4.4.5

## Thank you and welcome to our new contributors 🔥
@MagnusS0

## Summary 🎉

The release of 4.4.5 includes new extensions, endpoints, and functionality; security and package updates; along with general bug fixes.

## 🚨 OpenBB Platform Breaking Changes

- This version introduces a deprecation warning for Python 3.9 - support for this version will be dropped later this year.
- File logging service is now disabled by default, the logging module is no longer initialized on startup.
  - Set `"logging_suppress": false`, in  `system_settings.json`, to enable.
- The endpoint, `obb.economy.port_volume`, is now deprecated and moved to: `obb.economy.shipping.port_volume`

## 🚨 Dependency Changes

- `openbb-charting` has been updated to use Plotly V6
- `pytest-recorder` now has a `record_curl` marker for capturing unit test cassettes for HTTP requests via [curl-adapter](https://pypi.org/project/curl-adapter/)
- Code for Posthog has been completely removed from `openbb-core`, dependency was removed.
- Requests library has been bumped to the latest, addressing security vulnerabilities.
- Ruff has been bumped to the latest.

## 🆕 New Extensions

- `openbb-famafrench` - Implementation of the [Ken French Data Library](https://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/faculty/ken.french/data_library.html)
  - Combined Provider and Router extension
  - Adds route, `obb.famafrench`, with endpoints:
    -  breakpoints
     - country_portfolio_returns
     - factor_choices  <-- Utility function serving choices to the OpenBB Workspace widget
     - factors
     - international_index_returns
     - regional_portfolio_returns
     - us_portfolio_returns

- `openbb-mcp-server` - Implementation of [FastMCP](https://pypi.org/project/fastmcp/)
  - Wraps the OpenBB API endpoints as MCP tools.
  - Launch with the default config, `openbb-mcp`
  - See [README](https://pypi.org/project/openbb-mcp-server/) for details.

## 🆕 New Endpoints

`openbb-imf` has been expanded to include data from [Port Watch](https://portwatch.imf.org/pages/port-monitor)

- A `shipping` route to the `obb.economy` router, includes 4 endpoints:

  - obb.economy.shipping.chokepoint_info (chart)
  - obb.economy.shipping.chokepoint_volume
  - obb.economy.shipping.port_info (chart)
  - obb.economy.shipping.port_volume

- A POST endpoint has been added to the `obb.derivatives.options` router:
  - obb.derivatives.options.surface
    - POST the `chains` data response object to the endpoint and return a table suitable for constructing 3-D surface charts.
    - Optionally, return a chart (requires `openbb-charting`)
    - Import the chart function directly: `from openbb_charting.charts.generic_charts import surface3d`


## 🆕 New OpenBB Workspace App

- `openbb-nasdaq` now has a standalone application for OpenBB Workspace, with a focus on SEC filing documents - formatted as PDF.
  - Start with: `openbb-api --app openbb_nasdaq.app:main --factory`

## 🦋 OpenBB Platform Enhancements

- API keys and credentials can now be defined as environment variables.
  - Use the UPPER_CASE equivalent to the provider's credential.
- Enhancements to the `openbb-api` backend launcher. See the [README](https://pypi.org/project/openbb-platform-api/)

##  🚀 Pull Requests

* [Feature] IMF Port Watch in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7134
* [Feature] Add Workspace App To openbb-nasdaq For Company Filings As PDFs in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7135
* [BugFix] Fix TMX Request Timeout Configuration in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7142
* [BugFix] Update `openbb-yfinance` tests to use new pytest curl adapter extension by @deeleeramone in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7151
* [BugFix] `openbb-build` Catch CalledProcessError and improve error handling. by @deeleeramone in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7150
* [Feature] Update FOMC Documents Workspace App by @deeleeramone in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7153
* [BugFix] Fix Failing Yield Curve Chart by @deeleeramone in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7154
* [Feature] Disable LoggingService by Default by @deeleeramone in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7157
* [Feature] Add `mcp_server` to `openbb_core` api by @MagnusS0 in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7094
* [Feature] Add Omni Widget Input and Response Models to `openbb-platform-api`. by @deeleeramone in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7155
* [Feature] Add Credentials From Environment If Provided by @deeleeramone in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7159
* [BugFix] Nasdaq Company Filings Workspace App: Fix Multi-File Viewer Deprecation Warning by @deeleeramone in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7152
* [Feature] Future Warning For Discontinued Support For Python 3.9 by @deeleeramone in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7158
* [BugFix] Fix `obb.quantitative.capm`: Name in `zipfile.open` is Case-Sensitive by @deeleeramone in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7161
* [BugFix] Cleanup Test Imports by @deeleeramone in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7162
* [BugFix] `openbb-charting`: Fix Margin In Serialized Chart Output by @deeleeramone in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7164
* [Feature] Bump Ruff To 0.12 by @deeleeramone in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7165
* [Feature] Add Volatility Surface POST processing and Chart by @deeleeramone in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7143
* [BugFix] MCP - expose correct header for session id by @MagnusS0 in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7160
* [Feature] Add Fama-French Data Library by @deeleeramone in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7163
* [Feature] Add PLC0415 To Ruff Ignore by @deeleeramone in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7166
* [BugFix] `obb.famafrench.breakpoints` - Fix Bad Widget Param Options by @deeleeramone in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7168
* [BugFix] Fix`SecForm13FHRFetcher`: TypeError: Expected numeric dtype, got object instead. by @deeleeramone in https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/pull/7171

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/compare/4.4.4...4.4.5


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