release: 2.8.0

[jordanbrauer]

Automated Release PR

2.8.0 (2026-08-20)

Features

• stainless: migrate SDK generation from Stainless SaaS to self-hosted stlc - PLAT-3989 (3d8d408)

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The project version changed from 2.7.0 to 2.8.0 across release metadata and runtime version sources. The changelog adds the 2.8.0 release entry and documents migration to self-hosted stlc SDK generation.

Changes

Version 2.8.0 release

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Version metadata and release notes .release-please-manifest.json, pyproject.toml, src/finch/_version.py, CHANGELOG.md	Version sources now report 2.8.0. The changelog records the release dated 2026-08-20 and the stlc SDK-generation migration.

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🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Title check	⚠️ Warning	The title identifies the release but does not use an allowed conventional-commit tag or a lowercase imperative summary.	Use an allowed tag and descriptive imperative summary, such as "chore: release version 2.8.0".

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description check	✅ Passed	The description clearly documents the 2.8.0 release, the SDK generation migration, and the automated Release Please process.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Test Coverage Check	✅ Passed	The diff changes only release metadata, package version constants, and CHANGELOG.md; it adds no runtime logic or source behavior requiring tests.

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