chore: 🚢 release v1.8.0 (#572)

This PR contains the generated changelog for the release v1.8.0.

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## Highlights

### Native Windows support

Tesseract Core now runs natively on Windows, including Docker
interaction for building and running Tesseracts. WSL is no longer
required, but can still be useful as a convenience if you prefer a
Linux-like workflow.

### File and directory I/O with `InputPath` / `OutputPath`

Tesseract Core now supports **directories** (not just files) in apply
schemas via new `InputPath` and `OutputPath` types. These replace the
old `InputFileReference` / `OutputFileReference`, which only supported
files.

**Quick start:**

```python
from tesseract_core.runtime.experimental import InputPath, OutputPath

class InputSchema(BaseModel):
    data: InputPath  # accepts files or directories

class OutputSchema(BaseModel):
    result: OutputPath

def apply(inputs: InputSchema) -> OutputSchema:
    # inputs.data is a resolved Path — use it directly
    ...
```

Paths are automatically resolved relative to the configured input/output
directories, with built-in validation against path traversal.

**Migration:** `InputFileReference` and `OutputFileReference` still work
but now emit a `DeprecationWarning`. To migrate, replace:

```python
# Before
from tesseract_core.runtime.experimental import InputFileReference, OutputFileReference

# After
from tesseract_core.runtime.experimental import InputPath, OutputPath
```

No other code changes are needed — the new types are drop-in
replacements that additionally support directories.

## Other changes

- **Python 3.14 support** — Tesseract Core is now tested against Python
3.14.
- **New MATLAB example** — See the [MATLAB
guide](https://docs.pasteurlabs.ai/projects/tesseract-core/latest/content/examples/building-blocks/matlab.html)
or the [example
source](https://github.com/pasteurlabs/tesseract-core/tree/main/examples/_matlab_springmass)
for wrapping MATLAB code in a Tesseract.

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Co-authored-by: Dion Häfner <dion.haefner@simulation.science>

Author: PasteurBot

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [1.8.0] - 2026-04-22
+
+### Features
+
+- Allow `*PathReference`s in apply schemas (#555)
+- Add native windows support (#559)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Support Python 3.14 (#388)
+
+### Documentation
+
+- Add matlab example (#560)
+
 ## [1.7.0] - 2026-04-17
 
 ### Features