clearml-docs/docs/release_notes/clearml_agent/ver_1_6.md

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Version 1.6

ClearML Agent 1.6.1

Bug Fix

• Fix requests requirement lower constraint breaks backwards compatibility for Python 3.6

ClearML Agent 1.6.0

New Features and Improvements

• Upgrade requests library (ClearML Agent GitHub issue #161)
• Add support for controlling PyTorch resolving mode using the CLEARML_AGENT_PACKAGE_PYTORCH_RESOLVE environment variable and agent.package_manager.pytorch_resolve configuration setting with none (no resolving), pip (sets extra index based on cuda and lets pip resolve) or direct (the previous parsing algorithm that does the matching and downloading). Default is pip (ClearML Agent GitHub issue #152)
• Add backwards compatibility in standalone mode using the CLEARML_AGENT_STANDALONE_CONFIG_BC environment variable
• Add CLEARML_AGENT_DOCKER_AGENT_REPO alias for the FORCE_CLEARML_AGENT_REPO environment variable
• Show a better message for agent init when an existing clearml.conf is found
• Add support for task field injection into container docker name using the agent.docker_container_name_format_fields configuration setting
• Add support for adding additional labels to docker containers using the CLEARML_AGENT_EXTRA_DOCKER_LABELS environment variable
• Add support for setting file mode in files applied by the agent (using the files configuration option) using the mode property
• Add support for skipping agent pip upgrade in the default k8s pod container bash script using the CLEARML_AGENT_NO_UPDATE environment variable
• Add support for additional pip install flags when installing dependencies using the CLEARML_EXTRA_PIP_INSTALL_FLAGS environment variable and agent.package_manager.extra_pip_install_flags configuration option
• Add support for extra docker arguments referencing machines environment variables using the agent.docker_allow_host_environ configuration option, allowing users to use $ENV in the task docker arguments (e.g. -e HOST_NAME=$HOST_NAME)
• Add support for k8s jobs execution (as opposed to only pods)
• Update default docker image versions
• Add Python 3.11 support

Bug Fixes

• Fix git+ssh:// links inside installed packages not being properly converted to authenticated https:// and vice versa
• Fix pip version required in the "Installed Packages" is now preserved and reinstalled
• Fix various agent paths not loaded correctly if an empty string or null is used (should be disabled, not converted to .)
• Fix docker container backwards compatibility for API<2.13
• Fix default docker match rules resolver (used incorrect field `"container" instead of "image")
• Fix task docker argument might be passed twice (might cause an error with flags such as --network and --ipc)