Cylc 8.7 released

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Cylc 8.7.0 is here!

A quick summary:

  • Cylc 7 compatibility mode has been removed
  • Improved handling of tasks removed by a reload/restart
  • Template variables can now be configured in the global.cylc file for automatic use in all workflows
  • You can now reinstall workflows from the GUI
  • Tasks outside of the active (N=0) window are now shown as dimmed in the GUI, to make it clear which tasks are currently active

Plus much more - please refer to Changes — Cylc 8.7.0 documentation for more details and links to each projects’ changelogs.

How to update

How to update installations

How to update site installations

Sites should create a new environment for this release and manage parallel installations using the provided wrapper script .

How to update stand-alone installations

# First shut down running workflows:
cylc stop '*'

# For Conda managed environments:
conda install 'cylc-flow=8.7' 'cylc-uiserver=1.10' 'cylc-rose=1.8'

# For Pip managed environments:
pip install 'cylc-flow==8.7.*' 'cylc-uiserver==1.10.*' 'cylc-rose==1.8.*'

We will announce all further releases in the Cylc 8.6 series in this thread.