release: v0.9.0-rc1 required reviews

[materialize-bot]

The following PRs in v0.9.0-rc1 require review:

• #7108 upgrade: A dedicated framework for testing upgrade. (@philip-stoev)
• #7546 antithesis: put libvoidstar.so in /usr/lib (@philip-stoev)
• #7538 upgrade test: cosmetic fixes post-merge (@philip-stoev)
• #7519 mkrelease: Simplify instructions and add a list-prs subcommand (@quodlibetor)
• #7541 small doc fix for 'ceil' function (@josharenberg)
• #7512 Code coverage (@philip-stoev)
• #7543 (docs) Add "Node.js and Materialize" guide (@ruf-io)
• #7573 sqllogictest: add a regression test for #7472 (@philip-stoev)
• #7574 docs,testdrive: change mentions of BUILD_MODE to --mz-build-mode (@aljoscha)
• #7591 pgrepr+repr: clean references to apd (@sploiselle)
• #7602 sql: update dec library for new primitive cast semantics (@sploiselle)
• #7625 docs,sql: temporarily remove CONSISTENCY TOPIC and FORMAT (@JLDLaughlin)
• #7499 docs: Update Getting Started guide. (@morsapaes)
• #7650 decimals,test: Additional tests for the DECIMAL type (@philip-stoev)
• #7652 upgrade test: fix mzcompose.yml to conform to new format (@philip-stoev)
• #7628 Describe TAIL behavior in a type, provide all progress information (@frankmcsherry)
• #7399 Switch Redpanda CI to internal schema-registry (@BenPope)
• #7658 Various improvement to scratch.py script (@umanwizard)
• #7666 dataflow: remove outdated/misleading comment about experimental mode (@aljoscha)
• #7667 Rebrand SequencedCommand and WorkerFeedbackWithMeta (@frankmcsherry)
• #7677 docs: Update MZ Cloud Quickstart guide (@morsapaes)
• #7693 interchange: remove some dead code (@benesch)
• #7694 finish writing release.json (@umanwizard)
• #7702 ci/builder: bump nightly image (@benesch)
• #7709 persist: quick cleanups (@ruchirK)
• #7710 avoid InvalidParameterCombination on empty set of instances to delete (@umanwizard)
• #7731 dependabot: bump python dependencies too (@benesch)
• #7733 persist: fix SELECT on persisted user tables (@danhhz)
• #7734 persist: disable flaky nemesis operation (@danhhz)

[materialize-bot]

