v0.8.16

NodePassProject/Anywherev0.8.16Jul 16, 2025by littleredcorvette

AI Summary

Removes legacy CLI account creation and all Earthly Cloud dependencies in preparation for the Cloud shutdown, improving the local build experience.

Key Highlights

Removed CLI based account creation.
Improved 'dockerd' wrapper cleanup process.
Removed all Cloud dependencies, commands, and flags.

Breaking Changes

CLI account creation removed
Cloud dependencies and commands removed

New Features

Cloud dependency removal
Docker wrapper cleanup improvements

Full Release Notes

### Changed
- Removed CLI based account creation [#4283](https://github.com/earthly/earthly/pull/4283)
- `dockerd` wrapper cleans up after itself [#4267](https://github.com/earthly/earthly/pull/4267)/[#4268](https://github.com/earthly/earthly/pull/4268)
- Removed all Cloud dependencies, commands, and flags as part of the [Earthly Cloud shutdown](https://earthly.dev/blog/shutting-down-earthfiles-cloud/) [#4235](https://github.com/earthly/earthly/pull/4325)

### Changed
- `v0.8.15` will continue working after the shutdown, but with some error messages interspersed in the output.
- `v0.8.16` does not emit log messages after the cloud shutdown. However, it removes many cloud-based commands and flags. If you are using these in your scripts or CI, please remove them.

### Additional Info
- This release has no changes to buildkit