v17.0.0

Highlights

• Infrastructure Updates:

  • Deprecated Python 3.8 and 3.9 and added support for Python 3.10 and 3.11. Updated pandas, synapseclient, and Ubuntu versions.
  • Updated Java version to support latest annotator.jar.
  • Resolved version inconsistencies and cache-related issues in synapseclient affecting consortium and public releases.
  • Resolved datatype error for upgraded pandas.

• Data Processing Updates:

  • Unmasked pediatric patient data and year fields.

• Improved testing infrastructure:

  • Enabled dashboard generation for testing mode to catch issues earlier.

Data Processing Changes

• [GEN-1892] Unmask pediatric patient data (@danlu1 in #604, #611)

Technical Features

• [GEN-1789] [GEN-1775] Update to support Python 3.10, 3.11, newer pandas, synapseclient and Ubuntu 22.04 (@rxu17 in #559)
• [GEN-1262] Enable dashboard generation for testing mode (@danlu1 in #602)
• [GEN-1821] Provide Genie user-agent string to Synapse Python client for usage tracking (@danlu1 in #610)
• [GEN-2242] Update Java version to support newest annotator.jar (@rxu17 in #609)

Bug Fixes

• [GEN-2224] Fix dashboard bugs in consortium and public release steps (@rxu17 in #607)
• [GEN-2285] Resolve data type validation issue for mutation data (@danlu1 in #615)

Documentation Changes

• [GEN-2283] Improve docstring for validation function regarding text consistency (@rxu17 in #613)
• Update release procedure documentation (@rxu17 in #605)
• Update README for Python 3.10 updates (@rxu17 in #608)

Full Changelog: v16.6.0...v17.0.0