v2.8.0rc2

What's Changed

• add preprod env by @QingengWei in #2134
• Improve progress bar display in Batch operations by @yaugenst-flex in #2135
• add solver_version for metadata api by @QingengWei in #2133
• Refactored DirectivityData to store far fields and flux as fields, and compute radiation parameters via properties by @QimingFlex in #2129
• NumPy 2.1 compatibility for xarray interpolation by @yaugenst-flex in #2143
• Use default td.ModeSpec in mode monitors by @yaugenst-flex in #2058
• Minimum install for tidy3d by @yaugenst-flex in #2087
• Add option to log handler to prefix every line by @momchil-flex in #2150
• maint: Bump JAX version for numpy 2 compatibility by @yaugenst-flex in #2146
• feat[frontend]: implementation and testing for VisualizationSpec by @groberts-flex in #2147
• QuasiUniformGrid and min_steps_per_sim_size` by @weiliangjin2021 in #2130
• Move min_steps_per_sim_size to the end of args list in auto for back-compatibility by @weiliangjin2021 in #2158
• Test parallelization by @yaugenst-flex in #2165
• fix[invdes]: handle pixel size validation for simulations without sources by @yaugenst-flex in #2161
• Fix system-dependent floating-point issue in EMEGrid validation by @caseyflex in #2167
• Adding reduced_simulation option to web functions by @momchil-flex in #2166
• fix[tests]: clear log capture at start of local mode solver test by @yaugenst-flex in #2171
• Fix gradient magnitude custom medium by @groberts-flex in #2159
• feat[frontend]: add angle validator to specify expected angle in radians by @groberts-flex in #2163
• feat: Add autograd support for PolySlab transformations by @rahul-flex in #2170
• Fix AutoGrid to use full sim_size for computing dl_max by @weiliangjin2021 in #2174
• Adding fp_eps buffer to polyslab 'inside' checks by @momchil-flex in #2173
• Allow MeshOverrideStructure to unshadow structures in overlapping region by @weiliangjin2021 in #2181
• add tests for polyslab slab bounds gradient check by @rahul-flex in #2187
• Fix file contention issues in parallel tests by @yaugenst-flex in #2175
• Adding reduce_simulation argument to run_async by @momchil-flex in #2188
• Reduce complex tolerance in mode solver by @momchil-flex in #2178
• fix[autograd]: ensure consistent task name mapping for batch autograd by @yaugenst-flex in #2191
• prepare for 2.7.9 by @yaugenst-flex in #2193
• Merge/develop 2 8 by @momchil-flex in #2194
• Add adaptive scientific notation for frequency range by @rahul-flex in #2196
• Charge solver by @marc-flex in #2077
• remove warnings in heat/charge simulation data by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #2206
• Update error handling in webapi, and Heat->HeatCharge in message by @momchil-flex in #2204
• feature[design]: allow design plugin to interface with pytorch via Result by @groberts-flex in #2189
• make unstructured datasets to return SpatialDataArray if no additional variables by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #2210
• ⚡ Backwards compatibility plotting by @daquinteroflex in #2209
• Constant doping box foxed by @marc-flex in #2205
• 🔧 fix duplicate web folders by @dmarek-flex in #2199

New Contributors

• @groberts-flex made their first contribution in #2147
• @rahul-flex made their first contribution in #2170

Full Changelog: v2.8.0rc1...v2.8.0rc2