v0.4.3-rc0

What's Changed

• fix: initialize buffer_b before for-loop to prevent NameError by @Jackie2049 in #101
• fix: rank=0 falsy-value in ParameterServer.init by @Jackie2049 in #99
• [XPU] Support checkpoint-engine weight update on Intel XPU by @siju-samuel in #96
• Support current vLLM StatelessProcessGroup constructors by @rawsh in #102
• Fix deterministic checkpoint file sharding by @koriyoshi2041 in #103
• fix: write metas file atomically by @WangXukang-cypher in #105
• fix: make store-based barrier reusable across updates by @RunningLeon in #107
• fix: post-process vLLM V2 drafter weights after IPC updates by @SongXiaoXi in #112

New Contributors

• @Jackie2049 made their first contribution in #101
• @siju-samuel made their first contribution in #96
• @rawsh made their first contribution in #102
• @koriyoshi2041 made their first contribution in #103
• @WangXukang-cypher made their first contribution in #105
• @RunningLeon made their first contribution in #107

Full Changelog: v0.4.2...v0.4.3-rc0