docs: new features in 3.6 (#13739)

Signed-off-by: Alan Clucas <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Anton Gilgur <[email protected]>
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+# New features
+
+This is a concise list of new features.
+For a more detailed list, see the [3.6 blog post](https://blog.argoproj.io/argo-workflows-3-6-aa037cd782be).
+
+See [the upgrade notes](upgrading.md#upgrading_to_v3.6) for information on breaking changes and deprecations.
+
+## UI
+
+* [#13519](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13519): The full name of the workflow is now visible in the list details of a workflow.
+* [#13284](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13284): Various time displays can be switched between relative and absolute ISO time.
+* [#10553](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/10553): You can now use markdown in workflow titles and descriptions and it will be displayed in the UI.
+* [#12350](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12350): The UI will now show the directory used for input artifacts.
+* [#12873](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12873): You can also now see line numbers in the object view.
+* [#13452](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13452): WorkflowTemplate and ClusterWorkflowTemplate will show you their execution history like you can see for CronWorkflows.
+* [#12024](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12024): You will be able to see live logs from pods if retrieval of logs from archived workflows fails and the pod logs are available.
+* [#12674](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12674): CronWorkflows and WorkflowTemplates now display their title and descriptions in the list view.
+* [#12199](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12199): You can specify HTTP headers to use to detect IP addresses using the `IP_KEY_FUNC_HEADERS` environment variable. This is used in the rate limiter.
+* [#13695](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13695): You can now retry a single node from a workflow, even if the workflow succeeded.
+* [#13610](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13610): You can now filter with prefixes and patterns in the workflow list.
+* [#13494](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13494): URLs are now clickable links in workflow node info
+* [#13511](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13511): You can now group nodes based on `templateRef` and see invoking template name instead of the execution order DAG.
+
+## Metrics
+
+* [#13265](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13265): The workflow controller can now emit metrics over OpenTelemetry GRPC protocol
+    * [#13267](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13267): with selectable temporality
+    * [#13268](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13268): configuration of what is emitted
+* Many of the metrics have been updated which will require you [to change how you use them](upgrading.md#metrics_changes) and there are some new ones:
+    * [#13269](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13269): Version information in the controller
+    * [#13270](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13270): Is this controller the leader
+    * [#13271](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13271): Kubernetes API calls duration
+    * [#13272](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13272): Pod phase monitoring
+    * [#13274](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13274): CronWorkflows counters
+    * [#13497](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13497): CronWorkflows policy counters
+    * [#13275](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13275): Workflow Template counters
+    * [#13735](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13735): Counters to check if you're using deprecated features
+* [#11927](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/11927): There is a new `retries` variable available in metrics describing the number of retries.
+* [#11857](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/11857): Pod missing metrics will be emitted before pods are created
+
+## General
+
+* [#13358](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13358): You can use multiple mutexes and semaphores in the same workflow or template, and use both type of lock at the same time
+* [#13419](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13419): The controller uses a queue when archiving workflows to improve memory management when archiving a large number of workflows at once
+* [#12441](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12441): Plugins can now be stopped, so that a stopped workflow will shutdown its plugin nodes
+* The OSS artifact driver:
+    * [#12188](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12188): Can now work with directories,
+    * [#12907](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12907): Supports deletion,
+    * [#12908](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12908): Supports streaming.
+* [#12419](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12419): Pod deletion will now happen in parallel to speed it up.
+* [#13360](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13360): You can use Shared Access Signatures to access artifacts stored in Azure.
+* [#12413](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12413): Workflow pods now have a kubernetes finalizer to try to prevent them being deleted prematurely
+* [#12325](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12325): Large environment variables will be offloaded to Config Maps
+* [#12328](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12328): Large and flat workflows where there are many steps that need resolving at the same time could time out during template referencing. This is now much faster.
+* [#12568](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12568): Kubernetes scheduling constraints such as node selectors and tolerations will now be honored where they are specified in a WorkflowTemplate. These will be applied to the task and step pods.
+* [#12984](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12984): The pods created by workflows will have a `seccompProfile` of `RuntimeDefault` by default.
+* [#12842](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12842): You can now template the `name` and `template` in a `templateRef`. This allows for fully data driven workflow DAGs.
+* [#13194](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13194): The expr library has been upgraded providing some new functions in expressions.
+* [#13746](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13746): Configuration option to avoid sending kubernetes Events for workflows.
+* [#13745](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13745): Added an option to skip workflow duration estimation because it can be expensive.
+
+## CronWorkflows
+
+* [#12616](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12616): You can now specify multiple cron schedules on a single CronWorkflow.
+* [#12305](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12305): You can also use a stop strategy on CronWorkflows to stop them running any more workflows after a set of conditions occur such as too many errors.
+* [#13474](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13474): CronWorkflows also now have a when expression to further tune which occurrences of the workflow will run and which may be skipped
+
+## CLI
+
+* [#12803](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12803): You can now update Cron Workflows, Workflow Templates and Cluster Workflow Templates with the `update` command via the CLI
+* [#13364](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13364): You can selectively list workflow templates using a `-l` label selector
+* [#13128](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13128): The CLI will now generate shell completions for the [fish shell](https://fishshell.com/)
+* [#12977](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12977): We also build and ship the CLI complied for [Risc-V](https://riscv.org/)
+* [#12953](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12953): The lint command supports a `--no-color` flag
+* [#13695](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12953): The `--output` flag is now validated
+
+## Build and Development
+
+* [#13000](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13000): There is now a `/retest` command for retesting PRs in Github that occasionally fail in a flakey test
+* [#12867](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12867): You can supply your own HTTP client when using the go API client, allowing for adding a proxy
diff --git a/docs/releases.md b/docs/releases.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Otherwise, we typically release every two weeks:
 | Argo Workflows \ Kubernetes | 1.28 | 1.29 | 1.30 | 1.31 |
 |-----------------------------|------|------|------|------|
 | **main**                    | `✓`  | `✓`  | `✓`  | `✓`  |
+| **3.6**                    | `✓`  | `✓`  | `✓`  | `✓`  |
 | **3.5**                     | `✓`  | `✓`  | `✓`  | `?`  |
 | **3.4**                     | `?`  | `?`  | `?`  | `?`  |
 

