[None][chore] Bump version to 1.3.0rc9

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  • Version updated to 1.3.0rc9. All version references have been updated in documentation and configuration to ensure consistency across the project and reflect the latest release candidate.

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Version bump from release candidate 1.3.0rc8 to 1.3.0rc9 across README badge, Python constraints file, and package version definition. No functional logic or control-flow changes.

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Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Version Bump (1.3.0rc8 → 1.3.0rc9) README.md, examples/constraints.txt, tensorrt_llm/version.py	Updated version references across documentation badge, dependency constraints, and package version constant.

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🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~2 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• [None][chore] Bump version to 1.3.0rc7 #11864: Modifies the same version-related files (README, constraints, version.py) to bump a sequential release candidate.
• [None][chore] Bump version to 1.3.0rc8 #12090: Updates the same three files for a sequential version bump (rc7→rc8).

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• arysef
• nv-guomingz
• chzblych

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 2 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check	⚠️ Warning	The PR description is incomplete. While the author has checked the final checklist box, all substantive sections (Description and Test Coverage) are left empty with only template comments remaining.	Complete the Description section explaining the version bump rationale and the Test Coverage section detailing how the changes are validated. Replace template placeholders with actual content.

✅ Passed checks (2 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: bumping the version from 1.3.0rc8 to 1.3.0rc9 across multiple files. It is concise, specific, and directly related to the changeset.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

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tensorrt_llm/version.py (1)

1-1: ⚠️ Potential issue | 🟡 Minor

Update the SPDX copyright year to include 2026.

This file was modified in 2026, but the header still ends at 2025. Please update the year range accordingly.

As per coding guidelines **/*.{cpp,h,cu,cuh,hpp,py}: All TensorRT-LLM source files should contain an NVIDIA copyright header with the year of the latest meaningful modification.

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Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In `@tensorrt_llm/version.py` at line 1, Update the SPDX copyright header line to
include 2026 by changing the year range in the SPDX comment (the top-line string
starting with "# SPDX-FileCopyrightText:") so it reads 2022-2026; ensure the
same update is applied to the identical header occurrence noted (line with the
SPDX comment).

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Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

Outside diff comments:
In `@tensorrt_llm/version.py`:
- Line 1: Update the SPDX copyright header line to include 2026 by changing the
year range in the SPDX comment (the top-line string starting with "#
SPDX-FileCopyrightText:") so it reads 2022-2026; ensure the same update is
applied to the identical header occurrence noted (line with the SPDX comment).

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• examples/constraints.txt
• tensorrt_llm/version.py

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/bot skip --comment "Version bumping"

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