TensorBoard 2.16.0

The 2.16 minor series tracks TensorFlow 2.16.

Features

• Time Series dashboard:
  • Improved sorting of runs whose names begin with integers. (#6664)
  • Improved hparams filtering. (#6680, #6692)
  • Usability improvements and fixes in runs table. (#6656, #6658, #6678, #6736)
• Graph plugin:
  • Improved support for dark theme. (#6691, thanks @tummala-manasa)
• Removed dependencies on google-auth, google-auth-oauthlib, and requests libraries. (#6705)
• Relaxed restriction on protobuf dependency, given that issue @protocolbuffers/protobuf#13485 was fixed. (#6660, #6746)

Bug Fixes

• Hparams plugin:
  • Fixed Download data links. (#6719 fixes #6088, thanks @louis49)
• Time Series dashboard:
  • Fixed color picker usability regression. (#6682)
• Brings the tensorboard-data-server wheel into conformance with PEP 600, enabling support for the --load-fast flag in systems with GLIBC >= 2.29. (Requires installing/updating package tensorboard-data-server==0.7.2) (#6636 fixes #6578)

Breaking Changes

• tensorboard dev subcommand will now show an error message without sending any requests, as our hosted service at http://tensorboard.dev has been shut down.
• Not quite a breaking change, but to something to be aware of: TensorBoard releases generally follow TensorFlow’s releases. However, while TF 2.16 will start using Keras 3 by default, TensorBoard plugins’ implementation remains with keras 2 support only. See @keras-team/keras#18467 for details.