0.18.21

Instance volumes

In addition to network volumes, dstack now allows to mount instance (host) filesystems inside the run container. As contents of the instance volume are specific to the instance where the run is executed, such volumes can be used in cases where data persistence is not critical, for example, as a cache:

type: task

commands:
  - pip install -r requirements.txt

volumes:
  # reuse pip cache between runs
  - /dstack-cache/pip:/root/.cache/pip

See the instance volumes documentation for more information.

Azure custom and private networks

dstack now supports configuring custom Azure networks, which was only possible on AWS and GCP before. In addition, you can now configure dstack to provision instances without public IPs on Azure to take advantage of private networks:

type: azure
  tenant_id: my_tenant_id
  subscription_id: my_subscription_id
  regions: [westeurope]
  public_ips: false
  vpc_ids:
    westeurope: test-networks-rg/test-network
  creds:
    type: default

Read more about Azure networking configuration in the docs.

Python 3.13 support for dstack package

The previous 0.18.20 release added support for Python 3.13 in run configurations. This release updates the dstack package itself so that it works under Python 3.13. The dstack package also drops Python 3.8 support that reached end of life. Note that python: 3.8 in run configurations is deprecated but still supported.

Multi-job UI

The control plain UI now displays detailed info on each job in the run, improving support for multi-node tasks and replicated services:

What's Changed

• Show all jobs in runs UI by @olgenn in #1887
• Revert the list of projects and users in Administration by @olgenn in #1888
• Fix instance price discrepancies in RunPod by @jvstme in #1891
• [Website] Change Backends to Partners by @peterschmidt85 in #1893
• Support auth: true services in dstack-proxy by @jvstme in #1885
• [Docs]: Fix typos by @dheerajsir in #1897
• Support custom and private networks for Azure by @r4victor in #1896
• Fix Dstack Server Deployment Link by @SagarSharma101 in #1898
• Add instance volumes by @un-def in #1895
• Add nat_check option to GCP config by @r4victor in #1904
• Handle deleted volumes in attach_volume() by @r4victor in #1907
• Fix log message on getting run volumes by @r4victor in #1909
• [dind] Improve start-dockerd script by @un-def in #1908
• Show warning on missing backend deps by @r4victor in #1911
• Support Python 3.13, drop Python 3.8 by @jvstme in #1910
• Update pydantic-duality to fix the infinite recursion bug by @zmievsa in #1902
• Set ping_interval on WebSocket connection by @r4victor in #1918

New Contributors

• @dheerajsir made their first contribution in #1897
• @SagarSharma101 made their first contribution in #1898
• @zmievsa made their first contribution in #1902

Full Changelog: 0.18.20...0.18.21