diff --git a/docs/upgrading.md b/docs/upgrading.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ the [conventional commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/#summar
 
 ## Upgrading to v3.6
 
+See also the list of [new features in 3.6](new-features.md).
+
 ### Deprecations
 
 The following features are deprecated and will be removed in a future verison of Argo Workflows:

diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ nav:
       - installation.md
       - releases.md
       - upgrading.md
+      - new-features.md
       - security.md
       - Configuration:
           - managed-namespace.md

diff --git a/ui/src/app/modals/new-version-modal.tsx b/ui/src/app/modals/new-version-modal.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,34 @@ export function NewVersionModal({version, dismiss}: {version: string; dismiss: (
             <h4 className='new-version-modal-title'>
                 It looks like <b>{version}</b> has just been installed!
             </h4>
+            <h5>v3.6</h5>
+            <ul className='new-version-modal-bullets'>
+                <li>
+                    Metrics are available via the{' '}
+                    <a href='https://opentelemetry.io/' target='_blank' rel='noreferrer'>
+                        OpenTelemetry
+                    </a>{' '}
+                    protocol, and there are a number of new or changed metrics
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                    <a href='https://argo-workflows.readthedocs.io/en/release-3.5/cron-workflows?utm_source=argo-ui' target='_blank' rel='noreferrer'>
+                        CronWorkflows
+                    </a>{' '}
+                    have many more scheduling options including multiple schedules, a <code>when</code> expression, and a <code>stopStrategy</code> expression
+                </li>
+                <li>OSS artifacts are more versatile, supporting directories, deletion, and streaming</li>
+                <li>Many UI updates including execution history of CronWorkflows</li>
+                <li>A number of improvements to performance and memory management</li>
+            </ul>
+            <p>
+                <a href='https://blog.argoproj.io/argo-workflows-3-6-aa037cd782be' target='_blank' rel='noreferrer'>
+                    Learn more
+                </a>{' '}
+                or{' '}
+                <a href='https://argo-workflows.readthedocs.io/en/release-3.6/features-3.6/?utm_source=argo-ui' target='_blank' rel='noreferrer'>
+                    see the list of changes
+                </a>
+            </p>
             <h5>v3.5</h5>
             <ul className='new-version-modal-bullets'>
                 <li>Removed Archived Workflows page; Workflows List page now shows both</li>