This is a minor release with lots of changes :)

I would like to get in the habit of releasing more often (at least for the flatc and C++ libraries) and the first step is to reduce the amount of diffs between releases (especially patch/revision only updates).

See a high level change log notes in our new CHANGELOG.md document, with the following list auto generated by github release workflow:

What's Changed

• explicitly use windows-2019 to unblock ci by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7105
• Go optional scalars by @chriscraws in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7104
• Fix minor typo in WhitePaper.md by @meersuri in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7108
• [TS] Fix generation of reserved words in object api (#7106) by @tira-misu in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7115
• Add deps attribute to flatbuffer_cc_library by @jkuszmaul in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7107
• add the missing checkNullConditionnal code in the "GenObjApi" function by @anov21 in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7114
• remove auto generate code from cmakelists by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7119
• Trigger fuzzing CI only on relevant changes by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7120
• update proto tests with alaised enum by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7121
• Use target_compile_features to target C++11 by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7122
• Use ConvertCase instead of Make{Upper,Lower,Snake} implementations by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7127
• Replaced ToDasherCase with ConvertCase by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7131
• [Rust] Add length checks to arrays and vectors. by @CasperN in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7130
• Prevent name clash by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7133
• Fix 64-bit numeric enum values in typescript by @jkuszmaul in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7135
• [TS] Escape keywords in typescript object names by @jkuszmaul in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7137
• Implement a config based name manager and use it in Rust codegen by @CasperN in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7144
• Fix missing 'break' by @CasperN in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7151
• Apply Namer to Python code gen by @CasperN in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7146
• Apply Namer to Go code gen by @CasperN in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7150
• [TS] Add single-file ts codegen & bazel rule for typescript by @jkuszmaul in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7161
• Use DESCRIPTION only if CMake version >= 3.9 by @Paulchen-Panther in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7166
• Nameroverloads by @CasperN in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7164
• Namersw by @CasperN in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7167
• Make inclusion of header opt-out via macro by @davschne in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7168
• [Lua] Apply Namer to Lua by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7171
• Annotated Flatbuffer Binary by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7174
• Typo in flatc options (warning-as-errors instead of warnings-as-errors) by @stefan301 in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7180
• Move flatbuffer_ts_library to typescript.bzl by @jkuszmaul in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7183
• Adds no-includes flags to the swift code generator by @mustiikhalil in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7182
• Correctly parse lists of enums in Dart generated code by @insertjokehere in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7157
• VerifySizePrefixed (reflection::Schema) and GetAnySizePrefixedRoot added by @stefan301 in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7181
• [TS] Fix generation of struct members in object api by @tira-misu in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7148
• Handle root offset and root table vtable invalidation by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7177
• Fuzzed binary annotator by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7188
• Namerdart by @CasperN in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7187
• Annotated Binary Structured Comments by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7192
• [swift] Add bazel configuration for Swift by @keith in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7195
• [C#] Fix collision of field name and type name by @tira-misu in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7149
• Apply Namer to Java. by @CasperN in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7194
• Apply Namer prefix/suffix to other generators by @CasperN in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7197
• fixed padding in struct for annotated binary by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7199
• [C++] Static assert on Flatbuffers Version by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7203
• maximize parallel builds in CI by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7206
• Add overloads for C# ByteBuffer/FlatBufferBuilder to allow adding vector blocks from ArraySegments or IntPtr by @Jamie-Jameson in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7193
• Fix for [C++] flatc generates invalid Code in the default constructor for structs, when --cpp-field-case-style is used #7209 by @stefan301 in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7211
• [C++] generate sorted #include directives by @stefan301 in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7213
• code gen flexbuffer verifier by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7207
• [C++] stl_emulation span::count_ is not const anymore (#7226) by @avaliente-bc in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7227
• Started to migrate to target_compile_options by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7222
• Adds implementation flag for swift by @mustiikhalil in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7202
• Adds a way to verify/exposes Entities ids by @mustiikhalil in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7221
• Create cpp-linter.yml by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7208
• disable cpp-linter by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7229
• Remove call toascii by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7234
• [Kotlin] Update gradle to 7.4.1 and simplify config files. by @paulovap in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7231
• [Swift] Fixes a bug for create function by @mustiikhalil in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7228
• Allow CreateVectorOfStrings() to work with any string-type. by @hzeller in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7238
• [Java] Fix key lookup returning null clashing with default value by @paulovap in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7236
• [Kotlin] Fix key lookup returning null clashing with default value by @paulovap in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7237
• set workflows permissions to read-only by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7239
• Expand test to make sure {}-initializers are properly understood by template by @hzeller in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7242
• Make Java namespaces keep case by default by @CasperN in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7243
• Add parameter back to EndVector by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7246
• Java namer typo by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7249
• [optimization] Keep the underlying storage capacity when clearing the FlatBufferBuilder by @hassila in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7250
• Turn off Go modules temporary by @mustiikhalil in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7251
• Add test for nested buffer verifier by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7252
• Swift update performance benchmark infrastructure by @hassila in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7255
• Specialize CreateVector with std::initializer_list by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7254
• Handle +/-inf in protos by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7256
• [performance] [swift] Add systematic inlining by @hassila in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7253
• Added Swift to supported languages by @hassila in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7257
• fix include order by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7266
• Rust: fix a name conflict when building with "no_std" feature by @fjarri in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7268
• [swift] Make swift module public by @keith in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7274
• Make flatc generate Rust files not requiring std by @fjarri in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7273
• Namerkot by @CasperN in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7245
• Remove span ConstIterator/cbegin()/cend(). by @pkasting in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7295
• [swift] add 'has<ArrayName>' property to check optional array presence in mes… by @mr-swifter in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7280
• Update Rust docs page by @bsilver8192 in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7296
• Add size check to fix out of bounds read risk by @bjornharrtell in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7304
• Add explicit return types to lobster generated code by @bartwe in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7312
• Use keep case for Rust union discriminant type. by @CasperN in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7321
• [Swift] Wasm support by @mustiikhalil in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7328
• Started implementation for private flags in rust by @mustiikhalil in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7269
• Implement optional scalars for Python by @calebzulawski in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7318
• Move reflection_ts_fbs into a separate directory by @liuliu in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7342
• Implement optional scalars for JSON by @calebzulawski in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7322
• [Go] Replace deprecated package io/ioutil by @cia-rana in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7281
• [TS] fix ts import path issue by @sssooonnnggg in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7298
• [Kotlin] Remove download benchmark files dependency by @paulovap in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7314
• [golang] Create missing namespace directory structure (#7324) by @tsturm in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7325
• [TS] Don't generate self-imports with --ts-flat-file by @jkuszmaul in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7340
• Revert "Move reflection_ts_fbs into a separate directory" by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7349
• Revert "Implement optional scalars for JSON" by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7351
• Only include direct included files by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7348
• Reenable optional json by @calebzulawski in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7352
• Bump Newtonsoft.Json from 12.0.3 to 13.0.1 in /tests/FlatBuffers.Test by @dependabot in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7363
• [Dart] Implement putBool to fix errors when serializing structs with bools by @insertjokehere in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7359
• Fix references to LICENSE file by @Hixie in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7377
• Updated Newtonsoft.Json to 13.0.1 by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7393
• cpp_generator: comment out unused parameter to avoid warnings by @yshalabi in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7381
• fix(#7360): grpc used deprecated functions by @godcong in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7361
• keep-prefix keeps relative pathing by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7394
• Compilation issue msys2 by @chronoxor in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7403
• Add missing const by @atkurtul in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7401
• [TS] fix incorrect reverse order when writting array of structs by @sssooonnnggg in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7271
• [TS/Bazel] Minor improvements to typescript.bzl by @jkuszmaul in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7300
• Fix Clang-Cl compile on Windows by @06393993 in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7308
• grpc/compiler: Respect filename suffix and extension during code generation by @amaneureka in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7343
• Fix error msg format when generate GRPC failed by @SF-Zhou in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7350
• (#7323) Rename CMake files according to project name by @clanghans in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7378
