v0.8.16

SimonGiebenhain/MonoNPHMv0.8.16Jul 16, 2025by littleredcorvette

AI Summary

This release focuses on the cleanup of Earthly Cloud by removing CLI account creation, improving the `dockerd` wrapper's self-cleanup, and eliminating all cloud dependencies. Users relying on cloud-specific commands or flags in their scripts or CI pipelines will need to update them to avoid errors.

Key Highlights

Removed CLI-based account creation
Improved `dockerd` wrapper to clean up after itself
Removed all Earthly Cloud dependencies, commands, and flags
Eliminated error messages related to the cloud shutdown

Breaking Changes

Removed CLI based account creation
Removed cloud-based commands and flags
Scripts or CI pipelines using cloud commands will stop working

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