chore: prepare for release v0.17.0 (#1442)

* chore(release): prepare for v0.17.0

* update release date

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

Author: github-actions[bot]

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,47 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 >
 > The changes related to the Colang language and runtime have moved to [CHANGELOG-Colang](./CHANGELOG-Colang.md) file.
 
+## [0.17.0] - 2025-10-09
+
+### 🚀 Features
+
+- *(tool-calling)* Add tool call passthrough support in LLMRails ([#1364](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1364))
+- *(runnable-rails)* Complete rewrite of RunnableRails with full LangChain Runnable protocol support ([#1366](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1366), [#1369](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1369), [#1370](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1370), [#1405](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1405))
+- *(tool-rails)* Add support for tool output rails and validation ([#1382](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1382))
+- *(tool-rails)* Implement tool input rails for tool message validation and processing ([#1386](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1386))
+- *(library)* Add Trend Micro Vision One AI Application Security community integration ([#1355](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1355))
+- *(llm)* Pass llm params directly ([#1387](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1387))
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- *(jailbreak)* Handle URL joining with/without trailing slashes ([#1346](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1346))
+- *(logging)* Handle missing id and task in verbose logs ([#1343](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1343))
+- *(library)* Fix import package declaration to new cleanlab-tlm name ([#1401](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1401))
+- *(logging)* Add "Tool" type to message sender labeling ([#1412](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1412))
+- *(logging)* Correct message type formatting in logs ([#1416](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1416))
+
+### 🚜 Refactor
+
+- *(llm)* Remove LLMs isolation for actions ([#1408](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1408))
+
+### 📚 Documentation
+
+- *(examples)* Add NeMoGuard safety rails config example for Colang 1.0 ([#1365](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1365))
+- Add hardware reqs ([#1411](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1411))
+- Add tools integration guide ([#1414](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1414))
+- *(langgraph)* Add integration guide for LangGraph ([#1422](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1422))
+- *(langchain)* Update with full support and add tool calling guide … ([#1419](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1419))
+- *(langgraph)* Clarify tool examples and replace calculate_math with multiply ([#1439](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1439))
+
+### ⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- *(docs)* Update v0.16.0 release date in changelog ([#1377](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1377))
+- *(docs)* Add link to demo.py script in Getting-Started section ([#1399](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1399))
+- *(types)* Type-clean rails (86 errors) ([#1396](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1396))
+- *(jailbreak-detection)* Update transformers and torch ([#1417](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1417))
+- *(types)* Type-clean /actions (189 errors) ([#1361](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1361))
+- *(docs)* Update repository owner ([#1425](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1425))
+
 ## [0.16.0] - 2025-09-05
 
 ### 🚀 Features

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: [0.16.0](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.
+> **LATEST RELEASE / DEVELOPMENT VERSION**: The [main](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/tree/main) branch tracks the latest released beta version: [0.17.0](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/tree/v0.17.0). 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 = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.17.0"
 packages = [{ include = "nemoguardrails" }]