• Revert "grpc/compiler: Respect filename suffix and extension during code generation" by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7406
• Revert "Compilation issue msys2" by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7407
• Compilation issue msys2 #7399 by @chronoxor in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7409
• [TS] Use TextEncoder and TextDecoder by @bjornharrtell in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7400
• Add FLATBUFFERS_STRICT_MODE by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7408
• Add tests for flatc by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7405
• Rebased: grpc/compiler: Respect filename suffix and extension during code generation by @amaneureka in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7414
• Moved TypeScriptTests to python script by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7411
• [golang] Add support for text parsing with json struct tags by @aburdulescu in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7353
• Remove stringop-overflow from error by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7422
• [golang] Perform keyword escaping after case conversion by @aburdulescu in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7421
• [C++] Vector of Tables equality by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7415
• [C++] avoid zero-as-null-pointer warning by @sssooonnnggg in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7423
• Issue#6959 :Updated Automatically generated rust files. by @YashasviChaurasia in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7425
• [C++] Make template parameter in stl_emulation.h more explicit to avoid conflicts with cpprestsdk U macro by @marcelkrueger in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7424
• [C++] Set StructDef::has_key property when deserializing from binary … by @sssooonnnggg in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7428
• Remove auto including locale functions by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7430
• Update gitingore to reflect name change by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7431
• Update TypeScriptTest.py to work better cross platform by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7436
• Add flatc python tests to CI by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7437
• Fix FlexBuffers JS/TS bug by @mzaks in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7434
• Add checks to verifier by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7438
• [TypeScript] Fix namespaceless schema generation by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7432
• make_span overloads for pointer to vector (#7374) by @stefan301 in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7435
• Define minimum buffer size by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7440
• [C#] Rework how sorted vectors are looked up by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7441
• Stop using __has_trivial_copy on recent clang versions. by @MirkoBonadei in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7443
• [Kotlin] Make sure namespace path exist for code generation by @paulovap in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7357
• Partial support for --ts-flat-files and --gen-all by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7446
• Add some extra warnings, tested on GCC 9.4.0 by @paulharris in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7212
• Wrap types in namespace for --ts-flat-files and --gen-all by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7451
• [WIP] speedup by @paulovap in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7452
• Generate SLSA signatures for Released zip files by @laurentsimon in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7450
• Change to GetTypeName by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7453
• Group anonymous namespaces by @paulharris in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7455
• Remove old GRPC bash script and convert to python3 by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7454
• [C++] Disabling unpackto optimization by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7459
• update grpc version by @Wyverald in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7457
• Reworked keep prefix by @dbaileychess in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7456

New Contributors

• @chriscraws made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7104
• @meersuri made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7108
• @anov21 made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7114
• @Paulchen-Panther made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7166
• @davschne made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7168
• @insertjokehere made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7157
• @keith made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7195
• @Jamie-Jameson made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7193
• @avaliente-bc made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7227
• @hzeller made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7238
• @hassila made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7250
• @fjarri made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7268
• @mr-swifter made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7280
• @bsilver8192 made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7296
• @bartwe made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7312
• @calebzulawski made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7318
• @cia-rana made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7281
• @sssooonnnggg made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7298
• @Hixie made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7377
• @yshalabi made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7381
• @atkurtul made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7401
• @06393993 made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7308
• @amaneureka made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7343
• @SF-Zhou made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7350
• @clanghans made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7378
• @aburdulescu made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7353
• @YashasviChaurasia made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7425
• @marcelkrueger made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7424
• @MirkoBonadei made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7443
• @laurentsimon made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7450
• @Wyverald made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7457

Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/compare/v2.0.6...v2.0.7