release-2024-03-08: Dev build improvements and minor fixes

This is Internet Identity release release-2024-03-08 for commit 36621c439f3eef17ed4c2fba9b2f8160b656b95e.

This build makes improvements to the dev build to remove pain points for developers building issuers for verifiable credentials.
It also includes a few front-end fixes and more improvements to stable memory handling.

The sha256 of production asset internet_identity_production.wasm.gz is aebbc78a773c0ec806bd187df3613fe345e9c0cc41a4fbae6bc0636240a7c324.

What's Changed

• Add support for persistent state in separate virtual memory by @frederikrothenberger in #2321
• Look up replica port in dev server by @nmattia in #2320
• Bump candid version by @frederikrothenberger in #2323
• Wrap memories in helper struct to prevent accidental writes by @frederikrothenberger in #2324
• Migrate showcase to static pages by @lmuntaner in #2322
• Update release in README by @gix-bot in #2327
• Update commit of IC artefacts by @gix-bot in #2328
• Transfer CAPTCHA to dfinity org by @nmattia in #2329
• Migrate Showcase to static pages by @lmuntaner in #2325
• Migrate Showcase to static pages by @lmuntaner in #2330
• Fix wrong link in add device instructions by @frederikrothenberger in #2331
• Bump mio from 0.8.10 to 0.8.11 by @dependabot in #2333
• Simplify canister sig public keys in VC demo issuer by @przydatek in #2334
• Decouple business logic from stored persistent state by @frederikrothenberger in #2326
• Migrate showcase to static pages by @lmuntaner in #2332
• Remove persistent state size restriction by @frederikrothenberger in #2339
• Bump version of upload-pages-artifcat due to using node16 by @frederikrothenberger in #2337
• Fix dead-end in device add flow by @frederikrothenberger in #2338
• Change default frontend domain for issuer provisioning by @przydatek in #2340
• Bump deploy pages action by @frederikrothenberger in #2341
• Move identityBackground by @lmuntaner in #2336
• Change feature II_INSECURE_REQUESTS to II_DEV_CSP and allow connections to localhost by @frederikrothenberger in #2342
• Relax II's CSP-policies, to enable calling custom domains by @przydatek in #2344

Full Changelog: release-2024-03-01...release-2024-03-08

Build flavors

For more information please see the Build flavors section of the README.

Filename	sha256 (links to CI Run)
internet_identity_production.wasm.gz	aebbc78a773c0ec806bd187df3613fe345e9c0cc41a4fbae6bc0636240a7c324
internet_identity_dev.wasm.gz	4fae35068ed79887f8de96823fc38cd0448173d1c4d2c5e98ad39f3fdec1b715
internet_identity_test.wasm.gz	378b8273483ea15098597596f56805cd48817b907007af2b029bc37997eab581
archive.wasm.gz	fda6c15394a278c880f6b2c86ed6f50ddd02f1f92472b4fc89652327a7a1a655
vc_demo_issuer.wasm.gz	627983773e404120da275392860b000575312806153d5bcf8f794106540283d0

Wasm Verification

To build the wasm modules yourself and verify their hashes, run the following commands from the root of the Internet Identity repository:

git pull # to ensure you have the latest changes.
git checkout 36621c439f3eef17ed4c2fba9b2f8160b656b95e
./scripts/verify-hash --ii-hash aebbc78a773c0ec806bd187df3613fe345e9c0cc41a4fbae6bc0636240a7c324