v0.2.0rc1

What's Changed

• chore: complete Apache-2.0 notices and embed the DCO text by @3mei in #1
• Yev/chore/pre release hardening by @3mei in #2
• style: format the codebase and widen the lint rule set by @3mei in #3
• ci: add continuous integration, live provider checks and community files by @3mei in #4
• docs: correct published documentation and position for agents by @3mei in #7
• ci: Bump the all-actions group with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #6
• chore: update license for early access by @3mei in #8
• feat!: run the simulator and evaluator on the async engine by @3mei in #9
• ci: Bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 10.1.0 to 10.2.0 in the all-actions group by @dependabot[bot] in #11
• feat(probes): add the identity_disclosure probe by @3mei in #12
• fix(engine): declare the guarded health_* columns by @isarasua in #13
• feat(engine): add external probe episode runtime by @ffrujeri in #15
• fix(evaluator): normalize strict response schemas by @ffrujeri in #14
• fix: show judges their rubric and send reasoning settings models accept by @3mei in #17
• chore: license the project under Apache-2.0 by @3mei in #18
• ci: Bump NVIDIA-NeMo/FW-CI-templates/.github/workflows/_semantic_pull_request.yml from 1.10.1 to 1.12.0 in the all-actions group by @dependabot[bot] in #19
• feat: mark Data Designer usage events as User Sim's by @3mei in #20
• ci: Bump NVIDIA-NeMo/FW-CI-templates/.github/workflows/_semantic_pull_request.yml from 1.12.0 to 1.12.2 in the all-actions group by @dependabot[bot] in #27
• fix!: support pandas 3 by @3mei in #28
• fix: label sampled evaluations, write reopenable panels, tidy notebooks by @3mei in #29
• fix(runtime): accept a simulated user's tool calls in hosted episodes by @isarasua in #25
• fix(engine): warn when a probe returns a column the run will drop by @isarasua in #26
• build: support Python 3.10 to 3.14 by @3mei in #32
• build!: publish the distribution as usersim by @3mei in #37
• refactor(engine)!: remove the never-called should_continue_after_turn hook by @isarasua in #33
• fix(storage): write simulation runs under a lock and publish them whole by @isarasua in #34
• fix(cli): record the command in plain simulate's run manifest by @isarasua in #36
• feat(cli): run stored episode rows with simulate --inputs by @isarasua in #30
• feat: opt-in replay of the assistant's own earlier reasoning by @isarasua in #31
• ci: create a GitHub release from a version tag by @3mei in #38
• build: set the version to 0.2.0rc1 by @3mei in #39
• feat(eval): warn when a trajectory_id appears more than once in a run by @isarasua in #41
• build(deps): require data-designer 0.9.5 and rely on its extra_body merge by @3mei in #42

New Contributors

• @3mei made their first contribution in #1
• @dependabot[bot] made their first contribution in #6
• @isarasua made their first contribution in #13
• @ffrujeri made their first contribution in #15

Full Changelog: https://github.com/NVIDIA-NeMo/UserSim/commits/v0.2.0rc1