Kytos

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Added
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- New blueprint: EP023 - Kytos Pathfinder Filter Paths by Metadata.

Changed
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- Renamed ``shutdown`` REST endpoint to ``_shutdown`` and improved
its description.
- Fixed ``Switch`` class docstrings.

Fixed
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- Fixed ``RuntimeError`` when shutting down Kytos.

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Added
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- New blueprint: EP022 - Kytos reports statistics.
- New method ``from_dict`` to instantiate Interface, UNI, Link
and Switch classes from python dictionary.
- Log uncaught exceptions to console and/or log files.
- New log message when handling errors at superuser creation.
- Added file to provide support for Dependabot.
- [docs] New documentation for consistency system.

Fixed
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- [tests] Fix PID value to fix errors in unit test execution (fix 1242).
- [tests] Fix pytest-runner error raised by Scrutinizer CI.
- [docs] Fixed warning in code-block section in auth documentation.

Security
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- Updated dependencies.

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No changes since rc1.

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Added
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- Added event to notify when a NApp was loaded.
- [docs][ui] Added ``k-notification`` component and its event docs.
- [docs][ui] Added table that lists the Kytos standard colors.

Fixed
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- [docs] Fixed the cells' order when the Blueprints table is generated.

Changed
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- [docs] Updated ``k-context-panel`` and ``k-table`` images and usage examples.

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Added
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- Added configuration field to change token expiration time in
REST API authentication.
- [ui] New UI component: Notification.
- [ui] Added info-panel toggle button in tabs component.
- [ui] Added close button to info-panel component.
- [docs] Added a new "Blueprints" section to the Dev Guide.
- [docs] New section about implementation of compressed and expanded
formats for toolbar components UI.

Changed
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- Refactor method ``get_interface_by_port_no`` to work with
both``v0x01`` and ``v0x04`` ``port`` parameters.
- [ui][docs] Updated components' docs: accordion, tooltip and title.
- [ui][docs] Updated usage example for the ``event`` component
- [docs] Updated admin guide with parameter to create a superuser.
- Changed stability badge in PyPI from experimental to beta.

Fixed
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- Fixed double loading of NApps when installing via ``kytos napps install``
- Fixed ``daemon`` configuration that was being ignored
- [ui] Fixed overlay between tabs component and other components.

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Added
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- Added authentication to REST methods based on configuration option
- Create ``config`` field on ``Interface``
- Added new exception ``KytosLinkCreationError``
- [docs] Created a template blueprint - EP000
- [docs] Added ``of_lldp``'s new REST Endpoints
- [docs] Added "Kytos UI Components" section to Dev Guide
- [docs] New note about the creation of UI folders
- [tests] Added ``pydocstyle`` as a required linter

Changed
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- [docs] Updated old blueprints to include standard headers
- [docs] Moved section "Creating a NApp with UI" to the Web-UI documentation
- [docs] Use friendlier ``apt`` command instead of ``apt-get``
- [docs] Updated Authentication documentation
- [docs] Updated tutorial "How protect a REST endpoint"
- [tests] Changed tests to use multiple-letter keys in mock link metadata

Removed
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- Removed hard-coded python3.6 references
- [packaging] Remove the use of distutils from ``setup.py``

Fixed
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- Improved support for newer versions of Python
- Fixed exception when ``kytosd`` cannot update the web UI from GitHub
- Fixed parsing of ``vlan_pool`` configuration option
- [tests] Fixed test_logs for Python 3.8
- [tests] Fixed automated packaging tests under GitHub Actions