haystack/releasenotes/notes/adding-async-huggingface-local-chat-generator-962512f52282d12d.yaml

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features:
  - |
    Add `run_async` method to HuggingFaceLocalChatGenerator. This method internally uses ThreadPoolExecutor to return coroutines
    that can be awaited.
feat: async support for the `HuggingFaceLocalChatGenerator` (#8981) * adding async run method * passing an optional ThreadExecutor * adding tests * adding release notes * nit: license * fixing linting * Update releasenotes/notes/adding-async-huggingface-local-chat-generator-962512f52282d12d.yaml Co-authored-by: Amna Mubashar <amnahkhan.ak@gmail.com> * Use Phi isntead (#8982) * build: drop Python 3.8 support (#8978) * draft * readd typing_extensions * small fix + release note * remove ruff target-version * Update releasenotes/notes/drop-python-3.8-868710963e794c83.yaml Co-authored-by: David S. Batista <dsbatista@gmail.com> --------- Co-authored-by: David S. Batista <dsbatista@gmail.com> * Update unstable version to 2.12.0-rc0 (#8983) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> * fix: allow support for `include_usage` in streaming using OpenAIChatGenerator (#8968) * fix error in handling usage completion chunk * ci: improve release notes format checking (#8984) * chore: fix invalid release note * try improving relnote linting * add relnotes path * fix bad release note * improve reno config * fix: handle async tests in`HuggingFaceAPIChatGenerator` to prevent error (#8986) * add missing asyncio * explicitly close connection in the test * Fix tests (#8990) * docs: Update docstrings of `BranchJoiner` (#8988) * Update docstrings * Add a bit more explanatory text * Add reno * Update haystack/components/joiners/branch.py Co-authored-by: Daria Fokina <daria.fokina@deepset.ai> * Update haystack/components/joiners/branch.py Co-authored-by: Daria Fokina <daria.fokina@deepset.ai> * Update haystack/components/joiners/branch.py Co-authored-by: Daria Fokina <daria.fokina@deepset.ai> * Update haystack/components/joiners/branch.py Co-authored-by: Daria Fokina <daria.fokina@deepset.ai> * Fix formatting --------- Co-authored-by: Daria Fokina <daria.fokina@deepset.ai> * PR comments * destroying ThreadPoolExecutor when the generator instance is being destroyied, only if it was not passed externally * fixing bug in streaming_callback * PR comments --------- Co-authored-by: Amna Mubashar <amnahkhan.ak@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Sebastian Husch Lee <sjrl@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Stefano Fiorucci <stefanofiorucci@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Haystack Bot <73523382+HaystackBot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Daria Fokina <daria.fokina@deepset.ai> 2025-03-06 15:57:11 +01:00			`---`
			`features:`
			`- \|`
			Add `run_async` method to HuggingFaceLocalChatGenerator. This method internally uses ThreadPoolExecutor to return coroutines
			`that can be awaited.`