upgrading version for release

Author: dibahlfi

sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Release History
 
-### 4.16.0b3 (Unreleased)
+### 4.16.0 (2026-05-29)
 
 #### Features Added
 * Added **preview** support for the optional `embeddingSource` field on entries in `vector_embedding_policy.vectorEmbeddings`, which allows the service to generate vector embeddings from the specified item paths. Requires the embedding-generation service to be enabled on the account. See [46870](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/46870)

sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/_version.py

@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
 
-VERSION = "4.16.0b3"
+VERSION = "4.16.0"

sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/setup.py

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     url="https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python",
     keywords="azure, azure sdk",
     classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
         "Natural Language :: English",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",