v0.8: Structured Output via Outlines

🎉 Enhancements

• Added Outlines logits processor for JSON schema validation by @tgaddair in #224
• Enable JSON guided generation via OpenAI-compatible API by @jeffreyftang in #243
• JSON schema for guided generation now optionally respects field order by @jeffreyftang in #264
• Set default adapter source by @magdyksaleh in #223
• Pad LoRA ranks to ensure compatibility with SGMV kernel by @tgaddair in #256
• Add model and adapter response headers by @magdyksaleh in #220
• Add Cors params by @magdyksaleh in #221
• Add expose headers by @magdyksaleh in #230

🐛 Bugfixes

• Properly split out model_id when retrieving adapter weights downloaded from S3 by @jeffreyftang in #246
• Fixed TIES merging to calculate sign before applying weights by @tgaddair in #239
• Update s3.py by @llama-shepard in #234
• Fix concatenate for flash batch by @tgaddair in #254
• Fixed batch merging and filtering to handle Outlines state by @tgaddair in #263

📝 Docs

• Add guide for guided generation by @jeffreyftang in #240
• Added contributing guide by @tgaddair in #226
• Update README to include model merging by @tgaddair in #225
• Updated structured output by @tgaddair in #258
• Minor corrections to development env setup instructions by @jeffreyftang in #228

🔧 Maintenance

• Upgrade docker to use rust 1.75 and ubuntu 22.04 by @tgaddair in #250
• Upgrading rust for dependency changes by @DhruvaBansal00 in #248
• fix paths on runner by @noyoshi in #242

New Contributors

• @jeffreyftang made their first contribution in #228
• @DhruvaBansal00 made their first contribution in #248

Full Changelog: v0.7.0...v0.8.0