Chat Copilot release 0.8 using SK 1.0.0 Beta 7

This release fixes many deployment issues and provides numerous improvements.

In addition, this is the first release made on a release branch (0.8) and meant to be used by those who want something more stable then what the bleeding edge on main can be.

What's Changed

• Fix fatal issues with Azure deployment templates by @glahaye in #513
• Bump @reduxjs/toolkit from 1.9.6 to 1.9.7 in /webapp by @dependabot in #503
• Bump @types/node from 20.8.3 to 20.8.6 in /webapp by @dependabot in #504
• Bump @typescript-eslint/parser from 6.7.4 to 6.7.5 in /webapp by @dependabot in #505
• Bump @fluentui/react-icons from 2.0.218 to 2.0.220 in /webapp by @dependabot in #507
• Bump @babel/traverse from 7.22.8 to 7.23.2 in /webapp by @dependabot in #518
• Bump @playwright/test from 1.37.1 to 1.39.0 in /webapp by @dependabot in #506
• Bump azure/webapps-deploy from 2 to 3 by @dependabot in #509
• Make deploying the web searcher plugin optional by @TaoChenOSU in #517
• Fix deployment when using OpenAI (as opposed to AOAI) by @glahaye in #519
• Remove /healthz call + use token when calling /maintenanceStatus by @dehoward in #495
• Refactor Stepwise Planner handler, added logic to allow use of stepwise plan result as bot response by @teresaqhoang in #514
• Fix for cognitive services API version by @Dag-Calafell-MCA in #508
• Make deploy-webapi do all it needs to by default by @glahaye in #524
• Refactor docker support and add web-searcher image by @huangyingting in #501
• Add blobs settings in webapi docker .env.example by @huangyingting in #526
• Bump Roslynator.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers from 4.5.0 to 4.6.0 in /webapi by @dependabot in #533
• Bump Roslynator.Analyzers from 4.5.0 to 4.6.0 in /webapi by @dependabot in #536
• Bump Roslynator.Formatting.Analyzers from 4.5.0 to 4.6.0 in /webapi by @dependabot in #535
• Bump Microsoft.Identity.Web from 2.15.1 to 2.15.3 in /webapi by @dependabot in #534
• Bump @fluentui/react-components from 9.34.1 to 9.36.0 in /webapp by @dependabot in #528
• Bump @typescript-eslint/parser from 6.7.5 to 6.8.0 in /webapp by @dependabot in #530
• Bump @types/react-dom from 18.2.11 to 18.2.14 in /webapp by @dependabot in #531
• Bump @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin from 6.7.3 to 6.8.0 in /webapp by @dependabot in #529
• Bump react-markdown from 8.0.7 to 9.0.0 in /webapp by @dependabot in #532
• Update SemanticChatMemoryItem.cs by @Ahmed-Adel3 in #542
• Update to "final" semantic-memory package by @crickman in #546
• Bump Roslynator.Formatting.Analyzers from 4.6.0 to 4.6.1 in /webapi by @dependabot in #551
• Bump Roslynator.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers from 4.6.0 to 4.6.1 in /webapi by @dependabot in #554
• Bump @microsoft/signalr from 7.0.11 to 7.0.12 in /webapp by @dependabot in #556
• Bump @typescript-eslint/parser from 6.8.0 to 6.9.0 in /webapp by @dependabot in #558
• Bump @fluentui/react-components from 9.36.0 to 9.37.0 in /webapp by @dependabot in #559
• Bump Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos from 3.35.4 to 3.36.0 in /webapi by @dependabot in #552
• Bump eslint from 8.51.0 to 8.52.0 in /webapp by @dependabot in #555
• Bump @fluentui/react-icons from 2.0.220 to 2.0.221 in /webapp by @dependabot in #557
• Bump actions/setup-node from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in #550
• Fix condition to skip building frontend by @glahaye in #561
• Bump Roslynator.Analyzers from 4.6.0 to 4.6.1 in /webapi by @dependabot in #553
• Fix race condition in bicep / ARM template by @glahaye in #564
• Fix invalid memory store type: Disk by @rubiktubik in #570
• Bump @fluentui/react-icons from 2.0.221 to 2.0.222 in /webapp by @dependabot in #574
• Bump @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin from 6.8.0 to 6.9.1 in /webapp by @dependabot in #576
• Bump @azure/msal-browser from 2.38.2 to 2.38.3 in /webapp by @dependabot in #575
• Bump eslint from 8.52.0 to 8.53.0 in /webapp by @dependabot in #573
• Bump @types/node from 20.8.6 to 20.8.10 in /webapp by @dependabot in #577
• Workflow fixes by @slamb2k in #569
• TokenCount performance issues by @JohanYman in #580
• Use IHttpClientFactory by @glahaye in #578
• Update Chat-Copilot to Semantic Kernel Beta4 and Kernel-Memory by @crickman in #581
• Fix Document/Memory Removal when Chat Deleted by @crickman in #585
• Upgrade CC to use SK 1.0 Beta 5 by @glahaye in #586
• Replace "Skills" term, as appropriate. by @crickman in #587
• Introduce "Safe" SystemDescription by @crickman in #589
• Revert updates to Microsoft.Azure.Functions.* packages for plugins by @TaoChenOSU in #590
• Fix template hash by @glahaye in #603
• Update README.md by @evchaki in #604
• Changed default build platform to win-x64 even in Linux scripts by @glahaye in #606
• Bump @types/react from 18.2.24 to 18.2.37 in /webapp by @dependabot in #598
• Bump @fluentui/react-components from 9.37.0 to 9.39.0 in /webapp by @dependabot in #601
• Bump @types/debug from 4.1.8 to 4.1.12 in /webapp by @dependabot in #600
• Bump @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin from 6.9.1 to 6.10.0 in /webapp by @dependabot in #599
• Bump Roslynator.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers from 4.6.1 to 4.6.2 in /webapi by @dependabot in #595
• Update CC to SK 1.0.0 Beta 6 by @glahaye in #609
• Bump prettier from 3.0.3 to 3.1.0 in /webapp by @dependabot in #597

New Contributors

• @Dag-Calafell-MCA made their first contribution in #508
• @Ahmed-Adel3 made their first contribution in #542
• @rubiktubik made their first contribution in #570
• @slamb2k made their first contribution in #569
• @JohanYman made their first contribution in #580
• @evchaki made their first contribution in #604

Full Changelog: 0.7.1...v0.8