chore: prepare v0.12.0 release (#1017)

* chore: update changelog for v0.12.0

* chore: updat Readme.md

* chore: bump version to 0.12.0

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,10 +2,46 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
-The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-NOTE:
-The changes related to the Colang language and runtime have moved to [CHANGELOG-Colang](./CHANGELOG-Colang.md) file.
+> [!NOTE]
+> We have updated our changelog format!
+>
+> The changes related to the Colang language and runtime have moved to [CHANGELOG-Colang](./CHANGELOG-Colang.md) file.
+
+## [0.12.0] - 2025-02-26
+
+### 🚀 Features
+
+- Support Output Rails Streaming ([#966](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/966), [#1003](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1003))
+- Add unified output mapping for actions ([#965](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/965))
+- Add output rails support to activefence integration ([#940](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/940))
+- Add Prompt Security integration ([#920](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/920))
+- Add pii masking capability to PrivateAI integration ([#901](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/901))
+- Add embedding_params to BasicEmbeddingsIndex ([#898](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/898))
+- Add score threshold to AnalyzerEngine ([#845](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/845))
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- Fix dependency resolution issues in AlignScore Dockerfile([#1002](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1002), [#982](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/982))
+- Fix JailbreakDetect docker files([#981](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/981), [#1001](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/pull/1001))
+- Fix TypeError from attempting to unpack already-unpacked dictionary. ([#959](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/959))
+- Fix token stats usage in LLM call info. ([#953](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/953))
+- Handle unescaped quotes in generate_value using safe_eval ([#946](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/946))
+- Handle non-relative file paths ([#897](https://github.co/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/897))
+- Set workdir to models and specify entrypoint explicitly ([#1001](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/pull/1001)).
+
+### 📚 Documentation
+
+- Output streaming ([#976](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/976))
+- Fix typos with oauthtoken ([#957](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/957))
+- Fix broken link in prompt security ([#978](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/978))
+- Update advanced user guides per v0.11.1 doc release ([#937](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/937))
+
+### ⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- Tolerate prompt in code blocks ([#1004](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1004))
+- Update YAML indent to use two spaces ([#1009](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1009))
 
 ## [0.11.1] - 2025-01-16
 

README.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 [![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: [0.11.1](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/tree/v0.11.1). 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: [0.12.0](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/tree/v0.12.0). 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.
 

nemoguardrails/__init__.py

@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@
     "ignore", category=UserWarning, message="TypedStorage is deprecated"
 )
 
-__version__ = "0.11.1"
+__version__ = "0.12.0"

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 = "0.11.1"
+version = "0.12.0"
 packages = [{ include = "nemoguardrails" }]