2.5.0rc2: Secure XGBoost and other feature enhancements

What's Changed

• Add min_responses to send_model_and_wait() by @SYangster in #2675
• Resolve CVE with updated dependency by @IsaacYangSLA in #2681
• Add site enhancements by @SYangster in #2682
• Enhance ModelController arguments by @SYangster in #2683
• FOBS Enhancement by @nvidianz in #2580
• [2.5] Support app commands through admin by @yanchengnv in #2647
• Updates for num_clients by @SYangster in #2685
• FedAvg Early Stopping with ModelController by @SYangster in #2648
• fixed TaskScriptRunner which may locate the wrong script by @yhwen in #2626
• Fixed the sys.path for fedavg_model_learner_xsite_val_cifar10 example by @yhwen in #2614
• Update getting started notebooks for 2.5.0rc by @SYangster in #2690
• Fix Fed Stats due to recent changes by @chesterxgchen in #2691
• Support server side custom scripts in job API by @holgerroth in #2695
• update notebooks due to the simulator changes by @chesterxgchen in #2696
• Fix DAM Unit Test by @nvidianz in #2692
• Update version number MONAI and the bundle version by @nvkevlu in #2702
• Add Hierarchical Stats example by @apatole in #2694
• Update Hello Client Controlled Workflow(CCWF) README.md by @tonywjs in #2709
• Update stats READMEs by @apatole in #2711
• Fix torch ddp by @YuanTingHsieh in #2706
• Cherry pick RM fix from #2667 by @YuanTingHsieh in #2700
• Update ClientAlgo by @YuanTingHsieh in #2705
• Fix ClientAPILauncherExecutor import path to remove torch dependency. by @zhijinl in #2713
• Fix cyclic job creation example by @holgerroth in #2627
• Use ReliableMessage from 2.4 by @YuanTingHsieh in #2717
• Enhance CLI command config by @YuanTingHsieh in #2716
• Add CrossSiteEval with ModelController by @SYangster in #2699
• Enhance job auth setup script by @YuanTingHsieh in #2715
• Merging XGBoost changes from 2.4 by @nvidianz in #2712
• [2.5] Fix pipe handler race condition handling by @yanchengnv in #2728
• Remove serialization of pfx by @IsaacYangSLA in #2721
• Update readme link to website by @SYangster in #2734
• Fix BcastTaskManager min_responses by @SYangster in #2733
• Fix cell encrypt by @YuanTingHsieh in #2732
• keep the local resources for simulator by @yhwen in #2730
• Support same app for all sites in Job API by @holgerroth in #2714
• Fix overseer test timing by @YuanTingHsieh in #2743
• Add ModelController documentation by @SYangster in #2707
• [2.5] TIE (Technology for Integrating Everything) and Flower Inegration by @yanchengnv in #2523
• Add MetricsSender docstring by @YuanTingHsieh in #2745
• Update MONAI example by @YuanTingHsieh in #2724
• [2.5] Fix clone job to keep original job by @yanchengnv in #2755
• Bump up the version of monai-nvflare package to 0.2.9 by @IsaacYangSLA in #2749
• Update getting_started.rst by @hwpang in #2737
• Add CIFAR 10 examples for Tensorflow-based FedAvg & FedOpt by @zhijinl in #2704
• Minor fix for instructions in setup_poc.ipynb for main by @hwpang in #2752
• Added id to the jobAPI swarm_script_executor_cifar10 component deploy by @yhwen in #2678
• XGBoost plugin with new API by @nvidianz in #2725

New Contributors

• @tonywjs made their first contribution in #2709
• @hwpang made their first contribution in #2737

Full Changelog: 2.5.0rc1...2.5.0rc2