Breaking changes

1. use_docker defaults to True.
2. last_n_messages defaults to "auto".

Highlights

1. Support both redis cache and diskcache for agent chat and client.
2. Web surfer agent
3. Allow initiate_chat with no message to take human input.
4. Add dev container for AutoGen Studio.

Thanks to @olgavrou @afourney @vijaykramesh @ekzhu @balakreshnan @bitnom @gagb and all the other contributors!

What's Changed

• set use_docker to default to True by @olgavrou in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1147
• Add dev container for AutoGen Studio by @gagb in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1241
• Allow initiate_chat without passing message by @bitnom in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1244
• [Core] implement redis cache mode by @vijaykramesh in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1222
• More documentation for Cache. Updated FAQ to include database Locked error by @balakreshnan in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1291
• Add a web surfer agent that can search and browse the web. by @afourney in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1093
• bump version to 0.2.8 by @sonichi in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1349
• fix website production css by @cheng-tan in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1366
• Add an AutoGen UI example powered by Panel by @randombet in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1348
• Change last_n_messages to default to 'auto' by @afourney in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1356

New Contributors

• @olgavrou made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1147
• @vijaykramesh made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1222
• @balakreshnan made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1291
• @randombet made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1348

Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/compare/v0.2.7...v0.2.8