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• Scalar (@scalar), Telemetry Sports (via @chris-telemetry), Stok (@stok-team)

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• Polar.sh: @thomastu, @skewty, @iRod3s

• GitHub Sponsors: (@stok-team), @benjamin-kirkbride, @crisog, @geeshta, @cbscsm, @ruslan-korneev,

• OpenCollective: Christian Y, Anonymous

• A huge 'Thank you!' to all sponsors, subscribers, and contributors across Polar.sh, OpenCollective and GitHub Sponsors!

What's changed

New contributors 🎉

• @carlsmedstad made their first contribution in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3291
• @haryle made their first contribution in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3242
• @winbornejw made their first contribution in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3136

Bugfixes 🐛

• fix(cli): remove duplicate rich-click config options by @JacobCoffee in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3274
• fix: pydantic json_schema_extra examples. by @peterschutt in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3281
• fix(openapi): set default on schema from FieldDefinition by @guacs in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3280
• fix: Custom types cause serialisation error in exception response with non-JSON media-type by @provinzkraut in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3284
• fix(OpenAPI): Ensure default values are always represented in schema for dataclasses and msgspec.Structs by @provinzkraut in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3285
• fix(DTO): Pydantic v2 error handling/serialization when for non-pydantic exceptions by @provinzkraut in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3286
• fix(OpenAPI): Fix OpenAPI schema generation for paths with path parameters of different types on the same path by @provinzkraut in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3293
• fix(OpenAPI): Document unconsumed path parameters by @provinzkraut in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3295
• fix: Unique schema names for nested models (#3134) by @winbornejw in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3136

New features 🚀

• feat: add Scalar.com as an OpenAPI docs generator option
• feat: allow for console output to be silenced by @cofin in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3180
• feat: add flash plugin by @euri10 in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3145
• feat: Use memoized request_class and response_class values by @kedod in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3205
• feat(DTO): Enable codegen backend by default by @provinzkraut in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3215
• feat: Added precedence of CLI parameters over envs by @kedod in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3190
• feat: only print when terminal is TTY enabled by @cofin in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3219
• feat: Support schema_extra in Parameter and Body by @tuukkamustonen in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3204
• feat: add typevar expansion by @haryle in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3242
• feat: Add LITESTAR_ prefix before WEB_CONCURRENCY env option by @kedod in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3227
• feat: Warn about ambiguous default values in parameter specifications by @provinzkraut in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3283
• feat: support declaring DTOField via Annotated by @peterschutt in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3289
• feat: Add TRACE to HttpMethod enum by @provinzkraut in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3294
• feat: Pydantic dto non instantiable types by @peterschutt in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3296
• feat: Add path parameter to Litestar application class by @kedod in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3314

Other changes

• docs(channels): Fix subscriber examples by @provinzkraut in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3287
• docs: Expand the acronym for Data Transfer Object in What's New in v2 by @cclauss in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3288
• docs: Add examples for auth exclude configuration by @aranvir in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3246
• refactor: Reduce module import time by @provinzkraut in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3282
• refactor: remove CacheControlHeader dependency on AbstractDTO by @peterschutt in https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/pull/3307

Full Changelog https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/compare/v2.7.1...v2.8.0