Update version to 26.03.0-RC1 for release preparation

Update all version references from 26.3.0-RC1 to 26.03.0-RC1 (adding
leading zero on month). Pin intra-project dependencies (nv-ingest,
nv-ingest-api, nv-ingest-client) to ==26.03.0-RC1 in nemo_retriever
and tools/harness pyproject.toml files for release.

Made-with: Cursor

Author: jdye64

docker-compose.yaml

@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ services:
       - audio
 
   nv-ingest-ms-runtime:
-    image: nvcr.io/nvidia/nemo-microservices/nv-ingest:26.3.0-RC1
+    image: nvcr.io/nvidia/nemo-microservices/nv-ingest:26.03.0-RC1
     shm_size: 40gb # Should be at minimum 30% of assigned memory per Ray documentation
     build:
       context: ${NV_INGEST_ROOT:-.}

docs/docs/extraction/helm.md

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 <!-- Use this documentation to deploy [NeMo Retriever Library](overview.md) by using Helm. -->
 
 To deploy [NeMo Retriever Library](overview.md) by using Helm, 
-refer to [NeMo Retriever Helm Charts](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Retriever/blob/release/26.3.0-RC1/helm/README.md).
+refer to [NeMo Retriever Helm Charts](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Retriever/blob/release/26.03.0-RC1/helm/README.md).

docs/docs/extraction/quickstart-guide.md

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ h. Run the command `docker ps`. You should see output similar to the following.
     CONTAINER ID  IMAGE                                            COMMAND                 CREATED         STATUS                  PORTS            NAMES
 uv venv --python 3.12 nv-ingest-dev
 source nv-ingest-dev/bin/activate
-uv pip install nv-ingest==26.3.0-RC1 nv-ingest-api==26.3.0-RC1 nv-ingest-client==26.3.0-RC1
+uv pip install nv-ingest==26.03.0-RC1 nv-ingest-api==26.03.0-RC1 nv-ingest-client==26.03.0-RC1
 ```
 
 !!! tip

docs/docs/extraction/quickstart-library-mode.md

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Use the following procedure to prepare your environment.
     ```
        uv venv --python 3.12 nvingest && \
          source nvingest/bin/activate && \
-         uv pip install nemo-retriever==26.3.0-RC1 milvus-lite==2.4.12
+         uv pip install nemo-retriever==26.03.0-RC1 milvus-lite==2.4.12
     ```
 
     !!! tip

helm/Chart.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: nv-ingest
 description: NV-Ingest Microservice
 type: application
-version: 26.3.0-RC1
+version: 26.03.0-RC1
 maintainers:
   - name: NVIDIA Corporation
     url: https://www.nvidia.com/

helm/README.md

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ To install or upgrade the Helm chart, run the following code.
 helm upgrade \
     --install \
     nv-ingest \
-    https://helm.ngc.nvidia.com/nvidia/nemo-microservices/charts/nv-ingest-26.3.0-RC1.tgz \
+    https://helm.ngc.nvidia.com/nvidia/nemo-microservices/charts/nv-ingest-26.03.0-RC1.tgz \
     -n ${NAMESPACE} \
     --username '$oauthtoken' \
     --password "${NGC_API_KEY}" \
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ helm upgrade \
     --set ngcApiSecret.create=true \
     --set ngcApiSecret.password="${NGC_API_KEY}" \
     --set image.repository="nvcr.io/nvidia/nemo-microservices/nv-ingest" \
-    --set image.tag="26.3.0-RC1"
+    --set image.tag="26.03.0-RC1"
 ```
 
 Optionally you can create your own versions of the `Secrets` if you do not want to use the creation via the helm chart.
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ For more information, refer to [NV-Ingest-Client](https://github.com/NVIDIA/nv-i
 # Just to be cautious we remove any existing installation
 pip uninstall nv-ingest-client
 
-pip install nv-ingest-client==26.3.0-RC1
+pip install nv-ingest-client==26.03.0-RC1
 ```
 
 #### Rest Endpoint Ingress
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ You can also use NV-Ingest's Python client API to interact with the service runn
 | fullnameOverride | string | `""` |  |
 | image.pullPolicy | string | `"IfNotPresent"` |  |
 | image.repository | string | `"nvcr.io/nvidia/nemo-microservices/nv-ingest"` |  |
-| image.tag | string | `"26.3.0-RC1"` |  |
+| image.tag | string | `"26.03.0-RC1"` |  |
 | imagePullSecrets[0].name | string | `"ngc-api"` |  |
 | imagePullSecrets[1].name | string | `"ngc-secret"` |  |
 | ingress.annotations | object | `{}` |  |

helm/README.md.gotmpl

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ To install or upgrade the Helm chart, run the following code.
 helm upgrade \
     --install \
     nv-ingest \
-    https://helm.ngc.nvidia.com/nvidia/nemo-microservices/charts/nv-ingest-26.3.0-RC1.tgz \
+    https://helm.ngc.nvidia.com/nvidia/nemo-microservices/charts/nv-ingest-26.03.0-RC1.tgz \
     -n ${NAMESPACE} \
     --username '$oauthtoken' \
     --password "${NGC_API_KEY}" \
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ helm upgrade \
     --set ngcApiSecret.create=true \
     --set ngcApiSecret.password="${NGC_API_KEY}" \
     --set image.repository="nvcr.io/nvidia/nemo-microservices/nv-ingest" \
-    --set image.tag="26.3.0-RC1"
+    --set image.tag="26.03.0-RC1"
 ```
 
 Optionally you can create your own versions of the `Secrets` if you do not want to use the creation via the helm chart.
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ For more information, refer to [NV-Ingest-Client](https://github.com/NVIDIA/nv-i
 # Just to be cautious we remove any existing installation
 pip uninstall nv-ingest-client
 
-pip install nv-ingest-client==26.3.0-RC1
+pip install nv-ingest-client==26.03.0-RC1
 ```
 
 #### Rest Endpoint Ingress

helm/values.yaml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ nameOverride: ""
 image:
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   repository: "nvcr.io/nvidia/nemo-microservices/nv-ingest"
-  tag: "26.3.0-RC1"
+  tag: "26.03.0-RC1"
 
 ## @section Pod Configuration
 ## @param podAnnotations [object] Sets additional annotations on the main deployment pods

nemo_retriever/pyproject.toml

@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ dependencies = [
   "typer>=0.12.0",
   "pyyaml>=6.0",
   "lancedb",
-  "nv-ingest",
-  "nv-ingest-api",
-  "nv-ingest-client",
+  "nv-ingest==26.03.0-RC1",
+  "nv-ingest-api==26.03.0-RC1",
+  "nv-ingest-client==26.03.0-RC1",
   "fastapi>=0.114.0",
   "uvicorn[standard]>=0.30.0",
   "httpx>=0.27.0",

src/nv_ingest/api/main.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 app = FastAPI(
     title="NV-Ingest Microservice",
     description="Service for ingesting heterogenous datatypes",
-    version="26.3.0-RC1",
+    version="26.03.0-RC1",
     contact={
         "name": "NVIDIA Corporation",
         "url": "https://nvidia.com",