All PRs

• #7108 upgrade: A dedicated framework for testing upgrade. (@philip-stoev)
• #7546 antithesis: put libvoidstar.so in /usr/lib (@philip-stoev)
• #7531 build(deps): bump futures from 0.3.15 to 0.3.16 (@dependabot[bot])
• #7527 build(deps): bump enum-iterator from 0.6.0 to 0.7.0 (@dependabot[bot])
• #7538 upgrade test: cosmetic fixes post-merge (@philip-stoev)
• #7519 mkrelease: Simplify instructions and add a list-prs subcommand (@quodlibetor)
• #7541 small doc fix for 'ceil' function (@josharenberg)
• #7505 dataflow-types: refactor Kafka connector information (@JLDLaughlin)
• #7542 De-experimentalize CDCv2 sources (@umanwizard)
• #7407 Add a design doc for S3 Sources with Headers (@quodlibetor)
• #7540 persist: various prep for #7283 (@danhhz)
• #7539 Remove some incorrect docs for the CI base image (@quodlibetor)
• #7503 persist: evict / trim Future batches (@ruchirK)
• #7512 Code coverage (@philip-stoev)
• #7552 *: update API documentation link (@ruchirK)
• #7544 persist: implement destroy (@ruchirK)
• #7515 doc/syntax: Correct format_spec diagram and use it in all Kafka sources (@quodlibetor)
• #7518 persist: add a new source operator for mirroring a persisted stream (@danhhz)
• #7556 tests: bump topic_metadata_refresh_interval_ms on some Kafka tests (@aljoscha)
• #7558 persist: errror on invalid future snapshot interval (@ruchirK)
• #7534 sources,sinks: de-experimentalize RT timestamp binding persistence (AKA exactly-once sinks) (@aljoscha)
• #7559 persist: extend nemesis to use allow_compaction (@ruchirK)
• #7543 (docs) Add "Node.js and Materialize" guide (@ruf-io)
• #7493 Make metrics modular & report from a per-server registry (@antifuchs)
• #7564 Bound amount of work done in constant folding (@frankmcsherry)
• #7573 sqllogictest: add a regression test for #7472 (@philip-stoev)
• #7574 docs,testdrive: change mentions of BUILD_MODE to --mz-build-mode (@aljoscha)
• #7510 Add option to include mz_catalog in http memory page (@antiguru)
• #7565 Testing: Support for MirRelationExpr::Reduce and TopK (@wangandi)
• #7560 testdrive: Create dedicated error report at end (@quodlibetor)
• #7578 source,kafka: clarify log message, change from warn! to info! (@aljoscha)
• #7582 kafka: give context to Kafka error arising during purification (@aljoscha)
• #7563 coord: check while dropping error'd sink connector (@mjibson)
• #7561 coordtest: requeue skipped upper updates (@mjibson)
• #7588 materialized: cleanup memory.jsx (@mjibson)
• #7591 pgrepr+repr: clean references to apd (@sploiselle)
• #7545 support JSON-encoded Kafka sinks (@JLDLaughlin)
• #7593 *: remove some unused async (@mjibson)
• #7596 limit CPUs used to lower of physical or logical cores (@alex-hunt-materialize)
• #7478 ore: introduce optional assertions framework (@benesch)
• #7599 tests,kafka: verify output of consistency topic with real-time timestamp binding (@aljoscha)
• #7336 Extend predicate canonicalization to remove redundant IS NOT NULL predicates (@asenac)
• #7283 persist: hook up user tables to persistence core behind flag (@danhhz)
• #7589 sql-parser: add consistency topic format to Kafka connector (@JLDLaughlin)
• #7602 sql: update dec library for new primitive cast semantics (@sploiselle)
• #7604 github: add materialize cloud install option (@JLDLaughlin)
• #7605 Update to Rust 1.54 (@umanwizard)
• #7571 decimal: fix some broken internal casts (@sploiselle)
• #7607 coord: seal all persisted tables in a single operation for efficiency (@danhhz)
• #7585 push down join equivalences with runtime constants (@asenac)
• #7616 Hierarchical memory visualization tool (@asenac)
• #7621 bin: add unused_async lint (@mjibson)
• #7594 Make SequencedCommand serializable and deserializable (@frankmcsherry)
• #7623 interchange: disallow Protobuf messages with unsigned integers (@benesch)
• #7626 Fix building with the dev-web feature (@antifuchs)
• #7625 docs,sql: temporarily remove CONSISTENCY TOPIC and FORMAT (@JLDLaughlin)
• #7624 Temporal tidy-up (@frankmcsherry)
• #7632 http-util: prepare for open-source release as mz-http-proxy (@benesch)
• #7634 (docs) Correct formatting in CREATE SINK example for EO sinks (@morsapaes)
• #7640 build(deps): bump assert_cmd from 1.0.7 to 1.0.8 (@dependabot[bot])
• #7641 build(deps): bump timely from 9f481f9 to 09b16c5 (@dependabot[bot])
• #7642 build(deps): bump semver from 1.0.3 to 1.0.4 (@dependabot[bot])
• #7643 build(deps): bump proc-macro2 from 1.0.27 to 1.0.28 (@dependabot[bot])
• #7644 build(deps): bump async-trait from 0.1.50 to 0.1.51 (@dependabot[bot])
• #7638 build(deps): bump serde_json from 1.0.64 to 1.0.66 (@dependabot[bot])
• #7635 build(deps): bump backtrace from 0.3.60 to 0.3.61 (@dependabot[bot])
• #7637 build(deps): bump criterion from 0.3.4 to 0.3.5 (@dependabot[bot])
• #7636 build(deps): bump predicates from 2.0.0 to 2.0.1 (@dependabot[bot])
