v1.9.0

What's Changed

• Phase 1: self-intersecting polyslab by @weiliangjin2021 in #678
• customize SSL verify For http requests by @lei-flex in #667
• add pre-commit hook for black by @tylerflex in #656
• Run tests on PR into pre/ branches by @momchil-flex in #686
• adjoint improvements for 1.9.0rc2 by @tylerflex in #676
• fixes for 1.9.0rc2 docs by @tylerflex in #684
• renamed logger to avoid conflicts, added test by @tylerflex in #663
• Including package data in setup.py by @momchil-flex in #687
• Try gdspy vertices loading if gdstk loading fails by @tylerflex in #683
• Tyler/fast json string by @tylerflex in #689
• add jax as dev requirement by @tylerflex in #695
• web.run_async as alternative to web.Batch by @tylerflex in #702
• warn in sim.epsilon if too many grid cells by @tylerflex in #705
• 2D simulation boundary warning by @shashwat-sh in #693
• assert_log_level takes level string instead of int by @tylerflex in #707
• force progress bars to 100% when task completed by @tylerflex in #706
• Reorganize geometry.inside and intersection methods for some speed improvements by @momchil-flex in #703
• refactor Box.surfaces and Source.injection_axis by @tylerflex in #708
• verbose option in webapi by @flexcompute-readthedocs in #694
• multi-objective adjoint through adjoint.async_run by @tylerflex in #712
• fix determinant warning by @tylerflex in #713
• First pass of refactoring filter_structures_plane by @momchil-flex in #710
• Limit the maximum number of grid size too small warnings by @momchil-flex in #724
• Add arrow curvature to sources and monitors with bend radius (#272) by @lucas-flexcompute in #714
• Branch for building version 1.9.0 by @momchil-flex in #641
• Small conceptual change to constants definitions by @lucas-flexcompute in #729
• fix sphinx build error because of confusing queue.py with queue package by @tylerflex in #736
• fix a bug in web.monitor that continued before run monitor by @tylerflex in #735
• Changelog and schema for 1.9.0 by @momchil-flex in #731

New Contributors

• @flexcompute-readthedocs made their first contribution in #694

Full Changelog: v1.8.3...v1.9.0