From a5744561d360c4577412a3a4f0619543bb2b2f70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tiexin Guo <tiexin.guo@canonical.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:13:49 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] chore: 2.16.0 release (#1347)

Add changes for 2.16 release and update version.
---
 CHANGES.md     | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 ops/version.py |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 9aed56228..bcf3a1c3e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,39 @@
+# 2.16.0 - 29 Aug 2024
+
+## Features
+
+* Add the description field to SecretInfo in https://github.com/canonical/operator/pull/1338
+
+## Refactor
+
+* Parse JUJU_* environment variables in one place in https://github.com/canonical/operator/pull/1313
+
+## Fixes
+
+* Fix reading Juju secret expiry dates in https://github.com/canonical/operator/pull/1317
+* Correct the signature of .events() in https://github.com/canonical/operator/pull/1342
+
+## Documentation
+
+* Security policy change to only support each active major release in https://github.com/canonical/operator/pull/1297
+* Add Juju version markers in https://github.com/canonical/operator/pull/1311
+* Use Sphinx 8 in https://github.com/canonical/operator/pull/1303
+* Live reload documentation with sphinx-autobuild in https://github.com/canonical/operator/pull/1323
+
+## Tests
+
+* Update the smoke test series/bases in https://github.com/canonical/operator/pull/1318
+* Run pytest in parallel with pytest xdist in https://github.com/canonical/operator/pull/1319
+* Bump Pyright to 1.1.377 in https://github.com/canonical/operator/pull/1332
+* Run tests on Python 3.12 and the install test on Python 3.13 in https://github.com/canonical/operator/pull/1315
+
+## CI
+
+* Add a workflow that runs the TIOBE quality checks in https://github.com/canonical/operator/pull/1301
+* Allow executing the TIOBE workflow manually in https://github.com/canonical/operator/pull/1321
+* Make Pyright report unnecessary type ignore comments in https://github.com/canonical/operator/pull/1333
+* Enable linting of docs/custom_conf.py in https://github.com/canonical/operator/pull/1330
+
 # 2.15.0 - 22 Jul 2024
 
 ## Features
diff --git a/ops/version.py b/ops/version.py
index 1b7ff6126..41a064d4e 100644
--- a/ops/version.py
+++ b/ops/version.py
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 This module is NOT to be used when developing charms using ops.
 """
 
-version: str = '2.16.0.dev0'
+version: str = '2.16.0'