v1.7.0

New Features

• Support using DatasetAlias and fix orphaning unreferenced dataset by @tatiana in #1217 #1240

  Documentation: https://astronomer.github.io/astronomer-cosmos/configuration/scheduling.html#data-aware-scheduling

• Add GCP_CLOUD_RUN_JOB execution mode by @ags-de #1153

  Learn more about it: https://astronomer.github.io/astronomer-cosmos/getting_started/gcp-cloud-run-job.html

• Introduction of experimental support to run dbt BQ models using Airflow deferrable operators by @pankajkoti @pankajastro @tatiana in #1224 #1230.

  This is the first step in the journey of running dbt resources with native Airflow, and we would appreciate feedback from the community.

  For more information, check the documentation: https://astronomer.github.io/astronomer-cosmos/getting_started/execution-modes.html#airflow-async-experimental

  This work has been inspired by the talk "Airflow at Monzo: Evolving our data platform as the bank scales" by
  @jonathanrainer @ed-sparkes given at Airflow Summit 2023: https://airflowsummit.org/sessions/2023/airflow-at-monzo-evolving-our-data-platform-as-the-bank-scales/.

Enhancements

• Create single virtualenv when DbtVirtualenvBaseOperator has virtualenv_dir=None and is_virtualenv_dir_temporary=True by @kesompochy in #1200
• Consistently handle build and imports in cosmos/__init__.py by @tatiana in #1215
• Add enum constants to init for direct import by @fabiomx in #1184

Bug fixes

• URL encode dataset names to support multibyte characters by @t0momi219 in #1198
• Fix invalid argument (full_refresh) passed to DbtTestAwsEksOperator (and others) by @johnhoran in #1175
• Fix printer_width arg type in DbtProfileConfigVars by @jessicaschueler in #1191
• Fix task owner fallback by @jmaicher in #1195

Docs

• Add scarf to readme and docs for website analytics by @cmarteepants in #1221
• Add virtualenv_dir param to ExecutionConfig docs by @pankajkoti in #1173
• Give credits to @LennartKloppenburg in CHANGELOG.rst by @tatiana #1174
• Refactor docs for async mode execution by @pankajkoti in #1241

Others

• Remove PR branch added for testing a change in CI in #1224 by @pankajkoti in #1233
• Fix CI wrt broken coverage upload artifact @pankajkoti in #1210
• Fix CI issues - Upgrade actions/upload-artifact & actions/download-artifact to v4 and set min version for packaging by @pankajkoti in #1208
• Resolve CI failures for Apache Airflow 2.7 jobs by @pankajkoti in #1182
• CI: Update GCP manifest file path based on new secret update by @pankajkoti in #1237
• Pre-commit hook updates in #1176 #1186, #1186, #1201, #1219, #1231