Changelog

🚀 qBraid v0.9.6 is Here! (May 2, 2025)

We're back with a powerful new release packed with features, upgrades, and integrations to supercharge your quantum development! ⚛️✨

🌟 New Features

• Async Job Results: Retrieve job results asynchronously using await – no more blocking! 🔄
• Targeted Transpilation: Devices can now default to a specific QASM format (e.g., "qasm2" vs. "qasm3") for better control and predictability. 🎯
• Pasqal + Pulser Support: Run programs on Pasqal devices via Azure Quantum using pulser! 🧠⚡
• pyQPanda3 Integration: Transpile between pyqpanda3 and QASM2 seamlessly. 🐼🔁📜

🔧 Improvements

• Qiskit v2 Ready: Tests prepped for compatibility with the next major version. ✅
• Temporary AWS Credentials: Now use temporary tokens with BraketProvider for secure, session-based access. 🔐🟢

🧹 Fixes & Cleanups

• Fixed simulator profile issues in Azure, improved circuit test reliability, and updated dependency handling. 🧼🛠️

📦 Dependencies

• Now includes pydantic-core, and updated pyqasm & qbraid-qir versions to keep things fresh and stable. 📦✨

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⚡ qBraid v0.9.5 is Live! (Mar 26, 2025)

A fresh batch of upgrades, fixes, and polish just dropped to make your quantum development experience smoother than ever! 🌈🧠

🆕 New Features

• 🔍 Discoverable Providers: Easily list available runtime providers with qbraid.runtime.PROVIDERS – no more guessing!
• 📜 Automatic Citation Updates: The version bump workflow now updates your CITATION.ff file for you.
• 🌐 GitHub Pages Deployments: Docs are now auto-deployed on release or by request – straight to GitHub Pages!
• 🧪 Smarter Azure Tests: Azure tests now gracefully skip when the device is offline.

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✨ Enhancements

• IonQ Runtime Smoother: Removed unnecessary validation step when using qiskit-ionq.
• Azure Made Easier: Auto-connect with the AZURE_QUANTUM_CONNECTION_STRING env var.
• IBM Profiles Enriched: Backend profiles now include basis gate info. 💡
• OpenQASM3 Improvements: Refined support for IonQ’s gate set, including zz, and better handling of measurements.
• Logging Tweaks: Logging only activates when explicitly configured, keeping things clean. 🧼
• Better Timeouts: QuantumJob.wait_for_final_state() now throws a TimeoutError if it stalls. ⏳

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🔧 Fixes

• 🛠️ Addressed metadata, logging, GitHub workflow, and job ID bugs.
• ✅ Improved stability in Braket and result formatting logic.
• 🧮 More tolerant probability summation for noisy outputs (1e-7 tolerance now).

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📦 Dependency Updates

• qbraid-cli bumped to v0.10.0 📈
• Moved from bloqade → bloqade-analog for analog support 🧲
• Added pyqasm[visualization] for prettier circuit rendering 🎨

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