chore: prepare v0.13.0

- bump version
- generate changelog
- update README.md

Author: Pouyanpi

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,42 @@ 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.
 
+## [0.13.0] - 2025-03-25
+
+### 🚀 Features
+
+- Support models with reasoning traces ([#996](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/996))
+- Add SHA-256 hashing option ([#988](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/988))
+- Add Fiddler Guardrails integration ([#964](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/964), [#1043](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1043))
+- Add generation metadata to streaming chunks ([#1011](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1011))
+- Improve alpha to beta bot migration ([#878](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/878))
+- Support multimodal input and output rails ([#1033](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1033))
+- Add support for NemoGuard JailbreakDetect NIM.  ([#1038](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1038))
+- Set default start and end reasoning tokens ([#1050](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1050))
+- Improve output rails error handling for SSE format ([#1058](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1058))
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- Ensure parse_task_output is called after all llm_call invocations ([#1047](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1047))
+- Handle exceptions in generate_events to propagate errors in streaming ([#1012](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1012))
+- Ensure output rails streaming is enabled explicitly ([#1045](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1045))
+- Improve multimodal prompt length calculation for base64 images ([#1053](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1053))
+
+### 🚜 Refactor
+
+- Move startup and shutdown logic to lifespan in server  ([#999](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/999))
+
+### 📚 Documentation
+
+- Restore deleted configuration files ([#963](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/963))
+- Add content safety tutorial
+- Revise reasoning model info ([#1062](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1062))
+- Consider new GS experience ([#1005](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/1005))
+
+### ⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- Add Python 3.12 support ([#984](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/issues/984))
+
 ## [0.12.0] - 2025-02-26
 
 ### 🚀 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: [0.12.0](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.
+> **LATEST RELEASE / DEVELOPMENT VERSION**: The [main](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/tree/main) branch tracks the latest released beta version: [0.13.0](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Guardrails/tree/v0.13.0). 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.
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ NeMo Guardrails is an open-source toolkit for easily adding *programmable guardr
 
 ## Requirements
 
-Python 3.9, 3.10 or 3.11.
+Python 3.9, 3.10, 3.11 or 3.12.
 
 NeMo Guardrails uses [annoy](https://github.com/spotify/annoy) which is a C++ library with Python bindings. To install NeMo Guardrails you will need to have the C++ compiler and dev tools installed. Check out the [Installation Guide](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemo/guardrails/getting-started/installation-guide.html#prerequisites) for platform-specific instructions.
 

nemoguardrails/__init__.py

@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@
     "ignore", category=UserWarning, message="TypedStorage is deprecated"
 )
 
-__version__ = "0.12.0"
+__version__ = "0.13.0"

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 = "1.0.0-rc1"
+version = "0.13.0"
 packages = [{ include = "nemoguardrails" }]