chore(release): prepare 1.16.0

Author: muhammetsafak

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ The envelope wire format is versioned separately by `meta.schema_version`
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.16.0] - 2026-10-10
+
+### Added
+- New optional `Rewinder` protocol (`rewind(message)`), implemented by `KafkaTransport` and
+  exported from `babelqueue` (public API, MINOR). The runtime calls it after a failed
+  version-gate dead-letter write and then pauses briefly (1 s) before the next poll.
+
 ### Fixed
 - **`bq-schema-version` pre-decode gate on the SQS, Azure Service Bus, Kafka and Artemis
   transports** (`pop`). The broker's schema-version property is read **before** the body is
@@ -33,10 +40,8 @@ The envelope wire format is versioned separately by `meta.schema_version`
   record would lose it once a later record is committed: `KafkaTransport` now `seek`s the
   partition back to the failed record's offset so it is polled again and the dead-letter write
   is retried (no commit moves past it).
-- New optional `Rewinder` protocol (`rewind(message)`), implemented by `KafkaTransport` and
-  exported from `babelqueue`; the runtime calls it after a failed version-gate dead-letter write
-  and then pauses briefly (1 s) before the next poll.
-  The rejected version is capped at 64 characters plus `...` in the log and the route.
+- The rejected `bq-schema-version` value is capped at 64 characters plus `...` in the log and
+  the route.
 
 ## [1.15.0] - 2026-10-10
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "babelqueue"
-version = "1.15.0"
+version = "1.16.0"
 description = "Polyglot Queues, Simplified — the Python core: the canonical BabelQueue wire-envelope codec, contracts and dead-letter helpers."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"

src/babelqueue/__init__.py

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     Transport,
 )
 
-__version__ = "1.15.0"
+__version__ = "1.16.0"
 
 __all__ = [
     "BabelQueue",