v0.12.0-rc1

What's Changed

• docs: Corrections and edits on release process document by @terrytangyuan in #3326
• build: Switch to use kustomize in kubectl to simplify build process. Fixes #3314 by @terrytangyuan in #3315
• feat: Expose defaults for several batcher handler parameters by @terrytangyuan in #3301
• fix: Properly close resources and handle errors in agent and storage. Fixes #3323 by @terrytangyuan in #3321
• Add model arguments to API and update BERT inference example by @yuzisun in #3332
• chore: Update generated APIs and check generated manifests by @terrytangyuan in #3335
• Update python model serving runtime API docstring by @yuzisun in #3338
• Handles s3 download for object name starts with folder name. by @andyi2it in #3205
• chore: Remove unused timeout annotation and flag in batcher by @terrytangyuan in #3341
• ci: Automate release process by @terrytangyuan in #3345
• fixes critical vulnerabilities on ray by @spolti in #3285
• chore: Bump versions to prepare v0.12.0-rc1 release by @terrytangyuan in #3352
• Change version for helm charts in README by @gawsoftpl in #3353
• Fixes CVE-2023-48795 by @spolti in #3354
• Fix Stack-based Buffer Overflow on protobuf by @spolti in #3358
• Update knative-serving by @spolti in #3362
• Fixes vulnerabilities on the otelhttp dependency by @spolti in #3361
• Change the default value for enableDirectPvcVolumeMount to true by @Jooho in #3371
• feat: Automatically generate Helm Chart docs. Fixes #3356 by @terrytangyuan in #3363
• Modified script for include all kserve poetry projects. by @andyi2it in #3350
• RawDeployment support for Inference Graph by @bmopuri in #3199
• Add compatibility for Istio CNI plugin by @israel-hdez in #3316
• Pass missing infer parameters during conversion by @sivanantha321 in #3368
• feat: Support S3 transfer acceleration by @terrytangyuan in #3305
• Implement HuggingFace model server by @yuzisun in #3334
• fix: Add missing volume mount to transformer container when using modelcars by @rhuss in #3384
• align cloudevents/sdk-go dependency by @spolti in #3387

New Contributors

• @gawsoftpl made their first contribution in #3353

Full Changelog: v0.12.0-rc0...v0.12.0-rc1