Bumps version and changelog + updates release script

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install build wheel twine
+        pip install setuptools wheel twine build toml
 
     - name: Build package
-      run: python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+      run: python -m build --sdist --wheel --outdir dist/
 
     - name: Check if package version already exists
       run: |
-        PACKAGE_NAME=$(python setup.py --name)
+        PACKAGE_NAME=$(python -c "import toml; print(toml.load('pyproject.toml')['project']['name'])") 
         PACKAGE_VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
         if twine check dist/*; then
           if pip install $PACKAGE_NAME==$PACKAGE_VERSION; then

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 9.0.4 /2025-03-06
+
+## What's Changed
+* Release/9.0.3 by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2712
+* improve `wait_for_node_start` until 20 mins by @roman-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2714
+* More E2E tests by @zyzniewski-reef in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2678
+* fix(2715): use ChainIdentity for identities by @zyzniewski-reef in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2718
+* Metagraph use block correctly in `_get_all_stakes_from_chain` by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2719
+* Integration tests for async-substrate-interface 1.0.4 compatibility by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2720
+* Backmerge main staging 904 by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2721
+* Skip E2E test_children by @zyzniewski-reef in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2723
+* More Subtensor unnitests by @zyzniewski-reef in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2713
+* Change to pyproject.toml by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2504
+* Updates test_incentive by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2722
+* Use uv for gh actions  by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2503
+* Bumps async substrate interface by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2725
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/compare/v9.0.3...v9.0.4
+
 ## 9.0.3 /2025-02-26
 
 ## What's Changed

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.0.3
+9.0.4

bittensor/core/settings.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "9.0.3"
+__version__ = "9.0.4"
 
 import os
 import re

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "bittensor"
-version = "9.0.3"
+version = "9.0.4"
 description = "Bittensor"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [