bumping version to 0.4.1

Author: pan-x-c

README.md

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Trinity-RFT provides functionalities for users with different backgrounds and ob
 
 ## 🚀 News
 
+* [2026-01] [[Release Notes]](https://github.com/modelscope/Trinity-RFT/releases/tag/v0.4.1) Trinity-RFT v0.4.1 released: upgraded verl to v0.7.0, Tinker backend supports OpenAI API, bug fixes.
 * [2026-01] Introducing [R3L](https://github.com/shiweijiezero/R3L): a systematic reflect-then-retry RL mechanism with efficient language-guided exploration and stable off-policy learning ([paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.03715)).
 * [2025-12] [[Release Notes]](https://github.com/modelscope/Trinity-RFT/releases/tag/v0.4.0) Trinity-RFT v0.4.0 released: added [Tinker](https://thinkingmachines.ai/tinker/) backend for users **without GPUs**, add more benchmarks, enhance online RL and more.
 * [2025-12] Trinity-RFT powers the medical and health business of "Taobao Shangou", enabling the AI agent to understand vague symptoms, proactively ask follow-up questions, and provide precise recommendations ([News](https://tech.china.com.cn/sx/20251201/411376.shtml)).

README_zh.md

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Trinity-RFT 面向不同背景和目标的用户提供相应功能：
 
 ## 🚀 新闻
 
+* [2026-01] [[发布说明]](https://github.com/modelscope/Trinity-RFT/releases/tag/v0.4.1) Trinity-RFT v0.4.1 发布：升级 verl 至 v0.7.0，Tinker 后端支持 OpenAI API，修复若干 Bug。
 * [2026-01] 推出 [R3L](https://github.com/shiweijiezero/R3L)：基于反思-重试的强化学习机制，由自然语言反馈引导高效探索，并达成稳定的 off-policy 学习（[论文](https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.03715)）。
 * [2025-12] [[发布说明]](https://github.com/modelscope/Trinity-RFT/releases/tag/v0.4.0) Trinity-RFT v0.4.0 发布：新增[Tinker](https://thinkingmachines.ai/tinker/) 后端以支持在 **无 GPU** 的设备上训练，增加更多基准测试，增强在线 RL 等功能。
 * [2025-12] Trinity-RFT 已支持 [tinker](https://thinkingmachines.ai/tinker/) 训练后端，可在**无 GPU 的设备**上进行模型训练。

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name =  "trinity-rft"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.1"
 authors = [
     {name="Trinity-RFT Team", email="[email protected]"},
 ]

trinity/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Trinity-RFT (Reinforcement Fine-Tuning)"""
 
-__version__ = "0.4.0"
+__version__ = "0.4.1"