chore: prepare for release v0.16.0 (#1362)

* chore(release): prepare for v0.16.0

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Co-authored-by: tgasser-nv <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: tgasser-nv <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Pouyanpi <[email protected]>

Author: 3 people

CHANGELOG.md

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 >
 > The changes related to the Colang language and runtime have moved to [CHANGELOG-Colang](./CHANGELOG-Colang.md) file.
 
+## [0.16.0] - 2025-08-29
+
+### 🚀 Features
+
+- *(llmrails)* Support method chaining by returning self from LLMRails.register_* methods ([#1296](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1296))
+- Add Pangea AI Guard community integration ([#1300](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1300))
+- *(llmrails)* Isolate LLMs only for configured actions ([#1342](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1342))
+- Enhance tracing system with OpenTelemetry semantic conventions ([#1331](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1331))
+- Add GuardrailsAI community integration ([#1298](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1298))
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- *(models)* Suppress langchain_nvidia_ai_endpoints warnings ([#1371](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1371))
+- *(tracing)* Respect the user-provided log options regardless of tracing configuration
+- *(config)* Ensure adding RailsConfig objects handles None values ([#1328](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1328))
+- *(config)* Add handling for config directory with `.yml`/`.yaml` extension ([#1293](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1293))
+- *(colang)* Apply guardrails transformations to LLM inputs and bot outputs. ([#1297](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1297))
+- *(topic_safety)* Handle InternalEvent objects in topic safety actions for Colang 2.0 ([#1335](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1335))
+- *(prompts)* Prevent IndexError when LLM provided via constructor with empty models config ([#1334](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1334))
+- *(llmrails)* Handle LLM models without model_kwargs field in isolation ([#1336](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1336))
+- *(llmrails)* Move LLM isolation setup to after KB initialization ([#1348](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1348))
+
+### 🚜 Refactor
+
+- *(llm)* Move get_action_details_from_flow_id from llmrails.py to utils.py ([#1341](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1341))
+
+### 📚 Documentation
+
+- Integrate with multilingual NIM ([#1354](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1354))
+- *(tracing)* Update tracing notebooks with VDR feedback ([#1376](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1376))
+- Add kv cache reuse documentation ([#1330](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1330))
+- *(examples)* Add Colang 2.0 example for sensitive data detection ([#1301](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1301))
+- Add extra slash to jailbreak detect nim_base_url([#1345](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1345))
+- Add tracing notebook ([#1337](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1337))
+- Jaeger tracing notebook ([#1353](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1353))
+- *(examples)* Add NeMoGuard rails config for colang 2 ([#1289](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1289))
+- *(tracing)* Add OpenTelemetry span format guide ([#1350](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1350))
+- Add GuardrailsAI integration user guide and example ([#1357](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1357))
+
+### 🧪 Testing
+
+- *(jailbreak)* Add missing pytest.mark.asyncio decorators ([#1352](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1352))
+
+### ⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- *(docs)* Rename test_csl.py to csl.py ([#1347](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1347))
+
 ## [0.15.0] - 2025-08-08
 
 ### 🚀 Features

README.md

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 [![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/psf/black)
 [![arXiv](https://img.shields.io/badge/arXiv-2310.10501-b31b1b.svg)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.10501)
 
-> **LATEST RELEASE / DEVELOPMENT VERSION**: The [main](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/tree/main) branch tracks the latest released beta version: [0.15.0](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/tree/v0.15.0). For the latest development version, checkout the [develop](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/tree/develop) branch.
+> **LATEST RELEASE / DEVELOPMENT VERSION**: The [main](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/tree/main) branch tracks the latest released beta version: [0.16.0](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/tree/v0.16.0). For the latest development version, checkout the [develop](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/tree/develop) branch.
 
 > **DISCLAIMER**: The beta release is undergoing active development and may be subject to changes and improvements, which could cause instability and unexpected behavior. We currently do not recommend deploying this beta version in a production setting. We appreciate your understanding and contribution during this stage. Your support and feedback are invaluable as we advance toward creating a robust, ready-for-production LLM guardrails toolkit. The examples provided within the documentation are for educational purposes to get started with NeMo Guardrails, and are not meant for use in production applications.
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description = "NeMo Guardrails is an open-source toolkit for easily adding progr
 authors = ["NVIDIA <[email protected]>"]
 license = "LICENSE.md"
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "0.15.0"
+version = "0.16.0"
 packages = [{ include = "nemoguardrails" }]