Prepare release 2.9.0

Workflow: Release stage 1 - create release PR, run: 34

Author: github-actions[bot]

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+## cylc-ui-2.9.0 (Released 2025-09-04)
+
+### 🚀 Enhancements
+
+[#2078](https://github.com/cylc/cylc-ui/pull/2078) - Log view word wrap setting is now saved.
+
+[#2261](https://github.com/cylc/cylc-ui/pull/2261) - Add a skip mode modifier for the task icon
+
+### 🔧 Fixes
+
+[#2078](https://github.com/cylc/cylc-ui/pull/2078) - Fixed log view word wrap not working in all cases.
+
 ## cylc-ui-2.8.0 (Released 2025-07-23)
 
 ### 🚀 Enhancements