2.6.18

What's Changed

General

• Move num_threads into global settings by @TomeHirata in #8071
• Move provide_traceback into global settings by @TomeHirata in #8056
• Add max size for global history by @TomeHirata in #8057
• Relax openai version, i.e. no longer <=1.61.0 by @okhat in #8084

Adapters & Modules

• Introduce two step adapter by @TomeHirata in #8011
• Support default args in dspy.Tool by @chenmoneygithub in #8082
• Add regex to match json object - fixes issues caused by Azure OpenAI response structure by @hmoazam in #8054

Optimizers

• Fix SIMBA max recursion depth error by @klopsahlong in bbc3581
• Handle empty demo case correctly in GroundedProposer by @TomeHirata in #8053
• Generic streaming support by @chenmoneygithub in #7856
• Performance improvement of evaluate.py by @koptagel in #8074

New Contributors

• @GangGreenTemperTatum made their first contribution in #8066
• @koptagel made their first contribution in #8074

Full Changelog: 2.6.17...2.6.18