[v.2.9.0] Release Tracker

[chuanqi129]

We cut a release branch for the 2.9.0 release.

Our plan from this point from this point is roughly:

• Phase 1 (until 9/29/25): work on finalizing the release branch
• Phase 2 (after 9/29/25): perform extended integration/stability/performance testing based on Release Candidate builds.

This issue is for tracking cherry-picks to the release branch.

Refer pytorch/pytorch#162497

[CuiYifeng]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• Revert "Roll back to original usage of sycl::get_kernel_bundle (#1935)" #2026

Link to release branch PR:

• [Release/2.9] Revert "Roll back to original usage of sycl::get_kernel_bundle (#1935)" (#2026) #2035

Criteria Category:
Regression - #2025