Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/feat/thewhaleking/add-parent-hotkeys' into feat/thewhaleking/add-parent-hotkeys

Author: thewhaleking

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/bug_fix.md

@@ -56,4 +56,8 @@ Examples:
 - Fixed an issue where multiple cursors did not work in a file with a single line.
 - Increased the performance of searching and replacing across a whole project.
 
--->
+-->
+
+
+### Branch Acknowledgement
+[ ] I am acknowledging that I am opening this branch against `staging`

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/feature_change.md

@@ -51,4 +51,8 @@ Examples:
 - Fixed an issue where multiple cursors did not work in a file with a single line.
 - Increased the performance of searching and replacing across a whole project.
 
--->
+-->
+
+
+### Branch Acknowledgement
+[ ] I am acknowledging that I am opening this branch against `staging`

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/performance_improvement.md

@@ -52,4 +52,8 @@ Examples:
 - Fixed an issue where multiple cursors did not work in a file with a single line.
 - Increased the performance of searching and replacing across a whole project.
 
--->
+-->
+
+
+### Branch Acknowledgement
+[ ] I am acknowledging that I am opening this branch against `staging`

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 9.6.2 /2025-05-29
+## 9.7.0 /2025-05-29
 
 ## What's Changed
 * Add `get_subnet_info` by @basfroman in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2894
 * Fix bug in `get_next_epoch_start_block` by @basfroman in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2899
 * e2e workflow: improve skipping logic (no error when skip the job) by @basfroman in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2898
 * Replace `transfer_allow_death` with `transfer_keep_alive` by @basfroman in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2900
+* Fix broken pull request template links (#2867) by @AgSpades in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2883
+* update pr templates with branch ack by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2903
 
-**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/compare/v9.6.1...v9.6.2
+## New Contributors
+* @AgSpades made their first contribution in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2883
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/compare/v9.6.1...v9.7.0
 
 ## 9.6.1 /2025-05-22
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "bittensor"
-version = "9.6.2"
+version = "9.7.0"
 description = "Bittensor"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [