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

New Contributors

• @Dag-Calafell-MCA made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/chat-copilot/pull/508
• @Ahmed-Adel3 made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/chat-copilot/pull/542
• @rubiktubik made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/chat-copilot/pull/570
• @slamb2k made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/chat-copilot/pull/569
• @JohanYman made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/chat-copilot/pull/580
• @evchaki made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/chat-copilot/pull/604

Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/chat-copilot/compare/0.7.1...v0.8