
• Add metrics exchange mechanism by @YuanTingHsieh in #2189
• change Fed Stats output format by @chesterxgchen in #2199
• Simple FedAvg workflow by @holgerroth in #2157
• Latest Werkzeug is not compatible with Flask by @IsaacYangSLA in #2201
• Update links, example section, various cleanup [skip ci] by @SYangster in #2207
• Added PT Tensor decomposer registration on server side by @nvidianz in #2192
• KeyCloak authentication integration example by @yhwen in #2205
• Disable link check for example links by @YuanTingHsieh in #2216
• POC bug fix by @chesterxgchen in #2212
• Lightning api: add strict option for load_state_dict by @holgerroth in #2211
• Check if fl model to be sent is empty by @YuanTingHsieh in #2217
• save_config() function: fix to_hocon() issue by @chesterxgchen in #2220
• Update xgboost example requirements [skip ci] by @SYangster in #2221
• Fixed a few issues with streaming error logging by @nvidianz in #2213
• fixed the custom_authentication example readme by @yhwen in #2218
• Add sag mlflow step by step example by @YuanTingHsieh in #2208
• MONAI integration and metrics refactoring by @SYangster in #2223
• Don't run init() twice by @holgerroth in #2224
• Fix LauncherExecutor racing issue by @YuanTingHsieh in #2209
• misc doc enhancements, update monai metrics example readme by @SYangster in #2226
• Fix stats global key bug by @SYangster in #2229
• examples reformatting by @SYangster in #2228
• Fix hello examples README file and prepare data section by @YuanTingHsieh in #2231
• Fix config read in lightning api by @YuanTingHsieh in #2232
• POC Tutorial add HE support documentation in the notebook by @chesterxgchen in #2230
• Add fl_ctx in convert method of ParamsConverter by @YuanTingHsieh in #2233
• Display messages to users when cloud scripts unable to find public ip… by @IsaacYangSLA in #2234
• Fix excepthook error by @yanchengnv in #2236
• Fix typo in model locator by @holgerroth in #2239
• Update monai nvflare setup.py file by @IsaacYangSLA in #2237
• az vm run-command invoke does not take multi-line scripts by @IsaacYangSLA in #2214
• Fixed a race condition issue during the server start by @yhwen in #2235
• handle launcher failure condition in launch monitor by @chesterxgchen in #2240
• Add he support to pt params converter by @SYangster in #2238

Full Changelog: 2.4.0rc5...2.4.0rc6