chore(v8): release 8.16.0 (#554)

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##
[8.16.0](v8.15.0...v8.16.0)
(2025-11-21)


### Features

* Support jitter for client/mobile ping stream connections
([#551](#551))
([ab1b945](ab1b945))


### Bug Fixes

* Bump github.com/launchdarkly/go-server-sdk/v7 from v7.14.0 ->
v7.14.1 ([#553](#553))
([ea8df17](ea8df17))
* Bump minimum go to 1.24
([#552](#552))
([7f622ac](7f622ac))

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> [!NOTE]
> Release 8.16.0 adding jitter for client/mobile ping streams and
updating dependencies/minimum Go; bump version and changelog.
> 
> - **Release 8.16.0**
> - **Feature**: Support jitter for client/mobile ping stream
connections.
>   - **Bug fixes**:
>     - Bump `github.com/launchdarkly/go-server-sdk/v7` to `v7.14.1`.
>     - Raise minimum Go to `1.24`.
>   - **Versioning**:
>     - Update `relay/version/version.go` `Version` to `"8.16.0"`.
>     - Update `.release-please-manifest.json` to `"8.16.0"`.
>   - **Docs**:
>     - Add `8.16.0` notes to `CHANGELOG.md`.
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.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "8.15.0"
+  ".": "8.16.0"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@
 
 All notable changes to the LaunchDarkly Relay will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [8.16.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ld-relay/compare/v8.15.0...v8.16.0) (2025-11-21)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Support jitter for client/mobile ping stream connections ([#551](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ld-relay/issues/551)) ([ab1b945](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ld-relay/commit/ab1b945c8e9a3f851b448bdb283baddf8a6ede6a))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Bump github.com/launchdarkly/go-server-sdk/v7 from v7.14.0 -> v7.14.1 ([#553](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ld-relay/issues/553)) ([ea8df17](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ld-relay/commit/ea8df1743d14651028d5821763b6e88451d659f9))
+* Bump minimum go to 1.24 ([#552](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ld-relay/issues/552)) ([7f622ac](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ld-relay/commit/7f622acb7aea99c6a2c4e42b03448bec14460440))
+
 ## [8.15.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ld-relay/compare/v8.14.0...v8.15.0) (2025-11-13)
 
 

relay/version/version.go

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 package version
 
 // Version is the package version
-const Version = "8.15.0" // {{ x-release-please-version }}
+const Version = "8.16.0" // {{ x-release-please-version }}