2.5.0: Latest release with features and bug fixes

What's Changed

• updated the hello-TF2 readme [skip ci] by @yhwen in #2271
• Enhanced the Simulator client end_run solution by @yhwen in #2270
• Clean up master template yaml file (step 1) by @IsaacYangSLA in #2274
• updates examples, add version matching note [skip ci] by @SYangster in #2278
• Fix Auto login "communication error" by @chesterxgchen in #2279
• handle none value for the subcommand parser by @chesterxgchen in #2276
• Address VDR comments [slip ci] by @chesterxgchen in #2283
• Fix the client_executor improper lock use by @yhwen in #2282
• Add notebook for GNN examples by @ZiyueXu77 in #2289
• Fix FLModelUtil by @YuanTingHsieh in #2291
• Check invalid input directory in nvflare config by @chesterxgchen in #2295
• Refactor AWS and Azure cloud scripts of server and client by @IsaacYangSLA in #2275
• Added debug headers for all message route in CoreCell by @nvidianz in #2301
• Update execution api documentation and docstrings by @YuanTingHsieh in #2305
• Address VDR feedback by @SYangster in #2297
• Rename to execution api type, update job command output by @SYangster in #2306
• Move simulator workspace setup inside constructor by @YuanTingHsieh in #2311
• Update cli string [skip ci] by @YuanTingHsieh in #2313
• Remove base class Filter in ParamConverter by @YuanTingHsieh in #2312
• Add hello-ccwf to ci by @YuanTingHsieh in #2316
• Improve monai integration tracking example by @SYangster in #2318
• Exclude hidden json file when perform config parsing by @chesterxgchen in #2323
• apply nemo 2.4 fixes by @holgerroth in #2327
• Update all examples/research/integration requirements by @YuanTingHsieh in #2330
• Removed the no need client custom path. by @yhwen in #2322
• Enhance the handling of RC of task returned from clients by @IsaacYangSLA in #2338
• Add xgboost to CI/CD by @YuanTingHsieh in #2328
• Update cifar10 and gnn examples by @holgerroth in #2340
• Address final VDR feedbacks by @YuanTingHsieh in #2332
• Cifar10 fix plot by @holgerroth in #2346
• Added a few workarounds for HTTP driver's latency issues by @nvidianz in #2343
• Address VDR report by @SYangster in #2335
• Add notes about running TF with GPUs [skip ci] by @YuanTingHsieh in #2348
• Fix tb receiver by @YuanTingHsieh in #2349
• Clarify nemo example readme by @SYangster in #2352
• DataBus by @chesterxgchen in #2285
• Native FLARE/XGB integration by @yanchengnv in #2354
• Fix Pipe and PipeHandler by @YuanTingHsieh in #2356
• Setup for tf load_data by @SYangster in #2360
• tf dataset setup and teardown by @SYangster in #2366
• Fix nemo example link by @holgerroth in #2373
• Update outdated links by @YuanTingHsieh in #2368
• Clean up FilePipe remains by @YuanTingHsieh in #2369
• In process Client API Executor Part 1 by @chesterxgchen in #2248
• BioNeMo examples by @holgerroth in #2241
• Fix LauncherExecutor handle_event by @YuanTingHsieh in #2370
• Fix NEMO links by @YuanTingHsieh in #2385
• Update xgboost tree code by @YuanTingHsieh in #2383
• Reliable aux msg by @nvidianz in #2380
• Fix header parameter handling in sklearn's data_loader, update README with new AUC by @mikez3 in #2363
• Controller Refactor Part 1: separate communication by @SYangster in #2390
• Update publication list by @holgerroth in #2395
• Job submission with binary protocol by @yanchengnv in #2393
• Update rr_order to cyclic_order by @SYangster in #2412
• Updated FOBS readme to add DatumManager, added agrpcs as secure scheme by @nvidianz in #2410
• Multiple CC Authorizer support CCManager by @yhwen in #2396
• Support Responder functions by @SYangster in #2397
• Exclude non-training clients from cse by @yanchengnv in #2421
• Fix mlflow example tag links by @YuanTingHsieh in #2423
• Lightning client api patch multiple times by @YuanTingHsieh in #2424
• Add check to client api send method by @YuanTingHsieh in #2425
• Fixed the wrong workspace object in the simulator worker by @yhwen in #2429
• Fix api send typo by @YuanTingHsieh in #2432
• Enable StreamCell for all application channels by @YuanTingHsieh in #2407
• Add back request header by @YuanTingHsieh in #2440
• Check wandb login by @SYangster in #2445
• Clarify download_job workspace delay by @SYangster in #2454
• Client API Update: Job Templates, examples to reflect different type of Client API by @chesterxgchen in #2456
• Add controller interface by @SYangster in #2451
• Update README.md by @chesterxgchen in #2460
• Improve reliable msg by @yanchengnv in #2459
• CC block byoc jobs by @yhwen in #2403
• Fixed the authz and site_security check for check_resource command by @yhwen in #2462
• Add garbage collect at ends of round-based workflows by @SYangster in #2463
• Add WFController by @SYangster in #2468
• Add warning when the same admin in project.yml has different role by @IsaacYangSLA in #2470
• Add custom order and early termination to CyclicController by @YuanTingHsieh in #2387
• Add IPC agent and exchanger by @yanchengnv in #2435
• Fix a typo in ModelController by @holgerroth in #2473
• Refactor WFController and ModelController by @SYangster in #2475
• Add example for mulitparty kaplan-meier analysis with HE by @ZiyueXu77 in #2259
• Remove task_fn_args by @SYangster in #2479
• Enable simulator to run HE by @yhwen in #2339
• Fix simulator workspace by @SYangster in #2489
• Fix xgboost integration tests by @SYangster in #2486
• Add FedBPT research example by @holgerroth in #2465
• Fix xgboost test setup by @SYangster in #2494
• add Client API documentation by @chesterxgchen in #2497
• Added more logging for the job status changing. by @yhwen in #2480
• Fix update client status by @SYangster in #2508
• Add user guide on how to deploy to EKS by @IsaacYangSLA in #2510
• Improve dead client handling by @yanchengnv in #2506
• Enhance WFController by @SYangster in #2505
• Temporarily disable preflight tests by @SYangster in #2521
• Upgrade dependencies by @YuanTingHsieh in #2516
• Use full path for PSI components by @YuanTingHsieh in #2517
• Multiple bug fixes from 2.4 by @YuanTingHsieh in #2518
• Pythonic job creation by @yhwen in #2483
• Enhancements from 2.4 by @YuanTingHsieh in #2519
• Update ci cd from 2.4 by @YuanTingHsieh in #2520
• Use controller name for stats by @SYangster in #2522
• Simulator workspace re-design by @yhwen in #2492
• Simulator end run for all clients by @yhwen in #2514
• Secure XGBoost Integration by @nvidianz in #2512
• simplify Pythonic job simulator_run with only workspace parameter by @yhwen in #2528
• Add missing client api test jobs by @YuanTingHsieh in #2535
• Fixed the simulator server workspace root dir by @yhwen in #2533
• Improve InProcessClientAPIExecutor by @chesterxgchen in #2536
• User-defined aggregate_fn by @SYangster in #2539
• FIX MLFLow and Tensorboard Output to be consistent with new Workspace root changes by @chesterxgchen in #2537
• Fix decorator issue by @YuanTingHsieh in #2542
• FLModel summary by @chesterxgchen in #2544
• Update KM example, add 2-stage solution without HE by @ZiyueXu77 in #2541
• handle cases where the script with relative path in Script Runner by @chesterxgchen in #2543
• Lr newton raphson by @zhijinl in #2529
• Add information about dig (bind9-dnsutils) in the document [skip ci] by @IsaacYangSLA in #2548
