Prepare release 0.71.0 (#3244)

* Adding the new version to the necessary files.

* modified release notes

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Co-authored-by: ZenML GmbH <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Baris Can Durak <[email protected]>

README.md

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-    🎉 Version 0.70.0 is out. Check out the release notes
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RELEASE_NOTES.md

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+# 0.71.0
+
+ZenML version 0.71.0 delivers a new Modal step operator integration as its 
+core feature, enabling efficient cloud execution for ML pipelines with granular 
+hardware configuration options. The release strengthens enterprise capabilities 
+through improved token management and dashboard features, while expanding 
+artifact handling with dynamic naming and enhanced visualization support. 
+Additionally, it includes various infrastructure improvements and bug fixes 
+that enhance the platform's stability and usability, particularly around 
+Docker connectivity, Kubernetes management, and service connector operations.
+
+## New Feature: Modal Step Operator Integration
+
+ZenML now [integrates with Modal](https://modal.com/), bringing lightning-fast 
+cloud execution capabilities to your ML pipelines. This new step operator[ 
+https://docs.zenml.io/stack-components/step-operators/modal] allows you to 
+execute individual pipeline steps on Modal's specialized compute instances, 
+offering notable speed particularly for Docker image building and hardware 
+provisioning. With simple configuration options, you can precisely specify 
+hardware requirements like GPU type, CPU count, and memory for each step, 
+making it ideal for resource-intensive ML workloads.
+
+## Other Highlights
+
+- **Workload API Token Management:** Refactored token management for improved 
+security with a generic API token dispenser.
+- **Dashboard Enhancements:** 
+  - Introduced service account management capabilities.
+  - Added API key creation and integration features.
+- **Dynamic Artifact Naming:** Introduced capability to dynamically name 
+artifacts.
+- **Visualization Enhancements:** Made dictionaries and lists visualizable, 
+added JSON visualization type.
+
+## Additional Features and Improvements
+
+- Improved error messages for Docker daemon connectivity
+- Enhanced SageMaker URL handling
+- Simplified model version artifact linkage
+- Added testing for pipeline templates
+- Improved Kubernetes pod and label length management
+- Allowed skipping type annotations for step inputs
+- Enabled using feature service instances instead of just names
+
+## Bug Fixes
+
+- Fixed issues with getting out of an inaccessible active stack
+- Fixed race conditions in the service connector type registry
+- Resolved migration test complications
+- Corrected documentation links
+- Fixed artifact store and artifact URI handling
+- Addressed various scalability and compatibility issues
+
+## Documentation Updates
+
+- Added documentation redirects
+- Updated PyTorch documentation links
+- Improved service connector documentation
+
+## What's Changed
+* Refactored workload API token management for better security and implemented generic API token dispenser by @stefannica in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3154
+* Add 0.70.0 to the migration tests by @avishniakov in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3190
+* Adjustments to the PR template by @bcdurak in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3194
+* [docs] Fix links in the how-to section of docs by @wjayesh in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3196
+* Fixing sagemaker urls to take the settings into consideration by @bcdurak in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3195
+* Add cached run into testing of migrations by @avishniakov in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3199
+* Fix service connector type registry race conditions by @stefannica in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3202
+* Refactor container resource configuration in Vertex Orchestrator test by @avishniakov in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3203
+* [docs] Add missing redirects by @wjayesh in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3200
+* Add links to `uv` new PyTorch documentation by @strickvl in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3204
+* Fix broken docs link by @strickvl in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3208
+* Bugfix for getting out of an inaccessible active stack with no permissions by @bcdurak in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3198
+* Simplify model version artifact linkage by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3175
+* Reenable macos testing by @avishniakov in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3205
+* Various fixes and improvements by @stefannica in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3211
+* Pass config path during zenml pipeline build by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3212
+* Add test for running templates by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3192
+* Fix service connector docstring by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3216
+* Improve error message when docker daemon is not reachable by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3214
+* Don't run migration for empty updates by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3210
+* Remove `--check` from format script and fix naming by @safoinme in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3218
+* More scalability improvements by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3206
+* Use correct keyword for artifact store open by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3220
+* Fix passing of some sagemaker settings by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3221
+* Add hint when trying to connect with api key by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3222
+* Allow passing None values as parameter for optional complex types by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3215
+* Limit kubernetes pod and label length by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3217
+* Updating the quickstart example to use the new `log_metadata` by @bcdurak in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3188
+* Allow skipping type annotations for step inputs by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3223
+* Modal Step Operator by @strickvl in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/2948
+* Add dynamic artifacts naming, documentation and tests by @avishniakov in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3201
+* Run template CLI command and bugfix by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3225
+* Make dicts/lists visualizable and add JSON as viz type by @wjayesh in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/2882
+* Instances of the `FeatureService`s are now used instead of only the names of the FeatureServices.  by @aiakide in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3209
+* Quickstart fixes by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3227
+* Add missing docs by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3226
+* Misc cleanup by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3229
+* Fix input resolution for steps with dynamic artifact names by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3228
+* Follow-up on the `run_metadata` changes by @bcdurak in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3193
+* Fixed broken links by @htahir1 in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3232
+* Fixed wandb login problem in Quickstart by @htahir1 in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3233
+* Misc bugfixes by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3234
+* Add additional way to fetch docker repo digest by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3231
+* AWS Image Builder implementation by @stefannica in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/2904
+* Disable client-side caching for some orchestrators by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3235
+* Fix artifact uris for artifacts with name placeholders by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3237
+* Materializer test fix on Windows by @bcdurak in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3238
+* Fix GET step run endpoint to return unhydrated response if requested by @schustmi in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3240
+* Pipeline run API token fixes and improvements by @stefannica in https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/pull/3242
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml/compare/0.70.0...0.71.0
+
 # 0.70.0
 
 The **ZenML 0.70.0** release includes a significant number of database schema changes and migrations, which means upgrading to this version will require extra caution. As always, please make sure to make a copy of your production database before upgrading.

examples/quickstart/configs/training_aws.yaml

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 # Environment configuration
 settings:
   docker:
-    parent_image: "715803424590.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/zenml-public-pipelines:quickstart-0.70.0-py3.11-aws"
+    parent_image: "715803424590.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/zenml-public-pipelines:quickstart-0.71.0-py3.11-aws"
     skip_build: True  # If you switch this to False remove the parent_image
     requirements: requirements.txt
     environment:

examples/quickstart/configs/training_azure.yaml

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 # Environment configuration
 settings:
   docker:
-    parent_image: "zenmldocker/zenml-public-pipelines:quickstart-0.70.0-py3.11-azure"
+    parent_image: "zenmldocker/zenml-public-pipelines:quickstart-0.71.0-py3.11-azure"
     skip_build: True
     requirements: requirements.txt
     environment:

examples/quickstart/configs/training_gcp.yaml

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 # Environment configuration
 settings:
   docker:
-    parent_image: "zenmldocker/zenml-public-pipelines:quickstart-0.70.0-py3.11-gcp"
+    parent_image: "zenmldocker/zenml-public-pipelines:quickstart-0.71.0-py3.11-gcp"
     skip_build: True
     requirements: requirements.txt
     environment: