Merge pull request #148 from PyAutoLabs/feature/version-stamp-sync-guards

chore: sync __version__ stamp to 2026.8.17.1 (freeze documented)

Author: Jammy2211

autonerves/__init__.py

@@ -116,4 +116,7 @@ def _emit_python_version_warning():
 from .workspace import check_version, WorkspaceVersionMismatchError
 
 
-__version__ = "2026.7.23.1"
+# Last manual sync of the source stamp. Release wheels are stamped at build
+# time and the git tag is the release truth — deliberately never bumped per
+# release (PyAutoBuild#118/#120).
+__version__ = "2026.8.17.1"