• Update monai readme to remove logging.conf [skip ci] by @YuanTingHsieh in #2552
• MONAI mednist example by @holgerroth in #2532
• Improve AWS cloud launch script by @IsaacYangSLA in #2547
• Add in process client api tests by @YuanTingHsieh in #2549
• Add client controller executor by @SYangster in #2530
• Add option in dashboard cli for AWS vpc and subnet by @IsaacYangSLA in #2569
• [2.5] Clean up to allow creation of nvflare light by @yanchengnv in #2573
• Enable patch and build for nvflare_light by @IsaacYangSLA in #2574
• add FedBN Implementation on NVFlare research folder - a local batch normalization federated learning method by @MinghuiChen43 in #2524
• FIx MLFLOW example bugs by @chesterxgchen in #2575
• BugFix: InProcessClientAPIExecutor's TaskScriptRunner by @chesterxgchen in #2558
• update client_api.png by @chesterxgchen in #2577
• Fix the simulator worker sys path by @yhwen in #2561
• Moved the get_component_init_parameters to class_utils by @yhwen in #2578
• Add Cyclic WFController by @SYangster in #2554
• Horizontal Secure XGBoost Support by @nvidianz in #2562
• Fobs auto register by @yhwen in #2567
• Update TF2 example by @holgerroth in #2587
• added handle for class in the to-level main script for job creation API. by @yhwen in #2592
• Fix CI failure by @YuanTingHsieh in #2590
• Add API for Pythonic Job Creation by @holgerroth in #2563
• Escape character ' in the sub_start.sh. by @IsaacYangSLA in #2581
• Enable delayed model build by @holgerroth in #2596
• Rename WFController to ModelController by @SYangster in #2588
• Update readme of KM by @ZiyueXu77 in #2593
• Missing sj heartbeat by @yhwen in #2583
• Getting started guide with job tutorial by @holgerroth in #2598
• Add fedopt workflow by @SYangster in #2550
• Enhance the client sync_runner process to timeout use max_timeout, in… by @yhwen in #2603
• Reduce timeout warnings during NeMo PEFT example by @holgerroth in #2605
• [2.5] Support config dict by @yanchengnv in #2604
• Job CLI bugs fix by @chesterxgchen in #2607
• Added target validation for job API by @yhwen in #2606
• Add ipcl_python lib by @YuanTingHsieh in #2612
• add the runner_config to the client by @yhwen in #2615
• Add hierarchical statistics support by @apatole in #2608
• Added empty results check for aggregate_fn by @yhwen in #2613
• allow absolute path for the external script by @yhwen in #2565
• [2.5] fix missing replying var by @yanchengnv in #2619
• Added engine.add_component() function by @yhwen in #2621
• Add lightning and tensorflow getting started notebooks by @SYangster in #2610
• [2.5] Support log file rotation in admin commands by @yanchengnv in #2624
• Update blossom-ci ACL to secure format [skip ci] by @pxLi in #2628
• Fix docs typos by @apatole in #2629
• Build process update by @IsaacYangSLA in #2638
• Fix project.yml master templates by @apatole in #2617
• [2.5] Consolidate text file name validation by @yanchengnv in #2632
• Update setup.py for base version and nightly build by @IsaacYangSLA in #2644
• Add licenses for website by @SYangster in #2645
• Add flare site to github pages by @SYangster in #2642
• Wrap the xgboost plugin into a C library. by @trivialfis in #2639
• Add Secure XGBoost example by @ZiyueXu77 in #2635
• aws cloud deployment improvements by @dirkpetersen in #2618
• Add feedback when users launch dashboard to cloud with editable version by @IsaacYangSLA in #2655
• Added external script for fed_job API by @yhwen in #2623
• update client_api executor docs by @yhwen in #2661
• Fix DockerBuilder to add build section by @apatole in #2662
• Use npm for pages deployment by @SYangster in #2665
• Allow the simulator to pass the End_Run aux message to clients by @yhwen in #2653
• Use google drive video embeddings by @SYangster in #2668
• Change the ScatterAndGather default persistor_id by @yhwen in #2664
• AWS cloud deployments: Adding multi-region capability and auto-detection of GPU instance types and AMI images by @dirkpetersen in #2650
• Fixed the numpy release version by @yhwen in #2670
• Add correct params exchange format for tf by @SYangster in #2676
• BUGFIX: cloud deployment script issue with OSX by @dirkpetersen in #2677
• 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
• Moved the simulator server logger init earlier by @yhwen in #2753
• Cherry pick XGB docs from #2671 by @SYangster in #2759
• Getting started readmes by @holgerroth in #2757
• fix the CrossSiteEvalClientController in swarm_script_executor_cifar10 by @yhwen in #2762
• Cherry pick fixes from 2.4 by @YuanTingHsieh in #2768
• Cherry pick launcher log fix by @YuanTingHsieh in #2766
• Update xgboost user guide by @SYangster in #2750
• Honor optional flag at streaming level by @nvidianz in #2771
• Removed the app_opt scan by @yhwen in #2758
• Add job API to support additional external dir in the custom dir by @yhwen in #2748
• Moved the hello-pt example initialization to START_RUN by @yhwen in #2735
• Fix config file name in doc by @YuanTingHsieh in #2772
• Fix loading cli history in admin console by @IsaacYangSLA in #2777
• Port 2.4 xgb changes by @YuanTingHsieh in #2773
• implementation of Scaffold and FedProx for TensorFlow by @falibabaei in #2727
• name to path changes in configuration by @yhwen in #2781
• Added error handling for XGB_CONFIGURED event by @nvidianz in #2780
• Fix JobAPI Persistor handling by @SYangster in #2775
• Add FedJobAPI documentation by @SYangster in #2718
• fixed the cross validation wrong config for swarm_script_executor_cifar10 by @yhwen in #2778
• Fixed the mgpu simulator workspace change error by @yhwen in #2770
• Update Secure XGBoost example w.r.t. XGBoost's code changes by @ZiyueXu77 in #2686
• Improve the kill children processes by @yhwen in #2789
• Add back metric callback and fix examples based on new xgboost version by @YuanTingHsieh in #2787
• [2.5] Improve app_command by @yanchengnv in #2782
• Add docstring to reliable message by @YuanTingHsieh in #2788
• Pre-trained Model and training_mode changes by @nvidianz in #2793
• Update xgboost example and ci by @YuanTingHsieh in #2794
• [2.5] Update flower CLI by @yanchengnv in #2792
• Fix FedBN api key issue by replacing comet by @ZiyueXu77 in #2798
• more app_opt scan example changes by @yhwen in #2797
• Add first version of release notes by @nvkevlu in #2800
• FIX hard-coded sp_end_point in POC by @chesterxgchen in #2795
• Add hello examples with new APIs by @nvkevlu in #2785
• Update autofedrl example by @ZiyueXu77 in #2801
• Refactor XGBDataLoader by @YuanTingHsieh in #2804
• Fix HE docstring typo by @YuanTingHsieh in #2802
• re-arrange getting started examples by @chesterxgchen in #2805
• Update secure xgboost examples by @YuanTingHsieh in #2803
• XGBoost user interface change and XGBoost version check by @nvidianz in #2808
• Add lock to reliable message by @nvidianz in #2811
• Fixed 2 PTFileModelLocator config errors (Research) by @yhwen in #2807
• Update xgboost example by @YuanTingHsieh in #2813
• Refactor Job API by @SYangster in #2799
• Add CUDA plugin code by @YuanTingHsieh in #2814
• Fix Jenkins CI by @YuanTingHsieh in #2812
• Remove the module class scan by @yhwen in #2790
• Change all name to path by @YuanTingHsieh in #2817
• Add back hello-numpy-sag and update references by @nvkevlu in #2816