• #7639 build(deps): bump serde from 1.0.126 to 1.0.127 (@dependabot[bot])
• #7499 docs: Update Getting Started guide. (@morsapaes)
• #7651 coord,sources: don't publish duplicate consistency information in BYO kafka connector (@aljoscha)
• #7650 decimals,test: Additional tests for the DECIMAL type (@philip-stoev)
• #7652 upgrade test: fix mzcompose.yml to conform to new format (@philip-stoev)
• #7601 mkrelease: Update upgrade tests as part of finishing the release (@quodlibetor)
• #7628 Describe TAIL behavior in a type, provide all progress information (@frankmcsherry)
• #7653 Run upgrade tests if they have changed (@quodlibetor)
• #7654 upgrade: Use testdrive's --ci-output in buildkite (@quodlibetor)
• #7399 Switch Redpanda CI to internal schema-registry (@BenPope)
• #7656 Document that we are improving the SQS Notifications interface (@quodlibetor)
• #7584 docs: add design doc for consistent error handling and surfacing connector failures (@aljoscha)
• #7612 MIR testing: Roundtrip support (@wangandi)
• #7658 Various improvement to scratch.py script (@umanwizard)
• #7660 testdrive: Fix the parsing of "? EXPLAIN" actions (@philip-stoev)
• #7665 kafka-matrix: fix mzcompose.yml to accommodate latest Kafka (@philip-stoev)
• #7666 dataflow: remove outdated/misleading comment about experimental mode (@aljoscha)
• #7667 Rebrand SequencedCommand and WorkerFeedbackWithMeta (@frankmcsherry)
• #7664 (docs) Add "Sinks" to "Connect" in the sidebar (@morsapaes)
• #7671 Mark .svg files as generated (similarly to Cargo.lock), to avoid them polluting docs diffs (@umanwizard)
• #7608 coord: enable consistency topics for JSON-encoded Kafka sinks (@JLDLaughlin)
• #7670 clean up scratch instances after a week (@umanwizard)
• #7674 report cgroup memory limits (@alex-hunt-materialize)
• #7677 docs: Update MZ Cloud Quickstart guide (@morsapaes)
• #7679 python: properly type several values (@benesch)
• #7681 transform: remove dead code (@petrosagg)
• #7672 migrate: Give migrations names in error messages (@quodlibetor)
• #7630 persist: start replacing CmdResponse with Future (@danhhz)
• #7692 *: reduce all "deny" and "forbid" lints to "warn" (@benesch)
• #7685 Avoid cross joins by converting reduced filter expressions into join equivalences (@asenac)
• #7693 interchange: remove some dead code (@benesch)
• #7694 finish writing release.json (@umanwizard)
• #7690 Reduce the amount of duplicate code in per-dataflow-worker metrics (@antifuchs)
• #7689 sql: support environment variable lookups in WITH options (@sploiselle)
• #7702 ci/builder: bump nightly image (@benesch)
• #7703 Retrieve jemalloc stats through http GET (@antiguru)
• #7171 [dataflow] Fuel the arrangement to stream operator (@frankmcsherry)
• #7673 docs: JSON Kafka sinks and consistency topics (@JLDLaughlin)
• #7709 persist: quick cleanups (@ruchirK)
• #7710 avoid InvalidParameterCombination on empty set of instances to delete (@umanwizard)
• #7712 lowertest: Support specifying zero-arg structs. (@wangandi)
• #7716 dbt-materialize: bump to dbt 0.20.0 (@benesch)
• #7332 docs: Update CREATE SOURCE syntax for Protobuf over Kafka/Kinesis + Billing Demo (@morsapaes)
• #7717 dependabot: configure automatic updates for dbt (@benesch)
• #7720 build(deps): bump differential-dataflow from 9d33cda to c29b8a3 (@dependabot[bot])
• #7722 build(deps): bump assert_cmd from 1.0.8 to 2.0.0 (@dependabot[bot])
• #7725 build(deps): bump dogsdogsdogs from 9d33cda to c29b8a3 (@dependabot[bot])
• #7726 build(deps): bump sysctl from 0.4.1 to 0.4.2 (@dependabot[bot])
• #7686 persist: split seal into physical and logical components. (@ruchirK)
• #7659 persist: support per-stream key Codec and val Codec (@danhhz)
• #7728 generate temporary ssh key rather than using ~/.ssh/id_rsa (@umanwizard)
• #7729 testdrive: remove support for corrupting avro/protobuf (@benesch)
• #7701 repr testing: Change datum creation to row creation to get rid of lifetime problem. (@wangandi)
• #7727 build(deps): bump sysinfo from 0.19.2 to 0.20.0 (@dependabot[bot])
• #7723 build(deps): bump timely from 09b16c5 to 0c83fc0 (@dependabot[bot])
• #7627 Add a metrics registry for "third parties" (@antifuchs)
• #7731 dependabot: bump python dependencies too (@benesch)
• #7730 Fix cleanup job to run in us-east-2 as originally intended (@umanwizard)
• #7733 persist: fix SELECT on persisted user tables (@danhhz)
• #7698 (WIP) coord: refactor catalog content migrations (@sploiselle)
• #7734 persist: disable flaky nemesis operation (@danhhz)
• #7696 coord: enable select sys table persistence behind a flag (default off) (@danhhz)
• #7724 build(deps): bump phf from 0.9.0 to 0.9.1 (@dependabot[bot])

[benesch]

@umanwizard could you please sign off on the three commits of mine, and comment when you've done so?

[umanwizard]

lgtm