Release v0.2.0

Release Note (0.2.0)

Release time: 2022-01-31 00:00:00

This is the first release of Aquila HUB includes improvements in performance, supports distribution of Fasttext models through IPFS and bug fixes.

New features: 1 Total features: 4

[Announcement] IPFS support for Fasttext models is added (refactor)

Aquila HUB will support IPFS to enable p2p model download (fasttext models only) from a CID (multaddress). This is subject to removal / re-implementation through a different approach as we test and make progress.

[Added] What’s new in Aquila HUB

Request batching is added to improve batched predictions. This allows AquilaHUB to make model predictions and to serve multiple client requests in a batch.

[Fixed] Bugs fixed

Several minor bugs are fixed and only the highlights are given below. To see all fixes, please refer to this release's commits.

• ed9563d Upgraded dependencies, removed conflicting disk writing, fixed unwanted model disk persistence per database.
• 8edfc70 Enabled backup & preloading from backup, improved conflict-free disk persistence.

[Deprecation Notice] What’s going to change

No planned deprecation

[Removed] What’s changed

No features removed

[Known Issues] We’re aware of these issues

• AquilaHUB is safe to deploy as a multi-instance. However, it doesn't support model autoloading from shared storage until restarted.

Release v0.1.0

Release Note (0.1.0)

Release time: 2021-11-25 00:00:00

This is the first release of Aquila HUB in a usable form. Please note that this is a beta release. Many things can change in the upcoming versions with minimal notice period.

New features: 3 Total features: 3

[Announcement] An experimental IPFS support is added

Aquila HUB will support IPFS to enable p2p model download (fasttext models only) from a CID (multaddress). This is subject to removal / re-implementation through a different approach as we test and make progress.

[Added] What’s new in Aquila HUB

One highlight, Aquila HUB now supports Transformer models from sentence transformers. From our tests, we recommend using msmarco-distilbert-base-tas-b for better accuracy in document retrieval tasks.

• 709fb5d Added automatic Transformer model downloads from sentence transformers.
• e3846eb 5c65b75 Persist model on disk for re-usability across Aquila HUB instances.
• 151bf29 Added automatic Fasttext model downloads from a url and load it into memory on demand.

[Fixed] Bugs fixed

Several minor and major bugs are fixed and only the highlights are given below. To see all fixes, please refer to this release's commits.

• 7539278 3dc06fc A JSON file is updated with each additional model to keep track of all models loaded over the course of time.
• b1c25a0 Fixed url hash function to include unicode formats.

[Deprecation Notice] What’s going to change

No planned deprecation

[Removed] What’s changed

No features removed

[Known Issues] We’re aware of these issues

No known issues