• Revert "Remove the module class scan " by @yhwen in #2819
• Fix config typos by @YuanTingHsieh in #2818
• Relax grpcio/protobuf versions by @nvidianz in #2822
• ScriptExecutor improvements by @SYangster in #2820
• Fix Job API Examples by @SYangster in #2823
• Support ScriptRunner in ccwf_job by @yanchengnv in #2825
• ScriptRunner framework option in examples by @SYangster in #2827
• Use pre module scan to create classes table by @yhwen in #2824
• Add one entry in MANIFEST.in by @IsaacYangSLA in #2826
• Add NVIDIA FLARE DAY banner by @SYangster in #2829
• Fix existing xgboost examples by @YuanTingHsieh in #2830
• Remove unused code and update README by @YuanTingHsieh in #2828
• Fixed the config changes error by @yhwen in #2834
• Minor fixes to xgboost example by @hwpang in #2832
• fix notebook errors by @chesterxgchen in #2835
• Update requirements versions by @nvkevlu in #2831
• Add NPModelPersistor to hello-fedavg-numpy by @SYangster in #2837
• improve the class_utils to handle the duplicate class name case by @yhwen in #2833
• Add migration guide by @nvkevlu in #2806
• Fix hello-pt and empty metrics by @SYangster in #2840
• Update ml-to-fl examples with new APIs by @SYangster in #2836
• Add example notebook for docker by @nvkevlu in #2767
• hello-pt-mlflow job api example by @yhwen in #2839
• Credit Card Fraud detection end-to-end with XGBoost by @chesterxgchen in #2738
• rolled back the job api custom_file copy destination change by @yhwen in #2848
• Remove basename in ScriptRunner by @SYangster in #2849
• Update site code blocks and links by @SYangster in #2847
• Gradient inversion fix dtype error by @holgerroth in #2852
• Convert step-by-step stats examples to use new Job API by @chesterxgchen in #2842
• Convert tree-based Fed XGBoost with Job API by @chesterxgchen in #2843
• Convert Scikit-Learn examples (SVM, Kmeans, Linear) to use Job API by @chesterxgchen in #2845
• Added Debug in ReliableMessage and Ignore XGB errors after shutdown by @nvidianz in #2851
• Update arg name for MLflowReceiver by @YuanTingHsieh in #2850
• Update step by step examples to use Job API by @YuanTingHsieh in #2841
• Update client api to use same task as CSE and update step-by-step CSE by @YuanTingHsieh in #2844
• Autofedrl fix for updated locator behavior by @ZiyueXu77 in #2856
• Convert CCWF examples to use Job API by @SYangster in #2846
• Fixed the SubprocessLauncher missing app_custom_folder in PYTHONPATH by @yhwen in #2857
• Add FLModel parameter checks by @SYangster in #2859
• Clarify default persistor_id by @SYangster in #2861
• Added check for duplicate RM request by @nvidianz in #2858
• Add support of just doing metrics streaming with client api by @YuanTingHsieh in #2763
• Add flower metrics streaming example by @YuanTingHsieh in #2764
• Add docs for Flower integration by @nvkevlu in #2862
• Update simulator folder path for random forest example by @ZiyueXu77 in #2865
• Fix an XGB Failure caused by len() by @nvidianz in #2863
• Fed Stats Notebooks and Read ME: fix fed stats output directory due to simulator output structure changes by @chesterxgchen in #2864
• Fixed the wrong dh_psi_task_handler path by @yhwen in #2866
• improve race condition handling by @yanchengnv in #2867
• support passing custom env vars for flower client by @yanchengnv in #2870
• Gradient inversion: fix cross-validation path by @holgerroth in #2869
• Update Job API docs after redesign by @SYangster in #2873
• Updated xgboost user guide by @nvidianz in #2872
• Add pipe docstring by @YuanTingHsieh in #2868
• Update flower examples by @YuanTingHsieh in #2871
