Prepare release 0.37.0 (#2180)

* Prepare release 0.37.0.

* Update release-notes/0.37.0.rst

Co-authored-by: Rebecca Dimock <[email protected]>

* Update release-notes/0.37.0.rst

Co-authored-by: Rebecca Dimock <[email protected]>

* Update release-notes/0.37.0.rst

Co-authored-by: Rebecca Dimock <[email protected]>

* Update release-notes/0.37.0.rst

Co-authored-by: Rebecca Dimock <[email protected]>

* Update release-notes/0.37.0.rst

Co-authored-by: Rebecca Dimock <[email protected]>

* Update release-notes/0.37.0.rst

Co-authored-by: Rebecca Dimock <[email protected]>

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Co-authored-by: Rebecca Dimock <[email protected]>

Author: kt474

docs/conf.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version
 version = ''
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.36.1'
+release = '0.37.0'
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ zip-safe = false
 root = "."
 write_to = "qiskit_ibm_runtime/VERSION.txt"
 version_scheme = "release-branch-semver"
-fallback_version = "0.36.1"
+fallback_version = "0.37.0"
 
 [project]
 name = "qiskit-ibm-runtime"
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "websocket-client>=1.5.1",
     "ibm-platform-services>=0.22.6",
     "pydantic>=2.5.0,<2.10",
-    "qiskit>=1.3.2",
+    "qiskit>=1.4.1",
     "packaging"
 ]
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ common = [
     "scipy>=1.0",
     "nbformat>=4.4.0",
     "nbconvert>=5.3.1",
-    "qiskit-aer>=0.16.1",
+    "qiskit-aer>=0.17.0",
     "websockets>=8",
     "black~=24.1",
     "coverage>=6.3",

release-notes/0.37.0.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+0.37.0 (2025-03-13)
+===================
+
+Deprecation Notes
+-----------------
+
+- The :class:`IBMBackend` attributes ``max_shots`` and ``max_experiments``, as well as the property 
+  ``max_circuits`` have all been deprecated. These attribute values used to represent the maximum number of
+  shots and circuits that could be submitted in one job but that is no longer the case. See 
+  the `job limits guide <https://quantum.cloud.ibm.com/docs/guides/job-limits#job-limits>`__ for details. (`2166 <https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime/pull/2166>`__)
+
+
+New Features
+------------
+
+- ``qiskit-ibm-runtime`` is now compatible with Qiskit 2.0. This means that classes and methods removed in Qiskit 2.0 have also been 
+  removed or handled accordingly. The ``pulse`` and ``channel`` related changes are highlighted below: 
+
+  - ``Channel`` methods in :class:`IBMBackend` have been removed.
+  -  The backend configuration class ``PulseBackendConfiguration`` has been removed, so all backends will now be returned as ``QasmBackendConfiguration``.
+  - ``PulseDefaults`` (backend defaults) can still be retrieved but they are no longer necessary when creating a backend ``Target``. 
+
+  See the `Pulse migration guide <https://quantum.cloud.ibm.com/docs/migration-guides/pulse-migration>`__ 
+  for details. (`2116 <https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime/pull/2116>`__)
+- Added a warning when a primitive is initialized outside of a session or batch context manager. 
+  In this scenario, the job will run in job mode instead of the session or batch. (`2152 <https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime/pull/2152>`__)
+
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+- Fixed support for custom scheduling transpiler stages with Qiskit 2.x. (`2153 <https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime/pull/2153>`__)
+- :class:`~qiskit.transpiler.passes.ConvertConditionsToIfOps` now correctly runs at
+  all optimization levels of the scheduling plugins for dynamic circuits, when using Qiskit 1.x. (`2154 <https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime/pull/2154>`__)
+- When retrieving jobs with :meth:`~.QiskitRuntimeService.jobs`, there is no way to distinguish 
+  between v1 and v2 primitives. Since the v1 primitives were completely removed over 6 months ago 
+  in ``0.28.0``, jobs returned from ``jobs()`` will now default to :class:`RuntimeJobV2`. (`2156 <https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime/pull/2156>`__)