• Clean up getting started installation docs by @nvkevlu in #2874
• Make the Launcher extends FLComponent by @yhwen in #2875
• BioNeMo examples: fix docs by @holgerroth in #2877
• Fix heartbeat timeout config by @SYangster in #2878
• Added more handling for the source file import handling by @yhwen in #2876
• Update the generated component classes table by @yhwen in #2879
• Fix for last index of module path by @yhwen in #2881
• Fix hierarchical stats documentation by @apatole in #2882
• Update fedbn example by @ZiyueXu77 in #2883
• fix path due to simulator output structure changes by @chesterxgchen in #2885
• Add note on installing nvflare in requirements by @nvkevlu in #2884
• Fix sbs notebooks by @SYangster in #2887
• Re-factor hello-numpy-cse example by @YuanTingHsieh in #2880
• Update CrossSiteEval by @YuanTingHsieh in #2886
• Add printing of tb logdir by @YuanTingHsieh in #2888
• Update getting_started cifar notebook by @ZiyueXu77 in #2889
• Deprecate decorator pattern by @YuanTingHsieh in #2891
• Added instructions to run horizontal secure XGBoost in simulator by @nvidianz in #2890
• Updated plugin build doc by @nvidianz in #2892
• fix PSI and Vertical learning paths by @chesterxgchen in #2893
• Fix ci test configs format issue by @YuanTingHsieh in #2896
• Remove bionemo from new by @nvkevlu in #2897
• Update random forest and vertical xgb examples by @ZiyueXu77 in #2895
• Site, docs, and example updates by @SYangster in #2894
• Update xgboost requirements by @YuanTingHsieh in #2898
• Update flare simulator tutorial by @YuanTingHsieh in #2899
• Fix tf weights filename by @SYangster in #2901
• Add log info for flower executor by @YuanTingHsieh in #2900
• Fix hello-pt-cse job by @YuanTingHsieh in #2905
• Undo remove bionemo from new by @nvkevlu in #2902
• Add vertical xgboost gpu instructions by @YuanTingHsieh in #2903
• Fix bionemo examples by @holgerroth in #2904
• Fixed Plugin README by @nvidianz in #2906
• Update xgboost docs by @nvkevlu in #2907
• Added debug info for memoryview error by @nvidianz in #2908
• Change job simulator run to use Popen by @yhwen in #2909
• Fix hello_world tf result printing by @SYangster in #2910
• Fixed XGBoost Example README by @nvidianz in #2913
• Fix cifar10 examples num_clients by @SYangster in #2914
• Fix data save path by @YuanTingHsieh in #2917
• trim the whitespace of the clients and gpu from the job simulator_run by @yhwen in #2912
• Add CSE with job api with client api by @YuanTingHsieh in #2918
• Update to use BaseFedJob by @SYangster in #2919
• Warning for Mixed Plugin Use by @nvidianz in #2920
• BugFix: Hierarchical Fed Stats, prepare data: replace os.rename() function by @chesterxgchen in #2921
• Note about Simulator in XGBoost Doc by @nvidianz in #2911
• Add params_transfer_type to ScriptRunner by @SYangster in #2922
• Fix nemo examples by @holgerroth in #2923
• Added the current-round info the fl_ctx for BaseModelController by @yhwen in #2916
• Fix ci path by @YuanTingHsieh in #2927
• Fix xgb standalone fed by @YuanTingHsieh in #2924
• Fixing the memoryview issues by @nvidianz in #2926
• Fixing memoryview error by @nvidianz in #2929

New Contributors

• @mikez3 made their first contribution in #2363
• @zhijinl made their first contribution in #2529
• @MinghuiChen43 made their first contribution in #2524
• @apatole made their first contribution in #2608
• @trivialfis made their first contribution in #2639
• @dirkpetersen made their first contribution in #2618
• @tonywjs made their first contribution in #2709
• @hwpang made their first contribution in #2737
• @falibabaei made their first contribution in #2727

Full Changelog: 2.4.0...2.5.0